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-->'''Homestar:''' Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if you girlfriend were a wooden spoon and a plastic orange bowl? That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed up kid are you? We don't recruit your kind!
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-->'''Homestar:''' Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if you your girlfriend were was a wooden spoon and a plastic orange bowl? That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed up kid are you? We don't recruit your kind!
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* {{Malaproper}}: Strong Bad keeps saying "missionaries" when he means to say "mercenaries".
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* {{Malaproper}}: {{Malaproper}}:
** Strong Bad keeps saying "missionaries" when he means to say"mercenaries"."mercenaries".
** He also remarks that the viewer "look[s] like the type of kid who gets his lunch handed to him daily," which is almost certainly "gets his ass handed to him" mixed with "gets his lunch money stolen."
** Strong Bad keeps saying "missionaries" when he means to say
** He also remarks that the viewer "look[s] like the type of kid who gets his lunch handed to him daily," which is almost certainly "gets his ass handed to him" mixed with "gets his lunch money stolen."
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* BadassMustache: Strong Bad and his fellow On-Point Kings wear false mustaches on their brochure.
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(''Strong Bad leaves. [[{{Foreshadowing}} The Paper, appearing to look crumpled and ragged, comes down with a distorted sound.]] Strong Bad comes back in.'')\\
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(''Strong Bad leaves. [[{{Foreshadowing}} The Paper, appearing to look looking crumpled and ragged, comes down with a distorted sound.]] Strong Bad comes back in.'')\\
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(''Strong Bad leaves. [[{{Foreshadowing}} The Paper comes down with a distorted sound, appearing to look crumpled and ragged.]] Strong Bad comes back in.'')\\
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(''Strong Bad leaves. [[{{Foreshadowing}} The Paper comes down with a distorted sound, Paper, appearing to look crumpled and ragged.ragged, comes down with a distorted sound.]] Strong Bad comes back in.'')\\
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(''Strong Bad leaves. [[{{Foreshadowing}} The Paper comes down with a distorted sound, appearing to look crumpled and ragged]] Strong Bad comes back in.'')\\
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(''Strong Bad leaves. [[{{Foreshadowing}} The Paper comes down with a distorted sound, appearing to look crumpled and ragged]] ragged.]] Strong Bad comes back in.'')\\
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->'''Strong Bad:''' Bring to me a suitable email, that I may check it down.
"Paul Perth" asks "Mr Strong Bad" ("Hey, I am no mere Strong Bad!") if his sons can get some information on joining the Strong Badian army.
"Paul Perth" asks "Mr Strong Bad" ("Hey, I am no mere Strong Bad!") if his sons can get some information on joining the Strong Badian army.
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->'''Strong Bad:''' (''regally'') Bring to me a suitable email, that I may check it down.
"Paul Perth" asks "Mr Strong Bad" ("Hey, I am no mere Strong Bad!") if his three sons can get some informationon joining about enlisting in the Strong Badian army.
"Paul Perth" asks "Mr Strong Bad" ("Hey, I am no mere Strong Bad!") if his three sons can get some information
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The actual career fair isn't for three weeks, so Strong Bad passes the time with such activities as helping the Cheat with his magic act ("Tito the Tophaticent and his beautiful assistant, Strong Mad with two basketballs shoved down his singlet!").
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Next up is the King of Town, who is busy guzzling giblet gravy, but has a very inspiring informational video on joining the forces of the Municipality, which features the Poopsmith dramatically climbing a wall.
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Next up is the King of Town, who is busy guzzling giblet gravy, gravy out of an oxygen tank, but has does have a very inspiring informational video on joining the forces of the Municipality, which features the Poopsmith dramatically climbing a wall.
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(''Strong Bad leaves, [[{{Foreshadowing}} the Paper comes down looking crumpled and ragged, with a distorted sound plays]]'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Oh. That's a bad sign.
'''Strong Bad:''' Oh. That's a bad sign.
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sound, appearing to look crumpled and ragged]] Strong Bad comes back in.'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Oh. That's a badsign.
sign. (''he leaves again'')
'''Strong Bad:''' Oh. That's a bad
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->'''Strong Bad:''' Bring to me a suitable email, that I may check it down.
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'''Strong Bad:''' [[OhCrap Oh.]] [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE173ThePaper That's a bad sign.]]
