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[[The Show|Stupid]] Halloween Edition!

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Strong Bad's fan costume mockery continues on The Show: Fanstumes Edition.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Cow Lamp]], [[Coach Z]], [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], [[Crack Stuntman]]

'''Costumes (in order of appearance):''' [[Senor Cardgage]], [[Cow Lamp]], [[kids' book|Hillary]], [[kids' book|Gregor]], [[Coach Z]], [[Trogdor]], [[Homestar Runner]] dressed as [[Strong Bad]], [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], [[Gunhaver]], [[Blue Laser Commander]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters|Mayor]], [[Homestar Runner]] dressed as [[Strong Sad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Bubs]], [[D n' D Greg]], [[The King of Town]]

'''Places:''' [[The Show]]

'''Date:''' Wednesday, November 22, 2023

'''Running Time:''' 4:38

'''Page Title:''' Enchanced, Endured, and Engulfed!

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== Contents ==

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
** [#Trivia 2.1 Trivia]
** [#Remarks 2.2 Remarks]
** [#Inside_References 2.3 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 2.4 Real-World References]
** [#Fast_Forward 2.5 Fast Forward]
* [#External_Links 3 External Links]

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''{The toon opens on the set of The Show, with a title card reading The Show: Fanstumes Edition.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Welcome back to The Show: Fanstumes Edition! ''{drumroll}'' And here is your host...

''{Title card withdraws to reveal Strong Bad dancing in place on a pedestal.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{quickly, quietly}'' Strongb'd.

''{The Show theme music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thank you, Don Ronny, Ron Donny. Ronny Ronny, Ronny Monny. Let's get right to our first costume!

''{Cut to a closed window. The window opens to show a fan dressed as Senor Cardgage holding a smartphone edited to look like he's holding an air freshener.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I like that Senor Cardgage provides a nice costume option for the physique-ularly enchanced.

''{A label pops up reading "physiqularly enchanced"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... endured? ''{label changes to read "endured?"}'' Er... engulfed! ''{label changes to read "engulfed!" with a splat}'' Yeah. Yeah, this guy's definitely been engulfed.

''{Next slide depicts a fan dressed as the living version of the cow lamp from the Decemberweenvent Calendar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Waah! That horrifying illustration of Homestar's cow lamp ''{the horrifying illustration appears on the side for comparison}'' from that awful sheet music Decemberweenvent calendar?

''{The next slide depicts a frightened woman in a hula hoop with fangs.}''

'''COW LAMP:''' You are not going out trick-or-treating dressed like that fangoriously devoured ''{the drawing of Hillary from [[kids' book]] being devoured by a monster appears for comparison}'' young lady, you hear?

''{The next costume shows a baseball player in a green uniform with a squirrel for a hand. The page turns to show Gregor, also from [[kids' book]].}''

'''COW LAMP:''' And you leave those squirrel hands to yourself, young slugger!

''{The next slide shows a fan dressed as Coach Z.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, I don't wanna in any way encourage more of these skintight green job Coach Z costumes. But pulling one on ''over'' your pants? Just makes everything ''{disgusted}'' lumpy-worse. For the universe.

''{Next slide shows a much younger fan in a Coach Z costume with a paper mask.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' This homemade version of Coach Z will receive ''{a board game box appears}'' the home version of Coach Z.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{desperately abrasive}'' I'm-a come to your home! Please let me come to your home—!

''{Scene interrupts. A card featuring The Cheat in front of an unplugged outlet reads "Hang in There: Technical Difficulties".}''

''{Next slide shows someone dressed in all black underneath a cardboard cutout of Trogdor. Romantic music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' On a rooftop in Paris, world-famous Trog-mime ''{name card appears}'' Chimeaux Bardeaux ''{pronounces as Chim-ooks Bar-dooks}'' does his performance art piece entitled: The S is for Spandex.

'''ANNOUNCER:''' That's right, and the next contestant to dress up like Trogdor will win ''{The Show theme plays}'' a trip to Paris!

''{The next slide shows a fan wearing a paper version of Trogdor. Record scratches.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Never mind! Never mind at all! Never mind all the time go away please forever!

''{The next slide shows a costume of Homestar dressed as Strong Bad from [[halloweener]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the award for best use of maybe one of those kinda see-through floormats you put under your desk for your office chair to roll on to simulate blurred-out nudity ''{image from [[halloweener]] appears for comparison}'' goes to... ''{ribbon appears with a lot of text on it}'' this one!

