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| '''[[Strong Bad Email]] #8'''
| [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/8-brianrietta watch] · [[halloweener|← halloweener]] · [[i love you|i love you →]]
|}

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''"BRIAN?! What the crap?"''

Strong Bad gets hit on, and it's not quite what he expected.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' Thursday, January 10, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 0:53

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400!!!

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

'''SBEmail Menu Description:''' Strong Bad is a real jerk to an admirer.

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{types "run Strongbad's__email"}'' I remember the time when I checked my email.

<blockquote>
>Dear Strong Bad, 
>Every time I watch a cartoon with you in it, 
>I can't help but realize how incredibly gorgeous 
>you are. I love the way you walk around without 
>your shirt on so confidently. Anyways, I 
>was wondering if you would like to go 
>out sometime. Give me a call, Pom- 
>Pom has my number. 
> 
>Hopefully yours, 
>Brian
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{clears screen}'' Oh, ''{typing, speaking suavely}'' well, Brian, maybe you and I could— ''{stops typing}'' uh— ''{becomes shocked and angry}'' hey... BRIAN!? What the crap? ''{typing}'' Look, man. Unless Brian is short for... Brianrietta or Brian-Sue or something like that it's just not gonna work out between you and me, okay? ''{skips down some space}'' Sorry to crush your hopes and dreams, - Strong Bad ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so until next week... 1, 2, 3, email me! 1, 2, 4, email me more!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Fun Facts ==

=== Trivia ===

* [[The Brothers Chaps]] did several important things for the first time with this email:
** The email uses a new typing sound effect—without the buzz.
** Strong Bad begins using his current voice (he no longer has his quasi-Mexican accent).
** Strong Bad begins to be animated in his [[Strong Bad Evolution|sixth design]].
** This is the first email to use the current style of animation, where Strong Bad's head bobs and the reflection of his mouth is obscured by the back of his head. As discussed in the [[some kinda robot|some kinda robot DVD commentary]], this change was made to shorten the amount of time an email would take to animate — though the Chaps noted this method of animation soon began to take "''way'' longer than it ever took to just make his mouth move."
* This is one of the only emails to use differing margins.
* This is one of the very few emails where Strong Bad actually signs his name at the end.
* Prior to the nine-month hiatus between [[email thunder]] and [[hremail 3184]], the time between this email and the previous one, [[halloweener]], had been the longest delay in between any two emails, at 71 days.
** This is also the first email put on the site after The Brothers Chaps decided to make Strong Bad Email a "relatively" weekly feature.

=== Goofs ===

* The keyboard can still be heard when Strong Bad pauses at the end of sentences and when he pauses to type Brianrietta and Brian-Sue.

== External Links ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/8-brianrietta watch "brianrietta"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-k1esDVL4s watch "brianrietta"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail8.html watch "brianrietta"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail8.swf view the Flash file for "brianrietta"]

