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anonymousboxcar · 9 months
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TTTE Headcanons: Engines’ TV Habits — Skarloey Railway Edition
I really enjoyed making that post about what some engines on Sodor might like to watch on TV. Here’s one all about the SR!
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Skarloey likes shows about space and space travel. When out of service in the early 1950s, he often had nothing to do except listen to the radio… which exposed him to the Space Race. It was a nice distraction, taking his mind literal worlds away. He developed a genuine interest and continues to tune into documentaries.
Rheneas sometimes watches meditation programs. After years of running his line alone, he struggles to relax. He can’t follow all the directions, being an engine, but it still helps him feel more present and shake off “crisis mode.” And the gentle music and voiceovers are soothing after a long, hard day’s work.
Peter Sam loves catching dreamy, technicolor Hollywood films when they air. The Wizard of Oz is a favorite, with the “no place like home” message resonating with him over the years. TV musicals and musical episodes are also a big hit with him. He enjoys the high energy of those shows and singing along with them.
Sir Handel watches sports, usually football. Or rather, his crew puts it on during breaks, and he complains about it being loud and stupid… but he always gets sucked in anyway and has a blast. He also watches the news so he can chat with Gordon about “the state of the world” on their connecting trains.
Duncan likes stand-up comedy — the more foul-mouthed, the more he laughs — and anything to do with rock n’ roll. If Top of the Pops features a rock artist, he watches and shimmies in place in the engine equivalent of head-banging. He loves getting caught up in guitar riffs and drumbeats that he feels in his frames.
Rusty tunes into home renovation shows. Being a maintenance diesel, they’re curious about the ways humans repair houses and buildings. They also watch shows like Too Cute. This is partly because cute animals are cute animals, but also because they love dragging Duncan along and watching him try not to melt over kittens and puppies. (His record is three minutes.)
Fred, as someone often on weedkiller duty, started to watch gardening shows for tips. He soon became interested in cultivation in general. Now he’s a regular viewer so he can better look after the line-side wildflowers and the station flowerbeds. He hopes to convince the Thin Controller to set up a community vegetable garden, too.
Ivo Hugh watches a lot of animated shows, particularly those to do with superheroes. Aside from enjoying the flashy action sequences and dramatic storylines, he appreciates their moral questions. They spark interesting conversations with the older engines around him. He comes away feeling like he knows himself better… and that none of the heroes on TV compare to the ones he talks to every day.
Duke has strait-laced habits: local news, talking heads, and the occasional program about railways. Or at least, that’s what he wants you to think. He secretly enjoys the show Jeeves and Wooster. He relates to Jeeves, a competent butler who fixes the messes that his well-meaning but barmy employer gets himself into. He would never admit this for fear of hurting His Grace’s feelings.
(He doesn’t know that Sir Robert also loves the show, finding it to lampoon the sort of pretentious, nasty aristocrats who call him improper and ridiculous.)
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time for the monthly ttte "happy [day] to [characters] post
happy 9/9 to them !!
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ryan1014n2 · 2 years
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what are they doing?
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toast-com · 2 years
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The Skarloey Railway fleet Humanized!
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justafriendofxanders · 2 months
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ats: hey here's some conversations where fred expresses frustration at being infantilized and forced into positions where she has to act as a caretaker because no one else will
me: cool, so you're going to follow through and build on these ideas right?
me: right?
ats: :)
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ladychandraofthemoone · 8 months
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Happy (Late)9/9 Day!!
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(Have the two nines interacting. Poor Donnie is so lost on Fred’s slang.) Fred prefers the company of animals to people/humanoids so their convo goes like this: Fred to Dilly: So rumors been going around that a duck took a crap on the establishment? Dilly: Quack. Fred: Heh. Metal, I salute you.
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lord-of-snack-falcons · 5 months
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[1996]
“Aah! What is that?”
Maxwell chuckled as the yelps of wonder from the Skarloey Railway’s newest member cut through the yard.
“A rake of slate wagons.” He said dryly, knowing full well that wasn’t what she was asking.
“No no, falling from the sky!”
The quarry tank engine chuckled again. “It’s snow, kid.”
Ivo Hugh’s infatuated smile fell. “That can’t be right. Sir Handel’s deathly afraid of the stuff, and even Rusty said they hate it. But it looks so harmless!”
This brought a whole hearted laugh out of Maxwell. “Sir Handel’s afraid of hard work, that’s it. Rusty, though…” he paused for a second. “They’re probably worried about when the stuff builds up on the tracks.”
“It can do that?”
“Yeah.”
