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	''This article is about the [[Toons\|toon]].'' ''For the pyrotechnic explosives, see [[Fireworks]].''		''This article is about the [[Toons\|toon]].'' ''For the pyrotechnic explosives, see [[Fireworks]].''

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	* "90 degrees or higher" and "11.9 FL OZ" are written on the bottom of the label of Bubs's Not so Cold One, but zooming in causes the text to disappear.		* "90 degrees or higher" and "11.9 FL OZ" are written on the bottom of the label of Bubs's Not so Cold One, but zooming in causes the text to disappear.
			* Homestar is able to do the voice of Cardboard Marzipan with slightly less of his speech impediment.
			* The fireworks that The Cheat produces include blue fireworks, which [https://theconversation.com/red-white-but-rarely-blue-the-science-of-fireworks-colors-explained-119284 are rare and hard to make].

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	* Marzipan and The Cheat go on a hot date in [[Date Nite]], complete with more fireworks.		* Marzipan and The Cheat go on a hot date in [[Date Nite]], complete with more fireworks.
	* In [[Quality Time]], Marzipan makes herself a [[Cardboard Homestar]] to go out with.		* In [[Quality Time with Cardboard Homestar]], Marzipan makes herself a [[Cardboard Homestar]] to go out with.
	* In [[hremail 3184]], Bubs and Coach Z watch the explosion of the [[Lappy 486]] in a similar way as they watch the fireworks in this short.		* In [[hremail 3184]], Bubs and Coach Z watch the explosion of the [[Lappy 486]] in a similar way as they watch the fireworks in this short.

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	* "[[Craig Zobel]]'s movie" is ''[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects\|The Great World of Sound]]'', which Missy Palmer produced.		* "[[Craig Zobel]]'s movie" is ''[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects\|The Great World of Sound]]'', which Missy Palmer produced.
	* The instances of [[The Cheat's Head Exploding]] that Matt refers to include [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] ("You don't have to give him Pop Rocks and Coke...") and [[couch patch]] ("The Compy makes him explode at some point, right?")		* The instances of [[The Cheat's Head Exploding\|The Cheat's head exploding]] that Matt refers to include [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] ("You don't have to give him Pop Rocks and Coke...") and [[couch patch]] ("The Compy makes him explode at some point, right?")
	* The alternate identities described for The Cheat are [[The Popular Vote]] from [[A Decemberween Pageant]], and [[Istanbul]] from [[dangeresque 3]].		* The alternate identities described for The Cheat are [[The Popular Vote]] from [[A Decemberween Pageant]], and [[Istanbul]] from [[dangeresque 3]].

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''This article is about the [[Toons|toon]].'' ''For the pyrotechnic explosives, see [[Fireworks]].''

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"Want to go on a secret hot date?"

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Bubs, Coach Z, Homestar, and a Cardboard Marzipan watch a fireworks show.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Bubs]], [[Coach Z]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Cardboard Marzipan]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Mad]], [[The Cheat]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]]

'''Date:''' Monday, July 4, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 1:46

'''Page Title:''' Fuh-lamable!

'''DVD:''' [[Everything Else, Volume 2]]

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#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]
* [#External_Links 4 External Links]

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

''{Coach Z and Bubs are sitting next to each other in lawn chairs at dusk, waiting for fireworks to start.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Naw, I tell ya's, I once shoved an M-80 up my nose just to impress the lady-types!

'''BUBS:''' Aw, that's nothin'. I once ate an entire bowl of M-200s at my family reunion!

'''COACH Z:''' Oh yeah, well I married an M-300—

'''BUBS:''' ''{angrily}'' They don't make a 300.

'''COACH Z:''' Oh... 250?

'''BUBS:''' No!

'''COACH Z:''' Elephant?

'''BUBS:''' Hup-bup-bup-bup!

