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1.27sWait a minute. I don't understand.
1.87sWhat do you mean you guys work for the government?
3.54sWell, Brian, it turns out Spies Like Us was Ronald Reagan's favorite movie,
4.44sso he actually appointed us honorary spies in a special ceremony back in the '80s.
5.91sDan, Chevy, you are hereby named honorary spies for the United States of America.
1.33sThank you, Mr. President. Thanks, Dutch.
2.07sAnd to you, 1985,
3.67sI hereby name you the awesomest year of the '80s.
3.87sWhatever, Presidork. Let's kick this party into radical gear.
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1.97sThat still doesn't explain what you're doing here.
1.45sYou see, Brian, during the Cold War,
2.6sthe Soviet Union brainwashed dozens of American civilians,
4.92seffectively making them sleeper agents who could be activated at anytime to do the work of the KGB.
1.53sActivated how?
2.44sThe agents could be activated by uttering a predetermined phrase.
5.95sAt which point, they would snap into a trance and mindlessly carry out whatever orders they were given by their KGB handlers.