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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Strong Bad pronounces "Ontario, Canada" in a Latin way ("Onta-''ri''-o, Cana-''da''"), prompting him to comment that it has "a bit of 'south of the border' flavor".

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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Strong Bad pronounces "Ontario, Canada" in a Latin way ("Onta-''ri''-o, Cana-''da''"), prompting him to comment that it has "a bit of 'south of the border' flavor".

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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Strong Bad pronounces "Ontario, Canada" in a Latin way ("Onta-''ri''-o, Cana-''da''"), prompting him to comment that it has "a bit of 'south of the border' flavor".



* EmphasisOnTheWrongSyllable: Strong Bad pronounces "Ontario, Canada" in a Latin way ("Onta-''ri''-o, Cana-''da''"), prompting him to comment that it has "a bit of 'south of the border' flavor".
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* EmphasisOnTheWrongSyllable: Strong Bad pronounces "Ontario, Canada" in a Latin way ("Onta-''ri''-o, Cana-''da''"), prompting him to comment that it has "a bit of 'south of the border' flavor".

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->Strong Bad is a wrestle-man\\

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->Strong ->''Strong Bad is a wrestle-man\\



He checks real e-mails from the 'Net\\
He's got two brothers, and The Cheat, his pet! (The Cheat, his pet!)\\

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He checks real e-mails emails from the 'Net\\
He's got two brothers, and The Cheat, his pet! pet!\\
(The Cheat, his pet!)\\



On "The Strong Bad Email Show"!\\

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On "The Strong Bad Email Show"!\\Show"!''\\



-> You and me, babe, livin' for dreams,\\

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-> You ''You and me, babe, livin' for dreams,\\



Memory scrubbin' you down!

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Memory scrubbin' you down!
down!''
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** The "life-affirming pop-ballad" credits list the Cheat as "The Cheat Baxter-Birney", which is how Creator/MeredithBaxter was credited in the opening credits of ''Series/FamilyTies''. The font used during said song is also similar to that show's opening.

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** The "life-affirming pop-ballad" credits list the Cheat as "The Cheat Baxter-Birney", which is how Creator/MeredithBaxter was credited in the opening credits of ''Series/FamilyTies''. The font used during said song is also similar to that show's opening. Strong Bad notes that said life-affirming ballad will usually be sung by "some variety of Neville", in reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neville_Brothers The Neville Brothers]].

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->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for ''something you're already watching''! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard "When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser": When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm... in your browser!\\

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->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for ''something you're already watching''! you're'' '''''already watching'''''! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard "When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser": When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm... in your browser!\\



The cartoon ends with a series of parody credits accompanied by a preview for ''Powered By The Cheat'':
->'''Announcer:''' Next up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"

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The cartoon ends with a series of parody credits accompanied by credits... that are pushed back to make way for a preview for of ''Powered By The Cheat'':
->'''Announcer:''' Next up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"
Cheat''.



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->'''Announcer:''' Next up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"

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Jonathan [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Shaheen]] of "On-ta-Rio" ("Ooh, a little 'south of the border' flavor...") thinks Strong Bad's email show would be "a whole lot cooler" with a theme song. Strong Bad retorts that Jonathan would be "a whole lot cooler" if [[TakeThatAudience his face had not-tons of acne]], and proceeds to dismiss theme songs as "an excuse for show-makers to make less show".

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->'''Strong Bad:''' (''singing'') When email comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm... in your browser!

Jonathan [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Shaheen]] of "On-ta-Rio" "On-ta-Rio, Can-a-Dah" ("Ooh, a little 'south of the border' flavor...") thinks Strong Bad's email show would be "a whole lot cooler" with a theme song. Strong Bad retorts that Jonathan would be "a whole lot cooler" if [[TakeThatAudience his face had not-tons of acne]], and proceeds to dismiss theme songs as "an excuse for show-makers to make less show".



->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for ''something you're already watching''! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser': When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm in your browser!

