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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: King of Town's restaurant [=SteaKasTle=] has a high-chair from TheSeventies (which is [[NoProductSafetyStandards made from a rusty bear trap]]) and a kids' menu also from the seventies that offers two options: steak or cigars.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The King of Town's restaurant [=SteaKasTle=] has a high-chair from TheSeventies (which is [[NoProductSafetyStandards made from a rusty bear trap]]) and a kids' menu also from the seventies that offers two options: steak or cigars.


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* ShoutOut: The King of Town's [=SteaKasTle=] restaurant seems to be modeled after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_and_Ale Steak and Ale]], a now defunct restaurant chain that peaked during the 70s and 80s. Steak and Ale restaurants were known for their dimly lit Tudor-style decor, much like what [=SteaKasTle=] has.
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** Homestar is seen drinking some "hot jones" from "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerADeathDefyingDecemberween A Death Defying Decemberween]]"
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* FakeInteractivity: The game Strong Mad has his "baby" play compliments the player's actions even if the player is doing nothing. Which a bag of pudding would do.
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Coach Z prepared his potential parental units for keeping any potential offspring "alive/in a wi-fi hotspot" with R.H.B.s, "Real Human Babies" made from resealable storage bags filled with banana pudding.

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Coach Z prepared prepares his potential parental units for keeping any potential offspring "alive/in a wi-fi hotspot" with R.H.B.s, "Real Human Babies" made from resealable storage bags filled with banana pudding.
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Eventually, Coach Z congratulates his students on being mostly-prepared for parenthood, but Strong Bad wonders who's going to get the pistachio pudding since they all kept their RHBs alive. Turns out Coach Z decides to award it to ''himself''.

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Eventually, Coach Z congratulates his students on being mostly-prepared for parenthood, but Strong Bad wonders who's going to get the pistachio pudding since they all kept their RHBs [=RHBs=] alive. Turns out Coach Z decides to award it to ''himself''.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKasTle=]'s outdated family features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant. Like a micro-brewery, or a vape shop.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKasTle=]'s outdated family features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant. Like a micro-brewery, or a craft distillery, or [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers "a vape shop.shop that also sells hot fries"]].



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->'''Singers:''' [=SteaKasTle=]! "We put two steaks in our name!"\\
'''Narrator:''' One is the word "steak"! The other is the letter T.
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->'''Narrator:''' Styles Upon Styles presents: The Dads at the Playground collection.\\
'''Strong Bad:''' I make waffles every Saturday, and leave the kitchen a huge mess.\\
'''Homestar:''' I talk about coaching lacrosse, and... coaching lacrosse.\\
'''Narrator:''' Vests! Sunglasses! ...That's pretty much it, really. These guys are pretty much one note.
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->(''Cut to Homestar in a recording booth'')\\
'''Homestar:''' (''muttering, imitating a crowd'') What did he say? I didn't hear! Sounds a little abnormal. He'll rue the day! I don't like that!\\
(''Cut to Creator/AlexHirsch on a video screen, standing in a pink-tinted room'')\\
'''Alex:''' That was incredible, One-Man Hubbub! Nailed it again! Um, next we got a crowd, uh, fleeing a meteor. If you could sprinkle in a few old ladies.\\
'''Homestar:''' Okay.\\
'''Alex:''' Any time you're ready.\\
'''Homestar:''' Got it! (''starts acting the role'') Watch out! It's coming hither! Oh no, my house! I've gotta keep running in this direction! Look, Maudelaide, it's a twister! I thought he said it was a meteor! Well, either way, book club's been canceled!\\
'''Alex:''' (''laughs'') That's why you're the One-Man Hubbub! You're crackin' up everybody back here! Uh, next we got a courtroom, maybe scandalized murmur. For added difficulty, throw in a bailiff.\\
'''Homestar:''' (''acting'') Oh, I can't believe it's true! Did you hear?! I wonder what that's all about! Well I never! (''mumbles unintelligbly'') Your honor, did you eat my tuna sammich?\\
'''Alex:''' We got it, folks, we got it! You can't improve on perfection!\\
'''Homestar:''' Aw, thank you! ...Am I done?\\
'''Alex:''' Yeah, yeah, so, if we could take--\\
'''Homestar:''' Hello?\\
'''Alex:''' If we could take B, C, and F...\\
'''Homestar:''' Producer-Man? Excuse me?\\
'''Alex:''' (''still not paying attention'') Nah, not D. Not D.\\
'''Homestar:''' I can hear what you're saying.\\
'''Alex:''' That one was weird.\\
'''Homestar:''' It's really--\\
'''Alex:''' Popping P's.\\
'''Homestar:''' Unprofessional! I think your button's broken! (''beat'') Producer man! I'm fired!

