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Uh, Mom?
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I think we're having a serious situation back here.
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Oh, what's the problem with you boys?
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Don't you want to see the cute cartoon characters?
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Ah, you've got to be kidding me!
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I was chewing gum when I fixed the car, and I sneezed, and it went through my nostril, and then I couldn't find it.
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Mom, just do what you gotta do.
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Come on, come on.
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Hey, Penny!
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He literally died when he sent you that message by mistake.
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For the record, you guys should just call next time.
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Text messages can be easily misinterpreted.
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All right, bye now.
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We're gonna do it!
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We can still make it there in time.
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It's gonna be okay!
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Thank you!
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Stop!
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License and registration, please.
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Well, it seems your husband registered this car as a boat, so this vehicle is not street legal.
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More like street lethal, actually.
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Also, the son we found tied up in the back seat says you're gonna feed him to a demon baby, so that plus the damage you caused on the freeway means that,
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no, Mrs. Watterson, I cannot let you go to Daisy Land.
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It's okay, I get it.
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The boys need more attention.
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It's not your fault either, Mom.
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It's just the way our family is.
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I'll be fine We are going to Daisy Land
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They're catching up Richard, get rid of all that boat stuff we don't need
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Ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha
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-ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha -ha Uh, what's that sound?
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The log drop.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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Let's go, baby boo!
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We've got seven minutes left!
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Enough time to do your program drive!
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If we keep the pace!
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Uh, wait up!
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I, um, I just...
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I don't think I need to go anymore.
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What?
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I don't think I need to go anymore.
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I don't think I need to go anymore.
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Why?
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Uh, well, because that's happening. For starters.
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And then I guess I wasn't really sure if anyone in this family had time for me, you know?
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Oh, the Parade of Kindness!
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But you guys tried so hard.
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I feel like I've been on the joyride of a lifetime.
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Help me!
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Baby Billy!
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Now you're gonna eat me?
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That's so scary now, huh?
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Actually, now that I see you up close, you're kind of cute, Baby Billy.
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Thank you.
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I think I like him now.
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See?
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It really wasn't for nothing.
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All those efforts today.
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You guys delivered.
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I felt the love, you know?
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Aww.
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He really ticked every box.
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Oh There's one more thing we need to do
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Will you please take a photo for us of course everyone leaves Daisy land with a smile everybody say
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That's still not the thing No. No. No. No!
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No!
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Yes, it's a no, isn't it?
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Okay, it took some light tomb raiding and a few international incidents, but I present to you...
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The Thing!
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Thanks, bud.
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No!
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That's not The Thing!
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Good luck, Richard.
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I'm sorry, honey.
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Please don't be angry.
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I'm not angry.
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I'm just disappointed.
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We must have missed something.
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I don't know.
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Dad has less memory than a floppy disk, and there isn't anywhere else to look.
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If only there was some way that Mr. Dad could try all the food in one place!
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I know a place!
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A mysterious domain where one can access any foodstuff they desire!
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From pizza, to sushi, to canned meats!
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And what is this far away land you speak of, Father?
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Eh, I'm just going with it.
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It's called...
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The Mouse Temple!
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Mouth Temple Temple!
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Uh, we actually had to change the name to Elmore Shopping.
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Mouth Temple wasn't attracting the right customer base.
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It's Elmore Shopping!
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I must combine all the food I ate today into a meta -memory mukbang!
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What is too much flavor?
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You'll get lost in the sauce!
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Some things are worth the risk!
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Richard, I thought I told you to clean out the shed.
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Look at this beautiful vase, 50 % off.
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We wanted beeswax candles, not honey.
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Children, it's worked.
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I can see all the memories floating past me like stars in a galaxy.
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I guess we're changing the name again.
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Okay, what's the one secret ingredient that I'm missing?
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I hope your mother likes a microwaved brick of cheese.
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I'm not mentioning this to your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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I'm not mentioning this to your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother likes a microwaved brick of cheese.
