Airdate: Monday, September 9, 2002
Sender: sin studly17
Strong Bad finally returns from his vacation, and announces he won't be needing the "DORKS!" sticky note anymore... or the Tandy 400 for that matter.
With the formalities out of the way, Strong Bad preps the Compy for its inaugural e-mail, in which "sin studly17" asks what Strong Bad would do if he were "invisable" for a day.
Strong Bad imagines that he would just do the things he normally does: "steal stuff" (like the Swiss Cake Rolls from Bubs' Concession Stand), "punch stuff" (like Homestar, who just thinks he was assaulted by a floating stack of boxes of snack cakes and mutters "Those things are bad for you..."), and "eat stuff, and at the same time watch stuff" (Like enjoying his ill-gotten gains while watching Family Feud: "Survey says, you're an idiot!"). However, Strong Bad realizes an unfortunate downside when he imagines Strong Mad sitting on him, despite his attempt to warn ol' "Brain for Brains" that he's invisible.
(The Paper comes down. After a brief moment, the scene fades to the Tandy 400 dumped in a trash can, surrounded by flies)
Tropes:
- Bait-and-Switch: Strong Bad removes the "DORKS!" Post-It, seemingly ready to check the next email... only to knock the Tandy off the desk and replace it with the Compy.
- Blessed with Suck: After imagining getting sat on by Strong Mad, Strong Bad decides "Being invisible is not worth a face full of Strong Mad butt."
- Fantasy Twist: Strong Bad's fantasy about being invisible features him doing his usual mischief, but ends with Strong Mad sitting on him because he fails to realize Strong Bad is already on the couch.
- Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Strong Bad establishes himself as one when he remarks "I don't really think being visible prevents me from doing whatever I want to do."
- Invisible Jerkass: Strong Bad imagines himself using invisibility to help perpetrate his usual hijinks, like stealing stuff from the Concession Stand and punching Homestar.
- Malicious Misnaming:
- Strong Bad makes fun of "sin studly17" by referring to him as "Dumb Name".
- The Tandy calls the Compy 386 the "Three Eighty-Sucks".
- Noodle Incident: When Strong Bad steals the Swiss Cake Rolls, Bubs calls out "Come back, chocolates! I didn't mean what I said..."
- Shout-Out:
- Strong Bad watches Family Feud on TV during his fantasy sequence. "Survey says, you're an idiot!"
- The Tandy references the famous "Justin Bailey" cheat from Metroid, and says "My mind is going, I can feel it" and "End of line" as it breaks down for good.
- Snarky Inanimate Object: The Tandy lets loose on Strong Bad and the Compy while in the trash.
Remember the Duck Pond?
I thought we were a team.
Whatever, man. I can make it on my own.
386? More like three eighty SUCKS!
Tell the printer I'll miss her.
Yeah? Well someone on eBay loves me.
There's flies in me. It tickles.
My mind is going. I can feel it.
Fine, I'm gonna start giving away secrets.
Have you clicked on the 'O' in Message Bored?
Justin Bailey *** ***
Oh jeez. I think this is really it.
gasp. wheez. cough.
(the screen goes blank for a short while)
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