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Nearly every [[Items|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 [[Strong Bad's Technology|still obsolete]] version).
Nearly every [[Items|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 [[Strong Bad's Technology|still obsolete]] version).


{| id="toc" class="wikitable toc" summary="Contents"
== System Errors ==
|-
| <div id="toctitle">
 
<span id="contents"></span>
== Contents ==
 
</div>
* [#System_Errors 1 System Errors]
** [#Flagrant_System_Error 1.1 Flagrant System Error]
** [#Computer_Over_Notification 1.2 Computer Over Notification]
** [#Flamboyant_System_Error 1.3 Flamboyant System Error]
** [#Teal_Screen_of_Near_Death 1.4 Teal Screen of Near Death]
** [#Temp_Log_Off.2FOut_Error 1.5 Temp Log Off/Out Error]
** [#Fake_Fragrant_System_Error 1.6 Fake Fragrant System Error]
* [#Strong_Bad.27s_Computers_Exploding 2 Strong Bad's Computers Exploding]
** [#Appearances 2.1 Appearances]
* [#Miscellaneous_Malfunctions 3 Miscellaneous Malfunctions]
** [#Appearances_2 3.1 Appearances]
* [#The_Paper 4 The Paper]
** [#Appearances_3 4.1 Appearances]
 
|}
 
<span id="system-errors"></span>
== <span class="mw-headline">System Errors</span> ==


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


<span id="flagrant-system-error"></span>
=== Flagrant System Error ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Flagrant System Error</span> ===
 
<div class="thumb tright">
 
<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">
 
[[File:flagrant system error 2.PNG|[[File:flagrant_system_error_2.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">
 
<div class="magnify">


[[File:flagrant system error 2.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]
[[File:flagrant_system_error_2.PNG|150px]]


</div>
''"What the... Where did all my emails go?"''
&quot;What the... Where did all my emails go?&quot;


</div>
'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]


</div>
</div>
* Email [[50 emails]]
* Email [[50 emails]]
* [[strongbad email.exe Disc Three]]
* [[strongbad email.exe Disc Three]]


<blockquote>FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
<blockquote>
<br />
>FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
The system is down. I dunno what<br />
><br />
you did, moron, but you sure<br />
>The system is down. I dunno what <br />
screwed everything up good.</blockquote>
>you did, moron, but you sure <br />
<div style="clear:both;">
>screwed everything up good.
</blockquote>


</div>
=== Computer Over Notification ===
<span id="computer-over-notification"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Computer Over Notification</span> ===


<div class="thumb tright">
[[File:flagrant_system_error.PNG|150px]]


<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">
''"Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!"''


[[File:flagrant system error.PNG|[[File:flagrant_system_error.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
'''Computer:''' Compy 386
<div class="thumbcaption">


<div class="magnify">
[[File:flagrant system error.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]
</div>
&quot;Computer over? Virus equals very yes? That's not a good prize!&quot;
</div>
</div>
</div>
* Email [[virus]]
* Email [[virus]]


<blockquote>FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
<blockquote>
<br />
>FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
Computer over.<br />
><br />
Virus = Very Yes.</blockquote>
>Computer over.<br />
<div style="clear:both;">
>Virus = Very Yes.
 
</blockquote>
</div>
<span id="flamboyant-system-error"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Flamboyant System Error</span> ===


<div class="thumb tright">
=== Flamboyant System Error ===


<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">
[[File:Office_Compy_PuppetStuff.jpg|150px]]


[[File:Office Compy PuppetStuff.jpg|[[File:Office_Compy_PuppetStuff.jpg|150px|thumb]]]]
''" Oh, great! "''
<div class="thumbcaption">


<div class="magnify">
'''Computer:''' [[Corpy NT6]] (puppet variation)


[[File:Office Compy PuppetStuff.jpg|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]
</div>
&quot;''Oh, great!''&quot;
</div>
</div>
</div>
* [[Biz Cas Fri 1]]
* [[Biz Cas Fri 1]]


<blockquote>Flamboyant System Error<br />
<blockquote>
<br />
>Flamboyant System Error<br />
3rd Qtr. Projection= Bad News</blockquote>
><br />
<div style="clear:both;">
>3rd Qtr. Projection= Bad News
 
</blockquote>
</div>
<span id="teal-screen-of-near-death"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Teal Screen of Near Death</span> ===
 
<div class="thumb tright">
 
<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">
 
[[File:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|[[File:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">


<div class="magnify">
=== Teal Screen of Near Death ===


[[File:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]
[[File:Tealscreenneardeath.PNG|150px]]


</div>
''Oh, Child!''
Oh, Child!


