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I come unarmed upon the hill. The predators do not kill me but ask where there might be more fertile hunting grounds. I direct them to eastern Finland, where they happily spend their days pursuing one drunk sniper wearing a stag pelt. My hill.

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After annihilating the population of Finland the predators return to the hill demanding a higher quality hunt. It seems bad for you until I come along and send the Predators to Skaro, where they are quickly exterminated by a single Dalek You offer me the hill as a sign of gratitude for my having saved your life. My hill

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles send Casey Jones up the hill to mock your ridiculous sport. He attacks Mitchell with a barrage of gear used in more entertaining and comprehensible sports, which Mitchell has never previously encountered. His defenses are rapidly overcome, and he flees in disgrace. The Turtles and Casey stand guard over the hill, as I once again re-open my famous pizzeria. My pizzeria.

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rediculous
Valkyries, New Yorkers, Elder Gods, and comic book fans unite and descend upon you, all exacting vengeance for your various transgressions: profaning sacred ground, killing the Turtles, destroying an awesome pizzeria, and chronically atrocious spelling errors. You never even see them coming; you're ripped limb from limb, shredded, and reduced to vapor within fractions of a second. A really big cairn is raised over the site of your tragic act of terrorism, and the collected host solemnly charges me with rebuilding, with carrying on, to restore hope to pizza eaters everywhere. In memoriam: Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Splinter, Casey, April, and assorted victims. Pizza lovers' memorial cairn/restaurant.
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I arrive at to the hill with my dragonzord. And we play tribute. To fallen turtles. We vowed to get revenge. For the fallen. Turtles. As we get to find the murderer to we find. I summon the dragonzord. And the rest of power rangers. Formed there megazord as we. Find RO we. Attack and killed. Ro As turtles. Death has been. Justify. As we arrive with ros dead body And we give him to Thor as he does the Viking burial. As my dragonzord fires the missle. Blowing up the body. Still turtles memorial hill

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