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| - | "'''Powered by The Cheat'''" toons are [[Flash]] animations created by [[The Cheat]] and his computers, [[Tangerine Dreams]] (2002-2004), [[Monosodium Dreams]] (2006-2014), and [[The Cheat's iMac (2018)|his new iMac]] (2018-present). Many of them are [[Flash]] toons within the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. The toons, which are a parody of the many poorly drawn Flash cartoons on the web, are usually packed with bad animation and [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations|character depictions]], poor imitations of the characters' voices (provided by [[Mike Chapman]]), vocalised sound effects, and senseless or nonexistent plots.
| + | [[The Cheat]] and his trusty computer, [[Tangerine Dreams]], have been creating "'''Powered by The Cheat'''" Flash cartoons since 2002. The Cheat's toons, which are a parody of the many poorly drawn Flash cartoons on the web, are usually packed with bad animation and [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations|character depictions]], poor imitations of the character's voices (provided by [[Mike Chapman]]), and nonexistent plots. It is never explained how The Cheat manages to imitate the other characters speaking English (in all regular toons, The Cheat speaks in his own native "The Cheat" language). He always [[Wikipedia:Self-insertion|incorporates himself]] into his cartoons, sometimes in a [[Wikipedia:List_of_Hitchcock_cameo_appearances|Hitchcock-style cameo]], but usually making himself appear awesome or receive some sort of prize. The Cheat has won several prizes for these cartoons in real life, including an iron cup full of Brunswick Stew and the fabled "[[Pizza]] [[Trophies|Trophy]]." |
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| - | It remained a mystery for well over a decade how The Cheat manages to imitate the other characters speaking human language; in all regular toons, The Cheat speaks in his own native "The Cheat" language. In the [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|Georgia Tech]] appearance, an audience member asked [[The Brothers Chaps]] a question concerning this, and [[Matt Chapman]] responded in [[Strong Bad]]'s voice, "The guy's got two throats," and that "he goes into this secret room when he does the voices, so I never see how he does it." In an Easter egg in [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]], The Cheat finally demonstrates his voicing ability, to Strong Bad's astonishment: he swivels the top of his head to allow his mouth to open wide. He describes it as "just a certain way I do things".
| + | The Cheat has also provided animation for other [[Free Country, USA]] artists. He has also collaborated with the likes of [[The Skate Party]], [[They Might Be Giants]] and many more. |
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| - | The Cheat often [[Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances|incorporates himself into his cartoons]], sometimes in a [[Wikipedia:List of Hitchcock cameo appearances|Hitchcock-style cameo]], but usually portraying himself as superior to the other characters or receiving some sort of prize. The Cheat has won five prizes for these cartoons in "real" life, including an [[New Boots|iron cup full of Brunswick Stew]], a [[pizza]] for his "[[Everybody to the Limit]]" music video, the fabled "Pizza [[Trophy]]", a slice of "chinstrap pizza", and another pizza.
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| - | These animations show hints of The Cheat's fantasies and possibly insecure personality. The email [[mile]], which The Cheat guest-authored, is an ideal example of what he most desires yet cannot possibly possess. The Cheat shamelessly elevates his status in the eyes of others through praise given by his boss, [[Strong Bad]], while [[Marzipan]] finally gives him the [[Marzipan and The Cheat's Relationship|attention and affection he has been craving]]. However, the two rarely exchange words outside of a fabricated Flash universe, despite having gone on one [[Date Nite|date]] together.
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| - | The Cheat has provided animation for other [[Free Country, USA]] artists. He has also collaborated with the likes of [[The Skate Party]], [[They Might Be Giants]], and more. | + | |
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| - | It has been referred to by Strong Bad in a [[Quote of the Week]] as an outtake from [[Most In The Graveyard]] as "The Cheat's regular animating crap".
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| - | As of December 31st, 2020, Powered by the Cheat as a separate category has been retired, with PBTC content being shuffled into the shorts category.
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| - | ==Powered by The Cheat Content== | + | |
| - | [[Image:sbemail87.PNG|thumb|"The Cheat is a millionaire!"]]
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| | *[[The Cheat Theme Song]] | | *[[The Cheat Theme Song]] |
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| | *[[Everybody to the Limit]] | | *[[Everybody to the Limit]] |
| - | *[[Crazy Cartoon]] (part of the email [[crazy cartoon]]) | + | *Email [[crazy cartoon#Powered by The Cheat|crazy cartoon]] |
| | *Email [[mile#Powered by The Cheat|mile]] | | *Email [[mile#Powered by The Cheat|mile]] |
| - | *[[These peoples try to fade me]] | + | *[[New Boots]]/[[Hip Hop Dance]] |
| - | *[[New Boots]] | + | *[[Main Page 15]] |
| - | *[[Seasonal Sweaters]] | + | *[[These peoples try to fade me]] Video |
| | *[[Grumblecakes (video)]] | | *[[Grumblecakes (video)]] |
| - | *[[Rap Song]]
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| - | *[[Trudgemank]]
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| - | *[[Crystal Fortress]]
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| - | *[[Fish Eye Lens]]
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| - | *[[Trogdor Was A Man]]
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| - | ==Partially Powered by The Cheat Content==
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| - | [[Image:Sbscreen.PNG|thumb|The credits squeeze from [[theme song]]]]
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| - | *Email [[website]] {{--}} The Cheat makes the Flash intro for [[Strong Bad]]'s [[Strong Bad's Website|website]].