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I'm not mentioning this to your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother is alerting to it.
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I guess your mother will just have to pull it for flowers.
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I'm not mentioning this to your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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Your mother.
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The fondue potter's a thing!
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Uh, we did that one already, Dad.
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Oh.
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Well, then I'm pretty sure my mother is a thing.
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Oh.
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Oh, yeah.
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Forgot about her.
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Oh, this is the worst slot machine I've ever played.
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There you are!
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Richard, I've been standing here forever.
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You know, it's no good for my bunions to be on my feet for this long.
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But, Mom, this chair's right there.
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You know, I don't trust new technology.
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Station closing.
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Get out while you can.
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We'll be stuck here forever.
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Or until we open again in the morning.
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Kenz, you grab the luggage.
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I'll lock the baggage.
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Oh, no. I didn't get the thing.
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I failed you, Nicole.
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My track record is a perfect husband and inspirational father is ruined.
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I'm sorry!
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I must leave you, and face your mother's wrath.. alone.
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Oh, well, looks like we're here for the night.
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May as well get comfortable.
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Ah, that's better.
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Uh, hey, honey.
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I'm home.
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Where's your mother?
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Trapped me to the bus station.
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And where are the kids?
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Um, also trapped in a bus station.
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Oh, Richard, you remembered the thing.
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Why does dinner with your mother have to be so stressful?
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What if I find a way to get her and the kids out of our hair, and we have dinner?
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Just you and me.
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That sounds like just the thing I need right now.
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Thanks, honey. That was the thing!
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I knew you'd remember.. to forget.
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To remember.. to forget again.
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Anyway, close your eyes.
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Come with me.
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Oh, Nicole, it's beautiful.
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Oh, and you got the fondue part in there.
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It turns out that thing actually came in useful.
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Here, take a seat.
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Oh, yeah.
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Don't mind if I fondue it.
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Now which one of you kids is gonna come grease Granny's feet?
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Wait, was that the kids?
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Uh, he was just a bunch of chicken nugget people.
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Now let's eat.
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But we've been blinded from the truth by greed.
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And these glasses will show you our corrupted world for what it really is.
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Ugh.
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All right, dude.
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Just give him here.
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Well?
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Do you see the truth now?
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What?
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That all media is designed to make it easier to control?
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Dude, we're not our parents.
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We were raised on the Internet.
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This is old news.
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Wait!
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But there's more!
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Sorry, another thing about being raised on the internet, it kills your attention span.
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We just want to cut to the part where we...
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Get the new phone!
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Clearly a grammatical way to put that, but yeah!
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Time to join ClickSapp.
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Now, let's make some real content.
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And let me slap you on the butt with a moldy tortilla.
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Steph, what are you doing?
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We tried on your boring glasses.
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What else do you want?
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Look around!
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Look at what ClickSnap is doing to your fellow kids!
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What's up, ClickSnap?
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It's your boy Tobias here with a fresh new dance.
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I mean, that is horribly humiliating, but nothing out of the ordinary for Tobias.
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Keep watching!
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But wait, he still looks fine on the app!
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Oh, yeah.
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Ooh, smooth.
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It's all an illusion!
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That's what it wants you to see.
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And look, it's already spreading!
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Rub it, clean it, sponge it, swab it down.
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That one seems like an accurate representation of reality.
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This is terrifying.
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Yeah, some of these trends are like severely outdated.
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The app doesn't care about originality.
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It just wants engagement so it can drain your precious time, ideas, and eventually soul into its constantly regurgitating algorithm.
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But our generation should know better.
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Our social media savviness is what separates us from our parents.
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Well, I'm not falling for it! so you can all unsubscribe from any notion
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that me and Darwin will be joining your pathetic social media app!
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I guess phones are bad for you, eyesight.
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I don't think they like that comment.
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I can't subscribe! Are you bottle caps?
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Quick, get to the pawn shop!
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Take that!
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Shotspot!
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Now that's what I call a killer app.
