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Ginger is based on Jane Russell

In the Nick Trivia Game Varrick is said to be based on Howard Hughes and Richard Branson.  

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, aerospace engineer, film maker and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world. As a maverick film producer, Hughes gained prominence in Hollywood from the late 1920s, making big-budget and often controversial films like The Racket (1928), Hell’s Angels(1930), Scarface (1932), and The Outlaw (1943). 

The Outlaw, directed by Hughes starred Jane Russell.

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (June 21, 1921 – February 28, 2011) was an American film actress and was one of Hollywood’s leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.

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What kind of movie exactly is he planning on producing? Just wondering *halo*

Le Coucher de la MariéeorBedtime for the BrideorThe Bridegroom’s Dilemmais a Frencheroticshort filmand considered one of the first pornographic films made. Shot in1896, it was produced byEugène Pirouand directed by Léar (Albert Kirchner). The short stars Louise Willy who performs astripteaseduring a bath scene, along with an unknown actor.

The film was released in the United States in 1903.

You’re welcome. *cackles*

The words on Mako’s bike read: 警察 (Jing Cha) i.e. Police.

For scenesfromaboredmind. Raiko is the guy, take a look at the image behind them, it shows him alone and he’s the one wearing the council pin.

President Raiko  –  Dr Sun Yat-sen

Are you once again teasing me with history, show? 

The physical resemblance, as well as the title “First President” make me think so. 

Since Amon's Mao's  Non-bender revolution was, at the very least, dispersed for the moment, will Raiko be the founding father of a new, democratic Republic City? 

Dr. Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (“Nationalist China”).

As the foremost pioneer of Republic of China, Sun is referred to as the “Father of the Nation” in theRepublic of China(ROC), and the “forerunner of democratic revolution” in thePeople’s Republic of China. Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of theQing dynastyduring the years leading up to theDouble Ten Revolution. He was appointed to serve as president of the Provisional Republic of China, when it was founded in 1912. He later co-founded theKuomintang(KMT), serving as its first leader.^[3]Sun was a uniting figure inpost-Imperial China, and remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of theTaiwan Strait.

Although Sun is considered one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. After the success of the revolution, he quickly fell out of power in the newly founded Republic of China, and led successive revolutionary governments as a challenge to the warlords who controlled much of the nation. Sun did not live to see his party consolidate its power over the country during the Northern Expedition. His party, which formed a fragile alliance with the Communists, split into two factions after his death. Sun’s chief legacy resides in his developing of the political philosophy known as the Three Principles of the People: nationalism, democracy, and the people’s livelihood.

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