Dragonfly

A Dragonfly, from the Wii U/PC version of Sonic Lost World.

Appearances

First appearance

Sonic & Knuckles

Game appearances

Appearances in other media

Archie Comics

Biographical overview

Creator

Dr. Eggman

Species

Robot

Physical description

Color scheme

Light blue, orange, silver
Dark blue, orange, cyan, grey
Pink, orange, silver

Eyes

Black
Cyan

Alignment and character traits

Alignment

Evil

Affiliation(s)

Eggman Empire
- Badniks
Deadly Six (formerly)

Powers and abilities

Skills

Flight
Spike protrusion

Dragonfly^[1] (トンバー^[2], Tonbar^?) is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced, dragonfly-based Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman with spikes and flight capabilities.

Appearance

Based off the dragonfly, the Dragonflies are robotic insects with light blue armor. When first introduced, each Dragonfly had two pairs of transparent wings, an ellipsoid thorax with orange stripes, no head, two black eyes, a small mouth, and a long yellow and blue segmented abdomen with spikes.

Over the course of the series, the Dragonflies have undergone slight design changes. In Sonic Generations, the Dragonflies were redesigned with a shorter abdomen and larger, blue eyes. In Sonic Lost World, they were given a darker color scheme, a longer abdomen, their own head, and cyan eyes with no pupils. Finally, in Sonic Mania, they were colored pink and their bodies had six segments instead of seven, though the spiked segment on the end were larger than before.

Game appearances

Sonic & Knuckles

The Dragonflies first appeared in Sonic & Knuckles, where they are encountered in Mushroom Hill Zone. In gameplay, they repeatedly fly up and down until the player interrupts them. They are also very tricky to avoid, as touching a Dragonfly anywhere else than on its head will damage the player. Only a Spin Jump or a Glide to the head will safely destroy a Dragonfly. Also, upon its destruction, the Dragonfly will release an Animal.

Sonic Rivals 2

In Sonic Rivals 2, the Dragonfly appears as an unlockable card after getting the high score in Neon Palace Zone Act 3. The card will also unlock the Chao Detector of the previously mentioned Zone.

Sonic Generations

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, the Dragonflies are encountered in Mushroom Hill. In gameplay, their attack patterns and strategy remain the same as in Sonic & Knuckles, and their loud buzzing easily indicates their presence. Beside that, the player can defeat the Dragonflies with the Spin Jump or Homing Attack.

Sonic Lost World

In the Wii U version and PC version of Sonic Lost World, the Dragonflies are found in Silent Forest Zone 2. They should not be confused with the Tonbers in Silent Forest Zone 1 however. During the events of the game, the Dragonflies and the other Badniks got hijacked by the Deadly Six.

In gameplay, the Dragonflies retain a familiar attack pattern where they fly up and down in one place. To defeat a Dragonfly, the player has to use the Focused Homing Attack on its head. Also, upon its destruction, the Dragonfly will release an Animal.

Sonic Mania

In Sonic Mania, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, the Dragonflies make an appearance as enemies. In terms of design, they look much like how they did in Sonic & Knuckles, except for a new coloration and minor tweaks. In these games, they appear in both Acts of Press Garden Zone.

In gameplay, the Dragonflies behave just like in their debut appearance: they fly up and down and can only be damaged on their heads. Also, upon destroying a Dragonfly, it will release an Animal.

Powers and abilities

Dragonflies are capable of flight and are equipped with spikes on their abdomen which they can skewer their foes with.

In other media

Archie Comics

Main article: Dragonfly (Archie)

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, the Dragonfly is a mass-produced model in the Badnik Horde. They have been deployed at a number of locations, most notably Angel Island.

Trivia

The Dragonfly's Japanese name "Tonbar" comes from "tonbo", which is Japanese for "dragonfly".

Gallery

Artwork

Screenshots

Gallery
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Sonic Rivals 2 Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS) Sonic Lost World (Wii U) Sonic Mania

References

↑ Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Genesis) United States instruction manual pg. 20.
↑ Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Mega Drive) Japanese instruction manual pg. 31.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

