Strong Bad Email

[@greenrotaryphone]

This episode fundamentally changed my entire family’s lexicon. To this day, we refer to omelettes as hudges, and I think not a week goes by that we don’t refer to one of the cats as “Mr Past-His-Prime himself.”

[@Tfrne]

I like that at 2:04 it switches to being animated by The Cheat for no discernible reason

[@TheInkPitOx]

Right this way everyone. Free puppies, ginger snaps, pocket PCs.

[@Richterdgf]

I JUST bought a new laptop, and the very first thing that popped into my mind when I was unboxing it was Strong Bad’s description of all the cool features of the Lappy 486.

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

Did you check your email on it first?

[@robertbeisert3315]

Every new laptop I get is named "Lappy", and I must regale my wife about its impressive battery life and portability. Seriously, send help

[@cameoflage]

A few months before COVID, I had to hastily get a new computer because my old desktop finally gave up the ghost (thankfully not because it got 400,000 viruses and had to be put down with a shotgun at least), and what I ended up with was my dad's spare laptop, which he'd put through the wringer before moving on to the new model. One half of ten minutes was an accurate description of its battery life.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@cameoflage So five minutes then?

[@cameoflage]

@@TheInkPitOx Honestly mine got more like three minutes. But yes.

[@drygonfyre]

Last year, I was working at my university's cafeteria, which had recently changed its name to "The Hub", and I was always tempted to call it "Da Huuuuuuuub". Truly, this series changes lives.

[@ethandudley342]

This is now what I'll say anytime I go to the internet hub if you know what I mean 😂

[@twoac]

They should have called it The Pizz

[@SpyrosKoronis]

Please, for the love of Pete, DO NOT feed yourself at Da Huuuuuuuub.

[@emmarose4234]

No. No Hub. (Even though I’m a That '70s Show fan.)

[@uh3what]

ew no father figure headass

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I'm always delighted by the PBTC Homestar voice. I hope that if Strongbanglerfish were real, his lure would still have that voice and not regular Homestar's voice.

[@TigersharkNation2691]

If the strong bad anglerfish was real, I would love to see him at a aquarium, if they had a tank that can keep deep sea animals

[@reloadpsi]

I think the episode where he drew the Cheatviathan may have confirmed that to be the case.

[@uRDM]

Excellent

[@jbdixon4020]

i think Mike Chapman does all the PBTC voices. i wonder how they came to that decision lol

[@TheInkPitOx]

We don't see Strong Bad plug in the Lappy, so this would've easily drained most of its battery life.

[@davebryan8416]

All these years later I still have the ingrained impulse to drag my curser over the words to click on an easter egg

[@TheInkPitOx]

I never looked for them with my cursor. I used the tab trick.

[@CtrlAltPhreak]

My new pick up line: "Hey there, baby style. Do you want to watch me bench-press alot.... of weights?"

[@MaesterMike]

Turn it out, CtrlAltPhreak, turn it out! If you had a wingman, he should follow up with that.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@MaesterMike How can he enjoy the dinner and dancing if he's already the fangly fish?

[@TheBatmanMan1]

There was another great one that you could click after the email was done - something along the lines of “hey, this is a pretty great party, don’t ya think? Do you have a phone at your house?” I’ve pulled that one out once or twice.

[@TheInkPitOx]

I don't remember that

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

Now I always refer to my laptops as a "Lappy"

[@nline2blast722]

Been doing it for a bit my self

[@rihenry7364]

"I say there, monstrosity, do you know the times?" 🤣 God every one of these unlocks a new forgotten memory from my childhood.

[@deisirae8536]

Please, for the love of Pete, DO NOT feed Da Huuuuuudge this always makes me giggle

[@pikminfan6778]

Not even you, zookeepers.

[@micahnewman]

Oh, wow, look at the hudge!

[@agen335]

@@micahnewman Um, how about the red steckled elbermung? NO NO NO!

[@agen335]

@proud hufflepuff For the love of Pete, do not feed the hudge

[@bentowers7743]

@@agen335 Um, the Pardack?

[@Metomunc]

This e-mail made me a life-time fan of homestarrunner because I wrote it and the bad-man himself answered it. ~ Metomunc (Spud Jr.)

