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* FlashInThePanFad: The ''Castlefunnies'' authors' big comeback bid was a line of officially licensed "pencil moisteners", attempting to cash in on the Dry Pencil Scare of '47. Unfortunately for them, said Scare only lasted three days.
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* PretentiousPronunciation: Strong Bad mispronounces Islip ("EYE-slip") as "Is-lip".
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* YouSayTomato: Strong Bad mispronounces Islip ("EYE-slip") as "Is-lip".
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* ItsPronouncedTropay: Strong Bad mispronounces Islip ("EYE-slip") as "Is-lip".
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Zack from "West Is Lip" ("Sounds like some kind of British New Wave band") wants to know why the King of Town employs a Poopsmith. Strong Bad isn't sure himself, and just knows that the King of Town has always had a Poopsmith... and the two originally got their start as characters in a newspaper comic, "back when comics didn't seem to need jokes or humor or readers under the age of ninety-one."
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Zack from "West Is Lip" ("Sounds like some kind of British New Wave band") wants to know why the King of Town employs a Poopsmith. Strong Bad isn't sure himself, and himself; he just knows that the King of Town has always had a Poopsmith... and that the two originally got their start as characters in a newspaper comic, "back when comics didn't seem to need jokes or humor or readers under the age of ninety-one."
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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->'''Strong Mad:''' (''eats a spoonful of pasta salad from his underwear drawer'') IT TASTES SO GOOD!
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->'''Strong Bad:''' (''singing'') Let's get it over with! With the email style, get it over with!
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->'''Strong Bad:''' They tried to creep back into the mainstream years later with the release of the "King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener"?! But, considering the Dry Pencil Scare of '47 only lasted 3 days, they didn't sell too many. Well, Zack, there you have it. The King of Town still wasn't funny. What a surprise. I'm gonna go start the Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04. Or. And I'm out!
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->'''Strong Bad:''' They tried to creep back into the mainstream years later with the release of the "King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener"?! But, considering the Dry Pencil Scare of '47 only lasted 3 days, they didn't sell too many. Well, Zack, there you have it. The King of Town still wasn't funny. What a surprise. I'm gonna go start the Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04. Or. And I'm out!
out!\\
(''Strong Bad leaves, The Paper comes down.'')
(''Strong Bad leaves, The Paper comes down.'')
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* TakeThat: "The Castlefunnies" pokes fun at the sort of antiquated comic strip LongRunners one might see on ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' (which perhaps-not-coincidentally had opened its doors in July 2004, about a month before this email came out). It's probably closest to ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'', between the protagonist, setting, and big-nosed artwork.
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* TakeThat: "The Castlefunnies" pokes fun at the sort of antiquated comic strip LongRunners one might see on ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' (which perhaps-not-coincidentally had opened its doors in July 2004, about a month before this email came out). It's probably closest to ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'', between the protagonist, setting, and big-nosed artwork.artwork.
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->'''King Castlefunny:''' I think my hip got knocked outta joint on the polo grounds.\\
'''Knight:''' I didn't know you played polo.\\
'''King:''' Are you crazy? I'm too old to play polo!\\
'''Knight:''' Then what were you doing there?\\
'''King:''' Whudderya askin' me for?
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->'''King Castlefunny:''' I think my hip got knocked outta joint on the polo grounds.\\
'''Knight:''' I didn't know you played polo.\\
'''King:''' Are you crazy? I'm too old to play polo!\\
'''Knight:''' Then what were you doing there?\\
'''King:''' Whudderya askin' me for?
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* ItsPronouncedTropay: Strong Bad mispronounces Islip ("EYE-slip") as "Iss-lip".
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* ItsPronouncedTropay: Strong Bad mispronounces Islip ("EYE-slip") as "Iss-lip"."Is-lip".
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In-universe, the Poopsmith's name in the comic is "Mushy Chamberpot", as printing the word "poop" in the newspaper was considered a form of treason at the time. His role of shoveling a giant pile of poop was still functionally the same as ever.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In-universe, the Poopsmith's name GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the comic is "Mushy Chamberpot", as printing future, please check the word "poop" in trope page to make sure your example fits the newspaper was considered a form of treason at the time. His role of shoveling a giant pile of poop was still functionally the same as ever.current definition.
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* LowCountGag: The final stirp of "The Castlefunnies" gives thanks to "All our reader" after the passing of its last living reader.
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* LowCountGag: The final stirp strip of "The Castlefunnies" gives thanks to "All our reader" after the passing of its last living reader.
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->'''Strong Bad:''' They tried to creep back into the mainstream years later with the release of the "King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener"? But, considering the Dry Pencil Scare of '47 only lasted 3 days, they didn't sell too many. Well, Zack, there you have it. The King of Town still wasn't funny. What a surprise. I'm going to start the Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04. Or. And I'm out!
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->'''Strong Bad:''' They tried to creep back into the mainstream years later with the release of the "King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener"? Moistener"?! But, considering the Dry Pencil Scare of '47 only lasted 3 days, they didn't sell too many. Well, Zack, there you have it. The King of Town still wasn't funny. What a surprise. I'm going to gonna go start the Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04. Or. And I'm out!
