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->The Sequels are what you get if you ask [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Bloody Stupid Johnson]] to write a Franchise/StarWars Sequel Trilogy. Everything you could have wanted from them; Luke Skywalker as a fully developed mentor, a deep and thoughtful protagonist arc, a New Jedi Order and Republic, imposing villains, new planets and fresh takes on old ones, the old gang united for one last ride...all of them are destroyed in the most offensive and disrespectful ways imaginable. In doing so, they have created a Trilogy that throws into sharp relief just how bad storytelling can get...it's like a story about an aircraft crash where everything that possible could go wrong does go wrong. The driver wasn't qualified, the computers were on the fritz, the weight it was carrying was too heavy, the landing gear wouldn't extend properly due to a bird being caught in them at the last moment. It's a disaster, but it's one that's almost fascinating to watch as a cautionary tale of what to avoid, what not to do.
-->--'''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/comments/11jicex/why_the_sequel_trilogy_is_almost_beautiful_feat/ This post]]''' on [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/saltierthancrait]]




->The Sequels are what you get if you ask [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Bloody Stupid Johnson]] to write a Franchise/StarWars Sequel Trilogy. Everything you could have wanted from them; Luke Skywalker as a fully developed mentor, a deep and thoughtful protagonist arc, a New Jedi Order and Republic, imposing villains, new planets and fresh takes on old ones, the old gang united for one last ride...all of them are destroyed in the most offensive and disrespectful ways imaginable. In doing so, they have created a Trilogy that throws into sharp relief just how bad storytelling can get...it's like a story about an aircraft crash where everything that possible could go wrong does go wrong. The driver wasn't qualified, the computers were on the fritz, the weight it was carrying was too heavy, the landing gear wouldn't extend properly due to a bird being caught in them at the last moment. It's a disaster, but it's one that's almost fascinating to watch as a cautionary tale of what to avoid, what not to do.
-->--'''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/comments/11jicex/why_the_sequel_trilogy_is_almost_beautiful_feat/ This post]]''' on [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/saltierthancrait]]
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->The Sequels are what you get if you ask [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Bloody Stupid Johnson]] to write a Franchise/StarWars Sequel Trilogy. Everything you could have wanted from them; Luke Skywalker as a fully developed mentor, a deep and thoughtful protagonist arc, a New Jedi Order and Republic, imposing villains, new planets and fresh takes on old ones, the old gang united for one last ride...all of them are destroyed in the most offensive and disrespectful ways imaginable. In doing so, they have created a Trilogy that throws into sharp relief just how bad storytelling can get...it's like a story about an aircraft crash where everything that possible could go wrong does go wrong. The driver wasn't qualified, the computers were on the fritz, the weight it was carrying was too heavy, the landing gear wouldn't extend properly due to a bird being caught in them at the last moment. It's a disaster, but it's one that's almost fascinating to watch as a cautionary tale of what to avoid, what not to do.
-->--'''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/comments/11jicex/why_the_sequel_trilogy_is_almost_beautiful_feat/ This post]]''' on [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/saltierthancrait]]
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->''"The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Times_Square_car_bombing_attempt Times Square Incident]] wasn't a terrorist attack, it was a Creator/JimCarrey movie. The terrorist locked the keys to the safe house he was going to escape to in the carbomb. And I love that he locked the carbomb. ''"Nobody's getting my iPod."'' Then he left the keys to the carbomb hanging out of the tailgate of the carbomb, and built the carbomb out of fertilizer that wouldn't explode. I have been doing comedy for 25 years and I have never been that funny."''
-->-- '''Creator/ChristopherTitus'''
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'''Crow T. Robot:''' [[Theater/{{Hamlet}} Good night, sweet Hubble. May a flight of angels sing thee to thy rest]]...\\

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'''Crow T. Robot:''' [[Theater/{{Hamlet}} [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Good night, sweet Hubble. May a flight of angels sing thee to thy rest]]...\\



'''All:''' GAH!

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'''All:''' GAH!GAH!\\
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-->'''Mike Nelson:''' (''after mangling and freeing the Hubble Telescope from the Satellite of Love'') Now, to release it... gently... like a sparrow into the night sky...\\
'''Crow T. Robot:''' [[Theater/{{Hamlet}} Good night, sweet Hubble. May a flight of angels sing thee to thy rest]]...\\
(''Hubble floats away a few feet, hangs there... then drops out of frame, complete with snapping wires SFX'')\\
'''All:''' GAH!
(''Hubble soars to Earth and ignites into flames'')\\
'''Crow:''' Oh, ''good one'', Mike!\\
'''Mike:''' [[ArtisticLicenseSpace Well, how could it do that? It couldn't possibly--]]
-->''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie''
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->''"BZZZT! Wrong answer! [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow That's what the kids call 'Epic Fail'.]]"''

