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** Titus went through his own Adult Fear with the disappearance of his son, Lexi, only to learn that Lexi had been Buried Alive in the same car. While this neglect was in no way intentional, Lexi still lashes out furiously at Titus for failing to notice his pain or actively searching for him.
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** Titus went through his own Adult Fear AdultFear with the disappearance of his son, Lexi, only to learn that Lexi had been Buried Alive BuriedAlive in the same car. While this neglect was in no way intentional, Lexi still lashes out furiously at Titus for failing to notice his pain or actively searching for him.
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** The story Chloe writes while staying in the Library of Flying Books Car features counterparts of Goh and herself as the main characters and Mew as a wish-granting shapeshifter that Goh's counterpart obsesses over.
** Titus went through his own Adult Fear with the disappearance of his son, Lexi, only to learn that Lexi had been Buried Alive in the same car. While this neglect was in no way intentional, Lexi still lashes out furiously at Titus for failing to notice his pain or actively searching for him.
** Lexi is filled with resentment towards those who hurt him and wishes to get his revenge in some way, shape, or form. Chloe directly compares it to her own resentment of those who hurt her with their neglect or forcing their ideas of what she should become upon her.
** Nico being the odd one out amongst the plush penguins and getting teased for his different interests naturally reminds Chloe of her own isolation.
** The story Chloe writes while staying in the Library of Flying Books Car features counterparts of Goh and herself as the main characters and Mew as a wish-granting shapeshifter that Goh's counterpart obsesses over.
** Titus went through his own Adult Fear with the disappearance of his son, Lexi, only to learn that Lexi had been Buried Alive in the same car. While this neglect was in no way intentional, Lexi still lashes out furiously at Titus for failing to notice his pain or actively searching for him.
** Lexi is filled with resentment towards those who hurt him and wishes to get his revenge in some way, shape, or form. Chloe directly compares it to her own resentment of those who hurt her with their neglect or forcing their ideas of what she should become upon her.
** Nico being the odd one out amongst the plush penguins and getting teased for his different interests naturally reminds Chloe of her own isolation.
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* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'': while the film explicitly draws attention to the fact that the 5 victims don't naturally fit the archetypes they've been cast into, it is much more subtle about the fact that the 5 staff members of the facility match perfectly:
** Hadley: constant joking, is the Fool
** Sitterson: knowledgeable of history, procedures, and even how to hot wires an explosion, is the Scholar
** Truman: from security and armed to the teeth, is the Athlete
** The Director: stays out of the control room and so has no blood on her hands (ie purity is intact) is The Virgin
** Lin: while her lab coat and primness do not convey sexuality, shows awareness of her compromised morality in the face of Truman's disapproval at her betting and drinking. And what word does the Director use to describe the Whore? "Compromised"
** variation: It's possible that Truman is the Virgin, this being his first time around, and the Director is the Athlete, being the most powerful in terms of authority. This interpretation would make the staff's deaths invert the sacrificial pattern, with Truman the Virgin [[spoiler:dying first]]
** Hadley: constant joking, is the Fool
** Sitterson: knowledgeable of history, procedures, and even how to hot wires an explosion, is the Scholar
** Truman: from security and armed to the teeth, is the Athlete
** The Director: stays out of the control room and so has no blood on her hands (ie purity is intact) is The Virgin
** Lin: while her lab coat and primness do not convey sexuality, shows awareness of her compromised morality in the face of Truman's disapproval at her betting and drinking. And what word does the Director use to describe the Whore? "Compromised"
** variation: It's possible that Truman is the Virgin, this being his first time around, and the Director is the Athlete, being the most powerful in terms of authority. This interpretation would make the staff's deaths invert the sacrificial pattern, with Truman the Virgin [[spoiler:dying first]]
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 "Orphan 55"]] seems to be one to what [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]] sets up as the main StoryArc of Series 12: [[spoiler:The Doctor and company discover that Orphan 55 is actually a devastated future Earth, while the conflict between estranged mother and daughter Kane and Bella is born from Bella's desire to destroy the sins of the past. At the end, the Doctor says that Orphan 55 does ''not'' have to be Earth's final fate. All this ties in with the reveals in "Spyfall" that the Master has ravaged Gallifrey because of an AwfulTruth he discovered relating to the Time Lords' existence involving the "Timeless Child", as, following that same line of thinking, that doesn't have to be the final fate of Gallifrey if the Doctor does her best.]]