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| - | *[[Strong Sad's Valentine Animation]] {{--}} The Cheat makes a short animation with the [[Grim Reaper]] crushing hearts for Strong Sad's Valentine's Day entry on [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
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| - | *Email [[marzipan]] {{--}} The Cheat makes a music video for [[Marzipan]]'s "[[Oh Yeah Yeah]]".
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| - | *[[Experimental Film]] {{--}} The Cheat co-directs the music video for They Might Be Giants' "Experimental Film" with [[Strong Sad]].
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| - | *[[Labor Dabor]] {{--}} The Cheat makes some bowling animations.
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| - | *Email [[animal]] {{--}} Strong Bad's descriptions of the [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|Deep Sea Fangly Fish]] are rendered in PBTC style, and the style is seen again in two Easter eggs.
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| - | *Email [[rock opera]] {{--}} Many of the visuals during the opera are in PBTC style.
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| - | *Email [[bedtime story]] {{--}} The visuals in The Cheat's bedtime story with [[Moses Malone]] are completely PBTC style.
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| - | *Email [[narrator]] {{--}} An Easter egg with the [[Marzipan]] Alien and [[Nebulon]] is done in PBTC style.
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| - | *[[Summer Short Shorts]] {{--}} The second sequence is a PBTC cartoon set in the "Millionzoic Era".
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| - | *Email [[theme song]] {{--}} An announcer interrupts the closing credits to advertise an upcoming show called ''Powered By The Cheat'', which that night would have featured [[Strong Mad]] getting his own talk show.
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| - | *Email [[strong badathlon]] {{--}} PBTC versions of Strong Bad, The Cheat playing a guitar, and a hot girl are shown during the "Probably Something With Guitars, Lasers, Robots, and Hot Girls" event.
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| - | *Email [[web comics]] {{--}} The Cheat has a web comic in which he makes PBTC-style drawings based on the senders' names of spam emails.
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| - | *[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] {{--}} A scene in which a [[Nintendo#Wii|Wii]] console explodes is drawn and animated in PBTC style.
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| - | *Email [[love poems]] {{--}} An animated video of [[Tenerence Love]]'s "sweaty overweight jam" is labeled, "Director: The Cheat".
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| - | *[[Best Caper Ever]] {{--}} When Strong Bad is wondering about what they might have done to Homestar, some PBTC-style drawings pop up.
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| - | *[[Where U Goin' 2?]] {{--}} The Cheat gets a freelance animation job, and a clip of his cartoon is shown.
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| - | *[[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 2]] {{--}} In an Easter egg, a short PBTC animation similar to [[Trudgemank]] is shown.
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| - | *[[Really Cool Boat]] {{--}} This [[Skills of an Artist]] episode finishes with a PBTC animation of the Deep Sea Fangly Fish encountering the Cheatviathan.
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| - | *[[Quickstart Overview (video)|Quickstart Overview]] {{--}} The video uses PBTC combined with [[Puppet Stuff]].
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| - | *[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]] {{--}} The Cheat talks in his PBTC Strong Bad voice in one Easter egg. Another shows a scene from [[dragon]] with added PBTC animation.
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| - | *[[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]] {{--}} The Cheat adds graphics to what was otherwise a text-only adventure game.
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| - | These are the responses of characters, mostly Strong Bad, after watching a toon with The Cheat. While most are discouraging, there is occasional praise.
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Um, I dunno, The Cheat, I don't think it was very good... at all. Like, the song was kinda catchy but the visuals were lacking... at best.
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| - | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This is the best video game I've ever played.
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{exclamatory The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Once again, your visual style just looks thrown together. It looks like you don't care.
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' And what is that terrible voice? Is that supposed to be Homestar?
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{defensive The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{questioning The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' The animation looks terrible. It's all jerky, ya know, like it was done by a two years old boy.
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That was amazing! I mean you—... I—... I can't b—... Chiggidaba... He—g... ''{rubs The Cheat's head}'' I'm buyin' you a pizza!
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| - | ''{The cartoon pans out to a Powered by The Cheat-styled cartoon of Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the toon.}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, this is the greatest cartoon in the whole world! Have a trophy!
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| - | ''{Strong Bad gives The Cheat a trophy.}''
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | ''{Zoom out again to the ''actual'' Strong Bad and The Cheat.}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, I didn't do that! Did I?
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' I mean, it was good. I liked the way you worked in Eh! Steve!, but I don't think it deserved a trophy. I don't even think it deserved a pizza! Maybe a pizza trophy.