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->''"BZZZT! Wrong answer! [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow That's [That's what the kids call 'Epic Fail'.]]"''"''
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-->-- ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

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-->-- ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''
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-->-- '''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', ''Trainwreckords'', "[[Music/KatyPerry Witness]]"

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-->-- '''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', ''Trainwreckords'', "[[Music/KatyPerry Witness]]"'''Habitual Bee''', comment on WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows's ''Trainwreckords'' episode on ''[[Music/KatyPerry Witness]]''
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-> "[upon seeing the [[OvershadowedByControversy infamous]] genital fondling scene from ''Film/ShowDogs''] ...[[FlatWhat Are you]] ''[[FlatWhat kidding]]'' [[FlatWhat me.]] I need to find a new word other than "inept," because the sheer bumbling incompetence is so authentic in its out-and-out idiocy, that I'm find it difficult to even put into words how insulting and inappropriate this is. Not one, not even a ''single one'' of the nitwits who wrote the script, directed the sequences, checked over the dailies of Will Arnett grabbing the dog's puppy-makers, or even anyone who had a passing knowledge of these scenes, thought it was a bad idea to cut it out of the movie."

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-> "[upon seeing the [[OvershadowedByControversy infamous]] genital fondling scene from ''Film/ShowDogs''] ...[[FlatWhat Are you]] ''[[FlatWhat kidding]]'' [[FlatWhat me.]] I "I need to find a new word other than "inept," 'inept,' because the sheer bumbling incompetence is so authentic in its out-and-out idiocy, that I'm find it difficult to even put into words how insulting and inappropriate this is. Not one, not even a ''single one'' of the nitwits who wrote the script, directed the sequences, checked over the dailies of Will Arnett grabbing the dog's puppy-makers, or even anyone who had a passing knowledge of these scenes, thought it that this was a bad idea enough to cut it out of the movie."
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->''"Music/{{INXS}}. [[Music/{{Train}} You]] were trying to sound like INXS. You were trying to emulate one of the sexiest bands of all time, and instead, you wrote "Hey, Soul Sister". You were trying to sound like this... (plays clip from "New Sensation") and instead, you sound like this. (plays clip from "Hey, Soul Sister") My god! That's like if you tried to make scrambled eggs and instead you caught syphilis! How does that level of failure even exist!?"''

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->''"Music/{{INXS}}. [[Music/{{Train}} You]] [Music/{{Train}}] were trying to sound like INXS. You [They] were trying to emulate one of the sexiest bands of all time, and instead, you instead... wrote "Hey, Soul Sister". You were trying to sound like this... (plays clip from "New Sensation") and instead, you sound like this. (plays clip from "Hey, Soul Sister") Sister"... My god! That's like if you tried to make scrambled eggs and instead you caught syphilis! How does that level of failure even exist!?"''
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->"I'm kind of awestruck at how many levels "[[Music/KatyPerry Swish Swish]]" failed on. Imagine failing to outdiss "[[Music/TaylorSwift Bad Blood]]", failing to outflop "[[Music/{{Reputation}} Look What You Made Me Do]]", and failing to outchart both all in one day. That's astounding. Katy got into a fist fight, went for a gut punch only to trip and fall on her own face, and then when she got up, saw that Taylor had fired a cannon into her own face and turned that into a viral video. Katy was just not able to compete on any level."
-->-- '''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', ''Trainwreckords'', "[[Music/KatyPerry Witness]]"

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->"I'm gonna call it a [[CreatorKiller career killer]] anyway, as have most people, because ''Paula'' bombed like nothing else has ever bombed in the history of bombs. We've seen big names fail to debut at #1 and throw public fits about their low numbers, but if they had seen sales as low as ''Paula'''s, they'd melt like [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch]]. If [Music/RobinThicke] ever has a hit again, it'll be a goddamn miracle, because ''Paula'' failed on every level possible. Was supposed to save his marriage and continue the upward momentum of his career, and all it did was firmly end both while cementing everyone's impression of him as a weird, unlikable creep."
-->-- '''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', ''Trainwreckords'', "[[Music/RobinThicke Paula]]"
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-->-- [[Creator/AchievementHunter "Rage Quit"]], VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013''

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-->-- [[Creator/AchievementHunter "Rage Quit"]], VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013''
''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013''
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->''"BZZZT! Wrong answer! [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow That's what the kids call 'Epic Fail'.]]"''
-->-- '''Saul Goodman''', ''Series/BreakingBad''
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I'm gonna risk heavy politics and an R-slur and I apologize for that, but I found this too amusing.

