Homestripe Runner Emails/game show

Homestripe Runner Email #6

Homestripe is asked what kind of game show he'd be on if he was on a game show.

Characters: Homestripe Runner, Coach Z, Strong Sad, Homestar Runner

Page Title: Zlappy SQ6

Transcript
(Homestripe is sitting at the Zlappy SQ6.)

HOMESTRIPE: I'm gonna check an email here, I'm gonna check an email here.

Dear Homestripe, If you were on a game show, what kind of game show would it be? Sincerley, Steven WV

(Homestripe reads "Sincerley" as spelled and "WV" as "Wolksvagen".)

HOMESTRIPE: Well, Steven, I suppose I could be on one of those word-game shows.

(Cut to a word-game show. Homestripe, Coach Z, and Strong Sad are the contestants, and Homestar is the host. Champeen is at the board where a puzzle reads "_ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ ! _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ !")

HOMESTRIPE: I'll buy an E!

HOMESTAR: Good call. There's four E's.

(Champeen reveals the places where the E's are. The puzzle now reads "E _ E R _ _ _ _ _ ! E _ E R _ _ _ _ _ !")

HOMESTAR: Would you like to spin or solve?

HOMESTRIPE: I'll spin.

(He spins the wheel, which lands on "BANKRUPT." Cut back to the Zlappy.)

HOMESTRIPE: On the other hand, what if I was on the Runnerwood Squares? That would be interesting.

(Cut to the Runnerwood Squares. Homestripe is the X player, Slipstar is the O player, and Homescore is the host.)

HOMESCORE: All right, Home♪tripe! You're up!

HOMESTRIPE: I'll take...

(Cut to the nine squares. From left to right, Homestar, Coach Z, and The Cheat are in the top 3 squares, Pom Pom, Marzipan, and the King of Town are in the middle 3 squares, and Homsar, Strong Bad, and the Poopsmith are in the bottom 3 squares.)

HOMESTRIPE: ...Homsar for the block.

HOMESCORE: Hom♪ar, how did early pioneer♪ de♪cribe life in America'♪ we♪t?

(Zoom to Homsar's square.)

HOMSAR: (barks like a dog)

HOMESTRIPE: I disagree.

HOMESCORE: I'm ♪orry, but life in America'♪ we♪t wa♪ indeed, rough, a♪ Hom♪ar ♪aid. ♪lip♪tar win♪ the game!

HOMESTRIPE: He barked like a dog! That's not an answer!

HOMESCORE: Don't be a ♪ore lo♪er, Home♪tripe.

(cut back to the Zlappy)

HOMESTRIPE: Maybe I'm overthinking this. Maybe I should just think of the game show's name, and the rest will come to me. The show would be called...Cheap-Parody.

(Cut to the game show. The contestants are Homestripe, Homeschool, and Homestar. Homeschool has $5200, Homestripe has $2600, and Homesar has $1300. The host is Coach Z.)

HOMESTRIPE: I'll take "90s Cartoons by Character" for 500.

COACH Z: It's the Daily Double!

HOMESTRIPE: I'll wager...everything?

COACH Z: Elmyra, Furrball, Fifi la Fume.

HOMESTRIPE: What is Animaniacs?

COACH Z: I'm saery, Homestripe. The correct respanse is "What is Tiny Toon Adventures?"

(Cut back to the Zlappy.)

HOMESTRIPE: No, no, no. Umm...Pass Your Luck?

(Cut to a Powered by The Cheat-style game show. Homestripe, Coach Z, and Homstar are contestants. Homescore is the host.)

PbTC HOMESTRIPE: No Zammies, no Zammies, stop!

PbTC HOMESCORE: Shtop at a Zhammy!

(The cartoon stops.)

HOMESTRIPE (voiceover): What the...why do these keep resulting in me losing?

(Cut back to the Zlappy.)

HOMESTRIPE: Okay, okay. The game show I'd be on would be called...Zingo.

(Cut to another Powered by The Cheat-style game show. Homestripe and Slipstar are on the red team, and Strong Bad and The Cheat are on the yellow team. Coach Z is the host again. It is the red team's turn, and the word is so far revealed to be "C_E_T.")

HOMESTRIPE: Check. C-H-E-C-K.

(The C, H, and E squares turn red, indicating that they are in the word and in the right position.)

SLIPSTAR: Cheat. C-H-E-A-T.

(All five squares turn red, indicating that "cheat" is the correct word. Cut back to the Zlappy.)

HOMESTRIPE: So, there you have it. The game show I'd be on.

(The Paper comes down.)

Trivia

 * This email takes place between dangeresque 4 and virus 2.

Inside References

 * The closing and signature of the email, as well as how Homestripe reads them, are a reference to the sbemail different town.
 * The solved puzzle in the Wheel of Fortune parody references the Intro.

Real-World References

 * The following game shows are parodied in this email:
 * Wheel of Fortune
 * Hollywood Squares
 * Jeopardy!
 * Press Your Luck
 * Lingo
 * The Cheap-Parody part has references to Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures.

Fast Forward

 * The Runnerwood Squares would be seen in later episodes, mostly Runner Toon Adventures.

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