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|This Chirstmas classic is about Kevin McCallister, who accidentally gets stuck home alone and thus learns to be independent and self-reliant. Not only that, but he defends his family house from burglars by resourcefully making booby traps out of everyday items, including firearms. Also Kevin is shown to have Christian values, as he goes to church and is shown praying and giving grace before his dinner. Produced three sequels, the third and fourth films without its original star as Kevin.
 
|This Chirstmas classic is about Kevin McCallister, who accidentally gets stuck home alone and thus learns to be independent and self-reliant. Not only that, but he defends his family house from burglars by resourcefully making booby traps out of everyday items, including firearms. Also Kevin is shown to have Christian values, as he goes to church and is shown praying and giving grace before his dinner. Produced three sequels, the third and fourth films without its original star as Kevin.
 
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|''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York''
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|1992
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|The sequel to the first ''Home Alone''. Similar to in the first film, Kevin accidentally gets separated from his family while being laid over in New York City, and has to rely on his self-reliance to survive New York City. In addition, he also has to save a children's charity from being robbed by the two burglars from the previous film, putting his prior man-made traps to use against them once more with some modifications. The film depicts [[Donald Trump]] in a positive light, too, as he makes a brief cameo to help Kevin navigate his way through the Plaza Hotel.
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|''Home Run''
 
|''Home Run''
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|2012
 
|2012
 
|Not rated
 
|Not rated
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|The [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement's dark origins are revealed
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|The [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement's dark origins are revealed.
 
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|1978
 
|1978
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|Some [[conservative]] messages and no [[feminism]] or other [[political correctness]]; mocks [[public school]] and even [[television]] during the 1950s. Followed in 1982 by a much panned sequel, "Grease 2".
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|Some [[conservative]] messages and no [[feminism]] or other [[political correctness]]; jokes about [[public school]] and even [[television]] during the 1950s. Followed in 1982 by a much panned sequel, "Grease 2".
 
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|1972
 
|1972
 
|NC-17
 
|NC-17
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|This horror film stars a Vietnam veteran named Herschell who is tempted by a young Christian girl's marijuana-addicted sister to smoke a joint himself, then hallucinates himself going on a killing spree. Once free from his hallucinations, Herschell is rehabilitated and finds God. Overall, the film stands up for Christianity and against drugs but is intensely violent.
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|This cult horror film stars a Vietnam veteran named Herschell who is tempted by a young Christian girl's marijuana-addicted sister to smoke a joint himself, then hallucinates himself going on a killing spree. Once free from his hallucinations, Herschell is rehabilitated and finds God. Overall, the film stands up for Christianity and against drugs but focuses more on the spectacle of violence than creating well-rounded characters and a coherent storyline.
 
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|2007
 
|2007
 
|R
 
|R
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|Although this film stands up for the freedoms guaranteed by the [[Second Amendment]], its plot is almost identical to ''[[Death Wish]]''.
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|Although it stands up for the freedoms guaranteed by the [[Second Amendment]], its plot is almost identical to ''[[Death Wish]]''.
 