“That doesn’t make sense. How can those little white dots do anything? I don’t even feel them landing on my funnel.”
“You’d be surprised, kiddo. Snow can really ruin your day if you don’t know what you’re doing.”
“Okay now you’re just not making any sense. I know what I’m doing - I’m getting ready to take slate down to that station that joins up with the really big railway!”
“Even if the weather gets worse?”
“Even then.”
An amused grin crossed Maxwell’s face. “Yeah. Yeah, you go and show that snow up.” Ivo Hugh’s eyes seemed to light up as he spoke. “Don’t let it stand in your way, even if it builds up.”
Maxwell chuckled as the new little engine stormed off excitedly, eager to prove herself stronger than nature itself.
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purpleplaid17 · 3 months
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Jess Watches // Mon 5 Feb // Day 136 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll
The Expanse (rw with mum) 2x08 Pyre
Naomi tracks down signs of protomolecule and Fred Johnson's control over OPA collapses.
Prax is here! With his cute little soybean plant too. 🌱 Shame Amos didn't actually throw Alex down the stairs. I'm sure Prax could've stepped in. I mean, how hard can it be for a botanist to learn how to fly a former-Martian corvette-class light frigate? And I adore the Naomi/Camina bonding scenes we've been getting. Building their trust and respect for one another.
Frasier (with mum) 5x21 Roz and the Schnoz
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So happy for Martin that he finally got to marry his old friend Duke in San Francisco surrounded by so many other gay people. Good for him. And I wish there were more scenes between Daphne and Roz like the last one. Don't think I didn't notice Roz going into Daphne's room with her too. I know she would've made excuses to do so even if Matin hadn't come home early.
Heartbreak High 1x07 The Sheriff
A rumour about Ms. Obah grows rampant on campus. To clear her name, Amerie stages a provocative protest and stumbles upon a shocking revelation.
#Justice4Jojo Although I can't help feeling she'd be better off at a different school lol. Disappionted Woody didn't stick up for her. And I couldn't see the texts Harper was reading from her dad's phone. Does he experience hallucinations or something? Probably be cleared up in the finale after that blood-soaked ending. Does this mean she and Amerie will finally kiss and make up. Literally.
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Who is gay???
This might be a bit touchy because there's a lot of queer representation in my AU, and because there aren't so many people who are friendly towards it, I usually keep it private and only to those who I trust. But I reckon I can share here:
Skarloey Line:
Skarloey - Straight
Rheneas - Straight
Sir Handel - Straight
Peter Sam - Undetermined but maybe pansexual
Rusty - Gay and Trans Female to Male (He/they)
Duncan - Undetermined but maybe pan, bi, or gay (tied between the two)
Luke - Biromantic Straight
Ivo Hugh - Undetermined
Fred - Undetermined
Freddie - Straight asexual
Might Mac - Asexual Aromantic due to surgery
Mid Sodor Line:
Duke - Asexual straight
Bertram - no. i refuse to use his name.
Jim - Gay (closeted and still is)
Jerry - Straight
Tim - Straight
Atlas - Straight
Jennings - Straight but not interested in sex due to ... certain circumstances.
Andreas - Straight
Albert - Straight aromantic
Smudger - Gay
Stanley (RWS) - Bisexual
Other characters:
Sidney - Undetermined
Little Barford - Undetermined
Proteus - He's a Guardian
Crimson - Undetermined
John - Undetermined due to being underage in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
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anonymousboxcar · 9 months
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More Stanley (RWS) Headcanons
CW: non-graphic discussions of war, abandonment, smoking
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-I like to think that Stanley had his MSR crew in his corner. In my mind, both were also veterans of WWI. They understood his struggles to adapt civilian life (albeit to a lesser extent, since they weren’t “born” into war as he was). And they did their best to support him during that transition phase they knew too well.
-Whenever he derailed, his crew didn’t give him any grief. They instead chatted and joked with him, trying to keep him from feeling embarrassed. They would also defend him to other crews and to MSR management. Again and again, they demanded that he be reguaged a second time.
-In return, Stanley grew to respect and care for his crew. He wafted warm steam on them in bitter winter months. He listened to them talk about their families, asking after them with an air of affected boredom. He tried his hardest to keep them safe in a derailment. He let them — and only them — call him Stan.
-When Stanley went behind the shed, he didn’t blame his crew. He knew they did all they could for him. He told them so, when they snuck over during their lunch breaks. They didn’t reply, sitting on the brick wall while scrubbing off all of his soot they could reach.
