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| '''[[Strong Bad Email]] #52'''
| [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/52-island watch] · [[website|← website]] · [[comic|comic →]]
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''"Are we rescued yet?"''

''This article is about the [[Strong Bad Email]].'' ''For the place, see [[The Island]].''

Strong Bad imagines the lurking horrors of being stranded on an island with Homestar.

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

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

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, November 25, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:57

'''Page Title:''' COMPY 386

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

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Bad Emails are a part of this balanced breakfast.

''{reading the email}''

<blockquote>
>Dear Strong Bad, 
> 
>What would you do if you where stuck 
>on an desert island with Homestar 
>Runner? 
> 
>Yami Yugi 
>England
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "were" instead of "where" and "a" instead of "an".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Yami Yugi ''{says the name hesitantly}'', I suspect it would be like most cartoons. You know, we'd start to go nuts after a while and I would look at Homestar and he would look like a big steak. And then Homestar would look at me and I'd look like ''{stops typing}'' you know ''{starts typing again}'' some kinda brownie sundae. ''{clears screen}'' So we'd chase each other around the island, trying to eat each other. And at some point my foot would look like a sandwich and I'd put salt on it and try to eat it and it's like, "Oh! It's my foot!!" ''{clears screen}'' But that's a best-case scenario. I'm sure in real life it would be much more annoying and painful with Homestar involved. ''{he types "Dumpface" instead of "Homestar"}''

''{cut to Homestar and Strong Bad on an island}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Are we rescued yet?

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're gonna need to get rescued in a second if you don't quit asking me that. ''{shakes his fist at Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohhhhhhhh... Hey, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''What?''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is there ice cream yet?

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're gonna need to get ice cream in a second if you don't quit asking me that. You know... 'cause I'm gonna hit you...and you'll need the ice cream to... stop the swelling.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Stinkoman.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... did you just call me Stinkoman?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes, sir, I did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez. You don't happen to have a gun on your side of the island, do ya?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No. Hey, Strong Bad, check this out! ''{turns away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, don't start with that—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Toons! ''{An ocean liner passes by with a loud "toot"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Games! ''{An angry-looking, red-eyed, white sperm whale, with harpoons embedded in its body, emerges from the left side of the water. It spurts water from its blowhole and then goes back into the water.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Don't do another—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Email! ''{A propeller plane with a "WEAR A BIKINI!!" banner attached to it flies by}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, I love doing that. ''{A bottle washes up on the island.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, check it out. A message in a bottle. ''{takes a piece of paper out of the bottle and reads it}'' What?

<blockquote>
>January 20, 1985
>Super XIX Bowl
>Stanford Stadium Stanford, California

> Miami Dolphins
> VS.
> San Francisco 49ers
</blockquote>

Super Bowl Nineteen... Miami Dolphins vs. San Francisco 49ers... ''{sarcastically}'' Great.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' We're saved!

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is the worst deserted island ever.

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

== Easter Eggs ==

* At the end, click on Strong Bad and Homestar to make them turn into various things.
** Strong Bad:
*** Some kinda brownie sundae
*** Hot dog
*** "[[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows|Pinner]]" plate of marshmallows, with a [[Bowler Hats|derby]], [[Eyepatches|eyepatch]] and [[Smoking|cigar]] from [[Meet Marshie]]
*** San Francisco 49ers helmet
** Homestar:
*** A big steak
*** Stack of pancakes
*** Guitar from [[new hands]]
*** Miami Dolphins helmet

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===

* The alias of the email sender, [[Yugi Mutou|Yami Yugi]], comes from the name of a main character of the popular anime series and card game [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'']].

=== Trivia ===

* The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "The classic episode where Strong Bad and Homestar get stuck on a desert island."

=== Remarks ===

* Strong Bad's remark about it being "like most cartoons" seems to support the idea that the characters are aware that they are cartoons thus creating one of many [[Fourth Wall Breaks|fourth wall breaks]].

=== Goofs ===

* Homestar's Main Page joke refers to [[Main Page 3]] ''(see Inside References)'', but on the real Main Page 3, the plane actually flies past on "Store." A monkey hits Homestar in the head with a coconut when "E-mail" is activated.
* The San Francisco 49ers' helmet facemask is incorrect. They wore a gray facemask in the 1984-'85 season.
* The 49ers also had a large red and white stripe, much more visible than the one shown.

