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Description Well, this image was real doozy to make! I started on this back in January when Train-Riding Picture was about halfway done. If I spent about all the energy I had on this deviation, it would have been done weeks ago! But I just don't have that kind of time.

The idea originated from Cheat Commandos , as if it isn't obvious. In this image, The Cheat is cosplaying as all sorts of anime, manga, and video game characters. I chose characters that range from mainstream popularity to unknown obscurity.

Here is the original The Cheat sketch that I posted last July. [link]
This sketch was used as the base image for each character.

And now the ever-so-long character list (plus short descriptions of why the characters were chosen):

First Row
Mario from Super Mario Brothers (C) Nintendo
-You probably remember this from the WIP that I posted and is now gone, right? Anyway, Super Mario Brothers is the first video game I was ever exposed to. Besides, everyone knows his face.

Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (C) Masashi Kishimoto
-Meh, I got bored of Naruto after the time skip. I did a cosplay of this anyway since it's so dang popular. I chose the time skip costume because I think that one is cooler.

Haruhara Haruko from FLCL (C) Gainax
-I think FLCL is the best anime ever! So it was a no-brainer for me to include a character from that one.

Alucard from Hellsing (C) Kouta Hirano
-My friends love this anime, at least I think they still do.... Well, it's the reason I did a Hellsing cosplay anyway. Also, Cheat vampires are awesome!

Iono Mito Archelain from Iono-sama Fanatics (C) Miyabi Fujieda
-Pretty cool shoujo-ai manga that pretty much no one knows about! Hopefully the inclusion of this character will get more people interested.

Second Row
Excel from Excel Saga (C) Koshi Rikdo
-This used to be my favorite anime before reading its manga counterpart and watching FLCL. Now the manga is more enjoyable to me while the anime is good for some quick fix laughs. To show my appreciation for the series, here's a The Cheat Excel.

Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan (C) Gosho Aoyama
-I used to enjoy this manga. Then I just sort of... stopped. I don't think I got tired of it or anything, I probably had better things to do. I wonder when Conan will find that organization and get his body back. Oh well, it's still pretty good and Conan deserves a spot in the cosplay.

Kenshin Himura from Rurouni Kenshin (C) Nobuhiro Watsuki
-I read parts of the manga and seen the anime up to the end of the Kyoto arc. Pretty good stuff. Thought a The Cheat Kenshin would be a neat thing to do.

Heat from Bust-A-Groove (C) Square-Enix
-This is an awesome game! Everyone should play it, so that I can have someone to play against!

Sakura from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (C) Clamp
-I've seen a few episodes of the anime at my anime club... I hated it! Why did I do this character? Popularity, I suppose. People were crazy over this at the last Anime Expo.

Third Row
Vash the Stampede from Trigun (C) Yasuhiro Nightow
-Gotta like Trigun!

Suzumiya Haruhi from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi (C) Nagaru Tanigawa
-I enjoyed the anime when it first came out but I never thought it would rise to its crazy popularity that it has today! Either way I wanted to do The Cheat Haruhi.

Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach (C) Tite Kubo
-Only seen a bit of Bleach. It's all right. I know most anime fans love Bleach so I did a cosplay for that.

The Prince from Katamari Damacy (C) Bandai Namco
-Katamari is the best video game ever!!!

Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog (C) Sega
-Everyone loves Sonic the Hedgehog, except for those that don't. I have to admit that The Cheat Sonic looks incredibly awkward!

Fourth Row
Gundam Unit RX-78-2 from Mobile Suit Gundam (C) Bandai
-I thought a The Cheat in a Gundam was a hilarious idea! So I had to track down many picture of Gundams to do this. I based this on the design of one of those Gundam models so there might be some inaccuracies in this one, at least as inaccurate as far as The Cheat goes.

Agent J from Elite Beat Agents (C) iNis/Nintendo
-I play this game too much...

Ippongi Ryuta from Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! (C) iNis/Nintendo
-Ditto... Yeah, it's pretty much the same game as EBA but I had to do this! My conscience told me to!

Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece (C) Eiichiro Oda
-Pretty much my most favorite manga ever!

Lain Iwakura from Serial Experiments Lain (C) Yoshitoshi Abe
-One of coolest visually-wierd animes I've ever seen! I think the badge might be a bit inaccurate but oh well.

