1. Grrr!
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2. We're approaching hour 23
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3. of Sonic and Knuckles'
stay-awake challenge,
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4. and it's still anybody's game.
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5. Sticks, what do you make
of their strategies?
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6. It appears Sonic is jogging
in circles to stay awake
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7. while Knuckles stays focused
by watching late-night TV.
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8. Both strong approaches.
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9. Though I find the knowledge that
our freedoms are slowly eroding
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10. enough to keep me awake
at night.
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11. Give it up, Knuckles.
I can keep moving all night.
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12. But the second you find
something boring on TV,
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13. you'll be out like a light.
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14. Don't be silly, Sonic.
TV is never boring.
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15. Soar, tell us more about your
dense and complicated new book
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16. about introspection
and self-betterment.
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17. My new book,
"Counter-Productive",
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18. is about fixing
your old mistakes.
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19. Times when
you made a mess of things.
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20. When you were a bad apple.
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21. Acted like a basket case.
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22. Hey, Charlie! Can I borrow your
baskets? It's real important.
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23. Ha-ha! Neat!
I'm all tall and stuff!
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24. His eyes are open but
his brain is definitely asleep.
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25. - Sonic wins!
- Uhh!
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26. Am I counter-productive?
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27. Nope, just someone who
can't stay awake for 23 hours.
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28. If you don't go back
to the people you've wronged
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29. and make up for your misdeeds,
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30. then you're basically
a monster.
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31. And that's science.
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32. Aaargh!
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33. Don't look at me!
I'm a monster! A monster!
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34. I hope it's better than when
he thought he was a ballerina.
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35. Don't look at me!
I'm a ballerina! A ballerina!
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36. Ohh.
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37. I'm looking for Charlie.
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38. You mean that guy
who kept dropping my apples?
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39. Fired him years ago.
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40. Last I heard he was working
at a dig site outside the village.
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41. Probably mucking that up too.
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42. Thanks! To show my appreciation,
I will buy one apple.
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43. Now those baskets are empty,
you mind if I borrow some?
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44. Careful... careful...
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45. - Charlie!
- Ohh!
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46. Remember me?
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47. The guy who turned apple baskets
into stilts at your old job?
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48. Oh, man, that was fun.
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49. But it turns out it wasn't fun.
It was counter-productive.
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50. So I'm here
to make it up to you.
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51. Oh, wow.
I totally forgot about that.
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52. Don't worry about it.
My life is great now.
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53. I've got a wife, a nice house,
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54. this job
digging up ancient artefacts.
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55. Doesn't matter.
I've got to make this right.
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56. You really don't have to...
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57. Can it!
I'm trying to be nice to you.
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58. We'll start with your lunch.
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59. - But I brought my lunch.
- Not good enough!
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60. I'm gonna get you
something special.
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61. Ohh!
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62. Grrr!
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63. - Soup's on!
- Grrr!
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64. I got braised short rib
on focaccia toast
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65. with a dollop of garlic-chive
aioli and just a hint of lime.
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66. Actually, that sounds good.
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67. I thought so too.
That's why I ate it on the way.
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68. But don't worry,
look what I found.
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69. Can you believe some dope
just tossed this in a lake?
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70. I really should
get back to work.
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71. Let me get those for you
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72. because I'm helpful
and not counter-productive.
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73. - No, really, it's...
- Charlie, come on! It's me!
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74. Agh! Ow! Ohh!
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75. The working conditions here
are dangerous.
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76. I'm gonna go talk
to your union rep.
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77. Honey, you would not believe
the day I had.
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78. Hi, Charlie.
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79. Sweetheart,
what is he doing here?
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80. I invited your friend
for dinner.
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81. But, honey,
we have that "thing" tonight.
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82. I don't recall any "thing".
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83. If you're trying to imply that
you don't want someone here,
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84. perhaps you should just say it.
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85. Who you guys talking about?
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86. Agh!
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87. I wanted to be helpful so
I picked up all those tiny flags
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88. that you left
scattered around in the dirt.
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89. Those flags were marking the
locations of valuable artefacts.
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90. I'm going to have to redo
all that work now.
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91. Oh, man!
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92. You should put flags by those
flags so no one picks them up.
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93. But don't worry, I'll fix it.
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94. Oh, no.
It's my boss, Mr Slate.
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95. Brrr!
What's the meaning of all this?
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96. - But...
- I'll handle this.
