History Recap / StrongBadEmailE145MythsAndLegends

* YouMakeMeSic: Strong Bad reacts to Cephas spelling "Strong Bad" as one word by dryly reading his own name as [[OverlyLongGag "Two words, two different words, that are not one word, that are 'Strong' and 'Bad'"]].

'''Strong Bad:''' So this is supposed to be the bear holding a shark? Looks more like... Morgan Freeman.\\
'''Bubs:''' Oh, right! That's what it is! Now gimme twenty extra bucks for that Shawshank style.

"Cephas Cornwall of the Corn Army" wants to know if Strong Badia's lore includes any mysterious myths or legendary legends.

We cut to Strong Bad in the "idyllic fruitopia" of Strong Badia, doing a documentary on the not-true-est of not-true-ities, the Bear Holding a Shark. Legend has it that two of the seven elemental spirits of Strong Badia, the Fish Wearing a 'Fro Wig and the British Long Distance runner, combined forces to defeat the other five (the Snake, the Guy with the Big Knife, the Hand Making an 'Okay' Sign, the Board With Nails in It, and General Tso's Chicken) "in paintball, or maybe Red Rover."

Through the years the legend mutated, from "Wildernessman with Sea-Beast" to a Moose Holding a Chameleon to "the bear holding a shark we know today". "Ancient fence drawings" (actually made by Strong Bad, age 5) attribute such disasters as "destroyed crops, stolen babies, and family bike rides" to the Bear Holding a Shark. While Bubs seized an opportunity to make a mint off of "Bear-Holding-a-Shark fever" with merch like Bear Holding a Shark T-shirts, Bear Holding a Shark ice-cream bars, and Bear-Tooth Holding a Shark-Tooth necklaces, "not everyone caught the fever".

'''Strong Bad:''' ...Said the elephant-footed ghost man. And then, one day, the Bear Holding a Shark got the break all made-up creatures dream of... blurry photographic evidence!

'''Bubs:''' Oh, right! That's what it is! Now gimme twenty extra bucks for that Shawshank style.
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->(''Cut to a dark room, where Coach Z's silhouette is just visible. A caption reads "This guy's voice has been digitally altered again".'')\\
'''Coach Z:''' (''with a digitally altered voice'') So there I was, minding my own creepy business, when I found this severed hand in the lacker room! (''holds up a biscuit with a bite taken out'')

->'''Strong Bad:''' Now that we've seen all the evidence, it's up to you to decide: Mysterious Myth? Or Legendary Legend? Join us next week when we examine startling new evidence in the Biscuitdoughhandsman Conspiracy.

* YouMakeMeSic: Strong Bad reacts to Cephas spelling "Strong Bad" as one word by dryly reading his own name as [[OverlyLongGag "Two words, two different words, that are not one word, that are 'Strong' and 'Bad'"]].

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "These ancient fence drawings show evidence of destroyed crops, stolen babies, and family bike-rides... or family pie-sitting contests."

* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: The Bear Holding a Shark is apparently a creature of mysterious myth (or possibly legendary legend) lurking in Free Country USA.

Through the years the legend mutated, from "Wildernessman with Sea-Beast" to a Moose Holding a Chameleon to "the bear holding a shark we know today". "Ancient fence drawings" (actually made by Strong Bad, age 5) attribute such disasters as "burned crops, stolen babies, and family bike rides" to the Bear Holding a Shark. While Bubs seized an opportunity to make a mint off of "Bear-Holding-a-Shark fever" with merch like Bear Holding a Shark T-shirts, Bear Holding a Shark ice-cream bars, and Bear-Tooth Holding a Shark-Tooth necklaces, "not everyone caught the fever".

* YouMakeMeSic: Strong Bad reacts to Cephas spelling "Strong Bad" as one word by dryly read his own name as [[OverlyLongGag "Two words, two different words, that are not one word, that are 'Strong' and 'Bad'"]].

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Mysterious Myths or Legendary Legends? Isn't that a show on one of those channels up in the high hundreds? Ya know, like between the CG Dinosaur Channel and the Homes With Rollercoasters in Them Network? Well if not, it should be!

-->'''Strong Sad, Bear Holding a Shark Skeptic:''' I'm sure it's just a weather balloon or a foreign exchange student. These strange beasts just aren't real!\\

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Now that we've seen all the evidence, it's up to you to decide: Mysterious Myth? Or Legendary Legend? Join us next week when we examine startling new evidence in the Biscuitdoughhandsman Conspiracy.

** Strong Bad promises "startling new evidence in the [[Recap/HomestarRunnerStrongBadIsInJailCartoon Biscuitdoughhandsman]] conspiracy."

** An easter egg shows a fake ad-bug for a special called ''[[Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs Walking With Trogdor]]''.

* YouMakeMeSic: Strong Bad reacts to Cephas spelling "Strong Bad" as one word is to dryly read his own name as [[OverlyLongGag "Two words, two different words, that are not one word, that are 'Strong' and 'Bad'"]].

Apparently Homestar was walking in the woods with Pom Pom (who for some reason he refers to as his "dog" in the literal sense) when they spotted (and snapped a film of) "a very scary monsterm'n", the Bear Holding a Shark.

** The "blurry photographic evidence" of the Bear Holding a Shark references the famous Patterson-Gimlin video of Bigfoot.

Through the years the legend mutated, from "Wildernessman with Sea-Beast" to a Moose Holding a Chameleon to "the bear holding a shark we know today". "Ancient fence drawings" (actually made by Strong Bad, age 5) attribute such disasters as "burned crops, stolen babies, and family bike rides" to the Bear Holding a Shark. While Bubs seized an opportunity to make a mint off of "Bear-Holding-a-Shark fever" with merch like Bear Holding a Shark T-shirts, Bear Holding a Shark ice-cream bars, and Bear-Tooth Holding a Shark-Tooth necklaces, some remained skeptical.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Bear Holding a Shark is treated as a mythic cryptid on par with the Sasquatch.

-->'''Strong Bad:'' Now that we've seen all the evidence, it's up to you to decide: Mysterious Myth? Or Legendary Legend? Join us next week when we examine startling new evidence in the Biscuitdoughhandsman Conspiracy.

Strong Bad recounts the legendary myth of the Bear Holding a Shark.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Bear Holding a Shark is treated as a mythic cryptid on par with the sasquatch.
* ContinuityNod: Strong Bad promises "startling new evidence in the [[Recap/HomestarRunnerStrongBadIsInJailCartoon Biscuitdoughhandsman]] conspiracy."

* ShoutOut: The "blurry photographic evidence" of the Bear Holding a Shark references the famous Patterson-Gimlin video of Bigfoot.