[@JemicaM]

... But are you good at sports?

[@Metomunc]

Sometimes. Isn't moving little pieces of plastic around and taking pictures of them considered a sport somewhere?

[@mr.monotone1908]

What did Spud Sr think about this?

[@Metomunc]

At the time I think he thought it wasn't worth thinking about all that much. (But then again further-more in conclusion, I'm not sure how familiar he is with the times).

[@mr.monotone1908]

@@Metomunc cool. Nice how your accoubnt is still up after 13 years

[@foomp]

It never occurred to me till just now, but with the Lappy weighing 42lbs, Strong Bad must be pretty damn... strong... to be walking around so casually with it and even jumping as high as he did to sit.

[@MM-fc9fz]

foomp STRONG Bad

[@pgj1997]

foomp Believe me, laptops were heavy until around 2010. You had to get a bag just to carry it easily.

[@TheInkPitOx]

The Commodore SX-64 featured a built-in five-inch composite monitor and a built-in 1541 floppy drive. It weighed 20 pounds.

[@joeywomer]

He can’t even do one push-up, though

[@FriendlyLocalGeek]

@@joeywomer Maybe he can't get proper leverage for a push-up thanks to his husky head

[@j.nicolosi6647]

Raise your hand if you can’t remember a time when you didn’t refer to them as “fangly fish” 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@timwoods2852]

Fun fact: to look like that, String Bad would have to be a *female* deep sea fangly fish.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@proud hufflepuff I always referred to them as angler fish

[@migitri]

🙋🏻‍♀️ I saw this sbemail when it first came out and ever since then I've referred to angler fish as "deep sea fanglyfish." I almost never use their real name.

[@Tomapella]

I remember that because I was in college when this came out. Anyway, *steps into coffin*

[@ThrillaWhale]

I also can’t stop referring to their light up bit as “kostom lyuuuuures”

[@Andrew-ze6kq]

The red steckled elbermung has three key parts. The no, the no, and the no.

[@SavageGreywolf]

"Do you know the times?" Butts twelve by pies, naturally.

[@TheInkPitOx]

You said something stupid! The Cheatcakes will be mine!

[@ShadowNinja452]

SavageGreywolf I guess Strong Bad couldn’t really talk with all of that proboscis. Not that he’d have much for an answer for “Do you know the times?”, anyways

[@Monkey-rk4xi]

SavageGreywolf ten o’clock and two o’clock!

[@pikminfan6778]

Is it possible that SavageGreywolf was outsmarted by Keith Pixton?

[@michikomanalang6733]

Ryan G. DRIVERS ED’ED!!!!

[@MyDayAstonTheMuppetsFan]

"A man with a plastic rectangle." The perfect way to describe 'an adult with a school dinner plate'.

[@TheInkPitOx]

lunchtray

[@temmieflakes1428]

Lappy, this is The Paper. He lets me know when I've stopped being funny.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Enough already Strong Bad.

[@Poyostar]

Oh, sorry. Bye everybody.

[@FlameAdder]

This thread stopped being funny before it started

[@ReyaitheShadowWolf]

Right this way, everyone! Free puppies! Ginersnaps! Pocket PCs!

[@LckeStudios]

hey there babystyle do you want to watch a bench press a lot of weights?

[@Silvanfan]

+blitzball420 turn it out man, turn it out.

[@TheInkPitOx]

How can he enjoy the dinner and dancing if he's already the fangly fish?

[@Silvanfan]

because he's strong bad, and can do everything

[@NerdyZigDood]

Pocket PCs = iPaq

[@mirandamccraw7011]

Can't tell you how many times I've said "I say there monstrosogy, do you know the times?" And NO ONE has ever gotten the reference. When that say comes though, it will be glorious!

[@pikminfan6778]

2:11 Right this way, everyone! Free puppies! Gingersnaps! Pocket PCs!

[@FloofPuppy]

Turn it out, Strong Bad! Turn it out!

[@coachrenaldo]

When I first saw the pardack back then, I nearly collapsed from laughing too much.

[@Loctorak]

Oh dear. I hope you are constructed from more robust materials, now.

[@mariic2]

*El Pardack

[@Toonrick12]

3:04 What the?

