WAR PENGUIN / EPISODE 025

The
Dossier.

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Hawthorne questions the village tank incident; Kendrick has brought a closed buff intelligence file.

Hawthorne questions the village tank incident; Kendrick has brought a closed buff intelligence file.
Hawthorne
A Soviet tank at a village fishing competition. How long have we known about its commander?
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Kendrick introduces the intelligence file.

Kendrick introduces the intelligence file.
Kendrick
Quite some time, sir. I’ve brought the abbreviated history.
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03 / 17

Kendrick opens the file and describes Chicken’s political convictions; Hawthorne raises a questioning finger.

Kendrick opens the file and describes Chicken’s political convictions; Hawthorne raises a questioning finger.
Kendrick
An ardent Bolshevik. Private property, free enterprise, individual liberty—he considers the whole arrangement intolerable.
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04 / 17

Hawthorne asks about the alternative.

Hawthorne asks about the alternative.
Hawthorne
And his proposed alternative?
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05 / 17

Kendrick answers matter-of-factly.

Kendrick answers matter-of-factly.
Kendrick
Usually arrives on tracks.
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06 / 17

Sepia recollection: Battle Chicken leads his tank column past workers and revolutionary banners.

Sepia recollection: Battle Chicken leads his tank column past workers and revolutionary banners.
Kendrick
He began requisitioning factories, farms and railway junctions in the name of the workers.
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07 / 17

Back in colour: Hawthorne leans forward with a palm-up question; Kendrick rests a hand on the open file.

Back in colour: Hawthorne leans forward with a palm-up question; Kendrick rests a hand on the open file.
Hawthorne
Were the workers consulted?
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Kendrick replies dryly.

Kendrick replies dryly.
Kendrick
They were informed.
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09 / 17

Sepia first encounter: Chicken approaches an operating railway station; unchanged canon Penguin stands on the platform.

Sepia first encounter: Chicken approaches an operating railway station; unchanged canon Penguin stands on the platform.
Kendrick
At this station, however, the revolutionary committee encountered an objection.
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10 / 17

Hawthorne identifies Penguin over the intact tank column with Battle Chicken still in his hatch.

Hawthorne identifies Penguin over the intact tank column with Battle Chicken still in his hatch.
Hawthorne
Penguin?
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11 / 17

Kendrick describes the unsuccessful assault over the same sepia aftermath.

Kendrick describes the unsuccessful assault over the same sepia aftermath.
Kendrick
The committee found his objection difficult to overrule.
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12 / 17

Back in colour: Kendrick turns a page while Hawthorne studies a photograph.

Back in colour: Kendrick turns a page while Hawthorne studies a photograph.
Kendrick
Ever since, Chicken has regarded him as a particularly dangerous counterrevolutionary.
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Hawthorne considers the political and personal grievance.

Hawthorne considers the political and personal grievance.
Hawthorne
So this is more than a personal grievance.
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Kendrick explains the intertwined grievances.

Kendrick explains the intertwined grievances.
Kendrick
With Chicken, the two have become rather difficult to separate.
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Hawthorne returns to Saturday’s fishing report.

Hawthorne returns to Saturday’s fishing report.
Hawthorne
And that fishing competition on Saturday?
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Kendrick reads Chicken’s complaint from the fishing report.

Kendrick reads Chicken’s complaint from the fishing report.
Kendrick
He denounced the judging as bourgeois, the competition as exploitative, and Penguin’s catch as private accumulation.
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the people’s champion

Silent full-colour finale in Soviet Russia: furious Battle Chicken distributes a newspaper falsely proclaiming victory and disqualifying Penguin for ideological irregularities.
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