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== Overview ==
'''Zippy Email #29<sup>1/2</sup>: halloween'''

Zippy goes over the types of people attending Halloween parties.

== Transcript ==

'''ZIPPY:''' Checkin' my email on Halloween night! Spooky! ''{opens email}''

<blockquote class="zippy3">
<div>subject: halloween</div>
Yo, Zippy!<br/>
What are you doing for Halloween?<br/>
Sincerely,<br/>
- SB
</blockquote>

''{Zippy reads "SB" as "Strong Bad".}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{typing}'' What a coincidence! Why, Halloween is tonight! How odd, huh? ''{clears screen}'' But no, really. My Halloweens have been... less than spectacular. Take, for example, the notorious Halloween of '05. Some bad times there.

''{Flashback: the streets of Anytown. Zippy is dressed as Pac-Man. He walks along the sidewalk, when suddenly, a person dressed as a ghost bumps into Zippy. Zippy falls over as the Pac-Man dying sound plays. End flashback.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah. I couldn't get up until the next morning! And let's not forget the tragedy that was the Halloween of '07. Yikes.

''{Flashback: the streets of Anytown. Zippy is dressed as Mario dressed as a cheeseburger.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' Not a good year for the Cheeseburger Mario.

''{End flashback.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, I've never been good with Halloween. But worry not, gentle viewers! I have studied on Halloween etiquette, and ''this'' year, it's gonna be different!

''{Zippy gets up and runs into his closet. Seconds later, he emerges, dressed as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckman Duckman].}''

'''ZIPPY:''' Alright! I picked a costume ''nobody'' will recognize! I am ''set''!

''{Zippy runs out of the room.}''

''{Cut: outside Zippy's House. Zippy is on his front lawn, adjusting his costume glasses. Mitch walks over.}''

'''MITCH:''' Hey, Zip. ... What's with the costume?

'''ZIPPY:''' It's Halloween, you maroon!

'''MITCH:''' ... Aren't you a bit old to dress up?

'''ZIPPY:''' Oh, silly Mitch. One can ''never'' be too old to dress up for Halloween!

'''MITCH:''' Really.

'''ZIPPY:''' Besides, Syd's throwing a costume party at her place, so let's head over there!

'''MITCH:''' Huh. I didn't hear. I guess I'll go.

'''ZIPPY:''' Alright! See you there!

''{Cut: Syd's house. Many people (mostly Wiki Users) are there, dressed in costumes and socializing. Zippy and Mitch (dressed in a shirt that says "this IS my costume!") walk in.}''

'''MITCH:''' Wow. There are a ''lot'' of people here.

'''ZIPPY:''' I know. Hey, Syd's coming!

''{Syd walks over. She is dressed as a nurse.}''

'''SYD:''' Hey, you two! Welcome to my party!

'''ZIPPY:''' Yeah, thanks for inviting us!

'''MITCH:''' But I wasn't invite-

'''ZIPPY:''' Does it really matter?

'''SYD:''' Yeah, come on! Let's get some punch and have a good time, okay?

'''MITCH:''' ... Okay.

''{Mitch and Syd walk off.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' Alright, now it's time for... How to identify a person by the costume they wear! Let's take a look.

''{Kooky walks over, dressed as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell Oliver Cromwell].}''

'''KOOKY:''' Hey, Zippy! Nice costume! ... Whatever it is.

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' Freeze frame!

''{The screen stops as if it were a video tape.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' First off, we have the first kind of costumed up guy--The History Dork!

''{Some old-english text appears reading "Ye Olde Historie Dorke". It disappears soon after.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' This is the kind of guy who needs to explain his costume to you. And when he ''does'' explain it, you usually have to find a history book just to get the whole picture! Too much effort, man! Too much effort!

''{The scene resumes playing.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' Nice! Who are you supposed to be, Sir Tweedle-stache?

'''KOOKY:''' No, no! I'm...

''{Music starts up. Several other people stand behind Kooky and they all begin to sing. Listen along [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObI4eaK_GIA here].}''

'''KOOKY:''' Oliver Cromwell, lord, protector of England!

'''SINGERS:''' Puritan!

'''KOOKY:''' Born in 1599, died in 1658!

'''SINGERS:''' Sep-tem-ber!

