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** Strong Bad's comment about licensed games might be a meta example of this, as it's in a licensed game.
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** [[spoiler:Strong Bad retaliates by levying an intentionally unfair tax on Creamy Ding Snack Cakes. The Of Town is infuriated, and stages a coup of his own to overthrow Strong Bad's authority. Turns out this was exactly what Strong Bad was anticipating - he was also tired of being the King of Town and set up the whole scheme so the old King would take his throne back.]]
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* AnticlimaxBoss: At the end of ''8-Bit is Enough'', when Strong Bad confronts Trogdor and simply slashes the dragon's body, killing him right then and there. Strong Bad then [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by saying with disappointment, "Well, that was a little anti-climatic." [[spoiler:But then, it is greatly averted when Strong Bad becomes an evolved, futuristic, mutated version of himself. Then a much more powerful and evolved form of Trogdor appears. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And then, the REAL battle with Trogdor begins!]]]]
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* BigNo: In "8-Bit Is Enough", spoken by Strong Bad after he catches Trogdor burninating Strong Badia.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' ''Trogdor''?! NOOOOO!!! Bad Trogdor! Heel!
-->'''Strong Bad:''' ''Trogdor''?! NOOOOO!!! Bad Trogdor! Heel!
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* {{Pun}}: "Where am I supposed to get fan service around here?"
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* AWorldWidePunomenon: "Where am I supposed to get fan service around here?"
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Pom-Pom’s stage name is “Pom Star.” Now remember that an “m” looks like “rn.”
** Though this may actually be his stage name because he signed on Homestar to sing with him, and Pom Star is a portmanteau of Pom-Pom and Homestar.
** Though this may actually be his stage name because he signed on Homestar to sing with him, and Pom Star is a portmanteau of Pom-Pom and Homestar.
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**Pom-Pom and Homestar's act in "Baddest of the Bands" is“Pom named "Pom Star.” " Now remember that an “m” "m" looks like “rn.”
** Though this may actually be his stage name because"rn."
**"Baddest of the Bands" also has Wade, the guy from the benefit concert for endangered bats Marzipan originally joined. He leaves a few messages on Marzipan's answering machine where hesigned on Homestar to sing with him, and Pom Star is a portmanteau of Pom-Pom and Homestar.sounds suspiciously like he's stoned.
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** The worst one is one of the Expressions of Affection in "Baddest of the Bands". To get it, you have to have hints turned up to maximum and then wander around a particular spot for a while until the hint drops. How the game makers expected anybody to figure this one out on their own is a real mystery.
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** The worst one is one of the Expressions of Affection in "Baddest of the Bands". To get it, you have to have hints turned up to maximum maximum, sabotage two specific bands in the Battle Royale of the Bands, and then wander around a particular spot for a while until the hint drops. How the game makers expected anybody to figure this one out on their own is a real mystery.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you pay attention at the start of "Baddest of the Bands", you can see [[spoiler: the lump of aerosol cheese that turns out to have caused the Funmachine to malfunction all along.]]
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*** This, along with most of the other TheyJustDidntCare elements, is likely a result of the StylisticSuck that "Dangeresque 3" is filled with.
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** Though this may actually be his stage name because he signed on Homestar to sing with him, and PomStar is a portmanteau of Pom-Pom and Homestar.
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** Not literally true, however, as eleven of the twelve main characters are voiced by [[ManofaThousandVoices Matt Chapman]].
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** Strong Bad also does this to his very fans at the very beginning of "Dangeresque 3", which had been in development for a long time (it was originally intended to be released in June 2004, according to the Strong Bad Email: "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail80.html stunt double]]").
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* TakeThatAudience: Before the series was officially released, it was previewed by Strong Bad as being "for attractive people -- but ''you'' can play, too!"
** Strong Bad also does thisto his very fans at the very beginning of "Dangeresque 3", which had been in development for a long time (it was originally (originally intended to be released in June 2004, according to the Strong Bad Email: "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail80.html stunt double]]").
** Strong Bad also does this
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: At one point in "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective," Strong Bad as Dangeresque and Coach Z as Renaldo, while traversing the treacherous jungles of Strong Borneo, have an encounter with a Western Lowland Grizzlysharkasaurusbot -- and it's holding a shark!
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: At one point in "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective," Strong Bad as Dangeresque and Coach Z as Renaldo, while traversing the treacherous jungles of Strong Borneo, have an encounter with a "a Western Lowland Grizzlysharkasaurusbot -- and it's holding a shark!shark!"
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* RightHandCat: In ''Dangeresque 3'', The Cheat is used as such, being stroked by a hairbrush, which is only used because the villian doing the stroking [[InvisibleAnatomy has no arms]].
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* RightHandCat: In ''Dangeresque 3'', The Cheat is used as such, being stroked by a hairbrush, which is only used because the villian villain doing the stroking [[InvisibleAnatomy has no arms]].
** Strong Bad also does this to his very fans at the very beginning of "Dangeresque 3", which had been in development for a long time (it was originally intended to be released in June 2004, according to the Strong Bad Email: "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail80.html stunt double]]").
-->'''Strong Bad:''' (typing on his laptop computer) "Dear all the annoying morons that have been bugging me about it [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail106.html for four and a half years...]] Yes, I finally finished Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective, so you can all EAT IT!"
-->'''Strong Bad:''' (typing on his laptop computer) "Dear all the annoying morons that have been bugging me about it [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail106.html for four and a half years...]] Yes, I finally finished Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective, so you can all EAT IT!"
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** However, an unintentional(?) example is when Ronaldo is declaring that Dangeresque's father has died, [[spoiler: Senor Cartgage, his actor, is clearly seen]] ''[[spoiler: walking off set]]''.
