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Every couple, even the happiest and most successful pairing, experiences disagreements sometimes -- and Bolt and Mittens are no exception. For them, in fact, this one's a major blowout. But as in any healthy relationship, love finds a way to settle things back to normal soon enough. Primary cultural references include songs by The Ronettes; the comic strips "Bloom County," "Garfield," and "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers"; the TV show "The Big Bang Theory"; singer-songwriter selections by Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Laura Nyro, and Carly Simon; the pop group The Fifth Dimension; and outsider artists Henry Darger, James Hampton, and Grandma Moses.
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- Part 36 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Penny and her biology lab partner have become fast friends, and Penny's mom decides to have the girl and her grandmother over for brunch. Things don't go smoothly, however, and are made worse by Penny's issues with her most recent fashion choice. Meanwhile, Mittens and Rhino have a new favorite TV show, one that Bolt can't stand. Primary cultural references include the TV show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and music by R.E.M., as well as movies by Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock plus the films "Rear Window," "Beetlejuice," "The Princess Diaries," and "A Night at the Opera"; art by Francisco Goya, Man Ray, Henri Rousseau, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, and Rembrandt van Rijn; poetry and literature by Edgar Allen Poe, Lewis Carroll, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Zinnes, Clark Coolidge, and Hans and Margret Rey; the Marvel Comics series "The Scarlet Witch"; and the TV shows "Becker," "Newhart," "Taxi," "The Golden Girls," and "Saturday Night Live."
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- Part 14 of The Bolt Chronicles
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The latest episode of Bolt's TV show sees a distinguished canine actor appear as a guest star. Unlike the little white shepherd, she's an experienced thespian who takes her craft seriously as opposed to a natural actor relying on innate ability. A serious misunderstanding between the two leads to significant conflict both on and off screen, as well as one of the program's most memorable episodes. A pre-canon story set just before the film begins, one where Bolt has nearly reached the level of extreme, aberrant paranoia seen during the first half of the movie. Primary cultural references include songs by Simon and Garfunkel, as well as the films "Oliver and Company," "The Miracle Worker," "Finding Nemo," "Sleeper," and "Godzilla," the TV shows "Leave It to Beaver" and "My Little Pony," the characters Samson and Delilah from the Bible, classical music by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and pop music selections by Wire, Talking Heads, Joni Mitchell, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan.
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- Part 8 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Rhino wasn't always a hamster -- in fact, he spent centuries reincarnating as a human, enjoying lives of adventure while sloughing off the lessons that would allow him to enter the afterlife as a complete being. But that's all about to change. Poetry, pre-canon. Primary cultural references include poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, T.S. Eliot, Felicia Dorothea Hemans, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Homer, William Blake, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, and Lewis Carroll, as well as "Robin Hood," the TV show "Star Trek," and musical allusions to The Doors, Elvis Presley/Big Mama Thornton, The Beatles, America, and Jefferson Airplane.
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- Part 1 of The Bolt Chronicles
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After Bolt and Penny encounter a blind woman and her guide dog at the mall, the former TV stars decide to participate in a dubious charity-based program designed to let people and their canines experience what the sightless do first hand. Unfortunately, things don’t go so well, and they end up appearing on a courtroom TV show. Primary references include short stories by James Thurber and music by Jefferson Airplane, as well as TV shows “Judge Judy” and "Monk" and “Gilligan’s Island,” the “Harry Potter” book series, the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise, the plays “Hamlet” and “Othello” by William Shakespeare, the opera “Carmen” by Georges Bizet, the comic strip “Bloom County,” and music by Billy Bragg, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, The Sex Pistols, The Temptations, and XTC.
