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

	* In the background of the Strong Sad scene at the beginning, there is a [[Lego]] set of ''[[The Beatles\|Yellow Submarine]]'' on the top of a shelf. This is most visible when viewing with an older form of Ruffle that doesn't support the blur function used to blur out the background.
	* The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of ''[[The Electric Company]]'', a children's show that aired on [[PBS]] in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion.		* The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of ''[[The Electric Company]]'', a children's show that aired on [[PBS]] in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion.
	* The ''[[RMS Lusitania\|Lusitania]]'' was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship~~, first launched in 1906,~~ was ~~famously [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania\|~~sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat~~]] which was a major factor in~~ the ~~US joining World War I~~.		* The [[RMS Lusitania\|Lusitania]] was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland.
	** The ''[[RMS Mauretania (1906)\|Mauretania]]'' was the ~~running mate~~ of ~~the ''Lusitania''~~, ~~also launched in~~ 1906.		* The [[RMS Mauretania (1906)\|Mauretania]] was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson & Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of September 20, 1906.
	* The disco rendition of the song seems to be inspired by the 1970s trend of novelty disco singles based on well-known songs and properties, such as [[Meco]]'s [[Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band\|rendition]] of the ~~''[[~~Star Wars~~]]''~~ title theme.		* The disco rendition of the song seems to be inspired by the 1970s trend of novelty disco singles based on well-known songs and properties, such as Meco's [[Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band\|rendition]] of the Star Wars title theme.

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	* The toon is titled "Trogdor Was Dragon Man".		* The toon is titled "Trogdor Was Dragon Man".
	** This toon was unnamed on [[homestarrunner.com]] prior to the [[Post-Flash Site Update]].
	* The description for this video is "A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game."		* The description for this video is "A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game."

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"It was a terrible song of Trogdor."

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A [[Powered by The Cheat]] video for a song from a '70s commercial for a [[Trogdor!! The Board Game|board game]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Trogdor]], [[Peasants]], [[The Red and Blue Knights]], [[Strong Sad]], [[The Cheat]], [[The Dancing Brothers]]

'''Places:''' [[The Cheat's Computer Room]], [[Peasantry]]

'''Date:''' Thursday, September 13, 2018

'''Running Time:''' 2:17

'''Page Title:''' Trogdor Musk - For Dragon Men

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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
** [#Trivia 2.1 Trivia]
** [#Remarks 2.2 Remarks]
** [#Inside_References 2.3 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 2.4 Real-World References]
* [#YouTube_Version 3 YouTube Version]
* [#See_Also 4 See Also]
* [#External_Links 5 External Links]

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''{Open to a close-up of a person's red shirt, against a background fading from red to yellow. The shirt reads "WHEN THE Seventies", with "Seventies" written in a Coca-Cola-resembling font.}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' When the seventies, there was—

''{The shirt morphs into a Trogdor!! The Board Game box against a black background. It reads "TRAGDAR". Trogdor is smiling and making the "OK" sign with his hand, with armpit hair and a wristband. The side of the box reads "CONTAINS: CONTENTS".}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —a commercial for a board game.

''{The board game box shakes and bursts open, with Trogdor, the Red and Blue Knights, two peasants, five tiles, a cottage base, and a burninated cottage roof flying out. The cottage roof stays in place for a moment, then moves with the rest a few seconds later.}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' It was a terrible song—

''{A vinyl record rotates as it comes into view. The top has a logo for "Terrible SONGS RECORDS". At the bottom, it reads "-TROGDOR WAS A MAN-", and below it, "THE POW-UH SURGE". The side reads "SIDE A".}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —of Trogdor. They made seven inches—

''{Zoom out into Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad holding the record, against a blurry photographic house background. He closes his eyes and shakes his head, throwing the record over his shoulder.}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —but even Strong Sad thought it was not ver—

''{Cut to Strong Bad's head bouncing exaggeratedly on The Cheat's computer against a rainbow background. The Cheat is silhouetted in front of the computer, and the desk is brown instead of blue. The record flies into a CD slot on the side of the computer.}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' So The Cheat made a video. ''{turns toward the camera and stops bouncing}'' Does this ''{snickering}'' sound like Strong Bad at all?

''{Cut to a silhouetted plug that reads "The Pow-uh Surge" against an electric green background. White text appears at the bottom:}''

<blockquote>The Pow-uh Surge<br />
"Trogdor was a man"<br />
Terrible Songs Records<br />
Dir:The Cheat</blockquote>
''{Cut to a zooming shot of Peasantry}''

'''SINGERS:''' Trogdor was a man.<br />
Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man.

Trogdor was a man.<br />
Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man.

And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!

Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S)<br />
Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. (S, more different S)

(S, more different S)<br />
(Whispering things in the '70s)

And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!

Trogdor was a man. (Get consummate, get consummate)<br />
Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. (Get consummate, get consummate)

Get consummate, get consummate<br />
Consummate V's

Maybe he was just a dragon.<br />
Maybe he was just a dragon.<br />
Maybe he was just a dragon.<br />
Well, he was still Trogdor.<br />

And the Trogdor comes in the NIGHT!

