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"This diskette is the data storage of the future!"

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Strong Bad draws a diskette, with the help of some '80s magazine advertising magic.

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

'''Date:''' Wednesday, February 14, 2018 ([[@StrongBadActual|Twitter]]); Thursday, February 15, 2018 ([[YouTube]])

'''Running Time:''' 2:09

'''Page Title:''' Diskettes are the storage medium of the future!

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== Contents ==

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
** [#Explanations 2.1 Explanations]
** [#Trivia 2.2 Trivia]
** [#Inside_References 2.3 Inside References]
* [#External_Links 3 External Links]

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== <span class="mw-headline">Transcript</span> ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Gather 'round for another ''{opening titles enter}'' Skills of an Artist!

''{Opening titles fade, music begins}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' This week, it's diskette time! Let's go! We know how this works.

''{Strong Bad draws the left and top of a wobbly-sided, slightly tilted square}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We're gonna do a nice, lovely square.

''{Strong Bad detours in the top-right corner to draw an inward tab}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Over here we got a little tiny mouth.

''{Strong Bad continues his square downwards}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Tiny robot mouth.

''{Strong Bad closes the square}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come back over here. Look at that. Diskette. Already taking shape.

''{Strong Bad adds a rounded rectangle in the upper left corner of the square}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A rounded rectangle up here. ''{Strong Bad adds two horizontal lines}'' in the top left corner of the diskette. Some lines there. To put your detailed information. All the different files that you could fit on this massive storage system.

''{Strong Bad draws a circle in the center of the diskette}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And and here comes the washer-mouth. ''{Strong Bad adds another circle inside the first}'' In the middle there. Hoooooah! Look at him singin'. ''{Indicating the label in the corner}'' He's wearing a pirate eyepatch of those Venetian blinds shades that Dangeresque Too wears, you know what I'm sayin'?

''{Strong Bad adds a vertical oval shape below the circle in the center}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And then here's his little chin-dimple down here. Oh, hello little chin-dimple. Look at that diskette. He's adorable! Now we've gotta give him some 80's magazine advertising magic.

''{Strong Bad starts at the top-right corner of the diskette and draws a wavy line leading right toward the edge of the page}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, it's like... a rainbow trail coming off the back there.

''{Strong Bad draws another wavy line starting from the bottom left corner of the diskette running right, creating a wavy trail behind the diskette}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohhhh, rainbow trail. And let's give it some stripes.

''{Strong Bad draws a wavy line parallel to the top wavy line accompanied vvvvrt sound, then a second one, then a third.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And let's see, over here of course you gotta have—

''{Strong Bad draws a series of diagonal lines jutting out from the bottom left corner of the diskette}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —that futuristic laser grid—

''{Strong Bad now draws a series of lines perpendicular to the ones he just drew, creating a grid}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —extending into infinity. So futuristic. And the last thing is some radical 3D shapes.

''{Cut to a close-up of the diskette. Strong Bad draws a cone to the left of it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, like, floating cone ''{shading the cone}'' in the middle of the air. Oh, that's radical.

''{Cut to a close-up, this time on the right side of the diskette. Strong Bad draws an incomplete circle behind the rainbow trail}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And, maybe like a ''{adding shading}'' sphere. Get the shading right, ''{adding a circle inside the sphere as a "shiny"}'' make sure it looks spherical.

''{Cut to the whole drawing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at how 3D...! This diskette... it's the data storage of the future!

''{Indicating the tiny "robot mouth"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumble-acting}'' Oh, please don't put a foil piece of tape over this for the copy protection! There's no WAAAY I'm just going to rent this game from the video store and diskcopy A-colon B-colon and put the tape back on!

''{Strong Bad pauses}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Copy protection!

''{Rhombus transition to a navy field where a green laser grid, yellow cone and a crimson sphere float into view. A diskette graphic is floating in leaving a rainbow trail with orange, blue, pink and green stripes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, electronic-filtered}'' Diskettes... are the storage medium... of the future!

''{The figures snap into place as arranged in Strong Bad's drawing. Text reading "DISKETTES!" slides in from the bottom right corner of the frame followed by action stripes.}''

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== <span class="mw-headline">Fun Facts</span> ==

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Explanations</span> ===

* [[diskcopy]] is a [[DOS]] command to copy disks.

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Trivia</span> ===

* The Twitter description for this post is "Skills of an Artist - PC/CGA - Disk 1 of 17".
* The YouTube description for this video is "Learn to draw an 80's PC magazine ad with everyone's favorite 90's cartoon man, Strong Bad!"
* The diskette Strong Bad draws is a 5.25" floppy disk.

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Inside References</span> ===

* Diskettes and all the things Strong Bad describes about them are related to his [[Strong Bad's Technology|love of outdated technology]].
* Strong Bad compares the striped label to [[Dangeresque Too]]'s sunglasses.
* The diskette's copy protection tab is called a [[Robots|robot]] mouth.

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== <span class="mw-headline">External Links</span> ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toon/skoa17 watch "Diskette"]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvzSl7WXy6k watch "Diskette"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://twitter.com/StrongBadActual/status/963898242621673472 watch "Diskette"] on [[@StrongBadActual|Twitter]]

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