Airdate: Monday, April 26, 2004
Sender: Someone
Strong Bad: (singing) Oh email, I'm gonna let you down easy... when I break up with you.
"Someone" offers to show Strong Bad a hot girl if he can get Bubs to give out free "luncch" specials.
Strong Bad: Aw, I hate it when they don't put a name. And when they misspell "sincerely". "Luncch" doesn't bother me so much. (erases the signature and types a new one) Keep on... tranglin', Larry Pat.
According to legend, Bubs will give a free lunch special to anyone who can trick him into saying his name backwards... minus the first "b". So all Strong Bad has to do is trick Bubs into saying "sbu".
Strong Bad: How hard could that be, right? I mean, I'm saying "sbu" all the time. This'll be a cakewalk. At least a sbu-walk.
Strong Bad's first attempt involves interrupting Bubs while he's "shining up a chicken" for some reason and asking him to read a sign. Thanks to a mix-up on The Cheat's part, however, Bubs instead reads "duck a l'orange".
Strong Bad: (over walkie-talkie) Oh, you really want some duck a l'orange, huh? You know we can't afford to eat like that! Aren't you a duck anyways?
Strong Bad's next trick involves tricking Bubs into speaking into a mirror, but Strong Bad forgets that mirrors don't work that way and it ends in failure (and a perfectly good hand mirror getting broken).
Next, Strong Bad interrupts Coach Z's attempt to order lunch as he tries to flood the Concession stand in an effort to blackmail Bubs into saying his name backwards minus the first "b".
Bubs: Why are you trying to get me to say "sbu"?
Strong Bad: There! You said it! Now you gotta give me a free lunch special!
Bubs: No, no, no! Getting me to say my name backwards minus the first "b" just makes me lose my super power.
Strong Bad: There! You said it! Now you gotta give me a free lunch special!
Bubs: No, no, no! Getting me to say my name backwards minus the first "b" just makes me lose my super power.
Apparently, Bubs has the power of flight (or used to, thanks to Strong Bad), not that he used it much since he "gained all this weight" and was unable to hover more than a few inches off the ground.
Strong Bad: I'm pretty sure Bubs is a big liar, but I did get him to say his name backwards minus the first B. So now you gotta show me a hot girl, Larry Pat. Or, buy me lunch. Or... whatever the deal was. I'll just go ahead and sit here and wait for the hot girl to appear on my screen, I guess. Not like I got a whole lot else going on...mmm.
(The Paper comes down.)
(The Paper comes down.)
Tropes:
- Brick Joke: One of Strong Bad's attempts to get Bubs to say his name backwards minus the first "B" is to flood the concession stand. An Easter egg shows The Cheat relaxing in the flooded stand while the Brothers Chaps hum "Aloha Oe".
- Cassandra Truth: Strong Bad ultimately concludes Bubs was lying about having super powers, while one of the Easter Eggs does confirm that he can (or rather could) float in the air.
- Depower: "Getting me to say my name backwards minus the first 'b' just makes me lose my super power."
- Exact Words: Even though Strong Bad didn't get a free lunch or was shown a hot girl, he did manage to get Bubs to say "sbu". So in the end, he did make good on his word, despite not getting anything out of it.
- Flat-Earth Atheist: Despite seeing Bubs hovering unaided in an Easter egg, Homestar remains skeptical. "Seriously, you can totally see the strings."
- Flight: Bubs claims to have had the power of flight, up until Strong Bad tricked him into saying "sbu".
- Formerly Fit: Bubs also claims to have been able to fly longer until he gained weight.
- I Am Not Weasel: The Cheat takes offense at Strong Bad calling him a duck.
- Insane Troll Logic: One of Strong Bad's attempts at tricking Bubs into saying "sbu" is to have him say his name into a mirror, thinking it will somehow come out backwards.
- Mirrors Reflect Everything: Strong Bad thinks they can be used to reverse speech. He holds a mirror up to Bubs' face and is outright surprised when Bubs' response doesn't come out backwards.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Strong Bad decides he needs to get out of the house when he catches himself flirting with Strong Mad's crude drawing of a brontosaurus.
- Shout-Out:
- Clicking on the words "Larry, legend" brings up a screenshot from the NES game Jordan vs. Bird: One-On-One, a reference to Larry Bird's nickname "Larry Legend".
- Tricking Bubs into saying his name backwards minus the first "b" is almost certainly a reference to Mr. Mxyzptlk, a reoccurring foe of Superman who could be banished to his home dimension by making him say his name backwards, "Kltpzyxm".
- Skewed Priorities: Coach Z really wants his cod plank platter, so much so that the talk about Bubs having superpowers doesn't phase him at all.Coach Z: Either of you ladies gonna get me my cod plank platter?!
- Speak in Unison: Strong Bad and Coach Z do a bit of this when Strong Bad tries to flood the concession stand.
- Terrible Artist: Strong Mad sends Strong Bad a crappy "MS Paint drawing of a Brontosaurus having breakfast".
- Weaksauce Weakness: Apparently saying "sbu" robs Bubs of his ability to fly, though judging by the fact we see Bubs hovering in an Easter egg, this may just be a rumor.
Compy 386: (produces a tone. a new email appears on the screen)
Strong Bad: Ooh, an email! "Deur Strond bad, I hava a emau] now. Cheet helps. Stlong Mad" Well, looks like ol' Strong Mad has finally hit the Information Superhighway like a flaming sack o' crap. Oh, and there's an attachment! Maybe he sent me a picture of a hot girl.
(Strong Bad opens the attachment, revealing it to be a crude drawing of a green sauropod dinosaur standing in front of a mountainous background, with a plate of bacon and eggs and a glass of orange juice.)
Strong Bad: (deadpan) An MS Paint drawing of a Brontosaurus having breakfast. (normal voice) Well, it's a fairly hot Brontosaurus anyhow! (flirtatiously) Well hey, what's happenin' Brontosaurus baby... what are you doing— (normal voice) Okay, I gotta get out of the house!
(Strong Bad gets up and leaves hastily.)
(Strong Bad opens the attachment, revealing it to be a crude drawing of a green sauropod dinosaur standing in front of a mountainous background, with a plate of bacon and eggs and a glass of orange juice.)
Strong Bad: (deadpan) An MS Paint drawing of a Brontosaurus having breakfast. (normal voice) Well, it's a fairly hot Brontosaurus anyhow! (flirtatiously) Well hey, what's happenin' Brontosaurus baby... what are you doing— (normal voice) Okay, I gotta get out of the house!
(Strong Bad gets up and leaves hastily.)
(Cut to the field, where Bubs is apparently seen floating)
Homestar: (in voiceover) Oh man, that is SO fake. Seriously! You can totally see the strings.