''{Cut to The Cheat and Strong Bad at The Cheat's computer desk}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{turns toward The Cheat}'' I don't know, The Cheat. There are a lot of inaccuracies present.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns toward Strong Sad; The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. ''{emphasizes the "a" in "thousand"}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{lowers his eyebrows and turns back to his computer; The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' And what was going on with your depiction of me?

''{The Cheat clicks and brings up the picture of Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I have that creepy bony spine...

''{The Cheat clicks every time before Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad speaks}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' The Lusitania is my favorite boat.

'''STRONG SAD:''' No way! Everybody knows I'm a Mauretania man.

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

''{Zoom in to the screen}''

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat is not your boat!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh, stop that!

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' This is gonna all be about boats now. ''{smiles with his tongue sticking out}''

''{Cut back to The Cheat and Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, that's a terrible idea!

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat take—

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{interrupts}'' That's it! I'm going to the chiropractor! ''{walks away}'' Got me all self-conscious!

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' Don't you like boats?

''{Zoom in to Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad's back. Three of the bone bumps wiggle and morph into the letters "end".}''

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

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"Well, this is a new computer."

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* The [[Monosodium Dreams]] has been replaced by a [[The Cheat's iMac (2018)|newer computer]] parodying the newer Intel-based [[iMac|iMacs]].
* This is the first Powered by The Cheat toon since [[Fish Eye Lens]] in October 2014, an almost-four-year gap.
* There is a photograph of a record store hidden in the Flash file. It was the first Google image result for "record store" as of the release of the short.
* This is the first time that Trogdor has been seen [[Flying|flying]].
* "When the Seventies" is an example of [[Deliberately Poor English|deliberately poor English]].

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

* Prior to the retirement of [[Flash]], this toon was not shown on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]. The Flash version was only linked to from the [[Main Page Messages|Main Page messages]] at the time of its release, and later became a [[Secret Pages|secret page]].
* Strong Sad does not have a mouth in The Cheat's video, but he does in the animations at the end.
* "Dragon man" Trogdor lacks his usual wings.

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

* This song is meant to be a '70s disco version of the [[TROGDOR (song)|Trogdor]] song, which originated in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[dragon]].
** "S, more different S" and "[[Consummate V's|consummate V's]]" are referenced, both of which are drawing techniques used by Strong Bad in [[dragon]].
** "Get consummate" is part of a line from Strong Bad's [[rock opera]].
* This toon prominently features [[Sports|basketball]] and [[Buttdance|butt-dancing]].
* The [[Board Games|board game]] mentioned is [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].
** The "Tragdar" on the box is a reference to [[Videlectrix One]]'s pronunciation in the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)|Trogdor!! The Board Game promotional video]].
** The song's background rhythm was heard in the promotional video, and later in a [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet.
* The game box has the [[Nondescript Nouns|nondescript label]] "Contains: Contents".
* "[[The Pow-uh Surge]]" was previously discussed in the DVD commentary for [[road trip]] as being the musicians behind the Dancing Brothers' song, as well as "Jammin' Tunes".
* The Dancing Brothers previously appeared in [[A Folky Tale]].
* Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad says "My [[Boats|boat]] take" and is subsequently interrupted. The same occurs twice with Strong Bad in [[environment]].
* Strong Sad says "2000" the [[-ant pronounced with a hard A|same way]] he said it in [[suntan]].

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

* In the background of the Strong Sad scene at the beginning, there is a [[Lego]] set of ''[[The Beatles|Yellow Submarine]]'' on the top of a shelf. This is most visible when viewing with an older form of Ruffle that doesn't support the blur function used to blur out the background.
* The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of ''[[The Electric Company]]'', a children's show that aired on [[PBS]] in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion.
* The ''[[RMS Lusitania|Lusitania]]'' was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship, first launched in 1906, was famously [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat]] which was a major factor in the US joining World War I.
** The ''[[RMS Mauretania (1906)|Mauretania]]'' was the running mate of the ''Lusitania'', also launched in 1906.
* The disco rendition of the song seems to be inspired by the 1970s trend of novelty disco singles based on well-known songs and properties, such as [[Meco]]'s [[Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band|rendition]] of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' title theme.

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

* The toon is titled "Trogdor Was Dragon Man".
** This toon was unnamed on [[homestarrunner.com]] prior to the [[Post-Flash Site Update]].
* The description for this video is "A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game."

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

* The [[Trogdor Was A Man Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video.

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* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/trogdor-was-a-man watch "Trogdor Was A Man"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOUwYn3YdOw watch "Trogdor Was A Man"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/trogdor70s.html watch "Trogdor Was A Man"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/trogdor70s.swf view the Flash file for "Trogdor Was A Man"]
* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=37820 forum thread re: "Trogdor Was A Man"]

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