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->'''Strong Bad:'''You say that like it clarified anything.\\

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->'''Strong Bad:'''You Bad:''' You say that like it clarified anything.\\
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->'''Homestar:''' Always be'sing and do'sing! And never cheesing or choosing! Always be'sing and do'sing!\\

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->'''Homestar:''' Always be'sing and do'sing! And never Never cheesing or choosing! Always be'sing and do'sing!\\
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'''Sender:''' [=Mollie B. Chowdwerworth Gruelmanger=]

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'''Sender:''' [=Mollie B. Chowdwerworth Gruelmanger=]
Mollie B.
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* StylisticSuck: Folly is simplistically drawn with LimitedAnimation and voiced by a little girl rambling incoherently.

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Strong Bad gets an email from "Mollie B." (which Strong Bad embellishes to "Mollie B. Chowdwerworth-Gruelmanger. You know, of the Puntington Farms Guelmangers!") asking what he does to keep up his personal motivation and inspiration.

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Strong Bad gets an email from "Mollie B." (which Strong Bad embellishes to "Mollie B. Chowdwerworth-Gruelmanger. You know, of the Puntington Farms Guelmangers!") Gruelmangers!") asking what he does to keep up his personal motivation and inspiration.



After that false start, Strong Bad manages to get an idea from Bubs for "file folder-shaped vitamins" ("Because office workers lead hollow lives, and this is the kind of thing they'd be into.") and other "gimmicky white-collar products that they sell in the checkout line at the office supply store", like "file folder-shaped vitamin-shaped thumb drives, available in 'Never-Show-Up-On-Your-Desktop' and 'Some-The-Times-Show-Up-On-Your-Desktop' varieties!" But it turns out Homestar has his own ideas for motivation and inspiration... and also a big rock to sit on.

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After that false start, Strong Bad manages to get an idea from Bubs for "file folder-shaped vitamins" ("Because office workers lead hollow lives, and this is the kind of thing they'd be into.") and other "gimmicky white-collar products that they sell in the checkout line at the office supply store", like store". This ends up inspiring the idea of "file folder-shaped vitamin-shaped thumb drives, available in 'Never-Show-Up-On-Your-Desktop' and 'Some-The-Times-Show-Up-On-Your-Desktop' varieties!" But it turns out Homestar has his own ideas for motivation and inspiration... and also a big rock to sit on.


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* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Folly's dialogue is composed of an unpolished recording of an anonymous little girl talking like an actual little girl: breathlessly, with lots of hemming and hawing.
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(''Cut to Strong Bad in the locker room, yelling at himself in a mirror'')\\

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(''Cut to Strong Bad in the locker room, yelling at himself his reflection in a mirror'')\\
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->'''Homestar:''' Always be'sing and do'sing! And never cheesing or choosing! Always be'sing and do'sing!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Er, Homestar?\\
'''Homestar:''' And never cheesing or choosing!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Homestar!\\
'''Homestar:''' Yeah what?\\
'''Strong Bad:''' You're in my house.\\
'''Homestar:''' Yep.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Again.\\
'''Homestar:''' Yeppers.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' And... you brought a boulder.\\
'''Homestar:''' Not me. Plate tectonics.

It turns out Homestar is planning to brush off "the old [=ABDs=]" and hold a workshop on his mantra "Always Be'sing and Do'sing".
->'''Strong Bad:'''You say that like it clarified anything.\\
'''Homestar:''' Rules for an inspired life, Strong Bad. No matter what you do, or where you are, always be's be'sing and do'sing.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' So you started a cult.\\
'''Homestar:''' Yeah, kinda.

Homestar demonstrates that he's "be'sing on this boulder" and "do'sing an ABD workshop". He also critiques Strong Bad's attempt at "be'sing full of rage" and "do'sing a round-house kick to your face" as a prime example of "choosing".
->'''Homestar:''' If you're choosin', you're losin'.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Just because something rhymes doesn't mean it's good life advice!\\
'''Homestar:''' Ah! And that's a perfect example of cheesing! You're a textbook case, Strong Bad. Textbook!