-He didn’t see them during his years in the mine. The site security was much higher; there was no chance of them sneaking in. He stopped letting himself wonder about them after the mine flooded.
-His fireman and driver worked on the MSR and other railways before retiring and moving to the same assisted living home. In my AU, they saw the newspaper articles about the successful restoration of an ex-pumping engine in the early ‘80s. Both of them were in shock: like everyone else, they heard that the mining company scrapped Stanley. But once they got over their shock, they recruited their grandchildren to take them to the Skarloey Railway, ASAP.
-Stanley, for his part, assumed his old crew weren’t around anymore. He came back to the sheds one day to find two older men there. He didn’t recognize them at first, even when they turned to face him. But he got there in the end.
(“‘Ello, Stan,” one said, offering a shaky smile.
All the air rushed out of Stanley’s firebox, his flame guttering. “That name ain’t yours to use. That’s…”
He stopped. He looked closer at them. One had the thin white scar on his forehead, enfolded in his wrinkles. The other had the mole on his left wrist, a soft brown hill on blue, veiny ridges of skin.
“…that’s for Fred and Paul.”
“Got it in one, Stan. Just like old times.”
“Not like old times.” Stanley‘s eyes burned. “A hell of a lot better, now that you finally showed up,” he laughed, watery and overflowing.)
-Fred and Paul paid Stanley many more visits, both on the SR and at the rail museum. They brought their children and grandchildren, who were eager to meet this storied American engine and friend. Stanley reciprocated this warmth, glad to see people he’d heard so much about.
-The end result was Stanley becoming a fast honorary member of the family. He cherished them as much as the engine family he made at the rail museum and on the SR.
(-The most recent family potluck took place at the rail museum, rented out for a Saturday afternoon. Some ambitious relatives asked Stanley if they could try cooking their food in his firebox. “Y’know, so you can taste it too?” asked one, hands in their pockets with a sheepish smile.
Stanley didn’t think of museum rules. He thought of the cigar an army officer lit in his firebox. He thought of all the smoke he tasted over the years — tobacco, gunpowder, and coal. He thought of new and old ash mingling, smudging together under shovels and his steady fire.
The food wound up burnt and caked with soot. Nobody minded, but everyone laughed and made it another story to tell.)
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powerwash · 13 days
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Direct Drive vs. Belt Drive vs. Gear Drive
There is a huge misconception about what a gear driven power washer is.  Because it is “almost” directly coupled to the engine and not assembled as a belt drive, people assume it cannot pull water from a tank.  This is incorrect.
I ran my first gear driven machine in 2017 because I had a fleet washing contract that required I get a machine immediately rather than later.  What did Fred and I do?  Build a quick gear driven system that took us only a few days to get up and running, rather than a belt drive that would have taken a week for us to construct.
I was hesitant about this process because my first machine was belt driven and I had no issues with the system that we built that had been in use for 2 years.  But the amount of time it took to fabricate it to Fred’s standards was unreasonable for this situation and I needed something immediately.
We ran our gear driven system to wash garbage trucks and the 2 5.5 gallon machines we built were “somewhat” a success.  Originally we used a Predator and a Duramax engine to save on cost and for fast delivery.  The Duramax shook so much that after 2 jobs the fuel tank rattled off and most of the bolts on the engine were loose (this is after 12 hours of use).  The predator lasted about 1 month and then the muffler broke off while running and shot a blue flame, causing my cleaning technicians to shut down.  We switched our engines to Kohler and these issues stopped occurring.
The gear driven system had nothing to do with the engines failing, they were just extremely tempting because of the cost of the engines (at the time 289$ free shipping).
I spent in the ball park of 6 hours of my time to take off the gear assemblies, replacing the engines with new ones and spending the time to haggle with harbor freight to get a refund on the predator engine.  The 6 hours I wasted cost me more than just buying 2 Kohler engines from lost opportunity.  
Back to gear drives!  I ran a Comet RWS5535 (https://washmart.com/collections/pumps/products/comet-rws-5535-s-solid-shaft-pressure-washer-pump)  with a Comet gear box from 2017 to… It still runs today.  This bottom machine has ran for 5 years, and is used weekly.  The hour usage on it is approximately 1200-1500 hours (it has generated in the ballpark of 150,000$ over this time frame for my cleaning accounts).
When I then built another trailer with 2 more gear drives (this time with Kohler CH730s) We have run the same 2 engines and the same 2 Comet RWS6040 pumps since 2018.  We have had to change the unloader valve twice and the two machines have been running for nearly 2000 hours.  This machine has been rented, abused and beat down and still going!.  This convinced me that gear driven units weren’t as bad as I had been advised.