''{Homestar comes in with Cardboard Marzipan. Each of Cardboard Marzipan's lines are actually provided by Homestar Runner in a high, light voice.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey guys! Happy Fireworks!

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' Homestar, that's not what the holiday's called.

'''BUBS:''' Marzipan's still out of town for the summer, eh, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{angrily}'' No, what're you talking about?

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' Yes, I'm still out of town, Bubs, you gorgeous hunk of man.

'''BUBS:''' ''{blushing}'' Oh, why thank you, Cardboard Marzipan.

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Cardboard Marzi! Uh, you want in on some of this action?

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' No, you're disgusting.

'''BUBS:''' What's takin' these fireworks guys so long anyways? I got peoples to rip off!

''{Cut to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat. Cans of gas and WB-46 are around them as well as a sign that says, "The fireworks guys (f'real)".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh, I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to let you make your homemade fireworks, Strong Mad.

''{Cut to Strong Mad's fireworks, which are just batteries and matches taped together.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' OOH AHH! OOH AHH!

'''STRONG BAD:''' We'll get to the oohing and ahhing soon enough. But first, we gotta go straight to plan G!

''{Cut to The Cheat with "''PLAИ "g"''" painted on him.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{sad, sigh-like The Cheat noise}''

''{Strong Mad grabs The Cheat and starts shaking him. The Cheat makes noises.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait for it... wait for it...

''{The Cheat's noises turn higher-pitched.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And... pull!

''{Strong Mad throws The Cheat upwards.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' Meeeeeeeeeehhhhh!

''{The Cheat goes flying into the sky. Eventually, he explodes and The Cheat-shaped fireworks appear. Cut back to Homestar, Bubs, and Coach Z, now watching the fireworks.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER, BUBS:''' Oooooh! Ahhhhhh!

'''COACH Z:''' It's dazzle-mazing!!

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' I think fireworks promote violence.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{pauses, then glares at Cardboard Marzipan}'' Shut up, Marzipan.

''{A firework explodes and shows "Happy Fireworks!" The Cheat crashes into the ground. His head has exploded. After a little while, Cardboard Marzipan leans in.}''

'''CARDBOARD MARZIPAN:''' Oh, The Cheat, are you okay? Do you want to go on a secret hot date?

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

* Strong Bad saying "Pull" to signal Strong Mad to throw The Cheat is a reference to [[trap shooting]], where one says "Pull" to signal that the clay pigeon should be thrown.
* [[M-80 (explosive)|M-80s]] are a class of large firecrackers originally developed by the United States military to simulate the sound of gunfire, but then sold to the public as fireworks. M-80s are sometimes known as "quarter sticks of dynamite".

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

* This toon was released on the [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]], which is marked by fireworks displays and other festivities.
* The loading screen for this toon displays "[[Irregular Loading Screens|Loafing...]]" instead of "Loading...".
* The cardboard box used to make Cardboard Marzipan had "[[File:cardboard marzipan stencil.png|(F)RAGILE]]" stenciled across its top before Homestar drew Marzipan on it, as well as "DON'T BEND" stenciled across the bottom.
* The cans of WB-46 have the slogan "Stops the Squeaks! Gets some jobs DONE! Fuh-lamable." written on them.
* The can of [[Gasoline|gasoline]] that was next to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat is labeled "THE GAS".
* "Dazzle-mazing" is a [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]], albeit one that is less subtle than most of [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad]]'s.

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

* "90 degrees or higher" and "11.9 FL OZ" are written on the bottom of the label of Bubs's Not so Cold One, but zooming in causes the text to disappear.

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

* Homestar's drawing of [[Marzipan]] looks very similar to The Cheat's drawing of her in [[mile]].
* Bubs has a [[Cold One|Not so Cold One]] bottle and Coach Z has a can of [[Cold One|Coldson Lite]].
* The burnt out matches next to Strong Mad's "Fireworks" are the same kind as in [[The Luau]].
* The [[Batteries|batteries]] are the same kind as in [[Meet Marshie]].
* The cooler originally from [[labor day]] also appears in one scene.
* This is another instance of [[The Cheat's Head Exploding]].
* Strong Bad went straight to plan "[[G|g]]".