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- Part 31 of The Bolt Chronicles
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There's a new physics teacher at Penny's school, and if there's one thing all the sophomore girls agree on, it's that "Doc Built" is a real hottie. But Penny's the only one who tries taking things to the next level. Primary cultural references include songs by the Velvet Underground and short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, as well as movies such as "Sabrina" and "Manhattan" and "The Graduate," composer Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky, author Vladimir Nabokov, and music by groups such as the Lovin' Spoonful, The Police, Big Star, Rockpile, and the Mamas and the Papas.
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- Part 28 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Mittens is off on a food search during one of the hottest summer days in Manhattan when she gets wind of a party, one featuring plenty of cat treats and hot tomcats. She tries to find the festivities in the various apartments of a likely building -- and eventually, she discovers whether it's the real deal or a red herring. A pre-canon story. Primary cultural references include songs by Eddie Cochran and the animated TV program "Animaniacs," as well as films by Alfred Hitchcock, the webcomic "Housepets!," the artist Hieronymus Bosch, music by The Ramones, the television show "Married... with Children," and the movie "The Secret Life of Pets."
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- Part 7 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Penny's mom loves the mall food court. Really, really loves the mall food court. How much? Let her count the ways. Poetry, post-canon. Primary cultural references include poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, John Milton, and John Keats, as well as the TV show "Sesame Street."
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- Part 34 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Penny has recently taken up the clarinet. Despite her staggering lack of musical aptitude, she has nevertheless been having fun playing in the school concert band and (more recently) during weekend home music-making sessions. This is less than good news for Bolt and company, however, who have been commandeered as reluctant accompanists for the latter get-togethers. Primary cultural references include the Clarinet Concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and songs from the album "Freak Out" by the Mothers of Invention, as well as the performing group The Portsmouth Sinfonia, the rock band The Surfaris, and TV shows "The Addams Family" and "The Munsters."
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- Part 21 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Penny's first days at school since moving to the country and leaving the "Bolt" TV program have been decidedly unpleasant, leaving her in an especially foul mood. Free verse poetry. Primary cultural references include poems by e.e. cummings (especially "in Just-" and "Buffalo Bill's"), songs by Bob Dylan (especially "Ballad of a Thin Man" and "Positively Fourth Street"), "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, the pop group The Monkees, and the video game "Love Island."
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- Part 12 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Mittens has been plagued with nightmares lately, and they have been significantly disrupting her sleep. She tries various remedies such as listening to music, watching a movie, and gazing at the stars to solve the issue, but without success. Eventually, she discovers what's been bothering her. Primary cultural references include albums and songs by The La's and Robyn Hitchcock, the Woody Allen film "Hannah and Her Sisters," the ballet "Petrushka" by Igor Stravinsky, visual artists Max Ernst and Salvador Dali, and the TV program "Warrior Baek Dong-Soo."
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- Part 32 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Bolt is having his usual problems dealing with villain Dr. Calico and issues him a challenge. Poetry, pre-canon. Primary cultural references include the Sylvia Plath poem "Lady Lazarus" and the songs "I Ain't Marching Anymore" and "One More Parade" by Phil Ochs.
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- Part 6 of The Bolt Chronicles
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The Director is eager to make his mark with a new canine-based TV show he has come up with, and the ambitious fellow hopes it will be his first big step in a highly visible career. Not everything goes according to plan, but thanks to a certain white dog and his red-haired master, the first episode succeeds beyond anyone's wildest expectations. A pre-canon story. Primary cultural references include songs by Elvis Costello, as well as films such as "Frankenstein," "Gone with the Wind," "Battleship Potemkin," "Paths of Glory," and "Fort Apache"; TV programs such as "Lassie," "Rin Tin Tin," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"; classical music by Richard Wagner, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Modest Mussorgsky; the video game "Super Mario Brothers"; pop songs by The Dave Clark Five, They Might Be Giants, and Nick Lowe; and writer H.L. Mencken.
