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but also made her more sentient. He also built her to look like a local lady, Mrs
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competition known as the
Southern Road. Mister Dussiflard will provide support in his taxi and agrees to take Benoît with him. It's not long before the three friends discover that some of the competitors are resorting to dubious means to cut down on the competition — and yet winning the event
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Adolphine and her robot double becomes public, a film producer is quick to set about making a movie based on the events. The announcement that certain scenes are going to be filmed in an actual bank raises the interest of some robbers, and who best to lead them but the robotic
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Benoît spends the school holidays with his Uncle
Placide, a state-employed bodyguard. Placide is suddenly assigned to escort Mister Chnik, the Finance Minister of Furengrootsbadenschtein, who has come to obtain documents relating to the printing of money. But what should be a safe and easy mission
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Dussiflard was once part of a jazz band. Circumstances led a young Arab prince to give the band the title deeds to some land. The musicians cut up the title deed, and each received a piece of the document. Now oil has been discovered on the land, and it is necessary to get all the pieces of
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who is about to take off for a flight. Suddenly, a young man appears and forces the balloon to take off, along with himself and Benoît. The young man explains that he has discovered a major drug-smuggling operation and is pursued by two of the dealers. But when you have a balloon set on a random
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Benoît meets a nice little old lady called Mrs
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paper together in order to claim it. Mister
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