And on the subject of textbooks, Homestar is selling ''his'' book on "The [=ABCs=] of the [=ABDs=]" at the big "Always Be's Do'sing 3 Day Life Cleanse Seminar" at the Bubsmfort Inn conference center.
->'''Announcer:''' Rid yourself of damaging cheesing and choosing with guest speakers including Homestar Runner, founder of the totally-not-cult-like ABD Movement!\\
'''Homestar:''' Changin' attitudes with rhymin' platitudes!\\
'''Announcer:''' Entrepreneurial be's do'ser, and self-made do's be'ser, Bubs!\\
'''Bubs:''' I'm stickin' with leg boats!\\
'''Announcer:''' And the creator of File Folder Shaped Vitamins and File Folder Shaped Vitamin Thumb Drives, Strong Bad!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' I hope the hotel's breakfast bar can do omelettes!\\
'''Announcer:''' All this and more at the Always Be's Do'sing 3 Day Life Cleanse Seminar!\\
'''Homestar:''' If you're not attending, you're gonna be... lending. Your neighbor... a... yard tool... like a shovel. Or a rake. Yeah. Yeah, that's great. (''hastily'') See you at the conference! ABD! Not a cult! Wooo!\\
(''The CGI Paper comes down'')



* AcronymConfusion: When Homestar announces he's brushing off his "[=ABDs=]", Strong Bad guesses it stands for "Aloud But Deadly".



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->(''Cut back to the loading screen, which slowly counts up to 00:100'')\\
'''Folly:''' And... a... and then people might think it's gonna be loading forever...\\
(''Cut back to Bubs in the Field'')\\
'''Folly:''' ...And then it's like... Stinkoman comes up and punches Bubs in the face.\\
(''Stinkoman walks in, powers up, and hits Bubs so hard he goes flying off in the distance, leaving a message reading "happy april fools' day"'')
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->(''Cut to Strong Sad playing video games in the TV room. Homestar's boulder is protruding from the ceiling'')\\
'''Strong Sad:''' Always be'sing and do'sing, and never cheesing or choosing, and always— Hey! I beat the end boss!\\
(''the "stage clear" sounds from ''Clapping Party'' play'')

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Strong Bad gets an email from "Mollie B." (which Strong Bad embellishes to "Mollie B. Chowdwerworth-Gruelmanger. You know, of the Puntington Farms Guelmangers!") asking what he does to keep up his personal motivation and inspiration.

->'''Strong Bad:''' For motivation, I do what any great coach does, and berate myself until I get results or until I quit the team and press charges!\\
(''Cut to Strong Bad in the locker room, yelling at himself in a mirror'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' ''Chowderworth Gruelmanger?!'' You call that an overly-complicated old-timey last name?! That is ''bush-league'', son! I am sick and tired of this crap! And I'm sick of losing to Purdue!\\
(''zoom out to show Coach Z watching Strong Bad, twirling a jock strap'')\\
'''Coach Z:''' Now that fella really knows how to mortavort a porson.

Strong Bad also suggests "that weird jocked-up thing of punching yourself in the face to get motivated", but doesn't recommend it for anyone who doesn't have "boxing gloves for hands", as demonstrated when Strong Mad gets carried away trying to "talk to orange juice" and sends himself flying with a punch in the face. And if you can afford the expense, you can always install a "spiky ceiling that closes in on you", which Strong Bad tries to use to help Strong Sad get through a video game ("It keeps making me jump when I'm not pressing juuuuuuump!!")

As for inspiration, Strong Bad likes to invert the old saw about "inspiration sneaking up on you" by sneaking up on other people and bugging them for ideas and inspiration, which he demonstrates on Bubs.

->'''Bubs:''' (''idly swinging his arms back and forth'') Well, I'll just continue doing what I was just doing, and...\\
'''Strong Bad:''' (''leaping out from the side of the concession stand'') INSPIRE ME!\\
'''Bubs:''' Aaah! Mlg... leg boats!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' (''unimpressed'') Leg boats? That all you got?\\
'''Bubs:''' Er, yeah! It's like a little boat that your legs go inside of!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' So it's a kayak.\\
'''Bubs:''' No, no. For when you're standing up.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' So it's water skis.\\
'''Bubs:''' Yeah, yeah, 'cept it's called leg boats.

After that false start, Strong Bad manages to get an idea from Bubs for "file folder-shaped vitamins" ("Because office workers lead hollow lives, and this is the kind of thing they'd be into.") and other "gimmicky white-collar products that they sell in the checkout line at the office supply store", like "file folder-shaped vitamin-shaped thumb drives, available in 'Never-Show-Up-On-Your-Desktop' and 'Some-The-Times-Show-Up-On-Your-Desktop' varieties!" But it turns out Homestar has his own ideas for motivation and inspiration... and also a big rock to sit on.



* InterfaceSpoiler: Folly said how it would take 100 seconds to load, but on Youtube, it shows 7:07, way above 1:40.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Strong Mad manages to punch ''himself'' across the room while trying to psyche himself up to "talk to orange juice".

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* InterfaceSpoiler: Folly said how it would take talks about her idea for an April Fools' cartoon having a fake loading screen that takes 100 seconds to load, but the runtime on Youtube, it Youtube shows 7:07, way above 1:40.
longer than the extra 1:40 needed for that joke.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Strong Mad manages to punch ''himself'' ''[[KickingMyOwnButt himself]]'' across the room while trying to psyche himself up to "talk to orange juice".

