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Bad Guy Tattoo

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[[The Brothers Chaps]] go back to their roots with ''[[Mario Paint]]''. Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat talk about tattoos.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Mad]], [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Marzipan]] (pictured), [[Marshie]], [[Trogdor]], [[Homestar Runner]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The Bar]]

'''Date:''' Monday, October 17, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 1:44

'''Page Title:''' Bad Guy!

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

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== Contents ==

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Easter_Eggs 2 Easter Eggs]
* [#Fun_Facts 3 Fun Facts]
** [#Explanations 3.1 Explanations]
** [#Trivia 3.2 Trivia]
** [#Remarks 3.3 Remarks]
** [#Glitches 3.4 Glitches]
** [#Inside_References 3.5 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 3.6 Real-World References]
** [#Fast_Forward 3.7 Fast Forward]
* [#See_Also 4 See Also]
* [#External_Links 5 External Links]

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

''{The following title card appears:}''

<blockquote>STRONG BAD is a BAD GUY<br />
(made with mariopaint)</blockquote>
''{Cut to a close up of Strong Mad in the field. All mouth movements are a simple loop (a feature in Mario Paint), therefore lip-syncing is very off}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' A GLOWY BOX! A GLOWY BOX!

''{Cut to the rest of the field, revealing The Cheat and Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{moving his left arm up and down}'' A glowy box? Are you sure that's what you'd get for your tattoo?

''{Cut to Strong Mad}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' IT'S PERSONAL!

''{Cut to The Cheat}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{moving his right arm up and down}''

''{Cut to a close up of Strong Bad; holding his right arm down and his left one up}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'd want mine to look like a prison tattoo that you carved out yourself with a spoon and some soap.

''{Cut to a muscled arm.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' There'd be a rocket launcher, of course,—

''{A rocket launcher appears on the arm with a "donk" sound effect.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and above that it'd just say, "Bad Guy."

''{The words "BAD GUY" are written in yellow above the rocket launcher as Strong Bad says them. Music begins.}''

'''SINGERS:''' Strong Bad is a bad guy, bad guy, bad guy.<br />
Strong Bad is a bad guy, bad guy, bad guy.<br />
Strong Bad is a bad, bad man.<br />
Strong Bad hates Marzipan!<br />
Strong Bad's got the master plan,<br />
To buy a custom conversion van!<br />
Strong Bad is a bad guy, bad guy, bad guy.<br />
Strong Bad is a bad guy, bad guy, bad guy.<br />
Marshie is a bad guy, bad guy, bad guy.<br />
Trogdor is a bad, bad guy!

''{Cut back to the Field. Music ends. Homestar walks in. Soon afterwards, a close-up of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey guys! H'whatcha teekenbot?

''{Cut to a close-up of Strong Bad in the same pose as before.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We're talking about something cool and interesting. You wouldn't understand.

''{Cut to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, tattoos, huh? I'd get one on my forearm ''{the bulging arm, now blank, reappears, and tattoos appear on it as Homestar talks}'' that said, "The For-Real Deal", ''{appears on the forearm}'' and has a picture of me dressed up like Uncle Sam. ''{appears underneath the text}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You'd get one on your forearm, huh?

''{Cut to Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Or one on my bulging bicep that just says "Cake Man". ''{the bulging arm reappears with the tattoos from before, with "cakeman" on it in crude blue script; cut back to Homestar}'' Ooh, or a glowy box on my wrist...

''{Cut to Strong Bad talking to The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I just don't have the heart to tell him.

'''STRONG MAD:''' YOU DON'T HAVE AR— ''{Cut to the bulging arm with a "THE END" tattoo and a rocket launcher tattoo above it, then changes to a black screen that says "done."}''

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"Tattoo Idea #26"

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* Click the screen when The Cheat is talking to see tattoo idea #26: "some kinda snake lady killing some kinda snake".
* Click on The Cheat after Homestar says "A glowy box on my wrist" to see a drawing of a box with the caption "Glowy box 4 ever".

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

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

* Strong Bad's desire to have a [[Tattoos|tattoo]] that "you carved out yourself with a spoon and some soap" combines the old prison clichés of creating improvised weapons and creating carvings from soap.
* [[Uncle Sam]] is a [[national personification]] of the United States.

