Zarel Emails/2

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Zarel E-Mail #2

Zarel is asked what his favorite style is out of four different ones.

Cast (in order of appearance): Zarel, Homestar, Homeschool, Strong Bad, The Poopsmith, Strong Sad, Cheerleader (easter egg), So-And-So (easter egg), What's-Her-Face (easter egg), The Ugly One (easter egg)

Places: Zarel's House, The Stick, The Field, Strong Sad's Room, TGS Paper (easter egg)

Transcript

{Cut to Zarel's Room}

ZAREL: {singing} It's more than an email... {higher pitch} More than an email! {normal pitch} When I type on that old keyboard they used to use... {higher pitch} More than an email!

subj: style?

Dear Zarel, Whats your favorite style out of all of these?

Crappy, Peppy, Emo, or LOL?

And i don't want any of that none of the above crap.

Censorly,

Abdi LaRue

{Zarel reads "Censorly" as "Señorly"}

ZAREL: {typing} Hm...tough choice there, Señor Abdi. Tough choice on my favorite styles. {clears screen, continues typing} I could say I don't really like any of those. I know that’s against your rules, but, sit down, shut up; this is my show. I make the rules. Allow me to explain why I dislike all of those styles. Let's start now, shall we?

{Cut to The Stick. Homestar and Homeschool are standing there.}

ZAREL: {voiceover} First up, there's the LOL style. My guess is that this involves those abbreviated mixes of letters all the kiddies are using these days.

{Anything in parenthesis is how it's pronounced, subtitles are provided at the bottom}

HOMESTAR: Hi, bff 4 lyfe! how r u? ("Hi, bee-ef-ef four lie-fuh! How are you?")

HOMESCHOOL: Nm, u? ("En-em. You?")

HOMESTAR: Gewd, ty ty. ("Gewd, Tie Tie.")

{Strong Bad walks in}

STRONG BAD: Stcu, Homestar! ur butt b l8m!!!!! ("St-coo, Homestar!" Your butt bee lay-mmmmm!)

HOMESTAR: {angrily} No u sticoo! ("No you sticoo!")

ZAREL: {voiceover} Argh. All this “lol” talk making me...”rofpmbo.” ("Rof-pum-bo.") Or...rolling on floor puking my brains out, for you less hip ones out there.

{Cut back to the Cappy}

ZAREL: {typing} So that’s why I hate the LOL style. Next style: “Crappy.”

{Cut to the Field, where the Poopsmith is shoveling whatsit}

ZAREL: {voiceover} Self-explanatory. As for “Emo.”

{Cut to Strong Sad's room, where Strong Sad is writing poetry}

ZAREL: {voiceover} Again, self-explanatory.

STRONG SAD: Somberness and emo are two different things!

{Cut back to the Cappy}

ZAREL: And finally, there's Peppy. Dear crap I hate that one. That's the one that involves all the adolescent to teenage girls talking about shopping and clothing and hair and vampires and-

STRONG SAD: Actually I think you have that confused with another style.

ZAREL: What? How the crap do people keep getting in my house?

STRONG SAD: Well if you locked the front door to your house more often, this wouldn’t happen!

ZAREL: Oh...so anyway, cataphant burglar, what do you mean?

STRONG SAD: You're talking about "preppy." That email says "peppy."

ZAREL: You mean that style popular with rabbits?

STRONG SAD: No no, “peppy!” A pep in your step! Full of pep! A dog named Pep!

STRONG SAD: Well I'm not peppy now since somebody decided they can paunch on over into my house and explain to me how to feel joy!

STRONG SAD: {walking out of the room} I swear, it’s all backwards with you!

{Cut back to the Cappy}

ZAREL: {typing} So anyway, Aldibrand or whatever your name was, I don't have a favorite of those four styles. Oh and before you call me out on it, I didn't say none of the above, I just said I have no specific favorite. HAH! Heads, I win; tails, you lose.

{The Paper}

Easter Eggs

• Click on Strong Bad when Zarel says rofpmbo (Rofpumbo) to bring up a picture of a pot roast covered in bleu cheese dressing and mustard with rainbow sprinkles on it. It says "Try our Rofpumbo! It's yummy!" on it.
• Click on "shopping and clothing" for an extra scene.

Easter Egg Transcript

{cut to a TGS comic}

CHEERLEADER: Hey, gals! Let's get ready to shop for clothing that'll make us look SO GOOD!

SO-AND-SO: A'ight.

WHAT'S-HER-FACE: A'ight.

THE UGLY ONE: A'igh-

{a TGS Zarel appears in the comic}

ZAREL: Stop the presses!

{Cut to a scene where Cheerleader is getting impaled by the pencil used to draw the comic}

ZAREL: {narrating} ANGRY CO-ILLUSTRATOR'D!

CHEERLEADER: Ow, my filmography!

STRONG BAD: {offscreen} Woah, you’re pretty gruesome with how you brutalize the Teen Girl Squad. It’s almost frightening.

Trivia

• The opening email song is a take on "More Than A Feeling" by Boston.
• Abdi LaRue is actually from Strong Bad Email "some kinda robot," and has become since then a recurring sbemail trope.
• Various text chat abbreviations are used during the LOL style scene. Some of these stand for:

bff - Best friend(s) forever

nm - Nothing much

ty - Thank you

stcu - Shut the crap up

rofpmbo - Roll on floor puking my brains out (Zarel made this up, it's modified from rofl, which means "rolling on floor laughing"}

• Zarel, when talking about preppy girls, mentions they like shopping, pretty clothing, pretty hair, and vampires. The last statement refers to the Twilight fanbase, but more along the lines of girls who dream about marrying Edward Cullen or Jacob and being sparkly vampires.
• Zarel refers to Peppy Hare of the Star Fox video game series. The rewrite’s call to this series is much more subtle than the last.
• "Pep" is the name of the dog owned by the titular character of Humongous Entertainment's "Putt-Putt" series.
• Zarel calls Abdi "Aldibrand" in the end of the email. This references Aldi Brand Cola, a type of soda in Australia.