Airdate: Monday, October 14, 2002
Sender: ANDREW
Strong Bad: (clears throat, then sings in falsetto) Eeeemaaaiiiiil...
"ANDREW" sends Strong Bad an email claiming "I LIKE IT MOST WHEN YOU HARM YOUR FRIENDS". Overjoyed, Strong Bad decides it's time to give the people what they want, and goes out to inflict all sorts of pain on the other citizens of Free Country USA:
- Strong Mad gets kicked in the shins.
- Bubs gets bashed in the head with Strong Bad's gold record for "Everybody to the Limit"
- Strong Sad gets clubbed with a wiffle bat
- Strong Bad tries (and fails) to trick Marzipan into grabbing circular saw blades
- Homestar is successfully tricked into dunking his head into a vat of hot lava
- The Cheat and Pom Pom are duct-taped together
- Homsar gets buried up to his neck, and has scorpions crawl over his head
- Coach Z is given a bag of "hot fries" chips (presumably doctored to be extra-spicy)
- The King of Town also gets bashed in the head with Strong Bad's gold record.
The Poopsmith is conspicuously absent from this list of tormentees, as Strong Bad notes:
Strong Bad: I figure the guy shovels crap for a living, so his tolerance for pain's gotta be through the roof. I was thinking about giving him a bath or something but, just the thought of that gave me the jibblies.
Tropes:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: After inflicting all manner of assault and battery to his fellow citizens of Free Country, USA, Strong Bad gets Coach Z by... tricking him into eating spicy hot-fries.
- Caps Lock: ANDREW's email is entirely in all caps.
- Comedic Sociopathy: Strong Bad takes Andrew's email as an excuse to inflict all sorts of bizarre and painful torments on his "friends".
- Continuity Nod: Strong Bad smacks Bubs and the King of Town over the head with a gold record for Strong Bad's "number one jam", "Everybody to the Limit".
- Convection, Schmonvection: Neither Homestar nor Strong Bad are affected by standing next to a tank of hot lava.
- It's the Best Whatever, Ever!: Strong Bad declares Andrew's email "the best email I've ever received".
- Sand Necktie: Strong Bad buries Homsar up to his neck in the dirt, on top of letting live scorpions crawl all over him. Homsar doesn't seem to mind or notice, even when one crawls into his mouth.Homsar: I'm savin' the best for last!
- Shout-Out: Strong Bad's box of scorpions has the words "We are the SCORPIONS!!" written on it.
- [Trope Name]: Strong Mad is watching "Some type of TV show", according to the sounds coming from the television.
- You Will Be Spared: Strong Bad doesn't do anything to the Poopsmith, because "the guy shovels crap for a living, so his tolerance for pain's gotta be through the roof."
Strong Bad: Here they come again. The jibblie jibblies...
(The Paper comes down)
