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| '''Strong Bad Email #196''' | | '''Strong Bad Email #196''' | ||
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''"Why, I've got half a mind."'' | |||
Strong Bad expounds on his Hide n' Seek experiences. | Strong Bad expounds on his Hide n' Seek experiences. | ||
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'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486 | '''Page Title:''' Lappy 486 | ||
'''DVD:''' [[strongbad email.exe Disc Six]] | '''DVD:'''[[strongbad email.exe Disc Six]] | ||
== Transcript == | |||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Junk it, and check it, send me an email and I'll wreck it! | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Junk it, and check it, send me an email and I'll wreck it! | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
>subject: hide n seek | |||
subject: hide n seek | >Dear Dude,<br /> | ||
>What is your awesome hiding place whenever you play<br /> | |||
>hide n' seek. I'm sure you can just stand somewhere and<br /> | |||
Dear Dude,<br /> | >noone can find you right.<br /> | ||
What is your awesome hiding place whenever you play<br /> | >Awesomely Yours,<br /> | ||
hide n' seek. I'm sure you can just stand somewhere and<br /> | >Dude 1<br /> | ||
noone can find you right.<br /> | >Scarlet, MO<br /> | ||
Awesomely Yours,<br /> | </blockquote> | ||
Dude 1<br /> | |||
Scarlet, MO<br /> | |||
''{Strong Bad reads the second sentence after "I'm sure you" with a monotonous rhythm. He also reads "noone" phonetically as "new-nee". After "right", he comments, "Hey man, Noone can find me''wrong''if she's good-looking enough." He then reads "Scarlet, MO" as "Scar, Let Moe".}'' | |||
''{Strong Bad reads the second sentence after | |||
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, as anyone that has a little brother or a Homestar Runner knows, hide n' seek can be oh so much more useful than ''just'' playing it. | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, as anyone that has a little brother or a Homestar Runner knows, hide n' seek can be oh so much more useful than ''just'' playing it. | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... Strong Mad? Buddy? That's the same spot you hide in every time we play. | '''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... Strong Mad? Buddy? That's the same spot you hide in every time we play. | ||
''{Strong Mad leans out from behind | ''{Strong Mad leans out from behind "himself".}'' | ||
'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{disappointed}'' DAWWW! | '''STRONG MAD:''' ''{disappointed}'' DAWWW! | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{frustrated}'' All right, I give up! ''{calls out}'' Olly olly oxen free! | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{frustrated}'' All right, I give up! ''{calls out}'' Olly olly oxen free! | ||
''{Cut to a wider shot, showing Marzipan with a sign with a picture of an ox, reading | ''{Cut to a wider shot, showing Marzipan with a sign with a picture of an ox, reading "OXEN FREE!"}'' | ||
'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{angrily}'' Yeah, Ollie, set those oxen free. ''{chanting}'' Oxen free! Oxen free! | '''MARZIPAN:''' ''{angrily}'' Yeah, Ollie, set those oxen free. ''{chanting}'' Oxen free! Oxen free! | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' Oh, put your sign away, we're just playing a game. | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping}'' Oh, put your sign away, we're just playing a game. | ||
''{Marzipan turns her sign around to show the other side, with the ox playing baseball and reading | ''{Marzipan turns her sign around to show the other side, with the ox playing baseball and reading "PLAYING A GAME!". Strong Bad shakes his head.}'' | ||
'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{chanting, still angrily}'' Playing a game! Playing a game! | '''MARZIPAN:''' ''{chanting, still angrily}'' Playing a game! Playing a game! | ||
''{Cut to the computer room. Strong Bad is balancing motionless on one leg on a podium reading | ''{Cut to the computer room. Strong Bad is balancing motionless on one leg on a podium reading "STRONG BAD", with Coach Z standing to the left.}'' | ||
'''COACH Z:''' Oh, check out this extremely attractive statue of Strong Bad! | '''COACH Z:''' Oh, check out this extremely attractive statue of Strong Bad! | ||