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Expectant father "Mike Riverview for life" asks Strong Bad for some parenting tips and suggestions.

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Expectant father "Mike Riverview for life" Life" asks Strong Bad for some parenting tips and suggestions.



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* Strong Bad and The Cheat take their RHB out to eat, but are quickly put off by the questionable 70s seating, 70s kids' menus, and ''1770s'' toilets at the King of Town's restaurant "[=SteaKasTle=]".
* Marzipan gets fed up with Homestar's ranting about babies' supposed "inverse agricultural tendencies" and very calmly and gently calls him an idiot.
-->'''Marzipan:''' (''leaning towards Homestar'') You have no idea what you're talking about, and I disagree with everything that comes out of your mouth, you lump of underbitten cluelessness.\\
'''Homestar:''' Um, are you okay? It's like Mean-Say Marzipan's brain is coming out of Nice-Say Marzipan's face.\\
'''Marzipan:''' (''still oddly cheerful'') Babies understand tone and body language, so it's very important that she doesn't know how much we hate each other until she's in college.
* Strong Sad catches Strong Mad sticking their baby in front of a tablet so Strong Mad could spend six hours playing games on a different tablet ("A DIFFERENT, MORE EXPENSIVE TABLET!").
* Homestar takes his RHB to the playground, where it gets in a brief altercation with Strong Bad's pudding-baby that the two agree is too adorable not to share over social media.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh, good call. That ''is'' adorable! (''smiles'') Look up here, sweetie! Can you wave?\\
'''Homestar:''' Everybody say "The Cheat"!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' The Cheat!\\
(''Homestar takes a picture'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' ...Still gonna bad-mouth you online at the preschool forums.\\
'''Homestar:''' Oh yeah, totally, totally.

Eventually, Coach Z congratulates his students on being mostly-prepared for parenthood, but Strong Bad wonders who's going to get the pistachio pudding since they all kept their RHBs alive. Turns out Coach Z decides to award it to ''himself''.
->'''Strong Bad:''' What why?!\\
'''Coach Z:''' (''pulls out a severely aged, severely discolored bag of pudding'') I've been keeping little Absorbine Junior here alive since I was your age! (''nuzzles the bag'') Ain't that right, Absorby?

Strong Bad sums up his tips for "Mike Morkleson" ("I don't know if that's your last name but you just seem like a real Morkleson.") in three main points:
->'''Strong Bad:''' Number one: Babies are totally boring for the first nine months. Give to Grandma. Number two: Keep a drawer full of useless keys and TV remotes for some reason. And number three: That much ballyhooed "new baby smell" people are always talking about? (''shouts'') ''It just smells like crap!'' Babies just smell like crap! ''You just get used to it! '''Don't let 'em fool you!''' It's not a good smell!'' (''raises fist'') '''''BABIES SMELL LIKE CRAAAAAAAP!''''' (''falls off of stool'')\\
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: King of Town's restaurant [=SteaKastle=] has a high-chair from TheSeventies (which is [[NoProductSafetyStandards made from a rusty bear trap]]) and a kids' menu also from the seventies that offers two options: steak or cigars.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: King of Town's restaurant [=SteaKastle=] [=SteaKasTle=] has a high-chair from TheSeventies (which is [[NoProductSafetyStandards made from a rusty bear trap]]) and a kids' menu also from the seventies that offers two options: steak or cigars.