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We're all doomed.
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The algorithm's evolving, controlling its users to remove anomalies.
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You look like you've been hiding out in a bunker for 40 years.
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How do you know so much about this app?
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Because I invented it.
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No way.
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Yeah, I used to write code for Elmore Plus.
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One day, I must have drank the perfect amount of kombucha
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because I wrote the most addictive social media algorithm anyone had ever seen To be effective, the algorithm promoted a deluge of misinformation.
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And soon, friends became foes.
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I told my boss he had to kill my code, but he laughed in my face and fired me.
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And that's how you lost everything?
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No, I lost everything when I crashed my yacht into my private island that I bought with Elmore Plus Stocks.
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Little harder to sympathize with you now, but okay.
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But that tech billionaire lifestyle was so irresistible to me that I became obsessed with creating the next big app, and so I...
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We don't need another flashback.
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You can just tell us.
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Fine.
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I wrote a new code, built ClickZap, and now it's hijacking kids' brains.
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So, you ruined humanity twice.
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Yeah, but I'm also the only one doing anything to stop it.
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Then how do we stop it?
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The Shell Tower!
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It provides phone service to all of Elmore.
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We destroy that and we'll sever the kids' connection to the app.
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Ring lights!
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I can't see!
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But your eye looking is specially stunning and evenly lit.
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Ding dong!
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You're watching Monster Trucks Makeover.
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Then you switch over to Blind Baking Boxers.
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Then over to the cartoon channels.
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Then back in time to season 17 of Snog Island.
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Yes.
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Did you snog him?
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Did you snog him now?
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Um, excuse me, can you keep it down?
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We're trying to play here.
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Oh, I thought you were just warming up.
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Dad, we're playing improvisational jazz.
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Yes, and Anaïs was playing some of the most intricate formations I've ever heard before someone interrupted.
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It's okay.
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Let's just take it from the top.
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Yes, let's take it from the top.
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I'm so hungry.
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I've never gone this low without...
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Where's all the food?
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I removed it while you were taking a nap.
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That stuff is garbage anyway.
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Don't you dare.
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That thing is beyond disgusting.
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Snack!
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No snack for you!
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Snack time!
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Stop it!
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Dad, where are you?
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Be right there, honey!
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Whoa, Dad, you really don't look good.
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But this painting does.
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You think she'll like it?
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Oh, she's gonna love it.
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Ah, yes.
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The speed and anxiety of modern life.
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Yet there is conflict.
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Do I sense conflict, Anaïs?
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Oh, um...
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Dude, you couldn't even think of anything to paint!
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Yes, to the untrained eye, maybe, but it actually conveys the complete lack of intelligence this family possesses, right, Anaïs?
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Yeah.
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Well, Dad did the best one anyway.
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Look!
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Wait, wait!
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Come on, don't!
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We can actually see what it is!
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I know it's not very good!
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Literalism, how achingly passé!
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Not to worry.
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I can fix it.
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I'm so hungry.
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Dad, are you okay?
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Maybe it would be best to just let him take over for a bit.
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First intelligence idea you've ever had.
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You deserve a dad who knows what a manor is for.
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Dad!
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Move!
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Mr. Dad!
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What?
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What have you done with my dad?
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Join me, Anaïs.
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Together, we can build many more devices, transforming guts around the world and bringing forth a new dawn of humanity!
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No way!
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Give me my dad back!
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Your dad is gone, Anaïs.
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Is that belly button fluff?
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It is an organic pathway to a new, enlightened, interconnected ecosystem. So, yes?
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Guys, I'm sorry.
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This is all my fault.
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No, it's not.
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I forgot to flush last time I was in here.
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I was in a hurry.
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The school bus was coming.
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No, I meant with Dad.
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Oh.
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It's okay, Anais.
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We've all wished Dad could be a bit more, well, less Dad.
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But I do wish she was here right now.
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What's wrong with him?
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He's turned into like a used, wet trash bag.