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turning to Coach Z}'' No, stupid, you found me. I'm | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turning to Coach Z}'' No, stupid, you found me. I'm "it" now. | ||
'''COACH Z:''' Oh, a back-sassin' animatronic Strong Bad! | '''COACH Z:''' Oh, a back-sassin' animatronic Strong Bad! | ||
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, there you are. I found you definitely found you Strong Bad. | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, there you are. I found you definitely found you Strong Bad. | ||
''{Cut to a wider shot, showing that he is talking to a crude animatronic Strong Bad, with a balloon head and rods moving the limbs. It stands on a soapbox with a speaker. The soapbox has the words | ''{Cut to a wider shot, showing that he is talking to a crude animatronic Strong Bad, with a balloon head and rods moving the limbs. It stands on a soapbox with a speaker. The soapbox has the words "SIXTEEN FOR YOU" printed on it}'' | ||
'''ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD:''' Shut your mouth, wimp-cake! | '''ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD:''' Shut your mouth, wimp-cake! | ||
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''{Pom Pom looks up at [[New Paper]] as it comes down.}'' | ''{Pom Pom looks up at [[New Paper]] as it comes down.}'' | ||
== Easter Eggs == | |||
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''A real stretch by Bev Sportsinterviews'' | |||
* Click on Scarlet, MO at the beginning of the email to see the [[Beverly Sportsinterviews]] book titled ''Scar, Let Moe!'' | * Click on Scarlet, MO at the beginning of the email to see the [[Beverly Sportsinterviews]] book titled ''Scar, Let Moe!'' | ||
* At the end, click on the napkin to activate a conversation between Animatronic Strong Bad and Grape Nuts Robot. | * At the end, click on the napkin to activate a conversation between Animatronic Strong Bad and Grape Nuts Robot. | ||
'''ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD''': Dad loves me more! | '''ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD''': Dad loves me more! | ||
'''GRAPE NUTS ROBOT''': You're adopted. | '''GRAPE NUTS ROBOT''': You're adopted. | ||
== Fun Facts == | |||
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=== Explanations === | |||
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* An [[Animatronics|animatronic]] is a puppet-like figure with robotics and/or electronics used to create the illusion that the figure is alive. | * An [[Animatronics|animatronic]] is a puppet-like figure with robotics and/or electronics used to create the illusion that the figure is alive. | ||
* [[Kick the can]], [[Capture the flag]] and [http://www.ehow.com/how_2330556_play-tv-tag.html TV Tag] are actual games. | * [[Kick the can]], [[Capture the flag]] and [http://www.ehow.com/how_2330556_play-tv-tag.html TV Tag] are actual games. | ||
* | * "[[Olly olly oxen free]]" is a phrase used in children's games, which is generally used to indicate that people who are hiding (in a game of hide and seek, for example) can safely come out into the open. | ||
=== Trivia === | |||
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* The summary for the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, | * The summary for the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Strong Bad discusses the fun and usefulness of playing Hide n' Seek." | ||
* As of this email, Strong Bad has checked as many emails on the Lappy as he did on the [[Compy 386]]. | * As of this email, Strong Bad has checked as many emails on the Lappy as he did on the [[Compy 386]]. | ||
=== Remarks === | |||
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* Although the three coins Homestar throws are supposedly all nickels, they are not all the same size. | * Although the three coins Homestar throws are supposedly all nickels, they are not all the same size. | ||
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* The toilet in the Bathroom of the Brothers Strong is smaller than it was in [[unnatural]]. | * The toilet in the Bathroom of the Brothers Strong is smaller than it was in [[unnatural]]. | ||
=== Goofs === | |||
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* In the Easter egg, Animatronic Strong Bad's head snaps suddenly back into place, even though it is a balloon. | * In the Easter egg, Animatronic Strong Bad's head snaps suddenly back into place, even though it is a balloon. | ||
