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Due to the growing size of our database, we have switched to Google's search technology to provide more relevant search results.
Please note that newer content on this site may not show in the search results if the page hasn't yet been indexed by Google.
Getting All Search Results
Sometimes Google will omit a search result because two or more of the results are too similar, for example a search for [ littlest hobo ] may only bring results for the 1979 version of the series and not the 1963 version. Be sure to click the bottom link "repeat the search with the omitted results included" if you see it.
Refining Search Results
Search results may be refined by clicking a label in the search results, for example Episode Guides or Forum Posts, to get search results limited to that category.
Search Operators
As with Google's search engine, you may use the following advanced search functions:
Phrase search ("") - By putting double quotes around a set of words, you are telling the search to consider the exact words in that exact order without any change. By insisting on phrase search you might be missing good results accidentally. For example, a search for [ "Alan Hamel" ] (with quotes) will miss the pages that refer to Al Hamel.
Words you want to exclude (-) - Attaching a minus sign immediately before a word indicates that you do not want pages that contain this word to appear in your results. The minus sign should appear immediately before the word and should be preceded with a space. For example, in the query [ A-Kin-to-Win ], the minus sign is used as a hypen and will not be interpreted as an exclusion symbol; whereas the query [ game show -ctv ] will search for the words 'game show' but exclude references to CTV. You can exclude as many words as you want by using the - sign in front of all of them, for example [ dog -hobo -finnegan ].
Search exactly as is (+) - The search employs synonyms automatically, so that it finds pages that mention, for example, gameshow for the query [ game show ] (with a space). But sometimes the search helps out a little too much and gives you a synonym when you don't really want it. By attaching a + immediately before a word (remember, don't add a space after the +), you are telling the search to match that word precisely as you typed it. Putting double quotes around the word will do the same thing.
The OR operator - The search's default behaviour is to consider all the words in a search. If you want to specifically allow either one of several words or phrases, you can use the OR operator. For example, ["al hamel" OR "alan hamel"] will give you results about either one of these phrases.
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