Character Relationships in Cheats

Handsome (played by Trevor Fehrman) is a protagonist in Cheats. Co-founder of a high school cheating ring. Steals answer keys, bribes classmates, and manipulates teachers to secure grades. Leads the operation alongside Sammy and Victor, fakes a confession to avoid expulsion on a physics midterm, and later destroys a teacher's grade book. Ultimately accepts a plea bargain and narrates the events. Sammy (played by Elden Henson) appears in Cheats. Handsome's longtime partner in academic dishonesty. Initially funds the operation by stealing adult tapes for a classmate, but later seeks tutoring to quit cheating. Serves as a student court member and double agent during the grade book incident. Accepts a plea bargain to retake summer school. Victor (played by Matthew Lawrence) appears in Cheats. Key member of the cheating crew. Specializes in copying answer keys and managing accomplices. Has a strained but reconciling relationship with Applebee. Executes a prank on a teacher's sons, participates in stealing and destroying the grade book, and takes a plea bargain to avoid expulsion. Julie (played by Maggie Lawson) appears in Cheats. A diligent and principled student who tutors Sammy. Resentful of academic dishonesty, she successfully rallies the female students to stop sharing notes with the boys. Becomes a target of intimidation from Handsome before a romantic subplot with Sammy emerges. Applebee (played by Martin Starr) appears in Cheats. The group's expert crib sheet maker. Reluctantly joins a break-in to protect his psychological file from being read. Faces ongoing tension with Victor and is suspected of writing an anonymous letter framing Victor. His secret file is later revealed to Handsome. Greedy (played by Dixon Cohee) appears in Cheats. One of a teacher's adopted sons who helps the cheating ring obtain a final exam answer key. Demands a $400 payment and a date in exchange for his cooperation, earning his nickname from the crew.

Character Relationship Map: Cheats

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Cheats (2002) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.

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Key Relationships

Story Analysis

A group of high school students navigate the moral and academic consequences of their elaborate cheating empire as external pressures and internal betrayals threaten to dismantle their operation.

Plot Progression

  1. The Kindergarten Conspiracy
  2. High School Heist Expansion
  3. Academic War & Betrayal
  4. Graduation Fallout

Directed by Andrew Gurland

Cheats (2002) · 5.4/10 · comedy