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* When Strong Mad comes out of his hiding spot, part of the outline of his left shoulder is misaligned. | * When Strong Mad comes out of his hiding spot, part of the outline of his left shoulder is misaligned. | ||
=== Fixed Goofs === | |||
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''We must protect the queen! I have three legs!'' | |||
* Several times during the toon, all of Strong Bad's arm except one outline used to disappear. | |||
* Several times during the toon, all of Strong Bad's arm | |||
** This happened while he was talking to The Cheat in the Field, once while he was talking to Homestar in the bathtub, and twice while talking to Strong Mad at The Stick. In the first two instances, Strong Bad's right arm disappeared. His left arm disappeared in the last two. | ** This happened while he was talking to The Cheat in the Field, once while he was talking to Homestar in the bathtub, and twice while talking to Strong Mad at The Stick. In the first two instances, Strong Bad's right arm disappeared. His left arm disappeared in the last two. | ||
* During the bathroom scene, Strong Bad's ''entire'' right arm was gone when he walked in and only appeared after the lights came on. | * During the bathroom scene, Strong Bad's ''entire'' right arm was gone when he walked in and only appeared after the lights came on. | ||
* When Homestar walked in and interrupted Strong Bad and The Cheat's | * When Homestar walked in and interrupted Strong Bad and The Cheat's "sentence", he appeared to have an extra leg sticking out of his shirt for two frames, in two different poses. | ||
* New Paper used to come down outside of the toon's frame, overlapping the outer black border. | * New Paper used to come down outside of the toon's frame, overlapping the outer black border. | ||
=== Inside References === | |||
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* Homestar walking in on Strong Bad and The Cheat | * Homestar walking in on Strong Bad and The Cheat "in the middle of a sentence" is another instance of [[Interrupted Conversations|interrupted conversations]]. | ||
* Strong Bad mentions [[Kicking a Can|Kick the Can]] as a game. | * Strong Bad mentions [[Kicking a Can|Kick the Can]] as a game. | ||
* When Homestar rises from the bathtub, he appears similar to how he did in [[hygiene]], except he also has a [[Cinnamon|cinnamon]] beard. | * When Homestar rises from the bathtub, he appears similar to how he did in [[hygiene]], except he also has a [[Cinnamon|cinnamon]] beard. | ||
* The [[Soapbox|soapbox]] reads | * The [[Soapbox|soapbox]] reads "sixteen for you". | ||
* In the Easter egg, Animatronic Strong Bad makes a reference to his [[Parents|dad]]. | * In the Easter egg, Animatronic Strong Bad makes a reference to his [[Parents|dad]]. | ||
* The Cheat was previously referred to as | * The Cheat was previously referred to as "Squeak" in [[narrator]], as one of the title characters in the film ''[[Films from narrator|Lugnut & Squeak]]''. | ||
* Scar is wearing an [[Eyepatches|eyepatch]]. | * Scar is wearing an [[Eyepatches|eyepatch]]. | ||
* This is another appearance of [[Loose Coins|loose coins]]. | * This is another appearance of [[Loose Coins|loose coins]]. | ||
* Animatronic Strong Bad tells Homestar to | * Animatronic Strong Bad tells Homestar to "sit on a [[Biscuits|biscuit]]". | ||
=== Real-World References === | |||
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* The hairstyle of Moe on the cover of ''Scar, Let Moe!'' is patterned after the hairstyle of [[Moe Howard|Moe]] from [[The Three Stooges]]. | * The hairstyle of Moe on the cover of ''Scar, Let Moe!'' is patterned after the hairstyle of [[Moe Howard|Moe]] from [[The Three Stooges]]. | ||
* Strong Sad shouts | * Strong Sad shouts "Parliament" upon seeing the barrister's wig, which is commonly worn by members of the [[House of Lords]] in the British Parliament. | ||
== DVD Version == | |||
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* The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching. | * The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching. | ||
=== Commentary Transcript === | |||
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('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]]) | ('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]]) | ||
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'''MATT:''' Scar, Let Moe! It has one of the best Easter eggs, ''{Mike laughs}'' maybe ever, on our webpage. | '''MATT:''' Scar, Let Moe! It has one of the best Easter eggs, ''{Mike laughs}'' maybe ever, on our webpage. | ||
