Saturday, May 16, 2020

Comedic Actor Fred Willard, Voice of Pop Pop on 'The Loud House', Passes Away Aged 86

Fred Willard, the comic actor best known to Nickelodeon viewers as the voice of Albert (aka Pop-Pop) on the network's animated series The Loud House, has sadly died aged 86.


Willard, who passed away peacefully on Friday, May 15, is also ,own for his recurring roles on hit comedy series such as Sister Sister, Back to You, Modern Family, Everybody Loves Raymond and Roseanne, and appeared in episodes of Hey Arnold!, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Married with Children, Clueless, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Mad About You, and Family Guy, as well as the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Sh*gged Me.

Master of the mockumentary genre, Willard stood out in ensemble comedies like Best in Show, For Your Consideration and This Is Spinal Tap, as well as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Willard is survived by his wife Mary, his daughter and a grandson.

Below is a selection of obituaries paying tribute to the life and work of Fred Willard.

R.I.P Fred Willard, September 18, 1933 - May 15, 2020

From Variety:

Fred Willard, Actor Known for Comically Dimwitted Characters, Dies at 86

Fred Willard, the comic actor known for his genial but dunderheaded characters, has died. He was 86.

Though most sources reported that he was born in 1939, some asserted that he was actually six years older, with a 1933 birthdate.

Willard was an astonishingly ubiquitous presence especially on TV but also in movies for decades, though almost always in small but memorable roles.

The New York Times said in 2008: “He has become the king of the deadpan cameo, the guy who makes a one-shot appearance as an office manager or furniture salesman and ends up stealing the scene.”

Willard was nominated four times for Emmy Awards, three of them (in 2003, 2004 and 2005) for playing Hank on “Everybody Loves Raymond” and the fourth in 2010 for his recurring role as Frank Dunphy, the father of Ty Burrell’s Phil Dunphy, on “Modern Family.”

In 2015 he won a Daytime Emmy for a story arc as John Forrester on “The Bold and the Beautiful”; he had previously been nominated in 1986 for outstanding talk or service show host for “What’s Hot, What’s Not.”


The actor was long associated with improvisational comedy, going back to his days at Chicago’s Second City in the 1960s and continuing with his small role in Rob Reiner’s documentary-style “This Is Spinal Tap” — in 2015, Harry Shearer declared of Willard’s work on the film: “He’s from another galaxy; you just can’t fathom where this stuff comes from. His energy is overpowering” — and the Christopher Guest-directed comedic mockumentaries “Waiting for Guffman” (1996), “Best in Show” (2000), “A Mighty Wind” (2003), “For Your Consideration” (2006) and 2016’s “Mascots,” in which a great deal of improvisation was utilized. The Detroit Free Press opined in 2014: “ ‘Best in Show,’ with Willard playing a color commentator at a prestigious dog competition, is perhaps the best-loved” in this string of cult hits. The New York Times said that to play the “blissfully ill-informed dog show television announcer in ‘Best in Show,’” Willard “trotted out every inappropriate dog joke and announcing clichΓ© he could muster, drawing rave reviews and reinvigorating his career.” The role “brought a cachet, buoyed by the YouTube and Nick at Night reruns of his old ‘Fernwood Tonight’ appearances, unlike anything Mr. Willard experienced in the first 30 years of his career. He suddenly became cool.”

(Willard’s improv-related activities also included hosting the TV series “Trust Us With Your Life” in 2012 and appearing at the Detroit Improv Festival in 2014.)

The actor’s notable film roles also included Shelby Forthright, the hugely optimistic CEO of the Buy n Large Corporation, in Pixar’s much-beloved “Wall-E” (2008), who is shown only in videos recorded at about the time of the Axiom ’​s initial launch; Ed Harken, the news director of KVWN, in 2004’s “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”; Dr. Willoughby, the medical school dean who interviewed Kal Penn’s Kumar in “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” (2004); and the father of Alyson Hannigan’s Michelle Flaherty in 2003’s “American Wedding” (Roger Ebert said, “Rising to toast the union between his Irish family and the Jewish family of his new in-laws, he brings real warmth and sincerity to his hope that ‘we can sit many happy shivas together’ “).