Main articles (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Staff (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Manuals (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles) | Glitches (Sonic 3, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Beta elements (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles) | Galleries (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles, Hyper Knuckles)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Robotnik \| Rock Drill \| Mecha Sonic (Mecha Sonic's Super State) \| Animals (Flicky (Flicky's Super State), Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Rocky)
Badniks		Batbot \| Blaster \| Blastoid (Carnival Night Zone) \| Blastoid (Hydrocity Zone) \| Bloominator \| Bubbles \| Bugernaut \| Butterdroid \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chainspike \| Clamer \| Cluckoid \| Corkey \| Dragonfly \| EggRobo \| Fireworm \| Flybot767 \| Hyudoro \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Madmole \| Mantis \| Mega Chopper \| Monkey Dude \| Mushmeanie \| Orbinaut \| Penguinator \| Pointdexter \| RhinoBot \| Ribot \| Rock'n \| Sandworm \| Skorp \| Snale Blaster \| Spikebonker \| Spiker \| Star Pointer \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Turbo Spiker
Zones	Sonic 3	Angel Island Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Marble Garden Zone \| Carnival Night Zone \| IceCap Zone \| Launch Base Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Sonic & Knuckles	Mushroom Hill Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Sandopolis Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Hidden Palace Zone \| Sky Sanctuary Zone \| Death Egg Zone \| The Doomsday Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Competition	Azure Lake \| Balloon Park \| Chrome Gadget \| Desert Palace \| Endless Mine
Bosses	Sub-bosses	Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik's Whirlpool Machine \| Tunnelbot \| Self D-Struct Machine \| Iceball \| Swing'm Spikez \| Hei Hou \| Gapsule \| Barrier Eggman \| Guardian \| Heat Arms \| Egg Mobile-H \| Flying Eggman \| Red Eye \| Death Ball
Bosses	Zone bosses	Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik's Waterspout and Depth Charge Machine \| Doctor Robotnik's Jet Drill Pod \| Doctor Robotnik's Energy Ship \| Doctor Robotnik's Freeze-O-Matic \| Ball Shooter \| Beam Rocket \| Big Arm \| Jet Mobile \| Hang Mobile \| Egg Golem \| Hot Mobile \| Knuckles \| Mecha Sonic \| Mecha Sonic's Super State \| Great Eggman Robo \| Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques		Bound Jump \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Gliding Knuckles Attack \| Hyper Flash \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Swim \| Wall Climb
Items		Air Bubble \| Balloon \| Banana \| Bomb \| Booster \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Change \| Chaos Emerald \| Cloud \| Continue \| Electrical emitter \| Fan \| Jump Stand \| Monitor (Water Shield, Flame Shield, Invincibility, Lightning Shield, Super Ring, Super Shoes, Extra Life, S, Eggman) \| Movable box \| Mushroom \| Pulley \| Ring \| Signpost \| Self-Propelled Bomb \| Slow-Down Shoes \| Snowboard \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spinning Top \| Star Post (Star Circle) \| Super Emerald \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Other		Conveyor Belt \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Death Egg \| Debug Mode \| Drum \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Floating Island \| Flywheel \| Freeze \| Giant spear \| Goal \| Gravity Control Switch \| Gumball \| High-speed elevator \| High-speed warp tube \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jewel Radar \| Perfect Bonus \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole Elevator \| Relief \| Reverse \| Ring Shooter \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Snowblower \| Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 \| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (LCD) \| Strange Relief \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Warp Point \| Winding Tunnel \| "Wonderman"

Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)

Main article | Script | Staff | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters		Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic)
Non-playable characters		Biolizard \| Classic Eggman \| Classic Metal Sonic \| Classic Tails \| Modern Eggman \| Modern Tails \| Shadow \| Silver \| Time Eater
Wisps		Cyan \| Red
Stages		Green Hill \| Casino Night \| Mushroom Hill \| Emerald Coast \| Radical Highway \| Water Palace \| Tropical Resort \| Special Stage
Enemies		Blue Eagle \| Butterdroid \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Dragonfly \| Flapper \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Hunter \| Kiki \| Klagen \| Madmole \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Newtron \| Rhinotank \| Spinner \| Sweeper
Bosses		Metal Sonic \| Big Arm \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Biolizard \| Silver the Hedgehog \| Egg Emperor \| Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Air Boost \| Boost \| Crouch \| Freestyle Tricks \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Roll \| Slide \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Wall Jump
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Chaos Spear \| Ring Spark Field \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Warping arm attack
Color Powers		Cyan Laser \| Red Burst
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bomb \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Exploding Balloon \| Fan \| Flipper \| Grind Rail \| Horizontal Bar \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Meteorite \| Mushroom \| Prism \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rocket \| Seed Propeller \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Boss Gate \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Steel Container, Wooden Container) \| Crank \| Goal Plate \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (1UP, Explosion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Shield, Super Ring, Time Item) \| Ring \| Sphere \| Stomping Shoes \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Modern Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Classic Eggman, Modern Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Classic Tails, Modern Tails) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Modern Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Classic Eggman, Modern Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Modern Tails) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Classic Tails) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver)
Music	Songs	"Back 2 Back" \| "Vengeance is Mine"
Music	Albums	20 Years of Sonic Music \| Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack \| History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition
Other		Sonic's birthday \| Boss Health Gauge \| Boost Gauge \| Collection \| Corkscrew loop \| Death Egg \| Egg Emperor \| Orca \| Rank \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Time Attack \| Time Hole \| Totem pole \| White Space \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Gauge

