Airdate: Monday, April 11, 2005
Sender: Peter
Strong Bad: (rapping) Email, check it, come on, a-come on, y'all-a-email check it, come on, a-come on, y'all!
"Sincerely Peter Comma" thinks it's been entirely too long since "Ong-Stray Ad-Bay" went on a rampage. Strong Bad claims that on the contrary, he's been more selective about the types of rampages on which he goes, with such examples as:
- A "reading rampage", where Strong Bad reads "Smart Investing for Jerks" while Strong Mad reads... a waffle with the word "Bug" written on it in syrup.Strong Bad: Man, this book really speaks to me. In like, (flips the book upside down) a couple different languages even.
Strong Mad: THIS BOOK IS TOO LONG! - A "regal rampage", which involves Strong Bad dressing as a king and talking vaguely like royalty while clubbing the King of Town.Strong Bad: I bequeath thee! (SMACK!)
King of Town: Ow!
Strong Bad: I bequeath thee! (SMACK!)
King of Town: Ow!
Strong Bad: I bequeath thee! (SMACK!)
King of Town: One more!
Strong Bad: Ye hath quivered me tuppence!
King of Town: Oops, ya lost me! (Two rapid smacks) - A "legal rampage", which involves Strong Bad dressing in a suit and throwing legal papers at Homestar's front door.Strong Bad: This is a sub-po-eena! I summons exhibit 4-B to my chambers!
Homestar: Sustained! (hits himself in the head with a gavel) - Strong Bad also claims to have gone on (or "gone OOORF!") several "lyrical rampages" with Coach Z and DJ Teh Cheat, though poetry fan Strong Sad isn't impressed.Strong Sad: May I please ask how repeating the same four words constitutes a lyrical rampage?
Strong Bad: May I please ask how a round mound of gray fatness constitutes a younger brother? I'm on a rampage!
After Strong Sad half-heartedly busts a rhyme in iambic pentameter, then leaves Strong Bad and Coach Z to continue their lyrical rampage, we cut back to Strong Bad.
Strong Bad: Ya see Comma, (comma) you can still hurt people and their feelings with all manner of different rampages.
Tropes:
- Accidental Misnaming: Strong Bad interprets the reader's name as "Comma".
- Continuity Nod:
- An Easter egg features a poster for Litigation Jackson 2: Legal Rampage, a sequel to Litigation Jackson from "A Decemberween Pageant".
- Another Easter egg features a Rampage parody where Strong Mad tries to get his "panties" back from The Cheat, in a nod to "morning routine".
- Courtroom Antics: Strong Bad's "legal rampage" involves throwing papers for a "sub-po-ena" at Homestar's front door and spouting random legal jargon.
- Cutaway Gag: When Strong Sad boasts that his own attempt at a "lyrical rampage" went over great at his last Poetry Slam, it cuts to Strong Sad performing for Marzipan and Homsar.Marzipan: Good style there, Strong Sad! Geoff Chaucer would be would be proud.
Homsar: Aaaaaaaaah, caramel corn for president, please! - Dumb Muscle: During the "reading rampage" Strong Mad is seen reading a waffle with the word "Bug" written on it in syrup. And his review...Strong Mad: THIS BOOK IS TOO LONG!
- Lame Comeback: Coach Z pulls off a few of these:Coach Z: Maybe we should start calling you S.S., for Strong Sad!
Strong Bad: ...What is wrong with you? - Metaphorgotten: During his "reading rampage", Strong Bad says "This book really speaks to me. In like, a couple different languages even."
- Piss-Take Rap:
- Coach Z and Strong Bad make one up for their "lyrical rampage".Coach Z: I got problems with my feet and my back!
Strong Bad: I'm on a rampage!
Coach Z: I'm about to have a dope rhyme attack!
Strong Bad: I'm on a rampage!
Coach Z: Coach Z, rock all types o' sports!
Strong Bad: I'm on a rampage!
Coach Z: And if you don't like it, you can get with the Chort! - Strong Sad calls them out on it, but his attempt at a rap in iambic pentameter isn't much better:Strong Sad: The quill, the page, ly-ric ram-page, word up?
- Coach Z and Strong Bad make one up for their "lyrical rampage".
- Shout-Out: An Easter egg features The Cheat and Strong Mad in a parody of Rampage.
- Theme Naming: The different kinds of rampages form a word chain: reading, regal, legal, lyrical.
- Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: Strong Bad uses gratuitous Elizabethan English during his "regal rampage'. "I bequeath thee! I bequeath thee! I bequeath thee! Ye have quivered me tuppence!"
Strong Bad: Until next time, bailiff, I'll be in my chambers. I mean, The Cheat, I'll be in my office... which is this room... so, I'll be right here.
(The Paper comes down.)