It really all began for Willard when he played Jerry Hubbard, dimwitted sidekick to Martin Mull’s talk show host Barth Gimble on the wickedly satirical, Norman Lear-created TV series “Fernwood Tonight” and “America 2-night” in 1977 and 1978. These shows were spinoffs from the seminal “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”

Willard and Mull reteamed on the 1985 HBO mockumentary “The History of White People in America,” then were reunited on a 1995 episode of “Roseanne” to play one of the first gay couples on television, and Willard recurred on the show after that.

He was the only human actor — the bartender — on Sid and Marty Krofft’s “D.C. Follies,” a political satire populated with puppets of presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon and reporters Dan Rather and Ted Koppel, among others. The series ran on ABC from 1987-89.

Willard recurred on “Everybody Loves Raymond” from 2003-05 as Hank MacDougall, the father of Monica Horan’s Amy MacDougall-Barone, who eventually becomes the wife of Brad Garrett’s Robert Barone.

He appeared in Christopher Guest’s HBO series “Family Tree” — an attempt to adapt his documentary-style comedy for television — in 2013.

The comic actor made dozens of appearances in sketches on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.”

In interviews Willard did not appear to be someone with lingering regrets, but he admitted that he wished he hadn’t turned down the lead role of Ted Striker (eventually played by Robert Hays) in the hit comedy “Airplane!”

Frederick Charles Willard was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute and the Virginia Military Institute. After a brief tour in the Army in 1962, Willard and friend Vic Greco formed a comedy act that earned them a 1964 appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Willard auditioned successfully alongside Robert Klein for Chicago’s Second City, portraying a nightclub manager and his employee. He was a founding member of the improvisational comedy group Ace Trucking Company; the troupe appeared regularly on ABC variety series “This Is Tom Jones” in 1969.

Willard and Second City colleagues including Robert Klein and David Steinberg appeared Off Broadway in “The Return of the Second City in ‘20,000 Frozen Grenadiers’ ” in 1966. Willard also appeared Off Broadway in 1969 in Jules Feiffer’s hit comedy “Little Murders” (which was adapted into a film) and “Arf/The Great Airplane Snatch,” in which he appeared with Lily Tomlin, among others.

Willard made his film debut in the 1967 exploitation film “Teenage Mother.”

The actor guested on “Get Smart” in 1968, “Love, American Style” in 1970 and “The Bob Newhart Show” in 1975, and he appeared in the feature comedies “Silver Streak,” starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, in 1976 and “Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), starring Jane Fonda and George Segal, but it was on “Fernwood Tonight” and “America 2-Night” that he created the genial, empty-headed and often inappropriate persona with which he remained associated throughout his professional life.

Willard told the New York Times in 2008: “I like to play the guy that has no self-awareness, kind of the likable buffoon who will stick his foot in his mouth and say the wrong thing.”

In 2015 he adapted this persona for use in a series of commercials also starring Jeffrey Tambor for DirecTV in which Willard played the witless head of a cable company that merges with Tambor’s.

Willard sold out the run of his nominally one-man show “Fred Willard: Alone at Last!” (which actually sported a number of other cast members) and led sketch comedy workshop the MoHo Group.

In 2006 Willard starred Off Broadway in “Elvis and Juliet,” an original comedy written by his wife, Mary Willard, about the first meeting of an engaged couple’s families, one of which is a clan of Vegas “tribute artists.”

In 2014 Willard appeared as Cap’n Andy in a semi-staged production of “Showboat” at Lincoln Center that also featured Vanessa Williams, Jane Alexander and the New York Philharmonic.

In addition to wife Mary, Willard is survived by a daughter and grandson.

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From Rolling Stone:

Fred Willard, ‘Best in Show’ and ‘A Mighty Wind’ Actor, Dead at 86

Prolific comic actor was master of mockumentary genre

Fred Willard, ‘Best in Show’ and ‘A Mighty Wind’ Actor, Dead at 86

Prolific comic actor was master of mockumentary genre

Fred Willard seen at the Television Academy's 67th Emmy Daytime Peer Group Celebration at the Montage Beverly Hills on in Beverly Hills, Calif2015 Daytime Programming Peer Group Celebration presented by the Television Academy - Arrivals, Beverly Hills, USA - 26 Aug 2015
Fred Willard, the comic actor who stood out in mockumentaries like 'Best in Show' and 'This Is Spinal Tap,' has died at the age of 86.

