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* {{Greed}}: He planned on blackmailing Bruce to give him ''ten million dollars a year'' for the rest of his life.



* {{Jerkass}}: He was arrogant and aggressive in his 'blackmail' scene.

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* {{Jerkass}}: He was arrogant tried to blackmail a superhero who protects his city, and aggressive in acted very smug while announcing his 'blackmail' scene.plan to do so.


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* KarmaHoudini: Although he has a couple near-death experiences, he ultimately gets no punishment for attempting to blackmail Bruce and expose his secret identity.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He goes on TV to expose Batman’s secret identity, only for the Joker (who wants his secret identity to stay a secret) to blackmail the people of Gotham into trying to kill Reese to keep him quiet.
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* OverlyGenerousFool: Alluded to when Alfred tells Bruce that his father Thomas almost bankrupted his corporation, Wayne Enterprises, trying to stimulate Gotham City's economy and save it from economic collapse.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Daggett earnestly believed that he was the main character of a corporate/police drama where he would successfully absorb Wayne Industries and Bane was his loyal attack dog. Instead, he was the second fiddle in a superhero movie, having no knowledge of the depth of the [[spoiler: Talia's]] plans and the League of Shadows ambitions with Gotham.
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See the "Bane's triggerman" section [[Characters/TheDarkKnightSagaLeagueOfShadows here.]]

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See the "Bane's triggerman" section [[Characters/TheDarkKnightSagaLeagueOfShadows [[Characters/TheDarkKnightTrilogyLeagueOfShadows here.]]
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* BigBadWannabe: Pays Bane "a small fortune" for helping him attempt to take over Wayne Enterprises. Bane later points out that, contrary to what Daggett thinks, this doesn't give him any power over Bane.

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* BigBadWannabe: Pays Bane "a small fortune" for helping him attempt Daggett is merely a CorruptCorporateExecutive that intends to take over usurp control of Wayne Enterprises. Bane later points out that, contrary Enterprises, but is swimming with bigger fish like Bane, who easily uses him to further his own agenda. Contrary to what Daggett he thinks, this doesn't give his wealth gives him any no power over Bane.Bane and is disposed of by his supposed ally once his part in their plan is fulfilled.
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!!!'''Played by:''' Mario Castañeda

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!!!'''Played !!!'''Voiced by:''' Mario CastañedaCastañeda (Latin-American Spanish)

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidMcCallum

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidMcCallumCreator/DavidMcCallum, Armando Réndiz (Latin-American Spanish; ''Begins''), Creator/JoseLavat (Latin-American Spanish; ''The Dark Knight'' and ''Rises'')



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardsonCreator/KevinMichaelRichardson, Creator/RubenMoya (Latin-American Spanish)



!!!'''Voiced by: Creator/JasonMarsden and Creator/AndreaRomano

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!!!'''Voiced by: Creator/JasonMarsden and Creator/AndreaRomanoCreator/AndreaRomano, Óscar Gómez and Anabel Méndez (Latin-American Spanish)


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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Alfonso Ramírez (Latin-American Spanish)


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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Urike Aragón (Latin-American Spanish)


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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Jorge Roig Jr. (Latin-American Spanish)


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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (Latin-American Spanish)


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!!!'''Played by:''' Mario Castañeda


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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Adriana Casas (Latin-American Spanish)
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* BreakTheHaughty: Lucius absolutely ''destroys'' Reese's haughty, smug confidence by pointing out the absurdity of trying blackmail a rich and powerful man that he also knows to be a vigilante with no qualms about violence.

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* BreakTheHaughty: Lucius absolutely ''destroys'' Reese's haughty, smug confidence by pointing out the absurdity of trying to blackmail a rich and powerful man that he also knows to be a vigilante with no qualms about violence.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Blackmailing one of the most powerful men in the world is risky to say the least. Forgetting the entire basis of your blackmail is that he's also a badass vigilante who beats down hardened criminals in his spare time? A ''major'' oversight. Especially when said vigilante's primary nemesis by this point is an AxCrazy psychopathic MonsterClown who has zero compunctions about having you killed.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Subverted. He initially thinks that discovering Batman's secret identity has turned him from an average corporate lawyer into someone wielding enough power to blackmail one of the most powerful men in the world. When Lucius points out the [[DidntThinkThisThrough many problems]] in Reese's plan he immediately loses his smug composure. Becomes double subverted when he goes on TV to announce Batman's identity regardless, leading to a triple subversion when he realizes his knowledge has made him an enemy of the ''Joker''. By the end of ''Dark Knight'' Reese seems to realize - what a greedy jerk he's been notwithstanding - that knowing Batman's secret doesn't give him nearly as he originally thought and that weaponizing it is far more trouble than it's worth.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The Joker prevents him from revealing Batman's identity, calling for Reese's death in one hour or he will blow up a hospital. It's clear the Joker was probably going to blow up the hospital regardless but the threat is still made.]]

