Strong Bad Email #119 - animal

Mikeyman · **Joined:** Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:44 am **Posts:** 184

I liked it. The Lappy could make some interesting new e-mails with it's portability. Da Huuuuuuuuudge cracked me up.

8/10

Upsilon · **Posted:** Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:05 pm

I have to say, I rather like the look of the Lappy. Change is always appreciated, and the Compy had had a good run.

As for the email itself, the creation of the animals was up to the Chaps' usual standard (interesting use of Powered by The Cheat in the fanglyfish section), but the real highlights of the email were Strong Bad dissing The Cheat and the Lappy's introduction to The Paper ("He lets me know when I've stopped being funny!" Classic). Also, The Paper apparently has an assigned gender now.

Oh, and I adored the music at the dance club.

All in all, a fine introduction for the Lappy. The 386's first appearance is lacklustre by comparison.

Prophet · **Posted:** Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:40 am

I put an animated gif of Monstrosity at http://www.angelfire.com/tv/tankor/monstrosity.gif (Copy and paste the link, if you just click on the link, angelfire puts up the stupid roadblock picture)
I agreee with MikeT61 about "the times". I also found this,

Quote:

"Matthew 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"

and

Quote:

"Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power."

If Homestar has read any prophecy, then seeing a beast that was a jumble of many animals would probably make him think of "the times"

Quote:

"Revelation 9:7-12 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
:sad:

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter." :sad:

Hysterical Woman · **Posted:** Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:30 pm

H*R=G*d?

Tidus · **Posted:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:10 am

I think this email kill'd the whole introduction of the lappy.
I remember when the compy 386 came, I thought it was awesome!

This on the other hand :eek:

furrykef · **Posted:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:18 am

OK, let's see here... don't need this anymore... I don't need ~WHACK!~ THIS anymore...

mycbrad · **Posted:** Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:23 am

I was watching 119 again and I SWEAR my mouse pointer changed to a hand (link) as I was running it over Sterrance...twice. I can't find it again, but TBC may have one more in there. Can anyone confirm, or am I insane?

Upsilon · **Posted:** Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:41 pm

Just your imagination. There's nothing there.

KamuiEXE · **Posted:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:25 pm

Something I noticed:

"Sterrance is way cuter than that stupid ugly old washed-up The Cheat I used to have." ~ SB

Doesn't that imply that The Cheat is actually SB's pet?! Did I miss something somewhere alone the line?

~Kamui.EXE

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:27 pm

KamuiEXE wrote:

Doesn't that imply that The Cheat is actually SB's pet?! Did I miss something somewhere alone the line?

The toons have always flip-flopped between The Cheat being his own "person" and being Strong Bad's pet. Nothing to see here, move along.

KamuiEXE · **Posted:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:29 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

KamuiEXE wrote:

Doesn't that imply that The Cheat is actually SB's pet?! Did I miss something somewhere alone the line?

The toons have always flip-flopped between The Cheat being his own "person" and being Strong Bad's pet. Nothing to see here, move along.

Wai! This one is going to bug me and my already broken brain!

Couldn't The Cheat in theory be both?

~Kamui.EXE

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:32 pm

KamuiEXE wrote:

Couldn't The Cheat in theory be both?

Yes. Case closed..... or did I?

KamuiEXE · **Posted:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:35 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

KamuiEXE wrote:

Couldn't The Cheat in theory be both?

Yes. Case closed..... or did I?

Myagh! I already said my brain was broken from college stuffs.... much more than poor compy. No more mind games! *Curls up in a little ball on the floor* Eeeeee.......

~Kamui.EXE

Clever Danielle · **Posted:** Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:09 am

Well. There's not much to say about this, except that if this email wasn't like a milestone, what with the lappy and all that, it wouldn't be that remarkable. It would just fade into oblivion. I did like the "do you have the times" comment. That was cool. And the lappy is pretty much as good as my laptop I never use...

bmhg15 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 11, 2004 6:34 pm

I sorta get a weird feeling watching the Tandy e-mails now. What's weird is that I got a laptopon Thanksgiving as a gift, and Strong Bad got his laptop the sunday/monday after.

SEAN'D! · **Posted:** Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:29 pm

Oooooo... Freaky! There might be a camera in your house! Search all nooks annd crannies (don't forget the crannies!)

sticklyman · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:35 am

Upsilon wrote:

Also, The Paper apparently has an assigned gender now.

Interesting to note that in "invisiblity," it was revealed that the printer is female.

Billybob · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:14 pm

electricbassguy wrote:

The Lappy486 is hardly high-tech. I don't think it has enough HD space to hold all of his emails and the email program that Lappy uses...

