Quickstart Overview (video)

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"So come on and listen to my overvieeew!"

This article is about the music video. For the song, see Quickstart Overview.

For the first song of the Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP, Strong Bad explains the game with a helpful rap song.

Cast (in order of appearance): Puppet Strong Bad, Powered by The Cheat Homestar Runner, Powered by The Cheat Homeschool Winner, Strong Sad, Powered by The Cheat Trogdor, Powered by The Cheat Keepers of Trogdor, Strong Mad, The Cheat

Places: The Bar, The Cheat's Computer Room

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019 (Twitter), Monday, April 29, 2019 (YouTube)

Running time: 2:29

Transcript

Lyrics	Visuals
	Fade into a grayscale overhead shot of the Trogdor!! manual, with a piece of lined paper reading "Rulebook EP" attached to the bottom. After a few seconds, Strong Bad's hand opens the manual, revealing the countryside tiles moving to the beat like an equalizer.
This is the quick—	Fade to Strong Bad at a table moving his head to the beat, with muted colors and a distorted effect. The Boardelectrix logo is in the corner, and below it, "HOMESCAMtv".
—start overview	Cut to Strong Bad in a peasant robe. When he says "overview", two Strong Bad heads come in from the sides.
I'ma tell you all the things that you're	Cut back to Strong Bad at the table.
supposed to do The facts are many, but details are few So come on and listen to my	Cut back to Strong Bad in a peasant robe. On "overview", two Strong Bad heads come in from the sides and go back out. On "details are few" they reappear, but upside down.
overvieeew!	One Strong Bad head appears on the left side. Many more keep appearing behind that one and move to the right until the screen is filled.
Now Trogdor is a game that's cooperative You can play it by	Cut back to Strong Bad at the table.
yourself or with your	Cut to a Powered by The Cheat bar with Homestar Runner. On the table there is Trogdor!!, a can of "brr" and a large peanut in a bowl. In the background there's a poster for "brr Light"
stepmom's kids	Four Homeschool Winners appear.
And if you wanna find out what the object is Just remember all	Cut back to Strong Bad at the table.
the awesome stuff that Trogdor did!	Fade to footage from the music video from dragon.
Number one! Burninate the countryside!	Wipe to Strong Bad in the peasant robe. A Powered by The Cheat flame appears and turns into a "#1". It zooms into the camera.
Flip all the tiles to the side that's fried!	Cut to an overhead shot of the game board. The tiles move in different patterns. Footage from dragon is transparently overlayed.
Number two! Burninate the peasants!	A Powered by The Cheat flame appears and turns into a "#2". Cut to Strong Bad in the peasant robe. The "#2" zooms into the camera.
Clear the board of the presence Of these persons,	Cut to an overhead shot of the board. In stop motion, Trogdor sets a peasant on fire. It runs wildly. Then, the footage is reversed. Footage from dragon is overlayed.
in order to defeat 'em You can	Cut back to Strong Bad in the peasant robe.
eat 'em or	Cut to Trogdor eating a peasant.
burn 'em	Cut to Strong Bad in the peasant robe. The "fire" is facing the camera.
That'll learn 'em!	Cut to Strong Bad at the table.
Number three! The thatched-roof cottages!	A Powered by The Cheat flame appears and turns into a gray hand holding up 3 fingers labeled "Fig. A", and two Strong Bad heads come in from the sides.. The hand zooms into the camera.
There's only three of these but the	3 cottages appear on 3 tiles. They disappear afterwards.
problem is	Cut back to Strong Bad in the peasant robe.
You gotta inundate these domiciles with burnination	Cut to the board. Trogdor burninates each surrounding tile of a cottage, then burninates the cottage.
Before you can incinerate them from creation That sounds easy...	Cut to Strong Bad in the peasant robe.
for Trogdor anyways So what's to stop his beefy arm from winnin' the game?	Cut to Strong Bad at the table. Two Strong Bad heads appear on each side, nodding to the beat.
You got the knights, the archers, and the Troghammer	Pan across the miniatures of each.
Wanna steal all the peasants from your Trog-Meter And undo all your hard-earned burnination	Cut to Strong Bad wearing the peasant robe and dancing during the first line.
Fixing tiles and roofs of peasant	Cut to a burninated cottage. Knights, peasants, and the Troghammer repair the cottage.
habitation	Cut to Strong Bad in a peasant robe.
And if they hit you when you're all outta energy,	Cut to Strong Sad's puppet hands moving the knight meeple to Trogdor with an empty Trog-Meter.
Just watch what happens when Trogdor gets angry!	Cut to Strong Bad at the table.
Oooh! I'm talkin' rage quits...	Trogdor runs around the board, burninating every tile and cottage.
table flips... Takes his toys	Cut to a Powered by The Cheat room. Trogdor is sitting on the couch in front of a table with Trogdor!! on it, and two keepers are on either side. Trogdor flips the table.
and splits	Cut to Strong Bad in the peasant robe. He walks offscreen.
This is the quickstart overview I'ma tell you all the things that you're supposed to do The facts are many, but details are few So come on and listen to my	Strong Bad pops up from the bottom of the screen. When he says "overview" and "supposed to do", two Strong Bad heads come in from the sides and go back out. On "details are few" they reappear, but upside down.
overvieeew!	One Strong Bad head appears in each corner. Many more keep appearing diagonally until the screen is filled.
Ohh, the overview!	Cut to a panning overhead shot of the board.
It's like the view from above!	Cut to the countryside moving like an equalizer.
Where you can see everything in...	Cut to Strong Bad in the peasant robe.
Uh... broad strokes.	Camera zooms out to reveal the manual. Strong Bad's hand closes it.

{Cut to the computer room. Strong Mad and The Cheat are sitting at The Cheat's new computer, this time facing the camera. On the rear wall is a sign reading Some Loafing Implied.}

STRONG MAD: WE DID IT, THE CHEEEAAAT!

{The Cheat turns to face Strong Mad.}

THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}

STRONG MAD: WE TURNED STRONG BAD INTO A GREEN SCREEN!

THE CHEAT: {waving his arms} {The Cheat noises}

{Strong Mad picks up and squeezes The Cheat.}

STRONG MAD: I LOVE YOU, THE CHEAT!

THE CHEAT: {crying} {The Cheat noises}

{A mechanical humming sound fills the air for a few seconds.}

STRONG MAD: LET'S DO SOME CURLS!

THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}

{Strong Mad holds The Cheat sideways in one arm. He raises his forearm in a curling motion, using The Cheat as a weight.}

Fun Facts

Trivia

• The title of this video on YouTube is "Quickstart Overview - Strong Bad".
• The description for this video is "In the first track off the Rulebook EP, Strong Bad lays out the objectives for Trogdor!! the Board Game in broad strokes. Strong Mad and The Cheat team up to direct!"

Remarks

• Strong Bad imagined using a "green screen" in redesign, but the technique ended up applying to his green eyes as well. Strong Mad and The Cheat seem to have fixed the issue, which might explain their excitement.

Inside References

• The phrase "some loafing implied" was previously used in the page title of Workin' on the Game.

External Links

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