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Folly talks about what will happen for the Next April Fools thing, and Strong Bad answers an email about motivation.

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Out in the Field, an unexpected guest arrives: it's Folly talks about what will happen from "Why Come Only One Girl?", who has some ideas for the Next an April Fools Fools' Day Cartoon.

->'''Folly:''' For the next April Fools'
thing, why doesn't it do, like, there's a picnic... (''a picnic blanket appears behind her and unrolls itself'') and there's like... and there's a bunch of food in it... (''some food items, including a bag of chips, an apple, two sandwiches, and a pie appear on the blanket'') and a picnic basket... (''all the food gathers together and drops into a basket that suddenly appears on the blanket'') and... Bubs is like...\\
(''Bubs appears next to the blanket'')\\
'''Folly & Bubs:''' "Picnic! Picnic!"

She also imagines Homestar, Strong Bad, and then all the other main characters appearing and saying "blah" (literally), then Bubs closing up shop ("Nobody's buying this picnic!"). She then imagines a loading screen that "loads for like, a hundred seconds", but seems to get stuck there as to what happens next. Fortunately, a certain someone shows up to take matters off her hands.

->'''Folly:''' And then it's like... and... and then it... and then... and then it's like... and it loads for one hundred seconds... and th—... and then it's like...\\
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Strong Bad answers in the computer room, answering an email about motivation.on the Lappier'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' If I can't check my email, then how I'm supposed to live my life?



* AscendedExtra: Folly from "Why Come Only One Girl" talks about her ideas for an April Fools' Day cartoon.

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* AscendedExtra: Folly Folly, based off one of the rejected designs from "Why Come Only One Girl" Girl?", appears and talks about her ideas for an April Fools' Day cartoon.
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* {{Cult}}: Strong Bad remarks that Homestar has basically started a cult with his "Always Be'sing and Do'sing" movement. Homestar casually confirms that he has, though towards the end he quickly says it's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not a cult]].
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* ATwinkleInTheSky: In TheStinger, Folly announces an ending for her idea for "The Next April Fool's Thing" where Stinko Man comes out and punches Bubs so hard he flies off into the sky.

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* ATwinkleInTheSky: In TheStinger, Folly announces an ending for her idea for "The Next April Fool's Thing" where Stinko Man Stinkoman comes out and punches Bubs so hard he flies off into the sky.

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* BaitAndSwitch: It does seem like Folly will talk about how will this year's April Fools would go, up until Strong Bad answers an email about motivation.

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* BaitAndSwitch: It does seem like Folly will talk about how will this year's April Fools would go, up until Strong Bad answers an email about motivation. motivation and inspiration.
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** Strong Bad's "File Folder-shaped Vitamins" are made by the same Faceless Megacorp that makes [[Recap/HomestarRunnerCharactersFromYonderWebsite Smarty Juice]].
** A flyer for an office supply store lists the Styleron Ecochair from [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE162TheChair "the chair"]] and the "cow clips" from Hremail 2000.
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* AscendedExtra: Folly from "Why Come Only One Girl" talks about April Fools and what would happen.

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* AscendedExtra: Folly from "Why Come Only One Girl" talks about her ideas for an April Fools and what would happen.Fools' Day cartoon.
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* ATwinkleInTheSky: In TheStinger, Folly announces an ending for her idea for "The Next April Fool's Thing" where Stinko Man comes out and punches Bubs so hard he flies off into the sky.

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* DescendingCeiling: Strong Bad uses this to motivate Strong Sad into beating [[spoiler:Clapping Party]] before they all die.

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* DescendingCeiling: Strong Bad uses this a spiked ceiling to motivate Strong Sad into beating [[spoiler:Clapping Party]] Clapping Party before they all both die.


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* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Strong Mad manages to punch ''himself'' across the room while trying to psyche himself up to "talk to orange juice".
* ShoutOut: Homestar's "Always Be'sing and Do'sing" mantra seems to be a play on "Always Be Closing" from ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss''.
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->'''Airdate:''' April 1, 2018\\
'''Sender:''' [=Mollie B. Chowdwerworth Gruelmanger=]

Folly talks about what will happen for the Next April Fools thing, and Strong Bad answers an email about motivation.
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* AscendedExtra: Folly from "Why Come Only One Girl" talks about April Fools and what would happen.
* BaitAndSwitch: It does seem like Folly will talk about how will this year's April Fools would go, up until Strong Bad answers an email about motivation.
* DescendingCeiling: Strong Bad uses this to motivate Strong Sad into beating [[spoiler:Clapping Party]] before they all die.
* InterfaceSpoiler: Folly said how it would take 100 seconds to load, but on Youtube, it shows 7:07, way above 1:40.
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