Now what is the difference between a gear drive and a direct drive?  A direct drive is directly coupled to the engine and generally runs anywhere from 3000 RPM to 3600 RPM (3400 RPM is the industry standard).  What does this mean?  It means that the RPM on the pump is so high, that it will struggle to create a vacuum (venturi effect) and can sometimes have difficulty pulling water.  What we have found with direct drive pumps is that many CAN pull from a tank without positive pressure, but the lifespan on the pumps is greatly reduced.  CAT makes a DX model pump that actually was designed to pull water from a tank, and does this well for a direct drive.
A gear drive is an intermediate piece between the pump and the engine reducing the RPM ratio.  If you have a 3600 RPM engine (in the USA this is standard) and run a gearbox rated at 1750 RPM, you will have nearly a 2 to 1 ratio (meaning the pump is rotating at 1750ish RPM) and the pump can pull water from a tank with ease, without positive pressure.  This is the same principle as when you use a 6 inch pulley on the pump and a 3 inch pulley on the engine.  You will get approximately a 1750ish RPM with a belt drive when you use this pulley ratio.
One thing we have found with direct drives is they are actually very reliable pumps as long as they are not left running without being used.  If you don’t release the trigger gun and allow the water to travel, a direct drive that has a closed loop will recirculate the water causing the water to get hotter every time it recirculates.  Eventually the temperature gets over 150 degrees and begins to melt your water seals and check valves (the non metallic parts).
Gear driven machines are an interesting wrench in our industry.  Where a belt driven machine is what I consider a more reliable system (when built properly) it has one major drawback, power transfer.  What we have found is that with a gear driven IGX800 we can get 4200 PSI at 8.5 GPM when pairing with the AR XWAM8G35 (https://washmart.com/collections/pumps/products/xwam8g35n-pump) .  When we ran the same pump and engine as a belt drive the maximum we could get was 3700 PSI at 8 GPM.  And why is this substantial?  It is substantial because they both use the same amount of energy but one does produce more work.  What we have recommended is if you are a sole operator and mechanically adept at fixing your own equipment, gear drive is the way to go.  If you are running a larger company with multiple trucks and using multiple operators I recommend going with a belt driven system.
Direct drives are still great tools as backup power washers and we always recommend to our customers that they have 1 inexpensive direct drive cart on standby in case their primary rig goes down.  We have been running the same Comet ZWD4040 (https://washmart.com/collections/pumps/products/zwd4040)  on a direct drive Kohler since 2017 and the amount of hours on it is unknown (but heavy).  
Some people have had entirely different results with the products above I have mentioned and it is fair that some of this information can become “subjective”.  But with the volume of work we put out this has been our experience.  Between Fred and I, there is extensive experience between building and using the equipment.
When we ran the same pump and engine as a belt drive the maximum we could get was 3700 PSI at 8 GPM. And why is this substantial? It is substantial because they both use the same amount of energy but one does produce more work. What we have recommended is if you are a sole operator and mechanically adept at fixing your own equipment, gear drive is the way to go. If you are running a larger company with multiple trucks and using multiple operators I recommend going with a belt driven system. Direct drives are still great tools as backup power washers and we always recommend to our customers that they have 1 inexpensive direct drive cart on standby in case their primary rig goes down. We have been running the same Comet ZWD4040 on a direct drive Kohler since 2017 and the amount of hours on it is unknown (but heavy). Some people have had entirely different results with the products above I have mentioned and it is fair that some of this information can become “subjective”. But with the volume of work we put out this has been our experience. Between Fred and I, there is extensive experience between building and using the equipment.
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riverripplespeaks · 3 months
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hear me out. rw x fnaf au,… ong the iterators r like important figures like glam fred. and physic friend fredbear… the slugcats r the humans the rot is the glitchtrap virus AUGH
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toast-com · 1 year
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TTTE
blorbo: Stanley.
scrunkly: Stanley, Ivo Hugh.
scrimblo bimblo: Fred.
glup shitto: Ivo Hugh, he's neat.
poor little meow meow: Godred, I love him!
horse plinko: Smudger! Smudger! Smudger!
eeby deeby: I personally consider Mr. Richards my eeby deeby, I hate him.