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** The Seisquake Trio are members of a Seismology Club whose university has been cheating them out of funding and support. After purifying them of their akumas, Ladybug and Vixxen advise them to go public, as the threat of potential scandal should get the university to comply. This is much like how Principal Damocles only acts to deal with the blatant bullying in Bustier's class when [[MamaBear Marinette and]] [[PapaWolf Cole's parents]] find out what's going on and draw up lawsuits against the school, especially [[spoiler: once the law labels Alya's premeditated attack on Cole as an ableist hate crime]].
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* In ''FanFic/LeaveForMendeleiev'', Chloe's persistent attempts to continue bullying her favorite victim after Marinette transfers to another class parallels Adrien/Chat Noir's romantic pursuit of his partner Ladybug. Both are driven by a sense of [[EntitledToHaveYou personal entitlement]] -- Chloe can't ''BEAR'' the thought of Marinette escaping her influence and becoming more confident, while Adrien is convinced that he ''deserves'' to know [[SecretChaser all of Ladybug's secrets]] and that they're ''destined'' to be together, [[YouCantFightFate whether she wants that or not]].
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* In ''FanFic/SonOfTheDesert'' Trisha's ComingOfAgeStory and courtship of Hohenheim mirrors Edward's ComingOfAgeStory and him falling in love with Roy Mustang. One of the parties have a major secret (Hohenheim's immortality and [[PassFail Edward's Ishvalan heritage]]), one offering to kill themselves (Trisha snapping from the pressure to marry, Roy trying to make up for killing Edward's maternal family) and a marriage proposal (Trisha proposing to Hohenheim, [[spoiler: Roy proposing to Edward]].) Although [[DoomedHometown unlike]] [[ForegoneConclusion Trisha's]] [[DeathByOriginStory story]], Edward's ends a lot happier.
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* In ''FanFic/SonOfTheDesert'' ''FanFic/SonOfTheDesert'', Trisha's ComingOfAgeStory and courtship of Hohenheim mirrors Edward's ComingOfAgeStory and him falling in love with Roy Mustang. One of the parties have a major secret (Hohenheim's immortality and [[PassFail Edward's Ishvalan heritage]]), one offering to kill themselves (Trisha snapping from the pressure to marry, Roy trying to make up for killing Edward's maternal family) and a marriage proposal (Trisha proposing to Hohenheim, [[spoiler: Roy proposing to Edward]].) Although [[DoomedHometown unlike]] [[ForegoneConclusion Trisha's]] [[DeathByOriginStory story]], Edward's ends a lot happier.
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** Marinette has struggled with taking too much onto her shoulders; her strong sense of personal responsibility serves her well as Ladybug, but has also led to her trying to please everyone and putting ''their'' desires ahead of her own. Master Fu has done much the same thing as the Guardian, focusing on how he MustMakeAmends for past mistakes. When Marinette realizes this in ''The Radio Still Plays'', she's encouraged to open up to him more, and grows even more determined to set things right and find a better balance for her life.
** Adrien's [[DoggedNiceGuy insistent pursuit]] of Ladybug as Chat Noir parallels Alya's efforts to [[ShipperOnDeck get Marinette together with Adrien]]... with both ignoring Ladybug/Marinette ''repeatedly'' making clear that she's not interested. Alya ''also'' supports [=LadyNoir=], and her decision to [[ManipulativeEditing edit footage]] of one of Chat's {{Love Confession}}s to support her preference causes ''considerable'' problems for all involved.
