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** A single phrase from Maou, "Never mind!" (気にするな) turned [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg Episode 47]] into the one episode Chargeman Ken fans normally think out when they hear about him.


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* WhatAnIdiot: Maou is notorious for this. In Episode 47, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg&t=1m3s a Jural comes up to him,]] wanting to talk with Maou regarding Chargeman Ken.
** '''You'd Expect:''' Maou, noting that Ken is ''very'' good at killing Jurals, decides to listen to one of his loyal soldiers.
** '''Instead:''' "[[MemeticMutation Never mind!]]".
** '''Then:''' The Jural reasonably explains that Ken has killed lots of their brethren and prevented them from carrying out the invasion of Earth as Maou planned. Maou ''[[TooDumbToLive says that Chargeman Ken is insignificant and says that the Jural should not be concerned about him,]]'' after which Maou sends out the X-Corps to attack an airport.
** '''The Result:''' Ken defeats the Juralian spaceships and slaughters (presumably) the entire X-Corps.
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* LostInMediasRes: The very first episode. No explanation whatsoever is given as to what the Juralians are, why they want to conquer the world, or where Ken got his powers.
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woop, wasn't finished. Sorry.


* SelfFanservice: Fairly common in the fandom, and not just in RuleThirtyFour. Aged up versions of Caron and Yuuichi

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* SelfFanservice: Fairly common in the fandom, and not just in RuleThirtyFour. Aged up versions of Caron and YuuichiYuuichi ([[{{Lolicon}} or even their usual selves]]) are especially prominent in this respect. And then there's [[HotForTeacher Ms. Nagisa...]] Though she and other characters like Hoshi, who were meant to look good but didn't due to OffModel animation, can be considered a subversion.



* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It's targeted towards children, but has blood, violence towards children (including a sister almost stabbing her brother), animal death and more than one onscreen suicide, all handled in a very juvenile way.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It's targeted towards children, but has blood, violence towards children (including a sister almost stabbing her brother), animal death and more than one onscreen on-screen suicide, all handled in a very juvenile way.

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It's not invariably. The "you'll start fires everyday from now on" mobsters were not hot.


* EvilIsSexy: The Jurals' human disguises end up ''invariably'' handsome or hot.

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* EvilIsSexy: The Jurals' human disguises pretty much always end up ''invariably'' handsome or hot.



* SelfFanservice: Fairly common in the fandom, and not just in RuleThirtyFour. Aged up versions of Caron and Yuuichi



* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It's targeted towards children, but has blood, violence towards children, animal death and more than one onscreen suicide, all handled in a very juvenile way.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It's targeted towards children, but has blood, violence towards children, children (including a sister almost stabbing her brother), animal death and more than one onscreen suicide, all handled in a very juvenile way.
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* OneSceneWonder: Many, many characters, up to and including, but not limited to: [[http://i.imgur.com/eLrST.png the Chinese delivery man]] in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHaKbrl18Vc Episode 29]], [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsk9mg20a01qkhirao1_500.png the mentally disturbed, muscular man in a bra]] from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5Xh8b7V74 Episode 23]], [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/chargeman-ken/images/6/67/Hitomi2.png Hitomi]], a girl [[spoiler: and Maou-sama's disguise]] who appears in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTTl2GhupNE Episode 10]], and [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/chargeman-ken/images/b/b5/Matsumoto.png Mr. Matsumoto]], an agricultural complex worker from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWQV092KYlo Episode 62.]]
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* ValuesDissonance: The villain in Episode 23 commits suicide. This isn't so bad back then, but is downright unthinkable to depict in a children's anime today, given Japan's notoriously high suicide rate.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It's targeted towards children, but has blood, violence towards children, animal death and more than one onscreen suicide, all handled in a very juvenile way.
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* EvilIsSexy: The Jurals' human disguises end up ''invariably'' handsome or hot.
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* {{The Woobie}}: X-6, oh so much. [[VillainousBreakdown Suffers an emotional breakdown over a kid who saved her]]? Check. Berated and [[ATasteOfTheLash whipped]] into submission by Maou-sama and his cronies? Check. [[spoiler: Is killed for treason?]] Double check!
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* ItWasHisSled: In the fandom, it is pretty much well-known that [[spoiler: [[{{Bishonen}} Hoshi]] and many, many other one-shot characters are Jurals.]]
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* FridgeHorror: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnnEUd3iMis Episode 37]] has a plane hijacking. ''Everyone'', except Ken, his family and the hijackers, turn out to be Jurals. If you take the other episodes into account, that pretty much means that they ''infiltrated human society''. And now imagine being [[TheHero Ken Izumi]], [[ParanoiaFuel who is target number one for these Jurals.]]