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''Airdate:''' Monday, August 30, 2004
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* TakeThat: "The Castlefunnies" pokes fun at the sort of antiquated comic strip LongRunners one might see on ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''.''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' (which perhaps-not-coincidentally had opened its doors in July 2004, about a month before this email came out). It's probably closest to ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'', between the protagonist, setting, and big-nosed artwork.
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* TakeThat: "The Castlefunnies" pokes fun at the sort of antiquated comic strip LongRunners one might see on ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''. It's probably closest to ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'', between the protagonist, setting, and big-nosed artwork.
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* ShoutOut: The Poopsmith only speaking in commas is likely a reference to Woodstock from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', whose "speech" was rendered as rows of horizontal lines.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Strong Bad's reaction to the Poopsmith's name in the comic, "Mushy Chamberpot".
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Strong Bad's reaction to Bad thinks the Poopsmith's name in the comic, "Mushy Chamberpot".Chamberpot", is actually amusing in the otherwise unfunny strip.
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-->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh yeah, I can see why ''this'' masterwork took two dudes to write it. One to ''not'' think of something funny, and the other to think of something ''not'' funny.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: "West Is Lip. Sounds like some kind of British New Wave band."
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: After reading the name of the sender's town as "West Is Lip. Sounds Lip", Strong Bad remarks that it "sounds like some kind of British New Wave band."
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''Airdate:''' Monday, August 30, 2004
'''Sender:''' Zack, West Islip NY
Zack from "West Is Lip" ("Sounds like some kind of British New Wave band") wants to know why the King of Town employs a Poopsmith. Strong Bad isn't sure himself, and just knows that the King of Town has always had a Poopsmith... and the two originally got their start as characters in a newspaper comic, "back when comics didn't seem to need jokes or humor or readers under the age of ninety-one."
"The Castlefunnies", as it was called (in "a pathetic attempt by the authors into fooling you into thinking it was actually funny"), mostly revolved around the King of Town standing around and talking about ointments, salves, and his aching hip to the Poopsmith (who in those days was known as "Mushy Chamberpot", and communicated in word balloons filled with commas).
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh yeah, I can see why ''this'' masterwork took two dudes to write it. One to ''not'' think of something funny, and the other to think of something ''not'' funny.
Strong Bad and Homestar started showing up as guests in later strips in a failed attempt to boost readership, and ultimately The Castlefunnies was cancelled after the death of "the last living reader, a Civil War veteran and creamed corn enthusiast".
-->'''Strong Bad:''' They tried to creep back into the mainstream years later with the release of the "King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener"? But, considering the Dry Pencil Scare of '47 only lasted 3 days, they didn't sell too many. Well, Zack, there you have it. The King of Town still wasn't funny. What a surprise. I'm going to start the Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04. Or. And I'm out!
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*AGoodNameForARockBand: "West Is Lip. Sounds like some kind of British New Wave band."
*NonIndicativeName: "The Castlefunnies" isn't really that funny, and the King of Town's castle is nowhere to be seen.
*RememberTheNewGuy: Strong Bad and Homestar's appearances in "The Castlefunnies". "How could you forget STRONG BAD???"
*SoUnfunnyItsFunny: "The Castlefunnies"
*TheUnintelligible: The Poopsmith's Castlefunnies incarnation spoke, but only in commas.
*TakeThat: "The Castlefunnies" pokes fun at the sort of antiquated comic strip LongRunners you might see on ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''
'''Sender:''' Zack, West Islip NY
Zack from "West Is Lip" ("Sounds like some kind of British New Wave band") wants to know why the King of Town employs a Poopsmith. Strong Bad isn't sure himself, and just knows that the King of Town has always had a Poopsmith... and the two originally got their start as characters in a newspaper comic, "back when comics didn't seem to need jokes or humor or readers under the age of ninety-one."
"The Castlefunnies", as it was called (in "a pathetic attempt by the authors into fooling you into thinking it was actually funny"), mostly revolved around the King of Town standing around and talking about ointments, salves, and his aching hip to the Poopsmith (who in those days was known as "Mushy Chamberpot", and communicated in word balloons filled with commas).
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh yeah, I can see why ''this'' masterwork took two dudes to write it. One to ''not'' think of something funny, and the other to think of something ''not'' funny.
Strong Bad and Homestar started showing up as guests in later strips in a failed attempt to boost readership, and ultimately The Castlefunnies was cancelled after the death of "the last living reader, a Civil War veteran and creamed corn enthusiast".
-->'''Strong Bad:''' They tried to creep back into the mainstream years later with the release of the "King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener"? But, considering the Dry Pencil Scare of '47 only lasted 3 days, they didn't sell too many. Well, Zack, there you have it. The King of Town still wasn't funny. What a surprise. I'm going to start the Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04. Or. And I'm out!
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!!Tropes:
*AGoodNameForARockBand: "West Is Lip. Sounds like some kind of British New Wave band."
*NonIndicativeName: "The Castlefunnies" isn't really that funny, and the King of Town's castle is nowhere to be seen.
*RememberTheNewGuy: Strong Bad and Homestar's appearances in "The Castlefunnies". "How could you forget STRONG BAD???"
*SoUnfunnyItsFunny: "The Castlefunnies"
*TheUnintelligible: The Poopsmith's Castlefunnies incarnation spoke, but only in commas.
*TakeThat: "The Castlefunnies" pokes fun at the sort of antiquated comic strip LongRunners you might see on ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''