--->'''Strong Bad''': That much ballyhooed "new baby smell" people are always talking about? (shouts) ''It just smells like crap!'' Babies just smell like crap! ''You just get used to it! '''Don't let 'em fool you!''' It's not a good smell!'' (raises fist) '''''BABIES SMELL LIKE CRAAAAAAAP!''''' (falls off of stool)



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s outdated family features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant. Like a micro-brewery, or a vape shop.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s [=SteaKasTle=]'s outdated family features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant. Like a micro-brewery, or a vape shop.



* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week[[note]]excluding the King of Town's, who ate his and left before the prize was announced[[/note]], Coach Z awards the bag of pistachio pudding to ''himself'', because [[UnwinnableByDesign he's got his own pudding-sack baby]].
-->'''Coach Z''': (pulls out [[WayPastTheExpirationDate a severely aged, severely discolored bag of pudding]]) I've been keeping little Absorbine Junior here alive since I was your age! (nuzzles the bag) Ain't that right, Absorby?

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* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week[[note]]excluding the King of Town's, who ate his and left before the prize was announced[[/note]], Coach Z awards the bag of pistachio pudding to ''himself'', because [[UnwinnableByDesign he's got his own own]] ([[WayPastTheExpirationDate badly-decomposed]], but still sealed and intact) pudding-sack baby]].
-->'''Coach Z''': (pulls out [[WayPastTheExpirationDate a severely aged, severely discolored bag of pudding]]) I've been keeping little Absorbine Junior here alive since I was your age! (nuzzles the bag) Ain't that right, Absorby?
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* TranquilFury: Marzipan calls out Homestar for his bizarre and idiotic parenting tips in a cheerful and level voice, and Homestar is confused to hear "Mean-Say Marzipan's brain coming out of Nice-Say Marzipan's face".
-->'''Marzipan:''' Babies understand tone and body language, so it's very important that [[HappyMarriageCharade she doesn't know how much we hate each other until she's in college]].

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* TranquilFury: Marzipan calls out Homestar for his bizarre and idiotic parenting tips in a cheerful and level voice, voice so as not to upset their "baby", and Homestar is confused to hear "Mean-Say Marzipan's brain coming out of Nice-Say Marzipan's face".
-->'''Marzipan:''' Babies understand tone and body language, so it's very important that [[HappyMarriageCharade she doesn't know how much we hate each other until she's in college]].
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An expectant father asks Strong Bad for some parenting tips, and Strong Bad recalls everything he learned trying to raise a bag of pudding in Coach Z's "health class".

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An expectant ->'''Strong Bad:''' And I can check my wha? And you can check your wha. If I can check my wha, then you can (''rhythmic mumbling'')

Expectant
father "Mike Riverview for life" asks Strong Bad for some parenting tips, tips and Strong Bad recalls everything he learned trying suggestions.

->'''Strong Bad:''' Don't sweat it, Mike. You're already on the right track by coming
to raise me first. Instead of, ya know, like, your parents or a bag medical professional or any number of... [-non-email-] [--checking--] [---wrestlemen---]. And while I'm no dad meself, I actually do have some expertise on the subject. Turns out we all had to try out some child rearing in one of pudding in Coach Z's the nebulous... (''disgusted'') ''health classes''...\\
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"health class".classes" are highlighted in a wobbly multicolored font while various ominous sounds play, before snapping back to normal.'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' ...that we for some reason allow Coach Z to teach us.

Coach Z prepared his potential parental units for keeping any potential offspring "alive/in a wi-fi hotspot" with R.H.B.s, "Real Human Babies" made from resealable storage bags filled with banana pudding.

->'''Strong Bad:''' How is this slopsack anything like a real human baby?\\
'''Coach Z:''' Exaca like an R.H.B.! It's small, it's mushy, smells like plastic, and it's fulla yellow goop!

Coach Z also offers a prize to anyone who keeps their pudding-sack baby alive long enough (which doesn't include the King of Town, who slurps up his sack of pudding and bails) by offering them a plastic baggie of ''pistachio'' pudding, a prospect that excites Homestar enough to do his "One-Man Hubbub" routine and imitate an excited muttering crowd.

