Strong Sad's Character Video

"I have two brothers that like to pummel me every hour on the hour."

Strong Sad tells about his sad and lonely life.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Sad, Marzipan

Places: Strong Sad's Room

Date: Monday, July 14, 2003

Running Time: 1:15

Page Title: Poetry Slam!!

Transcript

{Open with a black screen.}

STRONG SAD: I don't wanna do a characters page!

MARZIPAN: Oh, come on, you can do it!

{The lens cap is removed, and Strong Sad appears as the camera focuses on him.}

STRONG SAD: I'm not really comfortable talking to a camera.

MARZIPAN: {off-screen} Just pretend like you're talking to me, or a wall, or a tree, or any of the other stuff that you usually talk to.

STRONG SAD: Ohhhhhh! My name's Strong Sad and... I have two brothers that like to pummel me every hour, on the hour. I mostly sit in my room, and... listen to music, and write, {begins tracing his finger along the edge of the screen} and talk to walls or trees... {stops touching the edge of the screen} and wait to be pummeled... I guess I like board games more than most people. And by that I mean I like to play board games more than most people do. But by that I also mean I like board games more than I like most people. Like this one time, me and Hi Ho! Cherry-O were playing The Game of Life, and I got a phone call from... Coach Z or somebody. And, I didn't answer it because I was having such a good time with playing this board game, against this other board game...

MARZIPAN: {off-screen, losing patience} Okay, I think that's enough, Strong Sad.

STRONG SAD: And it got me to thinking, you know?

MARZIPAN: Okay, okay, I'm turning it off now.

STRONG SAD: {simultaneously} Two lovers... collide...

{The camera stops.}

Fun Facts

• Strong Sad breaks the fourth wall by saying he doesn't want to do a "character page", and by running his finger up and down the left border of the screen. The actual wall of his room is much farther off to the side, as evidenced by the poster in the background.
• Hi Ho! Cherry-O and The Game of Life are actual board games.
• Strong Sad would later help promote Trogdor!! The Board Game with his Six-Sadded, Die series.

External Links

• watch "Strong Sad's Character Video"
• watch "Strong Sad's Character Video" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "Strong Sad's Character Video"