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* FridgeHorror: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnnEUd3iMis Episode 37]] has a plane hijacking. ''Everyone'', except Ken, his family and the hijackers, turn out to be Jurals. If you take the other episodes into account, that pretty much means that they ''infiltrated human society''. And now imagine being [[TheHero Ken Izumi]], [[ParanoiaFuel who is target number one for these Jurals.[[{{Fridge/Chargeman Ken}} Seen here.]]
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* FriendlyFandoms: Crossovers with {{VideoGame/Touhou}} are so common that they have their own tag on Website/NicoNicoDouga, 東方充電男[[notelabel:translation]](Touhou Juuden Otoko, including a BlindIdiotTranslation of Chargeman into "Electric Charge Boy")[[/note]], with nearly 600 videos.

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* FriendlyFandoms: Crossovers with {{VideoGame/Touhou}} are so common that they have their own tag on Website/NicoNicoDouga, 東方充電男[[notelabel:translation]](Touhou 東方充電男[[note]](Touhou Juuden Otoko, including a BlindIdiotTranslation of Chargeman into "Electric Charge Boy")[[/note]], with nearly 600 videos.

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* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[note]] (and therefore tolerated most of the time)[[/note]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out [[{{Lolicon}} Shotacon]].



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg Episode 47:]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Maou's speech to his fellow Jurals, and his talks about how Jurals are mightier than the humans.]]



* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[note]] (and therefore tolerated most of the time)[[/note]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out [[{{Lolicon}} Shotacon]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg Episode 47:]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Maou's speech to his fellow Jurals, and his talks about how Jurals are mightier than the humans.]]



* FriendlyFandoms: Crossovers with {{VideoGame/Touhou}} are so common that they have their own tag on Website/NicoNicoDouga, 東方充電男[[notelabel:translation]](Touhou Juuden Otoko, including a BlindIdiotTranslation of Chargeman into "Electric Charge Boy")[[/note]], with nearly 600 videos.





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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg Episode 47:]] [[PuttingOnTheReich Maou's speech to his fellow Jurals, and his talks about how Jurals are mightier than the humans.]]

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg Episode 47:]] [[PuttingOnTheReich [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Maou's speech to his fellow Jurals, and his talks about how Jurals are mightier than the humans.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg Episode 47:]] Maou's speech to his fellow Jurals.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg Episode 47:]] [[PuttingOnTheReich Maou's speech to his fellow Jurals.Jurals, and his talks about how Jurals are mightier than the humans.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-jNE5ZKCg Episode 47:]] Maou's speech to his fellow Jurals.


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* FridgeHorror: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnnEUd3iMis Episode 37]] has a plane hijacking. ''Everyone'', except Ken, his family and the hijackers, turn out to be Jurals. If you take the other episodes into account, that pretty much means that they ''infiltrated human society''. And now imagine being [[TheHero Ken Izumi]], [[ParanoiaFuel who is target number one for these Jurals.]]
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* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[note]] (and therefore tolerated most of the time)[[/note]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.
* FountainOfMemes: The amount of videos uploaded to NicoNicoDouga and Website/YouTube (although most if not all of the YT videos are re-uploads of the fansubs for accessibility) and fanart devoted to the series just keeps increasing. For the more traditional meaning of meme, many lines have mutated in Japan. Here are some examples:

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* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[note]] (and therefore tolerated most of the time)[[/note]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.
[[{{Lolicon}} Shotacon]].
* FountainOfMemes: The amount of videos uploaded to NicoNicoDouga Website/NicoNicoDouga and Website/YouTube (although most if not all of the YT videos are re-uploads of the fansubs for accessibility) and fanart devoted to the series just keeps increasing. For the more traditional meaning of meme, many lines have mutated in Japan. Here are some examples:
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* UnfortunateImplications: Abundant, but especially in the episode where Ken pretends to be mentally ill. The words and actions of the characters (especially Ken's father, who comes off as extremely bigoted on the subject) make Earth out to be an awful dystopia, judging by the treatment of prisoners and mental patients.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Abundant, but especially in the episode where Ken pretends to be mentally ill. The words and actions of the characters (especially Ken's father, who comes off as extremely bigoted on the subject) make Earth out to be an awful dystopia, judging by the treatment of prisoners and mental patients.
** Actually, the majority of things Ken says and/or does count.

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* SoBadItsGood: The animation is godawful even by mid-70's standards. Recording quality is bathroom level; 80% of sound effects are missing (including Ken's own laser gun). The pacing is horrendous; episodes can and do switch from too-quick to sluggish on a dime. Finally, the "hero" is a certified jackass. This show is terrible. And it's ''glorious''.

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* SoBadItsGood: The animation is godawful even by mid-70's standards. Recording quality is bathroom level; 80% 95% of sound effects are missing (including Ken's own (Ken's laser gun).gun is often the only exception). The pacing is horrendous; episodes can and do switch from too-quick to sluggish on a dime. Finally, the "hero" is a certified jackass. This show is terrible. And it's ''glorious''.

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* HoYay: Hoshi and Ken in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zxWiGCHx4&feature=related fourth episode]]. [[spoiler: This becomes irrelevant when Hoshi is revealed to be a Jural]].
* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[note]]and therefore tolerated most of the time[[/note]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.
* FountainOfMemes: The amount of videos uploaded to NicoNicoDouga and YouTube (although most, if not all on the latter site are re-uploads for accessibility) and fanart devoted to the series just keeps increasing. For the more traditional meaning of meme, many lines have mutated in Japan. Here are some examples:

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* HoYay: Hoshi and Ken in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zxWiGCHx4&feature=related fourth episode]]. [[spoiler: This becomes irrelevant when Hoshi is revealed to be a Jural]].
* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[note]]and PlayedForLaughs[[note]] (and therefore tolerated most of the time[[/note]]: time)[[/note]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.
* FountainOfMemes: The amount of videos uploaded to NicoNicoDouga and YouTube Website/YouTube (although most, most if not all on of the latter site YT videos are re-uploads of the fansubs for accessibility) and fanart devoted to the series just keeps increasing. For the more traditional meaning of meme, many lines have mutated in Japan. Here are some examples:



* SoBadItsGood
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** Ken's father's dialogue about the mentally ill is horribly bigoted.
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* SoBadItsGood
HoYay: Hoshi and Ken in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zxWiGCHx4&feature=related fourth episode]]. [[spoiler:This becomes irrelevant when Hoshi is revealed to be a Jural.]]
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SoBadItsGood: The animation is godawful even by mid-70's standards. Recording quality is bathroom level; 80% of sound effects are missing (including Ken's father's dialogue about own laser gun). The pacing is horrendous; episodes can and do switch from too-quick to sluggish on a dime. Finally, the "hero" is a certified jackass. This show is terrible. And it's ''glorious''.
* [[HeAlsoDid They Also Did]]: The show's production studio was Knack. Anyone who watched Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the late 1980s may remember them for ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' anime, which was much better made.
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ill. The words and actions of the characters (especially Ken's father, who comes off as extremely bigoted on the subject) make Earth is a dystopia out to be an awful dystopia, judging by the treatment to of prisoners and mental patients.patients.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Ken's father's dialogue about the mentally ill is horribly bigoted.