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'''Strong Bad:''' [[OhCrap Oh.]] [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE173ThePaper Oh. That's a bad sign.]]
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->(''Cut to the Vaguely Military Career Fair, where The Cheat is sitting alone behind a table, dressed in his commando outfit from "army", in front of a sign reading "Meet TV's Firebert!". Cue ChirpingCrickets after an awkward pause.'')\\
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(''The Cheat pulls out a red marker and alters the sign to read "Meet TV's Trogdor!" He makes a satisifed The Cheat noise as a crowd gathers around his table.'')\\
'''Bystander 1:''' Oh, Trogdor, man, it's Trogdor!\\
'''Bystander 2:''' He looks taller.
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'''Strong Bad:''' Oh. That's a bad sign.
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'''Strong Bad:''' Oh. [[OhCrap Oh.]] [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE173ThePaper That's a bad sign.
sign.]]
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(''Strong Bad leaves, the Paper comes down looking crumpled and ragged, with a distorted sound plays'')\\
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* SuddenDownerEnding / WhamShot: After Strong Bad wraps the email, The Paper comes down... and looks to be in a ''real'' bad state.
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-->'''Strong Bad:''' C'mon, The Cheat! Go for sixies! SIXIES!
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* GangInitiationFight: Strong Bad says that getting "jumped in" is part of becoming one of the On Point Kings. He also says that anyone who joins the Homestarmy will want to be jumped ''out''.
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-->'''Strong Bad:''' Look, Perthy Paul, I've been over this already: Strong Badia doesn't have/need an army. When we need muscle, we farm it out to our favorite band of shady missionaries... er I mean mercenaries, MERCENARIES! In fact, if your sons are so bonzer to enlist, they can just swing by their booth at our Vaguely Military Career Fair, which just happens to be starting right now!
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-->'''King of Town:''' (''narrating'') The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again... the fortitude... the strive... the ideals... the list of attributes... the Municipality! Honor, Valor, Buttor!
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-->'''Homestar:''' Say, you good at video games? I'm not good at video games. The last time I fired up one of my old Sega tapes, it made me a waffle. Say, you like pamphlets? Here's a pamphlet! Here's ''two'' pamphlets!
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-->'''Strong Bad:''' So that's fair, right Dinkum? You send your coolest son off to join the On Point Kings. He'll have to be jumped in. You send your fat son off to join The Municipality. He'll have to be... pooped in. And then you send your step-headed red-child off to certain doom in the Homestarmy. He's gonna wanna be jumped out. Well, I gotta go find the bicycle pump. Tito the Tophaticent's beautiful assistant's looking a little...lopsided.\\
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "The drive.. the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again..."
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The ad for the Municipality includes the line "The drive.. the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again..."
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* {{Metaphorgotten}}: "Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if you girlfriend were a wooden spoon and a plastic orange bowl? That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed up kid are you? We don't recruit your kind!"
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* {{Metaphorgotten}}: "Say, During Homestar's spiel for the Homestarmy.
-->'''Homestar:''' Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if you girlfriend were a wooden spoon and a plastic orange bowl? That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed up kid are you? We don't recruit yourkind!" kind!
-->'''Homestar:''' Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if you girlfriend were a wooden spoon and a plastic orange bowl? That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed up kid are you? We don't recruit your
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* ShoutOut: The ad for the Municipality is a parody of the United States Marine Corps' "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" ad campaign.
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* SequelEpisode: This email acts as something of a follow up to "army". Strong Bad reiterates how Strongbadia doesn't have/need an army, and the Homestarmy returns.
* ShoutOut: The ad for the Municipality is a parody of the United States Marine Corps' "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" adcampaign.campaign.
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* ShoutOut: The ad for the Municipality is a parody of the United States Marine Corps' "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" ad
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Next up is the King of Town, who is busy guzzling giblet gravy, but has a very inspiring informational video on joining the forces of the Municipality, which features the Poopsmith climbing a wall.
-->'''King of Town:''' (''narrating'') The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again... the fortitude... the strive... the ideas... the list of attributes... the Municipality! Honor, Valor, Buttor!
-->'''King of Town:''' (''narrating'') The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again... the fortitude... the strive... the ideas... the list of attributes... the Municipality! Honor, Valor, Buttor!
