1. Ah, Africa.
The motherland.
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2. Cradle of humanity.
We're almost there.
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3. Can you feel the electricity?
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4. I can't feel anything
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5. after the 23 shots I had to get.
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6. You took them all in your arm?
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7. You know where they
wanted me to take 'em?
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8. Your mother and I always
dreamed of bringing you here.
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9. We've saved for this trip
since you were little.
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10. I just wanna see the tigers.
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11. - There aren't any ti—
- Tigers in Africa, I know.
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12. I just said it to get your goat.
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13. Are there any goats?
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14. Actually there are thousands
of animal species.
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15. Elephant, roan antelopes,
lion hearted beasts
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16. leopard, waterbucks,
bonobo chimpanzees..
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17. '... bushbuck, olive baboons..'
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18. Aah!
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19. Oh, children, Just look at it!
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20. Yo, pops, it's an airport.
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21. Yes, but it's an airport
in Africa!
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22. Hey! Taxi!
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23. - Trotro!
- Trotro?
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24. That's what you
call those vehicles.
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25. Some of us were paying
attention when daddy
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26. was telling us all
the boring stuff.
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27. That's righ.. Hey!
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28. Trotro!
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29. Accra has been the capital
of Ghana for over 200 years.
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30. 'I was with the first
black African colony'
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31. 'to achieve independence.'
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32. From the British, in 1957.
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33. Check it out! What's that?
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34. 'Independence monument.'
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35. 'The black star represents
African freedom'
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36. 'from colonialism,
and right over here'
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37. 'is the W.E.B DuBois center'
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38. 'where the great American
civil rights leader is buried.'
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39. That's right, he was
the proponent of Pan-Africanism
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40. Didn't we get a shot for that?
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41. Pan-Africanism is the belief
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42. in the unity of all black
people and their cultural
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43. connection to Africa.
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44. It says, that the blood
in history we share
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45. binds us together as strongly
as any national border.
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46. One people, many lands.
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47. Can you feel it?
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48. Yeah, I feel it.
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49. Richie? Richie?
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50. Oh, right. I guess I'm
a little out of range.
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51. 'Richie, are you there?'
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52. 'Richie?'
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53. 'Richie!'
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54. 'Hey! Richie!'
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55. V man! How's the trip?
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56. It's amazing. There are
black people everywhere.
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57. Dude, you're in Africa.
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58. No Richie, I mean
ever since I got here
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59. I felt different. Connected.
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60. Hey you know when my dad went to
Ireland, he got all goofy too.
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61. It's not like that,
it's, it's like
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62. I've been carrying this weight
around all my life
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63. without knowing it.
And now it's gone.
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64. What're you talking
about Virg?
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65. In Africa, I'm not a black kid,
I'm just a kid.
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66. Is this what it feels
like for you all the time?
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67. Yeah, I guess.
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68. Feels good!
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69. Woohoo!
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70. Yes!
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71. Woohoo!
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72. Honey, you look so beautiful.
Like an Ashanti princess.
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73. Your mother would be so proud.
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74. Yeah, you look so African,
maybe we should leave you here.
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75. 'Train 3 now boarding.'
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76. Come on,
that's our train to Kumasi.
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77. - Is this seat taken?
- No.
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78. I am Dr. Anokye.
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79. Professor of Archeology
at the university of Ghana.
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80. I'm Robert Hawkins,
and these are my children.
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81. Sharon, and Virgil.
We're tourists.
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82. From America, yes?
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83. Perhaps we are distant cousins.
One never knows.
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84. 'That's true kids.'
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85. About 16% of all American
slaves came from Ghana.
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86. Really?
We gotta ditch pop's books.
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87. I wanna show them where
the Ashanti kings used to live.
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88. Then you must go
to the Prempeh Jubilee Museum.
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89. They have..
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90. This was not in the brochures.
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91. Osebo!
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92. You can give me your briefcase
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93. or I can tear it away,
your choice, doctor.
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94. Hey, cat man, leave him alone.
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95. I quite agree.
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96. I suggest we stand
on tradition, Osebo.
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97. You know well,
the ancient story.
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98. The spider always
captures the leopard.
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99. - Whoa
- Hello!
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100. What do you say, friend leopard?
Shall we dance?
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101. Who is that?
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102. I am a Anansi the spider,
ever at your service.
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103. He is the most famous crime
fighter in all of west Africa.
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104. I was too modest to say.
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105. Hit him with a web blast!
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106. I am not that kind of spider.
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107. And this is not
that kind of web.
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108. Always with your tricks.
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109. - Behind you.
- Huh?
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110. Perhaps today
I have a trick of my own.
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111. This is Osebo,
demolish the train.
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112. Oh!
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113. We've switched to a sidetrack.
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114. We're gonna crash!
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115. No! We will not!
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116. After him!
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117. Okay, that's kinda cool.
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118. No! Please!
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119. Leave him alone!
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120. Aah!
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121. My bad.
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122. Whoa! Unf!
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123. Stay away from my family!
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124. I should punish you for that.
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125. But I'm out of time.
And so are you!
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126. Go!
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127. 'Abandon the train.
I repeat, Abandon the train.'
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128. You heard him.
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129. Aah! Unh!
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130. We're not gonna
stop in time!
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131. bang
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132. Aah.
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133. Whew.
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134. See? I told you Africa
would be exciting.
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135. There he is!
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136. Forgive me for not staying.
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137. But the leopard's
trail goes cold.
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138. - Anansi! Anansi!
- No! No wait!
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139. Anansi! Anansi! Anansi! Anansi!
