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* PowerUpFood: When Penny's yo-yo eats a certain food, it can transform into something that will come in handy.
** [[EpicFlail Bowling Burger]]
** [[InstantFlightJustAddSpinning Whirling Wafers]]
** [[OneWheeledWonder Hot Rod Pepper]]
** [[InvincibilityPowerUp Endurian]]

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* PowerUpFood: When Penny's yo-yo eats a certain food, it can temporarily transform into something that will come in handy.
** The Bowling Burger transforms it into a [[EpicFlail Bowling Burger]]
massive wrecking ball]] that can destroy certain walls and ward large groups of pengos.
** The Whirling Wafers cause it to act like a propeller and can send Penny flying up in the air [[InstantFlightJustAddSpinning Whirling Wafers]]
after she spins it around.]]
** [[OneWheeledWonder The Hot Rod Pepper]]
Pepper acts as an upgrade of the Yo Yo's OneWheeledWonder form and can allow Penny to not only go much faster, but also allows her to traverse through dangerous terrain such as lava and water, and [[DrivingUpAWall drive up walls.]]
** Endurian gives Penny [[InvincibilityPowerUp Endurian]]brief invincibility]]. Naturally, it is the rarest power-up in the game and only appears in a couple of levels.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Penny's accidental disrobing of Emperor Eddie at the audition has her immediately declared a felon by Judge Rufus, with Eddie sentencing her to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution ten thousand years]]'' in prison. [[spoiler:Though by the end, Rufus, now recognizing that the incident was caused by unique circumstances instead of being intentional on Penny's part and seeing her aid with Eddie's act, decides to lower the punishment to "One Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service instead.]]

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Penny's accidental disrobing of Emperor Eddie at the audition has her immediately declared a felon by Judge Rufus, with Eddie sentencing her to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution ten thousand years]]'' in prison. [[spoiler:Though by the end, Rufus, now recognizing that the incident was caused by unique circumstances instead of being intentional on Penny's part and seeing her aid with Eddie's act, decides to lower the punishment to "One "one Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service instead.]]



* PsychopathicManchild: Emperor Eddie is childishly temperamental and incredibly petty, ordering Penny to be locked behind bars for thousands of years just because she publicly embarrassed him.

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* PsychopathicManchild: Emperor Eddie is a lighthearted variation of this. He's childishly temperamental and incredibly petty, ordering Penny to be locked behind bars for thousands of years just because she publicly embarrassed him. him.
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* 11thHourSuperpower: For the FinalBoss fight with Emperor Eddie, Taboo enchants Yo-Yo to make the effects of the Bowling Burger and Hot Rod Pepper last indefinitely for the duration of the battle.

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* 11thHourSuperpower: EleventhHourSuperpower: For the FinalBoss fight with Emperor Eddie, Taboo enchants Yo-Yo to make the effects of the Bowling Burger and Hot Rod Pepper last indefinitely for the duration of the battle.

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* 11thHourSuperpower: For the FinalBoss fight with Emperor Eddie, Taboo enchants Yo-Yo to make the effects of the Bowling Burger and Hot Rod Pepper last indefinitely for the duration of the battle.



--> '''Eddie''': Nooo! I can't do it! I'll be a laughingstock!
--> '''Judge Rufus''': Then make your new act a ''comedy''.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During Judge Rufus' speech to Penny at the beginning of his boss fight, he mentions to her that he is going to give her a "formal trial" in light of her appalling criminal record, her serial re-offenses, and her saucy attitude.

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--> '''Eddie''': '''Eddie:''' Nooo! I can't do it! I'll be a laughingstock!
--> '''Judge Rufus''': Rufus:''' Then make your new act a ''comedy''.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During Judge Rufus' speech to Penny at the beginning of his boss fight, he mentions to her that he is going to give her a "formal trial" "[[TrialByCombat formal trial]]" in light of her appalling criminal record, her serial re-offenses, and her saucy attitude.



* BullfightBoss: Emperor Eddie's boss battle has him and Penny over an arena; he will try to charge at you to push you out of the arena, but you can dodge and grab the back of his belt to snap him out.

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* BullfightBoss: Emperor Eddie's boss battle battles (both of them) has him and Penny over an arena; he will try to charge at you to push you out of the arena, but you can dodge and counterattack him to launch him out (you grab the back of his belt to snap him out.out in the first fight, and use a Bowling Burger to knock him out in the second).



* FlameSpewerObstacle: In scene 4, there are flame emitters. Some emit flames periodically, others constantly.

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* FlameSpewerObstacle: In scene 4, 4 and a few others (like Lawburg), there are flame emitters. Some emit flames periodically, others constantly.



* FormerlyFit: Eddie used to be quite the muscular strongman back in the day, as shown in flashbacks to back when [[spoiler:he and Taboo were performing together]]. However, nowadays, he's become incredibly chubby, which is implied to be due to him [[spoiler:falling into depression after Taboo left him]]. He hasn't lost all of his strength, though, as the final boss fight against him shows.

