Airdate: Monday, September 30, 2002
Sender: David Jacobus, Astoria NY
After attempting to read "Dear Strong Bad" in different intonations, Strong Bad gets to the bulk of this week's email: David Jacobus wants to know if Strong Bad has any tips about fishing, like "any sort of special lure or jig to attract the fishs [sic]". Strong Bad answers David's question with a cut-away to him and Coach Z on a "Fish Show". Strong Bad's idea of a fish lure involves actually calling to the fish with offers of free worms and phytoplankton. His attempt at jig fishing is rather more successful, even though it literally involves dancing a jig while singing "Come on and get in the boat, fish / Come on and get in the boat, fish-fish!"
Strong Bad admits his ignorance on fishing, but suggests the jig might actually work, or at least work on the ladies.
(The Paper comes down.)
Tropes:
- Casanova Wannabe: Strong Bad accidentally admits that he doesn't know much about the ladies.
- Easter Egg: After the email is over in the Flash version, you can click on the word "fishing" to play a very simple game called Fishing Challenge '91 that's based on the events of the email. The YouTube version just plays a small snippet by itself as a stinger.
- Literal-Minded: Strong Bad assumes that jig fishing involves dancing an actual jig.
- Pluralses: David writes "fishs" in his email, which Strong Bad pronounces as "fish-iss... iss".
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Strong Bad bolts after he accidentally admits to being a Casanova Wannabe.
- Stylistic Suck: The "Fishing Challenge '91" minigame has poorly-digitized graphics and sound, which Strong Bad describes as "the pinnacle of graphics".
- Verbal Backspace: Strong Bad immediately tries to back-track when he accidentally admits he doesn't know anything about the ladies.
