Store Thank You Messages

A Store Thank You Message was shown to customers who made a purchase from the Yahoo Store. Four short toons were in rotation, influenced by the time from the user's computer clock and random chance. If the page was accessed without being forwarded from making a purchase, an alternate fifth toon would play. After the toon finished, the browser automatically redirected back to the Store main page.

The videos were no longer implemented as of October 9, 2008. Since at least September 2, 2017, the page and Flash file have been wholly deleted from the site — attempting to access its historic URL only results in a Neon 404'd.

Cast (in order of appearance): Bubs, Strong Bad, The Cheat, Homestar Runner, Marzipan

Places: Bubs' Concession Stand, Smoky Office, The Field, Homestar Runner's House, Flash Plugin Page

Date: Monday, May 23, 2005

Total Running Time: 1:02

Page Title: Thank you so much for to buying our crap!!

Daytime Thank You

Purchases made between the hours of 5:00 am and 11:59 pm (as measured by the local computer clock) were shown one of the three following messages, chosen at random.

Bubs's Thank You

"That'll be five dollars!"

Running Time: 0:05

The background of this video had four variations according to the time of day — a red sunrise from 5:00 to 5:59 am, a regular blue sky between 6:00 am and 6:59 pm, a red sunset from 7:00 to 7:59 pm, and a starry night sky from 8:00 to 11:59 pm.

Transcript

{Bubs is in his concession stand.}

BUBS: Hey, thanks for buying some of my junk! Oh! {places a sign on the stand that says "THANK YOU'S $5"} That'll be five dollars!

Strong Bad and The Cheat's Thank You

"Another extremely expensive light, please."

Running Time: 0:11

Transcript

{Strong Bad is sitting in the Smoky Office surrounded by piles of cash and holding a glass of red wine.}

STRONG BAD: Thank you for all your money, er, business. All your business... that you gave us. {holds up a cigar} The Cheat? Another extremely expensive light, please.

{The Cheat comes in from the side of the screen, with a lit bundle of dollar bills, and lights the cigar with it.}

Homestar and Marzipan's Thank You

"All right, broken up."

Running Time: 0:23

The background of this video had four variations according to the time of day — a red sunrise from 5:00 to 5:59 am, a regular blue sky between 6:00 am and 6:59 pm, a red sunset from 7:00 to 7:59 pm, and a starry night sky from 8:00 to 11:59 pm.

Transcript

{Homestar Runner stands in the Field.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ahem! {singing} I want to thank you for your purchase, toniiiiight, todaaaay! A-thank you!

MARZIPAN: {walking on with Carol} Okay Homestar, I'm ready to record the thank you song.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ah, too late, go away.

MARZIPAN: {upset} All right, broken up.

Late Night Thank You

"You should really get to bed."

Running Time: 0:17

Purchases made between the hours of 12:00 and 4:59 am were shown this message.

Transcript

{The lights are out in Homestar's living room. He walks in, wearing his sleepwear.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {yawn} Oh, hi there. We appreciate you buying stuff from us and everything, but um, {yawn} you should really get to bed.

Back Door Message

"Why don't you buy something!?"

Running Time: 0:06

The web page used JavaScript to detect if a purchase had been made before showing a thank you message. If the URL was accessed without placing an order, this alternative message would play.

Transcript

{A blank white screen displays the Netscape Missing Plugin icon, as used by Firefox at the time.}

STRONG BAD: Oh, thought you could sneak in the back door, eh? Why don't you buy something?!

Fun Facts

• Multiple, different purchase scenes could be seen by adjusting the system clock and clicking the browser back button. This could be done multiple times to continue viewing the alternate scenes.
• The filename for Bubs's message, thankyou_bubsness.swf, is a reference to Homestar using the portmanteau "Bubsness" in the Broken Compy Menu.
• The page title, "Thank you so much for to buying our crap", is a reference to the ending of Super Mario 64, where Mario says a similar line, "Thank you so much for to playing my game," at the end of the credits roll.
• In Homestar and Marzipan's Thank You message, Marzipan's guitar does not have its trademark "Carol" printed on it.

External Links

• Watch Bubs's thank you message (mirror)
  • Sunrise/sunset and nighttime variations (mirrors)
  • View the Flash file for Bubs's thank you message (archive link)
• Watch Strong Bad and The Cheat's thank you message (mirror)
  • View the Flash file for Strong Bad and The Cheat's thank you message (archive link)
• Watch Homestar and Marzipan's thank you message (mirror)
  • Sunrise/sunset and nighttime variations (mirrors)
  • View the Flash file for Homestar and Marzipan's thank you message (archive link)
• Watch Homestar's late night thank you message (mirror)
• Watch the "Back door" thank you message (archive link)
  • View the Flash file for the "Back door" thank you message (archive link)