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''This article is about the [[Toons|toon]].'' ''For the [[Songs|song]], see [[Everybody to the Limit (Live)]].'' ''For the karaoke video, see [[Fhqwhgads (karaoke)]].''

''"fhqwhgads" redirects here.'' ''For the running gag, see [[Fhqwhgads]].''

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"Everybody come on fhqwhgads!"

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The Cheat's [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video for Strong Bad's song about [[Fhqwhgads]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Visor Robot]], [[Atari Dragon]], [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]]

'''Places:''' [[The Cheat's Computer Room]]

'''Date:''' Monday, July 1, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:54

'''Page Title:''' Everybody to the Limit

'''DVD:''' [[Everything Else, Volume 1]]

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== Contents ==

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* [#Lyrics 1 Lyrics]
* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
** [#Explanations 2.1 Explanations]
** [#Trivia 2.2 Trivia]
** [#Remarks 2.3 Remarks]
** [#Inside_References 2.4 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 2.5 Real-World References]
** [#Fast_Forward 2.6 Fast Forward]
* [#DVD_Version 3 DVD Version]
** [#Commentary_Transcript 3.1 Commentary Transcript]
** [#Fun_Facts_2 3.2 Fun Facts]
* [#See_Also 4 See Also]
* [#External_Links 5 External Links]

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

'''VISOR ROBOT:''' Come on, Fhqwhgads.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I said come on Fhqwhgads,<br />
I said come on Fhqwhgads,<br />
everybody to the limit<br />
everybody to the limit<br />
everybody come on Fhqwhgads!

I said come on Fhqwhgads,<br />
I said come on Fhqwhgads,<br />
everybody to the limit,<br />
who's that? It's to the limit,<br />
everybody come on Fhqwhgads!

Come on Fhqwhgads.<br />
I see you jockin' me.<br />
Tryin' to play like...<br />
You know me.

I'm like come on Fhqwhgads,<br />
I said come on Fhqwhgads,<br />
everybody to the limit,<br />
The Cheat is to the limit,<br />
everybody come on Fhqwhgads!

I said ooh ah Fhqwhgads,<br />
I said ooh ah Fhqwhgads!<br />
Who's that fh-huh-hoo-huga-WHA<br />
I said who is that Fhqwhgads!

I don't know, who it is.<br />
But it probably is Fhqwhgads.<br />
I asked my friend Joe,<br />
I asked my friend Jake,<br />
they said it was Fhqwhgads!

I said come on Fhqwhgads,<br />
I said come on Fhqwhgads,<br />
Who's-a to the limit?<br />
Say me! I'm to the limit,<br />
everybody come on Fhqwhgads!

Man, Fhqwhgads...<br />
You're just making yourself look worse, y'know?<br />
I mean, everybody's just gonna feel sorry for ya.<br />
I mean, I do.

''{Zooms out to reveal Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the video on [[Tangerine Dreams]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{talking to The Cheat}'' Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That was amazing! I mean you—... I—... I can't b—... Chiggidaba... He—g... ''{rubs The Cheat's head}'' I'm buyin' you a pizza!

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

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"Come on Fhqwhgads. I see you jockin' me."

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

* Fhqwhgads originated in the Strong Bad Email [[i love you]].

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

* A "[[Everybody to the Limit (Live)|Live from West Reykjavik]]" version of this song can be found on [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
* Clicking the Back button at the end of the video will always take you to [[Main Page 15]], The Cheat's [[Main Pages|main page]].
* On April 12, 2006, this was the first non-[[Strong Bad Email]] or [[Teen Girl Squad]] cartoon to be added to [[Podstar Runner]]. The summary read, "The Cheat directs a video for Strong Bad's [[Number One Jams|number one jam]]."
** This was also the first non-sbemail toon to be added to the [[homestarrunnerdotcom]] [[YouTube]] channel, on May 12, 2009.
* The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "The Cheat makes a video of Strong Bad's #1 summer jam.The Cheat makes a video for Strong Bad's #1 summer jam."

