Airdate: Monday, July 25, 2005
Sender: nathan, tx
Nathan TX ("That has, like, way four more cylinders than the standard Nathan.") wants to know if Strong Bad is in the record book, and if so, then what for? This inspires Strong Bad to crack open his copy of "The Record Book of World Records". Not only is the book out of date (he's pretty sure Coach Z has broken his old record for "Longest Showerless Streak" "by several fortnights at this point"), but he finds that he set the record for "Dirtiest Diapey" when he was little, and he makes a clumsy attempt to cover it up out of embarrassment.
Strong Bad decides it's time for an update, and crafts said update in the form of Count Longardeaux's Book of Party Tricks, Redneck Jokes, and Worldly Records. His first step is determining "Who's the fattest", but when he finds his brother Strong Sad has transcribed Paradise Lost in four languages onto a single grain of rice, he finds a more deserving record for his brother: "Biggest Waste of Dump".
Next stop is the King of Town's castle, where Strong Bad is sure the King will set "some disgusting eating records" over lunch. When the King inhales a massive pile of salt and suffers, not hiccups, but multiple heart-attacks, Strong Bad awards him the record for "Least Healthiest (Man?)"
Out in the field, Coach Z tries to set a record for "puttin' nine pieces of chewed-up gum on my face and singin' the 'I'm Just Me' song and hoppin' around on one foot". Strong Bad is not impressed, and scolds Coach Z for trying to "make up some random crap that no one else will ever do and call that a record", despite Homsar attempting the very same thing. It also doesn't stop Strong Bad from awarding his brother Strong Mad (who is presumably harder to argue with) the record for "Most Macaronis Nailed To A Paper Towel Tube...By Strong Mad".
Meanwhile, Marzipan sets the record for the pole vault (though with no photo available), and Bubs wins Cutest Couple (by himself, somehow). As Strong Bad wonders what record for which he should be in the book, the Cheat sarcastically suggests "Most Rectangular Mouth".
The Cheat: (sassy The Cheat noises)
Strong Bad: What a bunch of bull (makes his mouth as round as possible) hooooooooooooooooooooooooo— (buzzer sounds, cut to Strong Bad's picture in the record book under "Longest Bull Honkey: 13.4 seconds")
Tropes:
- Consolation World Record: Strong Bad accidentally earns the record for "Longest Bull Honkey" after objecting at length to The Cheat's suggestion of "most rectangular mouth". An Easter egg shows Homsar was given "The Semi-Annual Mustard Man Award or Best Offer!"
- *Cough* Snark *Cough*: Strong Bad coughs the words "Coffee, eggs, bacon!" while "accidentally" spilling breakfast over his entry in the Record Book of World Records.
- Embarrassing Nickname: Strong Bad addresses Strong Sad as "Double-bottom".
- Guinness Episode: Strong Bad turns it around on everyone by inventing his own record book and then challenging everyone else to set world records so he can have something to actually put in it.
- Hiccup Hijinks: The King of Town gets a spell of hiccups after inhaling his giant pile of salt. He then clarifies that they aren't hiccups, but heart attacks.
- Nutritional Nightmare: The King of Town has a giant pile of salt for lunch, which he inhales along with a salt shaker. He promptly has multiple concurrent heart attacks from consuming the thing, earning him the title of "Least Healthiest (Man?)" in Strong Bad's record book.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Marzipan apparently set a record for pole vaulting (at 20 feet and 1.5 inches; at the time this cartoon was released, the women's pole vaulting record was 16 feet and 5 inches), but she's not actually shown doing it and her page in Strong Bad's record book says "Surprisingly, No Photo Available".
- Overly Long Gag: Strong Bad says "bull honkey" for several seconds straight while demonstrating how he can make his mouth round.
- Overly Long Name: Strong Bad writes a book called Count Longardeaux's Book of Party Tricks, Redneck Jokes, and Worldly Records.
- Overly Narrow Superlative:
- Coach Z tries to set the record for sticking nine pieces of gum to his face while singing the "I'm Just Me" song and hopping on one foot. Strong Bad calls him out for this, saying that he can't just make up something random that no one else will ever do and expect to set a record...only to cut to Homsar doing exactly what Coach Z is doing.
- Strong Mad is given the record "Most Macaronis Nailed To A Paper Towel Tube...By Strong Mad". (Just one!)
- Running Gag: Homestar telling bad redneck jokes. Also, the soapbox from fingers makes another appearance, this time reading "THIRTEEN, Y'ALL".
- Spill Stain Sabotage: Strong Bad "accidentally" makes breakfast over his entry in the Record Book of World Records, after finding out that his record was for "Dirtiest Diapey".
- Strange Minds Think Alike: When Strong Bad scolds Coach Z that no one would try and set a record for "longest time jumping on one foot with nine pieces of gum stuck to your face while singing the 'I'm Just Me' song", the camera cuts to Homsar doing just that.
- Toilet Humor: Strong Bad apparently set the record for "Dirtiest Diapey" when he was little, much to his embarrassment.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Strong Bad tells Strong Sad that his feat of miniature writing (transcribing Paradise Lost onto a single grain of rice in four languages) "definitely deserves a record", then slaps him with the record for "Biggest Waste of Dump". Downplayed, since he gets to keep the rice.