'''MIKE:''' Is that the | '''MIKE:''' Is that the "a real stretch" by—or something like that, from Bev Sportsinterviews? | ||
'''MATT:''' Yeah... Uhh, we played a lot of—we had a great cul-de-sac we grew up in, where, like, there were like, three or four families with kids, and we'd, like, g—just do, like, we were in some, you know, '70s slasher movie with all the, um— | '''MATT:''' Yeah... Uhh, we played a lot of—we had a great cul-de-sac we grew up in, where, like, there were like, three or four families with kids, and we'd, like, g—just do, like, we were in some, you know, '70s slasher movie with all the, um— | ||
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'''MATT:''' ...and it wouldn't work. | '''MATT:''' ...and it wouldn't work. | ||
'''MIKE:''' Uh... was... I think it was mainly Karen and Jenny, trying to do it, but I was there. | '''MIKE:''' Uh... was... I think it was mainly Karen and Jenny, trying to do it, but I was there. | ||
'''MATT:''' Did it work? | '''MATT:''' Did it work? | ||
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'''MIKE:''' ''{chuckles}'' | '''MIKE:''' ''{chuckles}'' | ||
'''MATT:''' Look, it's John, from the | '''MATT:''' Look, it's John, from the "hygiene". ''{Mike laughs}'' There, there... | ||
'''MIKE:''' He's in even worse shape. I don't think he used to have the rip in his shirt, did he? | '''MIKE:''' He's in even worse shape. I don't think he used to have the rip in his shirt, did he? | ||
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''{pause}'' ''{both laugh}'' | ''{pause}'' ''{both laugh}'' | ||
'''MATT:''' They're both frozen in the stake. Did I make a lot of this? I think I made a lot of this stuff. | '''MATT:''' They're both frozen in the stake. Did I make a lot of this? I think I made a lot of this stuff. | ||
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, you... | '''MIKE:''' Yeah, you... | ||
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'''MATT:''' Olly olly oxen free. | '''MATT:''' Olly olly oxen free. | ||
'''MIKE:''' Or Olly, uh... Didn't we try to look up what the origin of | '''MIKE:''' Or Olly, uh... Didn't we try to look up what the origin of "Olly olly oxen free"? | ||
'''MATT:''' Yes. | '''MATT:''' Yes. | ||
'''MIKE:''' Which is | '''MIKE:''' Which is "All-y all-y in come free", versus... | ||
'''MATT:''' Yeah. | '''MATT:''' Yeah. | ||
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'''MATT:''' I think I made that. I made that specificially for this scene. | '''MATT:''' I think I made that. I made that specificially for this scene. | ||
'''MIKE:''' The shadow on his... that's supposed to be underneath his | '''MIKE:''' The shadow on his... that's supposed to be underneath his "Z" does not compare to underneath his "Z". | ||
'''MATT:''' Oh, sure it does. | '''MATT:''' Oh, sure it does. | ||
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'''MIKE:''' Wow, wow, woooooooow! ''{quietly}'' Oh, the dramas. | '''MIKE:''' Wow, wow, woooooooow! ''{quietly}'' Oh, the dramas. | ||
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/6/62/Viklas.png/45px-Viklas.png ''This [[HRWiki:DVD commentary transcripts|DVD commentary transcript]] needs to be '''checked for transcription errors'''. You can help the Homestar Runner Wiki by [[hiding|proofreading it]].'' | |||
=== Fun Facts === | |||
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* Ghost in the graveyard and [[Sardines (game)|sardines]] are variants of hide and seek. | * Ghost in the graveyard and [[Sardines (game)|sardines]] are variants of hide and seek. | ||
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* Marvin O'Gravel Balloon-face is from the [[Dr. Seuss]] poem [[The Sneetches and Other Stories|Too Many Daves]]. | * Marvin O'Gravel Balloon-face is from the [[Dr. Seuss]] poem [[The Sneetches and Other Stories|Too Many Daves]]. | ||
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* [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/196-hiding watch "hiding"] | * [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/196-hiding watch "hiding"] | ||
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* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=14578 forum thread re: "hiding"] | * [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=14578 forum thread re: "hiding"] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:24, 14 July 2026
| Strong Bad Email #196 | watch · ← love poems · your edge → |
"Why, I've got half a mind."
