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| '''[[Strong Bad Email]] #21'''
| [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/21-cartoon watch] · [[spring cleaning|← spring cleaning]] · [[sb email 22|sb_email 22 →]]
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''"...or maybe a cloud that looked like a bird. You know, like a bird cloud."''

Geroge writes in to ask Strong Bad to do a cartoon with only him in it, with voiceover commentary. Strong Bad teaches a valuable lesson; "Too much of a good thing is an awesome thing. But too much of an awesome thing is...umm...really, really dumb and bad."

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]]

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

'''Date:''' Monday, April 8, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:45

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

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

'''SBEmail Menu Description:''' Strong Bad does commentary on a cartoon of himself just standing around.

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' This episode, Strong Bad checks his email.

''{reading}''

<blockquote>
>dear mr bad<br />
>make a cartoon with only u in it and then <br />
>just u do the commentary<br />
>crapful<br />
>geroge
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "geroge" literally, as in "gee-roje" with a hard G}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, no way, Geroge ''{same as before}''. We tried that once. Trust me, man. Bad idea.

''{The scene changes and we see Strong Bad standing in The Field. He hears a bird singing and he looks up and around.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Umm... So this is another part where it's just me. And I'm kinda standing around. You know, just standing. I guess I don't do very much. ''{Strong Bad scratches his head}'' No wait, I just scratched my head. Yeah, I remember that part. I totally had to scratch my head then, man. I can't remember exactly what I was looking at there. Er, I think it was like a bird, or maybe a cloud that looked like a bird. You know, like a bird cloud.

''{The scene changes back to Strong Bad sitting in front of the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I dunno. That wasn't so bad actually. You know it's ''{types "its"}'' like, All Strong Bad, All the Time! But you know what they say, "Too much of a good thing is an awesome thing. But too much of an awesome thing is...umm...really, really dumb and bad." ''{stops typing}'' All right, so until next time send me a little email and I'll give you a little crap.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' So, this is where I just finished checking my email and I'm just kinda sitting there. You know, I... I think I was probably staring at my computer screen. You know, watching those green lines go by. Being like "Whoa, check out these green lines!" You know, they just keep going. ''{His eyes turn to green hypnotic circles and his head sways a little.}'' Those things could hypnotize you, man. If you watch them long enough. ''{His head drops to the keyboard.}'' Oh, see! There I go.

== Fun Facts ==

=== Trivia ===

* This is the first email where The Paper reads "Click here to e-mail strong bad strongbad@homestarrunner.com" instead of just "Click here to e-mail strong bad."
* The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad does commentary on a cartoon of himself just standing around."

=== Remarks ===

* When Strong Bad's head hits the keyboard, nothing changes on screen.
* It's strange that Strong Bad says he shouldn't have his own cartoon, since the majority of the previous emails have had only him as a character.

=== Goofs ===

* Strong Bad did not put an apostrophe in the "it's" in the "You know its like, All Strong Bad, All the Time" part of his reply.
* The Paper appears over the black border of the cartoon.
* When Strong Bad becomes hypnotized, his head begins to move before his reflection.

=== Inside References ===

* Strong Bad receives another email signed with the word [[Crapfully Yours|crap]].

=== Fast Forward ===

* A 3D CGI version of the cartoon becomes a scene in [[Strong Bad Gameways]].
* Strong Bad gets hypnotized again in [[what i want]].
* Strong Bad has since done such narration in the commentary for various cartoons on the DVDs.

== DVD Version ==

* The DVD version adds a hidden audio commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Strong Bad]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Here comes email 21!

'''MIKE:''' So, I'm here again with Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi Mike!

'''MIKE:''' How's it goin'?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pretty good.

'''MIKE:''' So, um... We're going to have you do—this will be, like, uh, three layers of commentary on this.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes, yes.

'''MIKE:''' It might be hard to understand with so many Strong Bad voices going on.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well I'm not talking in this part—

'''MIKE:''' Yes you are.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm talking ''over'' the talking. I ju—I remember doing the commentary for this part, watching myself, and I was looking around, you know, and my head looked really weird, 'cause you weren't very good at Flash yet. And, uh, I tippy-tapped... I was totally tippy-tappin' the toes... It ''was'' a bird cloud.

'''MIKE:''' You—

'''STRONG BAD:''' I remember now.

'''MIKE:''' You remember now.

'''STRONG BAD:''' After all this time, I had a—a regression hypnotherapies, and it was, just, it—

'''MIKE:''' Everything that—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''Clearly'' a bird cloud.

'''MIKE:''' Was there anything you remembered from your hypnotherapy?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' From your past?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' What else?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, I—

'''MIKE:''' Do you remember what the "R" in "routine" stands for?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I did ''{angry}'' until you just said it, I did!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, and now you forgot?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I for—aww, but if you hadn't brought it up, I'd have totally just said that.

'''MIKE:''' I... Well...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man.

'''MIKE:''' So is this when you got the hypnotherapy right here? 'Cause it looks like, here in a second, you start to get hypnotized.

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, but they did the same thing! They made me look at an old Apple monitor.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So this is me at the end of the email lookin' at the end of the email ''{starts speeding up}'' lookin' at the end of the email lookin' at the end of the email lookin' at—oh no! I've been through the time warp! Mike! It's yesterday!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs a little}'' Oh really?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh no! We're working on an email or something, I don't remember! Ohh... I hit the cheese.

'''MIKE:''' Hit the cheese.

=== Fun Facts ===

* Mike asking Strong Bad what the "R" in "routine" stands for is a reference to [[morning routine]].

== External Links ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/21-cartoon watch "cartoon"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zp6muqk9RM watch "cartoon"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail21.html watch "cartoon"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail21.swf view the Flash file for "cartoon"]

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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]]
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! 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" | '''[[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]]
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! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[Corpy NT6]]'''
| [[imaginary]]
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! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[Compé]]'''
| [[independent]] · [[dictionary]] · [[videography]]
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! 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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