Editing Cheat Commandos...O's

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[[Image:cheat commandos complete breakfast.png|thumb|right|220px| A ridiculous breakfast!]]
'''Time to Break...Fast!'''

Some [[Cheat Commandos]] look for the secret desert headquarters of [[Blue Laser]].  Some product placement ensues.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Fightgar}}, {{Film|Gunhaver}}, {{Film|Silent Rip}}, {{Film|Firebert}}, {{Film|Blue Laser Commander}}, {{Film|Blue Laser minion}}, {{Film|Crackotage}}, [[Ser-g-geant Marshie]]

'''Places:''' [[Secret Desert Headquarters]], [[Blue Laser Commander's Nana's Backyard]]

'''Date:''' May 31, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:13

'''Page Title:''' Breakfast is Fundamental

== Transcript ==

''{The cartoon starts with a military soundtrack and a desert landscape. A title comes up saying "TIME TO BREAK...FAST!" written by A. Chimendez. The commandos appear in the distance, climbing over a dune.}''

'''FIGHTGAR''': It's gotta be a hundred degrees out here and I'm running on empty!

'''GUNHAVER''': Come on, Fightgar! Just a little further! ''{he pulls a paper from his jacket}'' The secret entrance to Blue Laser’s secret desert headquarters has to be in this secret desert somewhere!

'''SILENT RIP''': You'd think so, but are we even sure they ''have'' a desert hideout?

'''GUNHAVER''': I think I remember hearing something about it on the...news...

''{cut to Blue Laser's secret headquarters. He's watching the Commandos on a video feed.}''

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER''': The Cheat Commandos will never find our desert headquarters, since we relocated to my nana's backyard!

''{ominous music}''

'''BLUE LASER MINION''': The burgers are done, sir. ''{holds up a tray of burgers}''

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER''': Fantastic!

''{cut back to the desert with the commandos}''

'''FIGHTGAR''': Are we there yet? I'm tired.

'''GUNHAVER''': Me too. We need some energy fast!

'''SILENT RIP''': Look! It's that guy! That flies that plane!

''{There is a fighter jet flying up above, and we zoom up to see Crackotage flying it)''

'''CRACKOTAGE''': Look out below, Geronimo! Hee hee ha ha!

''{The jet drops a box of [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]] on a parachute, and it descends to the commandos below.}''

'''CHEAT COMMANDOS''': We're saved!

'''GUNHAVER''': Sugar-crunchy Cheat Commandos...O's Sugar Cereal! Part of this nutritious breakfast!

''{We transition to a commercial for Cheat Commandos...O's.}''

'''SPOKESMAN''': New Cheat Commandos...O's...O'sy O's...sugar cereal, is a delicious part of this complete delicious breakfast!

''{we see a box of Cheat Commandos...O's, next to a glass of caramel candies, a mug of marshmallows, and a slice of chocolate fudge cake on a plate. There's a caption saying "Delicious Nutritious Breakfast!!!" with the word Nutritious crossed out. A subtitle states "Gallon of Ice Cream not pictured".}''

'''SPOKESMAN''': And take some vitamins, too!

''{cut to Blue Laser’s headquarters. He's yelling at his minions.}''

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER''': Which one of you ate the last bratwurst?!

''{The Cheat Commandos show up right behind him.}''

'''GUNHAVER''': Nice try, Blue Laser! This party is busted!

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER''': What the crap?!

'''FIGHTGAR, GUNHAVER & SILENT RIP''': Sugar-crunchy Cheat Commandos...O's Sugar Cereal!

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER''': Well that's...just...great!

'''SILENT RIP''': Cheat Commandos...O's...

'''FIGHTGAR, GUNHAVER & SILENT RIP''': Rock, rock on!

'''BLUE LASER COMMANDER''': I hate you!

''{Fightgar, Gunhaver, and Silent Rip jump in surprise. The grill explodes behind him, and a couple of Blue Laser minions paradrop behind the fence. We go to a commercial again.}''

'''SPOKESMAN''': And now, try Cheat Commandos...O's, with Fluffy Puff Marshmallows...O's.

''{Back to the cartoon, Marshie flies up to Gunhaver wearing a soldier's hat.}''

'''SER-G-GEANT MARSHIE''': Ser-g-geant Marshie reporting for duty, sir!

'''GUNHAVER''': Would somebody get this flying cottonball outta my face?

''{Cut back to the scene with the cereal and the delicious (not nutritious) breakfast. The commandos walk on in the background, while the theme song plays.}''

'''SINGERS:''' Cheat Commando's O's ridiculous breakfast...buy all our playsets and toys!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on the mug of marshmallows at the end to see a ''new'' action figure.
:''{Drumming is heard in the background.)''
:'''SPOKESMAN:''' Kids, get a free Ser-g-geant Marshie action figure! Just send in five dollars, twenty-five proofs of purchase, and five dollars shipping and handling!

