robots
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- This article is about the Strong Bad Email. For the general concept, see Robots. For other uses, see Robots (disambiguation).
Strong Bad sends The Cheat undercover to infiltrate a secret robot council.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, The Robot, Visor Robot, Homestar Runner, Larry Palaroncini (voice only), Grape-Nuts Robot, Humidibot, Coach Z, The King of Town, Strong Sad, Strong Mad, Taranchula (voice only)
Places (in order of appearance): Computer Room, The Field
Computer: Lappier
Date: Monday, November 24, 2025
Running Time: 6:05 (Flash), 6:54 (YouTube)
Page Title: Lappier Than Thou
Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} I'm making this email up! 'Cause I hate everybody! Hate everybody-body! On the Internet! The Internet!
DearSB,
You got all these robots round your town, but
you never DO anything with them. What giveth?
Carrie
Larry, IA
{Strong Bad pronounces SB as "sbu" and "IA" as "Internet asker"}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Hmmm. Good point, Care-lare, good point. It does seem like a bit of an oversight. {stops typing} Say, The Cheat!
{The Cheat rushes in from the left. Strong Bad turns to greet him.}
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Bring up our files on thems of the robotic persuasion.
{The Cheat produces a file folder. Hi-hats start.}
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}
{Cut to the folder. The first page displays a dossier for The Robot from the Original Book.}
STRONG BAD: First up, we've got the walking metal robot—
{Cut to The Robot standing in the field, plugged into a detached wall outlet.}
STRONG BAD: The Robot!
{The Robot raises its arm.}
STRONG BAD: One very specific size of nut—
{Zoom in. A dotted line shows where a nut would fit inside The Robot's wrench hand.}
STRONG BAD: —doesn't stand a chance against this guy!
{Cut back to the folder. A page featuring the dossier for the Visor Robot appears.}
STRONG BAD: And this guy was last seen doing a brief stint as one o' them personal assistants.
{Cut to Homestar Runner in the kitchen. A Visor Robot-shaped AI assistant sits on the table.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Say, fhqwh-bot, add "amazing thing" to my shopping list.
VISOR ROBOT: {visor flashes: subtitled} Okay. I added a lazy bean to your shopping list Homestar.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {frustrated} That is not what I asked for. {pulls up a bundle of Large Bean plushes} And I already own all the lazy beans!
VISOR ROBOT: {visor flashes: subtitled} Now playing "Hazy Jeans" from Larry Palaroncini's solo album.
{Song begins to play}
LARRY PALARONCINI: {singing} Well, I can't see a thing through these hazy jeans...
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {frustrated groaning} Fhqwh-bot set a timer for a thousand million years!
{Homestar walks out.}
VISOR ROBOT: {visor flashes: subtitled} Okay. Setting a timer for aAAraRrrRRaarRaA—
{The Visor Robot malfunctions and explodes, knocking all the lazy beans off the table and exposing its lightbulb.}
{Cut back to the file.}
STRONG BAD: And we can't forget my robotic— {a dossier for the Grape-Nuts Robot appears} doppelgänger! Who, in an unexpected twist, became the spokesperson for competing cereal companies.
{Cut to the kitchen. The Grape-Nuts Robot is standing next to a box of Cheat Commandos...O's. The Cheat Commandos music plays.}
GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT: {subtitled} Now spell. Come back, Flavor. Come back, Nutrition.
{Cut back to the computer.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} And finally, the leader of them all... that technological terror... the pinnacle of mechanical panic!
{Cut to the file showing a dossier for Humidibot. The picture shows an imposing silhouette with a "?" sign on it. The name is unknown.}
STRONG BAD: You know him. You fear him.
{Cut to the field. Humidibot rolls up.}
HUMIDIBOT: {spitting water, singing} It's a great day for Humidibot! This is not my theme song!
{Humidibot rolls off.}
{Strong Bad and The Cheat peek from behind the buses as Humidibot rolls past.}
STRONG BAD: There he goes, The Cheat. On his way to a secret robot council meeting! Time for you to go...
{Behind the bushes, Strong Bad and The Cheat have an empty The Cheatbot shell.}
STRONG BAD: DEEP UNDERCOVER!
{Strong Bad shoves the The Cheatbot shell on The Cheat.}
THE CHEAT: {scuttling around} {beeping The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Poifect! Now follow him and learn what their robot world domination plans are so we can copy 'em!
THE CHEAT: {doubtful The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Of course they want to take over the world! Why else would robots be having a secret council meeting?
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: {stroking his chin} Oh. I suppose a firmware upgrade is a possibility. If it is, {takes out a 5.25" floppy disk} then take this floppy and download it.
{Strong Bad shoves the floppy into The Cheatbot's eyehole.}
THE CHEAT: {painful The Cheat noises} {blood drips}
STRONG BAD: Oops. Sorry. The higher the tech, the sharper the corners. That's what Compy Corp. says, anyways.
{Cut to a commercial for a very pointy computer monitor called the Slicey 86, paired with a keyboard with very spiky keys.}
STRONG BAD: {narrating} Yes, the Compy Slicey 86. {schwing noise} Our sharpest PC yet!
{A suture kit appears}
STRONG BAD: {narrating} Suture kit included!
{Cut back to the field.}
STRONG BAD: Now get moving, Cheatbot!
THE CHEATBOT: {scuttles away} {beeping The Cheat noises}
{A group of robots is assembled in the Field behind a sign reading Council of Grayish ROBOTS. Present are an ATM, Humidibot, The Robot, the Grape-Nuts Robot, and the full-sized Visor Robot.}
VISOR ROBOT: {subtitled} I think spicy chili crisp is too played out.
{The Cheatbot joins the group.}
VISOR ROBOT: {subtitled} I'm switching back to sriracha.
GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT: {subtitled} I mixed up marsala and masala at my in-laws' house. Soooo embarrassing.
HUMIDIBOT: {spitting water} On that note, should we start back up our Béchamel versus Hollandaise debate? Cause I'm Humidibot?
{Cut back to Strong Bad and The Cheat, without The Cheatbot shell.}
STRONG BAD: {frustrated} They were just talking about friggin' sauce?
THE CHEAT: {shrugging} {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: You sure it wasn't like... mind control sauce? Or melt the human stomach so we can take over the world sauce!
THE CHEAT: {shakes head} {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: I refuse to accept that! There's just no way robots would secretly congregate only to discuss various types of sauce! {hovering in mid-air} You must have missed something. {lands on the ground} You gotta go back.
THE CHEAT: {shrugging} {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: What do you mean you don't know any sauces? Just make something up! Find out how sauce equals world domination. Solve for sauce.
THE CHEAT: {frustrated The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Back in the bucket!
{Strong Bad shoves the bucket shell back on The Cheat.}
{Cut to Humidibot discussing sauces.}
HUMIDIBOT: {spitting water, singing} Coodeman's Burrelli sauce.
{The Cheatbot joins the group.}
{Cut to an ad for sauce.}
HUMIDIBOT: {singing} "It's gonna fill up your belly, hoss!"
{The belly on the chef guy on the ad inflates. A button