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-->'''Strong Bad/Dangeresque:''' [[ThePrincessBride You killed my father.]] [[PrepareToDie Prepare to have a bullet from my nunchuk gun pierce your flesh, causing internal injuries and bleeding, which, if left unchecked, could cause you to die.]]
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* SaveThePrincess: Parodied in "8-Bit Is Enough". Rather Dashing tells Strong Bad that he's gotten out of the dragon slaying business and switched to rescuing princesses. However, work is very slow because there simply aren't many princesses around who need saving. He eventually has to settle for rescuing Strong Sad from the King of Town.
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* SaveThePrincess: Parodied in "8-Bit Is Enough". [[VideoGame/PeasantsQuest Rather Dashing Dashing]] tells Strong Bad that he's gotten out of the dragon slaying business and switched to rescuing princesses. However, work is very slow because there simply aren't many princesses around who need saving. He eventually has to settle for rescuing Strong Sad from the King of Town.
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* AWorldWidePunomenon: "Where am I supposed to get fan service around here?"
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* WeCouldveAvoidedThis: The twist at the end of "Baddest of the Bands" reveals that the Funmachine wasn't broken (said fact being a driving force for the plot), but rather [[spoiler: a "crusty wad of jalapeno cheese spray" was wedged in the cartridge slot]].
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* WeCouldveAvoidedThis: WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: The twist at the end of "Baddest of the Bands" reveals that the Funmachine wasn't broken (said fact being a driving force for the plot), but rather [[spoiler: a "crusty wad of jalapeno cheese spray" was wedged in the cartridge slot]].
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* TheyJustDidntCare: In-universe, "Dangeresque 3" was hit by this in a few parts (see ThrowItIn).
** However, an unintentional(?) example is when Ronaldo is declaring that Dangeresque's father has died, [[spoiler: Senor Cartgage, his actor, is clearly seen]] ''[[spoiler: walking off set]]''.
** However, an unintentional(?) example is when Ronaldo is declaring that Dangeresque's father has died, [[spoiler: Senor Cartgage, his actor, is clearly seen]] ''[[spoiler: walking off set]]''.
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* MediumAwareness: "Who's the star of this game? That's right, you are!"
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* LighterAndSofter: In-Universe, Strong Bad emails when they're taken over by [[spoiler:King of Town]] near the end of ''Strongbadia The Free'', who avoids all the usual conventions of making fun of the sender and simply politely writes back.
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* RunningGag: Several characters say to Strong Bad in ''Dangeresque 3'', "But you're not gonna like it!"
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Strong Bad, after hearing this phrase spoken to him, says, "Why does everybody keep telling me that?"
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Strong Bad, after hearing this phrase spoken to him, says, "Why does everybody keep telling me that?"
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->''Oh, man, this is the best game I've never played!''
->--[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]
->--[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]
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A spin-off of the wildly-popular Flash cartoon series ''WebOriginal/HomestarRunner'', ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' (or [=SBCG4AP=] for short) is a [[EpisodicGame five-episode]] adventure game developed by [[TelltaleGames "the people who made that game]] ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Rabbit-Dog and Bunnyman]]''" and released on a monthly basis starting in August 2008. Each episode features a different adventure starring EnsembleDarkhorse Strong Bad as he goes about in a typical day of checking e-mails, writing ''WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad'' comics, committing arson and petty larceny, perpetrating {{Zany Scheme}}s, tormenting his neighbors, and playing video games.
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A spin-off of the wildly-popular Flash cartoon series ''WebOriginal/HomestarRunner'', ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' (or [=SBCG4AP=] for short) is a [[EpisodicGame five-episode]] adventure game developed by [[TelltaleGames "the people who made that game]] ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Rabbit-Dog and Bunnyman]]''" and released on a monthly basis starting in August 2008. Each episode features a different adventure starring EnsembleDarkhorse Strong Bad as he goes about in a typical day of checking e-mails, writing ''WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad'' ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'' comics, committing arson and petty larceny, perpetrating {{Zany Scheme}}s, tormenting his neighbors, and playing video games.
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A spin-off of the wildly-popular Flash cartoon series ''HomestarRunner'', ''WebOriginal/HomestarRunner'', ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' (or [=SBCG4AP=] for short) is a [[EpisodicGame five-episode]] adventure game developed by [[TelltaleGames "the people who made that game]] ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Rabbit-Dog and Bunnyman]]''" and released on a monthly basis starting in August 2008. Each episode features a different adventure starring EnsembleDarkhorse Strong Bad as he goes about in a typical day of checking e-mails, writing ''TeenGirlSquad'' ''WebOriginal/TeenGirlSquad'' comics, committing arson and petty larceny, perpetrating {{Zany Scheme}}s, tormenting his neighbors, and playing video games.
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* OhHiThere: Strong Bad greets the player this way upon accessing [[PlayableEpilogue Extended Play]] in "Dangeresque 3".
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* OhHiThere: Dangeresque 3's "Extended Play" is treated as Strong Bad greets going around filming material for the player this way upon accessing [[PlayableEpilogue Extended Play]] in "Dangeresque 3".DVD's behind-the-scenes documentary sections.
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* OhHiThere: Strong Bad greets the player this way upon accessing Extended Play in "Dangeresque 3".
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* SmashCut: In "Homestar Ruiner", Marzipan asks Strong Bad if he remembers "what happened the ''last'' time [she] invited [him] to a party". Cut to a flashback of Strong Bad about to leap off of her house's roof into a large cake. Just as he's about to hit it, it immediately cuts to Strong Bad saying "No, not really".
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[[caption-width-right:350:But [[TakeThatAudience you]] can play it, too!]]