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|1997
 
|1997
 
|G
 
|G
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|The film, which is loosely based on the myth of Hercules, has some Christian imagery and promotes some Christian messages such as honoring one's father, as well as promotes the fight between good over evil. In addition, contrary to how he is depicted in regular mythology, Zeus's characterization in the film was closer to that of the Biblical God. It is also pro-family, as unlike in the original myth where Hercules was born as a result of Zeus's infamous womanizing actions with mortal women, and Hera hated him due to this, Hercules in this film is the actual offspring between Zeus and Hera, and the reason he was raised as a mortal was because the main villain, Hades, had his minions abduct Hercules and force-fed the then-infant Hercules a potion that drained him of virtually all of his godly potential in order to assassinate him to prevent him from striking him down in the future, with Hercules' disappearance greatly devastating both Zeus and Hera, with Zeus upon learning that Hercules was alive being greatly overjoyed to learn of his son's survival and even admitted he was his father. In addition, the main villain, Hades, while humorous, is nonetheless depicted in a satanic light, and also was reported to be based on former Disney animation chairman and uber liberal [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]]. However, it underperformed in theaters.
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|Loosely based on the Greco-Roman myth of the demigod strongman Hercules, this Disney animation has some Christian messages like honoring one's father and the triumph of good over evil. In addition, contrary to how he is depicted in regular mythology, Zeus's characterization in the film was closer to that of the Biblical God. Unlike the original myth, in which Hercules was born as a result of Zeus's infamous womanizing actions with mortal women and Hera hated him due to this, Hercules in this film is the actual offspring between Zeus and Hera, putting family values first. Plus, he is raised a mortal this time because the main villain, Hades, has his minions abduct the then-infant Hercules and feed him a potion that drains him of virtually all of his godly potential in order to assassinate him and prevent him from striking down Hades in the future. Another reason why family is a major theme is that Hercules' disappearance greatly devastates both Zeus and Hera, and Zeus, upon learning that Hercules was alive, is greatly overjoyed to learn of his son's survival and admits he is his father. Lastly,, the main villain, Hades, while humorous, is nonetheless depicted in a satanic light, and was reported to be based on former Disney animation chairman and staunch liberal [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]]. However, it underperformed in theaters and with critics.
 
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|''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York''
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|1992
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|PG
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|In the sequel to the first ''Home Alone'', Kevin McCallister is once again accidentally separated from his family while being laid over in New York City and must be self-reliant to survive. He takes advantage of an opportunity to save a children's charity from being robbed by the Wet Bandits from the previous film, using man-made traps against them once more with some modifications. [[Donald Trump]] makes a brief, positive cameo, too, to help Kevin navigate his way through the Plaza Hotel. All this aside, the fact that it was a critical failure since it recycles many of the same plot beats and jokes from the prequel makes it questionable whether it exists to stress the importance of family and self-sufficiency or is simply a product of liberal Hollywood's greed.
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|''It Takes Two''
 
|''It Takes Two''
 
|1995
 
|1995
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|Stars Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen as two unrelated but identical looking girls, that try to get one's father and the other's social worker to fall in love. Even though it has a pro-family message, it pretty much has the same story as ''The Parent Trap''.
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|Twins Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen star as two unrelated but identical-looking girls who try to get one's father and the other's social worker to fall in love. Though ''It Takes Two'' teaches how important it is for a family to have a mother and a father, it has been criticized for having too similar a story to ''The Parent Trap''.
 
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|2011
 
|2011
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|Adam Sandler stars as both Jack and his "identical twin sister" Jill in this family comedy that features pro-capitalism and pro-family values. That aside, ''Jack and Jill'' is an aggressively poorly made film with an appalling premise (the idea of a man having an "identical twin sister" is nightmarish at best) that received overwhelmingly negative reception from critics and audiences alike, with many calling it the worst film of 2011. At the 32nd Golden Raspberry Award ceremony in 2012, ''Jack and Jill'' "won" in all twelve categories, even beating the liberal propaganda piece ''Battlefield Earth''.
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|Adam Sandler stars as both Jack and his "identical twin sister" Jill in this family comedy that features pro-capitalism and pro-family values. That aside, ''Jack and Jill'' is an aggressively poorly acted (apart from a strangely committed performance from Al Pacino), poorly written, poorly directed film with an appalling premise (the idea of a man having an "identical twin sister" is nightmarish at best) that received overwhelmingly negative reception from critics and audiences alike, who often called it the worst film of 2011. At the 32nd Golden Raspberry Award ceremony in 2012, ''Jack and Jill'' "won" in all twelve categories, even beating the liberal propaganda piece ''Battlefield Earth''.
 
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|2017
 
|2017
 
|R
 
|R
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|Pro-family or pro-motherhood (very rare in Hollywood in this day and age). Mother Karla Dyson stops at nothing to save her kidnapped child. The plot however had already been done by other conservative films such as Prisoners, Ransom and Taken.
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|Mother Karla Dyson stops at nothing to save her kidnapped child. The plot, while supportive of family and traditional motherhood roles, has been already seen in other conservative films such as ''Prisoners'', Ransom'', and ''Taken''.
 
