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* NoodleImplements: In an Easter egg at the end, after hearing Strong Bad talk about his "poopaw", the narrator admits "I don't even know what a poopaw is."

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* BuffySpeak: Coach Z calls a basketball a "bounce thing" and accepts Strong Bad's offer of free ice cream because he "can't afford the money-cost variety."



* SpitTake: Coach Z and Homestar's reaction to Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pretend Ice Cream Showdown.


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* SpitTake: Coach Z and Homestar's reaction to Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pretend Ice Cream Showdown.

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'''Coach Z:''' Naw, it's easy. I do it all the time! Here, let me show ya's! (''Strong Bad and The Cheat freak out and run away'') You take your pants...

Strong Bad's next target is the King of Town, whom he plans to prank with "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger", an emptied-out stick of deodorant filled with white chocolate. Unfortunately, he underestimated the King of Town's own gross appetite when he finds the King eating ''actual'' sticks of deodorant (and washing it down with the spray stuff).

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'''Coach Z:''' Naw, it's easy. I do it all the time! Here, let me show ya's! (''Strong Bad and The Cheat freak out and run away'') You take your pants...

pants...\\
(''A recipe card for "Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown" appears on screen'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' (''voiceover'') For best results, dip The Cheat in egg wash before shaving or else he'll get those red shaving bumpies all over him... Ugh.

Strong Bad's next target is the King of Town, whom he plans to prank with "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger", an emptied-out stick of deodorant filled with white chocolate. Unfortunately, he underestimated the King of Town's own gross appetite when he finds the King eating ''actual'' sticks of deodorant (and washing it down with the spray stuff).



(''A recipe card for "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger" appears on screen'')\\



->'''The Cheat:''' (''extremely angered The Cheat noise, chucks a floppy disk reading "YOU JERK!" at Strong Bad's head'')
->'''Strong Bad:''' Ow! And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so...
->(''The Paper comes down, beat'')
->'''Strong Bad:''' (''stage whispering'') I think The Cheat bought it. Let me know if you want that recipe.

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->'''The Cheat:''' (''extremely angered angry The Cheat noise, chucks a floppy disk reading "YOU JERK!" at Strong Bad's head'')
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'''Strong
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'''Strong
Bad:''' (''stage whispering'') I think The Cheat bought it. Let me know if you want that recipe.



* CallingYourNausea: Coach Z thinks he may '''puke his pants''' after finding out what's in the "ice cream." He'd even happily demonstrate how to do that if Strong Bad and The Cheat hadn't run away.

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* CallingYourNausea: Coach Z thinks he may '''puke his pants''' "puke [his] pants" after finding out what's in the "ice cream." He'd He was even happily ready and willing to demonstrate how to do that if before Strong Bad and The Cheat hadn't run away.
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->'''Narrator:''' I, uh, I don't even know what a poopaw is.
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->'''The Cheat:''' (''extremely angered The Cheat noise, chucks a floppy disk reading "YOU JERK!" at Strong Bad's head'') \\
->'''Strong Bad:''' Ow! And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so...\\
(''The Paper comes down, beat'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' (''stage whispering'') I think The Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.

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->'''The Cheat:''' (''extremely angered The Cheat noise, chucks a floppy disk reading "YOU JERK!" at Strong Bad's head'') \\
head'')
->'''Strong Bad:''' Ow! And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so...\\
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Bad:''' (''stage whispering'') I think The Cheat bought it, let it. Let me know if you want that recipe.

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Melissa and Hillary "from Nigeria" are aspiring chefs who want to know if Strong Bad is willing to share some family recipes with them.

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Melissa and Hillary "from Nigeria" are aspiring chefs who want to know if Strong Bad is willing to share some family recipes with them.
them so they can make them themselves.



Strong Bad also clarifies that the Strong family recipe book is mostly composed of prank foods that "tend to center around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends and well-wishers", as he demonstrates by teaming up wit The Cheat to whip up a bowl of Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown ("Strong Bad may or may not have an actual Great Uncle Pawdabber").