We are then treated to the parental duos (Strong Bad and The Cheat, Homestar and Marzipan, and Strong Sad and Strong Mad) exploring "the Ponders of Warenting":
* Strong Bad corrects The Cheat on his baby-holding technique (and scoops some of "Pud-Wad"'s brains back in)
* Strong Sad and Strong Mad practice changing diapers, but Strong Mad gets a little confused and makes an origami crane instead ("I FORGOT TO SCRIMSHAW LEFT!")
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* AllForNothing: The whole goal of the class was to keep a bag of banana pudding alive for as long as possible, with whoever can do so the long being able to win a bag of ''pistachio'' pudding as a prize. At the end of the class, Strong Bad points out they ''all'' did[[note]]excluding the King of Town, who ate his and left before the prize was announced[[/note]]... prompting Coach Z to declare ''himself'' the winner of the pistachio pudding. Why? [[UnwinnableByDesign He had his own baby pudding all along.]]
-->'''Coach Z''': [[invoked]] (pulls out [[{{Squick}} a severely aged, severely discolored bag of pudding]]) I've been keeping little Absorbine Junior here alive since I was your age! (nuzzles the bag) Ain't that right, Absorby?



* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week, Coach Z awards the bag of pistachio pudding to ''himself'', because he's got his own pudding-sack baby he's been raising [[WayPastTheExpirationDate since he was younger]].

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* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week, week[[note]]excluding the King of Town's, who ate his and left before the prize was announced[[/note]], Coach Z awards the bag of pistachio pudding to ''himself'', because [[UnwinnableByDesign he's got his own pudding-sack baby he's been raising baby]].
-->'''Coach Z''': (pulls out
[[WayPastTheExpirationDate a severely aged, severely discolored bag of pudding]]) I've been keeping little Absorbine Junior here alive since he I was younger]].your age! (nuzzles the bag) Ain't that right, Absorby?
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--->'''Strong Bad''': That much ballyhooed "new baby smell" people are always talking about? (shouts) ''It just smells like crap!'' Babies just smell like crap! ''You just get used to it! '''Don't let 'em fool you!''' It's not a good smell!'' (raises fist) '''''BABIES SMELL LIKE CRAAAAAAAP!''''' (falls off of stool)
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-->'''Coach Z''': (pulls out [[{{Squick}} a severely aged, severely discolored bag of pudding]]) I've been keeping little Absorbine Junior here alive since I was your age! (nuzzles the bag) Ain't that right, Absorby?

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-->'''Coach Z''': [[invoked]] (pulls out [[{{Squick}} a severely aged, severely discolored bag of pudding]]) I've been keeping little Absorbine Junior here alive since I was your age! (nuzzles the bag) Ain't that right, Absorby?

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* AllForNothing: The whole goal of the class was to keep a bag of banana pudding alive for as long as possible, with whoever can do so the long being able to win a bag of ''pistachio'' pudding as a prize. At the end of the class, Strong Bad points out they ''all'' did[[note]]excluding the King of Town, who ate his and left before the prize was announced[[/note]]... prompting Coach Z to declare ''himself'' the winner of the pistachio pudding. Why? [[UnwinnableByDesign He had his own baby pudding all along.]]
-->'''Coach Z''': (pulls out [[{{Squick}} a severely aged, severely discolored bag of pudding]]) I've been keeping little Absorbine Junior here alive since I was your age! (nuzzles the bag) Ain't that right, Absorby?



** ''Right'' as Coach Z states the goal of his class is to keep a bag of yellow pudding "alive" the longest, we hard cut to the King of Town drinking it with a straw.

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* SkewedPriorities: After Homester's neglect causes his pudding bag to fall onto Strong Bad's at the playground, Strong Bad proceeds to tear him a new one... until Homestar decides to post a picture of their bags to the internet, which immediately steals Strong Bad's attention.
-->'''Homestar''': (aims his phone down) Oh, sorry. I gotta post this. This is just adorable!
-->'''Strong Bad''': (kneels down with Homestar) Oh, good call. That ''is'' adorable. (smiles) Look up here, sweetie! Can you wave?
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* HappyMarriageCharade: In regards to their "baby", Marzipan openly tells Homestar they need to pretend they don't hate each other until it goes away to college.
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-->'''Fellow Keepers of Trogdor,'''\\
It has been many years! Remember back in 2018 when one of the Stretch Goals in our campaign for '''Trogdor!! The Board Game''' was that we'd make a Strong Bad Email from a question '''''submitted by our backers'''''?\\
No? Neither do most folks, prolly!
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-->'''King of Town''': (bag is emptied; leaves) And I'm out.