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->THIS IS LIKE IF WE INVADED CUBA AND THEY SUNK AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER
->HOW
->HOW ARE THE RUSSIANS ''THIS'' RETARDED
->WHERE THE FUCK WERE ITS ESCORTS
->WHY THE FUCK WAS IT ALONE
->THIS IS LIKE [[AlmightyIdiot LOVECRAFT ELDER GODS LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCY]]
->A FUCKING SUBSAHARAN AFRICAN WARLORD COULD DO BETTER THAN THIS
->THIS WAS THEIR OPERATIONAL FLAGSHIP
->THE FUCKING LYNCHPIN OF RUSSIAN NAVAL POWER IN THE BLACK SEA
->IT DIDN'T EVEN GOT SUNK BY SOME CUTTING EDGE [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks AMERICAN]] OR [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships BONG]] MISSILE
->IT GOT BUTTFUCKED BY ONE THE UKRAINIANS MADE THEMSELVES
->WHICH THEY APPARENTLY DID BY [[LookBehindYou DISTRACTING THE SHIP WITH A DRONE LIKE A RETARD GETS DISTRACTED BY A BUTTERFLY]]
->''FUCKING''
->'''''HOW'''''
-->-- '''Anonymous [[ImageBoards /k/]] poster''', on the sinking of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Moskva the Moskva]] by Ukrainian missiles
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-->-- '''Luke [=McKinney=]''', "The Creator/DonaldTrump [[http://lukemckinney.net/2014/02/13/the-trump-endurance-experiment/ Endurance Experiment]]" (And now Donald Trump '''''is''' the president''...)

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-->-- '''Luke [=McKinney=]''', "The Creator/DonaldTrump [[http://lukemckinney.net/2014/02/13/the-trump-endurance-experiment/ Endurance Experiment]]" (And now Donald (take into account that Trump '''''is''' eventually managed to '''''become''' the president''...president'' for a while...)



-> "[upon seeing the [[OvershadowedByControversy infamous]] genital fondling scene from ''Film/ShowDogs'']] ...[[FlatWhat Are you]] ''[[FlatWhat kidding]]'' [[FlatWhat me.]] I need to find a new word other than "inept," because the sheer bumbling incompetence is so authentic in its out-and-out idiocy, that I'm find it difficult to even put into words how insulting and inappropriate this is. Not one, not even a ''single one'' of the nitwits who wrote the script, directed the sequences, checked over the dailies of Will Arnett grabbing the dog's puppy-makers, or even anyone who had a passing knowledge of these scenes, thought it was a bad idea to cut it out of the movie."

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-> "[upon seeing the [[OvershadowedByControversy infamous]] genital fondling scene from ''Film/ShowDogs'']] ...''Film/ShowDogs''] ...[[FlatWhat Are you]] ''[[FlatWhat kidding]]'' [[FlatWhat me.]] I need to find a new word other than "inept," because the sheer bumbling incompetence is so authentic in its out-and-out idiocy, that I'm find it difficult to even put into words how insulting and inappropriate this is. Not one, not even a ''single one'' of the nitwits who wrote the script, directed the sequences, checked over the dailies of Will Arnett grabbing the dog's puppy-makers, or even anyone who had a passing knowledge of these scenes, thought it was a bad idea to cut it out of the movie."
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-->-- ''Series/WonderShowzen, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67YfJyc_rew "WinoBot"]]

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-->-- ''Series/WonderShowzen, ''Series/WonderShowzen'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67YfJyc_rew "WinoBot"]]
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->'''Police Captain:''' You rebuilt the wino?!

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->'''Police '''Police Captain:''' You rebuilt the wino?!
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'''Doctor:''' Feast your eyes!\\
(It's revealed that they made [[{{Understatement}} a small mistake]] and rebuilt the wino instead)\\
'''Police Captain:''' You rebuilt the wino?!\\
'''Doctor:''' Most advanced wino ever made!\\
'''Police Captain:''' What about Detective Crunk?!
'''Doctor:''' Oh, you wanted us to rebuild the ''cop''.\\
'''Police Captain:''' Damn it!

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'''Doctor:''' ->'''Doctor:''' Feast your eyes!\\
(It's
eyes!
->(It's
revealed that they made [[{{Understatement}} a small mistake]] and rebuilt the wino instead)\\
'''Police ->'''Police Captain:''' You rebuilt the wino?!\\
'''Doctor:'''
wino?!
->'''Doctor:'''
Most advanced wino ever made!\\
'''Police
made!
->'''Police
Captain:''' What about Detective Crunk?!
'''Doctor:''' ->'''Doctor:''' Oh, you wanted us to rebuild the ''cop''.\\
'''Police
''cop''.
->'''Police
Captain:''' Damn it!
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'''Doctor:''' Feast your eyes!
(It's revealed that they made [[{{Understatement}} a small mistake]] and rebuilt the wino instead)
'''Police Captain:''' You rebuilt the wino?!
'''Doctor:''' Most advanced wino ever made!

