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

	* Email [[50 emails]]		* Email [[50 emails]]
	* [[strongbad email.exe Disc Three]]		* [[strongbad email.exe Disc Three]]
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	~~'''Computer:''' Compy 386~~

	* Email [[virus]]		* Email [[virus]]

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	~~'''Computer:''' [[Corpy NT6]] (puppet variation)~~

	* [[Biz Cas Fri 1]]		* [[Biz Cas Fri 1]]

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	~~'''Computer:''' [[Lappy 486]]~~

	* Email [[retirement]]		* Email [[retirement]]

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	~~'''Computer:''' Corpy NT6~~

	* Email [[from work]]		* Email [[from work]]

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	~~'''Computer:''' [[Compé]]~~

	* [[Compy Catalog]]		* [[Compy Catalog]]

	<blockquote>FRAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />		<blockquote>FRAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
	~~<br />~~
	Your brand new computer is bloke.<br />		Your brand new computer is bloke.<br />
	~~<br />~~
	Please prepare to wait on hold<br />		Please prepare to wait on hold<br />
	with tech support for several hours.<br />		with tech support for several hours.<br />
	~~<br />~~
	The current tech support smugness<br />		The current tech support smugness<br />
	level is RED.</blockquote>		level is RED.</blockquote>
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	YOUR TANDY ~~[[A Splode\|~~A SPLODE]]		YOUR TANDY A SPLODE

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	<div class="thumbinner" style="width:~~152px~~;">		<div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;">

	[[File:sbemail118.png\|[[File:sbemail118.png\|~~150px~~\|thumb]]]]		[[File:sbemail118.png\|[[File:sbemail118.png\|180px\|thumb]]]]
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	That is not a small number!		WAAGH! That is not a small number! That is a ''BIG'' number!

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	* Email [[virus]] — The Compy refuses to delete the virus email, reports more than 400,000 viruses, then blue-screens before the contents of the screen pour onto the carpet.		* Email [[virus]] — The Compy refuses to delete the virus email, reports more than 400,000 viruses, then blue-screens before the contents of the screen pour onto the carpet.

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	<span id="the-paper"></span>		<span id="the-paper"></span>
	== <span class="mw-headline">The Paper</span> ==		== <span class="mw-headline">The Paper</span> ==

	~~<div class="thumb tright">~~

	~~<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">~~

	~~[[File:Strong Bad lamenting The Paper.png\|[[File:Strong_Bad_lamenting_The_Paper.png\|150px\|thumb]]]]~~
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	~~<div class="magnify">~~

	~~[[File:Strong Bad lamenting The Paper.png\|[[File:magnify-clip.png\|15px\|thumb]]]]~~

	~~</div>~~
	~~"wE haDd A goOd RUN, oLD buDddy."~~

	~~</div>~~

	~~</div>~~

	~~</div>~~
	Following 172 emails of service, [[The Paper]] and its printer fell from an [[Hammerspace\|unknown location]] above Strong Bad, breaking it as predicted in the email [[montage]]. After a few moments of reminiscing, Strong Bad burned the paper, in accordance with its last wishes. It was almost immediately replaced by an inkjet printer and the [[New Paper]]. The Paper came back in [[email thunder]] to beat up the New Paper, but since it got burned, its current fate is unknown. In [[hremail 3184]], the Lappy's explosion destroyed one of the Papers, but it's unknown for sure which one.		Following 172 emails of service, [[The Paper]] and its printer fell from an [[Hammerspace\|unknown location]] above Strong Bad, breaking it as predicted in the email [[montage]]. After a few moments of reminiscing, Strong Bad burned the paper, in accordance with its last wishes. It was almost immediately replaced by an inkjet printer and the [[New Paper]]. The Paper came back in [[email thunder]] to beat up the New Paper, but since it got burned, its current fate is unknown. In [[hremail 3184]], the Lappy's explosion destroyed one of the Papers, but it's unknown for sure which one.

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	* Email [[hremail 3184]]		* Email [[hremail 3184]]

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Nearly every [[Items|computer]] that [[Strong Bad]] has owned has '''malfunctioned''' at some point, and they have done so in some famously tragic ways, most often with a Flagrant System Error or by exploding (the latter ending the computer's run to be replaced by a newer, better, but [[Strong Bad's Technology|still obsolete]] version).