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-->'''King --->'''King of Town''': (bag is emptied; leaves) And Annnd I'm out.
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** After instructing The Cheat on how to properly hold the bag (as he was previously holding it in his mouth, causing it to drip pudding onto the floor), Strong Bad proceeds to begin cleaning up the mess... by stating he's "[scooping its] brains back in. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Like you would a real baby.]]"

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** [[invoked]] After instructing The Cheat on how to properly hold the bag (as he was previously holding it in his mouth, causing it to drip pudding onto the floor), Strong Bad proceeds to begin cleaning up the mess... by stating he's "[scooping its] brains back in. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Like you would a real baby.]]"
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* BlackComedy:
** ''Right'' as Coach Z states the goal of his class is to keep a bag of yellow pudding "alive" the longest, we hard cut to the King of Town drinking it with a straw.
-->'''King of Town''': (bag is emptied; leaves) And I'm out.
** After instructing The Cheat on how to properly hold the bag (as he was previously holding it in his mouth, causing it to drip pudding onto the floor), Strong Bad proceeds to begin cleaning up the mess... by stating he's "[scooping its] brains back in. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Like you would a real baby.]]"
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* SelfDeprecation: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game/posts/3469478 On Kickstarter]], this email was announced with the Brothers Chaps poking fun at themselves for taking too long to make this email as it was intended as a backer reward.

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* OverlyLongGag: The email ends with Strong Bad going into a rant about how babies smell like crap.

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* OverlyLongGag: InsaneTrollLogic: Homestar claims that young infants have "inverse agricultural tendencies", and watering plants in front of a baby might make them adverse to ever watering plants when they grow up.
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The email ends with Strong Bad going into a rant about how babies smell like crap.bad.
** The last part of the stinger ends with an increasingly-annoyed Homestar trying to get Alex Hirsch's attention.



* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week, Coach Z awards the bag of pistacho pudding to ''himself'', because he's got his own pudding-sack baby he's been raising [[WayPastTheExpirationDate since he was younger]].

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* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week, Coach Z awards the bag of pistacho pistachio pudding to ''himself'', because he's got his own pudding-sack baby he's been raising [[WayPastTheExpirationDate since he was younger]].



-->'''Marzipan:''' Babies understand tone and body language, so it's very important that she doesn't know how much we hate each other until she's in college.

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-->'''Marzipan:''' Babies understand tone and body language, so it's very important that [[HappyMarriageCharade she doesn't know how much we hate each other until she's in college.college]].

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* TakeThat: The email makes a couple of jabs towards parents who neglect their children in favor of letting them stare at an [=iPad=] screen all day. [[DumbMuscle Strong Mad]] being the parent who does that.

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
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The email makes a couple of jabs towards parents who neglect their children in favor of letting them stare at an [=iPad=] screen all day. [[DumbMuscle Strong Mad]] being the parent who does that.that.
** It also jabs at parents who who neglect their children so ''they'' can stare at a screen all day, as Strong Mad and Homestar both do.

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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Strong Mad's attempt to make a diaper for the "baby" is an origami crane. [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE65UnusedEmails The last time Strong Mad tried to make origami]], they all came out as crumpled balls of paper.

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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Strong Mad's attempt to make a diaper for the "baby" is an origami crane. [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE65UnusedEmails The last time we saw Strong Mad tried try to make origami]], they all came out as crumpled balls of paper.


