Airdate: Monday, July 21, 2003
Sender: Louis
"Long time watcher, first time writer" Louis ("Ooh! An LTWFTW") wonders if Strong Bad has ever used a stunt double. Strong Bad insists that stunt doubles are for "big wusses and lesser wimps", and demonstrates how he does his own stunt work by showing clips from his latest "summer blockbuster", Dangeresque 2: This Time, It's Not Dangeresque 1.
The plot of the film revolves around a cop/detective story in which tough-as-nails private eye/crooked cop Dangeresque (played by Strong Bad) and his partner Renaldo (played by Coach Z) search for a missing tape, running afoul of diabolical mastermind Baron Darrin Diamonicle (played by Bubs) and his goons (played by Strong Mad), while Dangersque flirts with both danger and his love interest Cutesy Buttons (played by Marzipan). It's also obvious that Strong Sad is serving as Strong Bad's stunt double, falling off the roof of Bubs' concession stand, getting punched in the face, and even suffering a slight case of broken neck.
Tropes:
- Anvil on Head: "Dangeresque" gets a Heavy Lourde dropped on his head by a bad guy.
- Bad "Bad Acting": There's plenty of bad acting to be found in Dangeresque 2, but Coach Z as Renaldo is the worst offender.
- Blatant Lies: Strong Bad claims that only "big wusses and lesser wimps" use stunt doubles, even though Strong Sad is obviously doubling as Dangeresque.
- Character Catchphrase: "I'm gonna have to jump!" seems to be one for Dangeresque.
- Continuity Nod:
- Strong Sad wearing oven mitts for his Strong Bad disguise may be a nod to "In Search of the Yello Dello", where Strong Bad is inexplicably wearing Marzipan's oven mitts in one scene.
- Strong Sad gets hit on the head by the Heavy Lourde from "homsar".
- Early Instalment Weirdness: As the first appearance of Dangeresque, there's quite a few differences from later "movies". Most notably the story is (even more) disjointed and there's no clear plot outside of a vague search for a macguffin tape that doesn't get resolved. Additionally, Strong Mad doesn't have his Killingyouguy costume and Dangeresque's catchphrase is a shorter "I'm gonna have to jump" instead of the more famous "Looks like I/we're gonna have to ju-ump!"
- MacGuffin: The missing tape in Dangeresque 2.
- Malicious Misnaming: After wondering whether to pronounce the sender's name as "Louis" or "Louie", Strong Bad addresses them as "Lucy".
- Major Injury Underreaction: Strong Sad has the Heavy Lourde fall on him and claims to have a broken neck, but only seems to be mildly inconvenienced by it.Strong Sad: Ow... That's what I like to call a broken neck.
- Obvious Stunt Double: Despite Strong Bad's claims to the contrary, his stunt double is just Strong Sad in a paper bag mask and oven mitts.
- Paddleball Shot: Parodied in an Easter egg at the end, when Strong Bad turns into an anaglyphic 3D image and throws diskettes at the camera.
- Right-Hand Cat: The Cheat serves as one for Bubs' unnamednote character in Dangeresque 2.
- Schedule Slip: "And remember to watch out in June 2004 for Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective." It wouldn't be released until November 2008, almost four and a half years after the "set" date.
- Sequel First: This email shows off the second Dangeresque film. We wouldn't see the first movie until "dangeresque 3".
- Shaped Like Itself: "The stunts I do are so... done by me."
- Stylistic Suck: The Dangeresque films are homemade films with No Budget. The editing and filmography are sloppy while the acting ranges from "passable" to "wooden".
- You Say Tomato: Bubs' character pronounces "Dangeresque" as "Danger-skew".
