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- ↑ RadioHaha: Growing Pains
- ↑ tv.com summary Retrieved 2 December 2009
- ↑ Nickelodeon Star Page on Lily Collins Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 2 December 2009
- ↑ Growing Pains: Cast TV.com
- ↑ Growing Pains Soundtrack Collector, details of album: TV Themes of Nigel Hess