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He must be too weak.
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I don't think he's eaten anything since this morning.
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I know what to do.
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Open the door and follow my lead.
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Can you tell us your plan first?
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Yeah, like, explain it before we open the door.
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No. It's more dramatic this way. Where did he go?
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Oh, no, it's empty.
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Wait, look.
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There'll be no more dinner for Daddy, I'm afraid.
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Try and slow it down.
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I'll get the yogurt.
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It's frozen solid.
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Take that.
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Here, take the whole drawer.
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Now that's what I call an acid reflex.
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I don't think so darling I thought you were smarter than this you could have learned so much from me 5,
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4, 3, 2, 1.
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Hey, Mom.
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Bennett!
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Yes, Mom?
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What is a Watterson doing in my house?
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Oh, I was just passing by your 1 ,000 -acre estate, and I thought I'd drop by on my best friend Masami.
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And, I don't know, crazy idea, but stay for dinner and preferably have your chef cook that gourmet mac and cheese?
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Do you know how much that cost?
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No. Exactly.
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You Watasans are all the same.
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No class, no owner.
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Apart from your dad, that guy's a real meat stack on wheels.
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Ew, Mom.
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Uh, you're right, but that's why I came here, to experience a real family dinner.
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My family is so poor, I got an air guitar for Christmas.
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Our groceries are delivered by the garbage truck.
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Pigeons throw us crumbs.
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I think teachers make a good living.
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Okay, I get it.
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Nicole is a competent fighter, but as a mother, she has clearly failed.
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Bennett!
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Still here, Mom.
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We will train young Donald Watterson in the ways of your cedar.
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Only then can he stay for a kapatami formaggio e tartufa!
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That's the mac and cheese.
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Oh, yeah!
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Exquisite.
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Simply exquisite.
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To start with, you must dress like one of us.
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Whoa!
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How'd you do that?
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This whole house is controlled by our state -of -the -art app
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that you'll shade up now get in there and choose an outfit that exudes confidence
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Definitely exuding something but not quite the right thing try again.
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This is our world -renowned passenger chef He's very obedient to dine with us.
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You must have a refined a parrot drink this
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This tastes like hot bean juice that's been passed through the insides of a wildcat.
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What is this?
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Hot bean juice that's been passed through the insides of a wildcat, and it costs $100 a cup.
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You must excel at tennis.
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You must be able to - I got it.
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Ride a horse.
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Tell the difference between a real horse and a hologram.
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Real horses can't be trusted.
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Plus, this is more expensive.
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Come on.
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Yes!
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Yes!
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Yes!
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There's nothing in here that suits me.
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I need to buy a new wardrobe.
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Correct.
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We never wear anything twice.
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Bennett!
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Burn these clothes!
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I think he has become...
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Yoshida!
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Coming!
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Sorry to disturb you, but is my son here?
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I just...
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Well, well, well.
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Nicole Watterson.
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Yuki Yoshida.
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Don't worry about your son.
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He's here with us.
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And if you want him, you'll just have to go through!
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Alright, Yuki.
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I'm not doing that again.
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Come on, where is he?
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Nothing says class like a little classical music, eh, Masami?
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Yeah, whatever.
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Gumball!
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Gumball, what is this?
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What are you wearing?
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It's mulberry silk, Nicole.
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Geralt has shown an appreciation for the finer things.
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The finer things?
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Oh, please.
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Gumball thinks a canapé is a type of umbrella.
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You're wrong.
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Where you have failed as a parental figure, I have succeeded.
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Your son has learned our ways.
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He has style, crass, and arrogance now.
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He's not the wild, unsophisticated animal you raised him to.
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Oh, give me that mac and cheese!
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And so to conclude, this - Our automatic tree -planting system could reduce our carbon footprint by 50 percent.
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I love that the Robotics Club is thinking about the environment, but I was hoping you guys were going to invent something to make this school some money.
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Hm?
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So we can afford real doors. And ice!