The cartoon ends with a series of parody credits accompanied by a preview for ''Powered By The Cheat'': "Next up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"

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->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for ''something you're already watching''! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When "When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser': Browser": When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm rainstorm... in your browser!

browser!\\
(''The Paper comes down.'')

The cartoon ends with a series of parody credits accompanied by a preview for ''Powered By The Cheat'': "Next Cheat'':
->'''Announcer:''' Next
up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"
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**Also during said credits Strong Bad at one point flings paper while he’s typing on the Lappy, a reference to the Creator/StephenJCannell VanityPlate.
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** The "life-affirming pop-ballad" credits list the Cheat as "The Cheat Baxter-Birney", which is how Meredith Baxter was credited in the opening credits of ''Series/FamilyTies''. The font used during said song is also similar to that show's opening.

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** The "life-affirming pop-ballad" credits list the Cheat as "The Cheat Baxter-Birney", which is how Meredith Baxter Creator/MeredithBaxter was credited in the opening credits of ''Series/FamilyTies''. The font used during said song is also similar to that show's opening.
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* ImpossibleShadowPuppets: The "Some Variety of Neville" theme song features Strong Bad using his boxing-glove hands to make a Trogdor shadow puppet that appears to breathe fire and smoke.

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Jonathan [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Shaheen]] of Ontario thinks Strong Bad's email show would be "a whole lot cooler" with a theme song. Strong Bad retorts that Jonathan would be "a whole lot cooler" if [[TakeThatAudience his face had not-tons of acne]], and proceeds to dismiss theme songs as "an excuse for show-makers to make less show".

Strong Bad demonstrates with a series of mock opening sequences: the first shows a goofy ExpositoryThemeTune featuring the Brothers Strong, the Cheat, and Homestar Runner.

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Jonathan [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Shaheen]] of Ontario "On-ta-Rio" ("Ooh, a little 'south of the border' flavor...") thinks Strong Bad's email show would be "a whole lot cooler" with a theme song. Strong Bad retorts that Jonathan would be "a whole lot cooler" if [[TakeThatAudience his face had not-tons of acne]], and proceeds to dismiss theme songs as "an excuse for show-makers to make less show".

Strong Bad demonstrates with a series of mock opening sequences: the first shows a goofy ExpositoryThemeTune featuring the Brothers Strong, the The Cheat, and Homestar Runner.Homestar.



He's got two brothers, and the Cheat, his pet! (The Cheat, his pet!)\\

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He's got two brothers, and the The Cheat, his pet! (The Cheat, his pet!)\\



The rest of the e-mail is mostly spent ragging on the trend of cutting to commercials right after the opening sequence of the show (including an advertisement for CGNU's Online E-niversity) and CreditsPushback.

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The rest of the e-mail is mostly spent ragging on the trend of cutting to commercials right after the opening sequence of the show (including an advertisement for CGNU's Online E-niversity) and making fun of CreditsPushback.



* AudibleGleam: One of these plays [[RunningGag every time]] Strong Bad says the e-mailer's last name. "Sha-''heen''!"

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* AudibleGleam: One of these plays There's a flash and an audible gleam [[RunningGag every time]] Strong Bad says the e-mailer's last name. "Sha-''heen''!"



* CreditsPushback: "And on the off-chance that you actually wanted to hear the theme song... we've taken care of that, too."

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* CreditsPushback: "And Parodied; a mock end-credits sequence featuring a "jazzy instrumental version" of the "life-affirming pop-ballad theme song" is interrupted by a commercial for a sitcom and a bumper for Cheat Commandos.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' And
on the off-chance that you actually wanted to hear the theme song... we've taken care of that, too."
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->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for something you're already watching! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser': When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm in your browser!

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->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for something ''something you're already watching! watching''! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser': When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm in your browser!



--'''Announcer''': Enroll now, and join the e-niversity e-volution e-day... Uh, well, today. That last one didn't quite work out.

