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| '''[[Strong Bad Email]] #4'''
| [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/4-homestar-hair watch] · [[butt IQ|← butt IQ]] · [[making out|making out →]]
|}

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''"How come you people never play my game, man?"''

Instead of a regular message, Strong Bad receives a [[Hairstyle Runner]] design.

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

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

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

'''Date:''' Thursday, September 27, 2001

'''Running Time:''' 0:55

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

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

'''SBEmail Menu Description:''' When he gets an email meant for Homestar, Strong Bad becomes "all cheesed off" as the kids say... in the 50's maybe.

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing, types "run Strongbad's__email"}'' I check the email once, I check the email twice, doo doo doo, doo doo doo...''{stops singing}'' Okay, let's see what we got here...

<blockquote>
>Homestar Hair 
>downloading...
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Home...star...Hair...? What the...

''{A graphic from Hairstyle Runner appears, with oddly shaped hair, sideburns and an outline of a beard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh man! I swear if I get another one of these ''{types "delete that crap"}'' freakin' "Hairstyle Runners" from one of you guys,—

''{The image shrinks until it disappears, and a message reading "crap deleted." appears onscreen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —I'm gonna have to start busting some heads, okay? I mean, how come you people never play ''my'' game, man? I never get any Strong Libs in my email. I mean, there's this whole game out there that's all for me that you guys can fill out, you know, and like, send me some hilarious crap or something. Now you got me all cheesed off! I'm gonna play some "Temple of Apshai". ''{types "run"temple__of__apshai""}'' Forget you guys. ''{brings up Temple of Apshai}''

''{Temple of Apshai features a little white warrior walking back and forth in a pink-walled 8-bit dungeon with a blue monster and a green box. To the right are a bunch of statistics. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, my hit points are, like, inexcusable in this dungeon, man. I need to find some elixir or something.

== Fun Facts ==

=== Trivia ===

* The text on the Temple of Apshai game is as follows. Note that some characters are obscured by Strong Bad's head and others are uncertain, as the font contains many identical-looking characters.

<blockquote>
>ROOM NO=28 
>WOUNDS= 91% 
>FATIGUE=97% 
>WEIGHT= 87 
>ARROWS= 97 
>MAG ARROWS 9 
>SKELETON 
>APPEARS! 
>TOTAL SLAIN 
>9
</blockquote>

* This is the only email that is not a letter of some kind, and the first one to feature an attachment.
* This is the first time Strong Bad deleted something in anger, although we don't see the now-standard "[[DELETED]]" screen.
* It is also the first Strong Bad Email to feature dialogue that takes place after The Paper comes down.
* This is also the first instance of Strong Bad's computer [[Strong Bad's Computers Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities|exceeding its technical boundaries]] — in this case, displaying Temple of Apshai and the Hairstyle Runner in full color and resolution on a supposedly monochrome monitor.
* This is the first email to use the word "[[Crap|crap]]".

=== Remarks ===

* When Strong Bad is playing Temple of Apshai, his figure keeps moving in the same pattern.

=== Inside References ===

* The game Strong Bad refers to as his game is [[Strong Libs]].

=== Real-World References ===

* [[Temple of Apshai|''Temple of Apshai'']] is a real role-playing computer game from [[Epyx]].

== DVD Version ==

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

=== Commentary Transcript ===

('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' This has a big inconsistency in it with the abilities of his old computer—

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah, displaying the color picture.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Not only can it display JPEGs, it can display a full-color one. Yeah. And there's also a reference to, uh, to Strong Bad Libs in it, huh?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. We still occasionally get a Strong Bad Lib if someone's watched this email and then...

'''MATT:''' And then does one.

''{long pause}''

'''MATT:''' Say—

'''MIKE:''' Not a lot of animation going on in this one.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, this was, uh...

'''MIKE:''' This one would probably take us— we could probably do this in under 20 minutes nowadays.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little}'' Probabl—

'''MIKE:''' It probably took us 6 hours at the time, but...

'''MATT:''' Yep. And then now here it's color, color for ''Temple of Apshai'', too.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Why? I mean, he could be playing, like, ''Final Fantasy'' on this according to—

'''MIKE:''' That's a skeleton. That's a skeleton. That blue, isn't that? Isn't that the skeletons from—

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I always thought it looked like that blue thing, you know, ''{quickly}'' The ''Close Encounters of the Third Ki''—

=== Fun Facts ===

* Matt mentions the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series of role-playing games.
* Matt compares the skeletons to the aliens seen in ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', a sci-fi movie directed by [[Steven Spielberg]].

== YouTube Version ==

* At the start of the email, the Windows XP "Hardware Remove" sound can be heard briefly.

== External Links ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/4-homestar-hair watch "homestar hair"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxkUl-JFdIo watch "homestar hair"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail4.html watch "homestar hair"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail4.swf view the Flash file for "homestar hair"]

{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:#CCF;" | [[Strong Bad Email]]
|-
! 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]]
|-
! 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]]
|-
! style="background:#DDF" | '''[[strongbad email.exe|Bonus]]'''
| [[Greeting Cards]] · [[E-mail Birds]] · [[Videro Games]] · [[Family Resemblence]] · [[Real-Live E-Mails]] · [[Accent]] · [[Comic Book Movie]]
|}
[[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]]
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]]
[[Category:strongbad email.exe Disc One]]
[[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

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