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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=</del>File:PBTC.png<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" title="Powered by The Cheat, for The Cheat"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="136" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/7/7f/PBTC.png/</del>180px<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-PBTC.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:PBTC.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div></del>Powered by The Cheat, for The Cheat<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></div></div></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><p></del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><b></del>Powered by The Cheat<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></b></del>" toons are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=</del>Flash<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" title="Flash">Flash</a> </del>animations created by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Cheat" title="</del>The Cheat<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">The Cheat</a> </del>and his computers, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Tangerine_Dreams" title="Tangerine Dreams"></del>Tangerine Dreams<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>(2002-2004), <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Monosodium_Dreams" title="Monosodium Dreams"></del>Monosodium Dreams<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>(2006-2014), and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Cheat%27s_iMac_%282018%29" title="</del>The Cheat's iMac (2018)<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>his new iMac<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>(2018-present). Many of them are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Flash" title="</del>Flash<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">Flash</a> </del>toons within the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_universe" title="</del>Homestar Runner universe<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">Homestar Runner universe</a></del>. The toons, which are a parody of the many poorly drawn Flash cartoons on the web, are usually packed with bad animation and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Powered_by_The_Cheat_Character_Variations" title="</del>Powered by The Cheat Character Variations<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>character depictions<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>, poor imitations of the characters' voices (provided by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman" title="Mike Chapman"></del>Mike Chapman<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>), vocalised sound effects, and senseless or nonexistent plots. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Powered by The Cheat, for The Cheat<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></del>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 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Georgia_Tech_-_26_Apr_2007" title="</del>Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>Georgia Tech<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>appearance, an audience member asked <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="</del>The Brothers Chaps<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">The Brothers Chaps</a> </del>a question concerning this, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Matt_Chapman" title="Matt Chapman"></del>Matt Chapman<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>responded in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="</del>Strong Bad<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">Strong Bad</a></del>'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 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Homestar_Runner_Enters_The_Spooky_Woods" title="</del>The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods</a></del>, 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".</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></del>The Cheat often <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Powered_by_The_Cheat_Cameo_Appearances" title="</del>Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>incorporates himself into his cartoons<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>, sometimes in a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=List_of_Hitchcock_cameo_appearances" title="wikipedia:</del>List of Hitchcock cameo appearances<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>Hitchcock-style cameo<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>, 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 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=New_Boots" title="</del>New Boots<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>iron cup full of Brunswick Stew<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>, a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Pizza" title="</del>Pizza<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>pizza<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>for his "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Everybody_to_the_Limit" title="</del>Everybody to the Limit<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">Everybody to the Limit</a></del>" music video, the fabled "Pizza <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Trophies" title="</del>Trophies<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>Trophy<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>", a slice of "chinstrap pizza", and another pizza.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>Powered by The Cheat<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>" toons are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Flash<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>animations created by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>The Cheat<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>and his computers, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Tangerine Dreams<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(2002-2004), <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Monosodium Dreams<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(2006-2014), and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>The Cheat's iMac (2018)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>his new iMac<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(2018-present). Many of them are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Flash<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>toons within the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Homestar Runner universe<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. The toons, which are a parody of the many poorly drawn Flash cartoons on the web, are usually packed with bad animation and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Powered by The Cheat Character Variations<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>character depictions<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, poor imitations of the characters' voices (provided by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Mike Chapman<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>), vocalised sound effects, and senseless or nonexistent plots.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></del>These animations show hints of The Cheat's fantasies and possibly insecure personality. The email <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=mile" title="mile"></del>mile<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>, 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, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad"></del>Strong Bad<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>, while <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=</del>Marzipan<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" title="Marzipan">Marzipan</a> </del>finally gives him the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Marzipan_and_The_Cheat%27s_Relationship" title="</del>Marzipan and The Cheat's Relationship<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>attention and affection he has been craving<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>. However, the two rarely exchange words outside of a fabricated Flash universe, despite having gone on one <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Date_Nite" title="</del>Date Nite<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>date<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>together.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></del>The Cheat has provided animation for other <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Free_Country%2C_USA" title="Free Country, USA"></del>Free Country, USA<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>artists. He has also collaborated with the likes of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Skate_Party" title="</del>The Skate Party<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">The Skate Party</a></del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=They_Might_Be_Giants" title="They Might Be Giants"></del>They Might Be Giants<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></del>, and more.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>Georgia Tech<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>appearance, an audience member asked <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>The Brothers Chaps<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>a question concerning this, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Matt Chapman<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>responded in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Strong Bad<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>'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 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, 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".</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></del>It has been referred to by Strong Bad in a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Quote_of_the_Week" title="Quote of the Week"></del>Quote of the Week<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>as an outtake from <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Most_in_the_Graveyard" title="</del>Most in the Graveyard<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></del>Most In The Graveyard<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </del>as "The Cheat's regular animating crap".</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></del>As of December 31, 2020, Powered by The Cheat as a separate category has been retired, with PBTC content being shuffled into the Shorts category.