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And how long have you been a superhero?

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Me? Well, I guess I've always been a
superhero.

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I don't know much else.

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Arthur, what's the tick really like?

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The tick? He's great. He's a little hard
to work with sometimes, but he's

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stronger than anybody.

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Listen, ours is an epic tale. True
friendship. Heart -stopping danger.

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Men and women in tights. Making the
rules and breaking them. We are not two

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We are ten men. Listen!

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It all started in Reno.

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Every year, heroes flock to the National
Super Institute to compete for the best

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cities to protect from crime.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Blowfish
Avenger.

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Blowfish at New Rochelle. Way to go,
Blowfish.

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One year, I decided to compete.

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Now you may ask, but how does one prove
one's mightiness? To this I reply by

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surviving the deadliest engine of
destruction 1974 had to offer.

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Ladies and gentlemen, you may want to
shield yourselves with your dessert

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I might be dangerous.

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Well, this is disappointing.

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Whoa.

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And the rest is history.

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Thank you.

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Destiny's powerful hand has made the bed
of my future.

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And it's up to me to lie in it. I am
destined to be a superhero.

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To right wrongs and pound two -fisted
justice into the hearts of evildoers

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everywhere.

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You don't fight destiny. No, sir.

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And you don't eat crackers in the bed of
your future. Or you get all...

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Scratchy. Hey, I'm narrating here.

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They've assigned me a city.

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My mission? To free it from the ravages
of evil and supervillainy. So its

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citizens may sleep easy.

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Secure in the knowledge that they are
protected.

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The city.

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My, the city.

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It cries to me of its need.

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Excuse me.

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Arthur? Yes, Mr. Wieterspan?

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Arthur, I'm afraid the firm feels that
it's time to allow you the opportunity

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pursue other avenues of employment.

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I'm fired?

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Is there a problem with my work? Oh, no,
Arthur. No, it's... It's that stupid

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bunny outfit.

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Oh, no. Not bunny, sir. Moth.

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It's my moth suit. Actually, it's a
flying suit. The wings are in my

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Arthur, you're making the other
accountants nervous.

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We all find this kind of rampant
individuality very disturbing.

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I know you think I'm crazy, Mr.
Wieterspan, but I'm not.

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It's just, ever since I found this suit,
I felt strange new needs, urges.

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I can't live this life a moment longer.

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Somewhere out there, a destiny of
adventure and excitement waits for me.

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Accounting is a fine skill to fall back
on, but the road less traveled. Much

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less traveled. The Moth Suit and Wings
Road is a lot more exciting than taxes.

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It is I, the Tick, your destined
defender.

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Show me where it hurts.

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Oh,

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there's crime here. I can smell it. I
can taste it.

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So shall I begin my first patrol of the
city with one giant leap.

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Soon, they will know me.

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Soon, they will need me.

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Well, great.

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Now I'm unemployed.

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How am I going to find adventure and
excitement when I can't even cover my

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expenses?

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And double snip!

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Aha!

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I'll bounce off that flagpole and flip
to safety.

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Aha!

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I'll bounce off that broad, flat
surface.

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I don't eat out. And reverse my
underwear to get an extra day.

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Or maybe not.

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Gravity is a harsh mistress.

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Are you all right?

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I'm fine. I'm a superhero.

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I'm nigh invulnerable.

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I'm built for this kind of thing.

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Nice outfit.

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A superhero?

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Known to evildoers everywhere as the...
Tick. I'm Arthur, known to taxpayers

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everywhere as the accountant.

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I'm looking for adventure.

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Come have lunch with me, Arthur.

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Adventure will follow.

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Why would they send a superhero of my
caliber to a place like this?

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Oh, I'm not sure this city even needs a
champion.

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Oh, you're a superhero, huh? And what
sort of costume is that supposed to be?

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Costume? No costume, friend.

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I am simply the Tick. Well, you can't be
the Tick.

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Ticks are arachnids. They got eight
legs.

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How do you know I don't? Ticks suck
blood. Do you suck blood?

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Uh, yeah, I suck blood all the time.
Yeah, right.

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Look, I got a straw right here, pal. You
want a demonstration?

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No, no. No, no, thanks. No.

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An explosion.

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Come, Arthur. Evil is afoot.

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Afoot? That's funny. I have only seconds
to shed my everyday disguise.

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This looks like a job for... There's
somebody in here.

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Occupied.

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This looks like a job for... The Cape
Chameleon!

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This is definitely illegal.

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Arthur,

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do you fly?

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My wings are in my briefcase.

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Back at the diner. I'll go get them.

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No time, chum.

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I think I'll just lie down here for a
second.

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Criminals! You face the sworn protector
of this fair city, you face the tick.

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Speak up! I can't understand a word
you're saying through those stupid

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Are we dead yet?

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Far from it, Arthur. We have them on the
run.

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Hey, cool.

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They got a blimp.

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That was the scene today at the Reeve
Droit Bank as the mysterious gang known

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the Idea Men struck again, continuing
their terrible crime wave.

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It was the sixth time in as many days
that the baffling criminals have

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from the sky.

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the city's most valued assets.

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But today, their nefarious plot was
thwarted by an heroic blue stranger.

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Hey, cool.

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They got a blimp.

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Our modest blue benefactor exited the
scene without comment.

