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==References==
==References==
*The name of this trophy is a play on a famous line, "Let my people go", repeated through [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV2&byte=236393 chapters 5-10 of the book of Exodus].  The line was used in the African-American spiritual song, [[Wikipedia:Go Down Moses|Go Down, Moses]], one of many such songs popularized on the concert stage by [[Wikipedia:Paul Robeson|Paul Robeson]]: also quoted in the 1956 movie, [[Wikipedia:The Ten Commandments (1956 movie)|''The Ten Commandments'']] in which [[Wikipedia:Charlton Heston|Charlton Heston]], as [[Wikipedia:Moses|Moses]], speaks this line to Pharaoh.
*The name of this trophy is a play on a famous line, "Let my people go", repeated through [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV2&byte=236393 chapters 5-10 of the book of Exodus].  The line was used in the African-American spiritual song, [[Wikipedia:Go Down Moses|Go Down, Moses]], one of many such songs popularized on the concert stage by [[Wikipedia:Paul Robeson|Paul Robeson]]: also quoted in the 1956 movie, [[Wikipedia:The Ten Commandments (1956 movie)|''The Ten Commandments'']] in which [[Wikipedia:Charlton Heston|Charlton Heston]], as [[Wikipedia:Moses|Moses]], speaks this line to Pharaoh.
*The filename of the image, "you_damned_dirty_human.gif", is a reference to another [[Wikipedia:Charlton Heston|Charlton Heston]] movie. He spoke the infamous line "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!", in the 1968 movie ''[[Wikipedia:Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''. The line is echoed in the third movie, ''Escape from Planet of the Apes'', in which the ape Cornelius yells at a person, "Get your hands off me, you damned dirty human!"
*The filename of the image, "you_damned_dirty_human.gif", is a reference to another [[Wikipedia:Charlton Heston|Charlton Heston]] movie. He spoke the infamous line "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!", in the 1968 movie ''[[Wikipedia:Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''. The line is echoed in the third movie, ''Escape from Planet of the Apes'', and in the 2001 ''Planet of the Apes'' remake, in which ape characters yell at human characters, "Get your hands off me, you damned dirty human!"

Revision as of 11:17, 5 September 2009

Let My Bugbears Go!
Let My Bugbears Go!

This trophy is earned by receiving the One Day in the Life adventure in the Bugbear Pens.

Let My Bugbears Go! You're entitled to the "Let My Bugbears Go!" Trophy, for having experienced the horrors of bugbear enslavement first hand.

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References

  • The name of this trophy is a play on a famous line, "Let my people go", repeated through chapters 5-10 of the book of Exodus. The line was used in the African-American spiritual song, Go Down, Moses, one of many such songs popularized on the concert stage by Paul Robeson: also quoted in the 1956 movie, The Ten Commandments in which Charlton Heston, as Moses, speaks this line to Pharaoh.
  • The filename of the image, "you_damned_dirty_human.gif", is a reference to another Charlton Heston movie. He spoke the infamous line "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!", in the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes. The line is echoed in the third movie, Escape from Planet of the Apes, and in the 2001 Planet of the Apes remake, in which ape characters yell at human characters, "Get your hands off me, you damned dirty human!"