** Marinette has struggled with taking too much onto her shoulders; her strong sense of personal responsibility serves her well as Ladybug, but has also led to her trying to please everyone and putting ''their'' desires ahead of her own. Master Fu has done much the same thing as the Guardian, focusing on how he MustMakeAmends for past mistakes. When Marinette realizes this in ''The Radio Still Plays'', she's encouraged to open up to him more, and grows even more determined to set things right and find a better balance for her life.
** Adrien's [[DoggedNiceGuy insistent pursuit]] of Ladybug as Chat Noir parallels Alya's efforts to [[ShipperOnDeck get Marinette together with Adrien]]... with both ignoring Ladybug/Marinette ''repeatedly'' making clear that she's not interested. Alya ''also'' supports [=LadyNoir=], and her decision to [[ManipulativeEditing edit footage]] of one of Chat's {{Love Confession}}s to support her preference causes ''considerable'' problems for all involved.
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* In ''FanFic/{{Pretender}}'': A knight falls in love with a BrokenAce in love with someone they can't have. Frederick's decision to romantically pursue Robin is paralleled by Stahl's courtship of Cordelia. Although unlike Stahl and Cordelia, [[spoiler: Frederick and Robin's relationship falls apart.]]
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* In ''FanFic/{{Pretender}}'': A knight falls in love with a BrokenAce in love with someone they can't have. Frederick's decision to romantically pursue Robin is paralleled by Stahl's courtship of Cordelia. Although unlike Stahl and Cordelia, [[spoiler: Frederick and Robin's relationship falls apart.]]apart]].
* ''FanFic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'':
** Adrien/Chat Noir betrays Marinette/Ladybug [[BetrayalByInaction via inaction]] in both of his identities. As Adrien, he stands by and allows Lila to [[MaliciousSlander slander Marinette's good name]], while as Chat Noir, he attempts to {{Blackmail}} her into a relationship by [[AchillesInHisTent refusing his aid]] unless she agrees to start dating. As the series progresses, his misbehavior escalates until he's [[NeverMyFault openly blaming her for the results of his own poor decisions]].
** Chat and Alya are also shown to be equally deluded and insistent upon having things [[ItsAllAboutMe revolve around THEIR wishes]], with their [[SkewedPriorities priorities skewed]] in the same direction. When Alya overhears him trying to force Ladybug's 'confession', she agrees with his ultimatum even while noting that she's in danger of having her Miraculous stolen. Later, he sympathizes with Alya after Nino breaks up with her, taking her side... and both of them complain about Ladybug [[SignificantWardrobeShift changing her suit]] at the same time.
* ''FanFic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'':
** Adrien/Chat Noir betrays Marinette/Ladybug [[BetrayalByInaction via inaction]] in both of his identities. As Adrien, he stands by and allows Lila to [[MaliciousSlander slander Marinette's good name]], while as Chat Noir, he attempts to {{Blackmail}} her into a relationship by [[AchillesInHisTent refusing his aid]] unless she agrees to start dating. As the series progresses, his misbehavior escalates until he's [[NeverMyFault openly blaming her for the results of his own poor decisions]].
** Chat and Alya are also shown to be equally deluded and insistent upon having things [[ItsAllAboutMe revolve around THEIR wishes]], with their [[SkewedPriorities priorities skewed]] in the same direction. When Alya overhears him trying to force Ladybug's 'confession', she agrees with his ultimatum even while noting that she's in danger of having her Miraculous stolen. Later, he sympathizes with Alya after Nino breaks up with her, taking her side... and both of them complain about Ladybug [[SignificantWardrobeShift changing her suit]] at the same time.
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'''Ron:''' Not exactly, he's just a control freak, you're... Well, yeah, you ''are'' like... That's weird.