->''Please stop trying to handle my style\\
'Cause you can't, no you can't\\
Uhn! Handle my style!\\
Seriously, quit trying to handle my style\\
Unless you're a lady, in which case\\
You are cordially invited to have a giant slice of my style!''
A spin-off of the wildly-popular Flash cartoon series ''HomestarRunner'', ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' (or [=SBCG4AP=] for short) is a [[EpisodicGame five-episode]] adventure game developed by [[TelltaleGames "the people who made that game]] ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Rabbit-Dog and Bunnyman]]''" and released on a monthly basis starting in August 2008. Each episode features a different adventure starring EnsembleDarkhorse Strong Bad as he goes about in a typical day of checking e-mails, writing ''TeenGirlSquad'' comics, committing arson and petty larceny, perpetrating {{Zany Scheme}}s, tormenting his neighbors, and playing video games.
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* ''Homestar Ruiner''-- In which Strong Bad sets out to "beat the snot out of Homestar", but instead ends up impersonating him at the Free Country USA Tri-Annual Race to the End of the Race, humiliating him in the process... which wouldn't ordinarily be a problem, except that Homestar takes refuge in Strong Bad's house and refuses to leave unless Strong Bad can fix Homestar's shattered reputation.
* ''Strong Badia the Free''-- In which Strong Bad rebels against the King of Town's new E-mail tax, and tries to rally his neighbors (who have all set up their own countries) to overthrow the King's "fat-thority".
* ''Baddest of the Bands''-- In which Strong Bad organizes (and then attempts to win) a Battle Royale of the Bands in order to fund repairs for his beloved Videlectrix Funmachine.
* ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective''-- In which Strong Bad finally completes his latest "cine-magic masterpiece", where a routine mission to save the rainforest traps Dangeresque and Renaldo in a web of treachery, lies, heartbreak, and bad action movie cliches. This is a unique installment in that you play in-character as Dangeresque, trying to solve your way through the movie's plot.
* ''8-Bit Is Enough''-- In which Strong Bad's malfunctioning Trogdor cabinet leads to Free Country USA merging with the world of video games, forcing Strong Bad to team up with his favorite video game characters and take out a rampaging Trogdor.
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!!Tropes featured in this game include:
* AbsenteeActor: Of the five episodes, only "Strong Badia the Free" has all twelve main characters appearing on screen. Homsar is missing from "Dangeresque 3" and "8-Bit Is Enough" (the latter of which also lacks Pom Pom), and makes a voice-only appearance in "Homestar Ruiner". The Poopsmith makes a photo-only appearance in "Baddest of the Bands."
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: From "Strong Badia the Free", when the gang has set up an effigy of the King of Town outside Strong Bad's house, consisting mainly of an old stick.
-->'''Strong Bad''': Why'd you bring that ugly, misshapen stick?
-->'''Homestar''': She organized the protest rally!
-->'''Strong Bad''': Not Marzipan! (softly) Though that's a pretty good one. Gotta remember that.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:After defeating Trodgor in "8-Bit is Enough", Strong Bad wakes up to find out it was apparently just a dream... except even though Free Country USA is back to normal, [[HereWeGoAgain Trogdor is still on the rampage]].]]
* AndYouWereThere: Strong Bad says this at the end of "8-Bit is Enough".
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: If you complete everything in an episode, your reward is a shirt for your wardrobe.
* {{Anticlimax}}: Surprisingly enough, brilliantly subverted in [=SBCG4AP's=] ''Strong Badia the Free''. [[spoiler:The siege of the Of Town's castle lasts five minutes and takes place off-camera. And then it turns out that being King of Town is the lousiest job in the world. The ''real'' challenge turns out to be Strong Bad ''directing the Of Town's coup against him''.]]
* AwesomenessMeter
* BadBadActing: During the tutorial, and a few times in "Dangeresque 3" (chiefly from Coach Z as Renaldo).
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:In ''Strong Badia the Free'', the King of Town levies an intentionally unfair email tax and then places Strong Bad under house arrest for not paying it. Strong Bad is infuriated, decides to rebel, and stages a coup to overthrow the KOT's authority. Turns out that this was exactly what the KOT was anticipating- he was tired of being the King of Town and set up the whole scheme just so he'd be dethroned.]]
* BigRedButton: During "Homestar Ruiner," the race's tape is ruined by pushing a red button labeled ERASE. There's a post-it tacked to it warning "DO NOT PUSH." Also makes an appearance during "Baddest of the Bands," when one is supposed to reveal Strong Bad's stage prop.
* BootstrappedTheme: "Handle My Style", the intro song from the first episode, has more or less become the series's theme song.
* BrickJoke: In "Homestar Ruiner", the episode begins with Strong Bad getting an email asking why he hasn't "beat the snot" out of Homestar yet. Strong Bad thinks it's a good idea, but his intention gets derailed. [[spoiler: In the end, when Homestar crashes out of the window in the conga line, he yells out, "Ow, my snot!"]]
* BringMyBrownPants: Strong Sad will say "Where are you going? You can't take on Trogdor without calling product support first! You'll void your warranty! And maybe your bladder!" if you try to go outside without talking to him first in Episode 5.
* ButtMonkey: Strong Sad, more so than usual. He gets ridiculed, pummeled, conned, humiliated, and otherwise tormented throughout each episode (though he does get to dish some abuse back to Strong Bad in "Baddest of the Bands").
* CharacterFilibuster: Parodied in "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective", when Strong Bad fast-forwards through Marzipan's lecture on the environment.
* ChewingTheScenery: Strong Bad in "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective" [[spoiler:when mourning the death of his father, Dadgeresque]].
* CollectionSidequest: Two or three different sets in each game.
