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Cheat b/w Pom Pom Talk#
In the english.langdb file are internal directions for The Cheat's lines, used by Matt Chapman to give the little guy the right intonations. As a bonus, this episode also includes dialogue for Pom Pom. Find out what the fat yellow guy and Pom Pom are really saying!
Context |
Subtitles |
Translation |
|---|---|---|
The Cheat |
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Showing The Cheat the perfect album photo |
Me mer em me mehmer me mehrmeme, me! |
[That's so hot it's melting my eyeballs, man!] |
Handing The Cheat an imperfect photo |
Meh, Me mer mehr, me me mehr me-me mehrme mehr me "meh". |
[Well, I look great, but the rest of this picture is still "meh".] |
Giving The Cheat the fake sword without reading the contest form |
Me-me-me mehr-me me-me merh me? |
[What am I supposed to do with that? It's got desperation and nerd sweat all over it.] |
Cheering on the Two-O Duo |
Mi, mi, mi! |
[Raise the roof!] |
Getting ready to take the perfect photo |
Mimihr me mi mimi mimimihr mi memihir! |
[Hurry up and take the picture, already! I'm freezing my yam sack off in this thing!] |
The Cheat makes up an excuse for why he's not on stage |
Me mher, mimi mimimimi. Mi merh mi memi miiiiii mehr! |
[Marzipan's doing one of her a cappella tirades against the annual Aleutian Ocelot Hunt, |
Talking to The Cheat after the Cool Tapes sabotage |
Meeeehr, mi me mehr, meheer-meher-mehery meh, mi mehr! |
[Man, it's like the Loyola-Marymount Celery Festival all over again!] |
Pom Pom |
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Trying to hand Homestar the concert entry forms |
Burble! |
[I handle all the kid's business deals, bub!] |
Trying to hand Pom Pom the concert entry forms before Homestar joins |
Burble! Burble burble burble! burble burble burble burble! |
[No can do, Strong Bad! I'm updating my act! I won't be performing anywhere |
Trying again |
Burble-burble! |
[Can't talk - looking for partner] |
After Homestar demurs from praise after his successful audition |
Burble burble! Bubble burble-burble! |
[All that talent and modest too. Listen, junor, I'm gonna make you a star!] |
Homestar screws up his audition |
Burble. |
[Amateurs...] |
Early sbemail Drafts#
Hidden in the game's subtitles are early sbemail drafts, possibly written before The Brothers Chaps punched them up.
They're supposed to be subtitles for Strong Bad's spoken dialogue, but since the text appears on the Lappy anyway, they're unneeded and unused. Consequently, they were never updated from their original drafts.
All early e-mail text starts in english.langdb at 0x41D90.
Early |
Final |
|---|---|
E-mail #1 |
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Yo, S to the B, |
Yo, S to the B, |
E-mail #1 Response |
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I can see why you need help... "Desperate Anomalous Band" |
That's true, Brandy, all the good ones ARE taken. |
E-mail #2 |
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Dear Strong Bad, |
Dear Strong Bad, |
E-mail #2 Response |
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Dear Mr. Dariiiiiin, I'm sorry, but I don't validate here. |
Sorry, Mark. I don't validate. Maybe check with Bubs. But |
E-mail #3 |
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Dear Strong, |
Dear Strong, |
E-mail #3 Response |
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Dear Pleweez, I can see how upsetting it would be to have |
Yeah. How are you Cow Workers supposed to get them |
E-mail #4 |
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Dear Mr. B, |
Dear Mr. B, |
E-mail #4 Response |
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Well, Mike 1, Mike 2, and assorted other Mikes, that's a |
Well assorted Mikes. You've already committed the worst |
Four additional, more roughly formed e-mails can be found starting at 4A412.
subject: Fun Machine |
subject: Dirty Job |
subject: Inspiration |
subject: Bad Kitty |
Dear Strong Bad, |
Dear El Strongo Baddo, |
Dear Strong Blad, |
Dear SB, |
Unused Lines#
All subtitles are ripped directly from the game's english.langdb script file. Any errors or inconsistencies are intentionally preserved.
Some lines in the game script were never recorded. In lieu of an ID, those lines will have their offsets listed instead.
Test Conversation#
This conversation, like the one in Homestar Ruiner, tests the dialogue system. This is at the butt-end of english.langdb.
STRONGBAD |
Hey there, butts. LOL! |
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STRONGSAD |
wut |
(Blank) |
HARGABLARGABLARG! |
STRONGBAD |
You smell like cabbage. |
STRONGBAD |
i has teh cheez |
STRONGBAD |
Awesome! |
Alternate Lines#
A couple of lines of dialogue were rewritten to clue the player in on puzzle solutions.