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* FormerlyFit: Eddie used to be quite the muscular strongman back in the day, as shown in flashbacks to back when [[spoiler:he and Taboo were performing together]]. However, nowadays, he's become incredibly chubby, which is implied to be due to him [[spoiler:falling into depression after Taboo left him]]. He hasn't lost all of his strength, though, as the mid-game and final boss fight fights against him shows.



* LethalLavaLand: Both Moltebeno and Lawburg have this aesthetic, the latter mixing the theme with a CourtroomEpisode.



* NonLethalBottomlessPits: Falling off the screen causes Penny to lose 1 hitpoint.

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* NonLethalBottomlessPits: Falling off the screen causes Penny to lose 1 hitpoint.hit point.



** [[OneWheeledWonder Hot rod pepper]]

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** [[OneWheeledWonder Hot rod pepper]]Rod Pepper]]



* PsychopathicManchild: Emperor Eddie in childishly temperamental and incredibly petty, ordering Penny to be locked behind bars for thousands of years just because she publicly embarrassed him.

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* PsychopathicManchild: Emperor Eddie in is childishly temperamental and incredibly petty, ordering Penny to be locked behind bars for thousands of years just because she publicly embarrassed him.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Though Penny is able to make things right with King Eddie by reuniting him with Taboo and helping them to revitalize their act, she and Yo-Yo still evaded arrest and caused quite a bit of mayhem during the game's storyline, so Judge Rufus still assigns her "One Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service to make up for it.]]

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Though Penny is able to make things right with King Emperor Eddie by reuniting him with Taboo and helping them to revitalize their act, she and Yo-Yo still evaded arrest and caused quite a bit of mayhem during the game's storyline, so Judge Rufus still assigns her "One Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service to make up for it.]]]]
* TrialByCombat: Judge Rufus's boss fight is framed as something akin to this, with him telling Penny right before the fight starts that she has the right to ''dodge'' [[ShockAndAwe the lightning storm he's about to send her way]].
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!!TROPES START!

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!!TROPES START! !!''Penny's Big Breakway'' provides examples of:
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* InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt: Blue surfaces with arrows move the player in the direction of the arrow.

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* DoubleJump: Penny can perform a small mid-air somersault with her yo-yo.



* SpringsSpringsEverywhere: White surfaces marked with red outlines mark the places that bounce Penny up higher. The height they can bounce the player varies.

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* SpringsSpringsEverywhere: White surfaces marked with red outlines mark the places that bounce Penny up higher. The height they can bounce the player varies. In scene 5, more realistic looking springboards appear.


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* WaterGeyserVolley: In scene 5, there are water streams that send Penny flying upwards.
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* {{Combos}}: Riding on a yo-yo and doing various moves allows Penny to rack up combo meter, increasing the score.
* ConspicuousElectricObstacle: Electricity emitters appear in scene 3 as an obstacle. Some stay still, others move around.


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* FlameSpewerObstacle: In scene 4, there are flame emitters. Some emit flames periodically, others constantly.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: Judge Rufus technically works for Emperor Eddie, but an argument over the phone they have indicates that Rufus is pretty frustrated with the emperor's immaturity.


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* CardboardPrison: The ninth world starts with Penny actually getting arrested and locked away in prison. However, thanks to her yo-yo's grapple ability and some convenient overhead bars, she can easily escape her cell.


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* PsychopathicManchild: Emperor Eddie in childishly temperamental and incredibly petty, ordering Penny to be locked behind bars for thousands of years just because she publicly embarrassed him.
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* ArtificialStupidity: The penguin guards never heed any surrounding environmental hazards whenever they make a beeline towards Penny.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Judge Rufus and Eddie are arguining on the phone, after the former is finally done with Eddie's selfish reasons to end the Gala just because he's embarassed, the judge says one thing that truly sets him off in both a hilarious and fantastic way.

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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Judge Rufus and Eddie are arguining arguing on the phone, after the former is finally done with Eddie's selfish reasons to end the Gala just because he's embarassed, the judge says one thing that truly sets him off in both a hilarious and fantastic way.
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** [[InvincibilityPowerUp Endurian]]
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Judge Rufus and Eddie are arguining on the phone, after the former is finally done with Eddie's selfish reasons to end the Gala just because he's embarassed, the judge says one thing that truly sets him off in both a hilarious and fantastic way.
--> '''Eddie''': Nooo! I can't do it! I'll be a laughingstock!
--> '''Judge Rufus''': Then make your new act a ''comedy''.
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!!SCENE START!

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!!SCENE !!TROPES START!
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* BullfightBoss: Emperor Eddie's boss battle has him and Penny over an arena, he will try to charge at you to push you out of the arena, so to can dodge and grab the back of his belt to snap him out.

