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2005 : Gold European Championships ( Villeneuve d 'Ascq , France )
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2007 : Gold European Championships ( Wetzlar , Germany )
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2008 : Silver Paralympic Games ( Beijing , China )
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2009 : Gold European Championships ( Stoke Mandeville , Great Britain )
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2010 : Silver World Championships ( Birmingham , Great Britain )
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2011 : Gold European Championships ( Nazareth , Israel )
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2012 : Gold Paralympic Games ( London , Great Britain )
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2012 : Hamburg coach of the year for 2012 .
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2013 : Silver European Championships ( Frankfurt , Germany )
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2014 : Silver at the World Championships ( Toronto , Canada )
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= Big Man on Hippocampus =
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" Big Man on Hippocampus " is the tenth episode of the eighth season of the Fox animated comedy Family Guy . It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 3 , 2010 . The episode features Peter after he suddenly begins suffering from amnesia , and can no longer remember anything about his life , including his own family and friends . His wife , Lois , then attempts to reintroduce Peter to his surroundings , but he soon discovers partying , and having sex with other women is much more entertaining . Frustrated , Lois decides to leave her husband , causing her neighbor , Quagmire , to attempt to win her over .
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The episode was written by Brian Scully and directed by Dominic Bianchi . It received generally negative reviews from critics , for its " promising start , " as well as its many cultural references . According to the Nielsen ratings , it was viewed in 8 @.@ 1 million homes in its original airing . The episode featured guest performances by Dwayne Johnson , Adrianne Palicki , and Rick Pasqualone , along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series . " Big Man on Hippocampus " was released on DVD along with ten other episodes from the season on December 13 , 2011 .
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= = Plot = =
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The episode opens with the Griffin family watching television . A commercial for local auditions of the syndicated game show Family Feud is shown , prompting them to try out the next day . The Griffins are chosen for the show and reach the final round . During a fight with Richard Dawson about <unk> on the prize money , Peter hits his head . This causes him to forget everything about his life , including his family and friends . Lois tries to jog his memory by reintroducing him to his old self , including his children and his sex life . Unfortunately , this causes Peter to believe that he 's free to have sexual relations with others in his newfound " bachelorhood . " Lois had earlier told him that it is inappropriate to have sex with his children - in response , Meg attempts an incest joke ( " Well , I wish you would 've told him that BEFORE he lost his memory ! " ) . Most of the family lambaste her for this and Chris kicks her out of the room . Deeply angered , Lois decides to move out , taking the kids . When Quagmire finds out , he jumps on the opportunity to pursue a relationship with Lois .
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When Brian returns home to warn Peter about the consequences of this development , Peter reveals that he had regained his memory after Ernie the Giant Chicken hit him on the head with " an odd number of objects " earlier that day . Alerted by Brian 's warnings , Peter rushes to reclaim Lois , just as Quagmire 's plans had been delayed by guilt @-@ induced impotence when Lois confessed that she " trusts " him . Peter then professes his love for her , and desire to be with her for the rest of his life , causing Lois to love him again . The two walk home , happy in their reunion , leaving Quagmire as he frustratedly attempts increasingly drastic measures to " resuscitate " his genitalia using : a penis pump , intravenous therapy , and a crash cart with a defibrillator in his closet .
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= = Production and development = =
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This episode was written by Brian Scully , older brother of long @-@ time Simpsons writer and producer Mike Scully . This was his second Family Guy episode , the first being " I Dream of Jesus " from the seventh season . Series regular Dominic Bianchi directed the episode , before the conclusion of the eighth production season .
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" Big Man on Hippocampus " , along with the eleven other episodes from Family Guy 's eighth season , was released on a three @-@ disc DVD set in the United States on December 13 , 2011 . The sets include brief audio commentaries by various crew and cast members for several episodes , a collection of deleted scenes and animatics , a special mini @-@ feature which discussed the process behind animating " And Then There Were Fewer " , a mini @-@ feature entitled " The Comical Adventures of Family Guy – Brian & Stewie : The Lost Phone Call " , and footage of the Family Guy panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic @-@ Con International .