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97. You can't talk to Charlie
like that.
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98. You're not the boss
of him.
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99. Not any more, I'm not.
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100. You're fired!
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101. How am I going to break
this news to my wife?
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102. Don't worry about that.
I already called her.
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103. You did what?
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104. When are you going to
stand up for yourself?
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105. What's her problem?
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106. Aaargh!
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107. You did this!
You ruined my life!
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108. No worries, Charlie.
I'll make it up to you.
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109. As soon as I finish making up
for that other thing I did,
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110. whatever that was.
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111. You're a menace!
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112. I'm not letting people like you
cause problems for me any more!
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113. He'll see. They'll all see.
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114. I can't help but feel partially
responsible, in an indirect way.
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115. I'm sure he didn't really mean
all the things he said.
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116. Knuckles the Echidna,
your torment begins now.
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117. Maybe he meant them a little.
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118. Whoa! I've never seen
a weapon like this before.
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119. It's from
the time of the Ancients.
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120. You stole that stuff from work?
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121. Paper clips are one thing,
but ancient weaponry?
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122. Not cool, Charlie.
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123. Now you will feel
my true wrath.
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124. Did you try turning it off
and back on? That can fix it.
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125. You're not helping.
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126. The batteries need recharging?
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127. Hang on, I almost got it.
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128. I'm sure this'll all blow over
before you know it.
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129. A double Meh Burger, please.
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130. Hey, my lunch money!
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131. It's my lunch money now.
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132. I'll take
that Double Meh Burger.
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133. Sir, please step aside.
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134. This line
is for paying customers only.
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135. Ahh... Agh!
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136. Ugh! Ohh!
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137. Aargh!
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138. Ugh!
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139. Urgh.
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140. Knuckles,
this has gone on long enough.
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141. You've got to stand up to him.
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142. No. This is my own fault.
I got him fired, remember?
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143. And, like Soar the Eagle says
in that book I didn't read,
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144. I can't rest
until I've made it up to him.
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145. Can you at least stop letting
him take your lunch money?
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146. Fine, Amy.
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147. I'll try to avoid letting him
take my lunch money. For you.
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148. Let's see that lunch money.
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149. Charlie, as things aren't
going well between you and I,
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150. I've enlisted a police officer
to act as a go-between.
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151. His experience in dealing
with tense situations
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152. will prove valuable
to both of us.
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153. Charlie's not letting up,
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154. but I can't go back
to being counter-productive.
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155. So I'll take the high road
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156. and stay out of his way
until he cools off.
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157. I figured it out. All Charlie
really wants is a friend.
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158. Yeah, he's practically
crying out to me for help.
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159. Hello, pal.
I baked you this pie.
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160. We can see a movie together
and/or enjoy a malted beverage.
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161. Feel the wrath
of my super-villain powers!
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162. Ohh! Oww!
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163. Great news, Knuckles.
Charlie just let you off the hook.
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164. Really? From my perspective
it didn't go so well.
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165. No, Charlie just called himself
a super-villain.
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166. Page 235
of "Counter-Productive".
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167. "If the person
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168. turns into a super-villain,
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169. forget all that stuff I said
about fixing your past mistakes.
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170. In that case,
knock yourself out."
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171. I know what I have to do now.
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172. What's going on?
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173. Knuckles
is going to fight Charlie.
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174. I've got to see this.
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175. We're doing a parody
of a schoolyard fight.
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176. Charlie, I'm gonna do what
you should have done ages ago.
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177. Stand up for myself.
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178. - Bring it on, Knuckle-head.
- Hey! Name-calling? Not cool.
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179. Let's go, Charlie!
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180. Really? Nothing? Am I the only
one on the side of evil here?
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181. Ohh!
- Hooray!
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182. All right, Charlie! Crush him!
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183. - Let's finish this, Knuckles.
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184. What the...
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185. - Yeah!
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186. Ugh! Ohh!
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187. - Truce?
- Grrr!
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188. Truce.
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189. Come on! It was
just starting to get good.
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190. Great job, Knuckles.
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191. You stood up for yourself
and stopped a super-villain.
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192. Thanks, guys. Who's up
for some burgers? My treat.
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193. Give me all your lunch money.
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194. Ha-ha! Just kidding.
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195. Great job, Charlie.
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196. You stood up for yourself
and got a new job...
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197. as a super-villain.
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198. But what about the truce?
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199. Eclair Media
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