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

* On the MP3 version, the Visor Robot's laser doesn't play.
* The word "on" appears as two stars when Strong Bad raps "I said come on, Fhqwhgads!" for the fourth time. This is because the [[Fonts|font]] used is WP IconicSymbolsA.
* The tempo of the song is 110 beats per minute.
* When the toon is loading, the Visor Robot's shoulder is missing, but after the loading is completed, it suddenly appears.
* Even after the Visor Robot's lasers stop, the laser sound is still made.
* When the Visor Robot zaps the word "fhqwhgads," the "q" in "fhqwhgads" turns into a "g", the first "h" becomes bolder for a frame (like '''h'''), and the second "h" disappears.

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

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Lemke strikes again!

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* For a split second, as the Visor Robot's head opens to reveal Strong Bad, the words "come on" are replaced on screen by the word "[[LEMKE|lemke]]".
* When Strong Bad comes out of the Visor Robot, he is holding a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]].
* When the multiple CDs fly across the screen, a roll of [[Duct Tape|duct tape]] is also visible.
* This is another mention of [[Pizza|pizza]].
* The Abraham Lincoln heads are from an Easter egg in [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]].

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Real-World References</span> ===

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Joe and Jake

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* The red and white "enjoy fhqwhgads" ad on the billboard is based on [[Coca-Cola]], who used the slogan "Enjoy Coke".
* The disembodied clapping hands at the beginning are similar to those in the intro of the video for [[John Mellencamp|John Cougar]]'s "[[Jack & Diane]]".
* There are two references to [[Presidents]]:
** The lyric "I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake" is accompanied by portraits of brothers President [[John F. Kennedy]] and Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]]. The portraits are from a tapestry rug, as revealed on [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)|Strong Bad's Instagram]].
** During one of the times the screen is flashing, a profile view of [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s head can be easily noticed.
* The yellow and white [[Ducks|duck]]-like creatures are [[Atari Dragon|Atari Dragons]] from the old [[Atari 2600]] game [[Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]].
* The Visor Robot's voice is [[PlainTalk|MacInTalk]]'s Zarvox.
* The drums The Cheat plays are modeled after the [[Simmons SDS-V]], an early electronic drum set known for its distinctive hexagonal shapes.
* The song [https://www.whosampled.com/Strong-Bad/Everybody-to-the-Limit/ features samples] of [[Funky Drummer|"Funky Drummer"]] and [[Think break|the "Think" break]], both of which have been widely [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] in popular hip-hop. [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2020|A @StrongBadActual tweet]] explains that these [[James Brown]] samples prevent "Everybody to the Limit" from being released on the [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]].

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=== <span class="mw-headline">Fast Forward</span> ===

* In the Strong Bad Email [[your friends]], [[Strong Bad]] hits [[Bubs]] and [[The King of Town]] over the head with a [[Gold album|Gold Record]] (such as are awarded when an album or single sells 500,000 copies) titled "Everybody To The Limit".
* In the email [[sibbie]], Sibbie mentioned the song Strong Bad wrote about Fhqwhgads, and requested their own song.
* The scene where [[Strong Bad]] is sitting in the armchair with the glass of wine is used in [[rock opera]] when Strong Bad says "Ooh, I'm pleasant", although there he is in the [[Smoky Office]].
* The [[Milk Cartons|milk carton]] appears again in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] and [[kind of cool]].
* In the Powered by the Cheat cartoon [[Crazy Cartoon]], Strong Bad says that the cartoon doesn't deserve a pizza.
* In the Strong Bad Email [[what i want]], this song is played by the [[Dancin' Musical Nobots|Dancin' Strong Bad Musical Nobot]].
* At the beginning of [[Place Ya Bets!]], Strong Sad recites the last two lines of the song.
* The same silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's profile is seen carved into a pumpkin in the [[Brainkrieg]] music video [[Decomposing Pumpkins]].
* In [[Main Page 22]], pop-ups pop up and every time one comes up, the robot's voice says "fhqwagads".
* The last scene with Strong Bad at The Cheat's computer was parodied in an Easter egg of [[Fish Eye Lens]].
* In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]], Strong Bad wants to do a sequel, "Let's Fhqwhgads Again", for the song's tenth anniversary. Everybody else, including the [[Visor Robot]], doesn't want him to do so.

