Homestripe Runner Emails/siblings

Homestripe Runner Email #1

Homestripe is asked how to handle an annoying sibling.

Characters: Homestripe Runner, Slipstar Runner

Page Title: Zlappy SQ6

Transcript
(Homestripe is sitting at the Zlappy SQ6.)

HOMESTRIPE: Hello, everybody. Check out my new computer: the Zlappy SQ6! Let's see if it can check some emails.

Dar Homestripe, can You give me some tips on how to handl e an anhyoing sibling? thanks anne onymous

(Homestripe reads "Dar" and "anhyoing" as spelled and says "For not using punctuation" after "thanks". He also says "handl e" as "Handle E.")

HOMESTRIPE: Well, Annie, I hardly have that problem with my sister Slipstar, but sometimes I do.

(Cut to a wider view. Slipstar is standing to Homestripe's right.)

SLIPSTAR: Like that time when you made a time capsule and I wanted to put various things inside it?

(She pronounces "capsule" the way Strong Bad did in the sbemail "time capsule.")

HOMESTRIPE: Yes, like that. I remember it as if it were...a flashback!

(Cut to the time Slipstar was talking about. Homestripe is holding a time capsule, and Slipstar enters from the right, holding a red rock.)

SLIPSTAR: Hey, Homestripe, can I put this rock in your time machine?

HOMESTRIPE: It's a capsule (pronounced the same way as before), and sure.

(He puts the rock in the capsule, and Slipstar leaves. A second later, she comes back, holding a yellow sheet of paper.)

SLIPSTAR: Hey, Homestripe, can I put this paper...

HOMESTRIPE: (sighs) Sure, Slipstar.

(He puts the paper in the capsule, and Slipstar leaves. A second later, she comes back, holding a pair of blue scissors.)

SLIPSTAR: Hey, Homestripe...

HOMESTRIPE (annoyed): Yes!

(Cut back to the present. Homestripe is still sitting at the Zlappy, and Slipstar is still next to him.)

HOMESTRIPE: And then, I taped you to the ceiling, right?

SLIPSTAR: Right, and that was when Homsar knocked at the door to hand us invitations to a pool party.

(Close-up of the Zlappy again.)

HOMESTRIPE: So, there you have it, Annie. By the way, I'm not suggesting that you make a rock-paper-scissors themed time capsule (pronounced the same way as before) for your sibling. I'm suggesting you tape your sibling to the ceiling. Even if she's part cat, like Slipstar is. Meow.

SLIPSTAR (off-screen): More like, "Preeeeow."

(The Paper comes down.)

Trivia

 * This is the first appearance of Slipstar Runner and the Zlappy SQ6.
 * This email takes place between total cardgage and homesar.

Inside References

 * Homestripe and Slipstar pronounce "capsule" the same way Strong Bad did in the sbemail time capsule.
 * The last two lines in the email are a reference to the sbemail garage sale.
 * Homestripe saying "for not using punctuation" after reading "thanks" in the email is a reference to the sbemail web comics.
 * Homestripe suggesting Anne tape her sibling to the ceiling is a reference to the sbemail imaginary.

Real-World References

 * The name Zlappy SQ6 is a reference to Slappy Squirrel from Animaniacs. Because the name is written in cursive on the computer, it also contains an instance of the number 26 (Q looks like a 2 in cursive).

Fast Forward

 * Homestripe would mention Slipstar being part cat in later episodes.

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