Strong Bad expounds on his Hide n' Seek experiences.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, Homestar Runner, Strong Sad, Strong Mad, Marzipan, Coach Z, Animatronic Strong Bad, Pom Pom, Grape-Nuts Robot (Easter egg)
Places: Computer Room, The Field, Bathroom of the Brothers Strong, Homestar Runner's House, The Bar
Computer: Lappy 486
Date: Monday, July 14, 2008
Running Time: 3:48
Page Title: Lappy 486
DVD:strongbad email.exe Disc Six
Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} Junk it, and check it, send me an email and I'll wreck it!
>subject: hide n seek >Dear Dude,
>What is your awesome hiding place whenever you play
>hide n' seek. I'm sure you can just stand somewhere and
>noone can find you right.
>Awesomely Yours,
>Dude 1
>Scarlet, MO
{Strong Bad reads the second sentence after "I'm sure you" with a monotonous rhythm. He also reads "noone" phonetically as "new-nee". After "right", he comments, "Hey man, Noone can find mewrongif she's good-looking enough." He then reads "Scarlet, MO" as "Scar, Let Moe".}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Well, as anyone that has a little brother or a Homestar Runner knows, hide n' seek can be oh so much more useful than just playing it.
{Cut to The Field, where Strong Bad is talking to The Cheat.}
STRONG BAD: ...prestigious monk, but I—
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {walking in from the right, interrupting} Hey, Strong Bad; hey, The Squeak. {both turn, and The Cheat scowls} I'm here to make all your dreams come true!
STRONG BAD: {annoyed} The Cheat and I are in the middle of a sentence here!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: What about fifteen cents? I'm here to make fifteen cents come true!
{Homestar Runner throws three coins on the ground next to Strong Bad.}
STRONG BAD: Hey Homestar, I've got an idea. Wanna play hide n' seek?
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ooh, that's way better! I'll hide, and you seek! {runs off to the right}
STRONG BAD: Ugh. {turns back to The Cheat} Anyways, back to our sentence.
{Cut back to the Lappy.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Pretty effective, huh? Of course there are some unpleasant side effects from playing these pleasant games of Hide n' Seek. Er, more like just Hide n'.
{Cut to the bathroom, which is quite dark. Strong Bad walks in from the right, appearing tired.}
STRONG BAD: Sleepy... sleepy pee—
{The lights come on, and Homestar Runner puts his head up from inside the bathtub; he has cinnamon on his face, and his shirt is torn, with the star hanging off.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {shouting} Ah, you found me!
STRONG BAD: {jumping in surprise and shouting} Aah! Homestar, what are you doing in here?!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Remember last spring when you asked if I wanted to play hide n' seek?
STRONG BAD: {confusedly scratching his head} But I've taken at least three baths since then...
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {appearing tired} Oh, I've been in here.
STRONG BAD: {jumping again} Aah!
{The scene fades out, with Strong Bad still in the air and Homestar Runner sinking into the bathtub.}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} It works the other way, too.
{Cut to outside Homestar Runner's house, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are holding a rope next to a cage, beneath which are Fluffy Puff marshmallows and a glass of melonade.}
STRONG BAD: {strained, as the cage creaks} I don't understand! Where is he? He usually falls for this one by now.
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Oh, man! Stupid clever hide n' seek ploy. This thing's gettin' heavy! Switch to the Strong Sad bait.
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises, as he throws a barrister's wig on top of the other items}
STRONG SAD: {offscreen} Oh, parliament!
{Cut back to the Lappy.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} There was a time when I used to try to play actual games of Hide n' Seek. But it ain't easy with all the brain geniuses around here.