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*Parachutists traditionally yell "[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_146.html Geronimo]!" when jumping from an airplane.

===Trivia===
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] yet again forgot to change the title of the page, which still read "Compy 386!!" for a while. This was quickly changed to say, "Breakfast is Fundamental."
*The "back" button at the end of this toon will always take you to [[Main Page 8]].

===Remarks===
*This is a parody of the numerous advertisements that included 80s cartoon characters peddling ridiculously sugary foodstuffs. [[Wikipedia:G. I. Joe|G.I. Joe]] itself was guilty of this with Purina's [http://www.yojoe.com/archive/nottoys/actionstarscereal.shtml G.I.Joe Action Stars].
*It is finally discovered what our beheadphoned pal Crackotage does. This was left unclear with the cryptic "Master Locksmith, Perhaps?" on his action figure box. Now it is known that he's " ... that guy! That flies that plane!"  Of course, he could still crack locks in his spare time.
*Ser-g-geant Marshie's action figure box has the following labels:
**A Marshmallow, Not a Cottonball!!
**Creepier than Most!
**A Green Helmet!!
**His First Initial is 'M'! (A reference to [[Meet Marshie]], where [[Marshie]] introduces himself as "Capital M, and then 'arshie'!")
***The Ser-g-geant Marshie toy costs [[$11.01]].
****However you can get one free by sending in ten dollars and twenty-five proofs of purchase.  Assuming the cereal costs $2-3 a box, it would cost $60-85 to get it "free".

===Goofs===
*The microphone attached to Silent Rip's helmet disappears momentarily after Crackotage drops the box of cereal.
*A few of The Cheat Commandos' mouths aren't moving when shouting, "WE'RE SAVED!!"

===Inside References===
*The episode "Time to break...fast!" is written by [[A. Chimendez]].
*Cheat Commandos...O's are made by [[Cheap as Free]] Foodstuffs.

===Real-World References===
*[[Cheat Commandos O's Cereal|Cheat Commandos...O's]] really aren't "O's", as Fightgar has noticed on the box. The cereal actually bears a striking resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Quaker Oats Company|Quaker's]] [[Wikipedia:Cap'n Crunch|Cap'n Crunch]], or possibly [[Wikipedia:Kellogg's|Kellogg's]] [[Wikipedia:Corn Pops|Corn Pops]].
*Crackotage is modeled after the ''G.I. Joe'' character [http://www.hasbro.com/gijoe/experience/pl/page.filecards/team.joe/joe_id.75/dn/default.cfm Roadblock] in that everything he says is in rhyme. Other cartoons from the 80's had characters who also spoke in rhyme, such as the Wordsworth from the 1984 cartoon [http://www.sausagenet.com/program.asp?mode=view&progid=159 Heathcliff & The Cadillac Cats], and  [[Wikipedia:Blaster (Transformers)|Blaster]] from the ''[[Wikipedia:Transformers series|Transformers]]'' cartoon.
*The plane that Crackotage is flying is almost identical to the US Navy's F-14 Tomcat.
**The primary GI Joe jet was the Skystriker, which was based on the F-14. 
*The Serg-g-geant Marshie character refers to any number of crossovers between figures in pop culture and G.I. Joe (or other 80's cartoonmercials) that culminated in the creation of action figures, notably [[Wikipedia:Sgt. Slaughter|Sergeant Slaughter]] of the [[Wikipedia:American Wrestling Association|AWA]]/[[Wikipedia:World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] and [[Wikipedia:William Perry (football)|William "Refrigerator" Perry]] of the [[Wikipedia:Chicago Bears|Chicago Bears]].  Both of these also started out as mail-order characters.
*The parachuting Blue Laser minions that appear after the grill explodes refers to the fact that no one ever actually died in a G.I. Joe cartoon, despite all the explosions and flying bullets. The bad guys were always seen emerging bruised and shaken, but alive, from the wreckage.
* The "Breakfast is Fundamental" at the beginning of the cartoon is a reference to "Reading is Fundamental" cartoons that used to be on on Saturday mornings.
*On the Cheat Commandos...O's box, Gunhaver, Fightgar, and Crackotage stand around the cereal bowl in a similar fashion as how [[Wikipedia:Snap, Crackle and Pop|Snap, Crackle, and Pop]] do on boxes of [[Wikipedia:Rice Krispies|Rice Krispies]].
*[[Price Style|Price Style]], the featured grocery store, is likely a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Price Chopper|Price Chopper]] supermarket chain.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:cheatcereal.html|watch "Cheat Commandos...O's"]]
*[[HR:cheatcereal.swf|view the Flash file for "Cheat Commandos...O's"]]
*[[Forum:135|forum thread re: "Cheat Commandos...O's"]]
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