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In addition to the regular cast , actor Dwayne Johnson made a brief live @-@ action appearance in the episode , appearing as himself , along with two action figures of Peter and Lois , which he proceeds to bang on top of each other in order to illustrate a censored sex scene . Commenting on his appearance in the episode , Johnson stated that he was a " big fan " of Family Guy , having quickly befriended show creator Seth MacFarlane after he had in a minor role in Johnson 's 2010 film Tooth Fairy . While filming the movie , Johnson had reached out to MacFarlane , saying that he would love to " return the favor " by appearing on Family Guy , which eventually led to his role in this episode . Actress Adrianne Palicki and voice actor Rick Pasqualone also guest starred in the episode . Recurring guest voice actors Alexandra Breckenridge , writer Steve Callaghan , voice actor Ralph Garman , writer Mark Hentemann , writer Danny Smith , writer Alec Sulkin and writer John Viener also made minor appearances . Actors Patrick Warburton and Adam West made a few appearances as well .
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= = Cultural references = =
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The episode contains numerous in @-@ jokes and references to other events . As the episode opens , the family sees an announcement about auditions for the game show Family Feud . Deciding to try out , the family is quickly chosen , along with the family of show writer Steve Callaghan . The segment features a re @-@ creation of the game show 's original 1976 set and rules , including host Richard Dawson 's practice of kissing the female contestants . As an answer to one of the questions , Peter supplies " the flute that Captain Picard played , first in his imagination , and then in real life , in the episode " The Inner Light " from Star Trek : The Next Generation . " Then , during the Fast Money round , when Lois was asked to name a favorite holiday , Stewie answered 9 / 11 .
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When Peter is introduced to Meg , he exclaims " D 'oh ! " , to which Lois replies " No , Peter , that 's not your catchphrase " , an allusion to Homer Simpson in The Simpsons . In a further attempt to restore Peter 's memory , Lois decides to show Peter footage of their honeymoon , which is reminiscent of the Corona commercials with its scene of a bottle of beer placed between the couple , as they are both sitting on a beach . Going on to teach Peter how to drive , Lois gives him a copy of the video game Grand Theft Auto . As a result , he kills a prostitute with a baseball bat , steals her money then steals a car , in a parody of the actions the player is allowed to perform in the game itself . Peter also rediscovers " Surfin ' Bird " by The Trashmen and sings to it while dancing , annoying the family . The Griffins had been previously tormented by it in the seventh season episode " I Dream of Jesus " , which the writer of the episode , Brian Scully , also wrote . At the end of the first act , when Brian says " Oh No " , ( in place of the commercial interlude from Night Rider ) a series of white on black text is shown , in a parody of the Cartoon Network block Adult Swim . The Adult Swim broadcast also features the Animation Domination graphics package used by Fox , but replaces Fox with Adult Swim .
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Paul Hogan from " Crocodile " Dundee makes an appearance when Lois is teaching Peter how to use silverware . She says " this is a knife " saying his machete is a knife , referencing a famous scene from the film .
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Returning home from a night out , Peter brings home Tiffani Thiessen from Saved by the Bell , naively thinking he is allowed to have sex with her . The reference is made clear when Peter asks her if she bought a necklace using her money from the show . Tiffani also tells Peter he need not worry about her conceiving , as she is " already pregnant . " In real life , Thiessen was expecting her first child at the time . After Lois decides to leave Peter , she is shown shopping for groceries at the Quahog Market . Quagmire <unk> approaches her from behind , saying his " giggity " catchphrase to the shark motif composed by John Williams for the 1975 film Jaws .
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The title is a pun on the common phrase Big Man on Campus , but with campus changed to hippocampus , a reference to Peter 's amnesia in the episode .
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= = Reception = =
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The episode was viewed in 8 @.@ 1 million homes , and received a Nielsen rating of 3 @.@ 9 / 9 in the 18 – 49 demographic . In addition , it was also the second most viewed and second highest rated show on Fox 's Animation Domination lineup , losing slightly to The Simpsons , but continued its lead over both The Cleveland Show and American Dad ! in total viewership and ratings .