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

* The cans of WB-46 are a spoof of [[WD-40]], an industrial lubricant.
* Some of the batteries Strong Mad used to make fireworks are black with copper colored tops, the classic design of [[Duracell]], while others are silver with black tops, the design used by [[Energizer Holdings|Energizer]].

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

* Marzipan and The Cheat go on a hot date in [[Date Nite]], complete with more fireworks.
* In [[Quality Time]], Marzipan makes herself a [[Cardboard Homestar]] to go out with.
* In [[hremail 3184]], Bubs and Coach Z watch the explosion of the [[Lappy 486]] in a similar way as they watch the fireworks in this short.

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

* The DVD version features 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:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' I did most of this while you was gone, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' That's right! Look at, uh, Bubs looks a little dumpy when he's sitting down.

'''MATT:''' He does look— It's not a very flattering position for him to sit in.

'''MIKE:''' Doesn't look very comfortable either. ''{pause}'' So, Marzipan ''was'' out of town, uh, all summer, that summer, working on a— she was in North Carolina.

'''MATT:''' Working on millionaire gadabout Craig Zobel's movie.

'''MIKE:''' That's right.

'''MATT:''' Homestar does a really good impression of how Marzipan would act, like... she contradicts him a lot.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' You'd think that if he was making up his— She ''corrects'' him.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Cardboard Marzipan is smarter than Homestar even though Homestar is controlling.

'''MATT:''' ''{chuckles}'' It's good, he's doing a really great impression. He knows how the dynamic works between them and... "The Gas." That's what that gas can says. This is good; we should try this. I wanna tape some batteries to some sticks and try and light them on fire. ''{pause}'' Uh oh! The Cheat is Plan "g", Mike.

'''MIKE:''' He's also Istanbul, ''{Matt laughs}'' and what else was he in the Christmas Pageant?

'''MATT:''' The Popular Vote?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, the Popular Vote, yeah.

'''MATT:''' This is another example of The Cheat— apparently you don't have to— to give him Pop Rocks and Coke—

'''MIKE:''' —to make him explode.

'''MATT:''' You can just shake him up. ''{chuckles}'' And what's the other one? The, uh, the Compy makes him explode at some point, right? ...Homestar spitting Teddy Grahams? I don't remember how that works.

'''MIKE:''' He explodes a lot.

''{The Cheat crash lands.}''

'''MATT:''' Oh! ...And now Marzipan is ''hitting'' on The Cheat. ''{laughing}'' Illicit.

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

* "[[Craig Zobel]]'s movie" is ''[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects|The Great World of Sound]]'', which Missy Palmer produced.
* The instances of [[The Cheat's Head Exploding]] that Matt refers to include [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] ("You don't have to give him Pop Rocks and Coke...") and [[couch patch]] ("The Compy makes him explode at some point, right?")
* The alternate identities described for The Cheat are [[The Popular Vote]] from [[A Decemberween Pageant]], and [[Istanbul]] from [[dangeresque 3]].

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

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/happy-fireworks watch "Happy Fireworks"]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/fireworks.html watch "Happy Fireworks"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/fireworks.swf view the Flash file for "Happy Fireworks"]
* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=4067 forum thread re: "Happy Fireworks"]

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[/wiki/Special:Categories Categories]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Bubs Filmography|Bubs Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Coach Z Filmography|Coach Z Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography|Homestar Runner Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Strong Bad Filmography|Strong Bad Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Strong Mad Filmography|Strong Mad Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:The Cheat Filmography|The Cheat Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Everything Else, Volume 2|Everything Else, Volume 2]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Holiday Toons|Holiday Toons]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:DVD Commentary|DVD Commentary]]</span>

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