Early Line - 78949376 |
Final Line - 93277568 |
|---|---|
I knew I could count on you, The Cheat! |
I knew I could count on you, The Cheat! |
Early Line - 79626496 |
Final Line - 89202176 |
Hey, the Cool Tapes! I love those guys! |
Oh, it's another picture of Marzipan... |
Early Line - 91481600 |
Final Line - 80260864 |
(Subtitles differ from actual dialogue) |
Tell me about it! For my last infomercial, I skipped the |
Early Line - 80461696 |
Final Line - 89225856 |
Man, I can't believe how many of those fruity little bats |
Man, those fruity little bats are really packed in there! |
General#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
80449408 |
I can't WAIT until Limozeen comes to town! |
Intended to play when using the Limozeen flyer after winning the contest, |
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80449920 |
I should known this contest would be a rip-off. I bet Limozeen |
Another Limozeen flyer line, this one for when the concert is underway. |
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80475264 |
Burnt peasants smolder |
A haiku for an unimplemented item, the "Zen Thing"/"Zen Trogdor. |
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80475392 |
Flaming houses in the night (Flaming cottages on fire) |
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80475520 |
Flaming cottages on fire (Trogdor Burninates) |
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80475648 |
Consummate V's, please |
Fumfering aside, this does follow the traditional 5-7-5 syllable structure. |
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80475776 |
Beefy arm glistens so bright |
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80475904 |
Um, uh, Majesty. |
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81997440 |
Homestar |
This line is in the Episode 4 trailer, but "Evil, right?" is muted in the used version. |
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86415872 |
Hmm, Club Technocholate, where shall I draw you? |
Both Club Technochocolate and The Track are unlocked at the same time. |
House of Strong#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
78812416 |
I think these bats have had enough bubbly excitement for one bat-lifetime. |
Should play when using the bleached bat hutch on the washer, but it's not properly linked. |
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0x0C78B |
It's the old Strong family stereo, comlete with something called a "fo-no-graf." |
Dialogue for a cut radio item. It was functionally replaced by the drive-thru whale. |
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78845312 |
Hmm...Nothin' but static. |
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78845952 |
Still nothin'. Guess it needs an antenna, or maybe a swift kick in the vacuum tubes or somethin. |
Additional dialogue when trying to use the broken radio. |
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78845056 |
Now that's some grade-A electrical imagineering! |
After fixing the radio, Strong Bad would congratulate himself, as he is wont to do. |
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0x15226 |
After it was banned for its barely recognizable depictions of multi-tentacled groupies |
Unrecorded dialogue for the intro giving more importance to the Fun Machine's repairs. |
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78858240 |
Okay, let's just see what sort of lame loaner game Bubs has saddled me with while my |
These lines are for a cut Taranchula mini-game. Read on for more information. |
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78858368 |
Time for so more cheesy low-rent loaner game action... |
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78868736 |
Putting random, unaddressed photos in the mail box is sure-fire way to cheese off our mail man... |
This'd be used after trying to mail a picture with no knowledge of the album contest, |
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0x31506 |
[process: over radio][in DJ voice] [from radio cartoon] Hey hey, it's the Deathly Pallor, comin' atcha |
More lines related to the unimplemented radio item. |
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81088512 |
Man, Strong Sad's radio voice is so...unsettling. |
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80188640 |
Strong Sad |
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0x316FE |
[Get file from radio cartoon] |
Another possible radio show with dialogue straight from the "radio" sbemail. |
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81088896 |
Argh. The only thing lower than "zany" morning DJ humor is "whacky" Internet humor. |
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81089024 |
Strong Sad |
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81089152 |
Strong Mad |
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0x31904 |
[Get file from radio cartoon] |
Yet another radio show. Remember radios? They were big back in the day. |
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81088896 |
Good to hear that the ol' college radio station is just as coma-inducing as ever. |
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0x31A4A |
[Get file from radio cartoon] |
The radio traveled back in time and strangled itself with its own cord. |
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81089664 |
Whoah, some radio waves traveled through time or bounced through a wormhole or somethin'... |
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0x31B8D |
[Get file from radio cartoon] |
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85484288 |
It's part of my art installation..."Smoke Detector with No Battery. Mixed Media. Ten thousand dollars." |
The Smoke Detector can't be interacted with, which doesn't bode well for the Strongs. |
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The Field#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
80251392 |
How're are those Fun Machine repairs going? |
The Fun Machine option is removed from the dialogue tree after Act I, so Bubs never gives any updates. |
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80251520 |
Bubs |
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80251648 |
Any updates on my Fun Machine repairs? |
If it was possible to ask Bubs about the Fun Machine during the concert, this conversation would play. |
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80251776 |
Bubs |
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80253184 |
What do I need to get my Battle of the Bands Concert started again? |
A short and ultimately unnecessary recap on how to get past the first act of the game from Bubs. |
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80253312 |
Bubs |
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80253440 |
Hey, that's my favorite way to beat them! |
