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''Let's talk Poupée!''
A popular browser-based [[Virtual Paper Doll]] game, ''[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110117003303/http%3A//pupe.ameba.jp/ poupéegirl]'' (commonly shortened to "Poupée")
When users sign up they get to [[Character Customization|customize]] the physical features of their "[[Digital Avatar|poupée]]" ([[Gratuitous French|French]] for "doll"), who will become their avatar on the site. Poupées are [[Always Female]], and outside of generic starter outfits, clothes for them to wear are earned by uploading photos of the user's real-life wardrobe, redeemed through cashing in the "shells" (collected by exploring poupée profiles), or bought with "Ribbons" (free virtual currency) and "Jewels" (cash-based virtual currency) from other poupées or the site's matriarch Katharine.
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The site is based in Japan, though it has millions of users worldwide, and most of the site has been translated into [[Gratuitous English|passable English]]. If you can withstand the bugs, a fan-made tool called ''[http://community.livejournal.com/poupee_girl/2734566.html Pupemodel]'' is available, which lets you create and dress a doll with any item you wish for free without a poupéegirl account, if you have the codes<ref>most item codes can be looked up on [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019041317/http://oribon.info/ Oribon], and unlisted items can be found with the help of the thriving [http://community.livejournal.com/poupee_girl LiveJournal community]</ref>.
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* [[Betting Minigame]]: Both the Shell Spring and the Piyo Catcher, where you have a chance of winning a selection of either really cute or really dumpy items, and nothing stopping you from getting doubles.
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: ''Everywhere.'' The site is full of Engrish, be it the instructions, the item names or Katharine's posts.
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