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Next up is the King of Town, who is busy guzzling giblet gravy, but has a very inspiring informational video on joining the forces of the Municipality, which features the Poopsmith dramatically climbing a wall.
-->'''King of Town:''' (''narrating'') The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again... the fortitude... the strive... theideas...ideals... the list of attributes... the Municipality! Honor, Valor, Buttor!
-->'''King of Town:''' (''narrating'') The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again... the fortitude... the strive... the
* ContinuityCavalcade: This episode is loaded with references to previous e-mails:
** The Homestarmy and Strong Badia's lack of a standing army come from [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE93Army "army"]].
** The Cheat's alter ego "Tito the Tophaticent" first appeared in [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE121PartTimeJob "part-time job"]].
** The On-Point Kings first appeared in [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE123Origins "origins"]].
** The Municipality and the Poopsmith's "Pooper Trooper" armor first appeared in [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE148Disconnected "disconnected"]].
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "The drive.. the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again..."
** The Homestarmy and Strong Badia's lack of a standing army come from [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE93Army "army"]].
** The Cheat's alter ego "Tito the Tophaticent" first appeared in [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE121PartTimeJob "part-time job"]].
** The On-Point Kings first appeared in [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE123Origins "origins"]].
** The Municipality and the Poopsmith's "Pooper Trooper" armor first appeared in [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE148Disconnected "disconnected"]].
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "The drive.. the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again..."
* FreezeFrameBonus: The brochure for the On-Point Kings only appears briefly, but is loaded with little gags.
* {{Malaproper}}: Strong Bad keeps saying "missionaries" when he means to say "mercenaries".
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* PokeThePoodle: Strong Bad's "shady mercenaries" are shown... playing hopscotch.
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* PokeThePoodle: Strong Bad's "shady mercenaries" are shown... playing hopscotch.hopscotch.
* ShoutOut: The ad for the Municipality is a parody of the United States Marine Corps' "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" ad campaign.
* ShoutOut: The ad for the Municipality is a parody of the United States Marine Corps' "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" ad campaign.
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'''Airdate:''' Monday, May 21, 2007
'''Sender:''' Paul, Perth, West Australia
"Paul Perth" asks "Mr Strong Bad" ("Hey, I am no mere Strong Bad!") if his sons can get some information on joining the Strong Badian army.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Look, Perthy Paul, I've been over this already: Strong Badia doesn't have/need an army. When we need muscle, we farm it out to our favorite band of shady missionaries... er I mean mercenaries, MERCENARIES! In fact, if your sons are so bonzer to enlist, they can just swing by their booth at our Vaguely Military Career Fair, which just happens to be starting right now!
The actual career fair isn't for three weeks, so Strong Bad passes the time with such activities as helping the Cheat with his magic act ("Tito the Tophaticent and his beautiful assistant, Strong Mad with two basketballs shoved down his singlet!").
A couple time skips later, we cut to the Gym, where an eyepatch-wearing Strong Bad is sitting at a booth for the On-Point Kings, a band of shady missionaries ("Oh crap, I did it again! Mercenaries, I meant mercenaries! We do bad stuff!") who specialize in "black ops, brown ops, and the occasional beige op" and have an impressive-looking brochure printed on 65-pound card-stock and made with a pirated version of [=QuarkXpress=].
Next up is the King of Town, who is busy guzzling giblet gravy, but has a very inspiring informational video on joining the forces of the Municipality, which features the Poopsmith climbing a wall.
-->'''King of Town:''' (''narrating'') The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again... the fortitude... the strive... the ideas... the list of attributes... the Municipality! Honor, Valor, Buttor!
Lastly we have Homestar Runner, who is enthusiastically (if erratically) recruiting "five-bucks havers" into the "no-armed forces" of the Homestarmy:
-->'''Homestar:''' Say, you good at video games? I'm not good at video games. The last time I fired up one of my old Sega tapes, it made me a waffle. Say, you like pamphlets? Here's a pamphlet! Here's ''two'' pamphlets!
Cut back to the Lappy, where Strong Bad sums things up.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' So that's fair, right Dinkum? You send your coolest son off to join the On Point Kings. He'll have to be jumped in. You send your fat son off to join The Municipality. He'll have to be... pooped in. And then you send your step-headed red-child off to certain doom in the Homestarmy. He's gonna wanna be jumped out. Well, I gotta go find the bicycle pump. Tito the Tophaticent's beautiful assistant's looking a little...lopsided.\\
(''Strong Bad leaves, the Paper comes down looking crumpled and ragged, with a distorted sound plays'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Oh. That's a bad sign.
