History Recap / StrongBadEmailE139Portrait

* HypocriticalHumor: Strong Bad calls out the sender for making up a nickname for himself, despite the fact that Strong Bad himself is guilty of doing the same thing in previous cartoons, such as calling himself "Prof. Tor Coolguy" in "Strong Bad Is In Jail Cartoon" or "Strong Bad the Good Dancer" in [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE133Bottom10 "bottom 10"]].

The Cheat is still taking his sweet time on a hand-sculpted (or rather, mouth-gnawed) wooden sculpture of Strong Bad, while the best Strong Mad can manage is a glitter-coated macaroni painting. Strong Bad decides it's time for a self-portrait... in the form of a cheap photo cut-out of a muscular version of himself with a "keyswordtar" and a hawk.

* HypocriticalHumor: Strong Bad calls out the sender for making up a nickname for himself, despite the fact that Strong Bad himself is guilty of doing the same thing in previous cartoons, such as calling himself "Strong Bad the Good Dancer" in [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE133Bottom10 "bottom 10"]].

After cutting his MusicalEpisode short, Strong Bad answers a question from Dylan Bragers, AKA Cooli da Fabio ("No one calls you Coolio da Fabio, AKA Quit Makin' Up Nicknames For Yourself! I'm just gonna call you "Dealin' Burgers", which I assume doubles as an accurate job description.") asking if he's ever considered having a portrait commissioned of himself.

'''Strong Bad:''' Well, what about you, Princess Shellbra? (''high-pitched, sultry duck voice'') Quack, quack! (''normal voice'') But of course. I love to serenade you anytime with my mystical keyswordtaur. I mean it's not like I'm goin' anywhere... anytime soon.\\

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Uh-oh... How do I get outta this thing? [[LampshadeHanging How did I get]] ''[[LampshadeHanging into]]'' [[LampshadeHanging this thing?]]
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: As usual, Strong Bad's self-portrait is a ridiculously idealized version of himself: tall and muscular, with a sword-keytar on his belt, a falcon resting on his hand, and a mermaid at his 'electric boot-clad feet.

After cutting his MusicalEpisode short, Strong Bad answers a question from Dylan Bragers, AKA Cooli da Fabio ("No one calls you Coolio da Fabio, AKA Quit Makin' Up Nicknames For Yourself!") asking if he's ever considered having a portrait commissioned of himself.

* UnsoundEffect: Strong Bad says "Whammy bar!" while showing off his "keyswordtaur" to Homestar.

->(''Cut to the Field, where Strong Bad is talking with Homestar. He still has part of the stand-up portrait hole around his neck, and is carrying the cardboard keyswordtaur'')\\
'''Strong Bad:'''...So that's when I realized I don't even need Lamaze classes.\\

'''Strong Bad:''' No, but I did get this new keyswordtar. (''imitating a guitar riff as he swings the keyswordtaur around'') Maow, maow, maoooooooow, ''keyboard keyboard!'' Maow, maow, maoooooooow. ''Fight some brigands!''\\

After an aborted attempt at doing a musical e-mail, Strong Bad answers a question from Dylan Bragers, AKA Cooli da Fabio ("No one calls you Coolio da Fabio, AKA Quit Makin' Up Nicknames For Yourself!") asking if he's ever considered having a portrait commissioned of himself.

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Strong Bad passes the time plotting his escape from the cut-out by chatting it up with Lord Quackingstick and Lady Shellbra (both played by a duck-head toy).

* SeashellBra: The mermaid from Strong Bad's final portrait. He even names Lady Shellbra.

* MaliciousMisnaming: "I'm just gonna call you Dealin' Burgers, which I assume doubles as an accurate job description."
* MistakenForPedophile: Discussed, Strong Bad complains to Strong Mad that he could get an actual kindergartner to make a macaroni portrait of himself, "Except that sounds pretty creepy and I'd probably go to jail."

* UnsoundEffect: "Whammy bar!"

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Uh-oh... How do I get outta this thing? How did I get ''into'' this thing?

* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: As usual, Strong Bad's self-portrait is a ridiculously idealized version of himself: tall and muscular, with a sword-keytar on his belt, a falcon resting on his hang, and a mermaid at his 'electric boot-clad feet.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' I suppose my greatness is worthy of portraiture. Perhaps one done by a Deutsch Master, the kind that are always getting stolen or vandalized by art bandits.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Unfortunately, I don't know anybody with a useless Master of Fine Arts degree, so I might have to settle for something a bit more, how you say, made by Strong Mad or The Cheat.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Ah, at last! A self-portrait that accurately depicts who I am, where I'm from, and my passing interest in falconry. (''beat'') Uh-oh... How do I get outta this thing? How did I get ''into'' this thing?

* MusicalEpisode: Subverted, Strong Bad announces "It's a musical Strong Bad Email this week!" near the beginning, but gives up after a few seconds.

* UnsoundEffect: "Whammy bar!"

Strong Bad also considers having a picture of himself done in the style of the black-and-white ink portraits seen in "rich guy newspapers", the sort that look like they're made out of Morse code ("Dah dah dah dee dee dee... I a-am ho-o-olding a real-ly ol-d cel-l-l pho-o-one."), or a black velvet portrait of himself hunting skunks, to be showcased "in only the finest double-wide trailers" alongside black light posters of unicorns on snowmobiles.

* UnsoundEffect: "Whammy bar!"

* IWillWaitForYou: Strong Mad shouts this in response to Strong Bad's line about going to jail for letting a kindergarten student do macaroni art of him.

* InstrumentOfMurder: Parodied with the "keyswordtar" included in Strong Bad's "self-portrait".
* LittleKidLover: Discussed, Strong Bad complains to Strong Mad that he could get an actual kindergartner to make a macaroni portrait of himself, "Except that sounds pretty creepy and I'd probably go to jail."