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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:102px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:bad_graphics_ghost.png" title="Bad Graphics Ghost"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="211" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/2/2c/bad_graphics_ghost.png/100px-bad_graphics_ghost.png" width="100"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:bad_graphics_ghost.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Bad Graphics Ghost</div></div></div> | |||
<p>The <b>Bad Graphics Ghost</b> (also called <b>Pixel Ghost</b>) was spawned by the <a href="/index.php?title=Tandy_400" title="Tandy 400">Tandy 400</a> to scare <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> as revenge for being thrown out. It appears to be a simple "sheet" ghost with two blank eyeholes, and because of the Tandy's poor graphic capabilities, it is made up of large green rectangular pixels. | |||
</p><p>In the <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email" title="Strong Bad Email">Strong Bad Email</a> <a href="/index.php?title=ghosts" title="ghosts">ghosts</a>, the Bad Graphics Ghost shows up on-screen at the end. The viewer can "<a href="/index.php?title=Death" title="Death">kill</a>" the ghost by moving the cursor over the pixels. As this is done, the pixels will disappear. If not done quickly enough, the ghost will re-draw itself. The viewer can also kill it by holding the "Tab" key. If successfully killed, the scene changes to <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Sad" title="Strong Sad">Strong Sad</a> in <a href="/index.php?title=Outer_Space" title="Outer Space">outer space</a>, where he "will sing you a scary song". | |||
</p><p>It is believed (at least by <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a>) that the Ghost was created when an unidentified individual got sucked into the screen of a computer. Strong Bad was terrified that this may happen if he tried to use his <a href="/index.php?title=Lappy_486" title="Lappy 486">Lappy 486</a>, and refused to use it until his house was ghost-free in <a href="/index.php?title=8-Bit_is_Enough" title="8-Bit is Enough">8-Bit is Enough</a>. | |||
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''Bad Graphics Ghost'' | <a id="Complete_Filmography" name="Complete_Filmography"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Complete Filmography</span></h2> | ||
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:102px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:santa_bad_graphics_ghost.png" title="Bad Graphics Santam'n"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="200" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/6/68/santa_bad_graphics_ghost.png/100px-santa_bad_graphics_ghost.png" width="100"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:santa_bad_graphics_ghost.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Bad Graphics Santam'n</div></div></div> | |||
<ul><li><b>Debut:</b> Email <a href="/index.php?title=ghosts" title="ghosts">ghosts</a> | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Punkin_Stencils" title="Punkin Stencils">Punkin Stencils</a> | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Decemberween_Email_Menu" title="Decemberween Email Menu">Decemberween Email Menu</a> (Easter egg) | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Main_Page_22" title="Main Page 22">Main Page 22</a> | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=strongbad_email.exe_Disc_Two" title="strongbad email.exe Disc Two">strongbad_email.exe Disc Two</a> | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Weekly_Fanstuff_2006" title="Weekly Fanstuff 2006">Weekly Fanstuff</a> — October 20, 2006 | |||
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=retirement" title="retirement">retirement</a> (Easter egg) | |||
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=email_thunder" title="email thunder">email thunder</a> (Easter egg) | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=8-Bit_is_Enough" title="8-Bit is Enough">8-Bit is Enough</a> (mentioned) | |||
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<a id="Other_Bad_Graphics" name="Other_Bad_Graphics"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Other Bad Graphics</span></h2> | |||
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:sbemail3.PNG" title="Bad Graphics Homestar Runner"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/9/98/sbemail3.PNG/180px-sbemail3.PNG" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:sbemail3.PNG" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Bad Graphics Homestar Runner</div></div></div> | |||
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Bad_Graphics_Explosion.png" title="A Bad Graphics mushroom cloud"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="129" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/0/0a/Bad_Graphics_Explosion.png/180px-Bad_Graphics_Explosion.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Bad_Graphics_Explosion.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>A Bad Graphics mushroom cloud</div></div></div> | |||
<p>The Tandy has produced "bad graphics" akin to the Bad Graphics Ghost on at least two separate occasions. In <a href="/index.php?title=butt_IQ" title="butt IQ">butt IQ</a>, Strong Bad used a low-resolution diagram of <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a> to demonstrate the Transitive Butt Property. In <a href="/index.php?title=retirement" title="retirement">retirement</a>, the Tandy conspired with the <a href="/index.php?title=Compy_386" title="Compy 386">Compy 386</a> to kidnap the <a href="/index.php?title=Lappy_486" title="Lappy 486">Lappy 486</a>. In exchange for its safe release, Strong Bad agreed to answer a final email on the two "retired" computers. After answering an email on the Tandy, Strong Bad and Homestar Runner poured <a href="/index.php?title=Mountain_Dew" title="Mountain Dew">Mountain Dew</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Oh_No_You_Dent%21_Denture_Tablets" title="Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets">denture tablets</a> into the Tandy and ignited a bad graphics mushroom cloud. | |||
