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title: "Smarter Child (Slight Return)"

meaning: "WAMI sequel to the SmarterChild eulogy: bot comes back one track before RIP."

year: 2018
release: "$WAMI$"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/track/21sq7vplajBJ6gKrgEY8Nd"
bandcamp: "https://scoobertdoobert.bandcamp.com/album/wami-lp"

themes: ["WAMI", "2018", "internet", "sequel"]

isrc: USLZJ1826971
isrcSource: soundexchange
draft: false

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Track eighteen on [*$WAMI$*](/albums/wami/), **Smarter Child (Slight Return)** sits right before [*Rest in Peace Smarter Child*](/songs/rest-in-peace-smarter-child/) and the DBZ-trailer instrumental closer. The title riffs on comic-book sequel syntax (*…Slight Return*) for AOL’s **SmarterChild** chatbot, the same early-internet character the next track eulogizes (1996–2017).

On the 2018 lore-dump LP, recurring bits (*Scoobert Snack*, [*What a Velma, What a Night*](/songs/what-a-velma-what-a-night/), anime theology) make the album feel like remixing [*Finding $D*](/albums/finding-d-remastered/)’s world rather than replacing it. The SmarterChild pair is peak collage energy: nostalgia, punchline, then fake funeral.

See [Catalog](/catalog/) · [*$WAMI$* album notes](/albums/wami/)

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