</div>
'''Computer:''' [[Lappy 486]]


</div>
</div>
* Email [[retirement]]
* Email [[retirement]]


<blockquote>{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
<blockquote>
|-
>[[File:NO_symbol_red_w-gray.png|50px]]'''Oh, Child!'''[[File:warning_symbol_yellow_w-gray.png|50px]]
| <div style="border: 1px solid black">
><br />It's the Teal Screen<br /> of Near Death! (TSoND)
 
[[File:NO_symbol_red_w-gray.png|50px|thumb]] '''Oh, Child!'''[[File:warning_symbol_yellow_w-gray.png|50px|thumb]]<br />
It's the Teal Screen<br />
 of Near Death! (TSoND) 
 
</div>
|}
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div style="clear:both;">
</div>
<span id="temp-log-offout-error"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Temp Log Off/Out Error</span> ===
<div class="thumb tright">
<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">
[[File:Temperror.PNG|[[File:Temperror.PNG|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">


<div class="magnify">
=== Temp Log Off/Out Error ===


[[File:Temperror.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]
[[File:Temperror.PNG|150px]]


</div>
''"Augh, gonna be a long one."''
&quot;Augh, gonna be a long one.&quot;


</div>
'''Computer:''' Corpy NT6


</div>
</div>
* Email [[from work]]
* Email [[from work]]


<blockquote>{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="0" style="border:1px solid white; color:white; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
<blockquote>
|-
>TEMP LOG OFF/OUT ERROR 
| style="background: #FFFFFF; color: #455FD8"|  TEMP LOG OFF/OUT ERROR 
|-
| <div style="text-align:center; border:none; background:none">


Oh you are SOOOO not<br />
> Oh you are SOOOO not<br />gonna work here again!
gonna work here again!
 
</div>
|}
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div style="clear:both;">
</div>
<span id="fake-fragrant-system-error"></span>
=== <span class="mw-headline">Fake Fragrant System Error</span> ===
<div class="thumb tright">
<div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;">
[[File:compe error.png|[[File:compe_error.png|150px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">


<div class="magnify">
=== Fake Fragrant System Error ===


[[File:compe error.png|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]
[[File:compe_error.png|150px]]


</div>
''i joké''
i joké


</div>
'''Computer:''' [[Compé]]


</div>
</div>
* [[Compy Catalog]]
* [[Compy Catalog]]


<blockquote>FRAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR<br />
<blockquote>
Your brand new computer is bloke.<br />
>FRAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR
Please prepare to wait on hold<br />
><br />
with tech support for several hours.<br />
><br />Your brand new computer is bloke.
The current tech support smugness<br />
><br />
level is RED.</blockquote>
><br />Please prepare to wait on hold
<div style="clear:both;">
><br />with tech support for several hours.
 
><br />
</div>
><br />The current tech support smugness
<span id="strong-bads-computers-exploding"></span>
><br />level is RED.
== <span class="mw-headline">Strong Bad's Computers Exploding</span> ==
</blockquote>
 
<div class="thumb tright">
 
<div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;">
 
[[File:sbemail33.PNG|[[File:sbemail33.PNG|180px|thumb]]]]
<div class="thumbcaption">
 
<div class="magnify">
 
[[File:sbemail33.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]


</div>
== Strong Bad's Computers Exploding ==
YOUR TANDY A SPLODE


</div>
[[File:sbemail33.PNG|180px]]


</div>
''YOUR TANDY A SPLODE''


</div>
Some of Strong Bad's computers are also known to [[Explosions|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).
Some of Strong Bad's computers are also known to [[Explosions|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).