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*BadassMustache: Strong Bad and his fellow On-Point Kings wear false mustaches on their brochure.
*BrickJoke: In [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE117Montage "montage"]], The Paper was said to leave after Strong Bad Email #173. Its sickly appearance here is [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE173ThePaper a sign of things to come]].
*EyepatchOfPower: Strong Bad wears an eye patch in order to look more impressive.
*LongList: The ad for the Municipality, [[LampshadeHanging lamsphaded]] when one of the elements of the list is "The list of attributes".
*{{Metaphorgotten}}: "Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if you girlfriend were a wooden spoon and a plastic orange bowl? That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed up kid are you? We don't recruit your kind!"
*PokeThePoodle: Strong Bad's "shady mercenaries" are shown... playing hopscotch.
'''Sender:''' Paul, Perth, West Australia
"Paul Perth" asks "Mr Strong Bad" ("Hey, I am no mere Strong Bad!") if his sons can get some information on joining the Strong Badian army.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Look, Perthy Paul, I've been over this already: Strong Badia doesn't have/need an army. When we need muscle, we farm it out to our favorite band of shady missionaries... er I mean mercenaries, MERCENARIES! In fact, if your sons are so bonzer to enlist, they can just swing by their booth at our Vaguely Military Career Fair, which just happens to be starting right now!
The actual career fair isn't for three weeks, so Strong Bad passes the time with such activities as helping the Cheat with his magic act ("Tito the Tophaticent and his beautiful assistant, Strong Mad with two basketballs shoved down his singlet!").
A couple time skips later, we cut to the Gym, where an eyepatch-wearing Strong Bad is sitting at a booth for the On-Point Kings, a band of shady missionaries ("Oh crap, I did it again! Mercenaries, I meant mercenaries! We do bad stuff!") who specialize in "black ops, brown ops, and the occasional beige op" and have an impressive-looking brochure printed on 65-pound card-stock and made with a pirated version of [=QuarkXpress=].
Next up is the King of Town, who is busy guzzling giblet gravy, but has a very inspiring informational video on joining the forces of the Municipality, which features the Poopsmith climbing a wall.
-->'''King of Town:''' (''narrating'') The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again... the fortitude... the strive... the ideas... the list of attributes... the Municipality! Honor, Valor, Buttor!
Lastly we have Homestar Runner, who is enthusiastically (if erratically) recruiting "five-bucks havers" into the "no-armed forces" of the Homestarmy:
-->'''Homestar:''' Say, you good at video games? I'm not good at video games. The last time I fired up one of my old Sega tapes, it made me a waffle. Say, you like pamphlets? Here's a pamphlet! Here's ''two'' pamphlets!
Cut back to the Lappy, where Strong Bad sums things up.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' So that's fair, right Dinkum? You send your coolest son off to join the On Point Kings. He'll have to be jumped in. You send your fat son off to join The Municipality. He'll have to be... pooped in. And then you send your step-headed red-child off to certain doom in the Homestarmy. He's gonna wanna be jumped out. Well, I gotta go find the bicycle pump. Tito the Tophaticent's beautiful assistant's looking a little...lopsided.\\
(''Strong Bad leaves, the Paper comes down looking crumpled and ragged, with a distorted sound plays'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' Oh. That's a bad sign.
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!!Tropes:
*BadassMustache: Strong Bad and his fellow On-Point Kings wear false mustaches on their brochure.
*BrickJoke: In [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE117Montage "montage"]], The Paper was said to leave after Strong Bad Email #173. Its sickly appearance here is [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE173ThePaper a sign of things to come]].
*EyepatchOfPower: Strong Bad wears an eye patch in order to look more impressive.
*LongList: The ad for the Municipality, [[LampshadeHanging lamsphaded]] when one of the elements of the list is "The list of attributes".
*{{Metaphorgotten}}: "Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if you girlfriend were a wooden spoon and a plastic orange bowl? That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed up kid are you? We don't recruit your kind!"
*PokeThePoodle: Strong Bad's "shady mercenaries" are shown... playing hopscotch.