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Reviews of the episode were negative , citing the storyline as " safe , " without any offensive jokes for the sake of being offensive . " Ahsan Haque of IGN praised the " cohesive story " as " [ succeeding ] on its simplicity , " but criticized the series for continuing to broadcast in the 4 : 3 format , as opposed to widescreen like MacFarlane 's other two shows . Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club reviewed the episode more negatively , however , criticizing the writers for using " storylines as a thin spine to hang jokes on , " giving the episode a D rating . Jason Hughes of TV Squad commended the live @-@ action sequence featuring Johnson , as well as the utilization of Meg 's personality to create an awkward situation with the family . Despite the somewhat negative criticism , the episode still ended up on the most downloaded episodes list on iTunes 2010 Rewind .
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Australian channel 7mate received criticism for airing the episode on 12 August 2014 , 14 hours after the suicide of Robin Williams , who features in a cutaway implying that he is overrated . A spokesperson for the channel subsequently stated " it was a coincidence " .
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= Manasa =
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Manasā , also <unk> Devi , is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes , worshipped mainly in Bengal and other parts of North and northeastern India , chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite and also for fertility and prosperity . Manasa is the sister of Vasuki , king of Nāgas ( snakes ) and wife of sage Jagatkāru ( <unk> ) . She is also known as <unk> ( the destroyer of poison ) , <unk> ( eternal ) and Padmavati .
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Her myths emphasize her bad temper and unhappiness , due to rejection by her father Shiva and her husband , and the hatred of her stepmother , Chandi ( Shiva 's wife , identified with Parvati in this context ) . In some scriptures , sage Kashyapa is considered to be her father , rather than Shiva . Manasa is depicted as kind to her devotees , but harsh to people who refused to worship her . Denied full <unk> by her mixed parentage , Manasa ’ s aim was to fully establish her authority as a goddess and to acquire steadfast human devotees .
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= = Origins = =
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Manasa first appears in the Hindu text Atharva Veda as a snake goddess . In the Puranas , she was recognized as a daughter of sage Kashyapa and <unk> , the mother of all Nāgas . By the 14th century , Manasa was identified as the goddess of fertility and marriage rites and was assimilated into the Shaiva pantheon as a relative of Shiva . Myths glorified her by describing that she saved Shiva after he drank poison , and venerated her as the " remover of poison " . Her popularity grew and spread to Southern India , and her cult began to rival Shaivism itself . As a consequence , stories attributing Manasa 's birth to Shiva emerged and ultimately Shaivism adopted this indigenous goddess into the Brahmanical tradition of mainstream Hinduism .
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= = Iconography = =
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Manasa is depicted as a woman covered with snakes , sitting on a lotus or standing upon a snake . She is sheltered by the canopy of the hoods of seven cobras . Sometimes , she is depicted with a child on her lap . The child is assumed to be her son , Astika . She is often called " the one @-@ eyed goddess " and among the <unk> tribe of northeastern India she is called <unk> <unk> ( Blind Goddess ) , as one of her eyes was burnt by her stepmother Chandi .
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= = Legends = =
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= = = Mahabharata = = =
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The Mahabharata tells the story of Manasa 's marriage . Sage Jagatkāru practiced severe austerities and had decided to abstain from marriage . Once he came across a group of men hanging from a tree upside down . These men were his ancestors , who were doomed to misery as their children had not performed their last rites . So they advised Jagatkāru to marry and have a son who could free them of those miseries by performing the ceremonies . Vasuki offered his sister Manasa 's hand to Jagatkāru . Manasa mothered a son , <unk> , who freed his ancestors . Astika also helped in saving the Nāga race from destruction when King Janamejaya decided to exterminate them by sacrificing them in his Yajna , fire offering .
