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| '''Strong Bad Email #73'''
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The [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] Dumples face off against Pile of Electronics State. Real fruit smoothies are at stake.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Mad]], [[Coach Z]], [[Mrs. Bennedetto]], [[The Announcer]], [[Homestar Runner]] as [[The Jolly Dumple]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[The Field]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, May 19, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:00

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

'''DVD:''' [[strongbad email.exe Disc Two]]

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== Contents ==

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Easter_Eggs 2 Easter Eggs]
* [#Fun_Facts 3 Fun Facts]
** [#Trivia 3.1 Trivia]
** [#Remarks 3.2 Remarks]
** [#Goofs 3.3 Goofs]
** [#Glitches 3.4 Glitches]
** [#Inside_References 3.5 Inside References]
** [#Fast_Forward 3.6 Fast Forward]
* [#DVD_Version 4 DVD Version]
* [#External_Links 5 External Links]

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh! A little email never hurt nobody. 'Cept for maybe The Cheat. So what do we got here...

''{reading}''

<blockquote>Dear Strong Bad,<br />
<br />
I was wondering what CGNU's mascot<br />
is, and if they have any sports teams.<br />
Thanks for the info.<br />
<br />
Ike</blockquote>
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, we got a mascot, Ike. Unfortunately, The Cheat, Strong Mad, and I were ''really'' hungry when we decided on a name. So, uh, all we came up with was the Crazy Go Nuts University Dumples. I think maybe we meant dumplings? But we were really hungry and tired and sorta confused and ended up putting Dumples on the application. We do have a sports team, though. The Golf Club Team. We have a game every day at 6pm!

''{cut to a shot of the scoreboard on the athletic field, reading:}''

<blockquote><div style="float:left; text-align:center; background:black; color:yellow; padding:1em; font-family:monospace">

<span style="color:white; font-family:sans-serif">HOME</span><br />
<br />
Crazy<br />
Go Nuts<br />
University<br />
<br />
0

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<span style="color:white; font-family:sans-serif">VISITOR</span><br />
<br />
Pile Of<br />
Electronics<br />
State<br />
<br />
0

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''{Cut to The Cheat holding a golf club in a ring facing a pile of old electronics, with Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and Coach Z cheering him on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's go, Dumples!

'''STRONG MAD:''' DE-FENSE!

'''COACH Z:''' Get yer head in the game, The Chort! The Cheat is wide open!

''{The Cheat starts bashing all the electronics.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah!

'''COACH Z:''' Atta boy!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Go for the 8-track!

''{The Cheat smashes the 8-track and the scoreboard gives CGNU one point with a buzzing noise}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Dumples win!

''{everyone cheers}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look everybody! It's The Jolly Dumple come to celebrate our victory!

''{Cut to Homestar in the Dumple costume. It looks like a ravioli with a tri-corner hat, a mouth, a big tongue with a drop of drool on a spring, and two huge hands giving thumbs-ups. The Dumple dances, and the fight song starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}''<br />
Fighting and sometimes striving<br />
Wondering what the Dumple is<br />
Excellence and what is valor?<br />
And The Cheat will hit stuff with a golf club ''{The Cheat shows up holding cue cards that read "see", "gee", "in", and then "you", as Strong Bad chants:}''<br />
C G N... U!<br />
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Me?

''{Cut back to the Compy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, we're still undefeated. But next week's going to be a tough game against Homestar's Knees Tech. Well, I gots to go. I promised the team I'd get them real fruit smoothies if they won the game. And they won the game. So I'm getting them real fruit smoothies.

''{He types in 'run "fightsong"' and walks off. Compy starts playing the song, showing the letter name of each note. Once it's done, it says "GO DUMPLES!!!" and [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

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Really hungry and tired.

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* You can click on "really hungry and tired" to see a "LEM" ([[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]]) styled cartoon of Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat being really hungry and tired.
* You can also click on "application" to see their mascot application:

<blockquote>College Mascot Application<br />
<br />
College Name: crazy go nuts university<br />
<br />
Mascot Name: DUMPLES!!!<br />
<br />
Dean of Students: myself<br />
<br />
Essay on why you think this is a good mascot:<br />
i want some food.<br />
<br />
Drawing of Mascot:<br />
you know, a dumple. like for dinner<br />
(There is a picture of a fork with a "dumple" on it)</blockquote>
* At the very end after the fight song plays, rolling over the notes plays them.

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

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

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"Go for the 8-track!"

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* The Pile of Electronics State team has a TV (later seen in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]), [[Mrs. Bennedetto]] ([[Marzipan]]'s microwave), a [[Panasonic]] RQ-830S [[8-Tracks|8-Track]] player (also referred to as "The Plunger" or "TNT" style), and a [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].
* References to [[valor]] are common in the lyrics of college [[fight song|fight songs]] and [[Alma mater|alma maters]]. Valor is [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=valor defined] as the strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness.
* A high school band performed the CGNU Fight Song as a [[Quote of the Week]] on February 9, 2006.
* [[The Cheat]] pulls the cue card out of [[Hammerspace]].
* The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Crazy Go Nuts University's mascot shows up at The Cheat's Golf Club Team match!"

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

<ul>
<li>The Cheat never hits the NES directly, and still manages to break it anyway.</li>
<li>This is the first time we hear Coach Z say ''The Cheat'' correctly. However, he may not be referring to The Cheat himself.</li>
<li>The notes given for the fight song are:
C A F G F D A# G G G F E F G<br />
C A F G F D A# G G G F E F</li>
<li>The notes for the fight song do not work correctly if you try to simply press Tab through them, because the tab order is not pre-set.</li></ul>

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

* Proper musical notation practice would dictate that "A#" (A-sharp) be written as "Bb" (B-flat), since the song is in the [[Major scale|key]] of F Major, which has one flat and no sharps.
* In both phrases of the digital fight song, the note after the "A#" is rushed, causing the "A#" to be held for only two-thirds of its duration as compared to the sung version. This violates the 4/4 [[Time signature|time signature]] implied in the earlier version.

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

* The "application" Easter egg is accessible when the "really hungry and tired" Easter egg is (before Strong Bad actually types "application").

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

* The "really hungry and tired" Easter egg looks very similar to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat's position at the beginning of [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]].

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

* Homestar later tried to make himself a real fruit smoothie using Strong Bad's [[Blender|alternate universe portal]] in [[alternate universe]], with chaotic results.
* "Homestar's Knees Tech" is a pennant on the wall during the "CGNU Online E-niversity" commercial, in the Strong Bad Email [[theme song]].
* Homestar later builds a fire inside the Dumples costume in [[4 branches]].
* Homestar sings a song in [[On Break]] which has the same tune as the fight song.

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

* All of the Easter eggs in this email are viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.

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

* [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/73-mascot watch "mascot"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ps1LKgo5w watch "mascot"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail73.html watch "mascot"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail73.swf view the Flash file for "mascot"]

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[/wiki/Special:Categories Categories]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Strong Bad Filmography|Strong Bad Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:The Cheat Filmography|The Cheat Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Strong Mad Filmography|Strong Mad Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Coach Z Filmography|Coach Z Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:The Announcer Filmography|The Announcer Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography|Homestar Runner Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:strongbad email.exe Disc Two|strongbad email.exe Disc Two]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy 386 Emails]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Podstar Runner|Podstar Runner]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Mascots|Mascots]]</span>

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