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  2. Fire in the Hole (1972 roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    On July 9, 1980, a 23-year-old man was killed and a 27-year-old woman was injured while riding Fire in the Hole. A train on the roller coaster was accidentally switched to a maintenance track and storage area, which had low-hanging structures across the track. The male passenger's head struck one of these structures, killing him.

  3. Hyottoko - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the name comes from "fire" (火, hi) and "man" (男, otoko), this could be because the character is blowing fire with a bamboo pipe, hence the shape of the mouth. Local dialects transformed it into Hyottoko (ひょっとこ) [ citation needed ] , palatalizing hio to hyo and making the /t/ geminate.

  4. Shinya Ohira - Wikipedia

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    Shinya Ohira (Japanese: 大平晋也, Hepburn: Ōhira Shin'ya, born December 12, 1966) is a Japanese animator, director and character designer.He is known for his animation style with constantly shifting linework, described as being both realistic and surreal. [2]

  5. Simile - Wikipedia

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    A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).

  6. List of School Days characters - Wikipedia

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    She is a restaurateur of Radish with friend, and slight rival, Mai Kiyoura. She is one of the heroines in Summer Days and Shiny Days. Her father is Tomaru Sawagoe (a character who appeared in other 0verlfow games), that makes her 'half-sister' of Makoto, so Makoto is Youko's younger brother. Manami Katsura (桂 真奈美, Katsura Manami)

  7. Category:Fictional Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of fictional Japanese characters (1 C, 22 P) F. Fictional hāfu (1 C, 13 P) J. Japanese mascots (2 C, 49 P, 138 F) K. Fictional characters from Kyoto (10 P) L.

  8. Yaoya Oshichi - Wikipedia

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    The penalty, however, for sounding a false fire alarm is death, a fate Oshichi chooses to face. In the puppet plays, the character of Oshichi is presented not as the seemingly impetuous, foolish girl of the historical record, but instead as a noble figure whose selfless devotion saves the man she loves.

  9. List of English-language metaphors - Wikipedia

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    A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".