History WebAnimation / CheatCommandos

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: The crew play with a new bulletproof vest they got by shooting each other with Gunhaver's gun. Later Admiral Flashfight is killed because everyone thought he was wearing the vest.

* OnlySaneMan: Flashfight when he takes over the Commandos (although for some reason, he [[DamnedByAFoolsPraise likes]] [[AtrociousAlias Firebert's]] commando name).

-->'''Marshie:''' Sarg-g-eant Marshie reporting for duty, sir! ''[makes creepy faces at Gunhaver]''\\

** Several of Blue Laser's plots were [[SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords actual G.I. Joe episodes]].

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: As an evil league of violence, Blue Laser naturally has several plans for world domination. However, the toons seen never actually show them carrying out such plans, and the plans that they carry out are actually laughably minor.

--->'''Crackotage:''' And now that I'm back as part of the team, I can get into my old rhyme scheme. Laughity laugh laugh!

* MerchandiseDriven: "Buy All Our Playsets and Toys!"

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: As an evil league of violence, Blue Laser naturally has several plans for world domination. However, the toons seen never actually show them carrying out such plans.

* LostInCharacter: "The Next Epi-Snowed!" goes OffTheRails as Crack Stuntman loses all sense of separation between his real self and the character Gunhaver. Though instead of [[invoked]]MethodActing, he keeps insisting that details from his real life should also apply to his character. To end the madness, the director traps Stuntman in a cardboard box... by writing himself into the show and asking Gunhaver to climb into a cardboard box.

* WagTheDirector: Happens in-universe in "The Next Epi-Snowed!" Crack Stuntman lets his star power go to his head and makes ridiculous demands, such as writing his girlfriend into the show as a new character, and having Gunhaver fight from a massage chair (so Stuntman himself can record all his lines in one). When he gets too disruptive, A. Chimendez traps Stuntman in a cardboard box and [[PutOnABus puts Gunhaver on the fastest bus he can find]].

** Common examples include reffering to locations as playsets and talking about how certain characters are limited edition.

* {{Parody}}: Of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''. Several of Blue Laser's plots were [[ShownTheirWork actual G.I. Joe episodes]]. Blue Laser Commander has a high, raspy voice like Cobra Commander.

* AngryFistShake / SkywardScream: Gunhaver does both at the end of "Shopping For Danger".
-->'''Gunhaver:''' [[BreakingTheFourthWall Next episode, Blue Laser! NEXT EPISODE!!]]
** And also at the end of "Blue Laserdisc Challenge", a game featured as a bonus on the "Everything Else" line of Homestar Runner [=DVDs=] [[labelnote: note]]"Everything Else" being all non-Strong Bad Email content on the site[[/labelnote]].
--->'''Gunhaver:''' [[BreakingTheFourthWall Next state-of-the-art laserdisc game, Blue Laser! NEXT STATE-OF-THE-ART LASERDISC GAME!!]]

* RhymesOnADime / VerbalTicked: Crackotage's main shtick. Granted, he's a ''parody'' of this kind of character and as such, he's not very good at it, if "Commandos in the Classroom" is any indication.
-->'''Crackotage:''' Movie night is my favorite night. I think it is my favorite night. Hee-hee-hoo-hoo!\\

* BreakingTheFourthWall: ''Very'' common, as they continuously reinforce that they are MerchandiseDriven.
** Common examples include reffering to locations as playsets and talking about how certain characters are limited edition.
** As seen in a commentary on fan costumes, in which one man is dressed as the "voice" of Gunhaver, Crack Stuntman, Strong Bad describes him as "[[ShowWithinAShow the voice of this cartoon man in this cartoon show]]" and who does "the voice of this other cartoon man inside the cartoon man show".

* ButtMonkey: Reynold, the bespectacled nerdy contractor, gets absolutely no respect from the commandos. Also, Firebert, who is asked to come up with a better commando name before getting involved with any missions.

* LostInCharacter: "The Next Epi-Snowed!" goes OffTheRails as Crack Stuntman loses all sense of separation between his real self and the character Gunhaver. Though instead of MethodActing, he keeps insisting that details from his real life should also apply to his character. To end the madness, the director traps Stuntman in a cardboard box... by writing himself into the show and asking Gunhaver to climb into a cardboard box.

* NominalHero: The only heroic thing the Cheat Commandoes ever do is try to stop Blue Laser, and conversely, basically the only villainous thing Blue Laser does is try to stop the Cheat Commandoes. At one point, Flashfight takes over the team and starts sending them out on actually useful and heroic missions (rescuing hostages, airdropping supplies, building orphanages), to which Gunhaver reacts with confused disgust.

* TheOtherDarrin: Reynold mentions that Gunhaver's voice might be change after he returns from [[PutOnABus his mission on the moon for an indeterminate amount of time]].

* ShowWithinAShow: To Homestar Runner. The Cheat plays the role of Firebert and Gunhaver's voice actor, Crack Stuntman became a reoccurring character.

* SmurfettePrinciple: Parodied with Fox Face whose packaging notes being female as her unique feature. Oddly she's never had a speaking role.

* TropeName: In "The Next Epi-Snowed!", Crack Stuntman degenerates into this when he forgets his line.

* WagTheDirector: Happens InUniverse in "The Next Epi-Snowed!" Crack Stuntman lets his star power go to his head and makes ridiculous demands, such as writing his girlfriend into the show as a new character, and having Gunhaver fight from a massage chair (so Stuntman himself can record all his lines in one). When he gets too disruptive, A. Chimendez traps Stuntman in a cardboard box and [[PutOnABus puts Gunhaver on the fastest bus he can find]].

* {{Crossover}}: Firebert teams up with Dangeresque in "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack", being played by the puppet version of The Cheat. The rest appear played by Kick-The-Cheat plushies in costume at the end party.
** There was also a crossover between this and WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad: "TGS Issue 7", which features the girls as babies taken care of by Mrs. Commanderson, has an Easter egg showing Mrs. Commanderson with Gunhaver and Fightgar, both drawn in the TGS style.

-->'''Reynold:''' It's too bad Gunhaver's on a secret mission to the moon for an undisclosed period of time, and that [[TheNthDoctor when he gets back his voice might have changed]].

-->(the other Commandos become confused)
-->'''Silent Rip''': Uh... that's not what we usually say-
-->'''Gunhaver''': [[invoked]] [[ThrowItIn Yeah, whatever, it's riggidy-roll from now on.]]

* {{Parody}}: Of ''GIJoe: A Real American Hero''. Several of Blue Laser's plots were [[ShownTheirWork actual G.I. Joe episodes]]. Blue Laser Commander has a high, raspy voice like Cobra Commander.

* PokeThePoodle: Blue Laser and Scrawnjob once flooded all the amusement parks with counterfeit Skee-Ball tickets, making their prizes more expensive. Everyone reacts with horror, except Flashfight.

* PoorCommunicationKills: When the Cheat Commandos get invited to Blue Laser's Thanksgiving meal, they hide it from Gunhaver, reasoning that he'll overreact if he finds out. Gunhaver finds out anyway, and overreacts even ''worse'' because he thinks the Commandos have been taken captive.

-->'''Gunhaver''': [[ThrowItIn Yeah, whatever, it's riggidy-roll from now on.]]

'''Blue Laser Commander:''' [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure UNDER]][[EvenEvilHasStandards STANDABLE!]]