Airdate: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Sender: Jody (not a girl), TX
Strong Bad opens his big "sesquicentenn-email" by, in a rare show of solidarity, allowing his brother to accompany him in performing the intro.
Strong Sad: No prob, Bob.
He brings up a message from Jody (not a girl), who has a couple of "question marks" for Strong Bad: "What would you do with a hundred million dollars?" and "What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in an alternate universe somehow?"
Strong Bad informs "Ms. Dozer" that they actually answered question #1 with question #2, since he and the Cheat have invested a hundred million dollars in an alternate universe portal!... which is actually an old Game Boy in a blender that cost them about fourteen bucks ("That's like a hundred million dollars in... dog years, right?") Strong Bad orders the Cheat to "mash go", and the device somehow conjures a massive swirly portal.
The Cheat: (affirmative the Cheat noises)
Strong Bad: Ohbee kaybee! (leaps into the portal) Jump!
Strong Bad soon finds himself "in a bulding" in a comic-book style universe, where he runs into "Strong Badman! And his well-drawn abs!" Strong Bad is rather baffled, however, as to why Strong Badman would make his secret lair in a crappy apartment.
Strong Bad isn't impressed by Strong Badman's plot to "waste water, and not pay for it", and even less when he tries to skip ahead to a more exciting part of the comic only to find Strong Badman stealing "expanded basic cable" from the neighbors.
With "a little frappe action" from the Cheat, Strong Bad is on to his next alternate universe, the Old-Timey world. Unfortunately, he appears at a bad time during Old-Timey Strong Bad's magic act (when he's trying to not make anything appear), and the two of them are pelted with "shades of gray tomatoes" before Strong Bad teleports away.
Next, Strong Bad finds himself on a vector field with Vector Strong Bad, who's just hanging out doing what he does best ("I SPLO STUFF UP")... and who, as it turns out, doubles as Stinkoman's training simulator. Strong Bad and Stinkoman dodge flying squares for a bit, but Strong Bad is teleported away just as Vector Strong Bad decides to take it to the next level.
Strong Bad's next destination is the world based on the original kids' book The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man In the World Contest, where he's roped into a "Dig To China With Your Ears" contest against Tiny-Handed Strong Bad. Strong Bad prefers to just "max and relax" while THSB does all the digging... and ends up unearthing a giant mug of root beer. Suddenly, Old-Timey Strong Bad appears and dives into the "sarsaparilla swimming hole". Even stranger, Strong Bad suddenly vanishes as Keyboard Strong Bad from "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes" appears to take his place.
Strong Bad soon finds himself rapidly jumping through a series of alternate universes: puppet-style, the enclosure for Da Huuuuuuuudge, and the abandoned pie factory from "The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries".
It turns out that Homestar has hijacked the blender to make a "real fruit smoothie", when Strong Bad and several of his alternate selves appear back in the computer room. Thankfully, the madness ends when Homestar accidentally banishes himself and closes the portal. Strong Bad is inspired by the sight of "all these Strong Bad-related faces" to form a super-group and record a number one jam, to which his alternate selves reluctantly agree.
Checkin' em down, checkin' em down...
Stinkoman: I hope it's from a girrrrrrrl!
Chorus: Save the last e-mail for Strong Bad!
Senor Cardgage: Let the little children go...
Vector Strong Bad: I HOPE THEY DON'T A SPLODE
Chorus: Save the last e-mail for Strong Bad!
Old-Timey Strong Bad: Save the last e-mail for Strong Bad!
Da Huuuuuuuudge: Save the last email for meeeee!
Strong Badman: Save the last email!
Strong Bad: All my Strong Bad doppelgängers represent! Sesquicentenn-email 2005! I mean, six.
(The Paper comes down as the music ends.)
Tropes:
- Alliance of Alternates: Upon gathering all his alternate-universe counterparts in his house, Strong Bad convinces them to form a supergroup and record a number one jam.
- Alternate Self: Strong Bad meets several alternate versions of himself, even including Sterrance and the Huuuuuuuudge.
- Alternate Universe: Strong Bad travels through a number of alternate universes from the website, such as the comic book world of Strong Badman and the 1936 dimension.
- Art-Style Clash: All the alternate Strong Bads retain their original art styles. Thus, the group shot at the end contains quite a diverse set of different styles.