''{The next slide shows a fan dressed as the Fort Wayne Locomotive. The image is monochrome and has film artifacts overlaid.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' This might be the first and hopefully only Fort Wayne Locomotive costume. Ah, from the days when a helmet could be defined as a floppy leather bowl stuck on your head.

''{The Fort Wayne Locomotive appears.}''

'''FORT WAYNE LOCOMOTIVE:''' Hey-hey. They used to call me the floppy leather bowl! But it wasn't because a' anything pigskin-related! Woooohhh! Ohh! Ooooohhh!

''{The Fort Wayne Locomotive charges into the screen, away from the viewer.}''

''{The next slide shows two fans: one dressed as Gunhaver is pointing an orange toy gun at a fan dressed as the Blue Laser Commander in a menacing pose.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' These are fine Blue Laser Commander and Gunhaver costumes. I can't get over how accurate the smarm is on this guy!

''{Another image of the fan dressed as Gunhaver holding the toy gun is displayed, showing him from the front.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at that smarm! ''{wavy lines float off his head}'' Smarmin' right off him in droves, it smarms!

'''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' Blaah, Crack Stuntman here! To tell you about my new non-non-profit, ''{label appears showing Crack Stuntman's head as a barn}'' Smarms for Farms.

''{The next slide shows a fan dressed as Strong Bad cuddling a cat on the floor.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' Today's contestants will receive ''{a sticker appears}'' Stranglecat Strong Bad. ''{another sticker appears}'' Banned in 17 countries, Stranglecat Strong Bad creates hours of harrowing play for your furry friend.

''{The window closes.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' And now everyone's favorite part, where Strong Bad makes up—

''{The slide opens to reveal a fan in a Strong Bad costume.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' —a dumb little song!

''{The mouth on the costume animates.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' My mouth has been so loooow... since my baby left. And my head is all squished and withered! I call it "squithered". 'Cause you know I gotta portmanteau! Because my mouth is so low... ''{the mouth moves to a position closer to accurate}'' That's right, my mouth is so... ''{sings a high note as the mouth appears on the top of the mask}'' loooow!

''{Window closes. Cut to Strong Bad still dancing on the pedestal.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' All right, Strong Bad. It's time for the final round!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, I'll take...

''{Cut to a blue screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Costumes that are so obscure you probably don't remember them. ''{screen shows $800}'' For 800 please.

''{The next slide shows a fan dressed in a stovepipe hat and sash looking at a toppled penguin statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hmm... "mayo"... penguin... Oh! ''{Jeopardy time-out chime plays}'' I know this one! In the first episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, ''{Teen Girl Squad music plays as the relevant panel is displayed}'' there was a Teen Girl Squad minigame! ''{The Ugly One appears with a chocolate bar}'' If you gave The Ugly One a chocolate bar at the right time, it did this!

''{A talk balloon appears on the slide}''

'''MAYOR:''' What will our fair city do without this brave robotic duck?

'''PENGUIN:''' Penguin.

'''MAYOR:''' No, you kiddin' me? A penguin, huh? All this time...

''{Strong Bad laughs heartily.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the best joke I ever made. That I had completely forgotten about until just now.

''{Cut back to the title card.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' That's it for tonight, folks. We'll see you ''all'' next Fanstumesdate!

''{The title card withdraws to show a fan dressed as Homestar dressed as Strong Sad from [[impression]].}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' Promotional consideration by: Some Animal Died Charities.

''{The next picture shows three fans dressed as Coach Z, Homestar and Bubs respectively, standing outdoors.}'''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' And these costumes we couldn't come up with anything funny to say about. Except for maybe this kid's feet.

''{Close up on Homestar's feet. They appear to be black sandals with torn socks.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' What is going on here?

''{Text appears.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' Also, we didn't get to do a Homsar quote based on the weird stuff in the back of people's photographs—

''{A photo appears showing fans dressed as D'n'D Greg and The King of Town sitting at a table.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' —so how about this one? ''{as Homsar}'' AaAaAaAah! ''{close up on the King of Town's dinner plate}'' I get to re-roll my chicken cutlet! That's pretty good, huh?

''{Fade out. End.}''

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Hang in there!

