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- Joe, being made a palace guard, sees Junior's depravity up close and personal, causing him to join Thorne for real.
Source: Film / Land of the Blind -
The Day of the Jackal, in which the eponymous assassin is a Master of Disguise capable of getting close to his target (Charles De Gaulle) undetected, helped inspire the nickname for Real Life assassin and terrorist Carlos "The Jackal", who had similar abilities to elude authorities.
Source: Master of Disguise -
As a matter of fact, he was so far the only Eldritch Abomination to actually come close to COMPLETELY killing off Kirby for real.
Source: Videogame / Kirby Mass Attack
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