The Cheat's Head Exploding

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'''[[The Cheat]]'s head''' seems to '''[[Explosions|explode]]''' quite a lot. His face turns black and his hair is pushed back when it happens. This can happen when he gets too excited, worried, confused, or physically shaken too much. The first instance of The Cheat's head exploding was in "[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]". If the player gave him pop rocks, he would eat them with soda, resulting in his head explosion. (Inexplicably, his head would also explode if [[Strong Mad]] [[Eating Non-Food Items|ate actual rocks]] and bit off a half-can of soda.) It is likely that this occurrence was a satire on the [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/poprocks.htm myth] that eating soda with popping candy causes them to explode, but soon became a running gag. In a spectacular instance during "[[Happy Fireworks]]", The Cheat provided the pyrotechnics display for [[Free Country, USA]] after being shaken by Strong Mad. In [[pizzaz]], The Cheat's confusion over seeing [[Twin Characters|two]] [[Strong Bad]]s causes him to oscillate his head back and forth in a continual double take, which also leads to his head exploding. An Easter egg in the email [[couch patch]] also reveals The Cheat's head exploding after Strong Bad attempts to have his computer make [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]'s head explode.  The Cheat's [[Old-Timey]] counterpart, [[The Sneak]], also has his head explode in the "[[Ballad of The Sneak]]" video.  
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'''[[The Cheat]]'s head''' seems to '''[[Explosions|explode]]''' quite a lot. His face turns black and his hair is pushed back when it happens. This can happen when he gets too excited, worried, confused, or physically shaken. It is likely that the original joke was a satire on the [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/poprocks.htm myth] that drinking soda pop while eating popping candy causes them to explode, and then the joke turned into a running gag.
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==Appearances==
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] {{--}} If the player gives The Cheat pop rocks, he would eat them with soda, and his head would explode.
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**Inexplicably, The Cheat's head would also explode if [[Strong Mad]] [[Eating Non-Food Items|ate actual rocks]] and bit off a half-can of soda.
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*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] {{--}} The Cheat's present explodes in his face.
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*[[Ballad of The Sneak]] {{--}} [[The Sneak]]'s head explodes when the record player he's listening to blows up in his face.
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*Email [[couch patch]] {{--}} The Cheat's head explodes after Strong Bad attempts to have his computer make [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]'s head explode.
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*Email [[pizzaz]] {{--}} The Cheat's confusion over seeing [[Duplicate Characters|two]] [[Strong Bad]]s causes him to oscillate his head back and forth in a continual double take, which eventually leads to his head exploding.
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*[[Happy Fireworks]] {{--}} The Cheat provided the pyrotechnics display for [[Free Country, USA]] after being shaken by Strong Mad.
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==Screenshot Appearances==
==Screenshot Appearances==
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Image:HappyFireworksCheatsHeadExplode.png|[[Happy Fireworks]] <!--See talk page before adding a second screenshot-->
Image:HappyFireworksCheatsHeadExplode.png|[[Happy Fireworks]] <!--See talk page before adding a second screenshot-->
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==See Also==
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*[[A Splode]]
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*[[Explosions]]
[[Category:Activity running gags]]
[[Category:Activity running gags]]
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[[Category:Violence]]

Current revision as of 03:26, 4 November 2022

The Cheat's head seems to explode quite a lot. His face turns black and his hair is pushed back when it happens. This can happen when he gets too excited, worried, confused, or physically shaken. It is likely that the original joke was a satire on the myth that drinking soda pop while eating popping candy causes them to explode, and then the joke turned into a running gag.

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