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= = = Puranas = = =
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Puranas are the first scriptures to speak about her birth . They declare that sage Kashyapa is her father , not Shiva as described in the Mangalkavyas . Once , when serpents and reptiles had created chaos on the earth , sage Kashyapa created goddess Manasa from his mind ( mana ) . The creator god Brahma made her the presiding deity of snakes and reptiles . Manasa gained control over the earth , by the power of mantras she chanted . Manasa then propitiated the god , Shiva , who told her to please Krishna . Upon being pleased , Krishna granted her divine Siddhi powers and ritually worshipped her , making her an established goddess .
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Kashyapa married Manasa to sage Jaratkaru , who agreed to marry her on the condition that he would leave her if she disobeyed him . Once , when Jaratkaru was awakened by Manasa , he became upset with her because she awakened him too late for worship , and so he deserted her . On the request of the great Hindu gods , Jaratkaru returned to Manasa and she gave birth to Astika , their son .
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= = = Mangalkavyas = = =
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The Mangalkavyas were devotional paeans to local deities such as Manasa , composed in Bengal between the 13th and the 18th centuries . The Manasa Mangalkavya by Bijay Gupta and Manasa Vijaya ( 1495 ) by <unk> <unk> trace the origin and myths of the goddess .
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According to Manasa Vijaya , Manasa was born when a statue of girl that had been sculpted by Vasuki 's mother was touched by Shiva 's semen . Vasuki accepted Manasa as his sister , and granted her charge of the poison that was produced when King Prithu milked the Earth as a cow . When Shiva saw Manasa , he was sexually attracted to her , but she proved to him that he was her father . Shiva took Manasa to his home where his wife , Chandi , suspected Manasa of being Shiva 's concubine or co @-@ wife , and insulted Manasa and burnt one of her eyes , leaving Manasa half @-@ blind . Later , when Shiva was dying of poison , Manasa cured him . On one occasion , when Chandi kicked her , Manasa rendered her senseless with a glance of her poison eye . Finally , tired of quarrels between Manasa and Chandi , Shiva deserted Manasa under a tree , but created a companion for her from his tears of remorse , called Neto or <unk> .
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Later , the sage Jaratkaru married Manasa , but Chandi ruined Manasa 's wedding night . Chandi advised Manasa to wear snake ornaments and then threw a frog in the bridal chamber which caused the snakes to run around the chamber . As a consequence , the terrified Jaratkaru ran away from the house . After few days , he returned and Astika , their son , was born .
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Accompanied by her adviser , Neto , Manasa descended to earth to obtain human devotees . She was initially mocked by the people but then Manasa forced them to worship her by raining calamity on those who denied her power . She managed to convert people from different walks of life , including the Muslim ruler Hasan , but failed to convert Chand Sadagar . Manasa wanted to become a goddess like Lakshmi or Saraswati . In order to get there she had to achieve the worship Chand Sadagar who was extremely adamant and took oath not to worship Manasa . Thus to gain his fear and insecurity Manasa one by one killed his six sons . At last Manasa conspired against two dancers of <unk> Court who loved each other , <unk> and Usha . Anirudh had to take birth as <unk> , Chand and <unk> 's seventh son . Usha took birth as <unk> and married him . Manasa killed him but <unk> floated on water for nine months with the dead body of her husband and finally brought back the lives of the seven sons and the lost prosperity of Chand . At last , he yielded by offering a flower to the goddess with his left hand without even looking at her . This gesture made Manasa so happy that she resurrected all of Chand 's sons and restored his fame and fortunes . The Mangal <unk> say that after this , the worship of Manasa was popular forever more .
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Manasa Mangalkavya attributes Manasa 's difficulty in attracting devotees to an unjust curse she gave to Chand in his previous life . Chand then retaliated with a counter @-@ curse that worshipping her would not be popular on earth unless he worshipped her also .
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In many renditions of the myth , Manasa is depicted as being quite dependent on Neta ( traditionally imagined as a washerwoman ) for ideas and moral support . In fact , of the two , Manasa is often the stupider one - a curious instance of anthropomorphism .