Fifth Row
Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII (C) Square-Enix
-FF7 has to be the most overrated Final Fantasies I've ever played. (I'm not going into an argument over this) That is why I did a The Cheat Cloud. I chose the original costume over the Advent Children costume because I think the original looks better.

Yugi Mutou from Yu-Gi-Oh! (C) Kazuki Takahashi
-I remember the times when I see everyone on the streets playing Yu-Gi-Oh card games. I've never seen the anime but pretty everyone in the world knows about it.

EDIT: Now I know more about Yu-Gi-Oh! after watching the Abridged series, making me realize that I used the incorrect name for the character previously. Well, now it is changed to the proper name.

Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear (C) ARC System Works
-I'm not into fighting games but Guilty Gear managed to win me over. It has awesome character designs, an awesome soundtrack, and some solid gameplay. So here is a The Cheat Sol to pay a little homage to the game.

Ryuk from Death Note (C) Tsugumi Ohba
-I just got into Death Note last autumn. It's awesome! Even more awesome is The Cheat in a Ryuk costume because it looks hilarious!

Chiyo Mihama from Azumanga Daioh (C) Azuma Kiyohiko
-I think Chiyo is pretty much the mascot character of Azumanga Daioh, since she got the most screentime.

Sixth Row
Yuri Otani from Alien Nine (C) Hitoshi Tomizawa
-Don't remember how I got into this anime and manga series but it's very good! Not to mention that The Cheat looks pretty cute with a borg over its head.

Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist (C) Hiromu Arakawa
-I used to be a fan of this series but not much these days. It's still crazy popular around here but I did the cosplay because I'm still a bit of a fan on the inside.

Sora from Kingdom Hearts (C) Disney/Square-Enix
-I was so crazy over this series back in the day! And boy, is Sora's KH2 costume difficult to draw!

Seiji Sawamura featuring Strong Mad as Midori Kasugano from Midori Days (C) Kazurou Inoue
-I'm not a huge fan of Midori Days but as I was thinking up characters to use, I somehow thought up of Strong Mad attached to The Cheat's arm as Midori. Thought it was a bit too weird so I decided to go with it.

Son Goku from Dragon Ball (C) Akira Toriyama
-Seriously. Everyone knows Dragon Ball.

Seventh Row
Chikane Himemiya from Kannazuki no Miko (C) Kaishaku
-I checked out this anime due to its yuri elements. Boy was I bored to tears in the first half before it got awesome in the second half. Probably the most hit-or-miss series I've ever seen. I know that the show is well know amongst the yuri crowd so I did a The Cheat cosplay for her.

Freyjador Falenas from Suikoden V (C) Konami
-Suikoden has so many interesting characters in each installment. The more stand-out ones, in my eyes, are the ones in the fifth game. That game has pretty much the best character designs in the series. So to show my appreciation for the characters, the game, and the series, I did a cosplay for V's main character.

Mega Man from Mega Man (C) Capcom
-The Cheat Mega Man = Win!

Chikaru Minamoto from Strawberry Panic (C) Sukurako Kimino
-I really did not like this show. Sure pretty much every character in the show was a lesbian, and lesbians are awesome, but I wasn't entertained! The only entertaining part was pretty much any scene with Chikaru in it, which led to me doing this character.

Inuyasha from Inuyasha (C) Rumiko Takahashi
-I used to like Inuyasha. But they kept pulling out the Naraku plot for too long and I got bored of it. Still, a lot of people love this show and I did a cosplay because of it.

Eighth Row
Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid (C) Konami
-I never played a Metal Gear game before. Maybe I should. I remember my friends were crazy over this game, along with plenty of other people. So here's The Cheat in a Snake costume for you Metal Gear fans!

Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon (C) Naoko Takeuchi
-This was the big thing amongst the girls way back then! Heck, I think my sisters are still into this show!

Yumi Fukuzawa from Maria-sama ga Miteru (C) Oyuki Konno
-One of the few shoujo animes I actually like!

Ash Ketchum from Pokemon (C) Nintendo
-Of course we all know what Pokemon is. I don't need to explain this one.

Bob from Bubble Bobble (C) Taito
-I used play this game a lot when I was a kid. I still have fond memories of this game, and I can also play it on my PS2!

Don't complain to me if you see a character you like that is not featured on here. I wanted to make forty the limit and no more! There were other characters I wanted to include but I decided to scrap them when I reached the limit. Anyway, enjoy this massive picture that I've made!

