Airdate: Monday, May 3, 2004
Sender: Harry Erlenmacherg, Düsseldorf
Strong Bad: Man, if I had a nickel for every email I get, I would throw them at people in the food court. From that railing, like up above.
"Harry Ergonomics" from Düsseldorf wants to know who does Strong Bad's (non-existant) hair, and if he has any hair styling tips. Strong Bad reaches out to everyone in Free Country USA who actually has hair... all three of them, but Marzipan keeps making excuses, Strong Bad has second thoughts about styling the Poopsmith, and the King of Town insists "nobody touches the 'stache!"
Strong Bad is prepared to explain to "Ger-man" that he'll have to practice his "barbzerdry" another time when Strong Mad comes in, demanding Strong Bad make a cardboard box "dance and prance". Strong Bad finally strikes "pay dirt" with Strong Mad's eyebrows.
Equipped with "cutting-art, state-of-the-edge technology" (read: an instamatic photo of Strong Mad taped to the Compy and a dry-erase marker), Strong Bad shows off a variety of eyebrow styles, including:
- The sophisticated "Gentleman Caller", "for the Strong Mad who's out on the prowl"
- The lighting-shaped "Jagged Metal", complete with an electric guitar... drawn across Strong Mad's faceStrong Mad: I DON'T WANNA EAT A GUITAR!
Strong Bad: You're not eating it! You're shredding some hot lixx... with your teeth. (makes guitar noises, adds a whammy bar) - "Hammer Pants", a pair of eyebrows with a stylish fade for some "urban flavor"
- "Big Ol' Eyebrows", "for the Strong Mad who's not so concerned with attracting ladies", with the added bonus of missing teeth, acne, and a "butt chin" to make him "One hundred and ten percent lady-proof"
- "A Dog and Also a Cat Shaped Eyebrows... and a Couple of Muskrats"
- "Ready For Primetime", which Strong Bad gets a bit carried away with and ends up turning into a concept for a new Sweet Cuppin' Cakes character. "Eh, Greg!"Strong Bad: So that gives you a lot to choose from, Deutschman. I think you could easily apply all my eyebrow style to your... headbrow style. So good luck witchasself. I have to go use my "light pen" on napping Strong Sad. Prreeow.
(Strong Bad gets up and leaves, The Paper comes down.)
Tropes:
- Accidental Misnaming: Strong Bad reads the sender's name as "Harry Ergonomics".
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: The trope-namer; one of Strong Bad's attempts to style Strong Mad's eyebrows is to just give him a pair of thick, bushy eyebrows.
- Blatant Lies: Strong Bad claims to have "scanned Strong Mad's image into the computer" and is editing it with a "light pen". All he did was tape an Instamatic pic of Strong Mad with shaved eyebrows to the Compy and draw on it with a dry erase marker.
- Brick Joke: Strong Mad enters the scene asking Strong Bad to make a box dance. He does so in an Easter Egg.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: "A Dog and Also a Cat Shaped Eyebrows, and a Couple of Muskrats".
- Face Doodling: An Easter egg shows Strong Bad has drawn on Strong Sad's face while the latter is napping.
- Failed a Spot Check: For some reason, Harry doesn't notice that Strong Bad has no visible hair at all.
- If I Had a Nickel...: Strong Bad opens the email with "Man, if I had a nickel for every email I get, I would throw them at people in the food court. From that railing, like up above."
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: Marzipan first claims that she's growing her hair out for charity, then that it's a weave.
- Nobody Touches the Hair: The King of Town refuses to let Strong Bad style his mustache, saying "Nobody touches the 'stache!"
- Now That's Using Your Teeth!: When Strong Mad objects to being drawn eating a guitar, Strong Bad assures him "You're shredding some hot lixx... with your teeth".
- Portmanteau: Strong Bad describes his hair cutting as "barber wizardry, or barbzerdry as I call it".
- Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: Strong Bad makes guitar sounds while showing of "Jagged Metal", and imitates the sound of the Paper coming down ("Prreeow").
- Shout-Out:
- The "Jagged Metal" eyebrow style has Strong Mad playing a guitar with his teeth.
- One of the eyebrow styles is "Hamma Pants".
- Talking in Your Sleep: Strong Sad, in an Easter egg, is shown muttering about the Smurfs and Julian Sands in his sleep.
- Trick Dialogue: During the montage of Strong Bad asking to style the hair of the few people in Free Country USA who have it, we see Homestar saying "N-O spells no!" It then zooms out to show Strong Bad and the King of Town in the background, and Strong Bad shouts "I didn't even ask you, baldy!"
Strong Sad: (sleeping in bed, a funny face having been drawn on him) Jokey Smurf... Brainy... Brainy Smurf... that Carpenter Smurf...Oh, watch out, Julian Sands!
Strong Bad: (moving the cardboard box from earlier around, singing) Doo dit doo doo! It's tough being a box! But I'm livin' it up! Livin' it up! Do dit do dit! Livin' it up! Do dit do dit do! Box!
Strong Mad: HOORAY FOR BOX!