<span id="appearances"></span>
=== Appearances ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span> ===


* Email [[gimmicks]] ([[Tandy]]; this is shown again in a flashback in [[personal favorites]] and [[hremail 3184]])
* Email [[gimmicks]] ([[Tandy]]; this is shown again in a flashback in [[personal favorites]] and [[hremail 3184]])
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* Email [[hremail 3184]] ([[Lappy]]; purposely destroyed by Strong Bad through use of a self-destruct button)
* Email [[hremail 3184]] ([[Lappy]]; purposely destroyed by Strong Bad through use of a self-destruct button)


<span id="miscellaneous-malfunctions"></span>
== Miscellaneous Malfunctions ==
== <span class="mw-headline">Miscellaneous Malfunctions</span> ==
 
<div class="thumb tright">


<div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;">
[[File:sbemail118.png|150px]]


[[File:sbemail118.png|[[File:sbemail118.png|180px|thumb]]]]
''That is not a small number!''
<div class="thumbcaption">


<div class="magnify">
[[File:sbemail118.png|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]
</div>
WAAGH! That is not a small number! That is a ''BIG'' number!
</div>
</div>
</div>
Strong Bad's computers often have various malfunctions, sometimes involving [[gimmicks|explosions]] or [[The Virus|viruses]].
Strong Bad's computers often have various malfunctions, sometimes involving [[gimmicks|explosions]] or [[The Virus|viruses]].


<span id="appearances-1"></span>
=== Appearances ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span> ===


* Email [[sisters]] — The Tandy spontaneously deletes Strong Bad's email, then saves another email when Strong Bad tries to delete it.
* 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.
* 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.


<span id="the-paper"></span>
== The Paper ==
== <span class="mw-headline">The Paper</span> ==
 
[[File:Strong_Bad_lamenting_The_Paper.png|150px]]
 
''"wE haDd A goOd RUN, oLD buDddy."''


Following 172 emails of service, [[The Paper]] and its printer fell from an [[Hammerspace|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.
Following 172 emails of service, [[The Paper]] and its printer fell from an [[Hammerspace|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.


<span id="appearances-2"></span>
=== Appearances ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span> ===


* Email [[the paper]]
* Email [[the paper]]
* Email [[hremail 3184]]
* Email [[hremail 3184]]


<div id="catlinks" class="catlinks">
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
<div id="mw-normal-catlinks">
! colspan="2" style="background:#93925b" | [[Strong Bad Email]] Info
 
|-
[/wiki/Special:Categories Categories]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Electronics running gags|Electronics running gags]]</span> | <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags|Strong Bad Email running gags]]</span>
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cdcd9a;" | '''Site Components'''
 
| [[Strong Bad Email Menu|Menu]] ([[Scroll Button Songs]]), [[Irregular Back Links]], [[Irregular Strong Bad Email URLs|Irregular URLs]], [[Strong Bad Email Page Titles|Page Titles]], [[Strong Bad Email Descriptions|Descriptions]], [[Podstar Runner]]
</div>
|-
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cdcd9a;" | '''Emails by'''
| [[Strong Bad Email By Title|Title]], [[Strong Bad Email By Length|Length]],  [[Strong Bad Email Intros|Intros]] ([[Email Intros|DVD, Part 1]]; [[Email Intros, Part Two|Part 2]]), [[Strong Bad Email Sender's Subject|Subject]], [[Strong Bad Email By Greeting|Greeting]], [[Strong Bad Email By Closing|Closing]], [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender|Sender]], [[Strong Bad Email By Place|Place]], [[Strong Bad Email Outros|Outros]], [[Strong Bad Email Release Dates|Release Dates]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cdcd9a;" | ''''''
| [[Intros Relevant to the Email]], [[Crapfully Yours]], [[Until Next Time...]], [[DELETED]], [[Draw Trogdor Again]], [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]<br />[[Strong Bad Email Spin-offs|Spin-offs]], [[Emails Edited by Strong Bad]], [[Emails Taken in a Different Direction]]<br />[[Abdi LaRue]], [[Ali and Ali's Sister]], [[Bogus Mathematical Theorems]], [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|DNA Evidence]], [[Edgar]], [[Tape-leg]]<br />[[Email Number References]], [[Acknowledged Update Delays]]<br />[[Background Emails]], [[Nonexistent Strong Bad Emails|Nonexistent Emails]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cdcd9a;" | '''[[Strong Bad's Technology|Technology]]'''
| [[Items|Strong Bad's Computers]] ('''Malfunctioning''', [[Strong Bad's Computers Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities|Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities]], [[Strong Bad and his Computers' Relationships|Relationships]], [[Stylized Text on Strong Bad's Computers|Stylized Text]]),  ([[Preeeeow]]), [[Floppy Disk Container]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cdcd9a;" | ''''''
| [[Strong Bad Email Statistics|Statistics]], [[Emails That Meet Strong Bad's Approval]], [[Poorly Written Emails]]
|}


</div>
[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]
[[Category:Papers]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email Research]]
[[Category:Electronics running gags]]


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
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