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  • Who is it that finally kills The Duke? The formerly-milquetoast President of the United States. Complete with an awesome Ironic Echo, too.
  • Snake's victory against the Giant Mook in the ring. The guy is twice Snake's size, and Snake has been limping since he was shot in the leg with an arrow. He finally sees his chance and hits his opponent in the stomach with his spiked club, and then again in the back of the head! And the previously hostile crowd goes wild! "SNAKE, SNAKE, SNAKE, SNAKE!!!"
  • "Snake Plissken? I heard of you. I heard you were dead."
  • The president announces that he has something to share in the spirit of peace. Cue the tape playing "Bandstand Boogie", while the camera cuts to Snake tearing up the tape with the data on nuclear fusion.

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