The Cheat comes from a distant planet full of all sorts of creatures who look like him and have names beginning with "The." One day when he was frolicking in the field, he was abducted by The Prince of Town, who was searching space for something to eat. The Prince of Town put him in an egg filled with fishsticks and was going to boil the egg to eat, but his stove wasn't working. He decided to leave the egg out in the sun so it wouldn't get cold. There, Strong Bad found it, and virtually saved The Cheat's life. (The Prince of Town had such bad vision that he didn't even recognize the egg as his when he started the ten-step footrace.)