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TIL that Billy Mitchell sued Cartoon Network for infringing his likeness with the Regular Show character GBF, a giant floating head who cheats at arcade games. Mitchell's lawsuit was dismissed, in part because "when GBF loses his title, the character literally explodes, unlike Plaintiff".

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