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An FYI For 80's Cartoons Enthusiasts
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Column by Scott Green
Great news for fans of 80's cartoons. Two issues of not-easy-to-find tribute to the glorious glorified animated toy commercials of the 1980's, cereal:geek are now listed in Diamond's Previews solicitations.
Basically, all those specialty comic shops (the "direct market") get the majority of their comics and other merchandise from Diamond Comic Distributors. Every month, Diamond puts out a catalog/magazine called Previews with listings/thumbnails of the available products that they're soliciting. If you really want to get one of these products from a comic shop, and if you really want to support that product, you need to pre-order it through Previews at a local comic shop, or an online one (I'm not entirely enamored with it, but I use Mail Order Comics). It's not an ideal system for the consumer or the comic shop, but, again, if there's something that you want to have/support, preordering is the thing to do.
The January issue of Previews features cereal:geek issue two, Magic and Science and three, Evolution on page 318. Both are ad-free 100 pages looks at the likes of He-Man, Transformers, GI Joe and Ghost Busters ("Real" and Filmation) as well as more obscure faire like Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light. The magazines feature articles, illustrations, scripts, storyboards, production material and interviews, and retail for $15 an issue. I've purchased a few. In addition to being great sources of background information about the pop culture of children of the 80's, they're eye catching volumes to flip through; the perfect sort of object for a geek's coffee table.
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get it.
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Jan 19, 2010 9:00:16 AM CST
By the way, is it just me, or is Jem kinda hot in that pic...
by d.vader
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i thought it was gonna be an all 80s cartoon channel...back to sleep
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That show with the Gorilla and the dune buggy sucked anyways.
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Seriously,the schnarff, teenage mutant ninja turtles and ghostbusters artwork is pretty good!
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Those actually look like some good articles. Like something Toyfare failed to put out.
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...and sometimes enjoying them, American 80's animation is not very good.But I suppose that goes without saying...never mind. Sorry.Cool news.
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Or rather, what I mean to say is "Jem? Who is this Jem you speak of? I know of no such cartoon."
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...the Smurfs one and Ghostbusters ones look cool...no flames on Optimus?
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Been checking out lots of Super Powers, GI Joe, Transformers stuff cartoons stuff. 80's pop culture is such an important part of my childhood. So many wonderful 80's cartoons to catch up on. I will order this item.
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with black leather or incomprehensible designs where you couldn't tell one from the other. Hollywood knows best. And you geeks lap it up.
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preorder....whatever. Ebayyyyy
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The Real Ghostbusters had some great animation. Regardless of the toy commercial aspect, 80s animation was way more edgy than anything on TV today. Nowadays its all irony and nonsequiturs.
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I may have to check this out. As a kid who grew up in the 80's watching these shows, it could be fun. I've actually been re-watching some of these old cartoons on DVD (GI Joe, Dungeons and Dragons, Defenders of the Earth). By todays standards they are ungodly awful, but viewed through my rose colored 1980s nostalgia glasses they are just awful.
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So much for that.
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Nice work highlighting it...
It can also be bought at Graham Crackers -
I have every issue of 'cereal geek'. (Like the man said, Graham Crackers.) Fun stuff. My favorite feature must be the one where they take a movie or TV show and turn it into a cartoon. The one in the latest issue (#5) is a hoot.
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But not as hot as the Chippettes. How long are Jeanette's legs anyways?
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In so many ways. It's the decade that if I could possibly relive it from Jan 1st 1980 to Dec. 31st 1989, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Because a good chunk of that decade I did not really appreciate fully when I was living through it, and would love to do it again in order to savor the pure 80s-ness of it.The thing I'd miss most from today if I were transported back to the 80s? The Internet? Nope. Cell Phones? Nope. I'd miss the ability to save progress in video games. I remember playing my Nintendo back in the day and making good progress then having to stop (or dying) and having to start over the whole game from the beginning . . . boy, that was tedious.
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As was Smurfette. But 80s hotness . . . the girls generally were super-hot. The average feather-haired, sparkled makeup, shoulder-pad-wearing, big hoop ear-ring chick , whether it was zebra stripes or Ocean Pacific or Members Only, whether it was boots or leg warmers or skinny ties or leather hats that didn't go with anything else they were wearing . . . the 80s were a magical time.