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<a id="Compy_386_Skeleton" name="Compy_386_Skeleton"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Compy 386 Skeleton</span></h2> | |||
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Compy_Skeleton.png" title="The Bad Graphics Ghost's Compy colleague"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="157" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/1/10/Compy_Skeleton.png/180px-Compy_Skeleton.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Compy_Skeleton.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>The Bad Graphics Ghost's Compy colleague</div></div></div> | |||
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:BGG_restored_Tandy.png" title="At peace at last"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="147" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/1/1e/BGG_restored_Tandy.png/180px-BGG_restored_Tandy.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:BGG_restored_Tandy.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>At peace at last</div></div></div> | |||
<p>After Strong Bad appeases and destroys the Tandy and the Compy in <a href="/index.php?title=retirement" title="retirement">retirement</a>, the two computers revisit Strong Bad and the Lappy in spectral, undamaged form. Clicking the contrast knobs on the two old computers reveals the Bad Graphics Ghost on the Tandy and a dancing skeleton on the Compy. | |||
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<a id="Lappy_486_Vampire" name="Lappy_486_Vampire"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Lappy 486 Vampire</span></h2> | |||
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Spectral_Lappy.png" title="She should put that on her bwees-ness card"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="138" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/7/70/Spectral_Lappy.png/180px-Spectral_Lappy.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Spectral_Lappy.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>She should put that on her bwees-ness card</div></div></div> | |||
<p>The Lappy, too, has a spectral form. This appears first when one <a href="/index.php?title=DELETED" title="DELETED">deletes</a> an email, seen in <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Cool_Game_for_Attractive_People" title="Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People">Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People</a>. It is an image of the Female Lappy icon with <a href="/index.php?title=Fangs" title="Fangs">fangs</a>, surrounded in flames. As the old girl goes up in flames in the Strong Bad Email <a href="/index.php?title=hremail_3184" title="hremail 3184">hremail 3184</a>, her form appears to the onlooking <a href="/index.php?title=Bubs" title="Bubs">Bubs</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Coach_Z" title="Coach Z">Coach Z</a>. | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
The Bad Graphics Ghost (also called Pixel Ghost) was spawned by the Tandy 400 to scare Strong Bad as revenge for being thrown out. It appears to be a simple "sheet" ghost with two blank eyeholes, and because of the Tandy's poor graphic capabilities, it is made up of large green rectangular pixels.
In the Strong Bad Email ghosts, the Bad Graphics Ghost shows up on-screen at the end. The viewer can "kill" the ghost by moving the cursor over the pixels. As this is done, the pixels will disappear. If not done quickly enough, the ghost will re-draw itself. The viewer can also kill it by holding the "Tab" key. If successfully killed, the scene changes to Strong Sad in outer space, where he "will sing you a scary song".
It is believed (at least by Homestar Runner) that the Ghost was created when an unidentified individual got sucked into the screen of a computer. Strong Bad was terrified that this may happen if he tried to use his Lappy 486, and refused to use it until his house was ghost-free in 8-Bit is Enough.
Complete Filmography
- Debut: Email ghosts
- Punkin Stencils
- Decemberween Email Menu (Easter egg)
- Main Page 22
- strongbad_email.exe Disc Two
- Weekly Fanstuff — October 20, 2006
- Email retirement (Easter egg)
- Email email thunder (Easter egg)
- 8-Bit is Enough (mentioned)
Other Bad Graphics
The Tandy has produced "bad graphics" akin to the Bad Graphics Ghost on at least two separate occasions. In butt IQ, Strong Bad used a low-resolution diagram of Homestar Runner to demonstrate the Transitive Butt Property. In retirement, the Tandy conspired with the Compy 386 to kidnap the Lappy 486. In exchange for its safe release, Strong Bad agreed to answer a final email on the two "retired" computers. After answering an email on the Tandy, Strong Bad and Homestar Runner poured Mountain Dew and denture tablets into the Tandy and ignited a bad graphics mushroom cloud.
Compy 386 Skeleton
After Strong Bad appeases and destroys the Tandy and the Compy in retirement, the two computers revisit Strong Bad and the Lappy in spectral, undamaged form. Clicking the contrast knobs on the two old computers reveals the Bad Graphics Ghost on the Tandy and a dancing skeleton on the Compy.
Lappy 486 Vampire
The Lappy, too, has a spectral form. This appears first when one deletes an email, seen in Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People. It is an image of the Female Lappy icon with fangs, surrounded in flames. As the old girl goes up in flames in the Strong Bad Email hremail 3184, her form appears to the onlooking Bubs and Coach Z.
