Hooked on Decemberween

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The #1 Decemberween Jam of 2008

Several Decemberween songs of the past, plus brand-new songs, appear in album form.

Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Strong Bad (audio only), Marzipan (audio only), Strong Sad (audio only), Bubs (audio only), Coach Z (audio only), The Sheriff (audio only), The Cheat (audio only), Strong Mad (audio only), The King of Town (audio only), Brainkrieg

Date: Monday, December 15, 2008 (Flash version)
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 (HTML version)
Monday, December 9, 2019 (album version)

Running Time: 6:58 (all songs combined)

Page Title (Flash): Listen to it Fizz!
Page Title (HTML): Decemberween Classix!

Transcript

{The Cheat's record player appears on screen. A record plays, making the same noise as the Old Timey scratch line. After a few seconds, it stops and allows you to choose from The Dethemberween Thnikkaman, Cheer Up Coach Z, Seasonal Sweaters, Homestar Runner Presents: Presents, O, Decemberween, and If I Don't Get Video Games. By default, The Dethemberween Thnikkaman plays.}

The Dethemberween Thnikkaman

See Happy Dethemberween

Cheer Up Coach Z

See Decemberween Short Shorts

Seasonal Sweaters

See Seasonal Sweaters

Homestar Runner Presents: Presents

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {Singing, the Homestar Runner on the record cover moves his mouth with his eyes open.}
Home...star Runner presents: presents.

I'm really sorry that I got you bad presents.
You should probably try and return all those bad presents.
You may be shocked to find how little you get for those bad presents.
I got 'em at the dollar store — they were fifty percent off.

I'm really sorry that I got you bad presents.
I'm really sorry that I got you bad presents.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: I'm really sorry that I got you bad presents.
STRONG BAD: {simultaneously, louder than Homestar} We're really sorry that you got us bad presents.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: I'm really sorry that I got you bad presents.
ALL: {simultaneously, louder than Homestar} We're really sorry that you got us bad presents.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: I'm really sorry that I got you bad presents.
ALL: {simultaneously, louder than Homestar} We're really sorry that you got us bad presents.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {Hoarse falsetto} I'm really sorry... {Clears throat, speaks} Ooh, hello, high note.

O, Decemberween

See The Best Decemberween Ever

If I Don't Get Video Games...

{Cut to a Teen Girl Squad paper. Brainkrieg are drawn on it.}

BRAINKRIEG BASSIST: Go.

BRAINKRIEG GUITARIST: You go.

BRAINKRIEG BASSIST: Are you even plugged in?

BRAINKRIEG GUITARIST: Hang on.

{A stoner rock riff begins to play.}

BRAINKRIEG:
If I don't get video games for Decemberween I'm gonna
Spell a cuss word on the roof with Christmas lights!
Invite Crazy Uncle Edgar over, keep his egg nog spiked!
Hang out behind the mall in a black trench coat!
Hang out in front of the mall in a black trench coat!
If I don't get video games for Decemberween!
If I don't get video games for Decemberween!

{solo}

I'm talkin' about Night Vision Mode 4, Lord of Armor, Tank Driverer, and Sword Thong Gold Edition!
If I don't get video games for Decemberween!
If I don't get video games
Decemberween!
Jugga jigga wugga!

Fun Facts

Trivia

• "Cheer Up Coach Z" was previously downloadable as a Quote of the Week.
• "Homestar Runner Presents: Presents" was originally the background music for the toon of the same name. The vocal version is presented here for the first time.
• The YouTube description for this toon is "Check out some Decemberween songs!"

Remarks

• This toon does not include the songs "O Holy Crap" (from A Holiday Greeting), the holiday version of "Everybody, Everybody" (from the same toon as well as on Decemberween Email Menu), or "Everyone's Looking" (from A Decemberween Pageant).
• All of the MP3s are hosted on Videlectrix's website. The last time Videlectrix was used to host something other than its own sake was for hosting Non-Sequitur Champion for use in the Store.
• Brainkrieg's lyrics talk about spelling a cuss word on the roof with Christmas lights, not Decemberween lights.
• Strong Sad can be heard in the background of Homestar Presents: Presents, but he never gets any presents for Decemberween as he's always locked in the bathtub.
• The Brainkrieg video uses the old Flash paper background instead of the new, photographic one. This is probably because the graphics were copied from death metal.
• The audio quality in this toon is better than normal.