* ColonCancer: ''Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People: Episode 4: Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective''.
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: It's a game based around [[{{Jerkass}} Strong Bad]]; what do you expect?
* DistressedDude: Strong Sad and Bubs in "8-Bit Is Enough"
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:"Craig" (The Cheat)]] in "Dangeresque 3".
* DummiedOut: Some costumes from later episodes are programmed into earlier episodes, along with an Ab-Abber 2000 "shirt."
* DVDBonusContent: The Extended Play for "Dangeresque 3" is done in the style of this.
* {{Egopolis}}: In addition to Strong Badia, an existing location from the web series, "Strong Badia the Free" features all the other characters forming their own countries, most of them named after themselves (such as the Homsar Reservation, Coachnya, and Marzistar/Homezipan).
* EmptyRoomPsych
* EpisodicGame
* EvilTwin: Arguably Sultry Buttons to Cutesy Buttons in "Dangeresque 3". Not to mention [[spoiler:Uzi Bazooka for Dangeresque Too]].
* ExactWords: ''Dangeresque 3'' is in 3D, in that it's rendered in 3D graphics.
* ExplosiveLeash: Strong Bad gets fitted with one at the start of "Strong Badia the Free".
* ExpositionFairy: Homestar gets turned into one of these in "8-Bit is Enough". Naturally, [[StopHelpingMe he's not very helpful]].
* FetchQuest: In ''8-Bit is Enough'' "Princess" Strong Sad keeps sending you on quests to find items like "The Sigil of Dark Dampening" and "The Shimmering Trinket of Endless Bargain-Hunting." The reward for each quest is another quest to fetch the same item (with a different name) that keeps respawning. This will go on forever, if you let it. [[spoiler:And you don't actually have to do ''any'' of them. All you need to do to make the story progress is get him to assign you the first quest; there's no need to actually complete it.]]
* ForeignerForADay: In "Strong Badia the Free", everyone runs off to form their own countries after Strong Bad declares his independence from the Municipality.
* GameBreakingBug: A number of the [=SBCG4AP=] episodes have some bug some which freezes or causes trouble for the game. The PC and Wiiware versions have different bugs between them.
* GameplayGuidedAmnesia: Subverted in "Homestar Ruiner". As Strong Bad (posing as Homestar) is about to begin the Race to the End of the Race, he stops to ask Coach Z if he gets some instructions first. Coach Z tells "Homestar" he shouldn't need any instructions, as he's been training for weeks.
* GenreSavvy: "8-Bit is Enough" has its fair share of this.
-->'''Strong Bad''': Say it with me, The Cheat: [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames Licensed video games are never good.]]
** A lampshade hanging, as it's in the middle of a licensed game.
*** A ''good'' one.
* GeographicFlexibility: A LampshadeHanging is applied on this by the map system. You can move all the notable locations around on the map and put them wherever you want.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Pom-Pom’s stage name is “Pom Star.” Now remember that an “m” looks like “rn.”
* AGoodNameForARockBand: The third episode of [=SBCG4AP=] lets you name Strong Bad's band, [[HeavyMetalUmlaut DÖI]] (or rather, pick from choices provided by SB, the King of Town, and Homsar... which all spell out DÖI anyway and hence don't matter in the end).
* GuideDangIt: [=SBCG4AP=] has its moments, especially when it comes to finding collectibles and other 100% completion achievements.
** The worst one is one of the Expressions of Affection in "Baddest of the Bands". To get it, you have to have hints turned up to maximum and then wander around a particular spot for a while until the hint drops. How the game makers expected anybody to figure this one out on their own is a real mystery.
* HintSystem: Depending on the settings, characters will drop hints on what to do next. Also, some of the messages from the Drive-Thru Whale in The Field are [[CrypticConversation incredibly cryptic hints]].
* HypocriticalHumor: In "Baddest of the Bands", Marzipan complains about people who destroy the environment... while she throws a piece of litter on the ground.
* KleptomaniacHero: This is Strong Bad (in an AdventureGame) we're talking about, after all.
* LicensedGame
* LostForever: Getting collectibles and other 100% completion achievements in [=SBCG4AP=] can be difficult, because many of them can only be achieved in a small window of opportunity. Thankfully, the game averts {{Unwinnable}}, as anything needed to complete the game will always remain accessible to you.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The BigBad of "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective" turns out to be [[spoiler:The Cheat, AKA Craig]].
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: After Strong Bad steals his clothes in "Homestar Ruiner", Homestar is forced to run home naked, to the shock and horror of his friends and neighbors.
* NintendoHard: The Funmachine mini-games.
* NoInnerFourthWall: "8-Bit Is Enough" features Strong Bad hopping in and out of several in-universe video games, as well as characters from other in-universe games showing up in Free Country USA.
* NotableOriginalMusic / VillainSong: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13BCyblKYk8 Handle My Style]]" by Strong Bad in ''Homestar Ruiner''.
* OhHiThere: Strong Bad greets the player this way upon accessing Extended Play in "Dangeresque 3".
* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel: Ultimate Trogdor.]]
* OverlyLongName: "Homestar Ruiner" features the Free Country USA Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race and the Free Country USA Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny, both of which are almost always said in full, and almost always accompanied by an overly-dramatic fanfare.
** They do start saying "The Free Country Race Yadda Yadda Yadda" ''(quick fanfare)''.
* PaperThinDisguise: In "Homestar Ruiner", Strong Bad manages to convince everyone he is Homestar simply by donning Homestar's clothes and using the head from a destroyed Homestar Runner float (and mimicking Homestar's speech impediment). It matters not one bit that Strong Bad is quite a bit shorter than Homestar, nor that Strong Bad's face can clearly be seen underneath the papier mache Homestar head.
