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What is The Cheat up to?

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Coach Z confuses fantasy with reality, Marzipan wins a great prize, Stinkoman looks for a challenge, the Grape-Nuts Robot malfunctions, and Homestar tries to get some sweepstakes.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Marzipan]], [[Coach Z]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Stinkoman]], [[Grape-Nuts Robot]], [[Bubs]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[The Cheat]]

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

'''Date:''' Monday, June 9, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:38

'''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_5 1.2 Message 5]
** [#Message_4 1.3 Message 4]
** [#Message_3 1.4 Message 3]
** [#Message_2 1.5 Message 2]
** [#Message_1 1.6 Message 1]
* [#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]
* [#External_Links 3 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:''' Bonjour, amigos. Je m'appelle Marzipanio. Please leave me a messiaggio and I will call you back-io. Toodle-oo toots, everyone. ''{beep}''

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

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, hey, there, Marzy. I was just callin' to see, uh, whether we were just friends, or... more than just friends. See, I sometimes forget what's real and what's just in my head. So, uh, gimme a call back or, uh, maybe just come on by my place and we can discuss this over a bowl o' Cracklin' Oat Bran or... the Crunch Berries. Okay. Take the care. Oh, and by that I mean, like, uh, Tender Lovin' Care, not... not, uh, take my automobile. A lot of times people have trouble understandin'...

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a sweepstakes announcer voice}'' Hello, Marzipan! This is Sweepstakes Ron, come to bring you great news! You have been randomly selected to win an unlimited supply of one million ''{quickly, under his breath}'' punchesintheface. So, to claim your prize, just blindfold yourself and walk out on the front stow-oop, st– or stoop... and get ready to receive your free million ''{quickly, under his breath}'' punchesintheface. Don't delay! Get outside right now! I'm waiting in the bushes! I mean... uh, for to give you the million ''{quickly, under his breath}'' punchesintheface.

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

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hello? I think I have the wrong number. Your voice sounds like this is the wrong number. But just in case, can I interest you in a challenge? Or maybe some light fighting? If so, ''{the sound of Stinkoman charging up is heard}'' call me on my cell phoooone!

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

'''GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{monotone}'' Hello, Marz-pan.

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, now make him say it. Make him say it!

'''GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{monotone}'' Kiss the butt.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Did he just say "Kiss ''the'' butt"? No, make him say "Kiss ''my'' butt".

'''GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT:''' ''{monotone}'' Kiss a butt.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Not "Kiss a butt"! What's wrong with this thing, Bubs?

'''BUBS:''' I thought I told you no names!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I, er, der, der— ''{hangs up phone, dial tone}''

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's up, Paughkeegan? This is Homestar Runner ''{The Cheat walks by in the background}'' from homestarrunner.com, and you're listening to the Cornbread Hour, here on WPKG, pointy-point-five, the voice of Paughkeegan State! ''{pause}'' Okay... Sweepstakes Ron? Are you there? Hello? You told me to call this number and leave a radio promo, and then you'd- you'd give me the sweepstakes. So... gimme some of that sweepstakes.

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

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

* "Bonjour" is [[French]] for "good day".
* "Amigos" is [[Spanish]] for "friends".
* "Je m'appelle" means "I call myself" ("My name is") in French.

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

* This is the first Answering Machine where a character makes a personal appearance.

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

* This answering machine came out in June of 2003, but the answering machine blew up from Strong Bad's prank call in [[personal favorites]], which came out in April of 2003. However, it is possible that Strong Bad never actually blew up the answering machine, given that many of the "emails" were made up.
** Interestingly, although it denies the existence of the answering machine explosion, it ''does'' confirm the existence of the [[Grape-Nuts Robot]] Bubs built in another "personal favorite."
* Messiagio is close to the Italian word for "message", but not quite. It's actually "messaggio".
* When Strong Bad and Bubs hang up from their prank call, a dial tone is heard. However, hanging up while talking to an answering machine should just end the message.
* In Strong Bad's sweepstakes message, he first offers an unlimited supply of one million punches in the face. This is contradictory, as one million is a definite number, while unlimited is infinite. It is possible that the supply of punches, while unlimited, comes in installments of one million punches at a time.

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

* Strong Bad prank calling as a radio sweepstakes announcer is a reference to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 4.0]], where Marzipan's outgoing message states that Strong Bad's "radio contest" prank call is her favorite.
* "Paughkeegan" is where, in [[The Luau]], Coach Z says he knows someone who can do wonders with firewood.

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

* "Pointy point five" and "voice of Paughkeegan State" are references to Atlanta's local "eighty eight point five" (Album 88) "the voice of Georgia State."
** "Paughkeegan" seems to be a reference to Waukegan, Illinois.
* [[Cracklin' Oat Bran]] and [[Cap'n Crunch|Crunch Berries]] are [[Breakfast Cereal|breakfast cereals]].

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

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/marzipans-answering-machine-8 watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0"]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/answer8.html watch "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/answer8.swf view the Flash file for "Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 8.0"]

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[/wiki/Special:Categories Categories]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Marzipan Filmography|Marzipan Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Coach Z Filmography|Coach Z Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Strong Bad Filmography|Strong Bad Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Stinkoman Filmography|Stinkoman Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Bubs Filmography|Bubs Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography|Homestar Runner Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:The Cheat Filmography|The Cheat 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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