[@Silvanfan]

5 people wouldn't like as if.

[@mirandamccraw7011]

Good thing this video can like as itself.

[@RED_indiemusic]

I remember showing this to my younger brothers back when it was still fresh, and I had an older desktop at the time. When my bros had a new computer before I did, I would quote Strong Bad's "He uses "new" computers (scoff!)" every chance I get. Great times!

[@louisdellalucca8969]

“The Red Steckled Elbermung... No No No!”

[@micahlehrke9]

The Pardack?

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@micahlehrke9 What the?!

[@pikminfan6778]

Why do these keep coming out as nasty blob-things?!

[@agen335]

@@pikminfan6778 Okay okay okay. Gotta look good for the lappy.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@agen335 I would be called...Sterrance

[@FrugalLatina]

holy god i almost spat out my coffee at "portable 42 lb laptop."

[@Shipwreck15151]

Don’t forget the impressive battery life of one half of ten minutes.

[@bluie1238]

and the 2mb

[@aspiringwayfarer]

1:45 “I say there monstrosity. Do you know…the times?”

[@hj189]

I love how Homestar’s Powered By The Cheat counterpart always gets the short end of the stick. He’s also very chill about it.

[@tyrant-den884]

Da Huuuuuuuudge slays me every time.

[@pikminfan6778]

Keep in mind, if Strong Bad wants to have a custom lure, he'd have to be a FEMALE Fanglyfish.

[@SoleaGalilei]

I'm not sure Strong Bad's imagination is constrained by the laws of biology.

[@CodesTheOtaku]

I’m surprised he didn’t imagine himself as something resembling Trogdor.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Because that's his imaginary friend

[@samhutch7679]

Been feeling nostalgic and rewatching some old sbemails. I now know why I've been saying "do you know the times?" for years.

[@LchanOtakudom]

With all the crap going on in the world, it's nice to know one can unwind with the antics of Strong Bad and the Homestar Runner crew. Thanks, Brothers Chaps, for the awesomeness!

[@Loctorak]

"Its nice to know one" My brain: "Its nice to no one can unwind.." Hey! Whaddya MEAN no one can unwind to-.. oh... uh, never mind me. (And that brings us to where we are, now)

[@LchanOtakudom]

@@Loctorak Beautifully done!

[@c.j.stanbridge4560]

Has anyone heard of a Dr. Seuss book called "I Wish That I Had Duck Feet"? I recall it having a similar theme to this SBEmail.

[@drygonfyre]

I loved that book as a kid! iirc, the boy in it would think up different animal parts he could have that would have been really cool, but then he realized there would be downsides to having them as well and decided against it. As a kid, I always thought that having horns or a tail would outweigh the downsides they would bring though XD

[@knightofarkronia8652]

@@drygonfyre Horns and tails can get caught in things!

[@Loctorak]

I used to love that book, but I'm dyslexic so one time I went to the school library to rent it out, but walked up the the teacher and asked for "I wish that I had f***ed eet" and ended up getting suspended. So I don't read that book any more.

[@drygonfyre]

@@knightofarkronia8652 They'd be cool though! _~worth it~_

[@TheInkPitOx]

I did not read that book when I was a kid. I just watched a video of it. Pretty good.

[@superbrownbrown]

*Homestar Runner: "I say there, Monstrosity... do you know the times?"*

[@MyDayAstonTheMuppetsFan]

Monstrosity: "Gyguedhgquywquiwygvsxbahsuyxsagvusjhxhsgdujwsgydjkhuehfvjw."

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@MyDayAstonTheMuppetsFan I guess I couldn't really talk with that proboskis.

[@Ashkihyena]

@@TheInkPitOx Not like I’d have much of an answer for “do you know the times”

[@ZiggyMandarr]

If "I say monstrosity, do you know the times" isn't part of your lexicon than you're doing it wrong

[@monkeyman767]

So, for ages, whenever I've had to come up with a name, for some reason I always started it with an "st" sound, "stedge" "storf" etc. And it's only now that I watch that that I'm fairly sure it started with Sterance.

[@kylerbelshaw7042]

2:35 Easy, a mini-Strong Bad connected by a gross tube!