Ha.ha..haha
You havent realized that SB uses OLD compys/tandys/lappys?

thefreakyblueman · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 5:59 pm

Billybob wrote:

electricbassguy wrote:

The Lappy486 is hardly high-tech. I don't think it has enough HD space to hold all of his emails and the email program that Lappy uses...

Ha.ha..haha
You havent realized that SB uses OLD compys/tandys/lappys?

...what? He said that the "Lappy 486 is hardly high-tech." You should probably read things more carefully.

Billybob · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:01 pm

thefreakyblueman wrote:

Billybob wrote:

electricbassguy wrote:

The Lappy486 is hardly high-tech. I don't think it has enough HD space to hold all of his emails and the email program that Lappy uses...

Ha.ha..haha
You havent realized that SB uses OLD compys/tandys/lappys?

...what? He said that the "Lappy 486 is hardly high-tech." You should probably read things more carefully.

SB admitted that he didnt like new computers.How could he think an OLD computer could have enough HD anyway?

thefreakyblueman · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:19 pm

Billybob wrote:

How could he think an OLD computer could have enough HD anyway?

HD means "Hard drive". All computer (including old) have hard drives--it's not a new thing.

furrykef · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:34 am

thefreakyblueman wrote:

Billybob wrote:

How could he think an OLD computer could have enough HD anyway?

HD means "Hard drive". All computer (including old) have hard drives--it's not a new thing.

First off, this is flatly wrong. A lot of old computers didn't have hard drives (but you're probably not going to find a 486 computer without a hard drive). Even old PCs didn't have hard drives, though you probably won't find a PC without a hard drive with anything newer than a 286.

Second off, Billybob didn't suggest that the computer wouldn't have a hard drive; he suggested that the hard drive wouldn't have enough space. Now you're the one misreading things, thefreakyblueman

thefreakyblueman · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:21 am

furrykef wrote:

First off, this is flatly wrong. A lot of old computers didn't have hard drives (but you're probably not going to find a 486 computer without a hard drive). Even old PCs didn't have hard drives, though you probably won't find a PC without a hard drive with anything newer than a 286.

Second off, Billybob didn't suggest that the computer wouldn't have a hard drive; he suggested that the hard drive wouldn't have enough space. Now you're the one misreading things, thefreakyblueman

Oy. My mistake. :blush:

Anyway, this definitely was one of the better emails, but in the same way that 'dragon' is. Bringing about new things (especially a new compy) is usually something that adds another 10 points to something (though not really the case in 'invisibility').

bmhg15 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:47 am

Sean wrote:

Oooooo... Freaky! There might be a camera in your house! Search all nooks annd crannies (don't forget the crannies!)

Thanks. I will be sure to check the Grannies.

Might as well check the 100th Annual Grammies...

Mashed Potato Jones · **Joined:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:17 am **Posts:** 35

I liked this email did anyone else notice da huuuudge looked like the cheat in blob form? :ehsteve:

Miankl · **Posted:** Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:39 am

This email has got to be one of the best in a while. Well, virus was cool, but you get what I mean. Once in a while, there is this one email that you just want to watch over and over again. But I'm getting off track here.

I like this email. A lot. The Lappy was cool, and the Monstrosity Strong Bad made me laugh so much. My sides hurted just watching it frothing at the mouth. The huuuuuuudge was wierd, and I didn't really find the other ones that funny (except for maybe the Pardack). And Sterence was adorable. I want one too (some day!). All in all, a great email.

p.s. Just a side note. Apperently, Strong Bad doesn't know the difference between horns and antlers. The Monstrosity Strong Bad has antlers and not horns. Antlers branch off, while horns do not.
Eg: montain goat = horns, cariboo = antlers

iKipapa · **Posted:** Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:07 am

yay for the lappy!...and sterrance! (hes soooo cool)
i agree the email was rushed, but TBC made up for it in #120
8.5/10

Brightstar · **Joined:** Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:10 am **Posts:** 23

Actually I find the new lappy to look like an IBM L40SX, which is quite similar. No mouse. Battery life of about 5 minutes (then again this thing has been charged up and down many times) floppy only, but its only monochrome, and has a 80 megabyte hd.

http://www.almeida.de/edocs/ibml40sxe.htm

StrongCanada · **Posted:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:06 pm

Hey - I tried searching for this but didn't find it, so if someone else already figured this out, then I'm sorry! But did you guy notice on the Lappy menu if you hold your pointer over the screen of the Lappy and click, it makes an image like when you touch an actual laptop's screen? Cool, huh?

porplemontage · **Posted:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:12 pm

You're not the only one to notice it. It looks like Tucker was one to point it out and it's on the wiki.

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