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|1994-2016
 
|1994-2016
 
|G
 
|G
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|The films deal with various conservative themes such as reconciliation, anti-racism, pro-family values, friendships being important, and the like. That being said, however, the films' actual quality and their being direct to video sequels tend to leave much to be desired regarding the plotlines.
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|The films deal with various conservative themes such as reconciliation, racism, family values, friendships being important, and the like. That being said, however, the films' actual quality and their being direct to video sequels tend to leave much to be desired regarding the plotlines.
 
|N/A (Direct to Video)
 
|N/A (Direct to Video)
 
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|1987
 
|1987
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|Villain is a militant vegan who plans to destroy the human race. But the film is wackiness on steroids, such as Bill Cosby's character Leonard Parker being tortured by lobsters, a henchman having his head blow up after eating a hot dog and Cosby riding an ostrich-like a horse (just to name a few). Even though he produced and wrote it, Bill Cosby has disowned the film and even begged people to not to pay to see it.  
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|The villain is a militant vegan who plans to destroy the human race, but there are a number of confusing or outright silly plot points such as Bill Cosby's character Leonard Parker being tortured by lobsters, a henchman having his head blow up after eating a hot dog, and Cosby riding an ostrich like a horse, just to name a few. Even though he produced and wrote it, Bill Cosby has disowned the film and even begged people not to see it.  
 
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|2001
 
|2001
 
|PG
 
|PG
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|Similar to ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', the film showcases the public school system in a more negative light, due to one of the teachers letting one of the bullies, Dobbs, get away with stealing lunch money and later the same teacher punishing Max Keeble with a significantly and unreasonably large essay about rules for being tardied despite it being obvious that the only reason he was late was because one of the bullies, Troy McGinty, forced him into a swirly (due to his being dripping wet when he entered), as well as the principal of the school, Elliot Jindrake, who also acts as one of the main antagonists, explicitly hating children and only putting up with the school so he could get promoted to superintendent, as well as explicitly embezzling the school's budget, and also proceeding to punish Max for turning up late for an auditorium event even when, similar to the swirly incident mentioned above, it was very obvious that he only ended up late because McGinty proceeded to, in a similar manner to a cooking show, humiliate him by throwing him into a mud pool, putting saw dust on him, and then forcing him into a dumpster (due to his being littered with trash when he walked in). It also has a bit of an anti-socialist message due to the Evil Ice Cream Man being implied at one point to be a socialist and, as indicated by his nom de guerre, was not depicted in a positive light. Also has an allegory for the liberal elements of modern day journalism as well, due to two of the characters who worked for the school yearbook proceeding to make events out to be even worse than they actually are (such as titling the first day as "Sheep Arrive for Slaughter"), not to mention usually uses the opportunity to actually photograph events of bullying rather than actually making any attempt to prevent it. Despite that, however, it largely was criticized for being bland and unoriginal, at least among adults, with particular criticisms being it was too similar to Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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|Similar to ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', the film showcases the public school system in a more negative light, due to one of the teachers letting one of the bullies, Dobbs, get away with stealing lunch money and later the same teacher punishing Max Keeble with a significantly and unreasonably large essay about rules for being tardied despite it being obvious that the only reason he was late was because one of the bullies, Troy McGinty, forced him into a swirly (due to his being dripping wet when he entered), as well as the principal of the school, Elliot Jindrake, who also acts as one of the main antagonists, explicitly hating children and only putting up with the school so he could get promoted to superintendent, as well as explicitly embezzling the school's budget, and also proceeding to punish Max for turning up late for an auditorium event even when, similar to the swirly incident mentioned above, it was very obvious that he only ended up late because McGinty proceeded to, in a similar manner to a cooking show, humiliate him by throwing him into a mud pool, putting saw dust on him, and then forcing him into a dumpster (due to his being littered with trash when he walked in). It also has a bit of an anti-socialist message due to the Evil Ice Cream Man being implied at one point to be a socialist and, as indicated by his nom de guerre, was not depicted in a positive light. Also has an allegory for the liberal elements of modern day journalism as well, due to two of the characters who worked for the school yearbook proceeding to make events out to be even worse than they actually are (such as titling the first day as "Sheep Arrive for Slaughter"), not to mention usually uses the opportunity to actually photograph events of bullying rather than actually making any attempt to prevent it. Despite that, however, it largely was criticized for being bland and unoriginal, at least among adults, including some critics citing it as being too similar to ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''.
 