{Cut to The Field, where Strong Mad appears to be attempting to hide by turning his back to The Stick. Strong Bad stands in front.}
STRONG BAD: Uh... Strong Mad? Buddy? That's the same spot you hide in every time we play.
{Strong Mad leans out from behind "himself".}
STRONG MAD: {disappointed} DAWWW!
STRONG BAD: Whoa! Did you make a hiding spot out of you hiding in your usual hiding spot? To hide behind?
STRONG MAD: I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT!
STRONG BAD: And it was well worth your time.
{Cut to The Field at night, with a close-up of Strong Bad walking along, hands raised.}
STRONG BAD: {frustrated} All right, I give up! {calls out} Olly olly oxen free!
{Cut to a wider shot, showing Marzipan with a sign with a picture of an ox, reading "OXEN FREE!"}
MARZIPAN: {angrily} Yeah, Ollie, set those oxen free. {chanting} Oxen free! Oxen free!
STRONG BAD: {overlapping} Oh, put your sign away, we're just playing a game.
{Marzipan turns her sign around to show the other side, with the ox playing baseball and reading "PLAYING A GAME!". Strong Bad shakes his head.}
MARZIPAN: {chanting, still angrily} Playing a game! Playing a game!
{Cut to the computer room. Strong Bad is balancing motionless on one leg on a podium reading "STRONG BAD", with Coach Z standing to the left.}
COACH Z: Oh, check out this extremely attractive statue of Strong Bad!
STRONG BAD: {turning to Coach Z} No, stupid, you found me. I'm "it" now.
COACH Z: Oh, a back-sassin' animatronic Strong Bad!
STRONG BAD: Whoa, great idea! Coach Z, I think your depressing creepiness may have finally paid off! {runs off to the right}
COACH Z: {raising his arms triumphantly} It's all been worth it!
{Cut to The Field, with a close-up of Homestar Runner walking in from the left.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, there you are. I found you definitely found you Strong Bad.
{Cut to a wider shot, showing that he is talking to a crude animatronic Strong Bad, with a balloon head and rods moving the limbs. It stands on a soapbox with a speaker. The soapbox has the words "SIXTEEN FOR YOU" printed on it}
ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD: Shut your mouth, wimp-cake!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, don't sass back at me! {angrily} I found you fair, then square.
ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD: Sit on a biscuit!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {still talking to the animatronic, as the real Strong Bad walks past in the background} Look, Strong Bad, I haven't been playing this game of hide n' seek for six weeks just to have you poor-sportsmanship all over the place now! Why, I've got half a mind.
{Beat, then cut back to the Lappy.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} I rest my case. Rest nothing. My case is in a coma! As for my awesome hiding place, these days I mainly use it to hide from Hide n' Seek. And Kick the Can, Capture the Flag, and don't forget the nebulous TV Tag. Yeah sorry. I'm taking this hiding place to the grave.
{Cut to The Bar, zooming out from a suit of armor. Pom Pom appears in the foreground, with an 'old one and a bowl of peanuts. While he looks away at the suit of armor, Strong Bad's arm pops out of Pom Pom and steals the 'old one; Pom Pom turns his head and shrugs.}
{Pom Pom looks up at New Paper as it comes down.}
Easter Eggs
A real stretch by Bev Sportsinterviews
- Click on Scarlet, MO at the beginning of the email to see the Beverly Sportsinterviews book titled Scar, Let Moe!
- At the end, click on the napkin to activate a conversation between Animatronic Strong Bad and Grape Nuts Robot.
ANIMATRONIC STRONG BAD: Dad loves me more! GRAPE NUTS ROBOT: You're adopted.
Fun Facts
Explanations
- An animatronic is a puppet-like figure with robotics and/or electronics used to create the illusion that the figure is alive.
- Kick the can, Capture the flag and TV Tag are actual games.
- "Olly olly oxen free" is a phrase used in children's games, which is generally used to indicate that people who are hiding (in a game of hide and seek, for example) can safely come out into the open.