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Cheat often <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>incorporates himself into his cartoons<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, sometimes in a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>List of Hitchcock cameo appearances<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>Hitchcock-style cameo<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, 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 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>New Boots<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>iron cup full of Brunswick Stew<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Pizza<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>pizza<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>for his "<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Everybody to the Limit<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>" music video, the fabled "Pizza <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Trophies<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>Trophy<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>", a slice of "chinstrap pizza", and another pizza.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a id</del>=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Powered_by_The_Cheat_Content" name</del>=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Powered_by_The_Cheat_Content"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"></del>Powered by The Cheat Content<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></span></h2></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These animations show hints of The Cheat's fantasies and possibly insecure personality. The email <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>mile<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, 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, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Strong Bad<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, while <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Marzipan<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>finally gives him the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Marzipan and The Cheat's Relationship<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>attention and affection he has been craving<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. However, the two rarely exchange words outside of a fabricated Flash universe, despite having gone on one <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Date Nite<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</ins>date<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>together.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:PBTC.png" title="Powered by The Cheat, for The Cheat"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="136" src="</ins>https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/7/7f/PBTC.png/180px-PBTC.png<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:PBTC.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div></ins>Powered by The Cheat, for The Cheat<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></div></div></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>Powered by The Cheat, for The Cheat<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><p></ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><b></ins>Powered by The Cheat<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></b></ins>" toons are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Flash" title="Flash"></ins>Flash<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>animations created by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Cheat" title="</ins>The Cheat<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">The Cheat</a> </ins>and his computers, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Tangerine_Dreams" title="Tangerine Dreams"></ins>Tangerine Dreams<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>(2002-2004), <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Monosodium_Dreams" title="Monosodium Dreams"></ins>Monosodium Dreams<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>(2006-2014), and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Cheat%27s_iMac_%282018%29" title="</ins>The Cheat's iMac (2018)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>his new iMac<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>(2018-present). Many of them are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Flash" title="Flash"></ins>Flash<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>toons within the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_universe" title="Homestar Runner universe"></ins>Homestar Runner universe<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>. The toons, which are a parody of the many poorly drawn Flash cartoons on the web, are usually packed with bad animation and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Powered_by_The_Cheat_Character_Variations" title="</ins>Powered by The Cheat Character Variations<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>character depictions<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>, poor imitations of the characters' voices (provided by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Mike_Chapman" title="Mike Chapman"></ins>Mike Chapman<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>), vocalised sound effects, and senseless or nonexistent plots. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></ins>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 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Georgia_Tech_-_26_Apr_2007" title="</ins>Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>Georgia Tech<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>appearance, an audience member asked <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="The Brothers Chaps"></ins>The Brothers Chaps<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>a question concerning this, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Matt_Chapman" title="Matt Chapman"></ins>Matt Chapman<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>responded in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad"></ins>Strong Bad<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>'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 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Homestar_Runner_Enters_The_Spooky_Woods" title="</ins>The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods</a></ins>, 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".</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>Powered by The Cheat<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>" toons are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Flash<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>animations created by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>The Cheat<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>and his computers, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Tangerine Dreams<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>(2002-2004), <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Monosodium Dreams<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>(2006-2014), and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>The Cheat's iMac (2018)<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>his new iMac<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>(2018-present). Many of them are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Flash<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>toons within the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Homestar Runner universe<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>. The toons, which are a parody of the many poorly drawn Flash cartoons on the web, are usually packed with bad animation and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Powered by The Cheat Character Variations<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>character depictions<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, poor imitations of the characters' voices (provided by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Mike Chapman<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>), vocalised sound effects, and senseless or nonexistent plots.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></ins>The Cheat often <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Powered_by_The_Cheat_Cameo_Appearances" title="</ins>Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>incorporates himself into his cartoons<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>, sometimes in a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=List_of_Hitchcock_cameo_appearances" title="wikipedia:</ins>List of Hitchcock cameo appearances<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>Hitchcock-style cameo<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>, 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 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=New_Boots" title="</ins>New Boots<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>iron cup full of Brunswick Stew<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>, a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Pizza" title="</ins>Pizza<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>pizza<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>for his "<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Everybody_to_the_Limit" title="Everybody to the Limit"></ins>Everybody to the Limit<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>" music video, the fabled "Pizza <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=</ins>Trophies<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" title="Trophies"></ins>Trophy<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>", a slice of "chinstrap pizza", and another pizza.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></ins>These animations show hints of The Cheat's fantasies and possibly insecure personality. The email <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=</ins>mile<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" title="mile">mile</a></ins>, 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, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad"></ins>Strong Bad<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>, while <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Marzipan" title="Marzipan"></ins>Marzipan<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>finally gives him the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Marzipan_and_The_Cheat%27s_Relationship" title="</ins>Marzipan and The Cheat's Relationship<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>attention and affection he has been craving<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>. However, the two rarely exchange words outside of a fabricated Flash universe, despite having gone on one <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Date_Nite" title="</ins>Date Nite<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>date<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a> </ins>together.