** [[InvisibleAnatomy Nor that Strong Bad has visible arms.]]
** In fact, the only time anyone noticed in that whole game that something was amiss is when Marzipan thought "Homestar's" voice sounded funny over the phone, and when Coach Z noticed that Homestar's head was bigger than usual.
** If he talks to Bubs at the Concession Stand while wearing the costume, Bubs will recognize that it's Strong Bad. But he doesn't seem to notice during the Free Country USA Tri-annual Race To The End Of The Race.
* ParrotExpowhat: "Bubs, ''please'' tell me you've got my Snake Boxer 5 manual!" "Snake what now?"
* PhraseCatcher: People telling Dangeresque "But you're not gonna like it" in Episode 4.
* PlayableEpilogue: After you complete each episode, Extended Play becomes available. This allows you to pick up collectibles you might have missed, play the Funmachine mini-games, or simply hear some additional scenes and dialogue.
* ProductPlacement: Parodied in "Dangeresque 3". Bubs goes off-script to launch into a sales pitch for a sports drink being sold at the concession stand. Strong Bad warns him, "No product placement!"
* RegionCoding: In-universe example. In "8-Bit Is Enough", Strong Bad is originally unable to access the Stinkoman game because it is region-locked. Getting around this is one of the objectives you have to accomplish.
* {{Retirony}}: Lampshaded to hell and back with [[spoiler:Renaldo]] in Episode 4.
* {{Retraux}}: The games for Strong Bad's Funmachine.
* RightHandCat: In ''Dangeresque 3'', The Cheat is used as such, being stroked by a hairbrush, which is only used because the villian doing the stroking [[InvisibleAnatomy has no arms]].
* SanitySlippage: When Strong Bad starts talking like Homsar, Strong Sad thinks he's gone insane.
* SaveThePrincess: Parodied in "8-Bit Is Enough". Rather Dashing tells Strong Bad that he's gotten out of the dragon slaying business and switched to rescuing princesses. However, work is very slow because there simply aren't many princesses around who need saving. He eventually has to settle for rescuing Strong Sad from the King of Town.
* SayMyName: "PERDUCCCCCIII!" and "[[spoiler:BAAAAZOOOOOKAAAAA!!!]]", both from Dangeresque.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Played for laughs at the end of [=SBCG4AP=] Episode 3.]]
* ShoutOut: A number of these. "Baddest of the Bands" is simply ''loaded'' with rock and pop music references, while "8-Bit is Enough" references a number of video games.
* ShowWithinAShow / StylisticSuck: "Dangeresque 3".
* SkywardScream: In "Homestar Ruiner", after Homestar hides out at Strong Bad's house, Strong Bad directs one at "IRONY!" He also pulls of a few in "Dangeresque 3".
* SpoofAesop: From "Homestar Ruiner".
-->"I think we've learned an important lesson today... that messing around with people's houses and private property is a really bad idea. Unless it's me mess-arounding. Then it's hilarious."
* StalkerWithACrush: Coach Z toward Marzipan in "Baddest of the Bands". He has one in the web series as well, but here, it's cranked UpToEleven.
* StealingFromTheTill: Bubs openly admits to "skimming off the top" with regard to the proceeds from Strong Bad's band contest. Strong Bad either doesn't notice this, or accepts it as a standard part of doing business with Bubs.
* TakeThat: In-story example; in "Baddest of the Bands", after Strong Bad turns Marzipan against Limozeen with some staged evidence, she composes a song called "Limozeen is Not Very Nice".
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Strong Bad does (literally) near the end of 8-Bit. And just in time, too, because Trogdor just transformed into [[OneWingedAngel Ultimate Trogdor]].]]
* TheThreeTrials: Spoofed in "Strong Badia the Free"; Homsar asks Strong Bad to perform "three ancient tasks of great boredom", then reveals he was just joking.
** Other episodes have legitimate three-pronged objectives.
* ThrowItIn: Marzipan insists on having her potted plant Credenza onscreen in "Dangeresque 3", over Strong Bad's objections. He does end up finding a use for it later, though.
** The movie also includes some very obvious errors that should have been edited out but weren't, though this is more likely because of [[TheyJustDidntCare laziness]] or incompetence on Strong Bad's part.
** Or The Cheat's, considering that he was the one in charge of editing and post-production. Strong Bad even calls him out at one point, when he failed to actually animate the monster that Strong Sad was supposed to be the model for. The Cheat replies that he'll fix it in post, to which Strong Bad replies "This is post!".
*** On top of it all, the errors can be ''collected'' for HundredPercentCompletion.
* TitleDrop: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in "Strong Badia the Free".
-->'''Strong Bad''': Onward to Strong Badia! Strong Badia the Free!
-->'''Homestar''': Hey, that's the name of this--
-->'''Strong Bad''': Shut up.
* TranslatorMicrobes: In the form of a Mysterious Pylon on the Homsar Reservation in "Strong Badia the Free".
* TrappedInTVLand: Strong Bad enters the world of Videlectrix games in "8-Bit Is Enough".
* UndisclosedFunds: Repairing Strong Bad's Funmachine in "Baddest of the Bands" will cost him "one big sack of cash".
* UnusualEuphemism: Marizpan doesn't like to use the word "hate", so after some teasing from Strong Bad in "Homestar Ruiner" she tells him "I really chonk you, Strong Bad. I chonk you with the passion of a thousand exploding whales."
* VillainProtagonist: Strong Bad straddles the line between this and AntiHero.
* VillainSong: "Handle My Style".
* TheWonka: Homsar turns out to be this, and not a CloudCuckooLander.
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[[caption-width-right:350:But [[TakeThatAudience you]] can play it, too!]]