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|2003
 
|2003
 
|R
 
|R
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|Anti-alcoholism and adultery. Shows the destructive nature of liberal values. However, The Room has been critically panned for its acting, screenplay, dialogue, production values, score, direction, and cinematography. despite its low gross domestic result from its initial theater run, it has done much better in recent theater screening.
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|This independent drama takes place in one room and explores the love triangle among an amiable banker, his deceptive fiancée, and his conflicted best friend. It teaches against alcoholism and adultery, showing the destructive nature of liberal values. However, ''The Room'' has been critically panned for its acting, screenplay, dialogue, production values, score, direction, cinematography, and handful of unrelated and unresolved subplots. Regardless of its low domestic gross from its initial theatrical run, it has done much better in recent re-screenings, becoming a cult classic of sorts.
 
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|2006
 
|2006
 
|PG-13
 
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|America icon Superman is seen as an angel-like figure, who helps those in need. Also condemns to some extent the liberal values within the news media, as Lois Lane's Pulitzer prize was earned due to her making a scathing article on Superman and implying the world doesn't need him, and it's revealed she made the article due to being upset at Superman leaving her behind before the events of the film. It is also pro-family, as the arc words throughout the film with Jor-El telling baby Kal-El via flashback that, even though he himself will die from the destruction of Krypton, he will not leave Superman's side, and that they'll grow stronger as one, with Superman giving a similar speech to his and Lois's son in the ending, and in addition, Lois Lane's husband, Richard White, was shown to be very protective of his family, even going as far as to take a chopper to save them while Superman was incapacitated. However, the movie also had some controversy over the director Bryan Singer's homosexuality, and while it did initially receive positive reviews, it ultimately became negative overtime, and resulted in there not being another Superman film until 2013 with Man of Steel, which was treated as a reboot.
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|America icon Superman is seen as an angel-like figure, who helps those in need. Also condemns to some extent the liberal values within the news media, as Lois Lane's Pulitzer prize was earned due to her making a scathing article on Superman and implying the world doesn't need him, and it's revealed she made the article due to being upset at Superman leaving her behind before the events of the film. It is also pro-family, as the arc words throughout the film with Jor-El telling baby Kal-El via flashback that, even though he himself will die from the destruction of Krypton, he will not leave Superman's side, and that they'll grow stronger as one, with Superman giving a similar speech to his and Lois's son in the ending, and in addition, Lois Lane's husband, Richard White, was shown to be very protective of his family, even going as far as to take a chopper to save them while Superman was incapacitated. However, the movie also had some controversy over the director Bryan Singer's homosexuality, and while it did initially receive positive reviews, it ultimately became negative overtime, and resulted in there not being another Superman film until 2013 with ''Man of Steel'', which was treated as a reboot.
 
