Proof: the fake plastic butt attached to the back of a pair of shorts he wore and used to moon a helicopter before crossing the starting line.

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Want to buy the band's early single "Fake Plastic Trees"?

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We wouldn't be surprised to see this being the final price, though, and either way, it serves as a nagging reminder that the life of a fake plastic musician doesn't come cheap.

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Guitar Hero paved the way for the surprisingly popular (and expensive) fake plastic instrument controllers back in 2005, but the arrival of Rockband a couple of years later brought with it welcome innovation.

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Seth MacFarlane is hosting the Oscars might make you think the normally lush Gift Bags will be stuffed with whoopee cushions, fake vomit and plastic dog doo, hey maybe even a Peter Griffin sex tape.

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When people judge Los Angeles, many criticize it for being plastic and fake.

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Lafreniere said that the foot was fake, made of plastic or rubber, and that it was someone's idea of a bad joke.

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Many are pretty tacky: full of plastic flowers, fake stained-glass windows and doll's-house pews.

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