Airdate: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Sender: Justin, Murfreesboro, TN
Strong Bad: And coming in at number 91, it's: (imitating a Metal Scream) E-Maaaaaaaaaaail!
Justin from "Murfreesboro, Tekken" thinks Strong Bad must have it pretty rough living with someone as annoying and whiny as Strong Sad, and suggests livening his younger brother up by slipping him some caffeine.
Strong Bad: Oh-ho-ho-ho! Devilish laugh... Dear Justin, In addition to the cut of your jib, I likes the sound of your town. Murfreesboro!
Strong Bad announces that this sounds like the perfect opportunity to do an experiment for the All-Wide Science Fair, and slipping Strong Sad some caffeine sounds way more interesting than his first idea: The Effects of Gasoline on Fire.
Strong Bad: So, I figure I just drop a couple of heaping spoonfuls of Sanka into Strong Sad's orange juice, and collect the ensuing data. I'll definitely get first place. And who knows? I might even win me a Noble Peacie Prize...
The effects of even trace amounts of caffeine are quickly obvious on Strong Sad: he becomes a lot more talkative and a lot less coherent ("I don't even watch football! I can't remember my legs!"), gains a twitch in his eye, attempts to communicate with The Cheat, and becomes oddly obsessed with "wood-davers". He also gains the power to hang from the ceiling of the TV room somehow and weird out Strong Mad.
Strong Bad: In the final stages, the subject became erratic, violent, and really funny to watch.
After Strong Sad finally comes down from his caffeine high while trying to slap Coach Z silly, we cut to Strong Bad at the science fair announcing his results.
Strong Bad: At this point, the test subject...was dead. (gasp from the audience)
Strong Sad: (offscreen) I was not dead!
Strong Bad: Shut up. And all of this data could only bring us to one conclusion: ...Strong Sad's adopted. (another gasp from the audience)
Strong Sad: (offscreen) That's not true either!
(Cut to Strong Bad's display for his science project. The Paper comes down.)
Strong Sad: (offscreen) I was not dead!
Strong Bad: Shut up. And all of this data could only bring us to one conclusion: ...Strong Sad's adopted. (another gasp from the audience)
Strong Sad: (offscreen) That's not true either!
(Cut to Strong Bad's display for his science project. The Paper comes down.)
Tropes:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In the final stages of his caffeine high, Strong Sad becomes "erratic, violent, and really funny to watch."
- Blatant Lies: Strong Bad concludes his presentation by claiming that Strong Sad died and that he was adopted, both of which are immediately refuted by a very-much-alive Strong Sad. Strong Bad responds, at least to the first refutation, by telling him to shut up.
- Both times, an unseen audience gives a very loud Gasp! at both revelations, before Strong Sad refutes him.
- Evil Laugh: Strong Bad's reaction to Justin's email."Oh-ho-ho-hooo... devilish laugh..."
- For Science!: Strong Bad's justification for spiking Strong Sad's orange juice with Sanka is for a science project.
- G-Rated Drug: Feeding caffeine to Strong Sad causes him to have a hyperactive Freak Out.
- I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!: Strong Sad gets coked out of his mind just from drinking orange juice with some Sanka mixed into it. This is even funnier when you realize Sanka is a decaffeinated coffee mix.
- Inherently Funny Words:
- On reading Justin's suggestions, Strong Bad remarks "In addition to the cut of your jib, I likes the sound of your town. Murfreesboro!"
- Strong Sad offers to make "Wood-davers" with Marzipan.
- During a conversation with Strong Mad, Strong Sad randomly blurts out the word "Parakeet", which Strong Mad seems to find shocking. "Did you just say 'parakeet'?!"
- Intoxication Ensues: Strong Sad begins acting hyperactive and paranoid after Strong Bad spikes his orange juice with decaffeinated coffee.
- Klatchian Coffee: Ironically, Strong Bad achieves this effect by putting Sanka (which is decaf, and therefore has almost no caffeine in it) into Strong Sad's orange juice, and yet it still makes Strong Sad crazy-hyperactive. Strong Bad did say he added "several heaping spoonfuls"...
- Motor Mouth: Strong Sad on caffeine speaks very quickly and without pause.Strong Sad: I feel great! I feel great! I feel great! I feel bad. I don't even watch football! I don't even watch football! I can't remember my legs!
- Noodle Implements:
- Caffeinated Strong Sad asks Marzipan if she wants to make "Wood-davers"; judging from the description, they're what Strong Sad calls those bird feeders made from pine cones covered in peanut butter and bird-seed.
- Whatever Homestar's science project (seen in an Easter egg) was supposed to be, it melted into a small brown puddle, and Homestar claims that his project involved more social studies than science.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Strong Mad's "Did you just say 'parakeet'?!" is the only time he has ever dropped his No Indoor Voice.
- Pyromaniac: Strong Bad's initial idea for a science presentation was "The Effects of Gasoline. On Fire".
- Spam Attack: Strong Sad's final stage of hyperactivity involves slapping Coach Z swiftly and repeatedly.
- Talkative Loon: One of the effects of caffeine on Strong Sad is that much of Strong Sad's dialogue becomes rambling and nonsensical.Strong Sad: I can't remember cereal, I can't remember TV. Is it football season yet? I'll run you over in football, run you down the field like a clown!
- Twitchy Eye: Strong Sad develops an eye tic while on a caffeine high.
- What Did I Do Last Night?: Strong Sad asks, "Coach Z, what are we doing here?" after his caffeine crash.
(the camera switches to Homestar's project. Apart from the message "AWW MAN. IT MELTED.", it's completely blank, and consists solely of a puddle on the table)
Homestar: For my project, I opted to use more social studies...a-than science.
Audience: Yes, I see! Impressive! (vaguely positive chatter)