Fixed Goofs

• In the New Stuff section of the Toons menu, this toon was once listed at the bottom of the list as well as the top.

Inside References

• The format of this toon echoes that of Limozeen vs. sloshy.
• Each of the songs either appear in, or refer to, the following Decemberween toons:
  • The Best Decemberween Ever ("O, Decemberween")
  • Decemberween in July ("Seasonal Sweaters")
  • Homestar Presents: Presents ("Homestar Runner Presents: Presents")
  • Decemberween Short Shorts ("Cheer Up, Coach Z")
  • Happy Dethemberween ("The Dethemberween Thnikkaman")
• Brainkrieg first appeared in death metal.
  • Brainkrieg also sung words that start with the letters "De", followed by the refrain of "Jugga jigga wugga!"
• This is another reference to swearing and alcohol.
• In If I Don't Get Video Games..., Uncle Edgar's cigarette holder is another reference to smoking.
• The Homestar Runner Presents: Presents song references Homestar's past trend of getting terrible presents for the other characters, as seen in The Best Decemberween Ever and Homestar Presents: Presents.

Real-World References

• The toon title refers to Hooked on Classics, a 1980s series of albums that sought to revive interest in classical music by presenting a medley of classical songs over a then-modern disco background beat.
• The page title, "Listen to it Fizz!", was a slogan used by Alka-Seltzer in 1930s radio commercials.
• The storefronts seen while Brainkrieg is "hanging in front of the mall" are Burdines, a Florida-based department store absorbed by Macy's in 2004, and Babbage's, a software and video game retailer which became GameStop in 1999.
• Uncle Edgar resembles Hunter S. Thompson, as portrayed by Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Fast Forward

• On December 12, 2017, a Twitter user expressed concern to @StrongBadActual that one of the song download links had stopped working. In response, a plain HTML page version of Hooked on Decemberween was released on the following day. This version contains download links to unzipped MP3s of the same songs, now hosted on homestarrunner.com proper.

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The Dethemberween Thnikkaman - by Strong Bad

Cheer Up Coach Z - by Homestar

O, Decemberween - by errybody

Homestar Runner Presents: Presents - by Homestar

Seasonal Sweaters - by Marzipan

If I don't get Videogames for Decemberween - by Brainkrieg

YouTube Version

• The YouTube version of this toon does not include the video for "If I Don't Get Video Games..."; it stays at the record screen.
• The links to the downloads are not included, for obvious reasons.

Streaming Version

The album art is the same as seen in the original toon.

On December 9, 2019, the album Hooked on Decemberween was added to streaming music services. The audio from the toon returns, with the title of "If I Don't Get Video Games for Decemberween" no longer truncated by ellipsis. This version of the album includes two additional bonus songs: "Santaman is a Blademan" and "Death Defying Entertainment". All songs are simply credited to Strong Bad, with the actual artists listed as "featured" where applicable.

The release was announced via a @StrongBadActual tweet.

Track Listing

No.	Title	Length
1	The Dethemberween Thnikkaman	1:55
2	Cheer Up Coach Z (feat. Homestar Runner)	0:55
3	Seasonal Sweaters (feat. Marzipan)	0:33
4	Homestar Runner Presents: Presents (feat. Homestar Runner)	1:03
5	O Decemberween	1:16
6	If I Don't Get Video Games for Decemberween (feat. Brainkrieg)	1:14
7	Santaman is a Blademan (feat. Homestar Runner)	1:06
8	Death Defying Entertainment (feat. Homestar Runner)	1:36

Fun Facts

• The final two songs relate to the Decemberween toons Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack and A Death Defying Decemberween, respectively; both were released after the original "Hooked on Decemberween" toon.
• The seventh track was originally titled "Santaman Is Blademan".

See Also

• The visuals that appear during the Brainkrieg video.

External Links

• watch "Hooked on Decemberween"
• watch "Hooked on Decemberween" on YouTube
• watch "Hooked on Decemberween" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "Hooked on Decemberween"
• forum thread re: "Hooked on Decemberween"
• visit the 2017 HTML version
  • download "Dethemberween Thnikkaman" ZIP MP3
  • download "Cheer Up, Coach Z" ZIP MP3
  • download "Seasonal Sweaters" ZIP MP3
  • download "Homestar Presents: Presents" ZIP MP3
  • download "O Decemberween" ZIP MP3
  • download "If I Don't Get Video Games..." ZIP MP3
• Hooked on Decemberween on Songwhip