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== Contents ==

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* [#System_Errors 1 System Errors]
** [#Flagrant_System_Error 1.1 Flagrant System Error]
** [#Computer_Over_Notification 1.2 Computer Over Notification]
** [#Flamboyant_System_Error 1.3 Flamboyant System Error]
** [#Teal_Screen_of_Near_Death 1.4 Teal Screen of Near Death]
** [#Temp_Log_Off.2FOut_Error 1.5 Temp Log Off/Out Error]
** [#Fake_Fragrant_System_Error 1.6 Fake Fragrant System Error]
* [#Strong_Bad.27s_Computers_Exploding 2 Strong Bad's Computers Exploding]
** [#Appearances 2.1 Appearances]
* [#Miscellaneous_Malfunctions 3 Miscellaneous Malfunctions]
** [#Appearances_2 3.1 Appearances]
* [#The_Paper 4 The Paper]
** [#Appearances_3 4.1 Appearances]

|}

<span id="system-errors"></span>
== <span class="mw-headline">System Errors</span> ==

The '''System Error''' screen appears whenever Strong Bad's computer crashes. It is a direct reference to the [[Blue screen of death|blue screen of death]] that appears on Windows computers.

<span id="flagrant-system-error"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Flagrant System Error</span> ===

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<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">

[[File:flagrant system error 2.PNG|[[File:flagrant_system_error_2.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">

<div class="magnify">

[[File:flagrant system error 2.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

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"What the... Where did all my emails go?"

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

* Email [[50 emails]]
* [[strongbad email.exe Disc Three]]

<blockquote>FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
<br />
The system is down. I dunno what<br />
you did, moron, but you sure<br />
screwed everything up good.</blockquote>
<div style="clear:both;">

</div>
<span id="computer-over-notification"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Computer Over Notification</span> ===

<div class="thumb tright">

<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">

[[File:flagrant system error.PNG|[[File:flagrant_system_error.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">

<div class="magnify">

[[File:flagrant system error.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

</div>
"Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!"

</div>

</div>

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'''Computer:''' Compy 386

* Email [[virus]]

<blockquote>FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
<br />
Computer over.<br />
Virus = Very Yes.</blockquote>
<div style="clear:both;">

</div>
<span id="flamboyant-system-error"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Flamboyant System Error</span> ===

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[[File:Office Compy PuppetStuff.jpg|[[File:Office_Compy_PuppetStuff.jpg|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">

<div class="magnify">

[[File:Office Compy PuppetStuff.jpg|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

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"''Oh, great!''"

</div>

</div>

</div>
'''Computer:''' [[Corpy NT6]] (puppet variation)

* [[Biz Cas Fri 1]]

<blockquote>Flamboyant System Error<br />
<br />
3rd Qtr. Projection= Bad News</blockquote>
<div style="clear:both;">

</div>
<span id="teal-screen-of-near-death"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Teal Screen of Near Death</span> ===

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[[File:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|[[File:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
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[[File:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

</div>
Oh, Child!

</div>

</div>

</div>
'''Computer:''' [[Lappy 486]]

* Email [[retirement]]

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|-
| <div style="border: 1px solid black">

[[File:NO_symbol_red_w-gray.png|50px|thumb]] '''Oh, Child!'''[[File:warning_symbol_yellow_w-gray.png|50px|thumb]]<br />
It's the Teal Screen<br />
of Near Death! (TSoND)

</div>
|}
</blockquote>
<div style="clear:both;">

</div>
<span id="temp-log-offout-error"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Temp Log Off/Out Error</span> ===

<div class="thumb tright">

<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">

[[File:Temperror.PNG|[[File:Temperror.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">

<div class="magnify">

[[File:Temperror.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

</div>
"Augh, gonna be a long one."

</div>

</div>

</div>
'''Computer:''' Corpy NT6

* Email [[from work]]

<blockquote>{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="0" style="border:1px solid white; color:white; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
|-
| style="background: #FFFFFF; color: #455FD8"| TEMP LOG OFF/OUT ERROR
|-
| <div style="text-align:center; border:none; background:none">

Oh you are SOOOO not<br />
gonna work here again!