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goalhofer · 4 months
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2023-24 Rochester Americans Famous Relations
#19 Graham Slaggert: Son of University Of Notre Dame men's hockey associate coach Andy Slaggert. #10 Brandon Biro: Son of former Winnipeg Fury F Rob Biro. #78 Jacob Bryson: Cousin of Chicago Wolves D Mitch Vande Sompel. #56 Kale Clague: Nephew of former Tulsa Oilers RW Trevor Hanas & cousin of Grand Rapids Griffins LW Cross Hanas. #31 Eric Comrie: Son of The Brick LTD. co-founder Bill Comrie, nephew of The Brick LTD. co-founder John Comrie and The Brick LTD. co-founder Fred Comrie & half-brother of Elements International CEO Paul Comrie and former Pittsburgh Penguins C Mike Comrie. #28 Michael Mersch; Jr.: Son of former Muskegon Lumberjacks D Mike Mersch. #16 Justin Richards: Son of Nashville Predators assistant coach Todd Richards & nephew of former Grand Rapids Griffins D Travis Richards. #61 Riley Stillman: Son of Arizona Coyotes assistant coach Cory Stillman & brother of Utica Comets RW Chase Stillman.
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Monster Engine Infection/Virus AU Rambles Stankyle Angst:
Yep, I’ve joined the bandwagon basically Kyle gets released from the lamp with the organization’s “assistance” though they had their own plans and made Kyle “patient 0” well for the narrow gauge engines and dumped him nearby the skarloey railway after he attempted to escape where he was then found recused and reunited with Stanley who’s is overjoyed and immediately keeps him updated one everything that has happened, weeks to a month pass and Kyle is settling in nicely Stanley has done all he can to help him recover to the point that the older engines had to tell him to take a break cause he’s overworking himself (guy wants to impress Kyle so bad he’s got it bad)
Then one day after having to handle people and differing them about “proteus” he falls “ill” at the same time some of the standard and miniature engines fall “ill” Stanley is understandably nervous and worried for Kyle often staying up late into the night keeping Kyle company who seems to be getting worse each passing day…
The currently skarloey railway manager, Sir Handel Hans Brown understands Stanley’s feelings and lets him stay though it’s the older engines mainly Duke and Nia gently yet firmly convincing him that Kyle wouldn’t want to see him running himself down to the ground as he’s doing both of their jobs.
So for the first time in what felt like ages Stanley leaves Kyle on his own devices in the shed with Kyle’s encouragement of course it getting hard to smile and remain confident in himself but he hold his grin till Stanley is out of view…
So when Stanley returns as quickly as he can worried but hopeful he finds the shed doors closed which is odd Kyle always wants them open even in rainy or snowy weather he hasn’t experienced it in 50 years
“Hey Kyle I’m back,sorry it took so long-…” So his driver and fireman,Benji and Charlie, Ruth’s apprentices who Stanley watched grow up after Ruth took him in before he went to the mid-sodor railway open the doors..,
It’s dark..there’s a strong stretch none of them can place..but over in the corner hunched over…something..Stanley could make out the familiar shape of Kyle..a nagging sense of dread filled his boiler as Stanley prayed to the Lady above that this wasn’t real..
“Kyle?”
Golden eyes turned to his names, no they’re not Kyle’s warm honey brown eyes they’re now more feline-like with bright red silts and golden irises and matching light sclera, sparkling ✨ glittering ✨ golden tears dripping from them and his mouth…
“K-Kyle?..” it was then he finally noticed what Kyle was…chewing at…ripping up..or what remained of a certain B12 that was their former supervisor..
Alfred…
Everyone throughout the entire railway was alerted to the sounds of Stanley’s gut wrenching screams of absolute sadness and terror, Benji and Charlie screamed too but not as loudly as Stanley as people workman and any nearby engines rushed over to contain Kyle who was reaching out a clawed?paw?hand?engines don’t have fur engines don’t have hands towards Stanley…
“S-Stan?” Minutes before Stanley screamed, Kyle managed to mutter a “run…please…” trying so hard to keep his new instincts,his urges but finally gave in as he became aware of the horrified looks and shouts from everyone ,their pointed fingers and some of them holding… no he won’t be trapped anymore, he won’t let them trap him…
Without thinking he lunged towards the first thing he saw coming towards him,being Duke, Nia,Skarloey,Rheneas, Charlie and Benji..Stanley now realizing what he has done immediately rolled forward towards him calling out for him as Kyle turned his attention to Stanley....
like god the feels and how everyone gotta be handling this especially Stanley considering he nearly loses an eye (he and Thomas have eye trauma here and Kyle is either directly or indirectly involved…) gotta do a follow-up post on this and maybe art…
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kingcrane8 · 6 months
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Fred (RWS) as Teen 4 (Spongebob Squarepants)
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