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Purple boxing gloves?! Did you do any fact-checking before you turned this in? What if I did that to you? Oh yeah, The Cheat, he's a...stripèd, green rabbit! With two butts!
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{angry The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' But you made my underwears showing! Everybody knows I don't wear underwears!
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{pleading The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Mmm... all right... You get an...iron cup. Full of Brunswick stew. ''{places cup of stew on table}''
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{excited The Cheat noises; pulls the cup over to his side of the table}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' But lemme tell ya's. With a little extra effort, it would have been a trophy full of ''Steak-umms''.
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{sad The Cheat noise (in an "Awww" pattern)}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Guy drops a couple of JPEGs in his cartoon and thinks he's like, the guy who draws The Lockhorns or something. Now that guy knows funny!
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| - | '''COACH Z:''' The Chort, that was amazing! It's gonna rocket straight to the bottom of the BET charts!
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''COACH Z:''' Oh, your payment. How's about a nice slice of chin strap pizza? ''{holds up a pizza slice that has a chin strap on it}''
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| - | ''{The Cheat sinks out of view turning a little green, making sick-sounding The Cheat noises.}''
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| - | ''{The Cheat looks around for viewers and lowers his head, looking disappointed. He then gives himself a pizza trophy and begins applauding.}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! That was incredible!
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| - | ''{He begins babbling as if at a loss for words, like in [[Everybody to the Limit]]. He keeps babbling in rhythm. The Cheat pulls out his keyboard and drops a beat in time with the babbling. The rave lights come on.}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping himself}'' I'm buying you a pizzaaaaa!
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| - | ''{The music stops as he says "pizzaaaaa". A pizza falls from the ceiling and covers their heads. The Cheat makes a "da-ta-da!" fanfare noise.}''
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| - | '''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Guess I can... conjure ceiling pizzas now.
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| - | '''STRONG SAD:''' ''{turns toward The Cheat}'' I don't know, The Cheat. There are a lot of inaccuracies present.
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns toward Strong Sad; The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG SAD:''' Well, for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. ''{emphasizes the "a" in "thousand"}''
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{lowers his eyebrows and turns back to his computer; The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG SAD:''' And what was going on with your depiction of me?
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| - | ''{The Cheat clicks and brings up the picture of Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad.}''
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| - | '''STRONG SAD:''' I have that creepy bony spine...
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| - | ''{The Cheat clicks every time before Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad speaks.}''
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| - | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' The Lusitania is my favorite boat.
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| - | '''STRONG SAD:''' No way! Everybody knows I'm a Mauretania man.
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | ''{Zoom in to the screen.}''
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| - | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat is not your boat!
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| - | '''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh, stop that!
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| - | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' This is gonna all be about boats now. ''{smiles with his tongue sticking out}''
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| - | ''{Cut back to The Cheat and Strong Sad.}''
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| - | '''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, that's a terrible idea!
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| - | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat take—
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| - | '''STRONG SAD:''' ''{interrupts}'' That's it! I'm going to the chiropractor! ''{walks away}'' Got me all self-conscious!
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| - | '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' Don't you like boats?
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| - | '''STRONG MAD:''' WE DID IT, THE CHEEEAAAT!
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| - | ''{The Cheat turns to face Strong Mad.}''
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | '''STRONG MAD:''' WE TURNED STRONG BAD INTO A GREEN SCREEN!
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{waving his arms}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | ''{Strong Mad picks up and squeezes The Cheat.}''
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| - | '''STRONG MAD:''' I LOVE YOU, THE CHEAT!
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{crying}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | ''{A mechanical humming sound fills the air for a few seconds.}''
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| - | '''STRONG MAD:''' LET'S DO SOME CURLS!
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| - | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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| - | ''{Strong Mad holds The Cheat sideways in one arm. He raises his forearm in a curling motion, using The Cheat as a weight.}''
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| - | {{recenttoons}}
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| - | [[Category:Powered by The Cheat|*]] | + | ==Somewhat Powered By The Cheat Stuff== |
| | + | *Email [[website]]—The Cheat makes the Flash intro for [[Strong Bad]]'s [[Strong Bad's Website|website]]. |
| | + | *Email [[marzipan]]—The Cheat makes a music video for [[Marzipan]]'s "[[Oh yeah yeah]]". |
| | + | *[[Experimental Film]]—The Cheat co-directs the music video for They Might Be Giants' "Experimental Film" with [[Strong Sad]]. |
| | + | *[[Seasonal Sweaters]]—The Cheat animates another music video for Marzipan in [[Decemberween In July]]. |
| | + | *[[Labor Dabor]]—The Cheat makes some bowling animations. |
| | + | *Email [[animal]]—Strong Bad's descriptions of the [[Made_Up_Strong_Bad_Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|Deep Sea Fangly Fish]] are rendered in PBTC style. |
| | + | *Email [[rock opera]]—Many of the visuals during the opera are in PBTC style. |
| | + | *Email [[bedtime story]]—The visuals in The Cheat's bedtime story are completely PBTC style. |
| | + | [[Category:Powered by The Cheat]] |
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