</div>
|}
</blockquote>
<div style="clear:both;">

</div>
<span id="fake-fragrant-system-error"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Fake Fragrant System Error</span> ===

<div class="thumb tright">

<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">

[[File:compe error.png|[[File:compe_error.png|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">

<div class="magnify">

[[File:compe error.png|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

</div>
i joké

</div>

</div>

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'''Computer:''' [[Compé]]

* [[Compy Catalog]]

<blockquote>FRAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
<br />
Your brand new computer is bloke.<br />
<br />
Please prepare to wait on hold<br />
with tech support for several hours.<br />
<br />
The current tech support smugness<br />
level is RED.</blockquote>
<div style="clear:both;">

</div>
<span id="strong-bads-computers-exploding"></span>
== <span class="mw-headline">Strong Bad's Computers Exploding</span> ==

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<div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;">

[[File:sbemail33.PNG|[[File:sbemail33.PNG|180px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">

<div class="magnify">

[[File:sbemail33.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

</div>
YOUR TANDY [[A Splode|A SPLODE]]

</div>

</div>

</div>
Some of Strong Bad's computers are also known to [[Explosions|explode]], whether spontaneously or by outside forces. Probably the most famous of these explosions was the first explosion of the [[Tandy 400]], which was later fixed (though it still had some malfunctions afterward).

<span id="appearances"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span> ===

* Email [[gimmicks]] ([[Tandy]]; this is shown again in a flashback in [[personal favorites]] and [[hremail 3184]])
* Email [[invisibility]] (Tandy, as shown in flashback in [[hremail 3184]])
* Email [[virus]] (Compy; not in the original but shown in a flashback in [[hremail 3184]], exploded when Bubs shot a hole in it)
* [[Biz Cas Fri 3]] (Corpy NT6, puppet style)
* Email [[retirement]] (Tandy, purposely destroyed by Strong Bad and Homestar; Compy, while in [[Strong Mad]]'s mouth)
* Email [[hremail 3184]] ([[Lappy]]; purposely destroyed by Strong Bad through use of a self-destruct button)

<span id="miscellaneous-malfunctions"></span>
== <span class="mw-headline">Miscellaneous Malfunctions</span> ==

<div class="thumb tright">

<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">

[[File:sbemail118.png|[[File:sbemail118.png|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">

<div class="magnify">

[[File:sbemail118.png|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

</div>
That is not a small number!

</div>

</div>

</div>
Strong Bad's computers often have various malfunctions, sometimes involving [[gimmicks|explosions]] or [[The Virus|viruses]].

<span id="appearances-1"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span> ===

* Email [[sisters]] — The Tandy spontaneously deletes Strong Bad's email, then saves another email when Strong Bad tries to delete it.
* Email [[virus]] — The Compy refuses to delete the virus email, reports more than 400,000 viruses, then blue-screens before the contents of the screen pour onto the carpet.

<div style="clear:both;">

</div>
<span id="the-paper"></span>
== <span class="mw-headline">The Paper</span> ==

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<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">

[[File:Strong Bad lamenting The Paper.png|[[File:Strong_Bad_lamenting_The_Paper.png|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">

<div class="magnify">

[[File:Strong Bad lamenting The Paper.png|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

</div>
"wE haDd A goOd RUN, oLD buDddy."

</div>

</div>

</div>
Following 172 emails of service, [[The Paper]] and its printer fell from an [[Hammerspace|unknown location]] above Strong Bad, breaking it as predicted in the email [[montage]]. After a few moments of reminiscing, Strong Bad burned the paper, in accordance with its last wishes. It was almost immediately replaced by an inkjet printer and the [[New Paper]]. The Paper came back in [[email thunder]] to beat up the New Paper, but since it got burned, its current fate is unknown. In [[hremail 3184]], the Lappy's explosion destroyed one of the Papers, but it's unknown for sure which one.

<span id="appearances-2"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span> ===

* Email [[the paper]]
* Email [[hremail 3184]]

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