=== Inside References ===

* Homestar references Main Page 3 when he yells out "Toons," "Games," and "E-mail" and various things appear. ''(see Goofs for more)''
* Strong Bad describes the island as the "[[Best/Worst X Ever|worst deserted island ever]]".
* In the Easter egg, Homestar turns into the guitar from the Easter egg in [[new hands]].
* Strong Bad turns into the "pinner" marshmallows from [[Meet Marshie]] in the Easter egg.
* Strong Bad creates one of the [[Names ending in -face|names ending in -face]] in this email.

=== Real-World References ===

* The [[San Francisco 49ers|49ers]] beat the [[Miami Dolphins|Dolphins]] 38–16 in [[Super Bowl]] [[Super Bowl XIX|XIX]].
* The first cinematic instance of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MeatOVision hunger-induced delirium altering the appearance of a character from their actual resemblance to an edible object] actually took place in Charlie Chaplin's 1925 movie ''[[The Gold Rush]]'', which was filmed, not animated. It later took place in the 1943 [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036508 Wackiki Wabbit]''.

=== Fast Forward ===

* Five emails later, in [[japanese cartoon]], Strong Bad creates a Japanese cartoon character named [[Stinkoman]].
* Strong Bad salting his foot is used again in [[interview]].
* The island is revisited in [[disconnected]], [[Weclome Back]], and [[the paper]].

== YouTube Version ==

* At the end, the Easter egg plays automatically. It starts with Homestar, cycles through each transformation alternately, and ends with both football helmets at the same time.

== DVD Version ==

* To make Homestar and Strong Bad transform into various things, select the hidden Strong Bad head to the left of Strong Bad.
* The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===

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

'''MATT:''' Welcome back, I'm Matt Chapman.

'''MIKE:''' I am my brother Mike.

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh? Isn't, uh... ''{pause}'' Sorry.

'''MATT:''' Yeah? Go ahead.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, I don't remember what I was going to say. I like this email, though. I like the, um, visuals.

'''MATT:''' This is a lot, this is pretty much referencing, I mean it's done a lot in cartoons, but there's that one Bugs Bunny where he's on the desert island with those two—the ski— tall skinny guy—

'''MIKE:''' Rightio.

'''MATT:''' —the fat short guy.

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' That's where a lot of this comes from. I think they see each other as like, a steak and a hot dog. And I think that Bugs tricks one of them into eating his own foot at some point probably.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' This is the origin of the term Stinkoman, too.

'''MATT:''' It's true. We were just screwin' around and I said "Stin"— the word Stinkoman.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I think so. ''{pause}'' But I like that scene right there.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, Mike keeps talking about wanting to revisit this little desert island scene.

'''MIKE:''' It might be revisited by the time you're all listening to this commentary.

'''MATT:''' Not if I have anything to say about it.

'''MIKE:''' Matt hates me.

'''MATT:''' I'm just kidding.

''{in the email, Homestar calls Strong Bad Stinkoman}''

'''MIKE:''' Look, there it was!

'''MATT:''' Yeah, see?

'''MIKE:''' He did, yeah. ''{chuckles}''

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' You haven't got a baboon in your pocket, have you? There you go, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' ''{still chuckling}'' Yeah, thanks. Uh—

'''MATT:''' I like this. ''{pause}'' Those actually are incorrect, aren't they? That's not exactly what he does on that menu page, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, maybe, ''{distantly}'' maybe not. ''{normal}'' Look at those clouds. They're a little different than usual.

'''MATT:''' They are. Oh that—that's nice, I remember Scott Edwards was over for that one. I think it snowed.

'''MIKE:''' Dave Brown, yeah, I think—

'''MATT:''' And then it snowed and we didn't have to go to school the next day.

'''MIKE:''' I think you're right.

'''MATT:''' No, it was great.

=== Fun Facts ===

* The Bugs Bunny cartoon in particular that Matt and Mike refer to is ''[[Wackiki Wabbit]]''.
* The phrase "You haven't got a baboon in your pocket, have you?" was originally uttered by Groucho Marx in ''A Night at the Opera''.

== External Links ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/52-island watch "island"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFrcARcr_Y4 watch "island"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail52.html watch "island"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail52.swf view the Flash file for "island"]

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