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| '''[[Strong Bad Email]] #73'''
| [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/73-mascot watch] · [[crazy cartoon|← crazy cartoon]] · [[privileges|privileges →]]
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''"Me?"''

The [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] Dumples face off against Pile of Electronics State. Real fruit smoothies are at stake.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Mad]], [[Coach Z]], [[Mrs. Bennedetto]], [[The Announcer]] (voice only), [[Homestar Runner]] as [[The Jolly Dumple]]

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

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

'''Date:''' Monday, May 19, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:00

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

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

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh! A little email never hurt nobody. 'Cept for maybe The Cheat. So what do we got here...

''{reading}''

<blockquote>
>Dear Strong Bad, 
> 
>I was wondering what CGNU's mascot 
>is, and if they have any sports teams. 
>Thanks for the info. 
> 
>Ike
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, we got a mascot, Ike. Unfortunately, The Cheat, Strong Mad, and I were ''really'' hungry when we decided on a name. So, uh, all we came up with was the Crazy Go Nuts University Dumples. I think maybe we meant dumplings? But we were really hungry and tired and sorta confused and ended up putting Dumples on the application. We do have a sports team, though. The Golf Club Team. We have a game every day at 6pm!

''{cut to a shot of the scoreboard on the athletic field, reading:}''

<blockquote>
>HOME 
> 
>Crazy 
>Go Nuts 
>University 
> 
>0

>VISITOR 
> 
>Pile Of 
>Electronics 
>State 
> 
>0
</blockquote>

''{Cut to The Cheat holding a [[Clubs (weapons)|golf club]] in a ring facing a pile of old electronics, with Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and Coach Z cheering him on.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's go, Dumples!

'''STRONG MAD:''' DE-FENSE!

'''COACH Z:''' Get yer head in the game, The Chort! The Cheat is wide open!

''{The Cheat starts bashing all the electronics.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah!

'''COACH Z:''' Atta boy!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Go for the 8-track!

''{The Cheat smashes the 8-track and the scoreboard gives CGNU one point with a buzzing noise}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' Dumples win!

''{everyone cheers}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look everybody! It's The Jolly Dumple come to celebrate our victory!

''{Cut to Homestar in the Dumple costume. It looks like a ravioli with a tri-corner hat, a mouth, a big tongue with a drop of drool on a spring, and two huge hands giving thumbs-ups. The Dumple dances, and the fight song starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' 
Fighting and sometimes striving 
Wondering what the Dumple is 
Excellence and what is valor? 
And The Cheat will hit stuff with a golf club ''{The Cheat shows up holding cue cards that read "see", "gee", "in", and then "you", as Strong Bad chants:}'' 
C G N... U! 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Me?

''{Cut back to the Compy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, we're still undefeated. But next week's going to be a tough game against Homestar's Knees Tech. Well, I gots to go. I promised the team I'd get them real fruit smoothies if they won the game. And they won the game. So I'm getting them real fruit smoothies.

''{He types in 'run "fightsong"' and walks off. Compy starts playing the song, showing the letter name of each note. Once it's done, it says "GO DUMPLES!!!" and [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

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''Really hungry and tired.''

* Click on "really hungry and tired" to see a "LEM" ([[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]]) styled cartoon of Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat being really hungry and tired.
* Click on "application" to see their mascot application:

<blockquote>
>College Mascot Application 
> 
>College Name: crazy go nuts university 
> 
>Mascot Name: DUMPLES!!! 
> 
>Dean of Students: myself 
> 
>Essay on why you think this is a good mascot: 
>i want some food. 
> 
>Drawing of Mascot: 
>you know, a dumple. like for dinner 
>(There is a picture of a fork with a "dumple" on it)
</blockquote>

* At the very end after the fight song plays, rolling over the notes plays them.

== Fun Facts ==

=== Trivia ===

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''"Go for the 8-track!"''

* The Pile of Electronics State team has a TV (later seen in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]), [[Mrs. Bennedetto]] ([[Marzipan]]'s microwave), a [[Panasonic]] RQ-830S [[8-Tracks|8-Track]] player (also referred to as "The Plunger" or "TNT" style), and a [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].
* References to [[valor]] are common in the lyrics of college [[fight song|fight songs]] and [[Alma mater|alma maters]]. Valor is [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=valor defined] as the strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness.
* A high school band performed the CGNU Fight Song as a [[Quote of the Week]] on February 9, 2006.
* [[The Cheat]] pulls the cue card out of [[Hammerspace]].
* The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Crazy Go Nuts University's mascot shows up at The Cheat's Golf Club Team match!"

=== Remarks ===

* The Cheat never hits the NES directly, and still manages to break it anyway.
* This is the first time we hear Coach Z say ''The Cheat'' correctly. However, he may not be referring to The Cheat himself.
* The notes given for the fight song are: C A F G F D A# G G G F E F G C A F G F D A# G G G F E F
* The notes for the fight song do not work correctly when using the Tab key because the tab order is not pre-set.

=== Goofs ===

* Proper musical notation practice would dictate that "A#" (A-sharp) be written as "Bb" (B-flat), since the song is in the [[Major scale|key]] of F Major, which has one flat and no sharps.
* In both phrases of the digital fight song, the note after the "A#" is rushed, causing the "A#" to be held for only two-thirds of its duration as compared to the sung version. This violates the 4/4 [[Time signature|time signature]] implied in the earlier version.

=== Glitches ===

* The "application" Easter egg is accessible when the "really hungry and tired" Easter egg is (before Strong Bad actually types "application").

=== Inside References ===

* The "really hungry and tired" Easter egg looks very similar to Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat's position at the beginning of [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]].

=== Fast Forward ===

* Homestar later tried to make himself a real fruit smoothie using Strong Bad's [[Blender|alternate universe portal]] in [[alternate universe]], with chaotic results.
* "Homestar's Knees Tech" is a pennant on the wall during the "CGNU Online E-niversity" commercial, in the Strong Bad Email [[theme song]].
* Homestar later builds a fire inside the Dumples costume in [[4 branches]].
* Homestar sings a song in [[On Break]] which has the same tune as the fight song.
* As of the [[Post-Flash Site Update]], the [[FAQ]] does not render properly in [[Ruffle]]. A [[Ruffle|compatibility note on the page]] states that Ruffle is "all the time updated and striving and sometimes fighting to work with ALL the old Flash styles", adapting a line from the CGNU fight song.

== DVD Version ==

* All of the Easter eggs in this email are viewable using the angle button on the DVD remote.

== External Links ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/73-mascot watch "mascot"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ps1LKgo5w watch "mascot"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail73.html watch "mascot"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail73.swf view the Flash file for "mascot"]

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