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- Part 3 of The Bolt Chronicles
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It's Wednesday morning in Manhattan. Pigeons Vinny, Joey, and Bobby are due to show up with Mafia-style edible protection payments for Mittens by three o'clock, but they have nothing to offer. They search for their psychic labradoodle friend Kelvin, hoping he can help find some food. Will they come up with the goods? A pre-canon story. Primary cultural references include songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival, as well as arias by Giuseppe Verdi, visual artists Caravaggio and Pablo Picasso, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, The Three Stooges, and films by Buster Keaton as well as "Goodfellas" and "My Cousin Vinny."
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- Part 9 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Mittens has been abandoned in Manhattan for a few months now. She tries to change her bad luck with friends and lovers, but not surprisingly, things seem to get in the way. The persistent wet and cloudy weather doesn't help, either. A pre-canon story. Primary cultural references include songs from the Joni Mitchell album "Clouds" and the O. Henry short story "The Cop and the Anthem," as well as songs by Translator, Wire Train, Buffalo Springfield, and the Bobby Fuller Four, the composer Erik Satie, the movies "The Lion King" and "Meet the Robinsons," and literature by John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, J.K. Rowling, and A.A. Milne.
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- Part 5 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino are trapped in a car trunk while playing hide-and-seek, where unbeknownst to them, they're headed off to the supermarket. Turns out there's a good reason why pets aren't normally allowed inside; slapstick hilarity ensues from the trio of mischief-makers, with plenty of intensive aisle cleanup necessary. Primary cultural and historical references include songs by The Clash and The Cars; TV shows such as "Are You Being Served," "Mr. Bean," "Fawlty Towers," "Keeping Up Appearances," "Avatar: The Last Airbender," and "M*A*S*H"; the musical "Stomp"; movies by Harold Lloyd; animated characters Speedy Gonzales and Winsome Witch; cultural icons James Bond and King Kong; and the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Expedition.
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- Part 16 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Mittens sees a blackbird out the window, and thereby hangs a tale. Free verse poetry. Primary cultural references include the Wallace Stevens poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," the song "Blackbird" by The Beatles, and the opera "Wozzeck" by Alban Berg.
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- Part 26 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Mittens has noticed something amiss outside the farmhouse lately. It makes her nervous, so Bolt decides to investigate -- and he stumbles onto an unwelcome visitor. How will he handle this, and will there be ramifications down the road? Primary cultural references include the movies "Zootopia" and "Apocalypse Now," Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner cartoons, the TV show "Columbo," the Peter Schickele "biography" of P.D.Q. Bach, author Franz Kafka, and the folk standard "Big Rock Candy Mountain" as well as music by Franz Joseph Haydn, Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Ike and Tina Turner, and Fleetwood Mac. Fair warning: expect some pun usage along the way, a fact I'm not "Haydn."
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- Part 41 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Penny and Bolt celebrate their return from a long book-signing tour by driving to the local diner for pie and coffee. Along the way, Penny discusses her current situation, including her life-changing decision to enter college, while she and Bolt enjoy several choice pop music selections. Thanks to a flashback, we also see how far the girl has progressed since her first time behind the wheel. Primary cultural references include the films "Balto," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," and "Jurassic Park," as well as songs by Chuck Berry, The Beach Boys, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Bruce Springsteen, and The Modern Lovers.
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- Part 40 of The Bolt Chronicles
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Rhino is by now a very old hamster at just shy of five years of age -- and sorry to say, he hasn't aged all that gracefully. He goes out with a bang, though, meeting some out-of-this-world visitors who take him on one final adventure. Meanwhile, Bolt and Mittens adjust to their friend's less-than-ideal state and ponder the joys of innuendo. Primary cultural references include the "Twilight Zone" episode "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby"; the television shows "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show"; the movies "Lilo and Stitch," "Cactus Flower," "The Wizard of Oz," "Babe," and "The Day the Earth Stood Still"; the comic strip "Smokey Stover"; and songs by The Cramps, The Jazz Butcher, The Byrds, David Bowie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Elton John.
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- Part 33 of The Bolt Chronicles