Talk:Gunhaver

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[edit] Voice

I always thought Gunhaver sounded like Chad Kroeger.

[edit] John Wayne

ummm... Gunhaver doesn't sound anything like John Wayne.

True. neither does he sound like charleton heston.

He looks a bit like Sargeant Slaughter from GI Joe, dunno if he sounds like him though.

[edit] Pretty Tall

You know the cheat commandos are supposedly as tall as the cheat, but no one actually knows that right? So when gun haver says that he's pretty tall he might actually be pretty tall! What do you people think?

It's not Gunhaver who is speaking in that QotW, it's the voice actor who plays him, Crack Stuntman. We have no idea how tall he is, or even what he might look like. — It's dot com 20:20, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Dudes

I've noticed that Crack Stuntman looks like the secret service agent from Bad Dudes (a lot of people have...), but Gunhaver has said secret agent man's jacket... is this just me? Or was this designed to make the two closer together?

[edit] Gunhaver's Gun

It looks like Gunhaver's gun is a Colt M1911, any thoughts?

[edit] Correction??

I was looking at the wiki page on the Gunhaver and I think there is a little wrong info concerning the Cheat Commando leader:

"Gunhaver is a direct parody of Duke from GI Joe, complete with a John Payne voice."

I think this is wrong because in some of the Commentaries TBC mentioned they based it on the old 80's Joe cartoons not the newer ones.

I think he looks more like Gen. Hawk (jacket) with a cowboy hat and the voice is closer to Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime). What do you think? OX, 13:17, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I think his role as field commander is more like Duke than General Hawk. You're probably right about the voice, though, since John Payne didn't voice the character until a few years ago. — It's dot com 16:59, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree that in function he's Duke, but as far as his appearance – i.e. the jacket – is concerned, he's more General Hawk. It's probably an amalgamation of the two. OX 03:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Should the information on the page be changed? OX 13:58, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Sure. Go for it. — It's dot com 20:59, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Fun Fact

Without sunglasses

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If you use a Flash decompiler to remove his glasses, Gunhaver has different eyes than the rest of the commandos. His eyes are simply black ovals, like a less detailed version of The Cheat's eyes. Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 20:01, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

Can you (or anyone) post a pic of it here, to evaluate? -107.77.106.95 23:46, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Link thyme! Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 03:10, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

His eyes look like the ones on the Cheat Commandos toys. I think that's notable. Maybe they designed his character first, based on the toys, but then later decided to go with the more expressive eyes. Since you can't see Gunhaver's eyes, they didn't bother changing them. I wonder what Reynold's eyes look like (I know we've seen him without his glasses, but they might not have been like that from the start. — It's dot com 01:27, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Reynold has no eyes, unless he takes his glasses off. Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 00:57, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

[edit] Voice (again (again))

I decided to Be Bold and removed the claim about Gunhaver(/Crack Stuntman) sounding like Peter Cullen. To my ear there is barely a resemblance, with Cullen (that is, Optimus Prime) typically speaking with deeper gravitas than Gunhaver's more loose and brash tone. To me it just sounds like Matt is doing a "funny action-hero" voice, not a specific spoof (though I admit I didn't grow up watching the same 80s toons as TBC). There have been several suggestions on this talk page over the years with none nearing any sort of consensus. Many Cheat Commandos toons have commentaries and I don't see any where specific inspirations for Gunhaver's voice are mentioned. Unlike his physical resemblance to GI Joe characters, "voice sounds kind of like" is more subjective so I don't think the article should say a specific voice without a more obvious or concrete inspiration. -- Bleu Ninja 00:38, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

I don't know about his voice now, but it did sound like Sean Connery in the original Cheat Commandos cartoon --J∃ffJMan 15:13, 9 March 2022 (UTC)