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...GRRRRRRREAT!!
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. . . and chat on the CB about this all night long. That is, after I'm done playing me some Zork on my Tandy Radio Shack Model III. Rocking some speed with that Z80 processor. Tellin' you what. All the while jammin' to Art of Noise and Torchsong and Planet P and Peter Godwin. Sweeeeeet . . .
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GIjoe and transformers, dammit! too bad their live action versions sucked monkey balls!Robotech was my personal favorite. (cenors be damned!)
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I remember the spoof they did on Robot Chiqen was funny.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gqQ9MzZffU
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I still need to try to pick up that insane box set they released. That's seriously probably my favorite cartoon from back then. Oh, and what about C.O.P.S.? IT'S CRIME FIGHTIN TIME!
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Only two cartoons stand out? Are you actually a child of the 70/80's? Yes, GI Joe and Transformers were fucking great, but what about Dungeons & Dragons and Ulysses 31? Now, *they* were fucking great cartoons, and they still stand up for viewing today, which is the sign of a truly great cartoon.
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Made at Crawley studios in Ottawa, Ontario. My class got a tour of the place when I was in grade 7 or 8. Tiny little place. I think their Oxberry table was donated to the indie film co-op in town.
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Voltron? Surely just an oversight.
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Am I considered a cheater if I use the "save state" feature on my NES emulator when playing Ninja Gaiden, TMNT, and Castlevania? Heh heh heh . . .
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I can't remember which one she was, or what instrument she played.
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...was where parachute pants and net shirts were purchased.
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LOL oh man. My parents went ballistic when they got the first bill, having to pay $6/hour for 300 baud. I became an admiral in MegaWars, must've cost a fortune.
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I guess I'm just not as big a Jem fan as Adam West!!!
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I'm glad I only ever went to local BBSes with my C=64 and my 300 baud modem.
My sisters were so jealous when my parents got me my own phone line for the modem. They'd wanted their own phone line for years for yakking with their friends.
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I thought we were making a Legend of Zelda cartoon reference for a second there...
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Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors? Bravestarr? Defenders of the Earth? MR T?!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mDQ-Yg6AMEAnd the intro's always rocked even if the cartoon itself was ass.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfz-Fqv8nbo
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What a fucking AWESOME theme song. And a great idea too. The other thing I loved about 80's cartoons was just how awesome and anime-like the opening animation was. And then the show starts and the regular animation was so shitty.
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Orbital comics has boxes of copies.
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The theme tune was godly. I never actually saw Dinosaucers but I came across it on youtube and was captivated by how bat shit insane it was, even by 80's standards. Now Dinoriders, on the other hand, I knew well.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT3o1ubncxE
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Never heard of it.
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My friends and I watched some collections of 80s cartoon theme songs. We never saw Defenders but laughed at the theme song everytime some background vocalist would chime in "DEE-FENDERS!". Dinosaucers was fucking awesome. Great cartoon for a kid in love with dinosaurs. Dino-Riders I didn't get to see much, though I wanted that damn T-Rex toy everytime I was taken to a Toys R Us. But it was always too expensive.
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I got an account but I often ran it up--cuz I loved the geeky goodness--but the price was nuts. I used Compuserve again for Internet access back in '93, '94. Eventually, I was all about the local bbs . . . CIS was just too much case. . . . Saving state is not cheating. I don't play anything if I can't save it--anything serious, anyway. I don't play most of my emulated games seriously, because although you can save state, you still can't save your progress if you can't play the games as good as you used to and you end up dying. "Game over, man!"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DIzLMz7SI4
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Some day . . .
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With the Action Replays and Game Sharks to sell a $30 "Cheating Channel" add on to the emulators. At least so you could have infinite health . . .
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http://the80srule.blogspot.com/ 2006/01/ and-what-of-chess-king.html
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Not sure I want to see a bloated Ray and Egon waddling after ghosts. Scrap the live action and give us a glorious animated film!!!
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Larry Sellers, that could be applied to popculture as a whole nowadays. It's pathetic really.