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== <span class="mw-headline"> DVD Version </span> ==

* The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, it's Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, hey, holy crap, right?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh— I'm gonna kick you out of this room, this tiny room we're in...

'''MIKE:''' Oh, right, say it. Let me— let me hear you say it. Come on—

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, let's talk about this sweet video that The Cheat made.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously with previous line}'' I like your shades, right there.

'''STRONG BAD:''' This was a milestone in The Cheat's Flash animating career, I think.

'''MIKE:''' This was the second, uh, thing he made, wasn't it?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' After the— his own theme song.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That, that travesty that was The Cheat Theme Song. But the song was okay, thanks to The Skate Partay.

'''MIKE:''' So how much, uh, how much did you have to say about this, in terms of, uh, what did you contribute to the video?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, everything. That was my wiffle ball, that was my duct tape, that was my CD...

'''MIKE:''' Oh, so all of the— the JPEG pictures were yours?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously with previous line}'' Look, I was riding the L train, back out to Brooklyn.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''STRONG BAD:''' At that time, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Okay.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Reading— reading the new, the new James L. Took novel.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, it's one of my favorite... authors.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, yeah. That's not true.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, look out for that big wiffle ball!

'''MIKE:''' Why is your wiffle ball eating you?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, that was The Cheat, he was—

'''MIKE:''' Who- who was that, by the way? The guy with the bag over his head?

'''STRONG BAD:''' That was—

'''MIKE:''' Was that the Unknown Comic?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think it was. From the Gong Show? ''{Mike laughs}'' Oh, the Bobbys and the Jakeys. ''{pause}'' Man, this— I'm surprised I haven't been sued from people going into convulsions from watching some of these Cheat videos. They're—

'''MIKE:''' They do have some flashing images.

'''STRONG BAD:''' They're flashy. For sure. Lookit, oh— ''{unintelligible}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible}'' Don't swallow your tongue!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sorry, that was insensitive.

'''MIKE:''' I was always very afraid of swallowing my tongue when I was younger, that was one of my-

'''STRONG BAD:''' It was in, like, ''Airport 76'' or something.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, was it?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Freaked us out.

'''MIKE:''' I think I saw it on ''Real People'' with John Davison.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ohhh.

'''MIKE:''' Or maybe ''That's Incredible!''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's in— that's real...

'''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I always said chiggidaba. Now... nowadays.

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

* [[The Gong Show]] was a comedic television show in the late '70s; one recurring feature was [[The Unknown Comic|the Unknown Comic]], who wore a paper bag over his head.
* The mention of convulsions from flashing images is a reference to the phenomenon of [[Photosensitive epilepsy|photosensitive seizures]], and in particular the [[Dennō Senshi Porygon|1997 incident]] in which hundreds of Japanese children reported such seizures after watching a ''[[Pokémon]]'' episode featuring rapidly flashing colored frames.
* Although "Airport 76" was not a real movie, Strong Bad may have been referring to the disaster film ''[[Airport '77]]''.
* ''[[Real People]]'' and ''[[That's Incredible!]]'' were both reality television shows in the early '80s that interviewed "ordinary" people. ''That's Incredible!'' emphasized paranormal or remarkable phenomena.

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== <span class="mw-headline"> See Also </span> ==

* The [[Everybody to the Limit Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the film.

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

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/everybody-to-the-limit watch "Everybody to the Limit"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=votBDwhTu1E watch "Everybody to the Limit"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.html watch "Everybody to the Limit"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.swf view the Flash file for "Everybody to the Limit"]

* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.zip download the song "Everybody to the Limit" for PC] ([[ZIP (file format)|.zip]] archive)
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.sit download the song "Everybody to the Limit" for Mac] ([[StuffIt|.sit]] archive)
* [[index.php/Everybody To The Limit|This Might Be A Wiki entry for Everybody To The Limit]]

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