Airdate: Monday, April 28, 2003
Senders: Jimmy, MN; Dave Nienaber, Antioch IL
Jimmy from "Minini" wants Strong Bad to know that he thinks he should do a second email each week, which would make it "double the Strong Bad and double the fun" ("Ooh, that's like Strong Bad gum!").
Strong Bad promptly brings up a second email from Dave of "Antioch, Ill-annoy-us", who wants to know what period in time Strong Bad would go to if he could time travel.
After a pause, the cartoon fast forwards through a rapid montage of Strong Bad doing various things to fill the time (and Homestar leaving Strong Bad a message), ending with Strong Bad having left for the Ladies' Choice Awards. Unfortunately, there aren't any hot ladies to be found.
Bubs: You said there'd be the ladies!
Strong Bad: I know, I know! Maybe their bus flew off a bottomless cliff... and into, like, a bottom less pit.
Strong Bad asks Strong Sad if he got any phone calls, and Strong Sad says that "about a million ladies called" and said they'd be running late... but actually, that was his attempt at a joke. The only person who actually called him was Homsar, claiming he was "a million ladies tall".
Coach Z: Hey guys, check it out! (puts on one of the name tags) I'm Hot Girl Number 37!
Strong Bad: Oh Coach, don't do it! This is depressing enough as it is.
Coach Z: No, lookit me! (starts dancing) I'm shakin' it to the left and to the right!
Strong Bad: (groans in frustation and walks off as Coach Z continues dancing)
Strong Mad: I WANT ACTION!
(The Ladies' Choice Awards jingle plays, while a logo reading "No Ladies Showed Up!" appears)
Back at the Compy, Strong Bad laments his bad luck with the ladies.
(The Paper comes down)
Trope:
- Casanova Wannabe: Strong Bad claims "70 or 50 hot ladies" will be at the Ladies' Choice Awards, and is thoroughly embarrassed when no hot ladies show up.
- Continuity Nod: One of the things Strong Bad does to pass the time is play with the Peanut Strong Bad from "action figure".
- Exact Words: Jimmy asks Strong Bad if he could do an episode with two emails some time. Strong Bad agrees... and promptly brings up another email to check.
- Fast-Forward Gag: When Strong Bad decides to "wait it out" until it's time for the Ladies' Choice Awards, the cartoon goes in fast forward. We can see brief images of the things Strong Bad does to pass the time, including typing a program in BASIC to make the Compy print "STRONG BAD IS COOL!" over and over again, bringing up (and deleting) a third e-mail, and playing a game of "Pigs on Head". Meanwhile, Homestar tries to create a time machine by sticking a Gameboy in a blender.
- Foreshadowing: Near the end of the fast forwarding portion, Strong Bad types his excitement about the Ladies' Choice Awards. He thinks he hears the ladies giggling and obsessing about him, but types that it could also be The Cheat.
- Joke Name Tag: The name tags Strong Bad created for the Ladies Choice Awards all say something like "Hello, My Name is Hot Girl #(random number)", with a few exceptions like "Hello, My Name is Sue" and "Hello, My Name is Hot Lips #2077".
- Sdrawkcab Speech: Text example. Clicking on "Backwards" at the end displays a mirror image of the word "Backwards" in the same style as the Ladies' Choice Awards logo. The accompanying jingle plays in reverse.
- Shout-Out:
- An Easter egg shows a packet of "Double Deuce-Mint Gum", playing on Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.
- One of the name tags for the hot ladies references "Hot Lips" Houlihan from M*A*S*H.
(The Sneak enters)
Old-Timey Strong Bad: How was that phraseology, The Sneak? Are your worries adequately whisked?
The Sneak: (wiggles his nose)
Old-Timey Strong Bad: Smashing! No, I mean... start smashing!
(The Sneak runs offscreen, cue the sound of breaking porcelain)
Old-Timey Strong Bad: Yes, it's curtains for you, Ming vase! "Uncle Strong Bad makes good!" Strong Bad Powdertory, Saint Louis Mo!