Sonic Lost World (Wii U)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Virtual Hedgehog*
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) \| Clawz \| Cubot \| Deadly Six (Master Zik, Zavok, Zazz, Zeena, Zomom, Zor) \| Dr. Eggman \| Gillwing \| Gulpo \| Jackle \| Knuckles \| Link* \| Nightopian \| NiGHTS \| Omochao \| Orbot \| Puffy \| Reala \| Tails \| Wizeman \| Yacker* \| Yoshi*
Wisps		Black \| Crimson \| Cyan \| Gray* \| Green \| Indigo \| Magenta \| Orange \| White* \| Yellow
Levels	Worlds	Windy Hill \| Desert Ruins \| Tropical Coast \| Frozen Factory \| Silent Forest \| Sky Road \| Lava Mountain \| Hidden World
Levels	Misc.	Circus* \| NiGHTMARE Zone \| The Legend of Zelda Zone* \| Yoshi's Island Zone*
Enemies	Badniks	Antlion \| Antlion Mother \| Aquis \| Balkiry \| Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| BFB \| Blowfish Transporter \| Blaster \| Bomb \| Burrobot \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Cluckoid \| Coconuts \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Crawlton \| Dragonfly \| Dung Beetle \| Egg Pawn \| Galaga Bee \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Gustav Turtle \| Jaws \| Laser Grabber \| Madmole \| Manbou \| Manta \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Nebula \| Newtron \| Octus \| Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) \| Penguinator \| Robot Ant \| Robot Butterfly \| Sandworm \| Slicer \| Snale Blaster \| Spiker \| Spikes \| Sprinkler \| Tarantula \| Tonber \| Turtloids \| Utsubo
Enemies	Other	Baku Baku \| Boo \| Boom Boo \| Cactus Ball \| Deku Scrub* \| Keese* \| Piranha Plant* \| Sandworm \| Sheep \| Shy Guy* \| Stalchild* \| Surprise Crocodile \| Yeti
Bosses		Zazz (Puffy) \| Zomom \| Master Zik (Gulpo) \| Zeena (Clawz) \| Zor (Jackle) \| Zavok (Gillwing) \| Deadly Six \| Eggrobo
Moves/ Techniques	General	Bound Jump \| Charged Dash \| Dash \| Double Jump \| Duck \| Flying Kick \| Focused Homing Attack \| Grinding \| Skydiving \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost
Moves/ Techniques	Parkour	Hang \| Side Step \| Vault \| Vault Dash \| Wall Climb \| Wall Jump \| Wall Run \| Wall Spin Dash
Color Powers		Black Bomb \| Crimson Eagle \| Cyan Laser \| Gray Quake* \| Green Hover \| Indigo Asteroid \| Magenta Rhythm \| Orange Rocket \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Billiard Ball \| Bumper \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Cloud \| Coconut \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Flipper \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Metal nut \| Minecart \| Musical note \| Prism \| Seesaw* \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Truffle Cannon \| Windmill
Items	General	1-Up \| Apple \| Asteroid Ring \| Blue Chip \| Bound bell \| Cage \| Casino Token \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box \| Invincible \| Item Box (Warp) \| Number Ring \| Power Sneakers \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Ring (NiGHTS) \| Shield \| Thunder Shield
Items	RC Vehicles	Helicopter \| Fighter Jet \| Stealth Jet \| Hovercraft \| Balloon \| UFO \| Omochao
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Orbot, Master Zik) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot) \| Liam O'Brien (Zazz) \| Patrick Seitz (Zomom) \| Stephanie Sheh (Zeena) \| Sam Riegel (Zor)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz) \| Yumi Tōma (Zeena) \| Makoto Terada (Master Zik) \| Chafūrin (Zomom) \| Yūki Tai (Zor)
Music		Sonic Lost World Bonus Soundtrack (Special Selection) \| Sonic Lost World: Wonder World EP \| Without Boundaries: Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running \| Cacophonic Conch \| Egg Mobile \| Extractor \| Havok \| Life \| Lost Hex \| Miles Electric \| Mission \| Moon Mech \| Rank \| Roboticizer \| Roboticization \| Secret Bonus \| Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013 \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Totem pole \| Wisp Away* \| Wisp Gauge \| Zeti "*" Wii U version only.

