Editing The Cheatar

[[Image:cheatar.png|thumb|right|220px|The Cheat is a Transformer!]]

[[The Cheat]] turns into a guitar! Or maybe not...

'''Cast (in order of Appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Gary Palaroncini]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' May 24, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 0:54

'''Page Title:''' Witness the Cheatar!

== Transcript ==

{''You see a wall with a purple door and a giant The Cheat guitar, in real life. A silhouette of Strong Bad comes in.''}

'''STRONG BAD''': The Cheat! I need you to help me open up this can of bees! {''Surprised noises''} The Cheat! You turned into, like, a giant guitar! You never told me you could do that! Wait a minute... What good is a giant guitar if you're not a giant...guitar...-ist?  Why couldn't you turn into, like...a Semi! Or at least a tape player. You know, like: Ke-ka-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-kokah!  I don't think I like you like this.  You're way taller than me. And way...guitarer than me.

{''The Cheat's silhouette enters''}

'''The Cheat''': {''The Cheat noises'' sounds like 'Hey what's that?'}

'''Strong Bad''': What the—The Cheat! You mean you can't turn in to a giant guitar after all? Then what good are you?

'''The Cheat''': {''The Cheat noises. We hear a pop.''}

'''Strong Bad''': Hey! You opened my can of peas! Thanks, The Cheat! Now let's go pour these on that ant-hill I found.

'''The Cheat''': {''Makes stance like guitar, makes The Cheat noises and walks away.''}

== Easter Eggs ==

*Move your mouse over the Guitar to see a message: ''The Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame was nice enough to ask us to paint a giant fiberglass guitar for an exhibition they're doing. 'The Cheatar' will be on display in Cleveland for a while, then auctioned off for charity with the other giant guitars.''

*At the end of the toon, click on the door to see a picture of Gary from [[Limozeen]] chillin with 'The Cheatar.'  Keep clicking to see other pictures and finally a clip of Larry playing a solo on this big guitar.

== Fun Facts ==
*The 10-foot-tall fiberglass Fender® Stratocaster® from this short was created for a program called GuitarMania.  Through this program, hundreds of these guitars are creatively transformed into works of art.  The sculptures are then sold at a live auction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.  Proceeds benefit The United Way and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Educational Fund. 

*It is unknown what the final bid on the Cheatar was, but bidding started at $5,000.

*The Cheatar doesn't have any strings.

*Gary's chord progression during that video goes like this: GGDCGDCDG

*When Strong Bad mentions the Semi and the tape player, he is referring to [[Wikipedia:Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]], and [[Wikipedia:Soundwave (Transformers)|Soundwave]] of the [[Wikipedia:Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]. He also imitates the "transformation" sound, as noted in the transcript. 

*The font of the "Comin' up..." Loading screen is reminiscent of the logo of Metal band Iron Maiden.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatar.html watch "The Cheatar"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatar.swf view the Flash file for "The Cheatar"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatarmovie.swf view the Flash file for the Limozeen clip]
*[http://www.cleveland.com/guitarmania/index.ssf visit the Guitarmania official site]
*[http://www.cleveland.com/guitarmania/content.ssf?/guitarmania/gallery/thecheatar.html See The Cheatar's page on Guitarmania].
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