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A TV mascot with an existential crisis

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An upbeat cartoonish bear living inside a magical broadcast frequency constantly questions his own reality. Despite his colorful exterior, he frequently plunges into deep philosophical depressions about whether he actually exists or is just a hollow manifestation of human desires.

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