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* ParentalIncest: Averted. Both Lloyd and Harry go from fantasizing about a romance with Penny to thinking about the possibility that either one of them could be her father. They're both Squicked out at the idea of such accidental incest developing but luckily [[spoiler: it turns out that neither Lloyd or Harry is Penny's father.]]

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** Mama June - yes, [[Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo that Mama June]] - plays Harry's wife in a fantasy sequence.

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** Mama June - -- yes, [[Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo that Mama June]] - -- plays Harry's wife in a fantasy sequence.



* SequelHook: Parodied in a gag in TheStinger in which Harry and Lloyd chuck their milkshakes onto the windshield of Sea Bass's truck. He follows them to get revenge, setting things up for "''Dumb and Dumber For''", slated for a 2034 release date - which is 20 years after this movie, making fun of how long this sequel took to come out.[[note]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint So, um, where's the third movie?]][[/note]]

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* SequelHook: Parodied in a gag in TheStinger in which Harry and Lloyd chuck their milkshakes onto the windshield of Sea Bass's truck. He follows them to get revenge, setting things up for "''Dumb and Dumber For''", slated for a 2034 release date - -- which is 20 years after this movie, making fun of how long this sequel took to come out.[[note]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint So, um, where's the third movie?]][[/note]]



* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Harry gets shot by Adele as the latter was going to shoot Penny.]]



* TookALevelInJerkAss: Lloyd is significantly more sociopathic and callous towards Harry in this movie.

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* TookALevelInJerkAss: TookALevelInJerkass: Lloyd is significantly more sociopathic and callous towards Harry in this movie.
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Written and directed by The Farrelly Brothers, it reunites the two stars of the original, Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/JeffDaniels, as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively. The plot sees the two dimwitted heroes go in search of Harry's long-lost daughter so that Harry can obtain a new kidney. The first trailer premiered on ''Series/LateNight with Creator/JimmyFallon'' on June 10, 2014. The movie was released on November 14, 2014, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the first film.

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Written and directed by The Farrelly Brothers, it reunites the two stars of the original, Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/JeffDaniels, as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively. The plot sees the two dimwitted heroes go in search of Harry's long-lost daughter so that Harry can obtain a new kidney. The first trailer premiered on ''Series/LateNight with Creator/JimmyFallon'' ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'' on June 10, 2014. The movie was released on November 14, 2014, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the first film.
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Written and directed by The Farrelly Brothers, it reunites the two stars of the original, Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/JeffDaniels, as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively. The plot sees the two dimwitted heroes go in search of Harry's long-lost daughter so that Harry can obtain a new kidney. The first trailer premiered on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' on June 10, 2014. The movie was released on November 14, 2014, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the first film.

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Written and directed by The Farrelly Brothers, it reunites the two stars of the original, Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/JeffDaniels, as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively. The plot sees the two dimwitted heroes go in search of Harry's long-lost daughter so that Harry can obtain a new kidney. The first trailer premiered on ''Late Night ''Series/LateNight with Jimmy Fallon'' Creator/JimmyFallon'' on June 10, 2014. The movie was released on November 14, 2014, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the first film.
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* SequelHook: A gag in TheStinger has Harry and Lloyd chuck their milkshakes onto the windshield of Sea Bass's truck. He follows them and it sets up for "''Dumb and Dumber For''".

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* SequelHook: A Parodied in a gag in TheStinger has in which Harry and Lloyd chuck their milkshakes onto the windshield of Sea Bass's truck. He follows them and it sets to get revenge, setting things up for "''Dumb and Dumber For''".For''", slated for a 2034 release date - which is 20 years after this movie, making fun of how long this sequel took to come out.[[note]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint So, um, where's the third movie?]][[/note]]
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** The movie beginning to the tune of "Boomshakalaka" by K2o3.

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** The movie beginning to the tune of "Boomshakalaka" by K2o3.Music/ApacheIndian.
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** [[spoiler: Harry similairly been faking his kidney problems the entire film. When he finally reveals this to Lloyd, he likewise asks if Harry could've told him before he had his kidney removed, to which he replies [[IronicEcho "yeah, well, it would've been funny but not AS funny!"]]]]

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** [[spoiler: Harry similairly been faking his kidney problems the entire film. When he finally reveals this to Lloyd, he likewise asks if Harry could've told him before he had his kidney removed, removed so that he could donate it to Lloyd, to which he replies [[IronicEcho "yeah, well, it would've been funny but not AS funny!"]]]]
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* OverlyLongGag: In-universe, Lloyd is shown to have been living in a mental institution for the past two decades. Presumably in a catatonic state, he finally breaks his silence to reveal to Harry that he's been ''faking the entire time'', purely as a joke on Harry.
** [[spoiler: Harry similairly been faking his kidney problems the entire film.]]