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Strong Bad also clarifies that the Strong family recipe book is mostly composed of prank foods that "tend to center around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends and well-wishers", as he demonstrates by teaming up wit with The Cheat to whip up a bowl of Great "Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown Showdown" ("Strong Bad may or may not have an actual Great Uncle Pawdabber").



->'''King of Town:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?\\

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->'''King ->'''Strong Bad:''' Hey, Ol' King Droll! Checka me out! I'm eatin'- oh. Never mind. Ugh, shoulda ''known.'' (''he and The Cheat walk off'')\\
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of Town:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?\\



Meanwhile, Homestar falls victim to Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown as well, and plots revenge with "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie" ("Homestar definitely does not have a Stupid Uncle Egg")... which turns out to be a pine cone and a bendy straw sitting in a bowl. It doesn't take much effort for Strong Bad to trick Homestar into eating the pine cone himself... though much to Strong Bad's bafflement this leads to Homestar walking away chuckling "So long, suckers!"

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Meanwhile, Homestar falls victim to Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown as well, and plots revenge with "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie" ("Homestar definitely does not ''not'' have a Stupid Uncle Egg")... which turns out to be a pine cone and a bendy straw sitting in a bowl. It doesn't take much effort for Strong Bad to trick Homestar into eating the pine cone himself... though much to Strong Bad's bafflement this leads to Homestar walking away chuckling "So long, suckers!"



->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so...\\

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->'''The Cheat:''' (''extremely angered The Cheat noise, chucks a floppy disk reading "YOU JERK!" at Strong Bad's head'') \\
->'''Strong Bad:''' Ow! And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so...\\
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->'''Strong Bad:''' (''singing'') Email, na na, na na, na na, nanaNA...



'''Caleb:''' I can try!

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'''Caleb:''' I can try!try!
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->'''Tucksworth:''' Caleb, that hamburger was mine!\\
'''Caleb:''' It's mine now.
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* GrossOutFakeOut: Strong Bad tries to invoke this trope on the King of Town by eating white chocolate out of a deodorant stick.... Only for this to backfire when he walks in on The King of Town actually eating deodorant.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Strong Bad manages to turn Homestar's "Goodtime Diaper Pie" prank back around on him... only to be deflated upon seeing how confident he was in eating the pinecone.
-->'''Homestar Runner''': (with his mouth full) Well, so long, suckers! (leaves)
-->'''Strong Bad:''' (offscreen) It's like, even when we win, he wins.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope "Strong Bad may or may not have an actual Great Uncle Pawdabber."]]
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* CallingYourNausea: Coach Z thinks he may '''puke his pants''' after find out what's in the "ice cream." He'd even happily demonstrate how to do that if Strong Bad and The Cheat hadn't run away.

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* CallingYourNausea: Coach Z thinks he may '''puke his pants''' after find finding out what's in the "ice cream." He'd even happily demonstrate how to do that if Strong Bad and The Cheat hadn't run away.
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* CallingYourNausea: Coach Z thinks he may '''puke his pants''' after find out what's in the "ice cream." He'd even happily demonstrate how to do that if Strong Bad and The Cheat hadn't run away.
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->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so...

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->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... \\

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->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... (''stage whispers'') I think The Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.

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->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so...
(''The Paper comes down, beat'')\\
'''Strong Bad:'''
(''stage whispers'') whispering'') I think The Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.
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Strong Bad's next target is the King of Town, whom he plans to prank with "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger", an emptied-out stick of deodorant filled with white chocolate. Unfortunately, he underestimated the King of Town's own gross appetite when he finds the King eating sticks of deodorant (and washing it down with the spray stuff).

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Strong Bad's next target is the King of Town, whom he plans to prank with "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger", an emptied-out stick of deodorant filled with white chocolate. Unfortunately, he underestimated the King of Town's own gross appetite when he finds the King eating ''actual'' sticks of deodorant (and washing it down with the spray stuff).
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* FreezeFrameBonus: It's only on-screen for a moment, but the floppy disk The Cheat throws at Strong Bad is labeled "You JERK!"
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* AttackBackfire: Strong Bad's attempts to gross the others out are rendered ineffective by them being even grosser than him. Coach Z keeps eating the "ice cream" and then casually offers to "puke my pants", the King of Town enjoys eating deodorant, and Homestar is more annoyed at the lie than at eating The Cheat fur and eventually willingly eats a pinecone.
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Mellisa and Hillary "from Nigeria" are aspiring chefs who want to know if Strong Bad is willing to share some family recipes with them.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Well Mellie, Hillarious, being from Africa I'm sure you guys are used to eating, like, exotic fruits and nectars and, um, lions... so our recipes may seem a bit uncouth. Uncouth... Can something be just plain couth? I bet freakin' Strong Sad is plain couth.

