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Captain, Brain, Scout, or Friend —
let's match you up, and see where you land...

Four distinct cartoon characters stand in a line, none of them resemble existing, real animal species and they do not belong to a specific gender. At far left is The Captain, a short, square character that has its hands on its hips and a confident stance. The character is diamond-shaped, with its legs being the bottom two points of the square and its face being a forward-facing pyramid on the front of that square. The character is made up of a mix of blue, purple, and pink colors, with a neon green shadow behind it. To the right of The Captain is The Brain, a tall figure with long, slender legs connecting at the torso. The Brain has a small, bean-shaped body on top of its tall legs and two arms with hands and fingers that intertwine in front of it. It has a nervous expression comprised of silver glasses (each side of the glasses is shaped like a small face), a wide flat orange nose with blue speckles, and a single tooth jutting out from beneath the nose. The character is primarily yellow with some orange shading and a purple shadow behind it. To the right of The Brain is The Scout, a small, zany character floating in mid-air. The character has no discernable body, but at its center is its head which is yellow and potato-shaped with two, large red eyes and a small orange nose. With three small purple horns on the top of its head, the character has one orange appendage extending from the crown of its head, and two from either side of its face, with four small yellow appendages extending from the base of its head. It has a bright blue shadow and some bright, purple, green, orange, and blue details. To the right of The Scout is The Friend, a medium-sized blob-shaped character that is primarily a mix of bright greens with some pink, white, and blue accents, and a bright pink shadow. The Friend has two short, blobby arms and two short, blobby legs but is mostly made up of a rounded torso that at its center has a long, wavy smile with an eye on either side. At the top of this character is a "hairdo" of sorts that has a blobby, slime-like shape with a small number of scattered dots that loosely resemble flowers.

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