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* Shifting the setting from the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]] to [[The Show]] marks the first update to the Fan Costumes video format since [[Fan Costumes '06|2006]].
* The person wearing the Strong Bad costume with the low mouth is wiki user [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]].

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* Unlike many prior years, both the [[Index Page Messages]] and [[TV Time Toons Menu]] use costume photos that were also featured in the toon proper.
* The Show previously hosted a Halloween-themed contest, the [[Punkin Show]].

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How 'bout it, Steve?

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* The format follows the theme of the 2023 Halloween toon, [[The Show: Ween Edition]].
* The [[Generic Announcers|announcer]] [["Man" pronounced as "m'n"|pronounces "Strong Bad" as "Strongb'd"]].
* The boxing gloves on the Senor Cardgage costume are labeled "A+ #1 All-Pro Panache", the brand Strong Bad said he wore in [[Fan Costumes 2016]].
* Strong Bad complained about "skintight green jobs" in [[Fan Costumes 2017]].
* The "Home Version" of Coach Z is made by [[Boardelectrix]].
* The "Technical Difficulties" screen was previously seen in [[pizzaz]].
* Crack Stuntman promotes non-profit "Smarms for Farms" in a similar manner to his support of [[Pistols For Pandas (organization)|Pistols For Pandas]].
* Strong Bad has [[Musical Moments|made up songs]] in several previous [[Fan Costumes]] episodes, especially more recently.
* Strong Bad acknowledges his tendency to use [[Portmanteaus|portmanteaus]].
* Promotional consideration is provided by "[[Some Animal Died]] Charities".

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* Trog-mime "Chimeaux Bardeaux" recalls famous French mime [[Marcel Marceau]].
* [[History of the football helmet|Leather football helmets]] were used in the early 20th century, with plastic helmets becoming standard in the 1950s.
* The blue-screened category selection seen in the final round is [[Game Show References|similar to the game show]] ''[[Jeopardy!]]''.

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* Although this toon did not feature a costume challenge prompt, a [[@StrongBadActual]] [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023|tweet posted three days later]] shared a [[DELETED]] scene with two costume suggestions: [[The Rest]] (from [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]) and [[Other Halloween Costumes|The Fearsome Brothers Strong wearing scary monster outfits]] (from [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]).
* The swaying motion Strong Bad makes while he is on the podium briefly appears in [[Back To A Website]] near the end of the song when he is on top of the crazebox that contains Homestar Runner and is being carried by Strong Mad.

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* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/fan-stumes-2023 watch "Fan 'Stumes 2023"]
* [https://homestarrunner.com/media/pages/toons/fan-stumes-2023/01a43538b2-1700663769/fanstumes23_final.swf view the Flash file for "Fan 'Stumes 2023"]

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'''Other'''

'''Site Components'''

[[Main Page 7]], [[Ween Intro]], [[Punkin Stencils]]

'''Toons'''

[[halloweener]], [[ghosts]], [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]], [[Malloween Commercial]], [[That a Ghost]], [[Halloween Awards Show]], [[Costume Commercial]], [[Decomposing Pumpkins]], [[Punkin Show]], [[Halloween Safety]], [[Joystick Wagglin' with Videlectrix: Halloween Edition]], [[Large Bean (toon)|Large Bean]], [[Kooky Moonlight]]

'''Puppet Stuff'''

[[Homestar vs. Little Girl 2]], [[Marshie vs. Little Girl]], [[Greatest American Homestar]], [[Action Cool News-oween Report]]

'''Games'''

[[Egg Throwing Game]], [[Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha]], [[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]]

'''[[Fan Costumes]]'''

[[Fan Costume Commentary|2003]], [[More Fan Costumes|2005]], [[Fan Costumes '06|2006]], [[Fan Costumes '07|2007]], [[Fan Costumes '08|2008]], [[Fan Costumes '09|2009]], [[Fan Costumes 2015|2015]], [[Fan Costumes 2016|2016]], [[Fan Costumes 2017|2017]], [[Fan Costumes 2018|2018]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2019|2019]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2020|2020]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2021|2021]], [[Fan 'Stumes 2022|2022]], '''2023''', [[Fanstume (singular) '24|2024]]

'''[[Halloween Costumes|Costumes]]'''

[[Rejected Costumes]], [[Other Halloween Costumes]], [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes]], [[What are you supposed to be?]], [[I really like your costume]], [[Icon References in Halloween Costumes|Icon References]]

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