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'''Doctor:''' Feast your eyes!
eyes!\\
(It's revealed that they made [[{{Understatement}} a small mistake]] and rebuilt the wino instead)
instead)\\
'''Police Captain:''' You rebuilt the wino?!
wino?!\\
'''Doctor:''' Most advanced wino ever made!made!\\



'''Doctor:''' Oh, you wanted us to rebuild the ''cop''.

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'''Doctor:''' Oh, you wanted us to rebuild the ''cop''.\\
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->(After Detective Crunk and a random drunk guy in an alley get blown up, the doctors attempt to rebuild him...)
'''Doctor:''' Feast your eyes!
(It's revealed that they made [[{{Understatement}} a small mistake]] and rebuilt the wino instead)
'''Police Captain:''' You rebuilt the wino?!
'''Doctor:''' Most advanced wino ever made!
'''Police Captain:''' What about Detective Crunk?!
'''Doctor:''' Oh, you wanted us to rebuild the ''cop''.
'''Police Captain:''' Damn it!
-->-- ''Series/WonderShowzen, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67YfJyc_rew "WinoBot"]]
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-> ''[[[{{Beat}} beat]]]''

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-> ''[[[{{Beat}} beat]]]''''{{Beat}}''





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\n-> "[upon seeing the [[OvershadowedByControversy infamous]] genital fondling scene from ''Film/ShowDogs'']] ...[[FlatWhat Are you]] ''[[FlatWhat kidding]]'' [[FlatWhat me.]] I need to find a new word other than "inept," because the sheer bumbling incompetence is so authentic in its out-and-out idiocy, that I'm find it difficult to even put into words how insulting and inappropriate this is. Not one, not even a ''single one'' of the nitwits who wrote the script, directed the sequences, checked over the dailies of Will Arnett grabbing the dog's puppy-makers, or even anyone who had a passing knowledge of these scenes, thought it was a bad idea to cut it out of the movie."
-->-- '''WebVideo/IHateEverything''', ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5RfnROb-Q Show Dogs (2018) - THe Search for the Worst]]"''

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->'''Emperor''': I roll to charm him as to convince him to let us hide in his carts.\\
'''Magnus''': Right, roll charm skill test.\\
''(The Emperor rolls [[SmashCut and...]])''\\
'''Celestial Shaman Queen''': My child, you look like dung and I hate you. Please let us hide in your carts for WE ARE FUGITIVES!''\\
'''Magnus''': Your rolls are consistently amazing.\\
'''Emperor''': THIS IS WHY CHAOS MUST DIE.
-->--''Tabletop Adventures Special,'' ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice''
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->''You may make mistakes, but at least they're usually not "we can see your mistake from space" bad''
-->-- '''[[https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1374763361200607235 Michael Sheetz]]''', on the Suez Canal grinding to a halt due to a stuck vessel
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-->--'''''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Snapshot 19w38b'''

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-->--'''''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Snapshot 19w38b'''19w38b''', released only a few hours after Snapshot 19w38a.
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-> ''"Fixed bug: Game crashes when breaking a block"''
-->--'''''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Snapshot 19w38b'''
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->'''Black Widow:''' Clint.\\
'''Hawkeye:''' I know--\\
'''Black Widow:''' You have the army after you and no health and you're falling out of a crashing plane.\\
'''Hawkeye:''' I ''know'', Nat.\\
'''Black Widow:''' It's a bass fishing simulator, Clint.\\
'''Hawkeye:''' ''I know!'' It just-- it just ''happens!''
-->--''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' #1

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-> '''Captain Bones''': Why do you insist on fabricating these fibs? There is not an inch of land within our vicinity!

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-> '''Captain Bones''': Why do you insist on fabricating these fibs? There is I do not see not an inch of land within our vicinity!



-> '''Captain Bones''': [looks through telescope] ...That is a cardboard box. You are an absolute dipstick in every sense of the word, and I cannot fathom how you would make a mistake like this.
-> '''Crewmate''': [[InsaneTrollLogic ...I was looking through the wrong end of the telescope.]]

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-> '''Captain Bones''': [looks through telescope] ...That is a cardboard box. You are an absolute dipstick in every sense of the word, and I cannot fathom how you would make a mistake like this.
-> '''Crewmate''': [[InsaneTrollLogic ...I was looking through the wrong end of the telescope.]]
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-> '''Crewmate''': [[InsaneTrollLogic I was looking through the wrong end of the telescope.]]

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-> '''Captain Bones''': [[DestinationDefenestration [hurls the crewmate into the sun]]]

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-> ''[[[{{Beat}} beat]]]''
-> '''Captain Bones''': [[DestinationDefenestration [hurls ''[[[DestinationDefenestration hurls the crewmate into the sun]]]sun]]]''

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