Also, look at Cheat Cosplayers 2 over here: [link]

Homestar Runner (C) The Chapman Brothers
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Comments: 148

Twigleg [2008-03-13 14:37:32 +0000 UTC]

Teh Cheat as Iono-sama!
IONO-SAMA!
Finally someone knows about Iono-sama =3

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K-S-O In reply to Twigleg [2008-03-22 22:42:03 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! You are someone else besides me who knows the series!

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Twigleg In reply to K-S-O [2008-03-23 01:51:57 +0000 UTC]

YES! And I want them to license volume two >.<
The cover is beautiful ;-;

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Crazy-the-Clown [2008-01-13 17:03:39 +0000 UTC]

Snake Cheat FTW.

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TwinNeedle [2007-12-19 13:12:48 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOD!The cheat AND anime?! I can't get any better. You drew, yes? Absolutely wonderful job. Man... wish i could draw that well. or... at all...

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racca [2007-12-17 16:19:38 +0000 UTC]

auhaeuha awensome work!

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MurdocLuva [2007-11-23 16:16:06 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE THIS.

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ultimario [2007-11-14 04:05:41 +0000 UTC]

You sir, are the greatest 'cheater' (cheat cosplay designer) that has ever lived. Seriously.

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KibakuNendo [2007-11-10 02:26:54 +0000 UTC]

you hate a lot of pretty good animes... yet you love on piece?? One Piece is good, but its crack. Are you on the One Piece??? Nice cosplays though.

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Rythmear [2007-10-28 11:10:06 +0000 UTC]

This appears to be made of win

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KartoonKween [2007-10-19 10:19:49 +0000 UTC]

I love the Kenshin Cheat.

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Sabu-O In reply to ??? [2007-09-10 10:38:15 +0000 UTC]

Wow I love it a lot ><~

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M-perfection In reply to ??? [2007-09-10 01:32:14 +0000 UTC]

Cheat Commandos, Cos-play on!!!!!
I love this.

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Davey-the-6th-moon [2007-09-08 04:07:18 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic! I love the Cheat!

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yellowfin [2007-09-01 18:41:36 +0000 UTC]

For Solid Snake you should have made the Cheat wear a cardboard box.

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DaBurninator In reply to yellowfin [2009-08-09 06:05:06 +0000 UTC]

The Snake costume is the best out of all of these, cuz he can be behind the frikin box!!
I could TOTALLY do a picture on that, and I'll be sure to credit you, K-S-O, for inspiring me with the idea.

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artemis5096 [2007-08-28 11:54:03 +0000 UTC]

Midori no Hibi! I'm surprised you put that in there. Azumanga Daoih too. This is so cool! I think I like... Edward Elric best, though Sonic is cool, but I'm not a fan.

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zealthebat [2007-08-23 17:07:30 +0000 UTC]

hey it's the cheat nice work's

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DTRD [2007-08-03 10:39:56 +0000 UTC]

This is so worth the view. A shame you didn't include some more ideas, but Mario's good enough for me! X3

Anyway, you did really awesome on this, and, well, I don't know what else to say, except I can't believe someone did this. XD

Nice job!

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Merlinman50 [2007-07-13 02:02:11 +0000 UTC]

The FMA one Rocks!!!!!!!!

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BlackHarpyGoddess [2007-07-04 06:51:55 +0000 UTC]

Ah I saw this at the artshow, a big piece it was
I loved the Ryuk cheat, it was adorable!

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K-S-O In reply to BlackHarpyGoddess [2007-07-04 17:31:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. It was very big wasn't it? I think its size may have caused it to gain more attention than all the other pieces I displayed.

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BlackHarpyGoddess In reply to K-S-O [2007-07-04 19:59:53 +0000 UTC]

I don't think that should be considered a bad thing but hey it did take you about six months to make
All that time was worth it right?

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PsychoDemonFox [2007-06-17 18:51:00 +0000 UTC]

Sweeeetttt....Love your choice of characters.

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Bokkensword [2007-06-16 22:12:00 +0000 UTC]

Oh my God O.O !!!!

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Spelledaren [2007-06-13 22:06:14 +0000 UTC]

He he Cheats are soo cool^^

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MysteryEzekude [2007-06-10 07:53:30 +0000 UTC]

At first, I thought this was a crummy sprite sheet, but it's actually a hilarious cameo-infested vector. LOL I've marked this as a favourite.

