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Tampo Email #2: "time travel"

Summary: Some evil guy tells Tampo in an email that he's their future destroyer, so Tampo and his friends defend themselves with an interesting strategy.

Cast (in order of appearance): Tampo, Brody, Stlunko, Jaros, Greggos, Chorches, Cherry Greg

Places: Computer Room, Time Machine Room, Cherry Greg's Room, Trio's Bedroom (Easter Egg)

Date: March 30, 2005

Length: 119 Lines

Transcript

{Full screen view of Plasma 2000. Tampo is floating in the same spot he was before. His two friends are not visible.}

TAMPO: Alright guys, I'm ready. Let's do our email thing.

{Brody's leg appears to the left and Stlunko's antenna moves into position.}

STLUNKO: Ready to type.

TAMPO: Good. Okay... {singing} Emailing an brain, who would have thunk it?

{As Tampo's song ends, Stlunko clicks on a mail icon on top and a pop up is displayed with the following email. Tampo reads the email outloud.}

Dear Tampo,

I am the Master of all
darkness. Anyway, Tampo,
I want you to go go back
in time. Destroy Stinkoman's
Ancestor, Strong Bad.

-Future Destroyer of you,
The Gregginator

BRODY: Future destroyer of us? {laughs}

{Brody's leg is visible falling down as he falls down laughing. A small crash is heard, and some small robot squealing is heard for a few seconds after that. Tampo is staring at him, then turns back to face the computer screen. Stlunko opens a word document and types everything Tampo says.}

TAMPO: First of all stupid, there's only one Master out there, and his name isn't the Gregginator, got that? Heh heh, the "Gregginator." What kind of geek would use that name? Anyways... destroying Stinkoman's ancestor so he won't be here to bug me anymore? That's sounds like a good plan!

{Brody gets up. You can see his leg get back in its normal position. He is calming down.}

TAMPO: We got a mighty fine time machine right over th...

{Brody whispers something unintelligible to Tampo.}

TAMPO: Excellent point, Brody. You might redeem yourself yet. Anyways, I don't know how I missed it, Gregginator, but it seems as if you are asking for a challenge or something. "Future Destroyer of you." So we're going to go fight you!

BRODY: Bet you're pretty scared now, huh?

STLUNKO: Sensors indicate that the Gregginator is not scared.

TAMPO: Well, we'll show him! Come...

{Brody whispers something unintelligible to Tampo again.}

TAMPO: Better yet, we will use your own idea against you! We will go back and time and kill your defenseless ancestor, Cherry Greg! If we kill him, you will be nonexistant!

BRODY: Terrified now?

STLUNKO: Sensors indicate that the Gregginator is terrified.

TAMPO: Yes, supposedly future destroyer, we're going to use our time machine to attack your ancestor! He will be completely defenseless. You will never be born! {Stlunko stops typing.} Okay, let's go guys.

{Cut to shot of a hi-tech device covered in Jaros, Greggos and Chorches, all cleaning it up and doing maintenance. Tampo, Brody and Stlunko appear from the left.}

TAMPO: Alright drones, get lost. We're going to use this thing!

{All the little robots hurriedly scuttle away. Stlunko's hands go to a keyboard on the machine}

TAMPO: Okay Stlunko, set this thing to Cherry Greg's house, March 2005. And activate your Emergency Transport Home while you're at it, just in case.

BRODY: 2005? Isn't that like... um... {doing math mumbling} ...almost X0 years ago?

TAMPO: Yes, but trust me on this.

BRODY: Alright, if you say so.

STLUNKO: Time Machine ready. E.T.H. turned on. All systems go.

TAMPO: Good. Three... Two... One... Go!

{Stlunko presses a button on the time machine and in a flash the three bosses are gone.}

{Cut to inside Cherry Greg's room. Greg is on a computer, writing an email. There are several items used for directing movies lying around. Suddenly a flash appears and when it fades, Tampo, Brody and Stlunko are there. Brody's top half has broken through the roof. Cherry Greg turns around in terror.}

CHERRY GREG: You're... you're...

{Stlunko grabs him with an iron fist.}

TAMPO: We're the ones your descendant Gregginator will be going to destroy! But by destroying you, we will also defeat him very easily. And to make things even funnier is that he suggested the idea in the first place!

CHERRY GREG: Descendant...? No- no, wait! The Gregginator doesn't really exist! I made him up, for fun! I'm sending that email to you right now, see? It's not even sent yet!

{None of the bosses notice.}

TAMPO: Alright Greg, prepare to meet your doom!

CHERRY GREG: No! Please, don't! It was a joke, see? There's no master of darkness out there named the Gregginator, he's just a 20X6 variant of me that I made up! I was just talking in character. You know, for fun. No! Stop! Gah-

{Stlunko's grasp tightens and Greg is unable to breathe or speak. Greg is squirming crazily, but to no avail. His face is starting to turn red. Tampo gets into position for shooting him.}

TAMPO: Those lies aren't going to work on us, Cherry Greg! Good bye.

