Haunted Photo Booth Teaser

This toon has no official name. "Haunted Photo Booth Teaser" is just a description.

"Looks like he's stumbled upon the pagan festival."

A teaser for the 2017 Halloween toon, Haunted Photo Booth.

Cast (left to right): The Poopsmith, Homsar, Bubs, Strong Sad, The Cheat, Pom Pom, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Coach Z, Strong Mad, Strong Bad, The King of Town, Character 2

Places: The Field

Date: Friday, October 6, 2017

Running Time: 0:46

Page Title: The Pagan Festival! Sweet Thyme!

Transcript

{Fade in to the characters standing in the field at night. Strong Bad is, as usual, dressed in a more distinct costume with a different body shape. The text "Silhouettes are up early this year!" is visible in front of the characters. Crickets chirp. After several seconds, light music begins to play and Character 2 walks into the frame.}

STRONG BAD: {in a mock-relaxed voice} And here comes Character 2. It looks like he's stumbled upon... the pagan festival, that's right.

{Zoom in onto Character 2}

CHARACTER 2: Baseboardbaseboardbaseboardbaseboard.

STRONG BAD: What's that, Character 2? You'd like a costume as well?

CHARACTER 2: Ha-bo-mey-bo.

STRONG BAD: How about I give you... a garland of sweet thyme. {A garland of thyme pops onto Character 2's head, replacing his hat} That's right, look at that. You might even say that I just... gave you a thyme. That's right, far out.

{The silhouette of Ridley screeches, eats Character 2 (but not the garland of thyme), and flies at the camera with a whooshing sound}

STRONG BAD: Mode seven.

{The music fades out as the crickets resume}

Easter Eggs

They've got a point.

• Decompiling the Flash file reveals a hidden message upon trying to remove the silhouettes. This teaser's message reads "can't see this on youtube".

Fun Facts

Trivia

• This was the earliest Halloween teaser, beating Halloween Safety by exactly two weeks. This is alluded to in the teaser text.
• The actual Halloween toon came out twenty-four days after this teaser, making this the longest span of time between the release of a Halloween teaser and its corresponding Halloween toon.

Remarks

• The teapot on Homsar's head is smaller than in the toon, and there is no empty space inside the handle, or between the teapot and the spout.

Inside References

• Character 2 and Strong Bad's soothing narration both originated in the Skills of an Artist episode Cartoon Characters and played a prominent role in the toon Characters from Yonder Website, which was released just over a week prior to this teaser.
• As in previous Halloween teasers, Strong Bad's silhouetted costume is very elaborate.
• Strong Bad gives Character 2 a thyme, which is also a reference to the Skills of an Artist in which Character 2 originated.
• The screeching noise the Ridley creature makes sounds a lot like that made by Mrs. Commanderson.

Real-World References

• Strong Bad appears in silhouette as Ridley from Metroid; specifically, his Super Metroid sprite.
• Mode 7 is a graphics mode used by the Super NES that allowed for rotational scaling and pseudo-3D graphical effects, such as Ridley flying toward the screen in Super Metroid. It was previously mentioned by Strong Bad in SBCG4AP Advertisement.

External Links

• watch "Haunted Photo Booth Teaser" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "Haunted Photo Booth Teaser"
• forum thread re: "Haunted Photo Booth Teaser"