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Often results in a DoubleAesop, but not always; not all examples have characters learning a lesson. For example, the main plot of ''Theatre/KingLear'' (Lear banishing faithful Cordelia and being betrayed by his other daughters) is mirrored in the Gloucester subplot, where Gloucester disowns faithful Edgar and is betrayed by his illegitimate son Edmund. The two stories are obvious parallels, but nobody learns anything from them (except the audience, who learns to be [[DownerEnding horribly depressed]]).
Sometimes this is the plot purpose of the BetaCouple. A PlotParallel specifically in the form of a ShowWithinAShow is CrystalBallScheduling.
Sometimes this is the plot purpose of the BetaCouple. A PlotParallel specifically in the form of a ShowWithinAShow is CrystalBallScheduling.
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Often results in a DoubleAesop, but not always; not all examples have characters learning a lesson. For example, the main plot of ''Theatre/KingLear'' (Lear banishing faithful Cordelia and being betrayed by his other daughters) is mirrored in the Gloucester subplot, where Gloucester disowns faithful Edgar and is betrayed by his illegitimate son Edmund. The two stories are obvious parallels, but nobody learns anything from them (except the audience, who learns learn to be [[DownerEnding horribly depressed]]).
Sometimes this is the plot purpose of the BetaCouple. APlotParallel Plot Parallel specifically in the form of a ShowWithinAShow is CrystalBallScheduling.
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* Just about every episode of ''any'' incarnation of Franchise/PowerRangers inevitably follows this. The episodes start with a Ranger being faced with a character flaw, a villain [[ContrivedCoincidence specifically based]] on exploiting that flaw shows up, and the Ranger must learn to deal with their personal problems in order to save the day ([[OnceAnEpisode almost certainly]] in a giant robot battle).
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* Several ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episodes have such parallels between the "basic average girl" plot and the "here to save the world" plot. For instance, in "Coach Possible", from which the page quote comes from, observing Señor Senior Senior's overly controlling attitude toward Junior helps Kim realize that she's being [[DrillSergeantNasty overly perfectionistic and demanding]] in coaching the soccer team.
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* Several ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episodes have such parallels between the "basic average girl" plot and the "here to save the world" plot. For instance, in "Coach Possible", from which the above page quote comes from, observing Señor Senior Senior's overly controlling attitude toward Junior helps Kim realize that she's being [[DrillSergeantNasty overly perfectionistic and demanding]] in coaching the soccer team.
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* Several ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episodes have such parallels between the "basic average girl" plot and the "here to save the world" plot. For instance, in "Coach Possible", observing Señor Senior Senior's overly controlling attitude toward Junior helps Kim realize that she's being [[DrillSergeantNasty overly perfectionistic and demanding]] in coaching the soccer team.
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* Several ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episodes have such parallels between the "basic average girl" plot and the "here to save the world" plot. For instance, in "Coach Possible", from which the page quote comes from, observing Señor Senior Senior's overly controlling attitude toward Junior helps Kim realize that she's being [[DrillSergeantNasty overly perfectionistic and demanding]] in coaching the soccer team.
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* In ''Series/{{Happy}}'', Mr. Blue presides over a sprawling New York criminal empire that is responsible for countless deaths, and [[spoiler:Raspberry and [[InTheBlood Blue's son]] turns out to similarly be slowly genociding the city's many [[DisposableVagrant abandoned, vulnerable]] NotSoImaginaryFriends]].
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* ''Franchise/MetalGear'' is so built on this sort of storytelling that virtually nothing happens only once.
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* ''Franchise/MetalGear'' ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' is so built on this sort of storytelling that virtually nothing happens only once.