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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:#CCF;" | [[Strong Bad Email]]
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! style="width:8%;background:#DDF" | '''Info'''
| [[Strong Bad Email By Title|Email Titles]] · [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender|Sender's Name]] · [[Strong Bad Email By Place|Sender's Location]] · [[Strong Bad Email By Length|Email Lengths]] · [[Strong Bad Email By Greeting|Email Greetings]] · [[Strong Bad Email By Closing|Email Closings]] · [[Strong Bad Email Release Dates|Email Release Dates]] · [[Strong Bad Email Intros|Email Intros]] · [[Strong Bad Email Outros|Email Outros]] · [[Strong Bad Email Page Titles|Page Titles]] · [[Strong Bad Email Statistics|Statistics]] · [[Strong Bad Email Menu|Menu]] · [[Scroll Button Songs]] · [[Items|Computers]] · [[Floppy Disk Container]] · [[Strong Bad Email Sender's Subject|Subjects]] · [[Strong Bad Email Spin-offs|Spin-offs]] · [[Irregular Back Links]] · [[Poorly Written Emails]] · [[Emails That Meet Strong Bad's Approval]] · [[Emails Taken in a Different Direction]]
|-
! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[Tandy 400]]'''
| [[some kinda robot]] · [[homsar]] · [[butt IQ]] · [[homestar hair]] · [[making out]] · [[depressio]] · [[halloweener]] · '''brianrietta''' · [[i love you]] · [[trevor the vampire]] · [[i rule]] · [[credit card]] · [[i she be]] · [[duck pond]] · [[the basics]] · [[band names]] · [[studying]] · [[stand-up]] · [[tape-leg]] · [[spring cleaning]] · [[cartoon]] · [[sb email 22]] · [[little animal]] · [[the bird]] · [[super powers]] · [[CGNU]] · [[3 wishes]] · [[1 step ahead]] · [[superhero name]] · [[12:00]] · [[sugarbob]] · [[flag day]] · [[gimmicks]] · [[weird dream]] · [[sisters]] · [[guitar]] · [[dullard]] · [[helium]] · [[property of ones]] · [[vacation]]
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! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[Compy 386]]'''
| [[invisibility]] · [[action figure]] · [[little questions]] · [[lures & jigs]] · [[techno]] · [[your friends]] · [[new hands]] · [[ghosts]] · [[theme party]] · [[50 emails]] · [[website]] · [[island]] · [[comic]] · [[morning routine]] · [[cheat talk]] · [[current status]] · [[japanese cartoon]] · [[dragon]] · [[marzipan]] · [[huttah!]] · [[monster truck]] · [[interview]] · [[fingers]] · [[english paper]] · [[unused emails]] · [[the show]] · [[autobiography]] · [[caper]] · [[personal favorites]] · [[big white face]] · [[2 emails]] · [[crazy cartoon]] · [[mascot]] · [[privileges]] · [[funny]] · [[sibbie]] · [[suntan]] · [[anything]] · [[the process]] · [[stunt double]] · [[date]] · [[impression]] · [[labor day]] · [[kids' book]] · [[2 years]] · [[no loafing]] · [[mile]] · [[couch patch]] · [[local news]] · [[colonization]] · [[caffeine]] · [[kind of cool]] · [[army]] · [[video games]] · [[the bet]] · [[lackey]] · [[monument]] · [[stupid stuff]] · [[different town]] · [[flashback]] · [[car]] · [[lunch special]] · [[haircut]] · [[theme park]] · [[replacement]] · [[dangeresque 3]] · [[cheatday]] · [[pom pom]] · [[crying]] · [[for kids]] · [[other days]] · [[old comics]] · [[pizzaz]] · [[the facts]] · [[time capsule]] · [[extra plug]] · [[montage]] · [[virus]]
|-
! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[Lappy 486]]'''
| [[animal]] · [[radio]] · [[part-time job]] · [[dreamail]] · [[origins]] · [[secret recipes]] · [[rock opera]] · [[best thing]] · [[long pants]] · [[rampage]] · [[garage sale]] · [[do over]] · [[boring (really)]] · [[modeling]] · [[bottom 10]] · [[record book]] · [[lady...ing]] · [[geddup noise]] · [[bedtime story]] · [[space program]] · [[portrait]] · [[high school]] · [[death metal]] · [[secret identity]] · [[technology]] · [[narrator]] · [[myths & legends]] · [[pop-up]] · [[lady fan]] · [[disconnected]] · [[candy product]] · [[alternate universe]] · [[senior prom]] · [[isp]] · [[redesign]] · [[keep cool]] · [[theme song]] · [[road trip]] · [[trading cards]] · [[cliffhangers]] · [[retirement]] · [[coloring]] · [[4 branches]] · [[the chair]] · [[what i want]] · [[looking old]] · [[strong badathlon]] · [[unnatural]] · [[the movies]] · [[your funeral]] · [[from work]] · [[rough copy]] · [[underlings]] · [[more armies]] · [[the paper]] · [[mini-golf]] · [[concert]] · [[hygiene]] · [[original]] · [[bike thief]] · [[pizza joint]] · [[slumber party]] · [[web comics]] · [[business trip]] · [[yes, wrestling]] · [[diorama]] · [[nightlife]] · [[environment]] · [[winter pool]] · [[fan club]] · [[pet show]] · [[licensed]] · [[buried]] · [[shapeshifter]] · [[rated]] · [[specially marked]] · [[love poems]] · [[hiding]] · [[your edge]] · [[magic trick]] · [[being mean]] · [[email thunder]] · [[hremail 3184]]
|-
! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[Corpy NT6]]'''
| [[imaginary]]
|-
! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[Compé]]'''
| [[independent]] · [[dictionary]] · [[videography]]
|-
! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[Lappier]]'''
| [[sbemail 206]] · [[too cool]] · [[the next april fools thing]] · [[parenting]] · [[robots]]
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! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[strongbad email.exe|Bonus]]'''
| [[Greeting Cards]] · [[E-mail Birds]] · [[Videro Games]] · [[Family Resemblence]] · [[Real-Live E-Mails]] · [[Accent]] · [[Comic Book Movie]]
|}
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