Line #18 Recap/StrongBadEmailE48Ghosts


1	'''Airdate:''' Thursday, October 31, 2002
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3	'''Senders:''' Josh, John & Doug, Nashville, TN
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5	->'''Strong Bad:''' [[BlatantLies Boy, is it ever Monday!]]
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7	Strong Bad's self-proclaimed "favorite cowboys" ask if there are any ghosts in Strong Badia. He decides that his micronation is long overdue for a ghost check, and calls in the Cheat to assist.
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9	->'''Strong Bad:''' The Cheat! Meet me in the Strong Bad Cave!\
10	'''The Cheat:''' (''quizzical the Cheat noises'')\
11	'''Strong Bad:''' Erm, well...meet me in the closet and, uh...we'll put on some costumes.
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13	That night, in Strong Badia, Strong Bad and The Cheat do a quick sweep. Both the Tire and Sign are all clear, and what seems to be "the ghost of General Tso" is really just a moldy old box of Chinese food The Cheat left lying around. But just as Strong Bad is about to declare his country "ghost free, proud to be", who should show up but the vengeful specter of the Tandy 400!
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15	->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh! Uh... My old computer! Umm... What's up, man? Sure is one... spooky sound you're making there...
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17	The Tandy begins to menace Strong Bad and The Cheat with a "bad graphics ghost", prompting Strong Bad to try and diffuse the situation:
18	->'''Strong Bad:''' Look, old computer. Sorry I threw you out and everything but, uh...The Cheat, um...Chea-Chea-Cheat's got soccer practice, so uh... Did you remember your cleats, The Cheat? THROW THAT CHINESE FOOD AT 'EM!! ''(The Cheat does so, and the two make a break for it as the ghostly computer gives chase.)''\
19	''(Cut back to the computer room. The Paper comes down. The Bad Graphic Ghost appears on the Compy's screen as spooky noises begin emanating)''
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21	!!Tropes:
22	* BlatantLies: The email opens with Strong Bad saying "Boy, is it ever Monday!" The cartoon was released on a Thursday to coincide with Halloween of that year.
23	* CallBack: Strong Bad apologizes to the Tandy's ghost for [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE41Invisibility throwing it away]].
24	* EasterEgg: If you mouse over the pixels in the Bad Graphics Ghost fast enough that all of them have disappeared, a message will appear reading "You killed the Bad Graphics Ghost. Now Strong Sad will sing you a scary song." This is followed by cutting to Strong Sad standing in front of a field of stars, where he sings the children's song "The Ghost of John", then observes that the starry background makes him feel like "the master of time and space."
25	* HalloweenEpisode: The e-mail aired on Halloween, and revolves around a ghost-hunt.
26	* ImprovisedWeapon: In an effort to distract the Tandy's ghost, Strong Bad tells The Cheat to "Throw that Chinese food at him!"
27	* INeedToGoIronMyDog: As the Tandy's ghost menaces him, Strong Bad claims that he has to go take The Cheat to soccer practice.
28	* ItCameFromTheFridge: Strong Bad briefly mistakes a take-out box of grody Chinese food for "The Ghost of General Tso".
29	* RealAfterAll: Right after Strong Bad claims "[[TemptingFate Strong Badia is ghost-free, proud to be]]," the ghost of the Tandy shows up.
30	* SarcasmMode: Strong Bad's response to reading the e-mail's signature is "Took all three of ya to come up with that one, huh? You're some bright young men!"
31	* ShoutOut:
32	** The scene transition to Strong Badia at night is done in the style of the Adam West ''Series/{{Batman\|1966}}'' TV show.
33	** Strong Bad and the Cheat have ''Film/GhostbustersII'' t-shirts as part of their ghost-hunting outfits.
34	** This is the first sbemail in which the [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Floppy_Disk_Container floppy disk container]] on Strong Bad's desk has a labelled floppy disk in it, this time having one labelled "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_of_the_Fatman Tongue of the Fatman]]".
35	** Strong Bad orders The Cheat to meet him in "the Strong Bad Cave".
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37	->'''Compy 386:''' (''when the Bad Graphics Ghost disappears'') You killed the Bad Graphics Ghost. Now Strong Sad will sing you a scary song.
38	->'''Strong Sad:''' (''standing in the middle of a starry backdrop, singing'') ''Have you seen the ghost of John?\
39	Long white bones with the skin all go-o-o-one?\
40	Whoo! Whoooo! Whooo!\
41	Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin oooooon?''\

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