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* Exaggerated in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica.'' For the first two episodes, you'll be wondering where {{Deconstruction}} comes into play. And then [[WhamEpisode every other episode]] has some horrifying revelation. Madoka, however, has not become a MagicalGirl, and is essentially TheLoad. [[spoiler:However, Madoka became a Magical Girl and saved every other girl from a FateWorseThanDeath.]] Episode 10, however, is something entirely similar: [[spoiler:Homura is attempting to save Madoka from a FateWorseThanDeath by looping back in time, but she is indirectly causing the deaths of her comrades due to ResetButton diverging from the original. When Episode 9 comes around, everyone except her and Madoka is already dead, and we haven't even seen Walpurgisnacht yet.]]
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* Exaggerated in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica.'' ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. For the first two episodes, you'll be wondering where {{Deconstruction}} comes into play. And then [[WhamEpisode every other episode]] has some horrifying revelation. Madoka, however, has not become a MagicalGirl, and is essentially TheLoad. [[spoiler:However, Madoka became a Magical Girl and saved every other girl from a FateWorseThanDeath.]] Episode 10, however, is something entirely similar: [[spoiler:Homura is attempting to save Madoka from a FateWorseThanDeath by looping back in time, but she is indirectly causing the deaths of her comrades due to ResetButton diverging from the original. When Episode 9 comes around, everyone except her and Madoka is already dead, and we haven't even seen Walpurgisnacht yet.]]
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* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In "Into the Breech," the A-plot is some navy cadets are holding a mock trial for a sailor who was badly hazed and involved in a LoveTriangle with one of his bullies; the B-plot is the same, except it's between the cadets holding the mock trial.
* ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'' did this [[OnceAnEpisode every episode]]. The bird example comes from "Safety Canary": A pair of rare birds refuse to mate (A-plot), and Jaye is having love problems with Eric (B-plot). After spending the episode using the birds to avoid interacting with Eric, Jaye realizes she can't give him up just because she's scared of commitment.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': This happens in almost every episode, with the flashbacks/sideways paralleling what is happening on the island. For instance, in one season six episode focusing on Ben, in the flashsideways Ben has to make a choice between power and Alex. In the main story, he is forced to deal with the consequences of having already made that choice.
* ''Series/{{Huge}}'': The troubled romance/sexual tension between Amber and one of the counselors is paralleled by the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' expy ''Phantasma'', which the girls of the camp have been fangirling over. The forbidden love comparison becomes even more apparent when scenes of Amber and the counselor are shown between scenes of the ''Phantasma'' movie.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', along with DoubleAesop, virtually OnceAnEpisode, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] about OnceASeason.
* ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' was another show that did this constantly, to drive home AnAesop even more {{anvilicious}}ly.
* ''Series/TheWestWing'' also did it frequently. At the end of one episode where the A-plot is Sam finding out shocking, identity-threatening truths about people he cares about, he tells Donna, "It's just that there are certain things you're sure of, like longitude and latitude." Funny he should put it like that considering one of the B-plots was C.J. and Josh learning about the inaccuracy of common map projections and how the world isn't what they thought it was. (To be fair, Donna does [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] this.)
* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' plots parallel the classic stories the title character reads.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (created by the same person who created ''Wonderfalls'') did this a fair bit as well.
* ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'' did this [[OnceAnEpisode every episode]]. The bird example comes from "Safety Canary": A pair of rare birds refuse to mate (A-plot), and Jaye is having love problems with Eric (B-plot). After spending the episode using the birds to avoid interacting with Eric, Jaye realizes she can't give him up just because she's scared of commitment.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': This happens in almost every episode, with the flashbacks/sideways paralleling what is happening on the island. For instance, in one season six episode focusing on Ben, in the flashsideways Ben has to make a choice between power and Alex. In the main story, he is forced to deal with the consequences of having already made that choice.
* ''Series/{{Huge}}'': The troubled romance/sexual tension between Amber and one of the counselors is paralleled by the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' expy ''Phantasma'', which the girls of the camp have been fangirling over. The forbidden love comparison becomes even more apparent when scenes of Amber and the counselor are shown between scenes of the ''Phantasma'' movie.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', along with DoubleAesop, virtually OnceAnEpisode, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] about OnceASeason.
* ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' was another show that did this constantly, to drive home AnAesop even more {{anvilicious}}ly.
* ''Series/TheWestWing'' also did it frequently. At the end of one episode where the A-plot is Sam finding out shocking, identity-threatening truths about people he cares about, he tells Donna, "It's just that there are certain things you're sure of, like longitude and latitude." Funny he should put it like that considering one of the B-plots was C.J. and Josh learning about the inaccuracy of common map projections and how the world isn't what they thought it was. (To be fair, Donna does [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] this.)
* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' plots parallel the classic stories the title character reads.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (created by the same person who created ''Wonderfalls'') did this a fair bit as well.
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* ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'' did this [[OnceAnEpisode every episode]]. The bird example comes from "Safety Canary": A pair of rare birds refuse to mate (A-plot), and Jaye is having love problems with Eric (B-plot). After spending the episode using the birds to avoid interacting with Eric, Jaye realizes she can't give him up just because she's scared of commitment.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': This happens in almost every episode, with the flashbacks/sideways paralleling what is happening on the island. For instance, in one season six episode focusing on Ben, in the flashsideways Ben has to make a choice between power and Alex. In the main story, he is forced to deal with the consequences of having already made that choice.
* ''Series/{{Huge}}'': The troubled romance/sexual tension between Amber and one of the counselors is paralleled by the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' expy ''Phantasma'', which the girls of the camp have been fangirling over. The forbidden love comparison becomes even more apparent when scenes of Amber and the counselor are shown between scenes of the ''Phantasma'' movie.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', along with DoubleAesop, virtually OnceAnEpisode, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] about OnceASeason.
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* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' plots parallel the classic stories the title character reads.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (created by the same person who created ''Wonderfalls'') did this a fair bit as well.
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* ''Series/ICarly'' and its five episode Sam/Freddie romance arc ended with one of these. In the A-Plot, Sam and Freddie were trying to become closer. In the B-Plot, Spencer and the girl who used to babysit him when he was 10 years old (she was 15 at the time) entered a relationship that got creepy as she started acting like his babysitter again and bossing him around. Carly ends the B-Plot by telling Spencer and the babysitter that their relationship is creepy and weird, and that they were forcing a romantic connection out of their previous relationship. Sam and Freddie overhear this, and both realize that even though Carly wasn't talking about them, her words matched their dysfunctional relationship. They discuss it, then break up.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' starts doing this very effectively in the second and third seasons where the case-of-the-week symbolically parallels the developments in the MythArc.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' starts doing this very effectively in the second and third seasons where the case-of-the-week symbolically parallels the developments in the MythArc.
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* ''Series/BetterOffTed'' played this for laughs in the episode "The Lawyer, the Lemur & the Little Listener." Linda is writing a children's book about a lemur who wants to go off and seek his fortune. However, the lemur decides to stay at his tree with all his friends. Ironically, Linda wants to use the profit from her story to leave Veridian Dynamics and abandon her friends.
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** "10,000 BC" parallels the leadership struggles between two [[OneMillionBC cavemen]] - Za, an older established Leader in way over his head and willing to resort to brutality to keep his leadership, and Kal, a young outsider trying to sow dissent and usurp Za - with the struggles between the Doctor, an old time traveller in way over his head and willing to resort to brutality to survive, and Ian, a young outsider trying to save Susan and Barbara from the Doctor and take control of the situation.
** "Evil of the Daleks" parallels [[UsefulNotes/{{Alchemy}} the alchemist]] Maxtible's obsession with turning lead into gold with the Daleks' obsession with turning Daleks into humanlike beings. (Note that Maxtible is not interested in turning lead into gold for the money - he already has a very lucrative money-making scam involving time travel abuse - but because it would allow him to know the secret of spiritual purification.)