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|May 28, 1993
 
|May 28, 1993
 
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|Loosely based on the classic video game series from Nintendo, two fraternal plumbers from New York must rescue the younger's girlfriend from a parallel dimension ruled by humans descended directly from dinosaurs. It may favor the Second Amendment when an old lady, before mugging them, explicitly states the titular characters need to have a weapon to survive on the streets of Dinohattan (a parody of Manhattan depicted as a lawless hellhole). Furthermore, the movie seems to condemn communistic/fascistic big government in the form of King Koopa (a human-looking dictator loosely based on Bowser, the turtle-dragon hybrid who serves as the main villain of most Super Mario games). The aforementioned lawlessness of Dinohattan is heavily implied to be caused by King Koopa's using liberal values and big government (à la Scar from ''The Lion King'') to grossly mismanage the location to such an extent that he and his minions ran out of resources after taking over Dinohattan via a coup and "reformed" it into a people's republic with false elections. To some extent, the movie condemns evolution and social Darwinism: although the backstory does involve dinosaurs evolving into humanoid creatures since they were sent to a separate dimension from that of humans, only the villains focus on this aspect and thus want to eliminate true humans.
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|Loosely based on the classic video game series from Nintendo, two fraternal plumbers from Brooklyn, New York must rescue the younger's girlfriend from a parallel dimension ruled by humans descended directly from dinosaurs. The film may support the Second Amendment when an old lady, before mugging the brothers, explicitly states they need to have a weapon to survive on the streets of Dinohattan (a parody of Manhattan depicted as a lawless hellhole). Furthermore, the movie seems to condemn communistic/fascistic big government in the form of King Koopa (a human-looking dictator loosely based on Bowser, the turtle-dragon hybrid who serves as the main villain of most Super Mario games). The aforementioned lawlessness of Dinohattan is heavily implied to be caused by King Koopa's using liberal values and big government (à la Scar from ''The Lion King'') to grossly mismanage the location to such an extent that he and his minions ran out of resources after taking over Dinohattan via a coup and "reformed" it into a people's republic with false elections. To some extent, the movie condemns evolution and social Darwinism: although the backstory does involve dinosaurs evolving into humanoid creatures since they were sent to a separate dimension from that of humans, only the villains focus on this aspect and thus want to eliminate true humans.
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All that aside, the film was largely panned and recouped less than half its budget at the box office, and it is considered one of the more infamous examples of the inherent difficulties of adapting a video game into a film. Effectively, ''Super Mario Bros.'' scared Nintendo into never allowing the West to make another film based on any one of its game franchises (or letting Disney have any direct role in any of its franchises besides distributing games based on them, with a Nintendo-themed theme park instead going to Universal Studios Orlando) and ruined the directorial careers of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel. Making the film took its toll on the actors, too, particularly Bob Hoskins (Mario), who stated in an interview years later that it was "…the worst thing I ever did", noting that he was stabbed four times, electrocuted, injured in one finger, and almost drowned during production. Likewise, in an autobiography, John Leguizamo (who played Luigi, Mario's younger brother) dedicates an entire chapter to the horrors of working on ''Super Mario Bros.'' and comments that he and Hoskins drank heavily during breaks to deal with the traumatic experience. It also suffered from some notable editing errors, with one particular shot showing one of Koopa's guards slipping on slime that wasn't even present originally when the Mario Bros. revolted (this had been the result of a deleted scene where Koopa, both due to his germophobic nature and as a further demonstration of the de-evolution chamber's properties, had a technician executed by de-evolving him into primordial ooze for sneezing in his presence, thus explaining where the slime came from.).
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All that aside, the film was largely panned and recouped less than half its budget at the box office, and it is considered one of the more infamous examples of the inherent difficulties of adapting a video game into a film. Effectively, ''Super Mario Bros.'' scared Nintendo into never allowing the West to make another film based on any one of its game franchises or letting Disney have any direct role in any of its franchises besides distributing games based on them, instead granting Universal Studios the rights to build a Nintendo theme park at Universal Studios Orlando; and it ruined the directorial careers of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel. Making the film took its toll on the actors, too, particularly Bob Hoskins (Mario), who stated in an interview years later that it was "…the worst thing I ever did", noting that he was stabbed four times, electrocuted, injured in one finger, and almost drowned during production. Likewise, in an autobiography, John Leguizamo (who played Luigi, Mario's younger brother) dedicates an entire chapter to the horrors of working on ''Super Mario Bros.'' and comments that he and Hoskins drank heavily during breaks to deal with the traumatic experience. Among the handful of editing errors is a specific shot that shows one of Koopa's guards slipping on slime that wasn't even present originally when the Mario Bros. revolted. This was the result of a deleted scene where Koopa, both due to his germophobic nature and as a further demonstration of the de-evolution chamber's properties, executes a technician by de-evolving him into primordial ooze for sneezing in his presence, explaining where the slime came from.
 
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