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Genre(s) | Action, ticket redemption, adventure, action-adventure, city-building, puzzle, sports, third-person shooter, racing, party, rail shooter, Open-world, platform |
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First release | Legend of the Lost Spatula March 15, 2001 |
Latest release | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game October 4, 2024 |
The SpongeBob SquarePants video game series is a collection of video games and arcade games based on the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants and its film series with the same name. The television series' massive rise in popularity during the 2000s led to a myriad of video games that span different genres. Several of these games are based on concepts from specific episodes, two of which are based on theatrical releases. Some of these titles had multiple different versions developed for a variety of home consoles and handheld consoles. Until 2013, the vast majority of titles were published by THQ. From 2013 to 2015, the license for most titles was handed to Activision. The license is currently held by THQ Nordic. Video games based on the series have often received mixed reviews from critics, yet many of these titles have performed well in sales.
SpongeBob related characters have appeared in numerous other Nickelodeon crossover video games as well, featured alongside other Nicktoons.
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2001 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula | — | — | — | |
SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty | — | — | — | ||
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge | — |
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2002 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month | — |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman | — |
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2003 | SpongeBob SquarePants Collapse [lower-alpha 1] | — | Windows | — | — |
SpongeBob SquarePants Darts [lower-alpha 2] | — | Windows | — | ||
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom |
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2004 | SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends in Freeze Frame Frenzy [lower-alpha 3] | — | — | Game Boy Advance | — |
SpongeBob SquarePants Movin' with friends [lower-alpha 4] |
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SpongeBob SquarePants Typing | — |
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie |
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SpongeBob SquarePants Bowling [lower-alpha 5] | — |
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2005 | SpongeBob SquarePants: 3D Obstacle Odyssey [lower-alpha 6] | — |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! |
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SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends: Unite! [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8] |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger | — | — |
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2006 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab |
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SpongeBob and Friends: Battle for Volcano Island [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 9] |
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SpongeBob SquarePants Diner Dash [lower-alpha 10] | — |
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2007 | SpongeBob and Friends: Attack of the Toybots [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 11] |
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SpongeBob SquarePants in Bikini Bottom Bowling | — | — | — | — | |
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam [lower-alpha 12] | — | — | — | ||
2008 | SpongeBob Atlantis SquareOff | — | Windows | — | — |
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Game of Life [lower-alpha 13] | — |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Monopoly [lower-alpha 14] | — |
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SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom [lower-alpha 7] |
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Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition [lower-alpha 15] | — | — |
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2009 | SpongeBob Dinner Dash/SpongeBob Dinner Dash lite [lower-alpha 16] | — | — | — | |
SpongeBob vs. The Big One: Beach Party Cook-Off | — | — |
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SpongeBob's Truth or Square |
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SpongeBob's Truth or Square: SpongeBob SquarePants | — |
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2010 | SpongeBob's Boating Bash |
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SpongeBob for iOS [lower-alpha 17] | — | — | iOS | — | |
2011 | SpongeBob SquigglePants |
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SpongeBob Dinner Dash Deluxe and SpongeBob Dinner Dash [lower-alpha 18] | — | — |
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SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: the Clam Prix | — | — |
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2013 | SpongeBob Moves In! | — | — |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge |
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2015 | SpongeBob HeroPants |
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2020 | SpongeBob Krusty Cook-Off [lower-alpha 19] | Nintendo Switch | — |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Patty Pursuit [lower-alpha 20] [1] |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated |
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2022 | SpongeBob SolitairePants [lower-alpha 21] |
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SpongeBob: Get Cooking [lower-alpha 22] [2] | — | — |
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2023 | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake [3] |
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SpongeBob Adventures: In a Jam [4] | — | — |
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SpongeBob Simulator [5] |
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2024 | SpongeBob: Bubble Pop [lower-alpha 23] [6] | — | — |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game |
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2000 [7] [8] | Nicktoons Racing |
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2001 | Nicktoons Nick Tunes | — | Windows | — | — |
2002 | Nickelodeon Party Blast |
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2003 | Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D | — | Windows | — | — |
2004 | Nicktoons Basketball | — |
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Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy | — | — |
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Nicktoons: Movin' |
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2005 | Nicktoons Unite! |
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2006 | Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing | — | Windows | — | — |