->''Please stop trying to handle my style\\
'Cause you can't, no you can't\\
Uhn! Handle my style!\\
Seriously, quit trying to handle my style\\
Unless you're a lady, in which case\\
You are cordially invited to have a giant slice of my style!''
A spin-off of the wildly-popular Flash cartoon series ''HomestarRunner'', ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' (or [=SBCG4AP=] for short) is a [[EpisodicGame five-episode]] adventure game developed by [[TelltaleGames "the people who made that game]] ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Rabbit-Dog and Bunnyman]]''" and released on a monthly basis starting in August 2008. Each episode features a different adventure starring EnsembleDarkhorse Strong Bad as he goes about in a typical day of checking e-mails, writing ''TeenGirlSquad'' comics, committing arson and petty larceny, perpetrating {{Zany Scheme}}s, tormenting his neighbors, and playing video games.
The episodes are:
* ''Homestar Ruiner''-- In which Strong Bad sets out to "beat the snot out of Homestar", but instead ends up impersonating him at the Free Country USA Tri-Annual Race to the End of the Race, humiliating him in the process... which wouldn't ordinarily be a problem, except that Homestar takes refuge in Strong Bad's house and refuses to leave unless Strong Bad can fix Homestar's shattered reputation.
* ''Strong Badia the Free''-- In which Strong Bad rebels against the King of Town's new E-mail tax, and tries to rally his neighbors (who have all set up their own countries) to overthrow the King's "fat-thority".
* ''Baddest of the Bands''-- In which Strong Bad organizes (and then attempts to win) a Battle Royale of the Bands in order to fund repairs for his beloved Videlectrix Funmachine.
* ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective''-- In which Strong Bad finally completes his latest "cine-magic masterpiece", where a routine mission to save the rainforest traps Dangeresque and Renaldo in a web of treachery, lies, heartbreak, and bad action movie cliches. This is a unique installment in that you play in-character as Dangeresque, trying to solve your way through the movie's plot.
* ''8-Bit Is Enough''-- In which Strong Bad's malfunctioning Trogdor cabinet leads to Free Country USA merging with the world of video games, forcing Strong Bad to team up with his favorite video game characters and take out a rampaging Trogdor.
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!!Tropes featured in this game include:
* AbsenteeActor: Of the five episodes, only "Strong Badia the Free" has all twelve main characters appearing on screen. Homsar is missing from "Dangeresque 3" and "8-Bit Is Enough" (the latter of which also lacks Pom Pom), and makes a voice-only appearance in "Homestar Ruiner". The Poopsmith makes a photo-only appearance in "Baddest of the Bands."
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: From "Strong Badia the Free", when the gang has set up an effigy of the King of Town outside Strong Bad's house, consisting mainly of an old stick.
-->'''Strong Bad''': Why'd you bring that ugly, misshapen stick?
-->'''Homestar''': She organized the protest rally!
-->'''Strong Bad''': Not Marzipan! (softly) Though that's a pretty good one. Gotta remember that.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:After defeating Trodgor in "8-Bit is Enough", Strong Bad wakes up to find out it was apparently just a dream... except even though Free Country USA is back to normal, [[HereWeGoAgain Trogdor is still on the rampage]].]]
* AndYouWereThere: Strong Bad says this at the end of "8-Bit is Enough".
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: If you complete everything in an episode, your reward is a shirt for your wardrobe.
* {{Anticlimax}}: Surprisingly enough, brilliantly subverted in [=SBCG4AP's=] ''Strong Badia the Free''. [[spoiler:The siege of the Of Town's castle lasts five minutes and takes place off-camera. And then it turns out that being King of Town is the lousiest job in the world. The ''real'' challenge turns out to be Strong Bad ''directing the Of Town's coup against him''.]]
* AwesomenessMeter
* BadBadActing: During the tutorial, and a few times in "Dangeresque 3" (chiefly from Coach Z as Renaldo).
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:In ''Strong Badia the Free'', the King of Town levies an intentionally unfair email tax and then places Strong Bad under house arrest for not paying it. Strong Bad is infuriated, decides to rebel, and stages a coup to overthrow the KOT's authority. Turns out that this was exactly what the KOT was anticipating- he was tired of being the King of Town and set up the whole scheme just so he'd be dethroned.]]
* BigRedButton: During "Homestar Ruiner," the race's tape is ruined by pushing a red button labeled ERASE. There's a post-it tacked to it warning "DO NOT PUSH." Also makes an appearance during "Baddest of the Bands," when one is supposed to reveal Strong Bad's stage prop.
* BootstrappedTheme: "Handle My Style", the intro song from the first episode, has more or less become the series's theme song.
* BrickJoke: In "Homestar Ruiner", the episode begins with Strong Bad getting an email asking why he hasn't "beat the snot" out of Homestar yet. Strong Bad thinks it's a good idea, but his intention gets derailed. [[spoiler: In the end, when Homestar crashes out of the window in the conga line, he yells out, "Ow, my snot!"]]
* BringMyBrownPants: Strong Sad will say "Where are you going? You can't take on Trogdor without calling product support first! You'll void your warranty! And maybe your bladder!" if you try to go outside without talking to him first in Episode 5.
* ButtMonkey: Strong Sad, more so than usual. He gets ridiculed, pummeled, conned, humiliated, and otherwise tormented throughout each episode (though he does get to dish some abuse back to Strong Bad in "Baddest of the Bands").
* CharacterFilibuster: Parodied in "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective", when Strong Bad fast-forwards through Marzipan's lecture on the environment.
* ChewingTheScenery: Strong Bad in "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective" [[spoiler:when mourning the death of his father, Dadgeresque]].
