#brucey b

[redkyrii]

My Cheat! Collection on the main site may never be complete, but at least I got some prized possessions on Grundo's Café.

Brucey was the only look-up I was able to do before I lost all the assets I made, but I made DAMNED sure he had the tackiest on the site.

[redkyrii]

Honestly.

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History of Cheat!-related Advent Calendar pages [Part 2/3]

2016 spoils us with a second Cheat feature on December 14th, 2016.

Yet another animated short. Little Timmy is fed up with his embarrassingly lousy performance in Cheat! In a bid to finally see some success, he takes to the library, studying day-and-night with a written guide on how to cheat effectively. The kid strides up to the next Cheat! game with newfound confidence, and his studies immediately pay off; even Spectre's sharp eyes fail to read him as he's clearing the table. In the end, he proudly galumphs away with every chip. This one is... very ugly. The concept is fun and all, but it's a big eyesore, especially considering how relatively nice the other feature of this year looked. That stupid goddamn Fernypoo face really should've stayed in Lucky Coin.

The prizes for this day are Spectres Eyes Contacts and How to be a Cheat! Champion.

Those contacts are one badass wearable, lemme tell ya.

Our next entry is a whopping three years later on December 18th, 2019.

This is also an animated short, but half of the archive for this specific year is broken for no reason, so this screencap I dug up is all I have to work off of. Looking at this still, I'm not sure I want to see it in action. That art is *rough*. This short seems to star the Lucky Coin trio: Brucey, Fernypoo and... ... Who is that? Is that supposed to be Capara? Maybe??? Because that is NOT her. Why is she yellow??? That is one of the most obvious, gaudy, impossible-to-miss oversights possible. Another beautiful red kyrii erased from history... Also, Brucey has no reason to be drawn with gross little fingies here. Put those away. I know they're probably just sitting by a fireplace, but with the way this scene is composed, it looks like they're just burning shit in the middle of the room, watching the flames flicker with morbid satisfaction.

The Prizes for this day are Angry Capara Toy and Princess Fernypoo Gown.

OK, so Capara suddenly going bottle blonde isn't meant to be a redesign, because this toy of her is quite literally just a red kyrii. Honestly astonishing. The dress is a high-quality wearable, but to this day, they never did release a tiara to go with it.

Since this year is full of two-parters, we will be combining December 1st & 2nd, 2020.

Another animated short! There's a lotta these. Brucey and his unnamed xweetok girlfriend are enjoying a stroll together in the crisp winter air. After being reminded that the holidays are swiftly approaching, they each rush to the shops to get their last-minute gifts for each other. Brucey wants to get his unnamed xweetok girlfriend a comb for her hair but he doesn't have the funds for it, so he's forced to trade in his pocket watch (that he's famously always had). Unnamed xweetok girlfriend wants to get Brucey a new chain for his pocket watch but she doesn't have the funds for it, so she trades in her hair (the shopkeeper was just a freak like that, I guess). They reunite to discover their gifts for each other have been rendered useless by their sacrifices, and they thankfully just have a good laugh. It's just an ordinary spoof of The Gift of the Magi, but it's still really weird to me. Brucey B? In a stable, lasting romantic relationship??? Terrible characterization, gargantuan oversight. But seriously, I feel like this one shouldn't have been about Brucey at all. He's too rich and established as a character to be obligatorily shoved into a role like this. You could've replaced him with Hubert or some shit, and the story would remain the same. Also, this xweetok character practically isn't canon, because she is never shown or mentioned again.

Of the four prizes you get for these two parts, the only tangentially related item you recieve is Brucey B Watchchain.

Again, when I think of Brucey B, I think of his famous pocket watch that he's totally always had. All the other three are about the Xweetok; really cements the sentiment that they only included him here to fill in a blank.

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History of Cheat!-related Advent Calendar pages [Part 1/3]

'Tis the season. The Cheaters have appeared a few times throughout the site's Advent Calendar, and this is my blog so I get to ramble about it. Here's all the cameos I've gathered with some additional commentary.

For our first appearance/mention of Cheat! in the advent calendar, we have December 4th, 2009.

This is… An odd one.

The animated graphic for this day clearly depicts Black Pawkeet Slots; however, one of the items that you receive for visiting on this day is the Brucey B Holiday Mug.

One of those ginormous ceramic mugs with painted slots and… A random blue bruce?

That is NOT Brucey.

I'm supposing that this day is supposed to have a more general slot machine theming, but this mug barely has anything to do with Brucey B Slots, despite the item's name; even the description is generic.

For a more on-topic entry, we have December 5th, 2013.

Like all days for this year, this day comes in the form of a fully animated short.

A short-and-sweet story. Kalora and Brucey are having a festive game of what else but Cheat! Kalora decides the throw the game, pushing all the neatly-wrapped winnings on the table to her friend. Brucey is delighted by this tremendous generosity, doing a little happy dance and everything, while Kalora can't help but playfully eyeroll at the display.

This is extremely cute, probably one of my favorites of these. All the days in this year are really well-animated, with original, charming art to go with it. It also seems to have unique voice-acting, making it debatably the closest thing we've got to their canon voices.

Not sure how a two-person Cheat! game is supposed to work, but go them for figuring it out.

The prizes for this day are Brucey B Plushie and Chocolate Lucky Coin.

Absolutely ridiculous, 10/10.

Next up, we have December 7th, 2016.

This day is a fully animated short.

The Avinroo siblings are spending the day the Deserted Fairground. AAA, being his smug self, stops by every game to swiftly dominate it and show up those playing it. Abigail, tired of her brother being a blowhard and crushing the spirits of other fair-goers, urges him to test his skills at Brucey B's High-Striker next. He confidently obliges, however, this game "strikes" him at his weak spot; when he tries to merely pick up the mallet, his noodley nerd arms give out, and he crumples under the weight of it. Brucey and Abby have a good laugh at Aristotle getting humbled, and the short concludes.

A very fun, unique short, and pretty decently executed, all things considered. The world needs more crossovers like these.

The relevant item that's given out by this page is Brucey B Mini High Striker.

Interesting item. The art style really makes it look like a junk piece from 2003 or something, and that's not a bad thing in my book.

[redkyrii]

I FINALLY HAD AN ART PIECE MAKE IT INTO THE GALLERY!!! Happy Bruce Day <3

[faerielupe]

if Brucey B is soooo rich why tf IS HE GREEN??? >:[? HMM... lies...i feel like hes faking being rich hes actually going bankrupt

[el97art]

Brucey B of Brucey B & The Lucky Coin.

Brucey B and his species are owned by Neopets.

[simseez]

Brucey B - Twenty Sixteen

I was in this music video. This music video was shot in my house. That’s me in the hoodie smoking and playing call of duty. Shout out my boy Brucey B. Time flies, man.