'''KOOKY:''' Was at first only MP for Huntingdon, but then he led the Ironside Cavalry at Marston Moor in 1644-

'''ZIPPY:''' Alright, alright, I get it.

''{The music and singing stops.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' Nice musical number, by the by.

'''KOOKY:''' Thanks! And what are you, some sort of duck?

'''ZIPPY:''' Yes. For once.

'''KOOKY:''' Cool, cool. Listen, I'm gonna go mingle with that girl dressed up as Queen Mary. See ya!

''{Kooky walks off.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' See you later. I guess.

''{Zippy walks over to the punch bowl. Aruseus is there (dressed as Mewtwo, as well as both Syd and Mitch.}''

'''ARUSEUS:''' Hey! What it is, Zipmeister?

'''ZIPPY:''' Eh, could be better.

'''ARUSEUS:''' What, couldn't snag a date?

'''ZIPPY:''' Y- n- m- yes. That's it.

'''ARUSEUS:''' Cool. Cool. Me neither.

'''ZIPPY:''' It's homecoming all over again.

''{The scene stops.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' See this guy?

''{The camera shifts over to bring focus on Aruseus.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' This is the second kind of costumed guy that prances around your party. We call him... The Video Gamer.

''{Text appears reading "THE VIDEO GAMER". It is accompanied by a chiming noise. It disappears.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' He's the guy who, every single year, wears something from his favorite video game. For instance, this guy dressed as a cat man.

''{The scene continues playing.}''

'''ARUSEUS:''' Nice platypus outfit!

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{sighs}'' It's a duck.

'''ARUSEUS:''' Oh, right. Well... I forgot. I'm in college now, apparently.

'''ZIPPY:''' Still?

'''ARUSEUS:''' What?

'''ZIPPY:''' Never mind.

'''ARUSEUS:''' Yeah. I've gotta go meet for the open house. I hear the sorority girls are giving out free beers! To drink!

'''ZIPPY:''' Edgy. See ya lates.

''{Aruseus leaves the room.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' Cool.

''{The camera pans over to show Mitch and Syd. The scene stops.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' Let's move on. Here ''{Mitch is highlighted}'' we have the guy who thinks it's funny to wear something that's not a costume but insist it is. ''Oh, the irony''! This is what we call the Effort Zero.

''{Some plain text reading "Effort Zero" slides onto the screen. It falls off short after.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' Be on the lookout--when you catch one of these jerks on your front step, don't give them candy. Give them a piece of paper ''reading'' "candy" on it. See? It's ''ironic''! Oh, by the by? You all use the word "ironic" wrong. So shut up.

''{The frame shifts over to center on Syd.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' And here we have, of course, the token costume for women everywhere. I'm talking about the Sexy Worker!

''{The words "Sexy Laborer" appear. They poof off with a sultry giggle.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{v.o.}'' Now, the Sexy Worker can be any number of things--a sexy nurse, a sexy construction worker, a sxy secretary, whatever. If there's a job, chances are you can make the uniform skimpy enough to work for you!

''{The scene continues.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' Hey, guys!

'''SYD:''' Oh, hey, Zippy! How's it going so far?

'''ZIPPY:''' Good, good. Too little ladies in here, though.

'''SYD:''' It's okay! There's enough for both of you!

'''ZIPPY:''' ... I don't believe I catch your drift.

''{Syd brings Zippy over toward her. She takes Zippy and plants a smooch right on his cheek.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' Well, I guess I know where you're coming from ''now''!

'''SYD:''' ''{giggles}'' Alright, Zippy. I'll catch you later! I've got a date with a bag of Kit Kats!

''{Syd walks off.}''

'''MITCH:''' Well! Somebody's got the hots for you, Zip.

'''ZIPPY:''' ... Yeah. Yeah.

'''MITCH:''' Now, I've gotta get going. I can't take the smell of all these sweaty people.

''{Mitch leaves, too.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' Alright, then. I guess that's my cue!

''{Cut: Zippy's Bedroom. Zippy sits down at his computer.}''

'''ZIPPY:''' ''{typing}'' So there you have it. That's my Halloween. ''{speaking}'' Well, that's it, y'all. Tune in next time where I may or may not find a razor blade in my apple. Good bye, everybody!

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