[@TheInkPitOx]

You mean like the time he had one attached to him?

[@GutaarGod]

The fact that I now realize that all these creatures and iterations of Strong Bad exist in alternate dimensions makes me realize that those skits aren’t skits. They are actually moments from alternate dimensions.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Claws, horns, tusks, tentacles, power doors, 15 year drivetrain warranty, proboskis, segmented eyes.

[@bentowers7743]

I say there monstrosity, do you know the times?

[@agen335]

@@bentowers7743 (Monster noises)

[@jman2050]

Good thing he didn’t go for that, the warranty would have long expired by now.

[@TigersharkNation2691]

Well that would look more like a some kind of bug if you ask me

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@bentowers7743 I actually heard it as monstrosigy.

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

The Lappy 486 is my favorite thing of all time. You think all the specs are silly, but I distinctly remember there being a giant "portable computer" that weighed about 20 pounds and cost something ridiculous like $9,000. It folded up and it had a carrying case. I think it's an 80's model.

[@wakkowarner4288]

Osbourne. A "Luggable" computer. 5 inch display, two 5 1/4 floppies. maybe a small hard disk.

[@mellyflori6856]

“Ohh look at Da Huuuuuudge” is still my favorite line

[@Quate32]

This is the most hilarious SBEmails ever. I laughed the entire way through. Like as.

[@tkayube]

Finally, a computer for your lap!

[@SoleaGalilei]

I still call those light up deep sea fish "fanglyfish". I've actually forgotten what they're really called.

[@Loctorak]

Fanglyfish. What do you mean "actually called" - you mean there's another name for them that's better than this? That's bupkiss!

[@TheInkPitOx]

anglerfish

[@TheInkPitOx]

extended battery life of one half of ten minutes

[@m3gAm37aLmAnX]

I'd love to have a pet like The Cheat. I wouldn't mind having a Sterrance either

[@c0baltl1ghtn1ng]

The Lappy 486 Weighs in at an extremely portable 42 pounds and features an impressive battery life of one half of ten minutes, (with 521 KB of RAM and 2 Megs of hard memory.) The Lappy 486, by Compy.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Applause!

[@aliensguy4291]

not gonna lie that is a really shitty computer... I mean nowadays most laptops have a terabyte or two of hard memory, 16 gb of ram at the least, and are like a pound and have hours and hours of battery life

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@aliensguy4291 That's the joke. Strong Bad likes old, crappy computers.

[@brianleavitt7846]

This email happened like a decade ago, and I only now realized that Sterrance has one angel wing! is he a one winged angel? maybe he needs his own song sung in Latin.

[@FriendlyLocalGeek]

Brian L "Thanks to Goku, Now ten sheep know Uni Shooow them your shin, Barney, no way!"

[@Shiverwar]

"Is this the pain you felt before, Strong Sad?"

[@TheInkPitOx]

He has two

[@liamfunnyman6965]

I kinda like the Red Steckled Elbermung; it looks and sounds like a creature from Pikmin. Red Steckled Elbermung _Strongus Baddicus_ Part of the grub-dog family This lowdown beast snaps up its prey using all sorts of dirty tricks, namely hanging from a tether of silk produced from its tail on ceilings of dark caves and plummeting down with its maw wide open. Luckily for the player, there will be a red reticle to indicate that they've reached its spot, giving them time to move out of the way once it lands. Then, you can have your Pikmin swarm the Red Steckled Elbermung from behind or from the side. It crawls on the ground rather slowly, making it easy to outmaneuver.

[@pikminfan6778]

Kinda looks like a cousin to the Water Dumple.

[@AquaLantern]

*Me making freakish fossil abominations in Pokemon Sword/Shield* "I say there, Monstrosity!"

[@indigoimp0446]

Do you know the times?

[@christinam.3715]

When I was a kid I read a kids book that starred a kid named Hudge, except it was spelled Hugh.

[@fritzy8318]

Then it wasn’t hudge.

[@eddlp2293]

So does anyone actually know the times?

[@15kimig]

8:00

[@TheInkPitOx]

New York

[@ianriemer6245]

Hair past a freckle.

