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By the time the homicidal aberration tears out of her like an angry insect from a rotten apple, Matty’s fate is already sealed.

The Bat Baby that disappears Matty returns later in the premiere as the kids watch a screening of “The Music Man” that Ronnie facilitates for them.

In its famous showstopper, “Ya Got Trouble,” con man Harold Hill warns the River City townsfolk about supposed dens of immorality, and the children notice Matty in the crowd, holding a bundle.

It’s the tiny monstrosity, of course, which emerges into the theater, grows giant-sized and devours most of Matty’s friends.

St Helens prop Matty Lees, meanwhile, points to domestic results and England's showings in clean-sweep series wins over Tonga and Samoa since the last World Cup in 2022.