Trivia
- The summary for the Podstar Runner RSS feed reads, "Strong Bad discusses the fun and usefulness of playing Hide n' Seek."
- As of this email, Strong Bad has checked as many emails on the Lappy as he did on the Compy 386.
Remarks
- Although the three coins Homestar throws are supposedly all nickels, they are not all the same size.
- The bathtub where Homestar hides has no visible faucet.
- The toilet in the Bathroom of the Brothers Strong is smaller than it was in unnatural.
Goofs
- In the Easter egg, Animatronic Strong Bad's head snaps suddenly back into place, even though it is a balloon.
- Also in the very start of the Easter egg, the Grape-Nuts Robot briefly has audio bolts coming out of its speaker, even though it's not saying anything.
- When Strong Mad comes out of his hiding spot, part of the outline of his left shoulder is misaligned.
Fixed Goofs
We must protect the queen! I have three legs!
- Several times during the toon, all of Strong Bad's arm except one outline used to disappear.
- This happened while he was talking to The Cheat in the Field, once while he was talking to Homestar in the bathtub, and twice while talking to Strong Mad at The Stick. In the first two instances, Strong Bad's right arm disappeared. His left arm disappeared in the last two.
- During the bathroom scene, Strong Bad's entire right arm was gone when he walked in and only appeared after the lights came on.
- When Homestar walked in and interrupted Strong Bad and The Cheat's "sentence", he appeared to have an extra leg sticking out of his shirt for two frames, in two different poses.
- New Paper used to come down outside of the toon's frame, overlapping the outer black border.
Inside References
- Homestar walking in on Strong Bad and The Cheat "in the middle of a sentence" is another instance of interrupted conversations.
- Strong Bad mentions Kick the Can as a game.
- When Homestar rises from the bathtub, he appears similar to how he did in hygiene, except he also has a cinnamon beard.
- The soapbox reads "sixteen for you".
- In the Easter egg, Animatronic Strong Bad makes a reference to his dad.
- The Cheat was previously referred to as "Squeak" in narrator, as one of the title characters in the film Lugnut & Squeak.
- Scar is wearing an eyepatch.
- This is another appearance of loose coins.
- Animatronic Strong Bad tells Homestar to "sit on a biscuit".
Real-World References
- The hairstyle of Moe on the cover of Scar, Let Moe! is patterned after the hairstyle of Moe from The Three Stooges.
- Strong Sad shouts "Parliament" upon seeing the barrister's wig, which is commonly worn by members of the House of Lords in the British Parliament.
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)
MIKE: Matt?
MATT: What is it, Mike?
MIKE: I have no idea what this email's about.
MATT: It's about a-hide and seek, Mike!
MIKE: Uhh, I know that, but I—
MATT: Scar, Let Moe! It has one of the best Easter eggs, {Mike laughs} maybe ever, on our webpage.
MIKE: Is that the "a real stretch" by—or something like that, from Bev Sportsinterviews?
MATT: Yeah... Uhh, we played a lot of—we had a great cul-de-sac we grew up in, where, like, there were like, three or four families with kids, and we'd, like, g—just do, like, we were in some, you know, '70s slasher movie with all the, um—
MIKE: Ghost in the graveyard?
MATT: Yeah.
MIKE: Drop off, sardines, drop off.
MATT: Kick the can.
MIKE: Throwing rocks at bats.
MATT: Yeah.
MIKE: Throwing chunks of tinfoil up in the air to confuse the bats. {Matt laughs} Cooking eggs on the hot sewer cap. Remember that?
MATT: No.
MIKE: The manhole cover?
MATT: Yeah! Did you—
MIKE: {simultaneously} We tried to cook an egg on it...
MATT: ...and it wouldn't work.
MIKE: Uh... was... I think it was mainly Karen and Jenny, trying to do it, but I was there.
MATT: Did it work?
MIKE: I don't think so.
MATT: Uh, were they gonna eat it?
MIKE: I think so, yeah, they tried to fry an egg.
MATT: {stuttering} But were they gonna eat it off of the manhole cover?