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No discussion of 80's cartoons is complete without a mention of Thundarr, the Barbarian. I was the perfect age to enjoy all of the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons, and nothing compared to Thundarr... he was Conan with a light saber and a cat-Wookie (with a mutant cat-Wookie horse!) who rode around a twisted post-apocalyptic landscape that would have put Mad Max to shame, waging never ending war against Jack Kirby designed wizards. AND IT WAS AWESOME. I have to see if those are out on DVD yet, because I definitely need to watch that whole series again. -
a cartoon, most likely early-90's rather than late-80s... about childhood versions of the Universal monsters attending a monster school of some sort? i think the theme song may have even been a take on "Monster Mash." but for the life of me, and for all the power of the interwebs, i CAN NOT find out what the hell this show was called. there might have only been 2 or 3 episodes for all i know, but it has stuck with me some nearly 20 years later.
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and Dungeon and Dragons?!?!Why not focus on some of the other good toons of the 80's!Remember Jem, ThundarCats, Jayce and The Wheel Warriors, THundarr The Barbarian, Mr. T, SilverHawks, SUPERFRIENDS!
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when i first discovered emulators(painfully recent, like 3 years ago), my friend and i would get lit and take turns trying to beat some of the old classics. "save state" absolutely bailed us out on the likes of dr. wily's castle in "mega man 2," which is scary because i used to beat that game with a fair degree of ease when i was no older than 6. i really have killed too many brain cells.
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Has everyone forgot about Air Raiders and Visonaries!?!?! Well of course they have, but even the C-listers are better than most cartoons today today.
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The bird version of Thundercats.
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Firefly fans would appreciate it. It would help them get to know their father.
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Cartoons that were either produced to only to market toys or so low in concept and quality that the writers and animators should haved died of shame, are now brought back to hawk even more product. Madison Avenue scores another point pandering to the lowest common denominator.
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and I'm in. One of the best 80's opening songs.
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The Evanier-infested HB-DIC crap of the 80's forever destroyed Saturday morning as a viable entertainment platform, If it wasn't for Disney and Ashman/Menken created brilliant theatrical features, I'm sure the 80's would have killed animation completely.
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The yearly Friday night special they always had to show what new cartoons were premiering the next morning?
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Although the HB productions of the 1960s and were great, due to writing and voice work, the HB stuff of the 1970s is shameful.
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Loves me some Jayce.
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Did you guys ever watch that?
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Based on your asking it's most likely Gravedale High, although there were shorts on USA Cartoon Express called Monster Bash with 10-year old monsters in a hotel.
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...is out on DVD today.
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hahaha. Great read, thanks for that. I used to frequent the one at Flagstaff Mall around 83-85, and was rightfully mocked for the mesh shirt I wore to school one day. Good times.
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I think I need to play with myself now.
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Janine Melnitz from The Real Ghostbusters (pointy glasses version), April O'Neil from TMNT (have a thing for redheads, I guess), Lady Jaye and the Baroness from G.I. Joe, and, um...Gadget from Rescue Rangers (had to stick a furry in there somewhere, plus I dig secretly hot tomtoy types).And this is probably more late-70's, but Star Blazers was the SHIT as a kid. Characters who DIED! A PLOT ARC that ran for a full season! I fucking LOVED that show.
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...were awesome. So was Mask.
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You forgot Lum from Urusei Yatsura, Cheetara from the Thundercats, Sheila and Diana from D&D, Princess Ariel from Thundarr, and Jessica Rabbit.Given time, I'm certain I could think of more.
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Actually I am a Child of the 80's and not only did Joe, Trans and Robotech have great asethetics (Anyone that wasn't impressed by Joe's opening scenes especially in the animated 1986 Movie,don't know shit about good animation IMO.)but there were plenty of substance; i.e.The Death of Prime,Roy Folker,actual violence not the censored Filmation Gay He Man bullshit and classic PSAs from the Joe Series.I also give props to Galaxy rangers for their cool opening theme; "No guts no glory",Mighty Orbots for great music and animation courtesy of TMS,and Thundercats' impressive opening scene as well...too bad there wasn't enough ass kicking in 'cats (could have been a contender.) X-Men: The Pride of X-Men was good because of the Japanese animation possibly the first Marvel Comics Anime!Catchy theme BTW: "Nowhere to run,nowhere to hide, the mutant day, has now begun..X-Men, X the day, X-Men, Coming your way"!