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140. zap
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141. And before I could tell him
anything, he disappeared.
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142. Well you better do something,
the trace is gonna
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143. go dead in a few hours.
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144. I know, but I'm stuck in this
village with my family
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145. until they can fix the train.
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146. Uh-oh, gotta go.
Miss "Shoppa Zulu" is coming.
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147. Hey, daddy just got
us a hotel room.
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148. We're not getting out
of here till tomorrow.
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149. Shouldn't you be pacing
yourself on the shopping thing?
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150. This is not a shopping thing.
It's a cultural epiphany.
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151. Ooh! Kente cloth!
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152. And in American money,
it is only 15$
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153. - Doctor?
- Virgil, sit down and join me.
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154. Would you like some fu-fu?
My treat.
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155. Uh, looks good.
But I think I'll pass.
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156. I was just wondering,
what did Osebo take from you?
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157. A map of ancient Kumasi.
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158. Home of the great
Ashanti nation.
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159. I believe I'd found
the location
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160. of a long-lost palace.
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161. A palace? In Ghana?
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162. Oh, yes.
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163. The Ashanti were
talented goldsmiths.
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164. The palace might have
artifacts worth millions.
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165. - If it were accessible.
- What do you mean?
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166. According to the map,
it lies at the bottom
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167. of the largest man-made
lake in the world.
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168. - Lake Volta?
- A lake won't stop Osebo.
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169. Anansi.
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170. I regret to report
that I've lost
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171. Osebo's trail, doctor.
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172. I fear I have no way
to find him.
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173. Uh, actually you do.
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174. Can you keep a secret?
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175. A tracer?
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176. My friend Richie makes 'em.
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177. But, I'm the only one
who can track 'em.
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178. And why is that?
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179. - How did you—
- I'm a superhero, too.
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180. Don't tell my dad.
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181. Then you're going to
have to help me.
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182. Yeah, but what do I say
to my pops?
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183. Uh, excuse me, father
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184. but I'm going to save the
ancient treasure of the Ashanti.
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185. Don't wait up. Yeah, right.
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186. - 'Boy, wait till Virgil..'
- Uh-oh, that's him!
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187. - 'He's gonna love us.'
- Do not move.
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188. Hey, Virgil, hungry?
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189. We actually found a Burger Fool!
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190. He must be exhausted.
Let him sleep.
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191. People see what
I want them to see.
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192. When your family comes back..
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193. they'll see
you are still here.
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194. You have got to teach
me how to do that.
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195. We're definitely
getting closer.
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196. You hanging in there okay?
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197. I still don't get
how you can stand upside down.
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198. Stick-to-itiveness
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199. Dang! I lost it.
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200. The tracer must be
out of juice.
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201. Not to worry, I see them.
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202. Is he another of your
illusions, spider?
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203. His name is Static.
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204. He's an American.
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205. You know how flashy
they can be.
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206. As flashy as this?
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207. Look out!
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208. boom
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209. At last, the spider
has been stepped on.
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210. That is a very useful ability.
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211. I practice on weekends.
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212. - 'They're gone.'
- Well.
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213. It's not like he can blow a hole
in the bottom of the lake
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214. and let all the water out,
right? Right?
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215. Lake Volta, is formed by a damn.
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216. If Osebo were to destroy it
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217. the lake would
pour into the valley.
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218. And he could find the hidden
palace and the gold.
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219. Yes, and destroy thousands
of homes as well.
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220. Number two, reporting in.
No sign of anyone yet.
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221. And you call yourself a lookout.
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222. Where is Osebo?
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223. Inside the damn with the others.
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224. - Where in the damn?
- The bottom tunnel.
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225. He has been most helpful.
What should be his reward?
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226. How about we take him
for a spin?
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227. And they call me a trickster.
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228. Tonight, we celebrate!
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229. Be quick.
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230. We bury the spider,
we dig up the gold!
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231. He's so happy.
It's a shame to disappoint him.
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232. Shield your eyes.
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233. Great show,
but where's whiskers?
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234. See to them.
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235. Going somewhere?
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236. Osebo!
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237. The game is finished.
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238. No moves for you to make.
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239. The spider weaves his web..
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240. and the cat is caught.
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241. But a cat has
many lives Anansi.
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242. I can still detonate
the explosives with this.
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243. So unless you want your
flying friend crushed
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244. you will reveal yourself.
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245. You press the button,
and we all go.
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246. Do not tempt me.
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247. You guys play
keep-away over here?
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248. Aah!
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249. At the very least,
I will finally be rid of you.
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250. And they say cats
always land on their feet.
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251. I'm gonna miss Africa so much.
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252. I don't know why,
you're bringing
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253. 'most of it home with you.'
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254. Hey, I just read
that the government
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255. is gonna start
an underwater expedition
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256. to find the Ashanti palace.
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257. Now that Dr. Anokye
has his map back.
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258. - Cool.
- Ooh.
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259. I better go down
and check us out.
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260. I'll go with you daddy,
I saw the cutest
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261. little earrings
in the gift shop.
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262. I will miss you my friend.
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263. And your good humor.
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264. I'll miss you too Anansi.
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265. I never knew how important
it would be
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266. to meet a role model like you.
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267. - Role model?
- Yeah.
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268. A black superhero.
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269. I dunno,
it validates me somehow.
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270. Heroes come in every
color, my friend.
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271. I know, it's just that
sometimes I wish
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272. there was a black superhero back
home for folks to look up to.
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273. Oh, but there is.
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274. And he is my hero too.
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