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TIL that lead singer of DEVO, Mark Mothersbaugh, also made the music to Rugrats, Rocket Power, The Sims 2, the Crash Bandicoot games, The Jak&Daxter series, Dumb and Dumber, The Lego Movie, The Life Aquatic, 21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,and of course Halloween Town I & II

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