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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Humour"
date = "2016-03-09T21:13:00+00:00"
lastmod = "2016-03-11T11:48:00+00:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1457558660349/2016-03-09---Minions.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2016-03-11T11:30:00+00:00"
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short_description = "That&#039;s right. Stuart the Minion spots a fine-looking yellow fire hydrant in New York City, and he uses his best pick-up line, best translated as, &quot;Hello, Papagena! You&#039;re beautiful like a papaya.&quot;"
slug = "hello-papagena"
title = "&quot;Hello, Papagena!&quot;"
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Readers, did you catch the tiniest, sweetest, heart-warming-est little opera reference in *Minions*? We did:

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That's right. Stuart the Minion spots a fine-looking yellow fire hydrant in New York City, and he uses his best pick-up line, best translated as, "Hello, Papagena! You're beautiful like a papaya."

Now all we can think about is a Minion-Papageno, and how much that needs to happen in our lifetime. Can you picture Papageno's Suicide Scene in those little overalls? Come on.
