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After those several failed attempts to get the Compy to print out a million dollar bill, Strong Bad gets an e-mail "form" his "pal", who wants to know the story "behiend" [sic] that patch of duct tape on the couch in his basement. Strong Bad regales "Palbert" with the story of how he cut a hole in the couch in order to hide his "Aztec gold" (really a bag of old oil filters), only to unleash "a stench of Biblical proportions" that required the intervention of a hazmat team (in the form of the Poopsmith) and a fortune in Glade plug-ins to eliminate.

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After those several failed Putting aside his attempts to get the Compy to print out a million dollar bill, Strong Bad gets an e-mail "form" his "pal", who wants to know the story "behiend" [sic] that patch of duct tape on the couch in his basement. Strong Bad regales "Palbert" with the story of how he cut a hole in the couch in order to hide his "Aztec gold" (really a bag of old oil filters), only to unleash "a stench of Biblical proportions" that required the intervention of a hazmat team (in the form of the Poopsmith) and a fortune in Glade plug-ins to eliminate.

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->'''Strong Bad:''' I liked that gumbo! I didn't use no doo-doo meat! (''shaking his fist'') If I ever find out who that guy is... Well, Palbert, there's your answer.

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->'''Strong Bad:''' I liked that gumbo! I didn't use no doo-doo meat! (''shaking his fist'') If I ever find out who that guy is... Well, Palbert, there's your answer. Me? I'm gonna go over there. (''gets up to leave, but quickly sits down again'') Oh wait! (''types in "make homestar's head explode.exe'')
->'''Compy 386:''' No can do.
->'''Homestar:''' No can do.
->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh crap! This computer's worthless! (''gets up and leaves for real'')
->(''The Paper comes down. A hidden message reading "print million dollar bill, please.exe", when clicked on, allows the Paper to actually print out a million dollar bill, albeit in ASCII art'')



->'''Strong Bad:''' Me? I'm gonna go over there. (''gets up to leave, but quickly sits down again'') Oh wait! (''types in "make homestar's head explode.exe'')
->'''Compy 386:''' No can do.
->'''Homestar:''' No can do.
->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh crap! This computer's worthless! (''gets up and leaves for real'')
->(''The Paper comes down. A hidden message reading "print million dollar bill, please.exe", when clicked on, allows the Paper to actually print out a million dollar bill, albeit in ASCII art'')

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->'''Strong Bad:''' Me? I'm gonna go over there. (''gets up ->(''Cut to leave, but quickly sits down again'') Oh wait! (''types in "make homestar's the TV room. Homestar and The Cheat are lounging around, with Homestar lying on the couch spitting Teddy Grahams at the ceiling again. The Cheat's head explode.exe'')
->'''Compy 386:''' No can do.
->'''Homestar:''' No can do.
->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh crap! This
suddenly and inexplicably explodes.'')\\
'''Homestar:''' Dang, The Cheat. That
computer's worthless! (''gets up and leaves for real'')
->(''The Paper comes down. A hidden message reading "print million dollar bill, please.exe", when clicked on, allows the Paper to actually print out a million dollar bill, albeit in ASCII art'')
got something against you. Did you ever, like, pour Mountain Dew all over it?

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After several failed attempts to get the Compy to print out a million dollar bill, Strong Bad gets an e-mail from his "pal", who wants to know the story "behiend" [sic] the patch on the couch in the basement. Strong Bad regales "Palbert" with the story of how he cut a hole in the couch in order to hide his "Aztec gold" (really a bag of old oil filters), only to unleash "a stench of Biblical proportions" that required the intervention of a hazmat team (in the form of the Poopsmith) and a fortune in Glade plug-ins to eliminate.

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->'''Strong Bad:''' I'm going to try something a little different. (''typing'') Print out million dollar bill.exe.
->'''Compy 386:''' Bad command or file name.
->'''Strong Bad:''' What? Oh. (''typing again'') No, for real. Print me out a million dollar bill, man.exe
->'''Compy 386:''' Syntax error.
->'''Strong Bad:''' (''typing again'') Um, this time, ''really'' print me out a million dollars bill.nofoolin'
->'''Compy 386:''' Cut it out, you.
->'''Strong Bad:''' What the—!? Don't give me none of that crosstalk! Oh well, it was worth a shot. Now on to... (''sighs'') onto the email.

After those several failed attempts to get the Compy to print out a million dollar bill, Strong Bad gets an e-mail from "form" his "pal", who wants to know the story "behiend" [sic] the that patch of duct tape on the couch in the his basement. Strong Bad regales "Palbert" with the story of how he cut a hole in the couch in order to hide his "Aztec gold" (really a bag of old oil filters), only to unleash "a stench of Biblical proportions" that required the intervention of a hazmat team (in the form of the Poopsmith) and a fortune in Glade plug-ins to eliminate.



Meanwhile, an anonymous witness (who is clearly Coach Z with his voice digitally altered) claims that the couch patch came about to cover up the fact that he puked into a hole in the couch after eating some bad gumbo Strong Bad made. Strong Bad, annoyed by the interruptions and the dispersions cast upon his cooking ("I didn't use no doo-doo meat!") decides to "go over there", but not before trying (and failing) to make Homestar's head explode with the Compy.

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Meanwhile, an anonymous witness (who is clearly Coach Z with his voice digitally altered) claims that the couch patch came about to cover up the fact that he puked into a hole in the couch after eating some bad gumbo Strong Bad made. Strong Bad, Bad is left annoyed by the interruptions and the dispersions cast upon his cooking ("I cooking.