- Brick Joke:
- Way back in "2 emails", three years and seventy-nine episodes ago, Homestar tried, and failed, to make a time machine using a Game Boy and a blender. Here, The Cheat somehow successfully makes an interdimensional portal using a Game Boy and a blender.
- In "Sbemail 150?!?", a teaser cartoon for this e-mail, Strong Sad suggested directing a scene where Coach Z holds a pear covered in googly eyes while black coffee drips down his face. This scene is actually included in an Easter egg.
- Bring My Brown Pants: Implied with Coach Z in an Easter egg, who says "I'm not a liberty to discuss what I just did in my pants!"
- Canon Welding: It turns out Vector Strong Bad serves as a training simulator for Stinkoman.
- Department of Redundancy Department: Strong Bad's song opens with the line "There's a crazy world of emails in this crazy world..."
- Digging to China: Strong Bad ends up in a "Dig to China With Your Ears" contest with Tiny-Handed Strong Bad.
- Gender-Blender Name: The sender claims they're "not a girl", to which Strong Bad replies:"Ya know, you could probably ditch that (not a girl) thing, if you just replaced it with something tough and cool and kool and tuff. Like (Bulldozer). Jody (Bulldozer). Nobody's gonna think that guy's a girl."
- Giant Food: Tiny-Handed Strong Bad digs up "a giant mug of frosty root beer", which Old-Timey Strong Bad uses as "a sarsaparilla swimming hole".
- Home Made Inventions: The portal generator is an original Game Boy in a blender. It works, somehow.
- Immediate Self-Contradiction: Strong Bad says Jody should call himself "Jody (Bulldozer)", because no one would mistake that for a girl's name. In his very next sentence, Strong Bad addresses Jody as "Ms. Bulldozer".
- Mundane Made Awesome: When Strong Bad asks Strong Badman why his secret lair is in "a crappy apartment", Strong Badman boasts "Because, mere mortal... this apartment... IS RENT-CONTROLLED! And... water's included."
- Old-Timey Bathing Suit: Old-Timey Strong Bad wears one when he jumps into the "sarsaparilla swimming hole".
- Pet the Dog: Strong Sad accompanies Strong Bad on guitar for the opening e-mail song, and Strong Bad actually thanks Strong Sad for it afterwards.
- Poke the Poodle: Strong Badman's evil plans include wasting water (and not paying for it) in his rent-controlled apartment and stealing cable from his neighbor.Strong Badman: STINY! Keep flushing those toilets!
- Produce Pelting: Strong Bad interrupting Old-Timey Strong Bad's magic act leads to the both of them being pelted with "shades-of-gray tomatoes".
- Shout-Out:
- Strong Bad saying "Ohbee kaybee" before jumping into the portal is a reference to Mushmouth from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
- An Easter egg has Coach Z and Homestar in the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks.
- When looking at the alternate universe portal, Strong Bad notes it "could release some serious Cacodemons."
- Tempting Fate: Old-Timey Strong Bad boasts "For my next parlor trick, I shan't make anything appear!" Naturally, Strong Bad teleports in at just the wrong time.Old-Timey Strong Bad: You brightly-colored baboon! You've ruined my vaudeville!
- Verbal Backspace: Strong Bad ends his song with "Sesquicentenn-email two-thousand five... I mean six!"
- Vocal Dissonance: Da Huuuuuuuudge has a high-pitched, effeminate singing voice.
- Who Writes This Crap?!: Strong Bad's reaction to Strong Badman's "evil" schemes.Strong Bad: Who's writing this issue? The "geniuses" behind She-Hulk?
Homestar: (subtitled, in a fake backwards-sounding voice) Coach Z, if you're not going to eat that eyeball pear... (coughs, speaks normally) I suggest you give it to someone who will.
Coach Z: (distressed) I dunno what's goin' on, Homestar, but I'm not at liberty to discuss what I just did in my pants!
Strong Bad: Wow, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage! My life is complete.
Senor Cardage: Alonzo Mourning to you, Myrtlebeth. Say hello to my tacklebox. (holds up his tacklebox)
Strong Bad: Hello there, tacklebox. I'm such a big fan!
Senor Cardgage: (holds up some papers) Well, if you could just sign right here on the dotty line, the adaption will be complete.
Strong Bad: You're gonna adopt me?!
(Strong Bad suddenly disappears)
Strong Bad: (offscreen, with a slight echo effect) Aw, man...
