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Burnin8or
 Post subject: The cheat and pikachu...Brothers!?!
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an Age old question "are the cheat and pikachu related" ever since the powered by the cheat toon"The Cheat Theme Song" the lyrics said...
"...Who's the guy that looks like the cheat..."and then u see pikachu float by.Obviously they share the same physical features like...
-yellow fur
-spots of some sort
-Paws
-they can only say one thing (Meh!/Pika?)
-black on their head
-they both look very alike when they're wet
So, are they related??? the worl may never know...or will they???? :cheatgrin:
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They've made quite a few references to The Cheat and Pikachu. Here's a quote from The Cheat's Wikipedia page (Bolded for importance.)

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The Cheat is sometimes considered to be a parody on the Pokémon Pikachu, although The Cheat was created before Pokémon was imported to America. The Brothers Chaps modified his design to give him more resemblance to a Pikachu after the Pokémon made its debut. His screen name, cheatachu72, is an inside joke to The Cheat's and Pikachu's resemblance. In The Cheat's theme song, after the words, "who's the guy who looks like The Cheat," a picture of Pikachu is shown along with two The Cheats

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They even mention Teh C. on the Wikipedia page for Pikachu :P

Yeah, they pointed it out before. Friggin' Cheatachu.
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Er... it's tough to say. I mean, The Brothers Chaps could've used Pikachu as a referance when they created The Cheat , but I doubt the Pokémon creators and TBC are in cahoots. Then again, maybe TBC had no idea The Cheat would be considered a Pikachu relative. Maybe The Cheat just came out of their own minds like all the other H*R characters have.

It could very well be a huge coincidence... Well, not that huge, but you see where I'm coming from here.

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The Cheat is from some ambiguous species while Pikachu is meant to be more mouse-like. It is possible that the two species could be close, like the primate-human type of connection. I don't really think they're related though.

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Artvandelay wrote:
The Cheat is from some ambiguous species while Pikachu is meant to be more mouse-like. It is possible that the two species could be close, like the primate-human type of connection. I don't really think they're related though.
I think what Burn meant was that they were'nt actual brothers, but instead, looked similar or something like that. Brothers probably wasn't the best word to use.

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No, I meant if the were related not necessarily brother but distant relitives

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well i dout it considering there cartoons and arent real so no they arent related
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But they are always comparing to each other

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Burnin8or wrote:
No, I meant if the were related not necessarily brother but distant relitives


Of course not!

Two very different universes. Yes, they look very similar, but no, they aren't related in any way.

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well i dout it considering there cartoons and arent real so no they arent related

please, punctuation is helpful.

other than that, i don't think they are related. TBC don't rip things off. well, at least not a main character/item/place.
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other than that, i don't think they are related. TBC don't rip things off. well, at least not a main character/item/place.
Well, remember what the Wikipedia page said, that The Cheat was made before Pokemon was released in America. So unless TBC had the Japanese version, it's just a pure coincidence.

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Yeah... I don't think so.

...But that's just me...

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ready for prime time wrote:
other than that, i don't think they are related. TBC don't rip things off. well, at least not a main character/item/place.
Well, remember what the Wikipedia page said, that The Cheat was made before Pokemon was released in America. So unless TBC had the Japanese version, it's just a pure coincidence.


Yeah, but originally, The Cheat was like a slug thing...Take a look at the original book.

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Yeah, but originally, The Cheat was like a slug thing...Take a look at the original book.
Well, I dunno about a slug thing, he just looks like a poorly drawn The Cheat. But once again remember, Wikipedia said that they tweaked around with The Cheat's apperance a bit when they started to make more toons.

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well i dout it considering there cartoons and arent real so no they arent related
End of story.
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pfft. more like pikachu looks like the cheat.

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in my case The Cheat is better than pokie-stuff

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before i started watching HR i had heard of him referred to as the cheatachu, so i figured it was a takeoff, but who the heck knows. i do know that the cheat is friggin cool and his little noises are way better than sqikky-squeak japanamation.
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I always thought of The Cheat as not Pikachu related at all. I thought The Cheat looked more like a fat, furry duck-anvil. THe Pikachu and The Cheat connection just seems way too vauge for me.

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Not related.

Teh Cheatz0r comes from an egg full of fish sticks. Pikachu on teh other hand comes from a patch of "Longer than Usual" Grass
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Teh Cheatz0r comes from an egg full of fish sticks. Pikachu on teh other hand comes from a patch of "Longer than Usual" Grass
Well, first off, we don't really know how The Cheat came along. Remember, Strong Bad told the story, sp we can't for sure truely say that it was 100% factual.

As for Pikachu, he evolved from Pichu. Come one man, know your Pokemon facts.

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As for Pikachu, he evolved from Pichu. Come one man, know your Pokemon facts.

:p


Well I was explaining it how it was before Pichu existed...though it is true he evolved from pichu...probably.
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Burnin8or wrote:
an Age old question "are the cheat and pikachu related" ever since the powered by the cheat toon"The Cheat Theme Song" the lyrics said...
"...Who's the guy that looks like the cheat..."and then u see pikachu float by.Obviously they share the same physical features like...
-yellow fur
-spots of some sort
-Paws
-they can only say one thing (Meh!/Pika?)
-black on their head
-they both look very alike when they're wet
So, are they related??? the worl may never know...or will they???? :cheatgrin:


You know, maybe they are related. Maybe not as brothers, but maybe as cousins.

And let's not forget that the 20X6 version of The Cheat, Cheatball, also relates to Pikachu by simply saying not much more than his own name.

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The cheat dressed up as garfield not pikachu![size=0]MUAHAHAHAH YOU HAVE TO QUOTE/ZOOM IN A WHOLE LOT/COPY AND PASTE THIS SOMEWHERE TO READ WHAT THE CRAP I'M SAYING MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!! I posted that garfield/pikachu thing becauss.....I dunno, just a fact..nothing to do with this topic what-so-ever =P[/size]

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The cheat is his nickname his true name is Mehmachu

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They're cousins. End of story.

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Pikachu was created by Shigeru Miyamato(?) and/or Nintendo.

The Cheat was created by the Brothers Chaps.

They're part of two different worlds, they just look alike. It's like asking if Sigma and Captain Picard are related because they're both blad. it just doesn't make sense.

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The_Other_White_Meat wrote:
Pikachu was created by Shigeru Miyamato(?) and/or Nintendo.
Satoshi Tajari was the creator of Pokemon, actually. He was friends with Miyamoto though.

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Hmm.....


Duh duh duh duh...
Cheat is trying to evolve!
Duh duh duh.....
*Voip*
Congratulations! Your Cheat evolved into Ripoff!

:sb: " I should of pressed B!"

Ripoff:Uh uhg UHG uh!

I wonder if this could become a forum meme....

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