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The '''sabertooth virus'''

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−	The '''sabertooth virus''' was the titular plot device of ''[[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]]'', a virus that temporarily transformed the infected into a sabertooth tiger.	+	The '''sabertooth virus''' was the titular plot device of ''[[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]]'', a virus that temporarily transformed the infected into a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon sabertooth tiger] (''Smilodon fatalis'').

	Created by [[Doctor Killfile II\|Doctor Killfile]], the virus was unleashed in [[Net.ropolis]] and spread across the [[Loonited States of Ame.rec.a]], where government efforts were able to isolate it<ref name = BJB />. The [[LNHQ (Classic)\|LNHQ]] entered lockdown, with patrols of [[Kiwi]]s (who were immune to the virus) taking care of any roaming sabertooths.		Created by [[Doctor Killfile II\|Doctor Killfile]], the virus was unleashed in [[Net.ropolis]] and spread across the [[Loonited States of Ame.rec.a]], where government efforts were able to isolate it<ref name = BJB />. The [[LNHQ (Classic)\|LNHQ]] entered lockdown, with patrols of [[Kiwi]]s (who were immune to the virus) taking care of any roaming sabertooths.

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−	The '''sabertooth virus'''	+	The '''sabertooth virus''' was the titular plot device of ''[[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]]'', a virus that temporarily transformed the infected into a sabertooth tiger.

		+	Created by [[Doctor Killfile II\|Doctor Killfile]], the virus was unleashed in [[Net.ropolis]] and spread across the [[Loonited States of Ame.rec.a]], where government efforts were able to isolate it<ref name = BJB />. The [[LNHQ (Classic)\|LNHQ]] entered lockdown, with patrols of [[Kiwi]]s (who were immune to the virus) taking care of any roaming sabertooths.

−	[Category:Plot Devices]	+	[[Doctor Stomper]] attempted to cure the virus with superscience, but was stymied by its high level of mutation and variance. However, with the help of the [[LNH-Readers-Who-Are-Sick-To-Death-With-These-Damn-Neverending-Events-Liberation Front]], he embarked on a plan to use the [[Super Quarantine Field]] to seal Net.ropolis and cure variants in bulk.
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		+	After dealing with the interference of [[UltraKiwi Wondersock]] and [[Simplicity]], the virus was stamped out, one city at a time.
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		+	== Context ==
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		+	The sabertooth virus was a way of engaging narratively and metaphorically with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic COVID-19 pandemic] in a more comedic and dramatic way than would be possible if it was engaged with literally<ref name = HHS3 />. (Unlike the sabertooth virus, however, COVID-19 was natural and not engineered.)
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		+	== Footnotes ==
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		+	<references>
		+	<ref name = BJB>This was accomplished by convincing the President, [[Bad Judgment Boy]], that other nations were trying to create sabertooth armies.</ref>
		+	<ref name = HHS3>See ''[[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]]'' #3 for more details – [[Footnote Girl]]</ref>
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		+	[[Category:Plot Devices]]