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* BullfightBoss: Emperor Eddie's boss battle has him and Penny over an arena, arena; he will try to charge at you to push you out of the arena, so to but you can dodge and grab the back of his belt to snap him out.



* FelonyMisdemeanor: Her accidental disrobing of Emperor Eddie at the audition has her immediately declared a felon by Judge Rufus, with Eddie sentencing her to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution ten thousand years]]'' in prison. [[spoiler:Though by the end, Rufus, now recognizing that the incident was caused by unique circumstances instead of being intentional on Penny’s part and seeing her aid with Eddie’s act, decides to lower the punishment to "One Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service instead]].
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Once Judge Rufus realizes that Yo-Yo is the true culprit, he offers Penny the chance to go back to her life as an innocent and free woman in exchange for the yo-yo. Penny does consider this, but after Rufus tries to snap Yo-Yo's string and take away it’s magical abilities after deeming it a destructive threat, she ultimately chooses him over her freedom.
* FormerlyFit: Eddie used to be quite the muscular strongman back in the day, as shown in flashbacks to back when [[spoiler:he and Taboo were performing together]]. However, nowadays, he's become incredibly chubby, which is implied to be due to him [[spoiler:falling into depression after Taboo left him]]. He hasn't lost all of his strength though, as the final boss fight against him shows.

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Her Penny's accidental disrobing of Emperor Eddie at the audition has her immediately declared a felon by Judge Rufus, with Eddie sentencing her to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution ten thousand years]]'' in prison. [[spoiler:Though by the end, Rufus, now recognizing that the incident was caused by unique circumstances instead of being intentional on Penny’s part and seeing her aid with Eddie’s act, decides to lower the punishment to "One Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service instead]].
instead.]]
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Once Judge Rufus realizes that Yo-Yo is the true culprit, he offers Penny the chance to go back to her life as an innocent and free woman in exchange for the yo-yo. Penny does consider this, but after Rufus tries to snap Yo-Yo's string and take away it’s its magical abilities after deeming it a destructive threat, she ultimately chooses him over her freedom.
* FormerlyFit: Eddie used to be quite the muscular strongman back in the day, as shown in flashbacks to back when [[spoiler:he and Taboo were performing together]]. However, nowadays, he's become incredibly chubby, which is implied to be due to him [[spoiler:falling into depression after Taboo left him]]. He hasn't lost all of his strength strength, though, as the final boss fight against him shows.



** Eddie is the King of all of Vanillatown, and Mr. Q states that he used to be a much more fair and forgiving ruler and flashbacks show him to be in very good shape as well. However, after [[spoiler:he and Taboo split up, he and his act both fell through the cracks, with him falling into a depressive state and gaining quite a bit of weight since that time. What's more, doing the exact same act of lifting heavy things on stage with no updates to the act or any new ones over the years has gradually hurt his subject's opinion of him, which has only given him a bruised ego, some latent insecurities, and a much bigger habit of lashing out at people like Penny.]]

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** Eddie is the King of all of Vanillatown, and Mr. Q states that he used to be a much more fair and forgiving ruler and flashbacks show him to be in very good shape as well. However, after [[spoiler:he and Taboo split up, he and his act both fell through the cracks, with him falling into a depressive state and gaining quite a bit of weight since that time. What's more, doing the exact same act of lifting heavy things on stage with no updates to the act or any new ones over the years has gradually hurt his subject's subjects' opinion of him, which has only given him a bruised ego, some latent insecurities, and a much bigger habit of lashing out at people like Penny.]]Penny]].
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''Penny's Big Breakaway'' is a 3D PlatformGame released for the Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, Platform/NintendoSwitch, and PC via {{Platform/Steam}} in February 21, 2024. It is the debut game for Evening Star Studios led by Christian Whitehead, one of the star developers of ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', and published by Private Division.

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''Penny's Big Breakaway'' is a 3D PlatformGame released for the Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, Platform/NintendoSwitch, and PC via {{Platform/Steam}} in February 21, 2024. It is the debut game for Evening Star Studios led by Christian Whitehead, one of the star developers of ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', and published by Creator/TakeTwoInteractive's Private Division.
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* PowerUpFood: When Penny's yo-yo eats food like the bowling burger, it can transform into something that will come in handy.

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* PowerUpFood: When Penny's yo-yo eats food like the bowling burger, a certain food, it can transform into something that will come in handy.handy.
** [[EpicFlail Bowling Burger]]
** [[InstantFlightJustAddSpinning Whirling Wafers]]
** [[OneWheeledWonder Hot rod pepper]]

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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Penny ends up befriending Shelia -- who hated and fought Penny due to her inadvertently ruining her chance at the audition by cutting in line -- after she fixes her submarine during her boss fight.

