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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:The aliens want all the cats because the cute videos have won them over, only to find out that those videos omit all of the more trying aspects of cat ownership.]]

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor / DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:The aliens want all the cats because the cute videos have won them over, only to find out that those videos omit all of the more trying aspects of cat ownership.ownership. Which could have been avoided if they had checked Website/Wikipedia or at least a pet care site.]]



* CunningLinguist / ADegreeInUseless: Mr. Donovin. He can't use his doctorate anywhere, so he works at the vet.

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* CunningLinguist / ADegreeInUseless: Mr. Donovin.Donavin. He can't use his doctorate anywhere, so he works at the vet.



* TheMenInBlack: Two come for Mr. Donovin, when the government needs his assistance.

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* TheMenInBlack: Two come for Mr. Donovin, Donavin, when the government needs his assistance.
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* CuteKitten: [[spoiler:The aliens want ''all'' of them!]]

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* CuteKitten: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler:CuteKitten: The aliens want ''all'' of them!]]
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* TheCameo: Creator/{{Phelous}}, [[TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]], ObscurusLupa, and Mike Dodd appear as PopVox interviewees during a news broadcast.

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* TheCameo: Creator/{{Phelous}}, WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, [[TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]], ObscurusLupa, and Mike Dodd appear as PopVox VoxPops interviewees during a news broadcast.



* PopVox: See TheCameo, above.

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* PopVox: VoxPops: See TheCameo, above.

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Cat-based spoilers! Keep in mind that that\'s supposed to be a twist.


* [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]]'s ''Dragged In'', about a hapless lingual expert recruited to decode a FirstContact message, can be seen [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-6619272 here]]. The teaser trailer is [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-teaser-6614875 here]].



* [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]]'s ''Dragged In'', which is the sad story of a true ''cat''astrophe, can be seen [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-6619272 here]]. The teaser trailer is [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-teaser-6614875 here]].



* CunningLinguist / ADegreeInUseless: Mr. Donovin. He can't use his doctorate anywhere so he works at the vet.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:The aliens want all the cats because the cute videos have won them over, only to find out that those videos omit all of the more trying aspects of cat ownership.]]
* TheCameo: Creator/{{Phelous}}, [[TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]], ObscurusLupa, and Mike Dodd appear as PopVox interviewees during a news broadcast.
* CunningLinguist / ADegreeInUseless: Mr. Donovin. He can't use his doctorate anywhere anywhere, so he works at the vet.



* HurricaneOfPuns: Most NewsBroadcast consist of cat puns of varying painfulness.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: But the aliens care nothing for it fortunately.
* LiteralMinded: The MIB's.

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* HurricaneOfPuns: Most NewsBroadcast consist of cat [[spoiler:cat]] puns of varying painfulness.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: But the aliens care nothing for it fortunately.
it, fortunately.
* LiteralMinded: The MIB's.MIB[=s=].


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* PopVox: See TheCameo, above.
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* CunningLinguist: Mr. Donovin. He can't use it anywhere so he works at the vet, though.

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* CunningLinguist: CunningLinguist / ADegreeInUseless: Mr. Donovin. He can't use it his doctorate anywhere so he works at the vet, though.vet.



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* [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]]'s ''Dragged In'', which appears to be about some manner of disaster, can be seen [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-6619272 here]]. The teaser trailer is [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-teaser-6614875 here]].

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* [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]]'s ''Dragged In'', which appears to be about some manner is the sad story of disaster, a true ''cat''astrophe, can be seen [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-6619272 here]]. The teaser trailer is [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-teaser-6614875 here]].


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* AliensStealCable: Or Internet in this case.
* CunningLinguist: Mr. Donovin. He can't use it anywhere so he works at the vet, though.
* CuteKitten: [[spoiler:The aliens want ''all'' of them!]]
* FirstContact: This is a sad sad story of one.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Most NewsBroadcast broadcasts consist of cat puns of varying painfulness.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: But the aliens care nothing for it fortunately.
* LiteralMinded: The MIB's.
* TheMenInBlack: Two come for Mr. Donovin, when the government needs his assistance.
* NewsBroadcast: Most of the story is told through these.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: Carl claims the huge breasts on his female avatar are the only option immediately after adjusting them from the default to as large as possible, which Jessica calls him on.
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* [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]]'s ''Dragged In'', which appears to be about some manner of disaster, has yet to be released. The teaser trailer is [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-teaser-6614875 here]].

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* [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]]'s ''Dragged In'', which appears to be about some manner of disaster, has yet to can be released.seen [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-6619272 here]]. The teaser trailer is [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-teaser-6614875 here]].
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'''''The Uncanny Valley''''' is the [[MilestoneCelebration 5th Anniversary special]] of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Rather than the usual MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, ''Valley'' is a collection of five shorts, hosted by The Webmaster, as played by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]]. It is planned to run on the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses from July 23rd to the 28th, 2013.

