strongbad email.exe Disc Six

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Time to go relate to some 161–200 emails!

Disc Six of strongbad_email.exe was released November 24, 2008 as a standalone DVD. This disc contains emails #161-200, plus an unreleased email and Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People promos. To see artwork for Disc Six, see strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork.

FBI Warning

The FBI Warning for Disc Six.

Cast (in order of appearance): Senor Cardgage

Transcript

{The standard FBI warning text appears on a background with constantly shifting colors.}

TEXT: Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes or video discs. Criminal copyright infringement is investigated by the FBI and may constitute a felony with a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.

{A truck honks in the background, and Senor Cardgage pops up as if he was lying in a pile of crumpled paper.}

SENOR CARDGAGE: Oh, tapes. {grabs the word "tapes" from the warning text} This will really lower your grampson's GPA. {walks off}

Introduction

"You better get in there before the main menu comes up..."

Introduction for Disc Six.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, Coach Z, Homestar Runner, Senor Cardgage, Strong Sad

Transcript

{Strong Bad is lying on the couch in the basement, asleep.}

STRONG BAD: {mumbling} Laserdisc, laserdisc... {he wakes up} Oh crap, I'm late for the DVD!

{Strong Bad runs out of the basement and up the stairs.}

THE CHEAT: {questioning The Cheat noises}

STRONG BAD: No time to kick you now, The Cheat.

{Strong Bad punches The Cheat off the stairs and continues upward. At the top of the stairs, Strong Bad hides at the door from Coach Z.}

COACH Z: {rapping} Coach Z, 1-2-3, sneaking my way into this DVD.

{Strong Bad runs past Coach Z, pushing him away. He then sees Homestar Runner in the kitchen wearing a chef's hat.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey Strong Bad, I'm cooking—

STRONG BAD: {tackling Homestar and continuing to run} Get out of my house!

{Strong Bad runs up the stairs. Senor Cardgage can be seen briefly at the window. For a moment, he stops when he sees Strong Sad at the top.}

STRONG SAD: You better get in there before the main menu comes up...

STRONG BAD: Shut up! {slides into the computer room on his knees} Dooooooooooo... {gets up and sits on the stool at his desk} Ta-da!

{The Paper comes down with the menu options. After some time has passed, the camera zooms into the Lappy screen.}

STRONG BAD: Alright, fine! If you're not going to watch anything, then I will! {begins typing in karatecar2.exe} The ASCII adventures of Karate Car 2! {title screen comes up}

{Opens to a scene with a stick figure standing in front of a car.}

SLASHY-MAN: I'm the best at karate!

STRONG BAD: You tell him, Slashy-Man.

CAR: Oh, yeah?

{The wheels on the car start to rotate.}

STRONG BAD: Wu-oh!

{The car starts to move and run over Slashy-Man.}

STRONG BAD: Screeee!! Oh!

{The car drives off. Slashy-Man is lying on the ground.}

SLASHY-MAN: I can still do karate with 86 broken bones!!

STRONG BAD: Yeah, Slashy-Man, don't let that karate car get you down!

{Slashy-Man moves his arms while Strong Bad speaks.}

SLASHY-MAN: HI-YA!

SLASHY-MAN: Triple chop!

