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=== Flagrant System Error ===
=== Flagrant System Error ===


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''"What the... Where did all my emails go?"''
''"What the... Where did all my emails go?"''
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=== Computer Over Notification ===
=== Computer Over Notification ===


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''"Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!"''
''"Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!"''
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=== Flamboyant System Error ===
=== Flamboyant System Error ===


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''" Oh, great! "''
''" Oh, great! "''
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=== Teal Screen of Near Death ===
=== Teal Screen of Near Death ===


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''Oh, Child!''
''Oh, Child!''
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<blockquote>
>https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/5/51/NO_symbol_red_w-gray.png/50px-NO_symbol_red_w-gray.png'''Oh, Child!'''https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/3/3a/warning_symbol_yellow_w-gray.png/50px-warning_symbol_yellow_w-gray.png
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><br />It's the Teal Screen<br /> of Near Death! (TSoND)
><br />It's the Teal Screen<br /> of Near Death! (TSoND)
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=== Temp Log Off/Out Error ===
=== Temp Log Off/Out Error ===


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''"Augh, gonna be a long one."''
''"Augh, gonna be a long one."''
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=== Fake Fragrant System Error ===
=== Fake Fragrant System Error ===


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''i joké''
''i joké''
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== Strong Bad's Computers Exploding ==
== Strong Bad's Computers Exploding ==


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''YOUR TANDY A SPLODE''
''YOUR TANDY A SPLODE''
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== Miscellaneous Malfunctions ==
== Miscellaneous Malfunctions ==


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''That is not a small number!''
''That is not a small number!''
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== The Paper ==
== The Paper ==


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''"wE haDd A goOd RUN, oLD buDddy."''
''"wE haDd A goOd RUN, oLD buDddy."''

Latest revision as of 04:58, 5 August 2026

Nearly every computer that Strong Bad has owned has malfunctioned at some point, and they have done so in some famously tragic ways, most often with a Flagrant System Error or by exploding (the latter ending the computer's run to be replaced by a newer, better, but still obsolete version).

System Errors

The System Error screen appears whenever Strong Bad's computer crashes. It is a direct reference to the blue screen of death that appears on Windows computers.

Flagrant System Error

"What the... Where did all my emails go?"

Computer: Compy 386

>FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR
>
>The system is down. I dunno what
>you did, moron, but you sure
>screwed everything up good.

Computer Over Notification

"Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!"

Computer: Compy 386

>FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR
>
>Computer over.
>Virus = Very Yes.

Flamboyant System Error

" Oh, great! "

Computer: Corpy NT6 (puppet variation)

>Flamboyant System Error
>
>3rd Qtr. Projection= Bad News

Teal Screen of Near Death

Oh, Child!

Computer: Lappy 486

>Oh, Child! >
It's the Teal Screen
 of Near Death! (TSoND)

Temp Log Off/Out Error

"Augh, gonna be a long one."

Computer: Corpy NT6

>TEMP LOG OFF/OUT ERROR 

> Oh you are SOOOO not
gonna work here again!

Fake Fragrant System Error

i joké

Computer: Compé

>FRAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR >
>
Your brand new computer is bloke. >
>
Please prepare to wait on hold >
with tech support for several hours. >
>
The current tech support smugness >
level is RED.

Strong Bad's Computers Exploding

YOUR TANDY A SPLODE

Some of Strong Bad's computers are also known to explode, whether spontaneously or by outside forces. Probably the most famous of these explosions was the first explosion of the Tandy 400, which was later fixed (though it still had some malfunctions afterward).

Appearances

Miscellaneous Malfunctions

That is not a small number!

Strong Bad's computers often have various malfunctions, sometimes involving explosions or viruses.

Appearances

  • Email sisters — The Tandy spontaneously deletes Strong Bad's email, then saves another email when Strong Bad tries to delete it.
  • Email virus — The Compy refuses to delete the virus email, reports more than 400,000 viruses, then blue-screens before the contents of the screen pour onto the carpet.

The Paper

"wE haDd A goOd RUN, oLD buDddy."

Following 172 emails of service, The Paper and its printer fell from an unknown location above Strong Bad, breaking it as predicted in the email montage. After a few moments of reminiscing, Strong Bad burned the paper, in accordance with its last wishes. It was almost immediately replaced by an inkjet printer and the New Paper. The Paper came back in email thunder to beat up the New Paper, but since it got burned, its current fate is unknown. In hremail 3184, the Lappy's explosion destroyed one of the Papers, but it's unknown for sure which one.

Appearances

Strong Bad Email Info
Site Components Menu (Scroll Button Songs), Irregular Back Links, Irregular URLs, Page Titles, Descriptions, Podstar Runner
Emails by Title, Length, Intros (DVD, Part 1; Part 2), Subject, Greeting, Closing, Sender, Place, Outros, Release Dates
' Intros Relevant to the Email, Crapfully Yours, Until Next Time..., DELETED, Draw Trogdor Again, How do you type with boxing gloves on?
Spin-offs, Emails Edited by Strong Bad, Emails Taken in a Different Direction
Abdi LaRue, Ali and Ali's Sister, Bogus Mathematical Theorems, DNA Evidence, Edgar, Tape-leg
Email Number References, Acknowledged Update Delays
Background Emails, Nonexistent Emails
Technology Strong Bad's Computers (Malfunctioning, Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities, Relationships, Stylized Text), (Preeeeow), Floppy Disk Container
' Statistics, Emails That Meet Strong Bad's Approval, Poorly Written Emails