[@EEMMOsGaming]

edwarddlp fihasoifhasiofhSAIOFhsiofhisoafhiodshfiodshfiodshfiodshsdhiosdhiof --Weird version of Strong Bad

[@thomasisrael1636]

Can't know the times. As Dylan said, they are a-changin'.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Lappy's not gonna bite you, or tear at your perforated edges.

[@agen335]

That's it! Lappy, this is the paper. He lets me know when I've stopped being funny.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@agen335 Enough already Strong Bad

[@agen335]

@@TheInkPitOx Ooh sorry. Bye everybody.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@agen335 brrrrrrrrup

[@jadegecko]

What the? Why do these keep coming out as nasty blob things?!

[@ShuRugal]

I miss not having to pretend that shit grammar is okay.

[@jbdixon4020]

“how can i enjoy the dinner and dancing when i’m already the fangly fish?”

[@kylerbelshaw7042]

Easy. A miniature Strong Bad, connected to the main body by a gross tube!

[@mythiot]

To this day, I can't look at the Red steckled elbermung without bursting into laughter.

[@kylerbelshaw7042]

No no no!

[@NumberD2000]

"Oh, Captain past-his-prime himself... yeah I know you heard me, and I stand by it." This gets me everytime i stg

[@cynthia718]

I still say "babies having babies" in our good year of 2023

[@hidemenow]

The red...speckled....Elbermung.... No no no.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Um...the Pardack?

[@pgj1997]

Keith Pixton What the? Why do these keep coming out as nasty blob things?

[@TheInkPitOx]

Ok, gotta look good for the Lappy. I would be called...Sterrance.

[@Its_Charlie_Young]

Hey, I did it! Look at Sterrance, aww, Sterrance, I want one!

[@TheInkPitOx]

Sterrance is way cuter than that stupid, washed-up The Cheat I used to have.

[@AquaticForce]

I call all of my friends Stu-pud Jr, because of this episode. Thanks, Strong Bad!

[@danny_phantom91]

Right this way everyone. Free puppies, ginger snaps, pocket PC's.

[@Andrew-ze6kq]

Um, how ‘bout... the red steckled elbermung? No, no, no.

[@ArtisIan]

Did anyone else see The Cheatfish?

[@15kimig]

me

[@zeitgeistindustries1792]

I think everyone did.

[@TigersharkNation2691]

He looked more like a shark to me

[@gba425]

The first time i heard of homestar was through the video game, so it's always weird to me when people enter strong bads computer room from the right because in the game the door is at the left and a window is at the right.

[@TobicalStudios02]

1:05 Is my mind according to The Rubbish World of Dave Spud during this?

[@undisclosedidentity9893]

OOH DAVE SENT AN EMAIL

[@seriesoftubes88]

I turned on the automatic captions, and at 1:25 it says: "I was my own mind up at a mall are probably like I did to polish my knob"

[@MystPlaysGamesMPG]

Homsar made the subtitle

[@jasonazucena9035]

For me, it said "how's my own made of animal are probably like added the coolest made of platinum or whatever right up"

[@sleepCircle]

for ME the auto captions say: “house my own made-up animal i’ll probably like as the coolest made-up animal ever write up” it's learning.

[@TheInkPitOx]

I can't stand these people who find it so amusing to turn on the captions. Just watch the dang video.

[@Aluminum.K]

*polish my knob*

[@NerdyZigDood]

"I say there monstrosity, do you know the times?" He actually was a monstrosity. And I don't know an answer to "do you know the times?" anyway.

[@Adidaas]

I don't know why, but Homestar's delivery of that line cracks me up.

[@kuzmasimon170]

As a zoo trainer i think this video is awesome

[@jaborsey_joseph]

The Elbermung and Pardack make for great sci-fi creature names

[@Davecat]

I dunno, I really like that jam at 2:20. It's solid.

[@Rhomega]

I now notice the howling wind at the beginning is the same sound as the ghost monitor from "ghosts".

[@Mum2Boys]

"Well, Stu-pud Jr.,"

[@kellylyons1038]

Walking round the mall in a Sterrence costume That you made for your kid Think of all the time and hard work you put into that Sterrence costume And how nobody knows what it is...