Strong Bad also clarifies that the Strong family recipe book is mostly composed of prank foods that "tend to center around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends and well-wishers", as he demonstrates by teaming up wit the Cheat to whip up a bowl of Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown ("Strong Bad may or may not have an actual Great Uncle Pawdabber").

Out in the Field, Strong Bad and the Cheat offer Coach Z (who's trying to work out how a basketball works) some of their "icèd-cream" with toasted coconut... or rather, sour cream and the Cheat hair.

-->'''Coach Z:''' Hoo! I think I'm going to puke my pants!\\

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Mellisa Melissa and Hillary "from Nigeria" are aspiring chefs who want to know if Strong Bad is willing to share some family recipes with them.

-->'''Strong ->'''Strong Bad:''' Well Mellie, Hillarious, being from Africa I'm sure you guys are used to eating, like, exotic fruits and nectars and, um, lions... so our recipes may seem a bit uncouth. Uncouth... Can something be just plain couth? I bet freakin' Strong Sad is plain couth.

Strong Bad also clarifies that the Strong family recipe book is mostly composed of prank foods that "tend to center around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends and well-wishers", as he demonstrates by teaming up wit the The Cheat to whip up a bowl of Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown ("Strong Bad may or may not have an actual Great Uncle Pawdabber").

Out in the Field, Strong Bad and the The Cheat offer Coach Z (who's trying to work out how a basketball works) some of their "icèd-cream" with toasted coconut... or rather, sour cream and the The Cheat hair.

-->'''Coach ->'''Coach Z:''' Hoo! I think I'm going to puke my pants!\\



'''Coach Z:''' Naw, it's easy. I do it all the time! Here, let me show ya's! (''Strong Bad and the Cheat freak out and run away'') You take your pants...

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'''Coach Z:''' Naw, it's easy. I do it all the time! Here, let me show ya's! (''Strong Bad and the The Cheat freak out and run away'') You take your pants...



-->'''King of Town:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?\\

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-->'''King ->'''King of Town:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?\\



Strong Bad wraps up the e-mail with a confidential offer to share his "super-secret family recipe for cooking the C-H-E-blank-T"... which does not amuse the Cheat in the slightest.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... (''stage whispers'') I think The Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.

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Strong Bad wraps up the e-mail with a confidential offer to share his "super-secret family recipe for cooking the C-H-E-blank-T"... which does not amuse the The Cheat in the slightest.

-->'''Strong ->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... (''stage whispers'') I think The Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.



* AccidentalMisnaming: "Anyways, Couthy..."
* BlatantLies: The note attached to "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie" reads "Not a pimecone, [sic] diaper pie! I mean reg-ular pie". Also, Strong Bad's claim about having a recipe for cooking "the Chekt". The latter leads to TheDogBitesBack below.
* CensoredForComedy: Related to BlatantLies above, Strong Bad spells out "C-H-E-_-T". When The Cheat angrily retaliates, Strong Bad insists that the blank is for the letter K.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Homestar objects to being told he was eating cottage cheese and the Cheat hair, when [[BrutalHonesty he was told]] it was ''sour cream'' and the Cheat hair. He's also tricked into eating his own "diaper pie" (actually a pine cone), but seems to count it as a victory. Given how [[CloudCuckoolander Homestar's]] mind works, it [[XanatosGambit may have been his plan all along]].