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80267648 |
I tried to sign the Uncool Tapes, but their pasty white butts're already doin |
More unused hints from the Bubs, this time on how to recruit the Cool Tapes. |
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80267776 |
Bubs |
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80267904 |
Yeah! And that would benefit me! Thanks Bubs! |
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80267648 |
Well, I tried to get Pom-Pom to sign up, but he won't do it until he's found |
This isn't really a hint, but it's in the same spirit. This choice never comes up in the dialogue tree. |
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80267776 |
Bubs |
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0x43E9E |
Drive-Thru Whale |
Now this definitely isn't a hint. The Drive-Thru Whale's dialogue was never recorded, so what exactly |
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0x43F1E |
Drive-Thru Whale |
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85125248 |
The Cheat |
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Marzipan's#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
78922880 |
Back you go, little Zen Rock. |
The Zen Rock can't be placed back in the garden. |
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78946688 |
Hey, The Cheat! Whattaya think if the album cover? |
If Strong Bad lowered his standards and kept imperfect pictures, |
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78946816 |
The Cheat |
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78947584 |
You're right, it's good, but it still need something to push it over the cliff. |
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83785600 |
Let me get another autograph! |
Instead of having this conversation after handing Marzipan a signed glossy, |
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83785728 |
Marzipan |
The Track#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
79629056 |
Coach Z |
An early version of Coach Z's response to an incorrectly autographed glossy. |
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79629696 |
Coach Z |
The first version of Coach Z's response to an autographed glossy. Not nuked. |
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0x3D64B |
{angry} Since when do you have a [getting sick] (urp) crush on (blech) Marzipan? |
Coach Z's creepin' on Marzipan was already well established, so this was cut. |
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0x3D6DD |
Coach Z |
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0x3D808 |
{sad} Yeah, that makes sense. |
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Club Technochocolate#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
80055296 |
How bout we get some music going up in here? |
If it was possible to place one of the other records on the turntable in the club, |
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80055424 |
Pom Pom |
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82197248 |
What'd I do? |
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82197376 |
Homestar |
Battle Royale of the Bands#
PomStar Stage#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
79725568 |
Take a look at this! |
One final "bad picture" conversation that's inaccessible due to SB's pickiness. |
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79725696 |
Marzipan |
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79725824 |
Hmm, looks like Marzipan can't tell the difference between real-life Limozeen |
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79725952 |
I wonder how I can use this to my advantage? |
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79671680 |
Marzipan |
A cut response to The Whale's line that brings on Homestar's fall from grace. |
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79673216 |
Coach Z |
More disturbing dialogue from Coach Z, cut from when the crowd turns on Homestar. |
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0x2AD12 |
Perry Palaroncini |
Unrecorded dialogue that's part of the PomStar (pre-sabotage) Limozeen dialogue. |
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0x2AE7C |
So, Homestar's performance is a lot like one of Pom-Pom's old shows, huh? |
A subsequent conversation about PomStar that never got past the writing stage. |
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0x2AEFD |
Larry Palaroncini |
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0x2AF51 |
Larry Palaroncini |
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0x2AFC6 |
Perry Palaroncini |
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0x2B140 |
Gary Palaroncini |
Lastly, here are two lines cut from Strong Bad's conversation with Limozeen |
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0x2B190 |
Perrry Palaroncini |
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82441728 |
Bubs |
This line actually is used, in-between Coach Z's |
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Two-O Duo Stage#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
0x1DF39 |
Man, Bubs is cuttin' those records like he's some type of samurai |
Bubs isn't on full DJ duty in the final game, but on keytar, so this conversation was cut. |
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0x1DFB8 |
A merciful guy would pull the plug on this cringe-shattering performance... |
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79784320 |
Y-Y-Y-Yo, Bubs! Nice work with the scri-scri-scritchitty-scratching. |
Another early Bubs exchange, though this one was at least partially recorded. |
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0x1E0DB |
Bubs |
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0x1E0DB |
Bubs |
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D.O.I. Stage#
Sound ID |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
79839616 |
Behind that tarp is the jaw-dropping stage-propping that's gonna lead DOI to victory |
The tarp covering the massive prop is supposed to be clickable, but it's just too awesome. |
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79839744 |
Soon, my proppa prop, soon... |
As Strong Bad gets the concert going, his response to the tarp would change. |
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79840256 |
Friggin' frig! Nobody can see my masterpiece behind this fog of bats... and fog! |
Even when the prop's been dropped, it can't be clicked upon while bats are about. |
All Stages#
The members of Limozeen had a lot of dialogue cut out from the concert sequence. All of these lines are related to the "Concert" conversation option, which was meant to give different dialogue depending on how many bands were sabotaged. Instead, only one conversation is used regardless of the other bands' current standings.