Fred Willard, the prolific and beloved comic actor and master of the mockumentary genre who stood out in ensemble comedies like Best in Show, For Your Consideration and This Is Spinal Tap, died Friday at the age of 86.

Willard’s rep Glenn Schwartz confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause of death was natural causes. Willard’s daughter Hope Mulbarger said in a statement, “My father passed away very peacefully last night at the fantastic age of 86 years old. He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end.We loved him so very much! We will miss him forever.”

Jamie Lee Curtis, wife of Willard’s longtime director Christopher Guest, first shared news of the actor’s death.

“How lucky that we all got to enjoy Fred Willard’s gifts,” Curtis tweeted. “He is with his missed Mary now. Thanks for the deep belly laughs Mr. Willard.” Willard’s wife of 40 years, Mary, died in 2018.

Willard is best known for his work in Guest’s comedies — Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, For Your Consideration and A Mighty Wind — as well as scene-stealing moments in This Is Spinal Tap, Anchorman, Austin Powers and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

A veteran of the stage and sketch comedy, Willard made his big-screen debut in a little-seen 1967 film titled Teenage Mother. After a decade of bit parts, Willard landed a role on the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman spinoff Fernwood 2 Night in 1977; the following year Willard hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live with musical guest Devo.

Willard’s work with Guest first began in 1984 when the two appeared onscreen together in Rob Reiner’s groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap in a scene where Willard’s Air Force lieutenant gives the Spinal Tap, including Guest’s Nigel Tufnel, a tour of the military base. Guest would later cast Willard in prominent roles in five mockumentaries he helmed, most recently 2016’s Mascots.

With hundreds of credits over an acting career that spanned over 50 years, Willard built a reputation where he could pop up in any setting — sitcoms (New Girl, Community), cartoons, late-night TV, offbeat comedies (Tim & Eric, Comedy Bang! Bang!, I Think You Should Leave), reality television (The Bachelor and The Bachelorette), game shows, commercials, even soap operas (an Emmy-nominated turn on The Bold and the Beautiful) — and it was not out of character.

Willard will appear posthumously in the upcoming Netflix satirical series Space Force; a testament to his enormous filmography, Willard previously starred in an unrelated 1978 TV movie also titled Space Force, which he lampooned in a 2019 Jimmy Kimmel Live sketch. Kimmel tweeted Saturday, “There was no man sweeter or funnier. We were so lucky to know Fred Willard and will miss his many visits.” Willard was a beloved guest on late-night; in addition to his many Kimmel cameos, a compilation of Willard’s frequent visits to David Letterman’s shows runs for nearly three hours.

Steve Carell, Willard’s cast mate in Anchorman and Space Force, tweeted Saturday, “Fred Willard was the funniest person that I’ve ever worked with. He was a sweet, wonderful man.”

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Sources: @liamogfitz1, Wikipedia.

"Swamp Mates" 🐟 Animatic | 🍍 SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon Animation

"Swamp Mates" 🐟 Animatic | 🍍 SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon Animation


Join the G.O.O.F.S in this side-by-side animatic from the SpongeBob episode, "Swamp Mates"!

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Katara had big snow boots to fill being the last remaining water bender in the Southern Tribe. However, it was only through leaving her tribe and exploring the Four Nations with Aang, Sokka, and Appa that she truly began to master her skills and go beyond the expectations of what it meant to be a waterbender!

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Season 5 SpongeBob Songs Compilation! 🎀 ft. Every Song from "Atlantis SquarePantis"

Season 5 SpongeBob Songs Compilation! 🎀 ft. Every Song from "Atlantis SquarePantis"


TWINKLE TWINKLE PATRICK STAR! Sing along if you know the words to every song from Season 5 of SpongeBob SquarePants, including all of the songs from "Atlantis SquarePantis"!

Song list:
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- Dead Eye 6:43
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- Fueling the Bus 9:09
- Mr. Krabs' Song 10:37
- Sandy's Song 11:43
- Plankton's Song 12:20
- Squidward's Song 12:58
- Back in Encino 14:08
- Good-bye, Atlantis 15:12

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Danger Force Hero Profile: Mika/Shoutout πŸ’₯| Danger Force

Danger Force Hero Profile: Mika/Shoutout πŸ’₯| Danger Force


It's time to take a deep dive into the Danger Force Danger Files and learn more about our super hero subject, Mika (Dana Heath). She goes by Shoutout, is a strong leader, wears a silver suit and much more!