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...Thundarr the Barbarian?!? Great series and not to mention Jack King Kirby's designs and concept.It's Conan meets Kamandi, how could you go wrong with that?Is it on DVD BTW?
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Did anyone else besides me ever watch Starfleet, which was done with puppets?
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Jan 20, 2010 6:31:27 AM CST
A Sci-Fi Show with story arc and done with Puppets? I'm sold!
by notgeorgekaplan
Wow, how come I've never heard of Star Fleet before? I was a big fan of Thunderbirds an sci-fi in general. I just watched the opening video on youtube and it looked like a dark mix between Captain Future, Robotech and of course Thunderbirds. Thanks for pointing me into the direction of that show, savagedave.
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It kicked all kinds of ass. I also loved Robotech, Voltron(both versions), SilverHawks, Battle of the Planets. When I was young I loved a show I cannot recall the name of. It had Dracula and Frankenstein plus a couple of other monsters and they kicked ass together. They also drove around in a weird bubble car...
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fuck I loved that show... The Real Ghostbusters was also pretty ace, they had some crazy-ass ghosts that's for sure.
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That would be an awesome Hentai!!!
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Go to
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Is perhaps better remembered than actually watched but you have to love characters with names like Barry Hercules.
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Jan 20, 2010 3:36:02 PM CST
And Clio from Heathcliff & The Cadillac Cats was hot
by nasty in the pasty
Cat-girl with 80's hair and legwarmers? Niiiiiiiiiiiice.
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saying "Clio is hot...for a cat." It was an awkward, Michael Scott-like moment, in retrospect, to the group of friends listening. We knew what he meant, that the cat had a pleasing anthropomorphic shape, but it just sounded odd. He was a pioneering furry.
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GI Joe, Transformers, MASK, Silverhawks, He-Man, Thundercats, Mighty Orbots, Voltron, Robotech, Batlle of the Planets, and for some reason, Inhumanoids.
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LMFAO @V'Shael...That comment was "Truly outrageous " LOL...
savagedave; was that the one where the bad guy's were cyborgs , and the good guy's space ship's could combine into one big fuck off Japanese style big robot thing???...No one EVER remembers that shit, apart from us obviously lol....
As for watching 80's cartoon's ,I love it, but I need like seven bag's of skunk vape to retard my brain for appreciation purposes...
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Can anyone remember Ulysses 31??!! I think it was french , it would have been weird as fuck , but the dubbing was hilarious (lot's of random out of context screaming while talking ,which offset me and my twin sisters freaked outness ...It was cool and very surreal at the time (1984?), Ulysses looked a bit like an old skool Billy Ray Cyrus in a sky blue body suit, with a beard and a long mullet....
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and it was french (if the ending credits were anything to go by) but I don't remember any hilarious dubbing or out of context screaming. That happened in several other imported shows (The Flashing Blade) but I remember Ulysses as being a regular cartoon. Nothing too unusual about it.
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Yeah thats the one.
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How can a fucking cartoon be hot?
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H.P. Lovecraft for kids - so awesome! Three ancient baddies? One, D'Compose, whose mere touch transforms you into a 30' rotting skeletal zombie?! It just didn't get more awesome than that! Plus I recall occasionally he'd put the good guys in his rib-cage with his slimy, pulsating organs. I wonder if that was a mind-fuck?
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Jan 22, 2010 5:36:13 AM CST
Orbital Comics in London has all issues of Cereal:Geek in stock!
by deliriumendless
Orbital Comics (8 Great Newport Street, London) has issues 1-5 in stock and has them available on orbitalcomics.com ( http://tinyurl.com/y9d7wr5 )
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it had a conan barbarian meets outer limits vibe.
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Everything even the damn movies, music, the 90s were eh, the 2000s were RAAAAAAAAAAAAANK!!!! NEVER DIE TALKBACK!!!!!!!!
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