{Screen goes back to the main menu.}

Contents

Emails

• 161. 4 Branches (Matt and Mike commentary)
• 162. The Chair (Matt and Mike commentary)
• 163. What I Want (Matt and Mike commentary)
• 164. Looking Old (Matt and Mike commentary)
• 165. Strong Badathlon (Mike and Coach Z commentary)
• 166. Unnatural (Mike, Matt and Strong Bad commentary)
• 167. The Movies (Mike and Homestar Runner commentary)
• 168. Your Funeral (Matt and Mike commentary)
• 169. From Work (Mike, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner commentary)
• 170. Rough Copy (Matt and Mike commentary)
• 171. Underlings (Matt and Mike commentary)
• 172. More Armies (Matt and Mike commentary)
• 173. The Paper (Mike and Strong Bad commentary)
• 174. Mini-Golf (Mike, Matt, and Sherlock commentary)
• 175. Concert (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 176. Hygiene (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 177. Original (Mike and Bubs commentary)
• 178. Bike Thief (Mike and Strong Bad commentary)
• 179. Pizza Joint (Ryan Sterritt, Mike, and Matt commentary)
• 180. Slumber Party (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 181. Web Comics (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 182. Business Trip (Mike and Puppet Homestar commentary)
• 183. Yes, Wrestling (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 184. Diorama (Mike, Ryan Sterritt, and Matt commentary)
• 185. Nightlife (Mike and Homestar Runner commentary)
• 186. Environment (Mike, Strong Sad, and Matt commentary)
• 187. Winter Pool (Mike and Strong Bad commentary)
• 188. Fan Club (Mike, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner commentary)
• 189. Pet Show (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 190. Licensed (Mike, Matt, and Strong Bad commentary)
• 191. Buried (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 192. Shapeshifter (Mike, Ryan Sterritt, and Homestar Runner commentary)
• 193. Rated (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 194. Specially Marked (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 195. Love Poems (Mike, Matt, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)
• 196. Hiding (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 197. Your Edge (Mike, Strong Bad, and Ryan Sterritt commentary)
• 198. Magic Trick (Mike and Matt commentary)
• 199. Being Mean (Mike and Homestar Runner commentary)
• 200. Email Thunder (Matt and Mike commentary)

Bonus Stuff

TROGDOR!

HI-SCORES & BONUS STUFF

• Bonus Email: Comic Book Movie
• Strong Bad Gameways
• SBCG4AP Advertisement

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

Bonus Stuff Transcript

Doot doo doo... Bonus stuff...

{Camera zips down to reveal Homestar dancing in place in the kitchen, wearing his chef hat.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singsong} Bonus stuff...

{The camera then zips down to the basement and flies in to focus on the TROGDOR! arcade machine, which displays the menu.}

{After a 30-second pause, the camera pulls back to reveal that Strong Bad has walked up to the machine.}

STRONG BAD: All right, choosey, time's up.

{The machine displays the TROGDOR! title screen with the accompanying music.}

STRONG BAD: I'm playing Trogdor. {plays the game} Oh yeah, don't stop a-squishing. {Trogdor gets sworded} Aw, man!

{The "IT'S OVER" screen is displayed with the accompanying music.}

STRONG BAD: What? What's wrong with this stupid game?

{Strong Bad pounds the machine as the camera swings back to the menu.}

Easter Eggs

• Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene: Accessed by pressing right from From Work on the 161-170 Emails menu.
• Place Ya Bets!: Accessed by pressing right from Being Mean on the 191-200 Emails menu.
• Sbemail 200 Fakeout: Accessed by pressing right from Email Thunder on the 191-200 Emails menu.

Credits

All cartoons written and made by Mike and Matt Chapman

Voices by Matt, Mike, and Missy Palmer

DVD authoring and encoding by Ryan Sterritt

3-D intro choreography by Jake Rodkin and Nick Herman

Special thanks to Telltale Games

Fun Facts

Explanations

• GPA stands for grade point average, a mathematical unit used to express the overall quality of a student's academic performance.

Trivia

• The layout of the house of the Brothers Strong is exactly the same as used in Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. The King of Town drawing from Strong Badia the Free can briefly be seen on Strong Bad's wall, and the couch stuffing from Strong Badia the Free can be seen on the orange couch.
• This is the only Strong Bad Email DVD to feature Homestar in the Bonus Menu intro instead of The Cheat and Strong Mad.
• This is the first Strong Bad Email DVD since the very first to contain more than thirty emails, excluding bonus emails.
• Although the 3D was redone for most of this disc, the footage of Strong Bad playing Trogdor is the same as in Discs 1-5.

Inside References

• The truck horn honking was heard in Senorial Day.
• The introduction features couch mumbling.
• The way in which Coach Z raps is similar to Rap Song.
• Homestar's chef hat in the introduction was first seen in narrator.
• Karate Car 2 is based on Karate Car seen in the movies.

External Links

• watch the introduction video on Twitter

• forum thread re: "strongbad email.exe Disc Six", including predictions of the content