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How to Get from SpongeBob ➡️ to Henry Danger! πŸ€” Connect the Dots | Nickelodeon

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SpongeBob SquarePants and Henry Danger take place in different universes of course. Unless... 😳 It takes a few dozen or so steps, but there actually is a way to Connect the Dots! Let's find out how to get from SpongeBob to Henry Danger.

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The Lincoln & Clyde Friendship Timeline | The Loud House

The Lincoln & Clyde Friendship Timeline | The Loud House


Lincoln and Clyde have been best friends for awhile now which means it’s time for a friendship timeline! Let’s take a look at the best moments starting from when they were only 5 years old.

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OMG Every T@$#le!gh Sketch Ever! | All That

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Finally, every T@$#le!gh All That sketch ever! Enjoy her most ridiculous moments, like at a school dance or the movies with her friends and her crush!

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All Beast-X Mode Morphs in Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2

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Motu Patlu | NEW EPISODES | Mon - Fri Only On Nick | Nickelodeon India

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Travel the world from the comfort of your home? Count me in, bade bhaiyya!

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Victorious | Beck & Tori | Nickelodeon UK


Were Beck (Avan Jogia) and Tori (Victoria Justice) just friends? What would have happened if Jade wasn't in the picture? Bori, to bae, or not to bae, that is the question!

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What Did You Think of the New 'Rise of the TMNT' Episode 'Always Be Brownies; Mystery Meat'? | Nickelodeon Fan Poll

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Nickelodeon Launches 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' YouTube Channel

Just when we need him the most, the Avatar is back! Nickelodeon has today (Friday, May 15) launched the official Avatar: The Last Airbender YouTube channel!


Nickelodeon's new Avatar: The Last Airbender YouTube channel is the ultimate home for all things Avatar! Fans will find the best uncut battles from the series, deep dives into the expansive lore of the world, and the most memorable moments from all of your favorite characters from Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Korra, and more. On top of that, there will be plenty of Legend of Korra, graphic novel features, and even more exciting original content! You don’t need a sky bison to swing on by to the Avatar: The Last Airbender channel every Monday, Friday, and Saturday for new videos!


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Iroh Sings Leaves From the Vine (Little Soldier Boy) πŸƒ| Avatar


We all remember one of the most touching moments in Avatar history–– Iroh singing Leaves From the Vine while mourning the loss of his son, Lu Ten, on his birthday. The emotional weight and beauty of this scene is one aspect (of many) as to why Avatar: The Last Airbender is regarded as such an iconic show. Now, come watch and remember this scene in its original quality.

The news follows Netflix adding Avatar: The Last Airbender to its library.

Created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and airing between 2005 and 2008, the critically-acclaimed Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in world people can manipulate the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air, and they lived peacefully in different regions until one of the nations started a world war. One master who can manipulate all four elements, dubbed the "Avatar," had been able to prevent this war, but disappeared soon after. 100 years later, a new Avatar named Aang awakens and sets out on a journey to master all the elements in order to bring peace to the land once more by defeating Fire Lord Ozai and ending the destructive war with the Fire Nation.

The series managed to be such a hit with fans by combining amazing animated action set pieces with three dimensional interesting characters set in this magical fantasy world.

The animated series originally aired for 61 episodes over three seasons ("Books") originally on Nickelodeon, where it began in February 2005 and concluded in July 2008. The series was nominated for—and won—Annie Awards, Genesis Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Peabody Award.

Its success led to the creation of adjacent consumer products, including video games, and a follow-up series, The Legend of Korra, that returned to the world of Avatar years after Aang’s death to follow Korra, his successor as Avatar. That series ran between 2012-2014. In 2010, the series got its first feature-length film, The Last Airbender.

The stories of both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra have since continued on in graphic novel series.

Netflix will be putting out an Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series from original creators DiMartino and Konietzko sometime in the future, with filming set to begin this year. The streaming giant has said that it plans to stay true to the location and “background heritage” of the animated series after the 2010 film failed to do so.

Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon Home Entertainment released the Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Complete Series 15th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook Collection in February 2020.

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Originally published: Friday, May 15, 2020 at 20.34 BST.

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New SpongeBob Theory Suggests That Bikini Bottom's Flower Clouds Are Actually Oil Pollution from Military Testing

Ah, flower clouds. These colorful flower-shaped clouds can be seen in the Bikini Bottom sky in every episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. But, could they be hiding a sinister secret?