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'''''The Uncanny Valley''''' is the [[MilestoneCelebration 5th Anniversary special]] of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Rather than the usual MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, ''Valley'' is a collection of five shorts, hosted by The Webmaster, as played by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]]. It is planned to run on the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses site from July 23rd to the 28th, 2013.
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'''''The Uncanny Valley''''' is the 5th Anniversary special of [[http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]], which, this time, is a collection of five shorts, hosted by The Webmaster, as played by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]]. It is planned to run on the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses from July 23rd to the 28th, 2013.

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'''''The Uncanny Valley''''' is the [[MilestoneCelebration 5th Anniversary special special]] of [[http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]], which, this time, Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Rather than the usual MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, ''Valley'' is a collection of five shorts, hosted by The Webmaster, as played by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]]. It is planned to run on the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses from July 23rd to the 28th, 2013.

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'''''The Uncanny Valley''''' is the 5th Anniversary special of [[http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]], which, this time, is a collection of 5 shorts, hosted by The Webmaster, as played by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]]. It is planned to run on the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses from July 23rd to the 28th, 2013.

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'''''The Uncanny Valley''''' is the 5th Anniversary special of [[http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]], which, this time, is a collection of 5 five shorts, hosted by The Webmaster, as played by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]]. It is planned to run on the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses from July 23rd to the 28th, 2013.



* ThePilot: ''The Reviewers'' short serves as a potential pilot for a new series by Brad Jones and his crew.


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* StrawFeminist: Jessica calls one of the male friends a chauvinist for expecting her to go get him a drink, but gigglingly tries to comply with Jimbroth's request of the same.

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* StrawFeminist: Jessica calls one of the male friends a chauvinist for expecting her to go get him a drink, but gigglingly tries to comply with Jimbroth's request of the same.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out what happened to the little girl who Jimbroth "rescued" from a school bus and got drunk on hard cider. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Carl when he belatedly remembers her.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: The boss takes an instant liking to Jimbroth after the latter tackles him to defend Carl, and shows complete disdain for the rest of the office when they freak out about it. "We're men, this is ''what we do''. He gave me a challenge, and we fought."


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* RealMenCanCook: Jimbroth can cook because Carl spent hours leveling his cooking instead of actually learning how to do it himself.
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The shorts are:

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The shorts are:shorts:
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* Creator/DougWalker's ''Dragonbored'', about a man who's video game character enters the real world and takes over his life, can be seen [[[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/40048-the-uncanny-valley-dragonbored here]]. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/dragonbored-6614224 here]].

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* Creator/DougWalker's ''Dragonbored'', about a man who's video game character enters the real world and takes over his life, can be seen [[[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/40048-the-uncanny-valley-dragonbored here]]. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/dragonbored-6614224 here]].

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Consolidating everything. Those synopsi can be corrected as the videos go up; hopefully I don\'t turn out to have been too far off the mark.


'''''The Uncanny Valley''''' is the 5th Anniversary special of [[http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]], which, this time, is a collection of 5 shorts made by Creator/DougWalker, [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]], [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]], {{Mike J}}eavons and [[WebVideo/{{Welshy}} Mat Williams]], and hosted by The Webmaster, as played by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]].

It is planned to run on the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses site above, from July 23rd to the 28th, 2013. You can watch the trailer for it '''[[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/the-uncanny-valley-6611096 here!]]'''

Trailers for specific shorts have been released:
* The trailer for Williams' ''Darkside of the Internet'' is [[http://blip.tv/welshy/darkside-of-the-internet-trailer-6611426 here]].
* The trailer for Jeavons' ''Internet Dating and Me'' is [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/internet-dating-and-me-trailer-6611439 here]].
* The trailer for Walker's ''Dragonbored'' is [[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/dragonbored-6614224 here]].
* The trailer for Jones' ''The Reviewers'' is [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/the-reviewers-trailer-the-uncanny-valley-6615032 here]]. Behind-the-scenes videos are also available [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/the-reviewers/39190-the-reviewers-behind-the-scenes-meet-space-lancer-steve here]] and [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/the-reviewers/39330-the-reviewers-behind-the-scenes-meet-count-thomas-howell here]].
* The teaser trailer for Thompson's ''Dragged In'' is [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-teaser-6614875 here]].

The films:
* ''Dragonbored'' can be viewed [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/40048-the-uncanny-valley-dragonbored here]]

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'''''The Uncanny Valley''''' is the 5th Anniversary special of [[http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]], which, this time, is a collection of 5 shorts made by Creator/DougWalker, [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]], [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]], {{Mike J}}eavons and [[WebVideo/{{Welshy}} Mat Williams]], and shorts, hosted by The Webmaster, as played by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]].

Bozard]]. It is planned to run on the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses site above, Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses from July 23rd to the 28th, 2013. You can watch the trailer for it '''[[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/the-uncanny-valley-6611096 here!]]'''

