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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Books" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Character Appearances" />
          <pl ns="0" title="DVDs" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Deleted Scenes" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Don’t Look Now (Episode)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="DoodleBob" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Episode Rankings" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Episode Transcript: A SquarePants Family Vacation" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Episode Transcript: Barnacle Face" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Episode Transcript: Bumper to Bumper" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|Episode Transcript: Choir Boys" />
  </query-continue>
</api>