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--'''Announcer''': -->'''Announcer''': Enroll now, and join the e-niversity e-volution e-day... Uh, well, today. That last one didn't quite work out.

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-->Strong Bad is a wrestle-man\\

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-->Strong ->Strong Bad is a wrestle-man\\



--> You and me, babe, livin' for dreams,\\

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--> -> You and me, babe, livin' for dreams,\\



-->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for something you're already watching! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser': When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm in your browser!

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-->'''Strong ->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for something you're already watching! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser': When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm in your browser!



* HilarityEnsues: "Next up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"

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* HilarityEnsues: "Next From the mock credits at the end of the e-mail.
-->'''Announcer:''' Next
up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"



* ShoehornedFirstLetter: "Enroll now, and join the e-niversity e-volution e-day. Uh, well, today. That last one didn't quite work out."

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* ShoehornedFirstLetter: "Enroll From the commercial for CGNU E-niversity.
--'''Announcer''': Enroll
now, and join the e-niversity e-volution e-day.e-day... Uh, well, today. That last one didn't quite work out."



* ThemeTuneRollCall: "He checks real e-mails from the 'net / He's got two brothers, and The Cheat, his pet!"
* WordSaladLyrics: The "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" has these.

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* ThemeTuneRollCall: "He During the first theme song for "The Strong Bad Email Show":
-->He
checks real e-mails from the 'net / 'net\\
He's got two brothers, and The Cheat, his pet!"
pet!
* WordSaladLyrics: The "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" has these.rather silly lyrics like "Sittin' on top of an old robot / Sharing and caring it out".

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* ThemeTuneRollCall: "He checks real e-mails from the 'net / He's got two brothers, and the Cheat, his pet!"
* WordSaladLyrics: The "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" has these.

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* ThemeTuneRollCall: "He checks real e-mails from the 'net / He's got two brothers, and the The Cheat, his pet!"
* WordSaladLyrics: The "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" has these.these.
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Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' and carin' it out.\\
The memory's scrubbing you down!\\
Memory scrubbing you down!

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Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' robot\\
Sharin'
and carin' it out.\\
out\\
The memory's scrubbing scrubbin' you down!\\
Memory scrubbing scrubbin' you down!




The cartoon ends with a series of parody credits accompanied by a preview for ''Powered By The Cheat'': "Next up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"



* ParodyCommercial: "A shady online degree is just four clicks away at CGNU Online E-niversity."

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* ParodyCommercial: "A shady online degree is just four clicks away at CGNU The second credits sequence features an ad for CGNU's Online E-niversity."E-Niversity, as well as a bit of another commercial featuring the sighing bald man from "Senor Mortgage" and "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerSenorialDay Senorial Day]]".


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* TakeThat: Strong Bad takes the chance to poke fun at a number of ThemeTune cliches in this email.

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* ContinuityNod: One of the colleges mentioned in the CGNU E-niversity ad is [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE73Mascot Homestar's Knees Tech]].

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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One of the colleges mentioned in the CGNU E-niversity ad is [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE73Mascot Homestar's Knees Tech]].Tech]].
** The credits at the end name [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE81Date Sid Hoffrenchman]] as the "Script Supervisor" for the Strong Bad Email Show.

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The rest of the e-mail is mostly spent ragging on CreditsPushback and the trend of cutting to commercials right after the opening sequence of the show (including an advertisement for CGNU's Online E-niversity).

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The rest of the e-mail is mostly spent ragging on CreditsPushback and the trend of cutting to commercials right after the opening sequence of the show (including an advertisement for CGNU's Online E-niversity).
E-niversity) and CreditsPushback.



* AudibleGleam: One of these plays every time Strong Bad says the e-mailer's last name. "Sha-''heen''!"

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* AudibleGleam: One of these plays [[RunningGag every time time]] Strong Bad says the e-mailer's last name. "Sha-''heen''!"