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

* This is the first [[Toons|toon]] animated entirely in the [[Nintendo|Super Nintendo]] game ''[[Mario Paint]]'' to be released since [[Super NES]], which was made almost ten years prior to this toon. This toon's [[Main Page Messages|main page message]] read "back to our roots", alluding to this.
* Actual "prison tattoos" are usually made with a regular sewing needle and a thread which is saturated with ink, typically from a ballpoint pen. This results in a tattoo made up of short lines, which will often have a "stitched" look.
* This toon took the shortest amount of time for any toon to come to [[DVD]], as [[Everything Else, Volume 1]] was released less than a month later.

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

* [[Homestar Runner's Hat|Homestar's propeller]] is missing, as in the original Super NES cartoon.
* No paint appears on Marzipan's poster as Strong Bad spray-paints it.
* The glowy box Easter egg is clickable from when it appears until the end of the toon.

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

* The "X" close button does not appear until the title disappears.

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

* Strong Bad [[The Smashed Muffler|beats a muffler with a pipe]]. In [[no loafing]], Strong Mad is inspired to do the same thing.
* Strong Bad spray-painting the poster of Marzipan may be a reference to [[origins]], in which he did the same thing to the real Marzipan.
* The ascending group of three quick notes in the "Strong Bad is a Bad Guy" song is taken from the [[Teen Girl Squad]] theme, although the synthesizer seems to be the one used in [[TROGDOR!]]. They can be heard the clearest before the first line of dialogue.
* During the song, Strong Bad performs the [[Double Deuce]].
* The way that Strong Bad and Strong Mad are drawn closely resembles the drawing "[[Sketchbook 2004|viewtiful brothers strong]]" from the [[Sketchbook|sketchbook]], an illustration evocative of the ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' series.
* The [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] explosion "[[Dooj]]" was heard previously in the song "[[The System is Down (song)|The System is Down]]" and the DVD [[Sketchbook (video)|Sketchbook]].
* The "master plan" to buy a "custom conversion van" echoes [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], when Strong Bad uses his powers of persuasion to influence The Cheat into pulling one more caper, and "blow the college fund on a really tricked out van". In the DVD commentary for said toon, [[Matt Chapman]] refers to this scheme as "a recurring dream of [Strong Bad's]".
* Strong Mad's "YOU DON'T HAVE [ARMS]" is yet another reference to Homestar Runner's [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack of visible arms]].

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

* The rocket launcher tattoo reading "Bad Guy" may be loosely inspired by the movie ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]''. The film features crime boss Tony Montana delivering a speech where he refers to himself as "the bad guy" and, in a later scene, wielding a grenade launcher in a shootout.
* Custom conversion vans have been seen in such shows as ''[[The A-Team]]'', where the team drove a customized [[Chevrolet van|GMC Vandura]].
* The term "vantastic" is a possible reference to the band [[Piebald (band)|Piebald]], who describe their tour van using the same word.

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"My oft-overlooked sorta theme song!"

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* The song later became part of [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3]].
* The song is featured on [[Decemberweenvent Calendar|day 14]] of the [[Decemberweenvent Calendar]], and features illustrations of Strong Bad's custom conversion van and a glowy box.
* In [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]], a version of the song is used in the cut scene between [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom|Roomisode 2]] and [[Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser|Roomisode 3]]. A yet even more different version appears on [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Soundtrack|the game soundtrack]].
* [[Zeenin' Into the Night]] shows [[Larry Palaroncini]] with every tattoo mentioned in this toon on his arms.

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== <span class="mw-headline">See Also</span> ==

* [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy Visuals]]

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

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/strong-bad-is-a-bad-guy watch "Strong Bad is a Bad Guy"]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/badguy.swf view the Flash file for "Strong Bad is a Bad Guy"]
* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=5450 forum thread re: "Strong Bad is a Bad Guy"]
* [http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/badguy.mp3 download MP3]

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[[Decemberweenvent Calendar Character Variations|Character Variations]] | [[Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)|2024 Revisit]]

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[/wiki/Special:Categories Categories]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Strong Mad Filmography|Strong Mad Filmography]]</span> | <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:Marzipan Filmography|Marzipan Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Marshie Filmography|Marshie Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Trogdor Filmography|Trogdor Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography|Homestar Runner Filmography]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Everything Else, Volume 1|Everything Else, Volume 1]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Decemberweenvent Calendar|Decemberweenvent Calendar]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Shorts|Shorts]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Music Videos|Music Videos]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3|Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3]]</span>

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