No Bands Sabotaged (First Time) |
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0x28B85 |
80138240 |
0x28CBB |
0x28D26 |
0x28D9A |
0x28E24 |
80138880 |
0x28F18 |
0x28F5F |
80139264 |
No Bands Sabotaged (Subsequent) |
0x28FE5 |
0x29034 |
0x290B5 |
0x2910E |
0x29154 |
One Band Sabotaged (First Time) |
0x291AD |
0x291FD |
0x29273 |
0x292FF |
0x29356 |
0x293B3 |
0x29460 |
0x294C6 |
One Band Sabotaged (Subsequent) |
0x2952E |
0x2958D |
Two Bands Sabotaged (First Time) |
0x2962D |
0x2969D |
0x2973B |
0x297B3 |
0x29840 |
0x29897 |
0x2998E |
0x29A62 |
0x29AA5 |
0x29AE8 |
0x29B34 |
Two Bands Sabotaged (Subsequent) |
0x29B9B |
0x29C00 |
0x29C7D |
0x29CFF |
Concert Status, Final Draft (First time / Alternate version) |
0x3F87E |
0x3F8F4 |
0x3F983 |
Taranchula Game#
An entire sub-game was cut from the original game plan. This would be a game that Bubs would loan to Strong Bad while the Fun Machine was under repair. It didn't get past the writing stage; None of the dialogue was recorded, there are no graphics or textures in the game's data archive, and the lines aren't linked up to any script in the game. A few lines imply that this would have been a handheld LCD game like the type that Tiger Electronics made in the 90s.
The developers probably ran out of time, energy, or inspiration to create two different mini-games for one episode.
Text starts at 0x40B3C in english.langdb.
Title Screen |
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"Taranchula's Rockin' Rampage?" When did those lovable Scandanvian Death Metal Imps find the time to make a video game? |
All right, foes of metal, prepare for a feast of Liquid Crystal Destruction! |
For a loaner game, Taranchula's Rockin Rampage ranks remarkably low on my personal suck-o-meter. |
Death by Wolverine |
Gah! Stupid anti-metal wolverines! |
Wolverines! [pronounced slowly, like he's shaking his fist at a Perducci] |
Death by Magnifying Glass Guy |
I can't believe I got nabbed by a guy with a magnifying glass for a body! |
Gack! |
No way! |
Death by Mister Meister |
That Mister Meister is one tough meester |
Eek! |
Curse you, Mister Meister... [mumbles]whatever the heck you are... |
Death by Protesters |
I HATE busybody protestors! |
Stop hitting me with that placard! |
Grrrr.... |
Game Over |
Cripes, I lost. |
You won this round, evil uncool forces of musical oppression, but when next we meet the Liquid Crystal Day will belong to Strong Bad, er, Taranchula |
Argh. Rest easy, Taranchula, Strong Bad will avenge your deaths... someday. When I'm bored. |
Man, that game is HARD! |
Defeating Enemies |
Eat pungent death metal, wolverines! |
Hey hey, ho ho, whiny protestors have got to go! |
You will submit to the decoupage! |
[making musical weapon sounds] Pew! Pew! Pew! |
General Comments |
Man, those groupies are smokin'... in a liquid crystal way. |
These cheap little speakers really bring the music of Tarnachula to life! |
It's amazing how accurately this game simulates the real-life dangers of an actual Taranchula concert! |
I wonder which one of those guitars is supposed to be Dave Olafstenston, and which is supposed to be Dave Bjornborg? |
[making heavy metal noises] bwou bwou bowu! |
Beating a Stage |
Hah! Taranchula rules! |
Ha! [Singing] Burn! Burn! Burn! |
All right! I rock! |
Whoa mama! Strong Bad in the house! |
If this keeps up, I'll have to get my thumbs bronzed! |
[screamy voice] Yayyy, Strong Bad, you rock! |
Drum Break |
Drum solo! |
Time for a drum break! |
Off to you, McDoo! |
Nothing clears a crowd like a drum solo... |
Unused Graphics#
File Name |
Image |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
obj_cardboardhomestar |
This was used in the "bad photo" conversation between Strong Bad and Marzipan. That purple thing he's holding is her purse. |
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ui_icon_boombox103 |
An unused item or dialogue option for a boombox. Possibly related to the cut stereo item, which uses the default balloon icon instead. |
(Source: Original TCRF research)