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* ContinuityNod: One of the colleges mentioned in the CGNU E-niversity ad is [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE73Mascot Homestar's Knees Tech]].


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* ShoehornedFirstLetter: "Enroll now, and join the e-niversity e-volution e-day. Uh, well, today. That last one didn't quite work out."

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Strong Bad demonstrates with a series of mock opening sequences: the first shows a goofy ExpositoryThemeTune featuring the Brothers Strong, the Cheat, and Homestar Runner. The second is a string of cliches from 80s sitcoms set to a "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song, probably sung by some variety of Neville." The rest of the e-mail is mostly spent ragging on CreditsPushback and the trend of cutting to commercials right after the opening sequence of the show.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for something you're already watching! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser.'

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Strong Bad demonstrates with a series of mock opening sequences: the first shows a goofy ExpositoryThemeTune featuring the Brothers Strong, the Cheat, and Homestar Runner.
-->Strong Bad is a wrestle-man\\
He's the email-checkin'-est guy in the land!\\
He checks real e-mails from the 'Net\\
He's got two brothers, and the Cheat, his pet! (The Cheat, his pet!)\\
There's nobody dumber\\
Than Homestar Runner\\
On "The Strong Bad Email Show"!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' ...and the ratings have gone through the roof.

The second is a string of cliches from 80s sitcoms set to a "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song, probably sung by some variety of Neville." Neville", accompanied by clips from "the unaired pilot that you'll never see":
--> You and me, babe, livin' for dreams,\\
Lifin' for love, drinkin' for free.\\
Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' and carin' it out.\\
The memory's scrubbing you down!\\
Memory scrubbing you down!

The rest of the e-mail is mostly spent ragging on CreditsPushback and the trend of cutting to commercials right after the opening sequence of the show.

show (including an advertisement for CGNU's Online E-niversity).

-->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for something you're already watching! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser.'Browser': When e-mail comes to town, you know, you know, it's like a rainstorm in your browser!



* CreditsGag: The e-mail features at least two mock-credits sequences.

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* CreditsGag: The e-mail features at least two mock-credits sequences.sequences, with positions such as "Key Boy", "Best Grip", and "Playa Hata".



-->Strong Bad is a wrestle-man
-->He's the email-checkin'-est guy in the land!
-->He checks real e-mails from the 'Net
-->[[ThemeTuneRollCall He's got two brothers, and the Cheat, his pet!]] (The Cheat, his pet!)
-->There's nobody dumber
-->Than Homestar Runner
-->On "The Strong Bad Email Show"!



* WordSaladLyrics: The "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" has these.
--> You and me, babe, livin' for dreams,\\
Lifin' for love, drinkin' for free.\\
Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' and carin' it out.\\
The memory's scrubbing you down!\\
Memory scrubbing you down!

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* ThemeTuneRollCall: "He checks real e-mails from the 'net / He's got two brothers, and the Cheat, his pet!"
* WordSaladLyrics: The "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" has these.
--> You and me, babe, livin' for dreams,\\
Lifin' for love, drinkin' for free.\\
Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' and carin' it out.\\
The memory's scrubbing you down!\\
Memory scrubbing you down!
these.

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** The "life-affirming pop-ballad" credits list the Cheat as "The Cheat Baxter-Birney", which is how Meredith Baxter was credited in the opening credits of ''Series/FamilyTies''.
** The Cheat Commandos are described as [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures "They're tiny, they're toony, they're all a little loony!"]]

