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* GracefulLoser: A non-villainous version; Charlie doesn't bat an eye when he loses the dart contest to the local (see DistractedByTheSexy above), handing the money over willingly.
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-->'''Charlie:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Yeah, but you gave it 100% effort.]]

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-->'''Charlie:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Yeah, but you gave it 100% effort.]]
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* BringMyBrownPants: According to Jojo, she almost pees her pants twice in the film; once, when her parents walk in on her and Bill (see ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime below), and second, when [[spoiler: Tim's wife comes home while Jojo is babysitting Phoebe]] while Tim and Kat are out together.


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Leona, Daisy and Kat can tell something's wrong with Jojo - even before she tells them she and Bill have broken up ([[BlatantLies though she claims she broke up with him]]) - because she's early for work, and she's usually late.


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* WellDoneSonGuy: A GenderFlipped version between Daisy and her mother:
-->'''Mrs. Arujo:''' All I want is for you to make something of yourself!
-->'''Daisy:''' Yeah, Ma, well, I'm not going to Yale. You're just gonna have to deal with that!
-->'''Mrs. Arujo:''' I don't expect you to go to Yale. I just get so worried about you.
-->'''Daisy:''' Yeah.
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-->'''Bill:''' Thank you, Mr. Barboza!
* ReadyForLovemaking: When Charlie takes Daisy over to his parents' other house, he's building a fire when he notices Daisy's missing, but she's left behind a shoe. After Daisy tells him to "follow the breadcrumbs", he follows the trail of clothes to his parent's bedroom, where Daisy is, wearing his father's shirt, and standing seductively by the bed.


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-->'''Kat:''' Yeah, Daisy.

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* HitchhikersLeg: When Charlie's car gets a flat tire, they try to hitch a ride. Daisy tries to do this to get a ride, but it doesn't work. Charlie acts like he's going to do this, but instead [[RefugeInAudacity drops his pants]]; *that* gets them a ride.



* ShowSomeLeg: When Charlie's car gets a flat tire, they try to hitch a ride. Daisy tries to do this to get a ride, but it doesn't work. Charlie acts like he's going to do this, but instead [[RefugeInAudacity drops his pants]]; *that* gets them a ride.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the film was actually shot in Rhode Island, as the real Mystic, Connecticut was a popular tourist attraction even before the movie came out. However, there were some scenes that were shot in the real town.
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->'''Leona:''' The '''best''' pizza!

''Mystic Pizza'' is a ComingOfAge drama starring Creator/JuliaRoberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, [[Creator/VincentDOnofrio Vincent D'Onofrio]], William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, John Fiore and Joanna Merlin.

Kat and Daisy are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sister", gets involved with Charlie, a rich guy.

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->'''Leona:''' The '''best''' ''best'' pizza!

''Mystic Pizza'' is a 1988 ComingOfAge drama directed by Donald Petrie, starring Creator/JuliaRoberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, [[Creator/VincentDOnofrio Vincent D'Onofrio]], William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, John Fiore and Joanna Merlin.

Kat (Gish) and Daisy (Roberts) are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, Jojo (Taylor), work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, Bill (D'Onofrio), who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, Tim (Moses), the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sister", gets involved with Charlie, Charlie (Storke), a rich guy.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Charlie seems like he should be a stereotypical rich 80s scumbag (and Daisy lets him have it when he starts acting this way in front of his family), but by the end it's clear he really does care about Daisy. Plus, he reacts surprisingly calmly to Daisy dumping a ton of fish guts in his swank car. Contrast with Tim, who seems like a nice, sweet guy on the surface, and then turns out to be a true JerkAss.
* KarmaHoudini: Tim seduces the (much younger) Kat (seriously, she's 18 at most and he's got to be at least in his mid-30s), dumps her as soon as he realizes his wife is back from abroad, then has the balls to show up to the Mystic Pizza to give her a check "for school." He has his young daughter in tow, preventing Kat from laying into him right then and there. From what we see, he pretty much skates away cleanly.
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-->'''Mitch:''' Ah, do you have to talk like that?