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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Penny ends up befriending Shelia Sheila -- who hated and fought was angry at Penny due to her inadvertently ruining her chance at the audition by cutting in line -- after she fixes her submarine during her boss fight.


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* UnknownRival: Sheila to Penny. Penny cut her way to the front of the audition line right before Sheila was about to go and barely notices her. Needless to say, once Sheila meets Penny again and recognizes her, she's far from happy.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Taboo and Eddie used to be co-performers together. However, {{creative differences}} stemming from Eddie becoming tired of Taboo's act and vice versa would cause the two to fight and split apart. They would get back together in the final boss.]]

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Taboo and Eddie used to be co-performers together. However, {{creative differences}} creative differences stemming from Eddie becoming tired weary of Taboo's Taboo constantly changing their act and vice versa Taboo becoming weary of him being weary would cause the two to fight and split apart. They would get back together in the final boss.]]
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* ClearMyName: As shown in the trailer, the whole plot is about Penny wanting to prove her innocence, after her yo-yo made a fool of Emperor Eddie.

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* ClearMyName: As shown in the trailer, the whole plot is about Penny wanting to prove her innocence, after her yo-yo made a fool of Emperor Eddie. [[spoiler:She sort of succeeds at the end, but she still gets assigned to community service for the mayhem she accidentally caused, to say nothing of the fact that she spent the whole game evading arrest.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: For the crime of accidentally disrobing him in public, Emperor Eddie orders Penny to be locked away for ''ten thousand years''. [[spoiler:By the end, Rufus acknowledges that it was an overreaction to what was a unique set of circumstances and lowers Penny's punishment to "One Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service.]]
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* LonelyAtTheTop: The case for both [[spoiler:Eddie and Taboo]]:
** Eddie is the King of all of Vanillatown, and Mr. Q states that he used to be a much more fair and forgiving ruler and flashbacks show him to be in very good shape as well. However, after [[spoiler:he and Taboo split up, he and his act both fell through the cracks, with him falling into a depressive state and gaining quite a bit of weight since that time. What's more, doing the exact same act of lifting heavy things on stage with no updates to the act or any new ones over the years has gradually hurt his subject's opinion of him, which has only given him a bruised ego, some latent insecurities, and a much bigger habit of lashing out at people like Penny.]]
** [[spoiler:Taboo, for her part, may have managed to reach true creative freedom and cosmic enlightenment to hone her craft with at her mountaintop home among the stars, but as she herself admits, such a life of solitude and empty sands can really make a person lonely. Even her offer to have Penny stay with her and train her own act under her wing is implied to be more about finally giving her someone else to talk to and perform with again than just giving Penny a place to hide out from the cops.]]

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Her accidental disrobing of Emperor Eddie at the audition has her immediately declared a felon by Judge Rufus, with Eddie sentencing her to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution ten thousand years]]'' in prison.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Once Judge Rufus realizes that Yo-Yo is the true culprit, he offers Penny the chance to go back to her life as an innocent and free woman in exchange for the yo-yo. Penny does consider this, but after Rufus tries to destroy Yo-Yo, she ultimately chooses him over her freedom.

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Her accidental disrobing of Emperor Eddie at the audition has her immediately declared a felon by Judge Rufus, with Eddie sentencing her to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution ten thousand years]]'' in prison.
prison. [[spoiler:Though by the end, Rufus, now recognizing that the incident was caused by unique circumstances instead of being intentional on Penny’s part and seeing her aid with Eddie’s act, decides to lower the punishment to "One Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service instead]].
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Once Judge Rufus realizes that Yo-Yo is the true culprit, he offers Penny the chance to go back to her life as an innocent and free woman in exchange for the yo-yo. Penny does consider this, but after Rufus tries to destroy Yo-Yo, snap Yo-Yo's string and take away it’s magical abilities after deeming it a destructive threat, she ultimately chooses him over her freedom.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Though Penny is able to make things right with King Eddie by reuniting him with Taboo and helping them to revitalize their act, she and Yo-Yo still evaded arrest and caused quite a bit of mayhem during the game's storyline, so Judge Rufus still assigns her "One Whirling Wafer's worth" of community service to make up for it.]]
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->''Ready, set, YO!''

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->''Ready, set, ->''Ready. Set. YO!''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Don't break a leg, Breakaway!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Don't [[{{Pun}} break a leg, leg]], Breakaway!]]

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->''Ready, set, YO!''
-->-- '''Main/{{Tagline}}'''



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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Don't break a leg, Breakaway!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Don't [[caption-width-right:350:Don't break a leg, Breakaway!]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Don't break a leg, Breakaway!]]'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Don't [[caption-width-right:350:''[[Don't break a leg, Breakaway!]]'']]
Breakaway!]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Ready. Set. YO!]]'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Ready. Set. YO!]]'']]
Don't break a leg, Breakaway!]]'']]

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