Trailers for specific
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* Creator/DougWalker's ''Dragonbored'', about a man who's video game character enters the real world and takes over his life, can be seen [[[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/40048-the-uncanny-valley-dragonbored here]]. The trailer for Williams' ''Darkside of the Internet'' is [[http://blip.tv/welshy/darkside-of-the-internet-trailer-6611426 here]].
* The trailer for Jeavons' ''Internet Dating and Me'' is [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/internet-dating-and-me-trailer-6611439 here]].
* The trailer for Walker's ''Dragonbored'' is [[http://blip.
tv/nostalgiacritic/dragonbored-6614224 here]].
* The trailer for Jones' [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]]' ''The Reviewers'' Reviewers'', about a couple of friends who try to make it big as WebVideo critics, has yet to be released. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/the-reviewers-trailer-the-uncanny-valley-6615032 here]]. Behind-the-scenes videos here]], and behind-the-scenes featurettes are also available [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/the-reviewers/39190-the-reviewers-behind-the-scenes-meet-space-lancer-steve here]] and [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/the-reviewers/39330-the-reviewers-behind-the-scenes-meet-count-thomas-howell here]].
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* The teaser trailer for Thompson's [[WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy Leo Thompson]]'s ''Dragged In'' In'', which appears to be about some manner of disaster, has yet to be released. The teaser trailer is [[http://blip.tv/thatscifiguy/dragged-in-teaser-6614875 here]].

here]].
* {{Mike J}}eavons' ''Internet Dating and Me'', a documentary about Jeavons' dating-site-instigated date with a fan, has yet to be released.
The films:
trailer is [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/internet-dating-and-me-trailer-6611439 here]].
* ''Dragonbored'' [[WebVideo/{{Welshy}} Mat Williams]]' ''Darkside of the Internet'', a documentary about how people interact with the web, has yet to be released. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/welshy/darkside-of-the-internet-trailer-6611426 here]].

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can be viewed [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/40048-the-uncanny-valley-dragonbored here]]
watch the trailer for the whole event '''[[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/the-uncanny-valley-6611096 here!]]'''
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved Jessica's response to the {{Squick}} part of the aforementioned BreadEggsMilkSquick, although she was possibly teasing Carl at the time. [[spoiler: The ending heavily implies this was a rousing success.]]

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* ICanChangeMyBeloved ICanChangeMyBeloved: Jessica's response to the {{Squick}} part of the aforementioned BreadEggsMilkSquick, although she was possibly teasing Carl at the time. [[spoiler: The ending heavily implies this was a rousing success.]]
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved Jessica's response to the {{Squick}} part of the aforementioned BreadEggsMilkSquick, although she was possibly teasing Carl at the time.

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* ICanChangeMyBeloved Jessica's response to the {{Squick}} part of the aforementioned BreadEggsMilkSquick, although she was possibly teasing Carl at the time. [[spoiler: The ending heavily implies this was a rousing success.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Carl's general stance on everything. Lampshaded by Jessica, when he complained about the ''strip'' game, which she freely admitted wasn't her brightest idea.
-->'''Carl''': When did you ever strip for me?
-->'''Jessica''': Two weeks ago.
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* StayInTheKitchen: At the drunken strip poker game, Jessica gets creeped on by the guys and is told to get them a beer.

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* StayInTheKitchen: At the drunken strip poker ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' game, Jessica gets creeped on by the guys and is told to get them a beer.
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* IAteWhat / SecretIngredient: Carl and Jessica enjoy the goose that Jimbroth has prepared for them...[[spoiler: until he reveals that the goose was cleaned in their toilet, giving Jessica food poisoning as a result.]]
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* HateSink: Carl is everything wrong with certain gamers, and the story makes it quite clear that it's ''those'' qualities, not his addiction or Jimbroth, that are ruining his life.
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved Jessica's response to the {{Squick}} part of the aforementioned BreadEggsMilkSquick.

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* ICanChangeMyBeloved Jessica's response to the {{Squick}} part of the aforementioned BreadEggsMilkSquick.BreadEggsMilkSquick, although she was possibly teasing Carl at the time.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Carl becomes convinced that finishing the game with a different character will send Jimbroth home.
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Justifying Edit. The joke was still the white guy gets treated as the minority.


** The scene could also be interpreted as him reading the situation exactly right and defaulting to racial language with a guy he's grown close to.
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* HereWeGoAgain: The main story begins with Carl getting a call from Taylin while playing (to remind him of an important assignment and asking how he feels because he allegedly was ill). Ends with Jimbroth getting a "call" from Carl because [[spoiler:he keeps dying in-game and [[WhoWritesThisCrap demands to know, who the hell the player is]]. Turns out that Jimbroth lent the game to Taylin, who didn't came to work because he is ''allegedly'' sick. "[[LampshadeHanging I suspect, that might not be true.]]"]]
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** The scene could also be interpreted as him reading the situation exactly right and defaulting to racial language with a guy he's grown close to.
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* MeaningfulRename: Jimbroth changes his name to "Jimbo" after LeBron tells him to disregard Carl as his master and be his own person, citing Jimbroth as his "slave name."

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* [[spoiler: MeaningfulRename: Jimbroth changes his name to "Jimbo" after LeBron [=LeBron=] tells him to disregard Carl as his master and be his own person, citing Jimbroth as his "slave name.""]]
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*MeaningfulRename: Jimbroth changes his name to "Jimbo" after LeBron tells him to disregard Carl as his master and be his own person, citing Jimbroth as his "slave name."

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