Sonic Mania

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles) \| Mighty* (Super Mighty) \| Ray (Super Ray*)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy King, Heavy Gunner, Heavy Shinobi, Heavy Magician, Heavy Rider) \| Phantom Heavies (Phantom King, Phantom Gunner, Phantom Shinobi, Phantom Magician, Phantom Rider) \| Metal Sonic (Giga Metal) \| Animals (Becky, Cucky, Flicky, Locky, Micky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky, Tocky, Wocky) \| Jimmy \| Rock Drill
Zones		Angel Island Zone* \| Green Hill Zone \| Chemical Plant Zone \| Studiopolis Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Press Garden Zone \| Stardust Speedway Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Mirage Saloon Zone \| Oil Ocean Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Metallic Madness Zone \| Titanic Monarch Zone \| Egg Reverie Zone \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage \| Pinball Stage*
Enemies		Armadiloid \| Aquis \| Asteron \| Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| Blaster \| Blastoid \| Bloominator* \| Bugernaut \| Bumpalo \| Buzz Bomber \| Cactula \| Canister \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Crabmeat \| Dango \| Dragonfly \| Eggrobo \| Fireworm \| Flasher mk.II \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Hotaru \| IceBomba \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Jellygnite \| Juggle Saw \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Madmole \| Matryoshka-Bom \| Mega Chopper \| Mic Drop \| Monkey Dude* \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Octus \| Pointdexter \| Rattlekiller \| Rexon \| RhinoBot* \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Roller mk.II \| Scarab \| Sentry Bug \| Shutterbug \| Silver Sonic \| Spiny \| Splats \| Sweep \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Tubinaut \| Turbo Spiker \| Turbo Turtle \| Vultron \| Woodrow
Bosses	Mini-bosses	DD Wrecker \| Amoeba Droid \| Heavy Gunner \| Big Squeeze \| Shiversaw \| Hotaru Hi-Watt \| Dive Eggman \| Uber Caterkiller \| Meter Droid \| Drillerdroid \| Egg Pistons mk.II \| Crimson Eye
Bosses	Zone bosses	Death Egg Robot \| Mean Bean Machine \| Weather Globe \| Spider Mobile \| Heavy Shinobi \| Metal Sonic \| Laundro-Mobile \| Heavy Magician \| Mega Octus \| Heavy Rider \| Heavy King \| Gachapandora \| Phantom Egg \| Phantom King and Klepto Mobile
Moves/Techniques		Air Glide* \| Bounce Jump \| Climb \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Drop Dash \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Hammer Drop* \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Ring Spark Field \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Peel Out \| Swim \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Beanstalk \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bungee Rope \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Electrical conduit \| Fan \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Ice Spring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pulley \| Ruby Mist \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Giant Ring \| Giant spear \| Item Box (1-UP, Blue Shield, Bubble Shield, Character, Hyper Ring, Eggman Mark, Fire Shield, Invincible, Lightning Shield, Player Swap, Power Sneakers, Random, S, Super Ring) \| Little Planet flowers \| Master Emerald \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Medallion \| Ring \| Robot transporter \| Schrodinger's Capsule \| Sphere \| Star Circle \| Time Warp sign \| UFO \| Warp Point
Music		Sonic Mania (vinyl album) \| Sonic Mania Original Soundtrack (Selected Edition) \| Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack
Other		Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Continue \| Death Egg Robot \| Debug Mode \| Egg Mobile \| Freeze \| Klepto Mobile \| Level Select \| Little Planet \| Mega Mack \| Phantom Ruby \| Perfect Bonus \| Popgun \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Mania Adventures ("Sonic Returns", "Sonic and Tails", "& Knuckles", "Mighty and Ray", "Metal Mayhem", "From: A. Rose", "The Complete Mini-Series") \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Tornado \| Winding Tunnel Appears in Sonic Mania Plus* only

[1] Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Genesis) United States instruction manual pg. 20.

[2] Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Mega Drive) Japanese instruction manual pg. 31.

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Contents

Appearance

Game appearances

Sonic & Knuckles

Sonic Rivals 2

Sonic Generations

Sonic Lost World

Sonic Mania

Powers and abilities

In other media

Archie Comics

Trivia

Gallery

Artwork

Screenshots

References

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