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* OverlyLongGag: In-universe, Lloyd is shown to have been living in a mental institution for the past two decades. Presumably in a catatonic state, he finally breaks his silence to reveal to Harry that he's been ''faking the entire time'', purely as a joke on Harry.
Harry. Harry then asks him if 10 years wouldn't have been enough, to which he replies "yeah, well, it would've been funny but not AS funny!"
** [[spoiler: Harry similairly been faking his kidney problems the entire film.]] When he finally reveals this to Lloyd, he likewise asks if Harry could've told him before he had his kidney removed, to which he replies [[IronicEcho "yeah, well, it would've been funny but not AS funny!"]]]]
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* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Lloyd unhesitantly giving Harry ''his'' kidney after realizing that Penny is ''not'' his biological daughter after all. He even begins crying once he realizes that the doctor scammed him.]]
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* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: Penny reverses this trope thinking it's to picture ''herself'' in her underwear.
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* FatalFireworks: Harry and Lloyd decide to "prank" the (unbeknowst to them) hitman who has joined them on their journey by filling his bedroom with about a hundred firecrackers while he's sleeping. This results in him being set on fire and jumping into the nearby pool to get out of it relatively unscatched.
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* MissConception: Harry and Lloyd both thought they were Penny's father even though neither of them had sex with Fraida and simply motorboated her boobs in a hot tub.
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Written and directed by The Farrelly Brothers, it reunites the two stars of the original, Creator/JimCarrey and Jeff Daniels, as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively. The plot sees the two dimwitted heroes go in search of Harry's long-lost daughter so that Harry can obtain a new kidney. The first trailer premiered on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' on June 10, 2014. The movie was released on November 14, 2014, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the first film.

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Written and directed by The Farrelly Brothers, it reunites the two stars of the original, Creator/JimCarrey and Jeff Daniels, Creator/JeffDaniels, as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively. The plot sees the two dimwitted heroes go in search of Harry's long-lost daughter so that Harry can obtain a new kidney. The first trailer premiered on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' on June 10, 2014. The movie was released on November 14, 2014, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the first film.
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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins \ ActingForTwo: Rob Riggle plays a set of villainous twins.

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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins \ ActingForTwo: AlwaysIdenticalTwins[=/=]ActingForTwo: Rob Riggle plays a set of villainous twins.



** Not just the prequel but the animated series as well seeing as they reaquire the Mutt Cutts van in this film and their pet beaver "Kitty" was never mentioned at all.

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** Not just the prequel but the animated series as well seeing as they reaquire reacquire the Mutt Cutts van in this film and their pet beaver "Kitty" was never mentioned at all.



* ContrivedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchelow wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has to Pinch a loaf, thinks he said Pinchlowe, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).
* CoolCar: They reacquire Harry's Mutt Cutts Van [[spoiler:...[[AdvertisedExtra for about five seconds of screentime before they completly wreck it and have to continue their journey with a Zamboni.]]]]
%%* CoversAlwaysLie \ NeverTrustATrailer: See the above.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchelow wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn When Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. Pinchelowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, Pinchelow, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has to Pinch a loaf, thinks he said Pinchlowe, Pinchelow, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).
* CoolCar: They reacquire Harry's Mutt Cutts Van [[spoiler:...[[AdvertisedExtra for about five seconds of screentime before they completly completely wreck it and have to continue their journey with a Zamboni.]]]]
%%* CoversAlwaysLie \ NeverTrustATrailer: See * CoversAlwaysLie[=/=]NeverTrustATrailer: [[spoiler:The Mutt Cutts van is only used for a few seconds in the above.film.]]

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** [[spoiler:Dr. Pichelow is really TheChessmaster, setting up Harry and Lloyd's whole adventure so that Adele can be brought to justice.]]
** [[spoiler:''Lloyd'' is really Penny's father, which means he's been fantasizing about romance with his own daughter.]]
** [[spoiler:And then it turns out neither Harry nor Lloyd is the father, and the true parent is an old friend of theirs who died in a motorcycle accident.]]

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** [[spoiler:Dr. Pichelow Pinchelow is really TheChessmaster, setting up Harry and Lloyd's whole adventure so that Adele can be brought to justice.]]
** [[spoiler:''Lloyd'' realizes that he is really Penny's father, which means he's been fantasizing about romance with his own daughter.]]
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daughter. And then it turns out neither Harry nor Lloyd is the father, and the true parent is an old friend of theirs who died in a motorcycle accident.]]
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: [[spoiler:Subverted, as we find out that at age 50, Harry and Lloyd have not only never had sex, but don't even know what it is.]]
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'''''Dumb and Dumber To''''' is a 2014 comedy film and the sequel to the 1994 comedy ''Film/DumbAndDumber''.