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** The "life-affirming pop-ballad" credits list the Cheat as "The Cheat Baxter-Birney", which is how Meredith Baxter was credited in the opening credits of ''Series/FamilyTies''.
''Series/FamilyTies''. The font used during said song is also similar to that show's opening.
** The Cheat Commandos are described as [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures "They're tiny, they're toony, they're all a little loony!"]]loony!" -- a line several continuity announcers would use to introduce ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''
** The closing credits feature Strong Bad doing a stand-up routine, much like ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
** One of the degrees offered at CGNU e-Niversity is "Escrow Understandment" -- one of the powers of recurring ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Middle-Aged Man.
* WordSaladLyrics: The "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" has these.
--> You and me, babe, livin' for dreams,\\
Lifin' for love, drinkin' for free.\\
Sittin' on top of an old robot, sharin' and carin' it out.\\
The memory's scrubbing you down!\\
Memory scrubbing you down!
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-->There's nobody dumber
-->Than Homestar Runner
-->On "The Strong Bad Email Show"!
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* BookEnds: The email opens and closes with Strong Bad

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* BookEnds: The email opens and closes with Strong Bad singing an e-mail song.
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'''Airdate:''' Monday, August 7, 2006

'''Sender:''' Jonathan Shaheen\\
Ontario, Canada

Jonathan [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Shaheen]] of Ontario thinks Strong Bad's email show would be "a whole lot cooler" with a theme song. Strong Bad retorts that Jonathan would be "a whole lot cooler" if [[TakeThatAudience his face had not-tons of acne]], and proceeds to dismiss theme songs as "an excuse for show-makers to make less show".

Strong Bad demonstrates with a series of mock opening sequences: the first shows a goofy ExpositoryThemeTune featuring the Brothers Strong, the Cheat, and Homestar Runner. The second is a string of cliches from 80s sitcoms set to a "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song, probably sung by some variety of Neville." The rest of the e-mail is mostly spent ragging on CreditsPushback and the trend of cutting to commercials right after the opening sequence of the show.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' You see, ''[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Sha-heen]]''? You're basically asking me to dedicate two minutes of my 3-to-5-minute email show, to what is essentially a commercial for something you're already watching! And besides, I give you people a new [=SBemail=] song every freakin' week. Allow me to leave you with the old standard 'When Email Comes to Town, You Know, You Know, It's Like a Rainstorm... In Your Browser.'
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!!Tropes:
*AudibleGleam: One of these plays every time Strong Bad says the e-mailer's last name. "Sha-''heen''!"
*BaitAndSwitchCredits: One mock-credits sequence plays a "life-affirming pop-ballad type theme song" that clashes with the tone of the usual Strong Bad Email, and also shows scenes not shown in any of the cartoons from the site. Lampshaded by Strong Bad claiming "The best clips they show are from the un-aired pilot that you'll never see."
*BookEnds: The email opens and closes with Strong Bad
*CreditsGag: The e-mail features at least two mock-credits sequences.
*CreditsPushback: "And on the off-chance that you actually wanted to hear the theme song... we've taken care of that, too."
*ExpositoryThemeSong: Parodied. "I'm sure viewership would triple if I had one of those crappy cartoon theme songs that bludgeons you over the head with the blunt end of the show's premise."
-->Strong Bad is a wrestle-man
-->He's the email-checkin'-est guy in the land!
-->He checks real e-mails from the 'Net
-->[[ThemeTuneRollCall He's got two brothers, and the Cheat, his pet!]] (The Cheat, his pet!)
* ExtremeOmnivore: During the first sequence for "The Strong Bad Email Show", Homestar Runner is shown eating a light-bulb sandwich.
* HilarityEnsues: "Next up on ''Powered By the Cheat'', Strong Mad gets his own talk show, and his first guest is ''hilarity!''"
* OddNameOut: The main characters of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Three is 4 Tonite]]'' are Mandy, Brandy, Andy, and Scurge.
* ParodyCommercial: "A shady online degree is just four clicks away at CGNU Online E-niversity."
* ShoutOut:
** The "life-affirming pop-ballad" credits list the Cheat as "The Cheat Baxter-Birney", which is how Meredith Baxter was credited in the opening credits of ''Series/FamilyTies''.
** The Cheat Commandos are described as [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures "They're tiny, they're toony, they're all a little loony!"]]

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