Other Character Email Tampo/betrayal/Commentary

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• The DVD version features a hidden commentary for Tampo Email #23: "betrayal." To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

Commentary Transcript

(Commentary by: Joshua, Shadow Scythe of Strongbadia?!)

JOSHUA: Me and Shadow Scythe here to comment on Tampo Email #23: "betrayal". Now this email is picking up where the last one left off...

SHADOW SCYTHE: So, is this the one where the- the Chorch commander #20 is introduced?

JOSHUA: Yep. The second major Tampo Email character to have been... introduced by Ekul. Now here's a normal Chorch working on the SuperCom... who thinks his masters' shrunken status is hilarious.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Yeah. Well, it kinda- it kinda is, you know... Woah! Look at all those pop-ups.

JOSHUA: There is no way I'm transcribing those.

SHADOW SCYTHE: I don't blame you. Hang on, I'm pretty sure I saw a deli sandwich one. I didn't know they even had deli sandwiches in 20X6. Weird.

JOSHUA: What, you think deli sandwiches went extinct or something? Now it's pop-up deletion time... Stlunko's probably using in superfast computer brain to read every pop-up as they close.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Heheh, yeah. Oh, there we go. If you look VERY closely, you can see the Stinkoman Email one appear. It's extremely brief. Here, let me show you...

{The email plays backwards two times as fast for a second, then plays again, 16 times as slow.}

SHADOW SCYTHE: Let's see.... right there!

{The email pauses}

JOSHUA: Yep. That's it. Fascinating.

{The email returns to normal.}

JOSHUA: Stlunko sure is fast. Say these pop-ups were closing at about ten per second, which seems about right. Stlunko identified Stinkoman's inbox, responded, and had the SuperCom undelete within half a second.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Heheh. Yeah... I guess it didn't take them too long to pick which email to read.

JOSHUA: Well, all those other ones look... normal. I capitalized the secret plans to make them stand out. Now, except for the secret plans email, all these titles were based off of the emails in Stinkoman's inbox.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Cool. So, let's see... wait, "It seems like someone is betraying us"? That sounds like something Stlunko would say. Not Tampo.

JOSHUA: Just because someone doesn't use a potential contraction doesn't mean they're Stlunko. {uses a robot voice} Look at me. I am a robot. You are fearing my lack of contractions.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Yeah, okay, I get it. But still... um...

JOSHUA: Ekul's variation of the name is kind of strange... the Good and then the lack of the number sign... I'm not sure what it is about Ekul and those Good's, but he did the same thing in front of Zyves' name in the email featured in "bomb squad".

SHADOW SCYTHE: Oh, so ekul sent those two?

JOSHUA: I mean... uh... that will be featured in "bomb squad"... when I make it... because it hasn't been made yet at the time of this DVD's release. {pause} But yeah, Ekul sent those two.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Poor Brody. He has to stay small.

JOSHUA: Yep. That actually was a pretty well-timed coincidence with him being small at this point. Saved me the trouble of having to shrink him again.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Hee hee... that would be too bad. Now it's time for putting "riffic" on the end of characters' names! TAMPORIFFIC!

JOSHUA: Uhh...

SHADOW SCYTHE: Okay, okay. Nevermind. So, that symbol... It looks kind of obvious that the person who carved it didn't like Tampo.

JOSHUA: Also, I didn't realise this at the time, but Tampo has a thing with being strunk by lightning. Happened in "lazor beams" and "girlfriend". And here is sort of a third reference to a totally unintentional running gag.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Yeah. Okay, so Brody gets to be Stinkoman. Those tools may have been useful in other circumstances...

JOSHUA: Yeah, maybe. But they kind of disappear after this email.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Oh well.

JOSHUA: It happens some times. Like... uh... the F.O.R.C.E. And the... uh...

SHADOW SCYTHE: The time travel machine?

JOSHUA: No, I'm pretty sure they were using that until their warehouse exploded.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Oh. Okay. There's the real stinkoman...

'JOSHUA: "Hey, big brain boy!" That was a reference to something... I think "girlfriend", but I'd have to doublecheck that...

SHADOW SCYTHE: That's two references to the worst email. It's, like... the "tape-leg" of Tampo Emails.

JOSHUA: Well, only this one was intentional. But if "girlfriend" is the "tape-leg" of Tampo Emails, then "construction" has to be the "homestar hair".

SHADOW SCYTHE: What?

JOSHUA: Uh... Tampo Email #3: "construction". It's my personal least favorite Tampo Email. And it's a very early one, just like my least favorite SBEmail "homestar hair".

SHADOW SCYTHE: Oh. Okay. Uh, Stinkoman laughs too much.

JOSHUA: Well, to be fair, it's Brody trying to act like Stinkoman.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Heheh. Yeah... What's Florg City?

JOSHUA: Florg City was the city the boss trio arrived in... {dramatic pause} THE EMAIL "GIRLFRIEND"!

SHADOW SCYTHE: Eep. This commentary subcenters too much around "girlfriend". Maybe I should do a commentary for that one too, if someone hasn't already.

JOSHUA: It's open...

SHADOW SCYTHE: Okay. I might do it, after this one.

JOSHUA: TOASTPOOP! {pause} Er... paint.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Yeah. Okay. Hey, look! It's a big red button! Seemingly, buttons are automatically dangerous just because they are big and red.

JOSHUA: Well, you have to make self-destruct buttons stand out so the heroes can find them. {pause} Oops, Brody. "Oops." And Chorch Commander yelling "traiter" to the fake Stinkoman... I find that very ironic.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Yeah. {tries to immitate a laughing Stinkoman}

JOSHUA: Stop that. It's terrible. Now when I first wrote this, I gave them, like... a 20 or 30 second countdown. But when I finished, I noticed they took too long. So not wanting to pull a "5 Days of Florg", I extanded the time limit.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Heheh. Okay, here we go... {counts with the computer} 39... 38... 37... 3-- Aww. It doesn't show the rest.

JOSHUA: Well, it's pretty accurate. With the explosion happening in a minute. Now here's an appearance of the now infamously-useless "Puncha-Puncha-Puncha" attack. Still as useless as ever.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Stinkoman is pretty dumb. He sees Brody and just treats him as if he's actually Stinkoman. And that Stinkoman himself is someone else. Guh, I can't word this. Forget it.

JOSHUA: Yeah, I make Stinkoman pretty dumb in my emails. And 1-Up too. But it's more "in-character" than when people make him or 1-Up smart.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Yeah. Okay. Uh, let's see... Uh, "Holy Fish-Paste"? Is that a reference?

JOSHUA: Spongebob.

SHADOW SCYTHE: EBIL!! {crashing noises, as if falling over}

JOSHUA: ...KA-BOOM!!! {more crashing noises, as if also falling over}

SHADOW SCYTHE: {gets back up} Um, "I'm okay!"? Is that a reference to Where's My Scythe?

JOSHUA: No, I'm pretty sure it's a common phrase. Well, Brody sure finished Chorch Commander off good. ...or did he?

SHADOW SCYTHE: It would seem like they did. But, apparently, they didn't. Oh well. Hey, the email's almost over! Aww, man.

JOSHUA: Yep. This thing's just about done. Just a few Easter eggs, featuring what I think is Pan Pan's first speaking role in a Tampo Email.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Yeah, I think Pan-pan is the smartest one.

JOSHUA: I've always thought of him to be sort of like Pom Pom in intelligence. And now this thing is over with a fan-made screenshot. Bye, Shadow Scythe.

SHADOW SCYTHE: Bye.