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and Sister Nivedita say , " [ The ] legend of [ Chand Sadagar and ] Manasā <unk> , [ ... ] who must be as old as the <unk> stratum in Asiatic society , reflects the conflict between the religion of Shiva and that of female local deities in Bengal . Afterwards Manasā or <unk> was recognized as a form of Shakti , [ ... ] and her worship accepted by Shaivas . She is a phase of the mother @-@ divinity who for so many worshippers is nearer and dearer than the far @-@ off and impersonal Shiva ... " .
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= = Worship = =
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Generally , Manasa is worshipped without an image . A branch of a tree , an earthen pot or an earthen snake image is worshipped as the goddess , though images of Manasa are worshipped too . She is worshipped for protection from and cure of snake bites and infectious diseases like smallpox and chicken pox .
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The cult of Manasa is most widespread in Bengal , where she is ritually worshipped in temples . The goddess is widely worshipped in the rainy season , when the snakes are most active . Manasa is also a very important fertility deity , especially among the lower castes , and her blessings are invoked during marriage or for childlessness . She is usually worshipped and mentioned along with Neto , who is called Neta , <unk> , <unk> , etc. in various parts of Bengal .
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In North Bengal , among the <unk> , Manasa ( called <unk> , <unk> or Padmavati ) is one of the most important goddesses , and her <unk> ( shrine ) may be found in the courtyard of almost every agrarian household . Among the lower @-@ caste Hindus of East Bengal ( present @-@ day Bangladesh ) too , she is worshipped with great pomp .
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Manasa is an especially important deity in Bengal for the mercantile castes . This is because <unk> of the <unk> was the first to initiate her worship , and <unk> , the heroine of the <unk> was a daughter of the Saha clan ( a powerful trading community ) .
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Manasa is also worshipped extensively in Assam , and a kind of <unk> @-@ Pali ( musical folk theatre ) is dedicated entirely to her myth .
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Manasa is ceremonially worshipped on Nag Panchami - a festival of snake worship in the Hindu month of Shravan ( July – August ) . Bengali women observe a fast ( vrata ) on this day and offer milk at snake holes .
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= = Notable temples = =
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= Mega Mendoeng =
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Mega Mendoeng ( [ <unk> <unk> ] ; Perfected Spelling : Mega Mendung ) is a black @-@ and @-@ white drama film from the Dutch East Indies ( now Indonesia ) directed by Boen Kin Nam and produced by Ang Hock Liem for Union Films . Starring Rd Soekarno , Oedjang , Boen Sofiati , and Soehaena , it follows two young lovers who are separated by lies but ultimately reunite at the village of Mega Mendoeng in Bogor . This film , Union 's seventh and final production , was shot concurrently with Soeara Berbisa and completed over a period of three months . It was released in early 1942 and screened as late as July of that year , but may now be lost .
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= = Plot = =
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Winanta 's father , Raden <unk> , tells him that he should divorce his wife , <unk> , to marry his cousin Fatimah , on threat of being disowned . To spare her husband from this fate , <unk> decides to abandon him and moves from Bandung to Batavia ( now Jakarta ) , where she lives a life of poverty . Unknown to her , this decision is used by Raden <unk> as proof of her that she was not trustworthy . Winanta falls into despair , but eventually marries Fatimah .
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Eighteen years later , Winanta and Fatimah have had a daughter named Koestini ( Boen Sofiati ) , who is studying in Batavia . Educated , graceful , and beautiful , she is popular with young men but only returns the affections of <unk> ( Rd Soekarno ) , a young assistant pharmacist who is polite and refined . One of her spurned suitors , <unk> , decides to ruin their relationship by telling Winanta that Koestini has spent all of her time chasing boys rather than studying . Believing these lies , Winanta recalls Koestini to Bandung .
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Koestini falls ill , and her death is reported . Driven mad by the news , <unk> begins wandering aimlessly . Ultimately , as if guided by some unseen force , he discovers Koestini alive in a village called Mega Mendoeng , near Bogor . This discovery brings him back to his senses , and the two are able to live happily together .
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