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"I was just, um, doing nothing, with... nothing that belongs to Strong Bad."

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Homestar "borrows" a "couple" of things from [[Strong Bad]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Puppet Homestar]], [[Puppet The Cheat]]

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

'''Running Time:''' 1:11

'''Page Title:''' Puppet Time

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

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== Contents ==

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
** [#Trivia 2.1 Trivia]
** [#Inside_References 2.2 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 2.3 Real-World References]
** [#Fast_Forward 2.4 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> ==

''{Homestar Runner walks in to Strong Bad's computer room, holding a damaged tape. The [[Compy 386]] is off and there is a note attached to the screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad? Strong Bad, I brought back your tape of old Mister Wizards! Okay, I'll just leave it on the floor.

''{He drops the tape, and a shattering sound is heard. He sees the note.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{dramatically}'' A note! ''{turns to the camera}'' A note! ''{reading}'' "Probably at a barbecue... with lotsa ladies! SB." ''{mischievously}'' Oh, really?

''{Homestar runs out of the shot to the left, then enters again with a quart-size dairy carton.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad! I'm borrowing this milk for an undisclosed period of time!

''{Homestar runs across again, now with a squeegee.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad! I'm borrowing this squeegee-type-deal!

''{He runs across again with an electric guitar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Taking the guitar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{struggling with a TV set}'' The TV! ''{he drops it}'' Phew!

''{Homestar enters again, carrying an [[Atari 2600]], but this time he meets The Cheat coming the other way, carrying Strong Bad's keyboard; the monitor has already gone.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Strong Bad—

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat exclamation}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh! The Cheat!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I was just, um, doing nothing, with... nothing that belongs to Strong Bad.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, you too, huh?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Cool, um, I'm going to... run away, now... pretty quickly.

''{Homestar Runner and a screaming The Cheat run off, each in the direction he came from. The screen goes black momentarily, but then the shot returns for a moment as The Cheat leans in from the right and swipes Strong Bad's [[Floppy Disk Container|floppy disk container]].}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat exclamation}''

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

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

* A [[Kick The Cheat]] plush doll is used as Puppet The Cheat, rather than [[Puppet The Cheat|the usual puppet]]. The difference can mainly be seen in the glint in its eyes and the color of its chin spiral.
* Outtakes of the final sequence with The Cheat stealing the disk container are shown in [[Some Extras]]. The predicament of the hand in the shot was solved in the final website product by cutting out the edge of the picture and enlarging the remainder. The fade-to-black before the final sequence was inserted in order to mask the editing.

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

* Homestar "borrowing" things from Strong Bad is a reference to [[50 emails]].
* This is another appearance of [[Sticky Notes]].

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

* Mr. Wizard is the pseudonym of [[Don Herbert]]. He was the host of the children's television program [http://mrwizardstudios.com Mr. Wizard] which ran on-and-off from the 1950s until the 1990s. The show featured Herbert and a young assistant performing interesting science experiments.
* The "milk carton" that Homestar borrows is, on closer inspection, a [[Winn-Dixie]] brand carton of Half and Half, not milk. Winn-Dixie is a supermarket chain based in [[Jacksonville, Florida]] with stores throughout the southeastern United States.
* The guitar is a [[Epiphone]] Evolution.

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

* Beginning in [[flashback]], the guitar would become [[Limozeen]] guitarist [[Gary Palaroncini]]'s signature instrument.

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

* The DVD version features hidden 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:''' Here's a puppet time that I made when Mike was out of town! So, it was easier to do a little live action than to try and animate.

'''MIKE:''' This was, I guess— was this the second thing after the [[Everybody Knows It]] video?

'''MATT:''' I think it was! Umm, before the Strong Bad puppet was— existed, so we just had to use Homestar and The Cheat again. Uh, I remember, our buddy Nat helped out with this, and our friend Sarah was in town, and I think she helped out, too... ''{pause}'' There's some half-and-half that Ryan probably bought at the Save-Rite.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' There's our real disk caddy from growing up—

'''MATT:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' —full of real games that we used to play.

'''MATT:''' Just copied versions of King's Quest II, Police Quest III, save disks etc.— err, Police Quest II, probably. Ooh, there's some— I never noticed those reflections in the TV!

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Reflections? Yeah. ''{alone}'' Probably can't see them —

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' You can't see!

'''MIKE:''' —when it was so small on the web.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah. Homestar's got that Atari... ''{pause}'' Umm... ''{pause}'' You don't usually see this side of Homestar, just ripping off stuff from people.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' He totally cleans out Strong Bad's place! And The Cheat, too! ''{imitating the music}'' Wayaw, wayaw! ''{in normal voice}'' I remember that took a lot.

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

* ''[[King's Quest]]'' and ''[[Police Quest]]'' are both computer game series produced by [[Sierra]].
* "Wayaw wayaw", or rather "way-o way-o", was later used in [[geddup noise]].
* [[Save Rite|Save-Rite]] was a rebranding of the Winn-Dixie grocery store chain that withdrew from Atlanta in 2005.

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

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/puppet-time watch "Puppet Time"]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/puppettime.html watch "Puppet Time"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/puppettime.swf view the Flash file for "Puppet Time"]
* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=526 forum thread re: "Puppet Time"]

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[/wiki/Special:Categories Categories]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Puppet Homestar Filmography|Puppet Homestar Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Puppet The Cheat Filmography|Puppet The Cheat Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Everything Else, Volume 1|Everything Else, Volume 1]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:DVD Commentary|DVD Commentary]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Puppet Stuff|Puppet Stuff]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails|Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]</span>

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