->'''Strong Bad:''' I liked that gumbo! I
didn't use no doo-doo meat!") decides to "go over there", but not before trying (and failing) to make Homestar's head explode with the Compy.meat! (''shaking his fist'') If I ever find out who that guy is... Well, Palbert, there's your answer.



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->'''Strong Bad:''' Me? I'm gonna go over there. (''gets up to leave, but quickly sits down again'') Oh wait! (''types in "make homestar's head explode.exe'')
->'''Compy 386:''' No can do.
->'''Homestar:''' No can do.
->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh crap! This computer's worthless! (''gets up and leaves for real'')
->(''The Paper comes down. A hidden message reading "print million dollar bill, please.exe", when clicked on, allows the Paper to actually print out a million dollar bill, albeit in ASCII art'')
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* YourHeadASplode: Strong Bad tries to get the Compy to make Homestar's head explode. It instead makes The Cheat's head explode, for some reason.

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* YourHeadASplode: Strong Bad tries to get the Compy to make Homestar's head explode. It instead misfires and makes The Cheat's head explode, for some reason.explode.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The reason Strong Bad notices that Homestar's flashback is unrelated is that he can see in the flashback that the couch patch is already there.


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* ImagineSpotting: The reason Strong Bad notices that Homestar's flashback is unrelated is that he can see in the flashback that the couch patch is already there.
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* AngryFistShake: Strong Bad shakes his fist while vaguely threatening "that guy" who claimed to have puked in his couch.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The reason Strong Bad notices that Homestar's flashback is unrelated is that he can see in the flashback that the couch patch is already there.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The reason Strong Bad notices that Homestar's flashback is unrelated is that he can see in the flashback that the couch patch is already there.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The reason Strong Bad notices that Homestar's flashback is unrelated is that he can see in the flashback that the couch patch is already there.
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--->'''Strong Bad:''' What the--! Don't give me none of that cross-talk!
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* MediumAwareness: "I thought this week's email was entitled 'Teddy Graham Memories'."

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* MediumAwareness: After getting called out on having a flashback to something completely unrelated, Homestar replies "I thought this week's email was entitled 'Teddy Graham Memories'."
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* PaperThinDisguise: Despite being hidden in shadows and having his voice digitally altered, Coach Z is instantly recognizable to the audience by his distinctive silhouette and accent.
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* SnarkyInanimateObject:
** Strong Bad's third attempt to print a million dollar bill results in the Compy telling him, "Cut it out, you."
** Strong Bad types in a command to make Homestar's head explode but the Compy says, "No can do." In an Easter egg, The Cheat's head explodes instead.

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* ContinuityNod:
** After [[Recap/HomestarRunnerTheHouseThatGaveSuckyTreats The Cheat's head explodes]] in an Easter egg, Homestar asks the Cheat if he did something to anger the Compy, like [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE78Anything pour Mountain Dew all over it]].

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* ContinuityNod:
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ContinuityNod: After [[Recap/HomestarRunnerTheHouseThatGaveSuckyTreats The Cheat's head explodes]] in an Easter egg, Homestar asks the The Cheat if he did something to anger the Compy, like [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE78Anything pour Mountain Dew all over it]].



* YourHeadASplode: Strong Bad tries to get the Compy to make Homestar's head explode. It instead makes the Cheat's head explode, for some reason.

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* YourHeadASplode: Strong Bad tries to get the Compy to make Homestar's head explode. It instead makes the The Cheat's head explode, for some reason.reason.
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'''Airdate:''' Monday, November 10, 2003

'''Sender:''' Your Pal

After several failed attempts to get the Compy to print out a million dollar bill, Strong Bad gets an e-mail from his "pal", who wants to know the story "behiend" [sic] the patch on the couch in the basement. Strong Bad regales "Palbert" with the story of how he cut a hole in the couch in order to hide his "Aztec gold" (really a bag of old oil filters), only to unleash "a stench of Biblical proportions" that required the intervention of a hazmat team (in the form of the Poopsmith) and a fortune in Glade plug-ins to eliminate.

Strong Sad, on the other hand, recalls his own story of how a young Strong Bad thought Olympic sprinter Carl Lewis was a hot woman, and presumably used the couch patch to cover up his youthful folly. Homestar has his own tale to tell, but he's a bit confused and instead talks about spitting Teddy Grahams around.

Meanwhile, an anonymous witness (who is clearly Coach Z with his voice digitally altered) claims that the couch patch came about to cover up the fact that he puked into a hole in the couch after eating some bad gumbo Strong Bad made. Strong Bad, annoyed by the interruptions and the dispersions cast upon his cooking ("I didn't use no doo-doo meat!") decides to "go over there", but not before trying (and failing) to make Homestar's head explode with the Compy.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Homestar claims to be "the only one who remembers how it all went down", but instead of talking about the couch patch he talks about spitting Teddy Grahams on the ceiling.
* ContinuityNod:
** After [[Recap/HomestarRunnerTheHouseThatGaveSuckyTreats The Cheat's head explodes]] in an Easter egg, Homestar asks the Cheat if he did something to anger the Compy, like [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE78Anything pour Mountain Dew all over it]].
* MediumAwareness: "I thought this week's email was entitled 'Teddy Graham Memories'."
* RashomonStyle: At least three different stories of how the couch patch came to be are related.
* YourHeadASplode: Strong Bad tries to get the Compy to make Homestar's head explode. It instead makes the Cheat's head explode, for some reason.

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