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Blackmailing one of the most powerful men in the world is risky to say the least. Forgetting that the entire basis of your blackmail is that he's also a badass vigilante who beats down hardened criminals in his spare time? A ''major'' oversight. Especially when said vigilante's primary nemesis by this point is an AxCrazy psychopathic MonsterClown who has zero compunctions about having you killed.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Subverted. He initially thinks that discovering Batman's secret identity has turned him from an average corporate lawyer into someone wielding enough power to blackmail one of the most powerful men in the world. When Lucius points out the [[DidntThinkThisThrough many problems]] in Reese's plan plan, he immediately loses his smug composure. Becomes double subverted when he goes on TV to announce Batman's identity regardless, leading to a triple subversion when he realizes his knowledge has made him an enemy of the ''Joker''. By the end of ''Dark Knight'' Reese seems to realize - what a greedy jerk he's been notwithstanding - that knowing Batman's secret doesn't give him nearly as much as he originally thought and that weaponizing it is far more trouble than it's worth.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The Joker prevents him from revealing Batman's identity, calling for Reese's death in one hour or he will blow up a hospital. It's clear the Joker was probably going to blow up the hospital regardless regardless, but the threat is still made.]]



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After he realizes that Bruce, a man he was about to sell out, saved his life regardless, after Bruce uses his Lamborghini to intercept a pickup truck that was trying to ram the police car Reese and Gordon were riding in, Reese's expression is one of surprise and shame.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After he realizes that Bruce, a man he was about to sell out, saved his life regardless, after Bruce uses his Lamborghini to intercept a pickup truck that was trying to ram the police car that Reese and Gordon were riding in, Reese's expression is one of surprise and shame.]]



* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: He ends up keeping Batman's identity a secret, after Bruce saves his life despite knowing Reese knew about him.]]

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: He ends up keeping Batman's identity a secret, after Bruce saves his life despite knowing that Reese knew about him.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Blackmailing one of the most powerful men in the world is risky to say the least. Forgetting the entire basis of your blackmail is that he's also a badass vigilante who beats down hardened criminals in his spare time? A ''major'' oversight.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Blackmailing one of the most powerful men in the world is risky to say the least. Forgetting the entire basis of your blackmail is that he's also a badass vigilante who beats down hardened criminals in his spare time? A ''major'' oversight. Especially when said vigilante's primary nemesis by this point is an AxCrazy psychopathic MonsterClown who has zero compunctions about having you killed.

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* CoolOldGuy: White-haired, funny, very kind and loving to Bruce, the list goes on.

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* CoolOldGuy: White-haired, funny, very kind and loving to Bruce, played by Creator/Michael Caine, the list goes on.


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* IAmVeryBritish: Averted. He's noticeably the first portrayal of Alfred to not have the more polished, upper-class accent, instead retaining Michael Caine's trademark East London accent.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Before he realizes Bruce is Batman, he's not wrong that falling asleep during board meetings is hardly professional behavior.


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* SpottingTheThread: He noticed Bruce falling asleep regularly during board meetings in the day, an entire department going missing, and eventually stumbled on designs for the Tumbler, which allowed him to put together that Bruce was Batman.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Lucius debuted in the comics requiring glasses and typically does to this day, while here he does not seem to require them.
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''

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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' | ''ARG/WhySoSerious'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''



!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''

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* BreakTheHaughty: Lucius absolutely ''destroys'' Reese's haughty, smug confidence with a few brilliant questions pointing out the absurdity of his plans to blackmail one of the most powerful companies in the world led by one of the most powerful men in the world.

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* BreakTheHaughty: Lucius absolutely ''destroys'' Reese's haughty, smug confidence with a few brilliant questions by pointing out the absurdity of his plans to of trying blackmail one of the most a rich and powerful companies in the world led by one of the most powerful men in the world.man that he also knows to be a vigilante with no qualms about violence.
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome is a plot trope, not a character trope.


* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After a mysterious masked hero suddenly starts making rounds using equipment nigh identical to the stuff Bruce "borrowed" he quickly puts two and two together. He even tells Bruce without specifically mentioning Batman that he'll keep playing dumb so as to not implicate himself if people start asking questions, but not to think he's not intelligent enough to easily figure out what Bruce is doing.
* TechnologicalPacifist: Why he gets along with Bruce so well. Neither of them want Wayne's Enterprises' Applied Sciences material to fall into the wrong hands.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Believes a sufficient amount of money will give him the power to do whatever he wants.

