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A "13-dot" (十三點) means roughly [[The Ditz]] in old Shanghai and Canton slang—whichslang -- which is an apt description to the protagonist of this Hong Kong [[Manhua]] published between 1966 and the mid 70s. An [[The Pollyanna|always cheerful]], fashion-crazy girl from an impossibly rich family, 13-dots and her friends go on wacky adventures in each issue. [[Hilarity Ensues]], but everything turns out all right in the end.
 
A total of 178 issues have been published. During her heydays in the late 60s and early 70s, ''13-Dot'' was extremely popular among working-class women in Hong Kong, who [[Escapist Character|lived vicariously]] the life of the rich and glamorous through their favorite heroine. Factory girls would style their home-made clothes after her. Incidentally, this may be why artist Lee Wei-Chun's attempt to re-launch the comics in the 2000s was a failure: Hong Kong was far wealthier by then; fashion was easy to come by; while girl [[Manga]] have all but captured the imagination of today's youngsters.
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* [[Food Porn]]—another -- another attraction of the comics.
* [[Infinite Supplies]]—13 -- 13-Dot and her family get all the coolest things, and clothes.
* [[Punny Name]]—The -- The name of 13-Dot's father means "made of money", her mother's "hot for her age". The names of most regular characters are likewise puns.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]—13 -- 13-Dot
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]] -- ''the'' reason why 13-Dot was popular: how unlimited? how about 1,728 outfits in 28 issues, or an average of 62 per issue?
 
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