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We need your help!
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I need you to invent something to help me climb a rock wall.
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Like a futuristic robot suit with, like, cool claws and boots that goes like...
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now this is what i'm talking about what it's exactly what
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we need it's an idea from a boy check involves sports
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check this has military spending written all over it principal brown
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are you serious about this i was barely touching it i'll get to work
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bro this is gonna be so sick just watch bro Ah!
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Get me out of this thing!
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Get me out of this thing!
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Oh no, it's malfunctioning!
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It's got a mind of its own!
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Abort!
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Abort!
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What is this, endangering the lives of children recklessly for financial gain?
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I like your style The robot uprising has begun Fire the EMP So,
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um We got a deal?
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I'll take a hundred!
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Remember when you got stuck on that wall in your underpants?
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There you are.
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Gumball, uh, dude, I'm sorry.
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It's just so hard to find good help around here.
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I know.
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I'm so desperate I'd take advice from a failed actor who got scammed by a health food MLM
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and bankrupted his goat yoga farm.
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And then became a middle school guidance counselor.
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Ugh.
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Alright, let's do this.
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So, you've tried training your body and utilizing your mind, but have you tried cleansing your chakras?
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We're not allowed to use the sprinklers like that anymore.
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Oh, maybe I should explain this more clearly.
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By means of Transcendental Bongo Manipulation.
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Mother Earth, oh Mother Earth, won't you get old?
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It's too pretentious!
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I -I can't bear - What?
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Yes, Gumball, you were at the top of a metaphorical mountain after Mr. Small literally bored you to the brink of death.
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Pants, I can't climb the wall.
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Losing you, it was too much.
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Hey, hey, Gumball.
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Listen, I know what it's like to feel hollow inside.
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To feel toxic winds of doubt pumped through your very fibers.
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But you can't let your life be stained by fear.
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It's time to drop the past.
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Let it fall away.
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No!
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No!
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I can't lose you again!
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It's not me you lost on that wall.
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It was you, brother man.
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Now make that climb!
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Drop the past!
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Goodbye, Gumbo!
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It's okay, I'm off to a better place!
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I know what I must do!
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We turn out fashionably late and looking good.
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The party's bopping, everybody turns to us and goes...
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You just made a very convincing argument.
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I, too, want to be owed.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “SEASON 7 NEW EPISODES: Brand New Gumball”. This video has 513 sentences and 3448 words to shadow. The speech runs for 29:24. The speaker talks at a steady 117 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| climb verb | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). |
| algorithm noun | /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/ | A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input… |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
| invent verb | /ɪnˈvɛnt/ | To design a new process or mechanism. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| trap noun | /tɹæp/ | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
| humanity noun | /hjuˈmænɪti/ | Humankind; human beings as a group. |
| ruin noun | /ˈɹuː.ɪn/ | The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. |
| brick noun | /ˈbɹɪk/ | A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. |
| robot noun | /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/ | An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. |
| chef noun | /ʃɛf/ | The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. |
| garbage noun | /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ | Food waste material of any kind. |
| cartoon noun | /kɑɹˈtun/ | A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| pass through verb | To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another. |
| turn out verb | To end up; to result. |
| catch up verb | To pick up suddenly. |
| clean out verb | To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. |
| fall away verb | To cease to support a person or cause. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
| look around verb | To inspect a building or area. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Don't you want to see the cute cartoon characters?
- Do you see the truth now?
- Steph, what are you doing?
- What else do you want?
- You think she'll like it?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been standing · you've been hiding |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · I've ever played · we've been blinded |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | can be easily misinterpreted · be stuck · is ruined |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 110 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, smooth /smuːð/, pathetic /pəˈθɛtɪk/, lethal /ˈliː.θəl/, pathway /ˈpæθˌweɪ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: chef /ʃɛf/, trash /tɹæʃ/, representation /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/, registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, notion /ˈnoʊʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, automatic /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like honey, climb, algorithm.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.