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* UnfortunateImplications: UnfortunateImplications:
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Ken's father's dialogue about the mentally ill is horribly bigoted.bigoted.
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* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[hottip:*:and therefore tolerated most of the time]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.

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* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[hottip:*:and PlayedForLaughs[[note]]and therefore tolerated most of the time]]: time[[/note]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.
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See the Main page\'s edit reason. I also decided to change the trope after some refreshing my trope-vocabulary, and this is the closest YMMV trope I could find.

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* CanonDefilement PlayedForLaughs[[hottip:*:and therefore tolerated most of the time]]: Many fanworks make Ken a bigger bastard than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.
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* {{Flanderization}}: Many fanworks turn Ken more chaotic than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.
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* Flanderization: Many fanworks turn Ken more chaotic than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.

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* Flanderization: {{Flanderization}}: Many fanworks turn Ken more chaotic than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.

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I\'d say Hoshi\'s true identity is the least Ass Pulled thing as far as I know - what the hell kind of human would do the famous \"iiEeyy!\"-jump? Also, no sense in counting the amount of videos and pictures.


* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hoshi is extremely popular amoung [MAD] makers, far more than the hero is. Dr. Volga is also very popular; both only appeared in one episode.
* HoYay: Hoshi and Ken in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zxWiGCHx4&feature=related fourth episode]]. [[spoiler: This becomes irrelevant [[AssPull when Hoshi turns into an alien]]]].
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hoshi is and Dr. Volga are extremely popular amoung among [MAD] makers, far more than the hero is. Dr. Volga is also very popular; both Both only appeared appear in one episode.
* Flanderization: Many fanworks turn Ken more chaotic than he is in the actual series. Others make Hoshi go from having some HoYay with Ken to being a full-out {{Shotacon}}.
* HoYay: Hoshi and Ken in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zxWiGCHx4&feature=related fourth episode]]. [[spoiler: This becomes irrelevant [[AssPull when Hoshi turns into an alien]]]].is revealed to be a Jural]].
* MemeticMutation: Over 300 FountainOfMemes: The amount of videos on Nico Nico Douga, 150 remixes on Youtube uploaded to NicoNicoDouga and YouTube (although most, if not all on the latter site are re-uploads for accessibility) and fanart devoted to the series just keeps increasing. For the more than 2500 pictures on Pixiv. Specific traditional meaning of meme, many lines have mutated in Japan:Japan. Here are some examples:



** The episode [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsoaHMOp5uM "Dynamite in the Brain" is the most popular.]]

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** The episode "Dr. Volga, forgive me!" (from the most popular episode, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsoaHMOp5uM "Dynamite in the Brain" is the most popular.]]Brain".]])
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* MemeticMutation: Over 300 videos on Nico Nico Douga and 150 remixes on Youtube. Specific lines have mutated in Japan:

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* MemeticMutation: Over 300 videos on Nico Nico Douga and Douga, 150 remixes on Youtube.Youtube and more than 2500 pictures on Pixiv. Specific lines have mutated in Japan:
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* DesignatedHero: Ken, which is part of why the show is so hilarious. He basically goes around doing horrendous and needlessly cruel things and gets no reprimand or punishment. It's almost like he does stuff like that so often that no one is surprised by it anymore.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hoshi is extremely popular amoung [MAD] makers, far more than the hero is.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hoshi is extremely popular amoung [MAD] makers, far more than the hero is. Dr. Volga is also very popular; both only appeared in one episode.
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* EarWorm: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNP2kGW1Ys4 opening]], which is probably the best thing about the show.

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* EarWorm: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNP2kGW1Ys4 opening]], theme song]], which is probably the best thing about the show.
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* EarWorm: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNP2kGW1Ys4 opening]], which is probably the best thing about the show.


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* HoYay: Hoshi and Ken in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zxWiGCHx4&feature=related fourth episode]]. [[spoiler: This becomes irrelevant [[AssPull when Hoshi turns into an alien]]]].


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