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-->'''Mitch:''' -->'''Manny:''' Ah, do you have to talk like that?
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Kat is planning to go to Yale in the fall.
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Kat and Daisy are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sister", gets involved with Charlie, a rich girl.

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Kat and Daisy are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sister", gets involved with Charlie, a rich girl.
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* MistakenForCheating: Daisy is having fun with Kat and Jojo outside of a country club when she sees Charlie with another woman; in a rage, she pours two barrels of fish into Charlie's convertible. Except it turns out the woman is Charlie's sister.
-->'''Daisy:''' (''crying'') I fucked up.
-->'''Charlie:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Yeah, but you gave it 100% effort.]]


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* RelativeError: Daisy is having fun with Kat and Jojo outside of a country club when she sees Charlie with another woman; in a rage, she pours two barrels of fish into Charlie's convertible. Except it turns out the woman is Charlie's sister.
-->'''Daisy:''' (''crying'') I fucked up.
-->'''Charlie:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Yeah, but you gave it 100% effort.]]
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''Mystic Pizza'' is a ComingOfAge drama starring Creator/JuliaRoberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, John Fiore and Joanna Merlin.

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''Mystic Pizza'' is a ComingOfAge drama starring Creator/JuliaRoberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, [[Creator/VincentDOnofrio Vincent D'Onofrio, D'Onofrio]], William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, John Fiore and Joanna Merlin.
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Trivia trope.


* DawsonCasting: Inverted with Annabeth Gish; she was only 16 while shooting the movie, and she was playing a high school graduate. Played straight with Vincent D'Onofrio, who was in his late 20's playing someone in his early 20's.
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Not what that trope is for. Rich Idiot With No Day Job is a super hero trope for super heores who have that persona as their secret identity. It\'s not for rich idiots in general.


Kat and Daisy are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sister", gets involved with Charlie, a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.

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Kat and Daisy are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sister", gets involved with Charlie, a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.
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* ShoutOut: As Daisy is about to win the game of pool, Charlie's [[GreenEyedMonster jealous date]] calls her a [[Film/TheHustler hustler]] (though she could also have been referring to [[TheColorOfMoney this]]).

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* ShoutOut: As Daisy is about to win the game of pool, Charlie's [[GreenEyedMonster jealous date]] calls her a [[Film/TheHustler hustler]] (though she could also have been referring to [[TheColorOfMoney [[Film/TheColorOfMoney this]]).
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* DistractedByTheSexy: When Charlie first happens into one of the local bars with his friends, he bets one of the locals he can make five bulls-eyes in a row on the dart board, and drink a shot of tequila before each throw. He makes the first four bulls-eyes easily, but as he's about to down his fifth tequila shot, he sees Daisy for the first time, and they share a look. Needless to say, Charlie's final dart throw is way off the mark.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: When Charlie first happens into one of the local bars with his friends, he bets one of the locals he can make five three bulls-eyes in a row on the dart board, and drink a shot of tequila before each throw. He makes the first four two bulls-eyes easily, but as he's about to down his fifth third tequila shot, he sees Daisy for the first time, and they share a look. Needless to say, Charlie's final dart throw is way off the mark.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: When Charlie first happens into one of the local bars with his friends, he bets one of the locals he can make five bulls-eyes in a row on the dart board, and drink a shot of tequila before each throw. He makes the fourth bulls-eye easy, but as he's about to down his fifth tequila shot, he sees Daisy for the first time, and they share a look. Needless to say, Charlie's final dart throw is way off the mark.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: When Charlie first happens into one of the local bars with his friends, he bets one of the locals he can make five bulls-eyes in a row on the dart board, and drink a shot of tequila before each throw. He makes the fourth bulls-eye easy, first four bulls-eyes easily, but as he's about to down his fifth tequila shot, he sees Daisy for the first time, and they share a look. Needless to say, Charlie's final dart throw is way off the mark.

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-->'''Daisy:''' Kat's such a good girl. Where did we go wrong with her sister Daisy?

