Strong Mad and The Cheat's Relationship

From Homestar Runner Wiki

The connection between Strong Mad and The Cheat is perhaps one of the most easy-going relationships in the Homestar Runner body of work. They both care for each other, watch out for each other, and hang out together. Rarely is there a situation where the two have ever been mean or angry at each other.

Strong Mad protecting The Cheat

• Where's The Cheat? — Strong Mad cries over a picture of The Cheat, which has been signed, "To Strong Mad You Are Rad -The Cheat". He then helps Pom Pom and Strong Bad look for him. When Coach Z claims that The King of Town has gone "mad with power" and was going to barbecue The Cheat in his grill, Strong Mad immediately punches the government official/aristocrat onto his castle wall.
• Email little animal — Strong Mad chases Strong Bad, who has just kicked The Cheat.
• Email do over — Strong Mad shakes Strong Bad by the leg as punishment for hitting Homestar Runner (disguised as The Cheat) with the Tandy's keyboard in the "little animal" do over.
• The Cheat's Character Video — The Cheat says that Strong Mad "protects [him] from larger predators, like being sat on by Strong Sad or Pom Pom."