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* AccidentalMisnaming: After getting distracted by his tangent on whether or not something can be "just plain couth", Strong Bad continues with "Anyways, Couthy..."
* BlatantLies: The note attached to "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie" reads "Not a pimecone, [sic] diaper pie! I mean reg-ular pie". Also, Strong Bad's claim about having a recipe for cooking "the Chekt". The latter leads to TheDogBitesBack below.
Chekt".
* CensoredForComedy: Related to BlatantLies above, Strong Bad spells out "C-H-E-_-T".that he's got a recipe for cooking "The C-H-E-_-T". When The Cheat angrily retaliates, Strong Bad insists that the blank is for the letter K.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Homestar objects to being told he was eating cottage cheese and the The Cheat hair, when [[BrutalHonesty he was told]] it was ''sour cream'' and the The Cheat hair. He's also tricked into eating his own "diaper pie" (actually a pine cone), but seems to count it as a victory. Given how [[CloudCuckoolander Homestar's]] mind works, it [[XanatosGambit may have been his plan all along]].



* TheDogBitesBack: Related to BlatantLies above: Not only does The Cheat not buy Strong Bad's claim that the recipe is not about The Cheat, but in an Easter egg, he is looking through another cook book about how to cook "a wrestleman".

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* TheDogBitesBack: Related to BlatantLies above: Not only does The Cheat not buy Strong Bad's claim that the recipe is not about The Cheat, but in an Easter egg, he is looking through another cook book about how to cook "a wrestleman".



* IAteWhat: Strong Bad's recipe book is apparently full of stuff like this. Also inverted with "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger", made by filling an empty deodorant stick with white chocolate.
* NoodleImplements: "I, uh, I don't even know what a poopaw is."

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* IAteWhat: Strong Bad's recipe book is apparently full of stuff like this.recipes designed to trick people into eating gross things. Also inverted with "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger", made by filling an empty deodorant stick with white chocolate.
* NoodleImplements: "I, uh, I In an Easter egg at the end, after hearing Strong Bad talk about his "poopaw", the narrator admits "I don't even know what a poopaw is."



* TheOldCountry: Strong Bad claims his family is from "Bumdumbourge" in "Totalslavia".

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* TheOldCountry: Strong Bad claims his family is from "Bumdumbourge" in "Totalslavia"."Bumdumbourge", up near "Totalslava".

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-->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... (''stage whispers'') I think the Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.

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-->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... (''stage whispers'') I think the The Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.



* BlatantLies: The note attached to "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie" reads "Not a pimecone, [sic] diaper pie! I mean reg-ular pie". Also, Strong Bad's claim about having a recipe for cooking "the Chekt".

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* BlatantLies: The note attached to "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie" reads "Not a pimecone, [sic] diaper pie! I mean reg-ular pie". Also, Strong Bad's claim about having a recipe for cooking "the Chekt". The latter leads to TheDogBitesBack below.
* CensoredForComedy: Related to BlatantLies above, Strong Bad spells out "C-H-E-_-T". When The Cheat angrily retaliates, Strong Bad insists that the blank is for the letter K.


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* TheDogBitesBack: Related to BlatantLies above: Not only does The Cheat not buy Strong Bad's claim that the recipe is not about The Cheat, but in an Easter egg, he is looking through another cook book about how to cook "a wrestleman".
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--'''King of Town:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?\\

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--'''King -->'''King of Town:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?\\



Strong Bad wraps up the e-mails with a confidential offer to share his "super-secret family recipe for cooking the C-H-E-blank-T"... which does not amuse the Cheat in the slightest.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. 're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... (''stage whispers'') I think the Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.

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Strong Bad wraps up the e-mails e-mail with a confidential offer to share his "super-secret family recipe for cooking the C-H-E-blank-T"... which does not amuse the Cheat in the slightest.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. 're We're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... (''stage whispers'') I think the Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.



-->'''Tucksworth:''' You can't [[ZanyScheme marry your guitar, Caleb]]!\\

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-->'''Tucksworth:''' You can't [[ZanyScheme marry your guitar, Caleb]]!\\guitar]], Caleb!\\
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'''Airdate:''' Monday, February 14, 2005

'''Sender:''' Melissa and Hillary (from NJ)

Mellisa and Hillary "from Nigeria" are aspiring chefs who want to know if Strong Bad is willing to share some family recipes with them.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Well Mellie, Hillarious, being from Africa I'm sure you guys are used to eating, like, exotic fruits and nectars and, um, lions... so our recipes may seem a bit uncouth. Uncouth... Can something be just plain couth? I bet freakin' Strong Sad is plain couth.