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The idea, Mad Menace, is far from over,
says Mayor Blank. In fact, we have

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reason to believe that these criminals
have been merely practicing for a much

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larger caper. We'll have more on this
story as it develops.

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Meanwhile, on a lighter note...

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I always have trouble with these keys.

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Well, this is my place.

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What do you think?

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It's great. It looks just like an
apartment.

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Where's your secret headquarters
trigger?

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Is this it?

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No, wait.

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You know, the trigger. Like a statue or
a candlestick that you twist and then

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everything flips over and all your crime
-busting equipment pops out. This is

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it, right? Ah, no.

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What does your sofa turn into? Your
sonar radar perimeter. Does it sense

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No. It turns into a bed.

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Please, this is just an apartment.

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It is?

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Yes, yes!

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Well, this place is going to take a lot
of work if it's going to be our

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superhero headquarters.

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No! Oh, I don't know. I just don't know
if I'm ready for this. Too much

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excitement, too much adventure.

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I think I'm going crazy.

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You're not going crazy, Arthur.

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You're going sane in a crazy world.

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Some people are destined for greater
things.

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Arthur, you are one of those people.

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You can't hide from it. You've got to
hug it.

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Hug your destiny, Arthur.

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Hug it.

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Uh -huh.

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Well, I think I'll just sleep on it,
okay?

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That's fine, my small friend.

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You rest up, and I will monitor the
culture.

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Taste me.

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That's Drama Flakes Tasty Challenge.

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Attractive, successful people love Drama
Flakes.

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Guaranteed to make your life more
dramatic and eventful with every golden

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spoonful. Just listen to them get an
earful.

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Good evening. This is Sally Vacuum with
a special report.

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I'm here at the city hydroelectric
plant.

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Apparently the notorious idea men have
taken the city dam hostage.

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Although we can't understand a word
they're saying.

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What?

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I'm sorry we didn't get that.

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Good heavens.

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They're going to flood the city.

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Arthur, get up. The city calls upon her
steadfast protectors.

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What? This looks like a job for bipolar
bear.

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But I just can't seem to get out of bed
this month.

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This looks like a job for Captain
Lemming.

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Come on, Spine. Work with me.

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Excuse me, miss. I've got to change my
outfit.

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This looks like a job for the human
bullet.

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Fire me, boy.

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Get those wings on, Arthur.

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This isn't such a good idea. The wings.
Put them on. I'm not so good at this.

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You'll get better. I've never flown
before.

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Not a problem.

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No. No.

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No. No. No. Change my mind. I want to
come down.

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It's your destiny, Arthur.

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Hug it.

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very frightened.

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No, Arthur, you're very flying.

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You see, no more doubting yourself.

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Now, on to the death. We have work to
do.

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What happens now?

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Wow. Wow.

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All out of roofs, eh?

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Uh, yeah. Guess so.

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Deflator mouth.

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I should have known you'd be out
tonight.

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Well, if it isn't American made. The
world's most patriotic domestic.

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This looks like a job for deflator
mouth.

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Not some mop squeezer. Why don't you
go...

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Scrub out a toilet somewhere.

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Why don't you go smell up some cave?

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People, people, there's a dam about to
blow up. We should team up and use all

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our resources to battle this evil. Team
up? I'm not going to team up with her.

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There's that fear of commitment again.

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Oh, listen to Miss Intimacy here.

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Jerk. Jingoist. Rabid goon. Clean freak.
Nerf. Ice cream. Some people just

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shouldn't be in this business.

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You are so... To the dam!

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But how?

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We'll figure it out.

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are so incredibly immature.

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Amateurs. None of them really know how
to handle evil.

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This looks like a job for Big Shot.

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The

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mayor

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is just now arriving and it looks like
he's brought the ransom money.

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Mayor Blank, are you actually going to
give in to the idea of men's criminal

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demands? Well, Sally, let me put it this
way.

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How well can you swim?

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But seriously, we have no choice. They
have our dam and no force on Earth can

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stop them now.

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Let's see, 15 % of... Arthur, onward!

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Oh, just keep the change.

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Seconds from now, the mayor will hand
over a briefcase containing 10 million

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municipal dollars, the biggest ransom
ever paid in the city's history.

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They must have gotten their money.

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They got their money and they're still
going to blow up the dam.

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Oh, no fair.

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Okay, idea man, what's the big idea?

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Well, we thought we'd steal a lot of
money, and then we'd be rich, and we

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wouldn't have to work anymore.

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You cads!

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Now turn off your bomb!

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We can't. Once it's activated, it can't
be shut off.

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What are you doing?

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Shh! I'm defusing it.

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Guns and superheroes don't mix.

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Seek professional help.

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My goodness!

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I'm a walking time bomb!

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Get out of my way!

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Why didn't you love me, Mom?

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Guess we saved the city.

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For the moment, yes, my friend. But with
luck, our future holds still more dire

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threats, more perilous plots.

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Wherever villainy rears its great big
head, wherever evil sets its giant, ill

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-smelling foot, you will find the tick.

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Oh, and Arthur is a sidekick.

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Good show.

250
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And yes, my sidekick Arthur. Certainly a
force to be reckoned with.

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And so, may evil beware. And may good
dress warmly and eat plenty of fresh

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vegetables.

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I'm okay.