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Redmond17 In reply to ??? [2007-05-19 17:59:13 +0000 UTC]

Is the cosplay as Ash Ketchum meant to be ironic, or just silly?

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K-S-O In reply to Redmond17 [2007-05-19 23:05:21 +0000 UTC]

The picture as a whole was meant to be silly!

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Redmond17 In reply to K-S-O [2007-05-20 01:22:11 +0000 UTC]

Okay, that's a good point.

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airgrapht In reply to ??? [2007-05-05 08:33:10 +0000 UTC]

CHIKARU! YOU DREW A CHIKARU! <3 I love you.

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mirri66 [2007-05-03 03:06:43 +0000 UTC]

Holy crap this is awesome!!!

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Confucian [2007-04-28 15:37:07 +0000 UTC]

if I ever saw haruhi like that in rl I would beat her XD this is awesomo. Its fav'd

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AngelKia [2007-04-28 15:02:39 +0000 UTC]

I do believe this is one of the most awesome things ive ever seen.

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PhatZombie [2007-04-18 10:08:49 +0000 UTC]

Dude, this is hilarious

fav'd!

The Cheat escool!

"Now that's what i'm talkin' about!"

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lady-tao [2007-04-17 07:21:07 +0000 UTC]

cool... 8D

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guyaVant777 [2007-04-17 04:34:07 +0000 UTC]

this.. is awesome

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Maco70 [2007-04-16 20:14:13 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant!

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KawaiiSonicChao In reply to ??? [2007-04-13 16:40:29 +0000 UTC]

this pic is full of win

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RoyEliwood [2007-04-11 06:00:34 +0000 UTC]

Nice Nice Nice, great idea with a yellow character and the cospays, i love how you placed Chikaru and Chakane (why, well i just saw both animes), and also... well actually I know all of them nice

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K-S-O In reply to RoyEliwood [2007-04-12 03:49:21 +0000 UTC]

...yellow *character* is what I meant to write!

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K-S-O In reply to RoyEliwood [2007-04-11 15:54:38 +0000 UTC]

You know who the yellow is, right?

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Strong-Rad [2007-04-10 15:59:46 +0000 UTC]

The sheer scope you ave included in this piece, as well as having perhaps the longest Artist's Comments that I have ever seen warrants a fav for this--and I haven't even mentioned the fact that you have "cos-Cheated" forty unique character costumes onto The Cheat's short, stout, cheese/anvil form! I think it would have made an interesting contest for you to have left out the character names, and had deviants try to guess them all in order to get a special prize! (I wouldn't have gotten them all myself, but I might have named about 3/4 of them accurately! ) Maybe you can wrk on that for the supplement to this piece...

I think my favorite "cos-Cheat" here would have to be Bob from "Bubble Bobble", only because The Cheat and he resemble each other so much that there wouldn't even be a question!

You ought to send this is as a fanart to the "Homestarrunner" wesbsite: they might even use one of these for their next Halloween cartoon! The Sonic, Mario, Snake, and Haruhara ones should recieve honroable mention, also. Super well done, manz!

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K-S-O In reply to Strong-Rad [2007-04-10 23:51:10 +0000 UTC]

I don't know about that contest idea. There's probably some characters her that are so obscure that it would be difficult for one to name them all.

I was actually given the idea to send this to the Homestar website before. Personally, I feel skeptical of the idea but it probably wouldn't hurt to try.

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Strong-Rad In reply to K-S-O [2007-04-11 14:58:22 +0000 UTC]

Gauging by what they have chosen to present already as fanart I'd say you have as good a chance as anybody of getting something you made put up there, and I don't know how they could deny this. I say go for it, manz!

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K-S-O In reply to Strong-Rad [2007-04-12 03:51:18 +0000 UTC]

Well, going by the size of the fanstuff they post, this image would have to be scaled down significantly which would obscure all the important details like the Strong Mad cameo. I'll probably give it a try though. For all I know, they could make an exception for this image.

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Strong-Rad In reply to K-S-O [2007-04-12 14:26:11 +0000 UTC]

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millena [2007-04-08 22:13:49 +0000 UTC]

sooo many of theme

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MasterMoose64 [2007-04-06 22:09:08 +0000 UTC]

BUY ALL OUR PLAYSETS AND TOYS!!!!!!!! this is very funny and smart!!!!!!!

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KifGem79 [2007-04-06 18:00:42 +0000 UTC]

*has to fave this*

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