MIKE: Well, no, they had a tin, they had a, a pie tin on top of the manhole cover. We heated that properly.
MATT: {overlapping} Oh, that's {indistinguishable}. Yeah.
MIKE: Oh...
MATT: You know, sleepy pees, those are the worst.
MIKE: {chuckles}
MATT: Look, it's John, from the "hygiene". {Mike laughs} There, there...
MIKE: He's in even worse shape. I don't think he used to have the rip in his shirt, did he?
MATT: Yeah.
{pause} {both laugh}
MATT: They're both frozen in the stake. Did I make a lot of this? I think I made a lot of this stuff.
MIKE: Yeah, you...
MATT: Maybe you were out of town.
MIKE: Probably.
MATT: That's why we don't remember it.
{pause until The Cheat throws the wig under the cage}
MATT: {yawning} Oh, yeah, baby!
{both laugh at Strong Sad's line}
MIKE: Strong Sad can't resist that wig!
MATT: {simultaneously} {unintelligible} My great—what did they say? On those, when you watch on C-SPAN, they like, when they talk at p—in parliament. And, uh, they're arguing, and so—say, like, my great—my very great good friend.
MIKE: {laughs} Some title.
MATT: There are, like, funny titles, for... my honourable great good friend! Constable Kindelbottom!
MIKE: {laughs}
{pause}
MATT: That was a really good prop you made.
MIKE: It wasn't full of beans, it was just a little bit...
{pause}
MATT: Olly olly oxen free.
MIKE: Or Olly, uh... Didn't we try to look up what the origin of "Olly olly oxen free"?
MATT: Yes.
MIKE: Which is "All-y all-y in come free", versus...
MATT: Yeah.
MIKE: ...a variation of it. {pause} Look of that pose of Coach Z.
MATT: Yeah.
MIKE: He's got kinda a little bit of a bit neck.
MATT: I think I made that. I made that specificially for this scene.
MIKE: The shadow on his... that's supposed to be underneath his "Z" does not compare to underneath his "Z".
MATT: Oh, sure it does.
{pause} {Mike starts to say something, but is cut off by Matt}
MATT: Umm... {pause} So how come Strong Bad is able to make this, like—that's a pretty good animatronic, uh, Strong Bad. Like, I couldn't make that.
MIKE: Ummm... no?
MATT: The speaker on it.
MIKE: Mm-hmm.
MATT: But, like, there's plenty of other times when Strong Bad just needs to do some very simple thing in order to... make one of his schemes happen, and he can't... he can't accomplish that.
MIKE: {yawns} I'm sleepy. {laughs}
MATT: Good job, Mike. Interesting commentary.
MIKE: {simultaneously} Yeah, yawn in the middle of the commentary. Bubs helped him.
MATT: Okay.
MIKE: Obviously.
MATT: Yeah, like the Grate-Nuts Robot?
MIKE: {laughing} The Grate-Nuts Robot. I should say it that way since we're on commentary and we can't use—
MATT: Yeah, we can't use spec—
MIKE: Trademarked w—uh, terms. And germs. Uh... Marvin O'Gravel Balloon-face?
MATT: Nice suit of armour you've got there, Pom Pom.
MIKE: Oh, he's hidden in there. He's hidden—{gasps}
MATT: {mocking voice} No he's not! He got inside of Pom Pom! How did he do that? There was a kick—
MIKE: Wow, wow, woooooooow! {quietly} Oh, the dramas.
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Fun Facts
- Ghost in the graveyard and sardines are variants of hide and seek.
- Mike mentions Karen Wagner.
- C-SPAN is a channel that televises United States political events, as well as some noteworthy events from other countries. The program Matt is referring to is the Prime Minister's Questions, a weekly political event occurring in the United Kingdom, which can be seen on C-SPAN in the United States.
- Marvin O'Gravel Balloon-face is from the Dr. Seuss poem Too Many Daves.
External Links
- watch "hiding"
- watch "hiding" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "hiding"
- forum thread re: "hiding"
