Other Character Email Tampo/tornado guy/Commentary

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Commentary Transcript

(Commentary by: Joshua, Shopiom)

JOSHUA: Hello, viewers. Today we're welcoming Shopiom into the booth as we discuss a rather popular email called "tornado guy."

SHOPIOM: Hey, Josh. The reason I chose to commentate on this e-mail is because I think it's one of the funniest Tampo e-mails. You did a great jorb on it!

JOSHUA: Thanks. In this one I decided to have Tampo answer three Liekand-related emails at once. You know, to help clear my inbox. This first one's from Tampo V. Trogdor. I have no idea what's up with that name.

SHOPIOM: Yeah, weird name. But it would be cool to see Tampo fight Trogdor. Anyways, is it true that you got the Liekand's personality from his description in the manual?

JOSHUA: Yeah. "Fashion first..." Although his mouse form here looks rather different than his mouse form in the game. Oh, and Tampo did fight Trogador in "ten emails," although he just got pummelled and we didn't get to see it.

SHOPIOM: Wonder if he'd do any better against Trogdor. Eh, doesn't matter, I guess. He's probably end up like Rather Dashing. Even a giant brain that shoots laserbeams doesn't have a chance against a gigantic dragon. Oh, toastpaint. Sorry for getting off-topic there.

JOSHUA: 'Tis alright. I'll probably be revisiting Trogador sometime, though. I got an email replying to Tampo's failure to beat the dragon... so... we'll probably get to see him in the future. Far future, though. And now email #2. Tampo goes back and references "chickens" here. That is probably the most referenced email by other Tampo Emails. Because Brody's rampage was such a useful plot device to effect the boss trio in "girlfriend" and "revolution". Although the boss trio could drop by in "saargtsson" without too many problems...

SHOPIOM: Looks like they're about to pay Liekand a visit! That's where it gets funny. Just wait a minute...

JOSHUA: Eh, they still have to answer this last email. Having Tampo answer three emails might have been a mistake, it kind of makes the beginning part too long. It really did triple the length of how long the pre-Cloud Zone part would have been. {pause} ...just introducing the Liekand... {pause} And, umm...

SHOPIOM: Doo doo doo....doo doo doo..... {pause} Okay, they're going to the Pink Cloud Zone!

JOSHUA: Alright, the Protek scene. These guys were inspired by Tom Nook's children in Animal Crossing. Ever play that game?

SHOPIOM: No. I'm more of an action game kinda guy. Oh, I love how the Proteks talk. I wonder if one of them got laryngitis, would the other one, too? Well, they have the same body so I guess....eh, I don't know. I analyze stuff too much. Man, The Liekand's hilarious.

JOSHUA: Well, I'm happy about that. When I was writing the end of this email- this email was too long; working on it made me want to quit Tampo Emails. I dunno, I just didn't have fun writing it. I actually didn't think the Liekand would be popular at the time, because I wasn't sure how funny his kind of speech would be when you can't actually hear it.

SHOPIOM: Well, you can rest assured that you did great with the e-mail, and despite the fact that I couldn't hear the ol' tornado with shades talking, his accent still cracked me up.

JOSHUA: My logic was telling me that if I didn't enjoy writing it, it wouldn't be good enough for you guys to enjoy reading it. Needless to say, I was pretty surprised when you guys all liked it. I think the problem was the three emails at the beginning made it take too long - I enjoyed writing "apocalypse" and "death," which are bordering it. {pause} ...There goes Tampo, all alone with Liekand. Poor guy.

SHOPIOM: It's really funny when he comes out, though. It was a little funny imagining it, but it made me wet myself when I saw Mr. Cradgage's drawing.

JOSHUA: Heh. Mr. Cradgage is... some artist. I have no idea how I decided what clothes to give him. I guess I just decided to try imagining him wearing clothes, and whatever came easy I gave him. First of which was this tie...

SHOPIOM: Well, I guess I could understand the robe and the crown, but the tie? And Brody and Stlunko's clothes were pretty ridiculous, too. But, I guess that's where the humor came from, right?

JOSHUA: They had to be bad clothing. Otherwise they wouldn't have a reason to not wear them in future emails and they wouldn't feel as ripped off. Speaking of which, I wouldn't be so sure that the Liekand is legally selling stuff. I mean, inserting numbers like "one grand," as he just did so here, into the price without letting the buyer know... that's just wrong. One dollar is very different from one grand.

SHOPIOM: Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if I found out he was a scam artist.

JOSHUA: Being able to have direct access to your credit card? That's kind of an... unsettling ability. Expecially since he can do transations without you being able to see the price and get refunds. And if it fell into the wrong hands...

SHOPIOM: Oh, it did fall into the wrong hands, Josh. It did.

JOSHUA: Heh, I guess it did. I mean, Tampo says "Well, if it's only one dollar..." and Liekand sells it, even though Tampo never exactly bought it because it isn't a dollar. {pause} You know, I was original planning on showing all three bosses shopping with the Liekand, but then by the time Tampo's was done, it was too long to do that.

SHOPIOM: Yeah, I imagined that was why. Heh. "Wonderfulgloriouspuregoldsupercheapcheapcheap crown." Man, I love that line.

JOSHUA: Here, he clearly says it only costs $20. Twice. He doesn't even insert the thousands of dollars part until his third sentence. That's just scamming right there. A scam in its purest form. Or not, but whatever. You have to be pretty good to scam thousands of dollars and have the victum not suspect anything.

SHOPIOM: Well, he's talking so fast that he's hard to understand, so I guess that's how he does it.

JOSHUA: Yeah. Tampo's had enough now. Actually, I'm pretty sure Tampo could've shopped longer. It was more like I had enough now. Brody and Stlunko are in shock...

SHOPIOM: 'Cept they're gonna do the exact same thing.

JOSHUA: But they don't know that yet. ...man, the Liekand must be a really good salesman if he can trick Stlunko into buying all that stuff. Expecially the giant Homsar hat - the Liekand tricked him into thinking that the Squeaky brand was popular.

SHOPIOM: Oh, now Brody and Stlunko come out! I love this part!

JOSHUA: And they all think the Liekand's so awesome.

SHOPIOM: Yep, but now they learn that their clothes are ridiculous. And soon they're gonna learn that they got ripped off. Doo doo doo....doo doo doo....NOW!

JOSHUA: That little Terrell... pretty much all of their minions can talk. I guess being mutant gives the chickens that power. Except for Stobats... I don't think those have ever spoken. I could be wrong, though.

SHOPIOM: Do Stobats really have any use? I mean, they can spit out bones, but...

JOSHUA: They're good in combat, as they're the only minions who have a projectile weapon built in. They have high defense, too. But I don't think they're much useful besides that, though.

SHOPIOM: Well, at least they got that going for them. Ooh, e-mail's almost over. Well, I had a great time doing this, and it's a great e-mail. Any final commentations, Josh?

JOSHUA: Hey, that's my job! Or jorb. Or whatever. Anyway... final commentations... look! Stinkoman 20X6! I'm not exactly how'd you play a game like that on a virtual headset... but it works. Okay, bye!