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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Believes a sufficient amount of money will give him the power to do whatever he wants. Bane proves him dead wrong.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After a mysterious masked hero suddenly starts making rounds using equipment nigh identical to the stuff Bruce "borrowed" he quickly puts two and two together. He even tells Bruce without specifically mentioning Batman that he'll keep playing dumb so as to not implicate himself if people start asking questions, but not to think he's not intelligent enough to easily figure out what Bruce is doing.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: His voice is laced with disgust when he explains to Bruce that a highly advanced suit of armor was rejected for mass production because of its price.
->'''Lucius:''' ''[deadpan]'' Bean counters didn't think a ''soldier's'' life was worth $300 grand.
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (Thomas, archival footage)

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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidMcCallum
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''Film/BatmanBegins'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''



!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''Film/BatmanBegins'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' | ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''



!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (Thomas, archival footage)

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!!!'''Voiced by: Creator/JasonMarsden and Creator/AndreaRomano
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/BatmanBegins'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (Thomas, archival footage)



!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''

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* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Leaves midway through ''Rises'' and doesn't return until Bruce's funeral.]]


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fox condensing the prototypes from the Wayne Industries defense subsidiaries in to one location ended up backfiring, when Bane found it and used them to his advantage in taking over Gotham.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Daggett's ultimate end goal is merely to steal control of a company and get rich. When he realizes Bane's ambitions go beyond mere wealth and threaten Gotham itself, he's horrified and calls him pure evil.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: For all his scheming to take Wane Enterprises public, he apparently never accounted for the possibility that [[spoiler:Bruce Wayne -one of the richest, most powerful men in the world- would be able to simply ''buy'' the shares after they went public.]]



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He tried turned Wayne Enterprises into a publicly-traded company in an attempt to wrest control away from Bruce. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, he succeeds... only for Bruce to buy most of the shares through various charities and trusts. And then Bruce fires him.]]



* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The threat he posses to Batman; firing Fox and shutting down his 'toy' factory. "Didn't you get the memo?"

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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The threat he posses poses to Batman; firing Fox and shutting down his 'toy' factory. "Didn't you get the memo?"memo?"
* OhCrap: At the end of the film, after hearing that [[spoiler:Bruce Wayne bought enough shares in Wayne Enterprises to become the owner of the company.]]
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->''"Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make: the right choice."''

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-->''"Endure,
Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make: the right choice."''



* AudienceSurrogate: According to Creator/MichaelCaine himself, he represents the audience.
* BattleButler: Downplayed in that he never goes on patrol with Bruce but he can step up to help when he needs it.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Alfred knocks out a henchman guarding the burning Wayne Manor in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' ("I hope you're not a member of the fire brigade") to save Bruce and is revealed to have once been part of a SAS outfit that burned down a forest to catch a thief in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler: In ''Rises'', he becomes fed up with Bruce's needless self-destructive behavior and refusal of help, and leaves for good as a last-ditch effort to snap Bruce out of it. It doesn't work.]]

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* AudienceSurrogate: According to Creator/MichaelCaine himself, he Creator/MichaelCaine, Alfred represents the audience.
* BattleButler: Downplayed in that he never goes on patrol with Bruce compared to some adaptations, but he can step up to help when he needs it.
does have a past with the SAS and there are plenty of hints at his combat ability.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Alfred is as polite and professional as you'd want a butler to be, but he was once part of the SAS and knocks out a henchman guarding the burning Wayne Manor in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' ("I hope you're not a member of the fire brigade") to save Bruce and is revealed to have once been part of a SAS outfit that burned down a forest to catch a thief in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In ''Rises'', he becomes fed up with Bruce's needless self-destructive behavior and refusal of help, and leaves for good as a last-ditch effort to snap Bruce out of it. It doesn't work.]]



* CowardlyLion: Pretends he's not very brave (Alfred jokes that Bruce's SecretIdentity should be to protect him rather than Rachel) but when called to rush into a burning building guarded by the League of Shadows, he rises splendidly to the occasion.

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* CowardlyLion: Pretends He pretends he's not very brave (Alfred jokes that Bruce's SecretIdentity should be to protect him rather than Rachel) but when called to rush into a burning building guarded by the League of Shadows, he rises splendidly to the occasion.



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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (Thomas, archival footage)

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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BatmanBegins''

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* PapaWolf: In ''Batman Begins'', he knocks out one of [[spoiler:Ra’s Al Ghoul’s]] goons and ventures into the burning Wayne Manor to save Bruce.

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* PapaWolf: In ''Batman Begins'', he knocks out one of [[spoiler:Ra’s Al Ghoul’s]] Ghul’s]] goons and ventures into the burning Wayne Manor to save Bruce.
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* PunnyName: Subtle, but it's most apparent when you say "Mr. Reese" quickly. [[spoiler:He's one of the few who solves the ''mystery'' of Batman's identity.]]
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LinusRoache & Sara Stewart

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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LinusRoache & Sara StewartCreator/SaraStewart



!!!'''Played by:''' John Nolan

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!!!'''Played by:''' John NolanCreator/JohnNolan



!!!'''Played by:''' Joshua Harto

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!!!'''Played by:''' Joshua HartoCreator/JoshuaHarto
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* CanonImmigrant: As mentioned above, he's an adaptation of Roland Daggett, a character who originated not from the comics, but from the 90's animated series.

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