[@EvT91]

Strong Bad: the OG roastmaster of the internet

[@edwardlau1638]

Lappy 486 prevents from the 400000 viruses.

[@bricknolty5478]

Does da hughe remind anyone else of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream?

[@timwoods2852]

Spud Jr. always made me think of Potato Pota(w)to Jr. from ¡MUCHA LUCHA!

[@MyDayAstonTheMuppetsFan]

You mean 'A Lot of Fight'?

[@timwoods2852]

@@MyDayAstonTheMuppetsFan_¡MUCHA LUCHA!_ was an old Saturday morning cartoon about masked wrestler youths training at the Foremost, World Renowned, INTERNATIONAL *SCHOOL OF ¡LUCHA!* They'd get into all kinds of hijinks and silliness. Just take it little by little. It's kinda like SpongeBob, good in small amounts, but mind-numbing after the 8th or 9th episode in a row.

[@pikminfan6778]

@@timwoods2852 I think Strong Bad would fit right in there, I mean, he did do a bunch of wrestling moves a couple of times.

[@nik4790]

Man, what a debut for the Lappy.

[@123emilymason]

NO NO NO! 3:02

[@Rhomega]

Strong Bad is pretty strong if he can carry a 42 pound computer under one arm.

[@TheInkPitOx]

"He lets me know when I've stopped being funny" *Paper: Enough already Strong Bad*

[@juliagoodwin9510]

And there isn't a Sterrence plushie why?

[@joeywomer]

"Well Stu-pud Jr." very funny line.

[@Ashkihyena]

Well Stu-pud Jr.

[@Roxfox]

Ohhh yeah... So this is where I got "fangly fish" from. Still using that one!

[@LchanOtakudom]

Roxfox Well done, my friend :D

[@nthgth]

Haha same. Many years later I found out about the "angler fish" and it slowly dawned on me...

[@robheaton]

Love the Deep Sea Cheatshark at 2:14

[@Brentastrophe]

I wish these had the extra clips. The deep sea fangly fish bonus has a slogan i will never forget. "Steep prices, and Treeeeeeeees" (On the original website, press Tab to highlight hyperlinks in flash videos, each email end has multiple clickable extras.)

[@GabePuratekuta]

Not exactly "each", though.

[@TheInkPitOx]

"several" color monitor

[@vinnievin86]

EL PARDACK? Is my favorite animal that Strong Bad like as if could be

[@agen335]

What the? Why do these keep coming out as nasty blob things?

[@jeroll1347]

Named my cat Hudge. She is a nasty blob thing.

[@Secondary_Identifier]

That memory to storage ratio on the Lappy though... 🤔👌

[@yoshiman363]

da huuuuuudge, Da Hudge! *Splat* Ewww. No Hudge.

[@zacharymendelsohn3740]

Yoshiman 363 oh wow look at da hudge

[@PlutoTheSecond]

That always kills me. XD

[@agen335]

@@zacharymendelsohn3740 Um, how about the red steckled elbermung? NO NO NO!

[@zacharymendelsohn3740]

@AGEN335 umm el pardack? What the? Why are these keep coming out as nasty blob things?!

[@agen335]

@@zacharymendelsohn3740 Okay okay okay! Gotta look good for the Lappy!

[@MadMorgie6318]

For some reason, this made laugh considerably today. Thank you!

[@AllanBruton]

This email is the reason iv called my computers Lappy 486 for the past 20ish years

[@CyrusTheYoshi]

Someone should make a DVD of every Strong Bad email episode ever made, I would definitely buy it O:

[@nimblebubble6407]

Get sbemail.exe.

[@TheInkPitOx]

They sell them.

[@AndromedaRoach]

www.amazon.com/Homestar-Runner-Strongbad_email-exe-Hundred-Emails/dp/B0009811ZG

[@emmarose4234]

There’s a few exclusive emails in those too!

[@emmarose4234]

*NO HUDGE.*

[@lundylow]

Fresh off the heels of 2021's M Night Shyamalan's "Old," and "babies havin' babies" is even funnier.

[@DreamPrinnySquad]

strong bad must have done some technical wizardry considering not two emails later the lappy's battery life has increased by ten minutes. maybe the initial settings are really bad on power consumption