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9 Foreign Rip-Offs Cooler Than The Hollywood Originals

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
October 24, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 08:40
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You think Batman's pretty cool, don't you?  Outside of America, they make Batman even cooler because he guns down bad guys and has sex with the ladies he rescues. 

Other countries have been working around the clock to improve our cultural icons in similar. From Cracked.com, here are 9 ripoffs that are better than the US originals, proving you can create something awesome no matter where you're from or how limited your budget is, as long as you don't give a shit about copyrights.

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