Strong Bad also clarifies that the Strong family recipe book is mostly composed of prank foods that "tend to center around the grossing out of or the making puke of friends and well-wishers", as he demonstrates by teaming up wit the Cheat to whip up a bowl of Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown ("Strong Bad may or may not have an actual Great Uncle Pawdabber").

Out in the Field, Strong Bad and the Cheat offer Coach Z (who's trying to work out how a basketball works) some of their "icèd-cream" with toasted coconut... or rather, sour cream and the Cheat hair.

-->'''Coach Z:''' Hoo! I think I'm going to puke my pants!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Ugh, please don't elaborate on that.\\
'''Coach Z:''' Naw, it's easy. I do it all the time! Here, let me show ya's! (''Strong Bad and the Cheat freak out and run away'') You take your pants...

Strong Bad's next target is the King of Town, whom he plans to prank with "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger", an emptied-out stick of deodorant filled with white chocolate. Unfortunately, he underestimated the King of Town's own gross appetite when he finds the King eating sticks of deodorant (and washing it down with the spray stuff).

--'''King of Town:''' No, wait, you guys! Come back! This stuff is strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king! Don't you want to try any Forest Rush? Or Tundra Mist?\\
'''Strong Bad:''' (''voiceover'') Yeah, how come deodorants and stuff are always named after biomes anyways?

Meanwhile, Homestar falls victim to Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-tend Ice Cream Showdown as well, and plots revenge with "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie" ("Homestar definitely does not have a Stupid Uncle Egg")... which turns out to be a pine cone and a bendy straw sitting in a bowl. It doesn't take much effort for Strong Bad to trick Homestar into eating the pine cone himself... though much to Strong Bad's bafflement this leads to Homestar walking away chuckling "So long, suckers!"

Strong Bad wraps up the e-mails with a confidential offer to share his "super-secret family recipe for cooking the C-H-E-blank-T"... which does not amuse the Cheat in the slightest.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' And of course that blank is for the letter K. The Chekt. My family's got a great recipe for cooking the Chekt. Yeah, yeah. 're mostly from Bumdumbourge. It's near, uh, Totalslava. "Come down off that smokestack and eat your the Chekt!" my poopaw used to say. Ah, my dear poopaw, I miss you so... (''stage whispers'') I think the Cheat bought it, let me know if you want that recipe.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: "Anyways, Couthy..."
* BlatantLies: The note attached to "Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime Diaper Pie" reads "Not a pimecone, [sic] diaper pie! I mean reg-ular pie". Also, Strong Bad's claim about having a recipe for cooking "the Chekt".
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Homestar objects to being told he was eating cottage cheese and the Cheat hair, when [[BrutalHonesty he was told]] it was ''sour cream'' and the Cheat hair. He's also tricked into eating his own "diaper pie" (actually a pine cone), but seems to count it as a victory. Given how [[CloudCuckoolander Homestar's]] mind works, it [[XanatosGambit may have been his plan all along]].
-->'''Strong Bad:''' It's like, even when we win, he wins.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Strong Bad tries to gross-out and/or make-puke the King of Town by eating white chocolate out of an old deodorant stick, only to find the King eating actual deodorant.
* IAteWhat: Strong Bad's recipe book is apparently full of stuff like this. Also inverted with "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm's Deodorant Doppelganger", made by filling an empty deodorant stick with white chocolate.
* NoodleImplements: "I, uh, I don't even know what a poopaw is."
* NoodleIncident: We (thankfully) don't find out what "puking your pants" entails, as the scene ends before Coach Z can elaborate beyond "You take your pants..."
* TheOldCountry: Strong Bad claims his family is from "Bumdumbourge" in "Totalslavia".
* SpitTake: Coach Z and Homestar's reaction to Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pretend Ice Cream Showdown.
* SoapWithinAShow: "Caleb Rentpayer", first introduced in this e-mail.
-->'''Tucksworth:''' You can't [[ZanyScheme marry your guitar, Caleb]]!\\
'''Caleb:''' I can try!

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