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'''''Dumb ''Dumb and Dumber To''''' To'' is a 2014 comedy film and the sequel to the 1994 comedy ''Film/DumbAndDumber''.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If Harry hadn't [[spoiler: been faking his need for a kidney, leading to him going back to his parents house for the first time in years and therefore finding the post card from Fraida Felcher]], or if [[spoiler: Fradia specifically said in her post card that she wanted him to call because she needed the money he owed her, or if Harry said something in front of her about himself being the father...]]
** Additionally, if Lloyd and Harry hadn't brought the letter that was sent back to Fraida with them when they went to Penny's house, [[spoiler: Bernard would not have noticed his wife's handwriting on the envelope to not write back, wouldn't have figured out that she was the reason he was getting sick, and wouldn't have set it up for her to get arrested.]]
* CoversAlwaysLie \ NeverTrustATrailer: See the above.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If Harry hadn't [[spoiler: been faking his need for a kidney, leading to him going back to his parents house for the first time in years and therefore finding the post card from Fraida Felcher]], or if [[spoiler: Fradia specifically said in her post card that she wanted him to call because she needed the money he owed her, or if Harry said something in front of her about himself being the father...]]
** Additionally, if Lloyd and Harry hadn't brought the letter that was sent back to Fraida with them when they went to Penny's house, [[spoiler: Bernard would not have noticed his wife's handwriting on the envelope to not write back, wouldn't have figured out that she was the reason he was getting sick, and wouldn't have set it up for her to get arrested.]]
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%%* CoversAlwaysLie \ NeverTrustATrailer: See the above.
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* BlindShoulderToss: [[spoiler:In the end, they throw away their milk-shakes because they get "wrong" flavors. Each one got the flavor the other wanted. They hit Sea Bass.]]

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* BlindShoulderToss: [[spoiler:In the end, they throw away their milk-shakes because they get "wrong" flavors. Each one got the flavor the other wanted. They hit Sea Bass.Bass' truck.]]



** "I like it a lot"

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** "I like it a lot"lot!"



* ComedicSociopathy: Harry and Lloyd plant a hundred or so firecrackers underneath Travis's bed in retaliation for an earlier prank, and nearly burn him alive.

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* ComedicSociopathy: Harry and Lloyd plant a hundred or so firecrackers underneath Travis's Travis' bed in retaliation for an earlier prank, and nearly burn him alive.



* ContrivedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchlowe wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has to Pinch a loaf, thinks he said Pinchlowe, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchlowe Pinchelow wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has to Pinch a loaf, thinks he said Pinchlowe, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).



** And [[spoiler:Dr. Pichelow during the finale.]]

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** And [[spoiler:Dr. Pichelow Bernard Pinchelow during the finale.]]



* RunningGag: Pushing people into a bush.

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* RunningGag: Pushing people into a bush.bush or Bush Club.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchlowe wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has a Pinch a lobe, thinks he said Pinchlowe, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchlowe wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has a to Pinch a lobe, loaf, thinks he said Pinchlowe, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).
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* ContrievedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchlowe wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has a Pinch a lobe, thinks he said Pinchlowe, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).

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* ContrievedCoincidence: ContrivedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchlowe wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has a Pinch a lobe, thinks he said Pinchlowe, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).
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* ContrievedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchlowe wears hearing aides, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aides. Whenn Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchlowe. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchlowe, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aides. He overhears Harry saying that he has a Pinch a lobe, thinks he said Pinchlowe, sees the hearing aides, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).
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* RipVanWinkle: Averted. Lloyd had been pretending to be comatose for 20 years yet seems to be totally up on culture, to the point of not having a problem owning and using a cell phone.
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** Penny is also prone to this.
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** Additionally, if Lloyd and Harry hadn't brought the letter that was sent back to Fraida with them when they went to Penny's house, [[spoiler: Bernard would not have noticed his wife's handwriting on the envelope to not write back, wouldn't have figured out that she was the reason he was getting sick, and wouldn't have set it up for her to get arrested.]]
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If Harry hadn't [[spoiler: been faking his need for a kidney, leading to him going back to his parents house for the first time in years and therefore finding the post card from Fraida Felcher]], or if [[spoiler: Fradia specifically said in her post card that she wanted him to call because she needed the money he owed her, or if Harry said something in front of her about himself being the father...]]
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She\'s not in charge, and he\'s not subservient. They hitch and carry out the plot together.


* BigBad: [[spoiler:Adele Pichelow.]]



* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Travis and later Captain Lippencott, to Adele.]]
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* ObliviousAdoption: When Harry learns that he needs a new kidney, he visits his parents (who live just down the street) to ask them for one. He is astounded that his Asian-American mother and father aren't his blood relatives.
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* TheFaceless: Fraida in her younger form. All flashbacks show her from behind.
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* SexIsEvil: [[spoiler:When Harry and Lloyd finally get TheTalk from Fraida, their disgusted reaction is akin to that of a 6 year old.]]


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* TookALevelInJerkAss: Lloyd is significantly more sociopathic and callous towards Harry in this movie.

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