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''"So... somebody please make this game."''

Strong Bad designs the stand-up arcade game Froosh & Dooj, featuring the Explodey Sisters!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, October 3, 2017 ([[@StrongBadActual|Twitter]]); Wednesday, October 4, 2017 ([[YouTube]])

'''Running Time:''' 1:48

'''Page Title:''' The Explodey Sisters blast forth!

== Transcript ==

''{Cut to a red boxing glove holding a marker in front of a whiteboard designed to look like lined paper; the music from [[dragon]] plays}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing out of key}'' I got the Skills of an Artist, yes I make drawing fun! ''{speaking normally}'' Today we're going to draw a classic stand-up arcade game!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{He draws a circle, and then a smaller circle inside it, while speaking rhythmically}'' First, a Roundello. And second, a smaller Roundello. Inside! ''{speaking normally, drawing two lines down from the larger circle}'' Couple of downtowns for the joystick... ''{draws the base of the joystick, pointing in four directions}'' and now we have to draw the multi-directional socket-thing here. ''{adds small arrow symbols on all sides}'' Now with all four directions! ''{draws curved lines on each side of the base}'' Draw these little flexy-things in here so it can move. Then let's do a little bit of shading. ''{adds hatch shading on the stick, then on the round part of the joystick}'' Opposite the shiny. Shady, shiny. Shady, shiny. Skills of an Artist! Now, onto the best part, the buttons! ''{draws a long, horizontal oval next to the joystick}'' Now look, there's gonna be a lot of nay-sayers out there that are gonna tell you you're drawing an old-timey straw barbershop quartet hat. ''{by this point he has added sides and a base for the button, so that it indeed bears resemblance to a hat}'' You just gotta shake those people off, man. ''{starts drawing a second, slightly-smaller button}'' There's no convincing those people. ''You'' know this is an arcade button, and ''that's'' what's important. ''{adds reflections to the top of the buttons}'' And, put a little shiny on top. And a little shiny on top. ''{adds hatch shading}'' And now we gotta decide what these buttons do. Let's see... this one controls... the FROOSH! ''{writes "FROOSH" under the left button}'' And you know what that means. This one controls the DOOJ! ''{writes "DOOJ" under the right button}'' It's FROOSH and DOOJ! The explodey sisters! Oh, man, that sounds like the best arcade game ever! Oh, I gotta see this thing in action.

''{As the video speeds up, Strong Bad draws the sides of the cabinet, a screen, a line of coins to the right, and a bar at the bottom of the screen displaying the player's score (00001), as he continues talking}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Draw the rest of the cabinet here. And a screen. And some quarters for those who got next. And here's the score. Uh, you're not doing very well.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{on the right side of the screen, he draws a simple figure with a dress and long hair}'' Check it out, here's Sister Froosh. ''{draws curved lines to either side of Sister Froosh, representing an explosion}'' And her explosion goes all-out to the side all wispy-like like FROOSH! ''{draws a similar figure on the left with spiky hair}'' And then here's Sister Dooj! ''{draws a high column of flame around her}'' And she makes this like column of fire and it's like DOOJ!

''{Strong Bad's boxing glove disappears from view as he is heard falling over in his chair. The music stops.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So... somebody please make this game. That I may play of it.

== Fun Facts ==

=== Trivia ===

* The [[@StrongBadActual|Tweet text]] reads, "Thanks for participating in the Stuff-Strong-Bad-Might/Could-Do Exploratory Poll! Now back to our regularly scheduled Skills of an Artist!" This refers to Strong Bad's previous Tweet: a poll asking viewers if they would support a [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] [[Patreon]] account.
* The [[YouTube]] description reads, "Strong Bad draws the control panel for a classic arcade cabinet."

=== Inside References ===

* The subject of the drawing is a [[Stand-Up Arcade Games|stand-up arcade game]] featuring the "[[Explosions|explodey]] sisters", [[Froosh]] and [[Dooj]].
* Strong Bad [[Singing Out of Tune|sings out of tune]] in the introduction.
* The term "[[Glossary|roundello]]" was first used in [[Cartoon Characters]].

== External Links ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/skoa9 watch "Classic Stand-up Arcade Game"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFW3XtmDNcQ watch "Classic Stand-up Arcade Game"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://twitter.com/StrongBadActual/status/915283702657273856 watch "Classic Stand-up Arcade Game"] on [[@StrongBadActual|Twitter]]

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