morning routine
Airdate: Monday, December 9, 2002
Sender: Mike S., Gibsonia PA
Mike S. from "Gibsonia, Pa" wants to know about Strong Bad's morning routine. Strong Bad insists that "the morning routine is the most important routine of the day." We then see what Strong Bad's morning was like: after being woken up at noon by Strong Sad, Strong Bad (with one boxing glove hand in an empty bag of "POTATE" chips) immediately drags himself over to his computer to check his email — which, we rapidly learn, is the email we're seeing now.
Strong Bad continues his explanation by attempting to explain what the "R" in "routine" stands for, but Strong Sad keeps interrupting to reveal a number of increasingly exotic eggs he's found tucked into the couch cushions.
Strong Bad: What are you trying to say, Strong Sad? So I got a lotta eggs. And I keep 'em in the couch.
Strong Sad: There needs to be a better word for weird.
After seeing Strong Mad trying to get his "panties" back from The Cheat, Strong Sad decides he's had enough and threatens to move out.
Tropes:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Of a sort — the eggs Strong Sad finds keep getting more unusual, up to "maybe a dinosaur egg," and the last is just "one of those brown eggs."
- Collector of the Strange: Strong Bad apparently collects various birds' eggs... and keeps them all in the couch.
- Gilligan Cut: Right after Strong Bad claims "the morning routine is the most important routine of the day", we cut to Strong Sad waking SB up after he'd been asleep on the couch.Strong Sad: You told me not to let you sleep past noon!
- How We Got Here: Spoofed, the email shows that Strong Bad has just woken up less than a minute before checking the email.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: After The Cheat runs by with a pair of briefs on his head, chased by Strong Mad demanding his "panties" back, Strong Sad says "Okay, I'm moving out."
- Shout-Out: Strong Bad's floppy disk container shows a disk labeled "Lode Runner".
- Talking in Your Sleep: Strong Bad mutters "Super Bomberman" as Strong Sad tries to wake him, kicking off the "couch mumbling" running gag.
- Tastes Like Purple: The email opens with Strong Bad muttering "My mouth tastes like... emails."
- The Un-Reveal: We never do find out what the "R" in "routine" stands for, thanks to Strong Sad pestering Strong Bad with questions about the latter's egg collection.
(The Paper comes down)