* CollectionSidequest: Two or three different sets in each game.
* ColonCancer: ''Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People: Episode 4: Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective''.
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: It's a game based around [[{{Jerkass}} Strong Bad]]; what do you expect?
* DistressedDude: Strong Sad and Bubs in "8-Bit Is Enough"
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:"Craig" (The Cheat)]] in "Dangeresque 3".
* DummiedOut: Some costumes from later episodes are programmed into earlier episodes, along with an Ab-Abber 2000 "shirt."
* DVDBonusContent: The Extended Play for "Dangeresque 3" is done in the style of this.
* {{Egopolis}}: In addition to Strong Badia, an existing location from the web series, "Strong Badia the Free" features all the other characters forming their own countries, most of them named after themselves (such as the Homsar Reservation, Coachnya, and Marzistar/Homezipan).
* EmptyRoomPsych
* EpisodicGame
* EvilTwin: Arguably Sultry Buttons to Cutesy Buttons in "Dangeresque 3". Not to mention [[spoiler:Uzi Bazooka for Dangeresque Too]].
* ExactWords: ''Dangeresque 3'' is in 3D, in that it's rendered in 3D graphics.
* ExplosiveLeash: Strong Bad gets fitted with one at the start of "Strong Badia the Free".
* ExpositionFairy: Homestar gets turned into one of these in "8-Bit is Enough". Naturally, [[StopHelpingMe he's not very helpful]].
* FetchQuest: In ''8-Bit is Enough'' "Princess" Strong Sad keeps sending you on quests to find items like "The Sigil of Dark Dampening" and "The Shimmering Trinket of Endless Bargain-Hunting." The reward for each quest is another quest to fetch the same item (with a different name) that keeps respawning. This will go on forever, if you let it. [[spoiler:And you don't actually have to do ''any'' of them. All you need to do to make the story progress is get him to assign you the first quest; there's no need to actually complete it.]]
* ForeignerForADay: In "Strong Badia the Free", everyone runs off to form their own countries after Strong Bad declares his independence from the Municipality.
* GameBreakingBug: A number of the [=SBCG4AP=] episodes have some bug some which freezes or causes trouble for the game. The PC and Wiiware versions have different bugs between them.
* GameplayGuidedAmnesia: Subverted in "Homestar Ruiner". As Strong Bad (posing as Homestar) is about to begin the Race to the End of the Race, he stops to ask Coach Z if he gets some instructions first. Coach Z tells "Homestar" he shouldn't need any instructions, as he's been training for weeks.
* GenreSavvy: "8-Bit is Enough" has its fair share of this.
-->'''Strong Bad''': Say it with me, The Cheat: [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames Licensed video games are never good.]]
** A lampshade hanging, as it's in the middle of a licensed game.
*** A ''good'' one.
* GeographicFlexibility: A LampshadeHanging is applied on this by the map system. You can move all the notable locations around on the map and put them wherever you want.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Pom-Pom’s stage name is “Pom Star.” Now remember that an “m” looks like “rn.”
* AGoodNameForARockBand: The third episode of [=SBCG4AP=] lets you name Strong Bad's band, [[HeavyMetalUmlaut DÖI]] (or rather, pick from choices provided by SB, the King of Town, and Homsar... which all spell out DÖI anyway and hence don't matter in the end).
* GuideDangIt: [=SBCG4AP=] has its moments, especially when it comes to finding collectibles and other 100% completion achievements.
** The worst one is one of the Expressions of Affection in "Baddest of the Bands". To get it, you have to have hints turned up to maximum and then wander around a particular spot for a while until the hint drops. How the game makers expected anybody to figure this one out on their own is a real mystery.
* HintSystem: Depending on the settings, characters will drop hints on what to do next. Also, some of the messages from the Drive-Thru Whale in The Field are [[CrypticConversation incredibly cryptic hints]].
* HypocriticalHumor: In "Baddest of the Bands", Marzipan complains about people who destroy the environment... while she throws a piece of litter on the ground.
* KleptomaniacHero: This is Strong Bad (in an AdventureGame) we're talking about, after all.
* LicensedGame
* LostForever: Getting collectibles and other 100% completion achievements in [=SBCG4AP=] can be difficult, because many of them can only be achieved in a small window of opportunity. Thankfully, the game averts {{Unwinnable}}, as anything needed to complete the game will always remain accessible to you.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The BigBad of "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective" turns out to be [[spoiler:The Cheat, AKA Craig]].
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: After Strong Bad steals his clothes in "Homestar Ruiner", Homestar is forced to run home naked, to the shock and horror of his friends and neighbors.
* NintendoHard: The Funmachine mini-games.
* NoInnerFourthWall: "8-Bit Is Enough" features Strong Bad hopping in and out of several in-universe video games, as well as characters from other in-universe games showing up in Free Country USA.
* NotableOriginalMusic / VillainSong: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13BCyblKYk8 Handle My Style]]" by Strong Bad in ''Homestar Ruiner''.
* OhHiThere: Strong Bad greets the player this way upon accessing Extended Play in "Dangeresque 3".
* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel: Ultimate Trogdor.]]
* OverlyLongName: "Homestar Ruiner" features the Free Country USA Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race and the Free Country USA Tri-annual Race to the End of the Race Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny, both of which are almost always said in full, and almost always accompanied by an overly-dramatic fanfare.
** They do start saying "The Free Country Race Yadda Yadda Yadda" ''(quick fanfare)''.
* PaperThinDisguise: In "Homestar Ruiner", Strong Bad manages to convince everyone he is Homestar simply by donning Homestar's clothes and using the head from a destroyed Homestar Runner float (and mimicking Homestar's speech impediment). It matters not one bit that Strong Bad is quite a bit shorter than Homestar, nor that Strong Bad's face can clearly be seen underneath the papier mache Homestar head.