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* OverlyLongGag: The email ends with Strong Bad going into a rant about how babies smell like crap.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s outdated family features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant. Like a vape shop.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s outdated family features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant. Like a micro-brewery, or a vape shop.
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* TakeThat: The email makes a couple of jabs towards parents who neglect their children in favor of letting them stare at an [=iPad=] screen all day. [[DumbMuscle Strong Mad]] being the parent who does that.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Strong Mad's attempt to make a diaper for the "baby" is an origami crane. [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE65UnusedEmails The last time Strong Mad tried to make origami]], they all came out as crumpled balls of paper.
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* TheCameo: One EasterEgg has Creator/AlexHirsch appear on video giving voice direction to Homestar, who is "The One-Man Hubbub".

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* TheCameo: One EasterEgg has Creator/AlexHirsch appear on video giving video. He gives voice direction to Homestar, who is in a recording booth as "The One-Man Hubbub".

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* TheCameo: One {{Easter Egg}} has Creator/AlexHirsch appearing, directing Homestar as "The One-Man Hubbub".

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* TheCameo: One {{Easter Egg}} EasterEgg has Creator/AlexHirsch appearing, directing Homestar as appear on video giving voice direction to Homestar, who is "The One-Man Hubbub".



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s outdated family features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s outdated family features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant. Like a vape shop.



-->'''Marzipan:''' Babies understand tone and body language, so it's very important that she doesn't know how much we hate each other until she's in college.

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-->'''Marzipan:''' Babies understand tone and body language, so it's very important that she doesn't know how much we hate each other until she's in college.college.
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* TheCameo: One {{Easter Egg}} has Creator/AlexHirsch appearing, directing Homestar as "The One-Man Hubbub".



* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week, Coach Z awards the bag of pistacho pudding to ''himself'', because he's got his own pudding-sack baby he's been raising [[WayPastTheExpirationDate since he was younger]].

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* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week, Coach Z awards the bag of pistacho pudding to ''himself'', because he's got his own pudding-sack baby he's been raising [[WayPastTheExpirationDate since he was younger]].younger]].
* {{Spoonerism}}: The class is on "The Ponders of Warenting" rather than "The Wonders of Parenting". It eventually [[{{Malaproper}} gets mangled further]] into "The Donders of Warranty" and "The Jodhpurs of Clarencing".
* TranquilFury: Marzipan calls out Homestar for his bizarre and idiotic parenting tips in a cheerful and level voice, and Homestar is confused to hear "Mean-Say Marzipan's brain coming out of Nice-Say Marzipan's face".
-->'''Marzipan:''' Babies understand tone and body language, so it's very important that she doesn't know how much we hate each other until she's in college.

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* ContinuityNod: The [=SteaKastle=] scene features a cameo by the "Shut Up!" Lady.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Strong Bad's disgusted reaction to Coach Z's "health class" echoes his reaction to Homestar's "bread sing-alongs" in "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE123Origins origins]]".
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The [=SteaKastle=] scene features a cameo by the "Shut Up!" Lady.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s outdated family features.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s outdated family features.features and decides to eat at a marginally more family-friendly restaurant.
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'''Airdate: April 1, 2022

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'''Airdate: '''Airdate:''' April 1, 2022
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'''Airdate: April 1, 2022

'''Sender:''' Mike, Riverview FL

An expectant father asks Strong Bad for some parenting tips, and Strong Bad recalls everything he learned trying to raise a bag of pudding in Coach Z's "health class".
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* AudienceMurmurs: Parodied when Homestar produces a whole range of mutterings while serving as the "One-Man Hubbub".
* ContinuityNod: The [=SteaKastle=] scene features a cameo by the "Shut Up!" Lady.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: King of Town's restaurant [=SteaKastle=] has a high-chair from TheSeventies (which is [[NoProductSafetyStandards made from a rusty bear trap]]) and a kids' menu also from the seventies that offers two options: steak or cigars.
* EggSitting: Coach Z's health class is tasked with looking after plastic zipper bags full of banana pudding, in lieu of the traditional eggs or flour sacks.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Strong Bad gets fed up with [=SteaKastle=]'s outdated family features.
* ShaggyDogStory: When everyone's banana pudding babies are still intact by the end of the week, Coach Z awards the bag of pistacho pudding to ''himself'', because he's got his own pudding-sack baby he's been raising [[WayPastTheExpirationDate since he was younger]].

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