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| '''Marzipan's Answering Machine #10'''
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Marzipan's Stalker Spray

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Strong Sad invites Marzipan over to watch a DVD. Meanwhile, Strong Bad attempts to teach Homestar the fine art of prank calling.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Marzipan]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Vector Strong Bad]] (Easter egg), [[Unseen Characters|Ron Dardman]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]]

'''Date:''' Monday, March 8, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:39

'''Page Title:''' Marzipan's Answering Machine

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

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== Contents ==

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
** [#Marzipan.27s_Greeting 1.1 Marzipan's Greeting]
** [#Message_6 1.2 Message 6]
** [#Message_5 1.3 Message 5]
** [#Message_4 1.4 Message 4]
** [#Message_3 1.5 Message 3]
** [#Message_2 1.6 Message 2]
** [#Message_1 1.7 Message 1]
* [#Easter_Eggs 2 Easter Eggs]
* [#Fun_Facts 3 Fun Facts]
** [#Remarks 3.1 Remarks]
** [#Inside_References 3.2 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 3.3 Real-World References]
** [#Fast_Forward 3.4 Fast Forward]
* [#External_Links 4 External Links]

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

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Marzipan's Greeting </span> ===

'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi guys! Leave me a message, and I'll leave you with an abstract thought. Is a penguin a bird or a duck?

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Message 6 </span> ===

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey Marzipan, it's Strong Sad, um... I just rented the ''V.I. Warshawski'' DVD. Thought maybe you'd wanna come over and check it out with me, uh... says here it's got deleted scenes... director commentary... interactive menus... ''{Marzipan walks past and leaves her keys and [[Stalker Spray]] by the machine}'' scene selection... widescreen mode... uh, running time... that sounds pretty de-luxe. I know it's one of your favorites so when you get this, gimme a call and, uh, we'll do it up right!

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Message 5 </span> ===

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{lowered voice}'' (Okay, so what am I doing here?)

'''STRONG BAD:''' (Step one is to greet the recipient of the prank call.)

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Okay, okay, I got it.) Ahem. Hey Pom Pom!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates buzzer noise}'' Wrong! Hang up and start over. ''{Hangs up}''

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Message 4 </span> ===

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello Marzipan! (Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?)

'''STRONG BAD:''' (Step two is where you reveal your fake identity to the prankee.)

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Oh, I'm Batman.)

'''STRONG BAD:''' (What, n—! Just make up a name!)

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Okay, okay!) Hey Marzipan, this is Homestar.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates buzzer noise again}'' ''{Hangs up}''

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Message 3 </span> ===

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Marzipan, this is Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates louder, slightly higher pitched buzzer noise}'' ''{Hangs up}''

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Message 2 </span> ===

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello, Marzipan, this is... Sugar-face. (Okay, now what?)

'''STRONG BAD:''' (Well, step three is to continue the prank in a direction determined by your identity, but, uh, you're on your own with Sugar-face.)

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Okay.) I am a pretend guy that... comes around... and... ''{singing}'' gets run over by a lawnmower blade!

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I chose to end in song!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh boy... remember how I said this is a six-week course?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I'm excited!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, it turns out it's canceled.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aw man!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, it's a shame.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh well. It's still the second-best five hundred bucks I ever spent!

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Message 1 </span> ===

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{sounding more depressed than usual}'' Hey Marzipan, it's Strong Sad again, um... I haven't been honest with you... I don't really have the ''V.I. Warshawski'' DVD. ''{Marzipan walks up to the machine.}'' I just went to the video store and copied down the features from the back of the DVD box. ''{Marzipan grabs her keys and heads out}'' I just wanted an excuse to call you, and... oh geez. Strong Bad's right. I'm a waste of space.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{In the background}'' I said you were a waste of FAT space!

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== <span class="mw-headline"> Easter Eggs </span> ==

* After the final message, press the number display to get a familiar message.

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' YOUR PHONE A SPLODE! ''{The text scrolls across the display}''

* After the final message, press the tape deck for a message from Marzipan's credit card company. Mr. Ron Dardman calls about some unforeseen expenditures.

'''RON DARDMAN:''' ''{rewind sound is heard, then Ron starts speaking}'' Hello there, Marzipan. My name is Ron...D-Dardman, from your credit card company. We're just calling to confirm a $500 charge for one of them race car beds. What made us suspicious is when it was signed for, in lieu of an actual signature, someone drew some kind of little underbite man with a beanie cap on. So if you could just give us a call back and confirm this is a valid charge, we'll be all... fine.

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

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

* Marzipan's keys are identical (though they are different colors).
* In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]], Strong Sad hopes Marzipan will arrive and pick up the phone while he is speaking. Here, Marzipan does arrive while he is speaking, but doesn't pick up the phone.

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

* Marzipan's outgoing message asks, "Is a [[Penguins|penguin]] a [[Birds|bird]] or a [[Ducks|duck]]?"
* Homestar creates one of the [[Names ending in -face|names ending in -face]], mentions [[Best/Worst X bucks I ever spent|best/worst bucks ever spent]], and commits [[Credit Card Fraud|credit card fraud]].
* "YOUR PHONE A SPLODE" is a reference to [[StrongBadZone]] from the [[video games]] email, in which a 3D vector version of Strong Bad's head proclaims, "YOUR HEAD [[A Splode|A SPLODE]]."
** It also harkens back to [[personal favorites]] when Strong Bad left Marzipan a prank call and her [[Answering Machine|answering machine]] exploded.
* Both Strong Bad and Strong Sad mention Strong Sad being a [[Waste of X|waste of space/fat space]].

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

* Strong Sad refers to [[V.I. Warshawski (film)|V.I. Warshawski]], a 1991 film based on the series of detective novels by [[Sara Paretsky]] about private investigator V.I. Warshawski.
* The "[[Interactive Menus|interactive menus]]" is a clear reference to cut rate DVDs. While most DVDs offer additional features like director commentaries and "Making Of" featurettes, cheap DVDs and DVDs of movies that didn't make enough money to make such featurettes have to get by with advertising interactive menus as a bonus feature.
* Homestar buying a $500 race car bed is a reference to the [[Friends]] episode "The One With the Race Car Bed", where Monica accidentally buys a race car bed for said amount.
* Homestar says "I'm [[Batman]]."

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

* Interactive menus are also referenced in [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] and the back covers of [[Everything Else, Volume 1]] and [[strongbad email.exe Disc Five]].
* As seen in an Easter egg, Homestar also requests a race car bed at "BUBS' MOTOR LODGE" (using the name "Mr. Dee Williams") in the Strong Bad Email [[secret identity]].
* In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]], Strong Bad actually ''would'' choose to end a prank call in a song.
* V. I. Warshawski was later mentioned in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]].

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

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[/wiki/Special:Categories Categories]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Marzipan Filmography|Marzipan Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Strong Sad Filmography|Strong Sad 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:Vector Strong Bad Filmography|Vector Strong Bad Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Everything Else, Volume 1|Everything Else, Volume 1]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Marzipan's Answering Machine|Marzipan's Answering Machine]]</span>

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