{Tampo fires a bunch of four laserballs. Three of them fly into the wall and destroy little parts of it. The fourth one hits Greg square in the back of the head. Cherry Greg flashes and fizzes as if struck by lightning, then passes out. He looks burnt and is smoking. Stlunko releases his grasp and Greg falls and crumples onto the ground in a heap.}

BRODY: He won't be bothering us anymore.

TAMPO: That's for sure. But we need to make sure he doesn't live to create the Gregginator. Why don't you finish him off, Brody?

BRODY: Really? Thanks! So long, Greg.

{Brody moves next to Greg, destroying the roof as he goes and causes debris to fall. He lifts his right foot over him, ready to strike.}

BRODY: DIE!

{Brody slams his foot to the ground super-hard, and Greg seems to have disappeared. When his foot is lifted, a hole is visible in the ground.}

TAMPO: Well, that was easy.

STLUNKO: How deep did he go?

BRODY: I don't know...

{Brody looks down the hole.}

BRODY: He's still sinking deeper.

TAMPO: Heh. Alright guys, let's get out of here... wait a second... what's that on his computer?

{A close up to Cherry Greg's computer is shown for a bit, showing the finished version of the Gregginator's email, waiting to be sent. Tampo's side is shown partly floating in front of the left side of the screen as he reads the email.}

TAMPO: Why... it's that Gregginator's email!

{View moves back to shown most of Cherry Greg's Room. Tampo moves back to his original spot while talking.}

TAMPO: So he wasn't lying after all. {mumbling} Oh, my... this isn't going to help our popularity at all...

BRODY: Oh, well. He deserved it for fooling us like that.

STLUNKO: Wait! That email was not sent! If we never receive that email, how will we think to come here? If we do not come here, the email will be sent. But then we would come here and stop it, causing... BLEEP! BLEEP! Information overload!

{Stlunko starts shaking and blinking, and a few explosions appear.}

TAMPO: Calm down, Stlunko! Calm down!

BRODY: I know what to do! I'll fix this!

{Brody's head pops through the roof and his beak carefully presses a button on the computer's keyboard. A popup on the computer flashes the following message.}

E-mail sent.

{Stlunko realizes the enigma is solved and deletes the information that was overloading his system. He calms down.}

TAMPO: Good quick thinking Brody. Okay, Stlunko, use your E.T.H. to get us... home... what the? What's happening?

{As Tampo said "home" the whole room starts shaking.}

STLUNKO: It is coming from the ground.

BRODY: Lemme see!

{Brody looks down the hole and quickly pulls his head out.}

BRODY: {excitedly, hurriedly} Oh, no! Lava's coming up!

TAMPO: {excitedly} Greg's body must have broken through Planet K's crust! He's hit the outer mantle! The magma's coming! It's gonna erupt! Hurry, Stlunko, hurry! Get us out of here!

STLUNKO: {same robotic, calm voice} Emergency Transport Home acti...

{Tampo quickly floats away and Brody jumps as a gusher of lava blasts out of the hole.}

BRODY: AHHH!!!!

TAMPO: AHHH!!!!

STLUNKO: ...vate.

{A flash appears and the three friends are gone as lava splatters against everything.}

{Cut back to inside the Robot Warehouse. In a flash, the three guys are back. Tampo and Brody are still visibly shaken up. The few robots who were adjusting things on the time machine quickly leave.}

BRODY: {gasping} Oh, man. That's enough adventure for today.

TAMPO: {still shaken} No arguement here.

STLUNKO: I agree.

TAMPO: Come on, let's go rest.

{The three start walking away.}

{Cut to full screen shot of Plasma 2000. A pop up is onscreen that says, "Click here to email Tampo."}

Easter Eggs

Click on the word "Tampo" at the end of the email to see the three bosses resting.

{Cut to their bedroom. In is a dark room with light blue walls. Tampo is sleeping while hanging from the ceiling, resting in a noose-like rope. Brody legs are lying on a very long bed that starts on the left side of the screen and continues past the right side. His body is covered by a sheet. Stlunko is powered down on the floor, plugged into a socket on the wall. A gentle lullaby toon is playing.}

TAMPO: {mumbling in sleep} I'll get you... Stinkoman... die.

Fun Facts

This email is the first time The Master is mentioned.
Tampo and friends did the Gregginator's suggestion in the email "conquest."
Cherry Greg is the mysterious director who helped make two Homestar Runner cartoons, which is why he has directing stuff in his house. Learn more about him here. His imaginary 20X6 version is fictional.
Tampo saying that Brody might redeem himself is a reference to the previous email "robot body," where Brody annoys Tampo.
Tampo mentioning Greg breaking "Planet K's crust" is because in 20X6, everyone calls Earth "Planet K."

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