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>Georgia Tech<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>appearance, an audience member asked <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>The Brothers Chaps<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>a question concerning this, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Matt Chapman<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>responded in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Strong Bad<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>'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 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, 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".</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></ins>The Cheat has provided animation for other <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=Free_Country%2C_USA" title="</ins>Free Country, USA<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">Free Country, USA</a> </ins>artists. He has also collaborated with the likes of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=The_Skate_Party" title="The Skate Party"></ins>The Skate Party<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a></ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a href="/index.php?title=They_Might_Be_Giants" title="</ins>They Might Be Giants<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">They Might Be Giants</a></ins>, and more.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Cheat often <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>incorporates himself into his cartoons<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, sometimes in a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>List of Hitchcock cameo appearances<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>Hitchcock-style cameo<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, 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 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>New Boots<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>iron cup full of Brunswick Stew<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Pizza<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>pizza<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>for his "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Everybody to the Limit<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>" music video, the fabled "Pizza <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Trophies<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>Trophy<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>", a slice of "chinstrap pizza", and another pizza.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></p><p></ins>As of December 31, 2020, Powered by The Cheat as a separate category has been retired, with PBTC content being shuffled into the Shorts category.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These animations show hints of The Cheat's fantasies and possibly insecure personality. The email <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>mile<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, 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, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Strong Bad<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, while <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Marzipan<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>finally gives him the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Marzipan and The Cheat's Relationship<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>attention and affection he has been craving<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>. However, the two rarely exchange words outside of a fabricated Flash universe, despite having gone on one <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Date Nite<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>date<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>together.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><a id</ins>=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Powered_by_The_Cheat_Content" name</ins>=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Powered_by_The_Cheat_Content"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"></ins>Powered by The Cheat Content<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></span></h2></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Powered by The Cheat, for The Cheat''</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">File:PBTC</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">png|</del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">File:PBTC</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">png</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">180px|thumb</del>]]]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"'''Powered by The Cheat'''" toons are [[Flash]] animations created by [[The Cheat]] and his computers, [[Tangerine Dreams]] (2002-2004), [[Monosodium Dreams]] (2006-2014), and </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Cheat's iMac (2018)|his new iMac]] (2018-present)</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Many of them are [[Flash]] toons within the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Homestar Runner universe]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">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</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">character depictions</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, poor imitations of the characters' voices (provided by [[Mike Chapman</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">), vocalised sound effects, and senseless or nonexistent plots.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div class="thumbcaption"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div class=</del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">magnify</del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">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 </ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Cheat</ins>" <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">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".</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:PBTC.png|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Cheat often [[Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances|incorporates himself into his cartoons]], sometimes in a [[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 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>real<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>life, including an [[New Boots|iron cup full of Brunswick Stew]], a [[Pizza|pizza]] for his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>[[Everybody to the Limit]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>music video, the fabled <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>Pizza [[Trophies|Trophy]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>, a slice of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>chinstrap pizza<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>, and another pizza.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Powered by The Cheat, for The Cheat</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;'''Powered by The Cheat'''&quot; 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.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">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 &quot;The Cheat&quot; 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, &quot;The guy's got two throats,&quot; and that &quot;he goes into this secret room when he does the voices, so I never see how he does it.&quot; 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 &quot;just a certain way I do things&quot;.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Cheat often [[Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances|incorporates himself into his cartoons]], sometimes in a [[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 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>real<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot; </del>life, including an [[New Boots|iron cup full of Brunswick Stew]], a [[Pizza|pizza]] for his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>[[Everybody to the Limit]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot; </del>music video, the fabled <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>Pizza [[Trophies|Trophy]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>, a slice of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>chinstrap pizza<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>, and another pizza.</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>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.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It has been referred to by Strong Bad in a [[Quote of the Week]] as an outtake from [[Most in the Graveyard|Most In The Graveyard]] as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>The Cheat's regular animating crap<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It has been referred to by Strong Bad in a [[Quote of the Week]] as an outtake from [[Most in the Graveyard|Most In The Graveyard]] as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>The Cheat's regular animating crap<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of December 31, 2020, Powered by The Cheat as a separate category has been retired, with PBTC content being shuffled into the Shorts category.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As of December 31, 2020, Powered by The Cheat as a separate category has been retired, with PBTC content being shuffled into the Shorts category.</div></td></tr>
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&quot;'''Powered by The Cheat'''&quot; 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.<br />
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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 &quot;The Cheat&quot; 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, &quot;The guy's got two throats,&quot; and that &quot;he goes into this secret room when he does the voices, so I never see how he does it.&quot; 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 &quot;just a certain way I do things&quot;.<br />
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The Cheat often [[Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances|incorporates himself into his cartoons]], sometimes in a [[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 &quot;real&quot; life, including an [[New Boots|iron cup full of Brunswick Stew]], a [[Pizza|pizza]] for his &quot;[[Everybody to the Limit]]&quot; music video, the fabled &quot;Pizza [[Trophies|Trophy]]&quot;, a slice of &quot;chinstrap pizza&quot;, and another pizza.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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|Most In The Graveyard]] as &quot;The Cheat's regular animating crap&quot;.<br />
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As of December 31, 2020, Powered by The Cheat as a separate category has been retired, with PBTC content being shuffled into the Shorts category.<br />
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