Airdate: Monday, September 5, 2005
In honor of the Brothers Chaps appearing at Dragoncon 2005, Strong Bad hangs out with The Cheat at "Trogdorcon '97", making fun of the various geeks and nerds (including Homestar and Strong Sad).
Tropes:
- Continuity Nod:
- The Poopsmith goes by at one point, wearing his Sleestak costume from "Pumpkin Carve-nival".
- An Easter egg reveals the "Godzilla guy" Strong Bad and The Cheat doused in pea soup turns out to be the King of Town, whose distaste for peas was established in the SBEmail "different town".King of Town: (seething) Ohhh, somebody picked the wrong authorized Godzilla reseller to mess with today!
- Cosplay Otaku Girl: Strong Bad is intrigued by the prospect of meeting "ladies in skimpy sci-fi costumes" at the convention.
- Disco Dan: Strong Bad says that the last time he checked (which was in 1987), "anime" was called "Japanimation".
- For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: Parodied, with Homestar literally dresses as himself for the convention, including a crude paper star and propeller beanie over his usual star-shirt and cap.Homestar: Hey, guess who I'm supposed to be!
Strong Bad: Um... Homestar Runner?
Homestar: Hey, you got it! First try! Was it my star or propeller cap that gave it away?
Strong Bad: It was your unbelievably loose grasp on the world around you. - Lame Comeback: This exchange.Strong Sad: It's not called TrogdorCon and it's 2005.
Strong Bad: It might be for you, but... you're... a butt. (smiles)
Strong Sad: That's a good 'un, Strong Bad. - Pretentious Pronunciation: Strong Sad excuses himself to go buy some anime, or "ah-nee-may" as he pronounces it.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: When Strong Sad wonders where Strong Bad and The Cheat got money to rent a booth.Strong Bad: Look, I don't know where The Cheat got 500 bucks or where your missing 500 bucks is.
- Take Our Word for It: An Easter egg has Strong Bad heckling various convention-goers. Though we don't see their costumes, Strong Bad clearly finds several of them to be either unflattering ("Hey, loincloth! Please to be putting on more clothes! Ugh... like, five or six more clothes.") or lame ("The fact that your costume is accurate down to the tiniest detail does not change the fact that that TV show sucked.")