** [[InvisibleAnatomy Nor that Strong Bad has visible arms.]]
** In fact, the only time anyone noticed in that whole game that something was amiss is when Marzipan thought "Homestar's" voice sounded funny over the phone, and when Coach Z noticed that Homestar's head was bigger than usual.
** If he talks to Bubs at the Concession Stand while wearing the costume, Bubs will recognize that it's Strong Bad. But he doesn't seem to notice during the Free Country USA Tri-annual Race To The End Of The Race.
* ParrotExpowhat: "Bubs, ''please'' tell me you've got my Snake Boxer 5 manual!" "Snake what now?"
* PhraseCatcher: People telling Dangeresque "But you're not gonna like it" in Episode 4.
* PlayableEpilogue: After you complete each episode, Extended Play becomes available. This allows you to pick up collectibles you might have missed, play the Funmachine mini-games, or simply hear some additional scenes and dialogue.
* ProductPlacement: Parodied in "Dangeresque 3". Bubs goes off-script to launch into a sales pitch for a sports drink being sold at the concession stand. Strong Bad warns him, "No product placement!"
* RegionCoding: In-universe example. In "8-Bit Is Enough", Strong Bad is originally unable to access the Stinkoman game because it is region-locked. Getting around this is one of the objectives you have to accomplish.
* {{Retirony}}: Lampshaded to hell and back with [[spoiler:Renaldo]] in Episode 4.
* {{Retraux}}: The games for Strong Bad's Funmachine.
* RightHandCat: In ''Dangeresque 3'', The Cheat is used as such, being stroked by a hairbrush, which is only used because the villian doing the stroking [[InvisibleAnatomy has no arms]].
* SanitySlippage: When Strong Bad starts talking like Homsar, Strong Sad thinks he's gone insane.
* SaveThePrincess: Parodied in "8-Bit Is Enough". Rather Dashing tells Strong Bad that he's gotten out of the dragon slaying business and switched to rescuing princesses. However, work is very slow because there simply aren't many princesses around who need saving. He eventually has to settle for rescuing Strong Sad from the King of Town.
* SayMyName: "PERDUCCCCCIII!" and "[[spoiler:BAAAAZOOOOOKAAAAA!!!]]", both from Dangeresque.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Played for laughs at the end of [=SBCG4AP=] Episode 3.]]
* ShoutOut: A number of these. "Baddest of the Bands" is simply ''loaded'' with rock and pop music references, while "8-Bit is Enough" references a number of video games.
* ShowWithinAShow / StylisticSuck: "Dangeresque 3".
* SkywardScream: In "Homestar Ruiner", after Homestar hides out at Strong Bad's house, Strong Bad directs one at "IRONY!" He also pulls of a few in "Dangeresque 3".
* SpoofAesop: From "Homestar Ruiner".
-->"I think we've learned an important lesson today... that messing around with people's houses and private property is a really bad idea. Unless it's me mess-arounding. Then it's hilarious."
* StalkerWithACrush: Coach Z toward Marzipan in "Baddest of the Bands". He has one in the web series as well, but here, it's cranked UpToEleven.
* StealingFromTheTill: Bubs openly admits to "skimming off the top" with regard to the proceeds from Strong Bad's band contest. Strong Bad either doesn't notice this, or accepts it as a standard part of doing business with Bubs.
* TakeThat: In-story example; in "Baddest of the Bands", after Strong Bad turns Marzipan against Limozeen with some staged evidence, she composes a song called "Limozeen is Not Very Nice".
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Strong Bad does (literally) near the end of 8-Bit. And just in time, too, because Trogdor just transformed into [[OneWingedAngel Ultimate Trogdor]].]]
* TheThreeTrials: Spoofed in "Strong Badia the Free"; Homsar asks Strong Bad to perform "three ancient tasks of great boredom", then reveals he was just joking.
** Other episodes have legitimate three-pronged objectives.
* ThrowItIn: Marzipan insists on having her potted plant Credenza onscreen in "Dangeresque 3", over Strong Bad's objections. He does end up finding a use for it later, though.
** The movie also includes some very obvious errors that should have been edited out but weren't, though this is more likely because of [[TheyJustDidntCare laziness]] or incompetence on Strong Bad's part.
** Or The Cheat's, considering that he was the one in charge of editing and post-production. Strong Bad even calls him out at one point, when he failed to actually animate the monster that Strong Sad was supposed to be the model for. The Cheat replies that he'll fix it in post, to which Strong Bad replies "This is post!".
*** On top of it all, the errors can be ''collected'' for HundredPercentCompletion.
* TitleDrop: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in "Strong Badia the Free".
-->'''Strong Bad''': Onward to Strong Badia! Strong Badia the Free!
-->'''Homestar''': Hey, that's the name of this--
-->'''Strong Bad''': Shut up.
* TranslatorMicrobes: In the form of a Mysterious Pylon on the Homsar Reservation in "Strong Badia the Free".
* TrappedInTVLand: Strong Bad enters the world of Videlectrix games in "8-Bit Is Enough".
* UndisclosedFunds: Repairing Strong Bad's Funmachine in "Baddest of the Bands" will cost him "one big sack of cash".
* UnusualEuphemism: Marizpan doesn't like to use the word "hate", so after some teasing from Strong Bad in "Homestar Ruiner" she tells him "I really chonk you, Strong Bad. I chonk you with the passion of a thousand exploding whales."
* VillainProtagonist: Strong Bad straddles the line between this and AntiHero.
* VillainSong: "Handle My Style".
* TheWonka: Homsar turns out to be this, and not a CloudCuckooLander.
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