Twitter user @CahayaSakinah_ has come up with a new disturbing theory that these flower clouds - although pleasant to look at - could actually be oil pollution. And when you look at the photos @CahayaSakinah_ posted along with the theory, she does have a point.


One of the most well-known theories about Nickelodeon's beloved animated series is that Bikini Bottom is actually Bikini Atoll. SpongeBob voice actor Tom Kenny even confirmed that Bikini Bottom is "kind of named after Bikini Atoll".

The real-world Bikini Atoll is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands that consists of 23 islands surrounding a central lagoon. Between 1946 and 1958, the United States military detonated 23 nuclear devices there both in the air and underwater. The inhabitants of Bikini Atoll were relocated in 1946 and some allowed to return in 1970 but it was soon discovered that the area remained highly radioactive and were removed again in 1980. The area remains mostly unhabitable to this day.

A popular fan theory about SpongeBob suggests that the world of Bikini Bottom is inhabited by creatures who were mutated by that nuclear testing. Specifically, another fan theory suggested that Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were Navy divers accidentally caught in the Bikini Atoll tests --

With all the devices being used in the area, it would make sense that they would discharge a certain amount of oil over the years.

And the theory that the flower clouds are really oil pollution does have some merit. In the series, they can be moved and interacted with, and when outside of the town, they appear stretched out and distorted. They are even able to fall from the sky.

Stephen Hillenburg, the late creator of SpongeBob SquarePants,

The late creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, Stephen Hillenburg, was a marine biologist who first came up with SpongeBob as a way to teach children about taking care of the ocean. So it would make sense that oil pollution - although a negative aspect of the sea - would make its way into the series, a sort of way to encourage viewers to take better care of our oceans.

What do you think of this new theory? Let me know in the comments!

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Originally published: Friday, May 15, 2020 at 21:28 BST.

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Every Time SpongeBob Dances It Gets Slower ⏮ & Other Weird Edits! | Nickelodeon

Every Time SpongeBob Dances It Gets Slower ⏮ & Other Weird Edits! | Nick


This week on Nickelodeon Weird Edits:

0:09 SpongeBob, but every time he does a dance move it gets slower

1:19 The Casagrandes, but every time someone eats or talks about food they get songified

2:11 SpongeBob, but every time he blows a bubble it gets faster

2:47 Henry Danger, but every time someone does a backflip their voices change

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Nickelodeon Mandala | Nick

In Asian cultures, mandalas are a symbol of how everything in the universe is connected 🟠 Do you know how to draw a mandala?


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Nickelodeon USA to Premiere New Episodes of 'The Loud House' from Monday, May 11, 2020

Get set for brand new episodes of The Loud House, premiering weekdays at 12:00 p.m. (ET/PT) starting Monday, April 27, 2020, only on Nickelodeon USA! Each all episode will encore the same day at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET/PT).


Monday, May 11, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. - Sister Act: Lana and Lola secretly switch places. (#419A)

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. - House Flip: After causing Flip to get hurt, the kids sneak him into the attic to care for him. (#419B)

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. - Don't You Fore-get About Me: Leni tries to thwart Lori's college plans. (#420A)

Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. - Tough Cookies: Lincoln and Clyde start a cookie-making business. (#420B)

Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. - A Dark and Story Night; Feast or Family: When the lights go out in the Loud House, the kids entertain themselves by taking turns telling parts of a story; When Luan must enroll in a culinary class, Dad uses it to share his passion for cooking with one of his kids. (#424A; #423B)

Plus, catch an all new episode of The Casagrandes on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT)!:

Slink or Swim; The Big Chill: Episode synopsis coming soon (#114)

Sneak Peeks:

Don't You Fore-get About Me - It's college tour time πŸŽ“:

Featuring: Ronnie Anne, Dr. Santiago and Sergio!


Tough Cookies:


A Dark and Story Night:


Feast or Family:




Promos:




Make sure to catch season three of hit The Loud House podcast, Listen Out Loud!: http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2020/05/nickelodeon-expands-podcast-slate-with.html

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Last updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 01:35 BST.

Update H/T: Special thanks to Eric in the comments for alerting me to the typo!; Additional source: Anime Superhero Forum /@SweetShop209.
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