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island |
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2007 | Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots |
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2008 | Nicktoons: Android Invasion | — | — |
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2009 | Nicktoons Nitro [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — |
2011 | Nicktoons MLB |
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2018 | Nickelodeon Kart Racers |
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Super Brawl Universe [lower-alpha 2] | — | — |
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2020 [9] | Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix [10] |
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2021 | Madden NFL 21 [11] |
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl [12] |
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2022 | Hot Wheels Unleashed [lower-alpha 3] [13] |
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Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis [lower-alpha 4] |
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Nickverse |
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Minecraft x SpongeBob DLC |
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Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway |
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Fall Guys [lower-alpha 5] [14] |
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2023 | PowerWash Simulator [lower-alpha 6] [15] |
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 |
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Toca Boca [16] | — | — | iOS, Android | — | |
Survivor.io [17] | — | — | iOS, Android | — | |
Stumble Guys [18] | — | Windows | iOS, Android | — | |
Brawlhalla [19] |
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Oh Baby! Kart [20] | — | Windows, Mac | — | — | |
Epic Roller Coasters [21] | PlayStation 5 | Windows, Mac | — | — | |
2024 | Brawl Stars [22] | — | — |
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Just Dance 2025 Edition [23] |
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The SpongeBob SquarePants video game series received mixed reviews from critics. Although the video game based on the movie is the highest rated according to Metacritic, Battle for Bikini Bottom is considered by fans to be one of the best video games in the series. [132] [133] [134] [135] [136]
Edge declared Operation Krabby Patty as the 29th game in their list of "The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century" in 2006. [137]
HeroPants was nominated for the "Favorite Video Game Award" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2016, but lost to Just Dance 2016 . [138] Employee of the Month was nominated by the editors of Computer Gaming World for the "Adventure Game of the Year" award in 2003, but the award was given to Uplink: Hacker Elite . [139]
Lights, Camera, Pants! was nominated for the Best Animated Video Game title at the 33rd Annie Awards in 2005, but lost to Ultimate Spider-Man . Creature from the Krusty Krab was nominated for the Best Animated Video Game at the 34th Annie Awards in 2006, but lost to Flushed Away . [140] It also won the award for Favorite Video Game at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards. [141]
The PlayStation version of SuperSponge sold 1.06 million copies, becoming one of the console's best-selling games. [142] Battle for Bikini Bottom sold over 1.25 million copies. [143] Both games were added to the PlayStation Greatest Hits by Sony, and the latter was added to the Xbox Platinum Family Hits and the GameCube Player's choice by Microsoft and Nintendo, respectively. [144] [145] [146]
By 2006, SpongeBob SquarePants video game series sales totaled 1.5 million copies sold, with Operation Krabby Patty having an estimated sales total of 490,000 copies. [137]
Edge also ranked Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, Battle of Bikini Bottom, and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at numbers 34, 31, and 25 respectively in their list "The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games," based on the number of copies sold. The Game Boy Advance versions of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Battle for Bikini Bottom, and Revenge of the Flying Dutchman sold an estimated total of 780,000, 710,000, and 740,000 copies, respectively. [147]
By 2007, the video game series totaled more than 20 million copies shipped worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises. [148] [149] By 2010, the series reached more than 29 million copies shipped worldwide. [150] [151]
SpongeBob Moves In! peaked at #6 at the App Store Official Charts of Top Paid iPhone Apps, and on #4 at the Top Paid iPad Apps in 2013. [152] [153] [154] [155]
In June 2020, The NPD Group released a ranking of the Top 10 best-selling SpongeBob games in the United States as of May 2020, with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie being in the number 1 spot followed by Battle for Bikini Bottom and Revenge of the Flying Dutchman. [156]
On August 13, 2020, Rehydrated had sold over 1 million copies. [157] And as of May 19, 2021, it reached more than 2 million copies. [158]
Eugene Harold Krabs, better known as simply Mr. Krabs, is a fictional character in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by actor Clancy Brown and first appeared in the series' pilot episode "Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999. The character was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg.
Pearl Krabs is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. She is voiced by actress Lori Alan and first appeared in the season one episode "Squeaky Boots" on September 17, 1999. She was created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, who was inspired to design a whale character while supervising whale watches at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, California.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a 2003 platform game based on the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Separate versions, developed by Vicarious Visions and AWE Games respectively, were released for the Game Boy Advance and Windows. While the versions released for consoles were 3D platform games, the Windows version of the game is a mini-game compilation, and the Game Boy Advance version is a 2D platformer.
The Krusty Krab is a fictional fast food restaurant in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. In the television show the restaurant is famous for its signature burger, the Krabby Patty, the formula to which is a closely guarded trade secret.
"Mid-Life Crustacean" is the second segment of the 15th episode of the third season and the 55th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode premiered on Nickelodeon on January 24, 2003. It was directed by C. H. Greenblatt and Kaz written by Greenblatt, Kaz, and Mark O'Hare, with the animation directed by Frank Weiss. Chuck Klein serves as the storyboard artist.