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-->'''Daisy:''' Kat's such a good girl. Where did we go wrong with her sister Daisy?Daisy?
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Kat and Daisy are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sisters", gets involved with Charlie, a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.

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Kat and Daisy are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sisters", sister", gets involved with Charlie, a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: When Charlie first happens into one of the local bars with his friends, he bets one of the locals he can make five bulls-eyes in a row on the dart board, and drink a shot of tequila before each throw. He makes the fourth bulls-eye easy, but as he's about to down his fifth tequila shot, he sees Daisy for the first time, and they share a look. Needless to say, Charlie's final dart throw is way off the mark.



* DistractedByTheSexy: When Charlie first happens into one of the local bars with his friends, he bets one of the locals he can make five bulls-eyes in a row on the dart board, and drink a shot of tequila before each throw. He makes the fourth bulls-eye easy, but as he's about to down his fifth tequila shot, he sees Daisy for the first time, and they share a look. Needless to say, Charlie's final dart throw is way off the mark.

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-->'''Kat:''' Wipe your conscience.

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-->'''Kat:''' -->'''Daisy:''' Wipe your conscience.


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* DistractedByTheSexy: When Charlie first happens into one of the local bars with his friends, he bets one of the locals he can make five bulls-eyes in a row on the dart board, and drink a shot of tequila before each throw. He makes the fourth bulls-eye easy, but as he's about to down his fifth tequila shot, he sees Daisy for the first time, and they share a look. Needless to say, Charlie's final dart throw is way off the mark.


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* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: Bill has come over to Jojo's house while her parents are asleep. She tries to have sex with him, but seeing as they're in front of religious statues, he's not in the mood, and wants to talk about them getting married. She doesn't want to hear it, and says if Bill mentions marriage one more time, she'll scream. Sure enough, he does, she screams, and her parents come in and chase Bill out of the house.
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* ShoutOut: As Daisy is about to win the game of pool, Charlie's [[GreenEyedMonster jealous date]] calls her a [[Film/TheHustler hustler]] (though she could also have been referring to [[TheColorOfMoney this]]).
** Also, after Daisy, Jojo and Kat steal Bill's truck, they're seen singing along to "[[Music/ArethaFranklin Respect]]".


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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: The lyrics to the song playing when Daisy and Charlie play pool together are definitely in CaptainObvious territory (even the song's title, "Is It Hot In Here?").
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* KnewItAllAlong: Leona after [[spoiler: the TV gourmet critic gives Mystic Pizzeria a favorable review]].

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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Daisy to Kat, after Kat implies that Daisy is a slut.
-->'''Kat:''' Wipe your conscience.



* ItsAllAboutMe: A subtle example; when Charlie finally is able to take Daisy home to meet his family, he ends up doing what he thinks is exposing his family's hypocrisy. However, Daisy ends up storming out, and when he follows her, she points out his family was just being themselves, and he was just using her to embarrass them and score points off of them.



-->'''Charlie:''' Yeah, but you gave it 100% effort.

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-->'''Charlie:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Yeah, but you gave it 100% effort.]]

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* DawsonCasting: Inverted with Annabeth Gish; she was only 16 while shooting the movie, and she was playing a high school graduate. Played straight with Adam Storke; he was in his mid-20's playing a college dropout.

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* CausticCritic / TheDreaded: Hector, the TV gourmet critic. Leona speaks of him disdainfully whenever he's on-screen (Daisy teases her about this), but when he shows up unexpectedly, she ends up watching him eat as worriedly as everyone else. When he leaves after only eating one slice, Leona reverts to calling him a "moron" again. [[spoiler: However, he ends up praising the food (if not the service) and there's a promise of increased business because of this]].
* CryIntoChest: Kat does this with Daisy after [[spoiler: Tim sleeps with her and then ignores her when they come home to find his wife has returned from England]].
* DawsonCasting: Inverted with Annabeth Gish; she was only 16 while shooting the movie, and she was playing a high school graduate. Played straight with Adam Storke; he Vincent D'Onofrio, who was in his mid-20's late 20's playing a college dropout.someone in his early 20's.



* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Daisy and Kat. It starts out good-naturedly, at least until Kat doesn't show up for a shift, forcing Daisy to break a date to meet Charlie's family.

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* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Daisy and Kat. It starts out good-naturedly, at least until Kat doesn't show up for a shift, forcing Daisy to break a date to meet Charlie's family. (They do make up with each other; see CryIntoChest).
* HeroicBSOD: Kat after [[spoiler: she sleeps with Tim, only for him to ignore her when his wife comes home]].



* RedOniBlueOni: Daisy is red to Kat's blue.



* ShowSomeLeg: When Charlie's car gets a flat tire, they try to hitch a ride. Daisy tries to do this to get a ride, but it doesn't work. Charlie acts like he's going to do this, but instead [[RefugeInAudacity drops his pants]]; *that* gets them a ride.



-->'''Hector:''' Ah, do you have to talk like that?
-->'''Daisy:''' I'm sorry; what I meant to say was, "These fucking shoes are killing me."

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-->'''Hector:''' -->'''Mitch:''' Ah, do you have to talk like that?
-->'''Daisy:''' I'm sorry; what I meant to say was, "These fucking shoes are killing me.""
* TheUnfavourite: Daisy, which she [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]]:
-->'''Daisy:''' Kat's such a good girl. Where did we go wrong with her sister Daisy?

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the film was actually shot in Rhode Island, as the real Mystic, Connecticut was a popular tourist attraction even before the movie came out. However, there were some scenes that were shot in the real town.
* DawsonCasting: Inverted with Annabeth Gish; she was only 16 while shooting the movie, and she was playing a high school graduate. Played straight with Adam Storke; he was in his mid-20's playing a college dropout.
* {{Fainting}}: Jojo does an emotional faint in the opening scene - ''at her own wedding''.



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* RunningGag: Jojo's futile attempts to get Leona to tell her what the secret ingredients in the pizza are.

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* RegionalSpeciality
RegionalSpeciality: The pizza.
* RevealShot
RevealShot: [[spoiler: Near the end of the movie, Bill is sitting in his truck listening to Jojo tell him he has to let her be her own woman, and nothing's going to change about that. He grins, and says, "Except that you're married." The camera then pans over to Jojo, who is indeed wearing a wedding gown, and smiling.]]
* RunningGag: Jojo's futile attempts to get Leona to tell her what the secret ingredients in the pizza are.are.
* SirSwearsALot: Daisy.
-->'''Daisy:''' Jesus Christ, these shoes are killing me.
-->'''Hector:''' Ah, do you have to talk like that?
-->'''Daisy:''' I'm sorry; what I meant to say was, "These fucking shoes are killing me."
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->'''Daisy:''' Don't worry about me. I'm not gonna be slinging pizza for the rest of my life.
->'''Leona:''' The '''best''' pizza!

''Mystic Pizza'' is a ComingOfAge drama starring Creator/JuliaRoberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, John Fiore and Joanna Merlin.

Kat and Daisy are sisters who, along with their best friend Jojo, work at the pizza place of the title. Jojo is engaged to be married to Bill, who runs a fishing boat, but while she loves Bill, she's not sure she's ready to get married. Kat, who's working other jobs to help pay for Yale, takes on a babysitting job and becomes attracted to Tim, the man she's babysitting for. Finally, Daisy, the "bad sisters", gets involved with Charlie, a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.

This film contains examples of:

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Daisy and Kat. It starts out good-naturedly, at least until Kat doesn't show up for a shift, forcing Daisy to break a date to meet Charlie's family.
* MistakenForCheating: Daisy is having fun with Kat and Jojo outside of a country club when she sees Charlie with another woman; in a rage, she pours two barrels of fish into Charlie's convertible. Except it turns out the woman is Charlie's sister.
-->'''Daisy:''' (''crying'') I fucked up.
-->'''Charlie:''' Yeah, but you gave it 100% effort.
* RegionalSpecialty
* RevealShot
* RunningGag: Jojo's futile attempts to get Leona to tell her what the secret ingredients in the pizza are.

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