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Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams

Jibolba Flea: Jibolba transforms into a flea to help Tak throughout the game.


APEV Pouchel Classic

The Pouchel Classic is derived from the APEV Pouchel, which is itself a derivative of the classic 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea).

APEV Pouchel II

The Pouchel series are all derivatives of the classic 1930s Henri Mignet-designed Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea).

Ashingdon

Henri Mignet, the French designer of the Mignet HM.14 Pou du Ciel ("Flying Flea") used to visit Ashingdon for business with Aero 8 at Canute Aero Park, because they were one of the largest producers and developers of the Pou du Ciel.

Banks Peninsula

The relatively small Pōhatu Marine Reserve centres on Flea Bay on the south-east side of the peninsula and the larger Akaroa Marine Reserve lies at the entrance to the Akaroa Harbour.

Brooklyn Flea

Founded in 2008 by Jonathan Butler, creator of Brownstoner.com, and Eric Demby, the former communications director for Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Flea runs several of the largest flea markets on the East Coast of the United States.

Carden Aero Engines

Aircraft that have used the Carden-Ford 31hp engine are: Broughton-Blayney Brawney, B.A.C. Drone, Kronfeld Monoplane, Mignet HM.14 (Flying Flea), Perman Parasol, Taylor Watkinson Dingbat, and Chilton D.W.1 Monoplane.

Dead Man's Bones

The entire album is a collaboration with the Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir started by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea from Los Angeles, California.

Dipylidium caninum

Dipylidium caninum, also called the flea tapeworm or the double-pore tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that infects organisms afflicted with fleas and canine chewing lice, including dogs, cats, and pet-owners, especially children.

Dog flea

Anemia may also result from flea bites in extreme circumstances.

Echium plantagineum in Australia

The leaf-mining moth Dialectica scalariella the crown weevil Mogulones larvatus, root weevil Mogulones geographicus and the flea beetle Longitarsus echii are now currently widely distributed in southern Australia and can be found easily on most large Paterson's curse plants encountered.

Gary Wilson

Garry Wilson (born 1953), Australian rules footballer (nicknamed "Flea")

Hard Charger

Dave Navarro and Flea played guitar and bass guitar, which would later lead them to join Jane's Addiction later that year.

I Love Livin' in the City

At a May 2, 2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers show, bassist Flea (who had played in Fear) teased the song as an intro to the Chili Peppers' song, "Look Around".

Idaho State Bengals football

A number of players from Idaho State have gone on to play in the National Football League, including Jared Allen, Merrill Hoge, Evan Dietrich-Smith, Ed "The Flea" Bell, Mike Machurek, and Jeff Charleston.

Julius Wechter

He died at his home in California of lung cancer, a day after his song "Spanish Flea" was used in the Simpsons episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday".

Killarney Provincial Park

More recently, the lakes have been under threat from non-indigenous invasive species such as the Bythotrephes longimanus (a.k.a. spiny water flea), which threaten local species.

Lacon, Alabama

Exit 318 of Interstate 65 is the "Lacon" exit and is less than one mile South of the old town site and present day flea market.

Leo Fender

The StingRay's two-band active equalizer, high output humbucking pickup, and smooth satin finished neck became a favorite of many influential bassists, including Louis Johnson, John Deacon, and Flea.

Lou Marsh

One of the most successful sea flea racers in Toronto was future Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard.

Mignet Pou-du-Ciel

The Flying Flea family of aircraft was designed by Frenchman Henri Mignet.

Museum of Russian Icons

After meeting Knyazeva and learning more about icons, Lankton began his collection, starting with a small, poor quality icon he found at a flea market in the Izmaylovo District of Moscow.

Nichols Industries, Inc.

Now cap guns are collectibles and are highly valued in auctions like EBay and flea markets and private sales.

One Flea Spare

One Flea Spare, by Naomi Wallace, is an award-winning play set in plague-ravaged 17th Century London.

Operation Sand Flea

Operation Sand Flea was a series of training exercises for the December 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States.

Pee Wee Hunt

He was satirized as Pee Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland Band in Tex Avery's animated MGM cartoon Dixieland Droopy (1954).

Pereskia aculeata

It can be controlled by Triclopyr or biological control with the leaf-feeding flea-beetle, Phenrica guérini, which has caused significant damage to Pereskia plants at Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa, but although the beetle was also released widely in KwaZulu-Natal, it has not become established there.

Performing Flea

Performing Flea is a non-fiction book, consisting of a series of letters written by P. G. Wodehouse to William Townend, a friend of Wodehouse since their schooldays together at Dulwich College.

Pōhatu Marine Reserve

Pōhatu Marine Reserve centered on Flea Bay and lies between Ounu-hau Point and Redcliffe Point on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.

Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven

The video contains live, rehearsal and backstage footage of the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the lineup of Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante during the Mother's Milk tour.

Rat flea

Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), also known as the tropical rat flea

Rising Low

Throughout the film, Gordon interviews Woody's family & bandmates and also discusses the philosophy and technique of bass playing with a number of the instrument's legends, including Chris Squire, Les Claypool, John Entwistle, Flea, Bootsy Collins, Mike Watt, Roger Glover and others.

Sara Berner

Examples include the uncredited voice of Mama Buzzard in The Bashful Buzzard and Bugs Bunny Gets The Boid, the singing voice of one-time character A. Flea in the 1943 short, An Itch in Time and an uncredited role as the female voices in 1947's Book Revue.

Stewart's Wilt

The primary vector of Pantoea stewartii is the corn flea beetle, (Chaetocnema pulicaria).

Style Wars

On June 9, 2011 it was announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea along with actors Brad Pitt and James Franco and director Spike Jonze were donating items to an eBay auction that would raise money for restoring the film negatives for Style Wars.

Swap Shop

The Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, Florida, a 14-screen drive-in theater complex and flea market

The Ghost of a Flea

The Ghost of a Flea is a miniature painting by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake, held in the Tate Gallery, London.

True Men Don't Kill Coyotes

This song was written by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Jack Sherman and Cliff Martinez, rather than the original line-up (Anthony and Flea with Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons) which quite a few of the songs on the first and even second album.

Ultra Payloaded

The album features contributions from artists such as John Frusciante and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas, former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons, Joy Division/New Order bass guitarist Peter Hook, Porno for Pyros guitarist Peter DiStefano, Hybrid, Thievery Corporation, and finally a pre-recorded vocal performance provided by Jim Morrison.

Umberto Tirelli

His contribution was essential to them in terms of culture, philology of fashion, the recovery of age-old techniques, the quest for authentic outfits (he had a Collection of 15,000 items, dating from the seventeenth century to the days of Chanel and Dior) in almost archaeological excavations in attics, lofts, abandoned armoires, among the rags of the flea markets.

Vallila

Perhaps the most famous scene in Vallila is the small flea market square featured in Aki Kaurismäki's film The Man Without a Past.

Viola Frey

Frey was an avid collector of ceramic figurines and other nick-nacks found in flea markets, and her vast collection of tchotchkes inspired a body of her ceramic works, which she called bricolage sculptures, based on the term used by the French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss in his book The Savage Mind.

Western University College of Veterinary Medicine

In 2008, the Banfield Pet Hospital on campus was opened to the community, providing primary care services such as vaccinations, spaying and neutering, microchiping, surgery, dental exams and cleanings, as well as flea, tick and heartworm control.


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