"Krusty Krab Training Video" is the second segment of the tenth episode of the third season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, and the second part of the 50th episode overall, as well as the show's 100th segment. The episode was written by Aaron Springer, C. H. Greenblatt, and Kent Osborne, and the animation was directed by Frank Weiss. Springer and Greenblatt also served as storyboard directors, and Caleb Meurer served as storyboard artist. The segment originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on May 10, 2002.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! is a video game based on the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was released in October 2005 for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and the PC. It is the first SpongeBob SquarePants title to feature multiplayer mini-games, similar to the Mario Party video game series.
Nicktoons Unite! is a 2005 action-adventure video game featuring characters and levels from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, and SpongeBob SquarePants. The game was developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment and Climax Action and published by THQ.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab is an action-adventure platform game released for Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS and Wii by THQ. An Xbox version may have been planned at some point, but was cancelled for unknown reasons. The PS2, GameCube, and Wii versions are all ports of the same game developed by Blitz Games, while the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PC versions were separate games developed by WayForward Technologies and AWE Games respectively. It is based on the Nickelodeon animated sitcom SpongeBob SquarePants, and stars the title character, his best friend Patrick Star and their enemy Plankton as they journey to nine different worlds, supposedly inside the dreams of the characters. The Wii version was a North American launch title. It is also the first SpongeBob game released in Japan, but was released under the title SpongeBob, to mark it as the first video game in the SpongeBob series to have a Japanese release. The PC version of the game is titled SpongeBob SquarePants: Nighty Nightmare.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman is a 2002 platform game based on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, developed by Vicarious Visions and BigSky Interactive, Inc. and published by THQ for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance. It was the last game to be developed by BigSky Interactive, Inc. The game was released in North America in late 2002, while in Europe it was released in early 2003. The Game Boy Advance version was also released on a Twin Pack cartridge bundled with SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge in 2005.
"Pest of the West" is the 16th episode of the fifth season and the 96th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. In this episode, SpongeBob finds that he is a distant relative of SpongeBuck SquarePants, a sheriff from Bikini Bottom's past town who helped save the citizens from the quickest whip draw in town, the evil Dead Eye Plankton. It was written by Luke Brookshier, Tom King, Steven Banks and Richard Pursel, with Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi serving as animation directors. Brookshier and King also functioned as storyboard directors.
Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition is a video game for the Nintendo DS. It is a spin-off of 5th Cell's 2007 DS game Drawn to Life, and is based on the Nickelodeon animated comedy series SpongeBob SquarePants, specifically the episode "Frankendoodle". The game was developed by Altron and published by Play THQ, a former subsidiary of THQ. It was released in North America, Australia, Europe, and Japan in 2008.
SpongeBob's Truth or Square is a 2009 video game based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants episode with the same title. It was released on October 26, 2009, for the Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable. Altron developed a Nintendo DS version of the game.
SpongeBob's Truth or Square is a 2009 made-for-television comedy television film and an hour-long episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants that was produced as the 123rd and 124th episodes of the series. The special originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 6, 2009, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the television series. This is the second SpongeBob SquarePants television film, following SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis. Its animation was directed by supervising director Alan Smart, Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi.
"SpongeBob's Last Stand" is the eighth episode of the seventh season and the 134th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was originally released on DVD on March 16, 2010, and aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on April 22, 2010, in celebration of Earth Day.
SpongeBob HeroPants is a 2015 action-adventure platform video game based on the animated movie The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. It was released on February 3, 2015 in North America and on March 26, 2015 in Europe for the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox 360. The game was developed by Behaviour Santiago and published by Activision.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated is a 2020 platform game developed by Purple Lamp Studios and published by THQ Nordic. Based on the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, it is a remake of the console versions of Heavy Iron Studios' SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (2003). It is the first major game in the series since SpongeBob HeroPants (2015) and the first since the death of the show's creator Stephen Hillenburg in 2018. The game was released on June 23, 2020, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Stadia. A version for mobile devices was released on January 21, 2021.
SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout is a 2019 made-for-television live-action/animated comedy special based on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was written by Kaz and Mr. Lawrence, and was directed by Jonas Morganstein. The special, produced as part of the show's twelfth season, originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on July 12, 2019, celebrating the series' twentieth anniversary. The cut version of this episode was released on October 5, 2019. The bonus edition of this episode was released on July 17, 2020, exactly 21 years after the official series premiere in 1999.
The Krabby Patty is a veggie burger sold by the fictional Krusty Krab restaurant in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Created by the restaurant's founder Eugene Krabs and his archenemy Plankton, it is what the main character SpongeBob cooks throughout his job as a fry cook, as well as the restaurant's trademark food and most famous burger in Bikini Bottom. A prominent storyline throughout the series is Krabs' nemesis Plankton trying to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. This running gag was given a backstory in the special "Friend or Foe", where it is revealed that Krabs and Plankton created the Krabby Patty to compete with the health-violating restaurant Stinky Burgers.
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