** "Robot" has an A-plot about an insane, childlike, potentially dangerous but by nature benevolent robot being forced to kill its creator and [[ThreeLawsCompliant go against its basic peaceful, humanitarian nature]] by a rigorous, militaristic unit obsessed with science and reason, which drives it AxCrazy and leaves it convinced it needs to kill all of humanity apart from Sarah Jane. The B-plot is about the Doctor who has recently regenerated into an insane, childlike, potentially dangerous but by nature benevolent personality, who attempts to abandon his friend Sarah in his confusion, and is forced to go against his basic freedom-loving nature by the rigorous, militaristic unit who use him as a scientific advisor. The Doctor happily (if a bit flakily) helps defeat the robot, but in the ScriptWank scene at the end he convinces Sarah that he won't, won't, won't behave like the refined and social person UNIT needs him to be and it's time for he and she to run off and explore the universe.
** The 50th Anniversary special, the Day of the Doctor leads up to a [[spoiler: thwarted]] nuclear countdown which would destroy a Zygon infiltration but at the cost of blowing up London. This is then mirrored by the Doctor who realises that [[spoiler: using The Moment to end the Time War at the cost of destroying Gallifrey was a mistake, so he (they) TrickedOutTime so that Gallifrey's destruction never actually happened.]] The trope is played with somewhat in that within the episode itself the Zygon plotline actually takes up far more screen time than the Time War plot line, though ultimately the former is rather inconsequential and the latter has huge consequences for the future of the series.
** "Evil of the Daleks" parallels [[UsefulNotes/{{Alchemy}} the alchemist]] Maxtible's obsession with turning lead into gold with the Daleks' obsession with turning Daleks into humanlike beings. (Note that Maxtible is not interested in turning lead into gold for the money - he already has a very lucrative money-making scam involving time travel abuse - but because it would allow him to know the secret of spiritual purification.)
** "Robot" has an A-plot about an insane, childlike, potentially dangerous but by nature benevolent robot being forced to kill its creator and [[ThreeLawsCompliant go against its basic peaceful, humanitarian nature]] by a rigorous, militaristic unit obsessed with science and reason, which drives it AxCrazy and leaves it convinced it needs to kill all of humanity apart from Sarah Jane. The B-plot is about the Doctor who has recently regenerated into an insane, childlike, potentially dangerous but by nature benevolent personality, who attempts to abandon his friend Sarah in his confusion, and is forced to go against his basic freedom-loving nature by the rigorous, militaristic unit who use him as a scientific advisor. The Doctor happily (if a bit flakily) helps defeat the robot, but in the ScriptWank scene at the end he convinces Sarah that he won't, won't, won't behave like the refined and social person UNIT needs him to be and it's time for he and she to run off and explore the universe.
** The 50th Anniversary special, the Day of the Doctor leads up to a [[spoiler: thwarted]] nuclear countdown which would destroy a Zygon infiltration but at the cost of blowing up London. This is then mirrored by the Doctor who realises that [[spoiler: using The Moment to end the Time War at the cost of destroying Gallifrey was a mistake, so he (they) TrickedOutTime so that Gallifrey's destruction never actually happened.]] The trope is played with somewhat in that within the episode itself the Zygon plotline actually takes up far more screen time than the Time War plot line, though ultimately the former is rather inconsequential and the latter has huge consequences for the future of the series.
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** "10,000 BC" [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild "An Unearthly Child"]] parallels the leadership struggles between two [[OneMillionBC cavemen]] - — Za, an older established Leader leader in way over his head and willing to resort to brutality to keep his leadership, and Kal, a young outsider trying to sow dissent and usurp Za - — with the struggles between the Doctor, an old time traveller in way over his head and willing to resort to brutality to survive, and Ian, a young outsider trying to save Susan and Barbara from the Doctor and take control of the situation.
**"Evil [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks "The Evil of the Daleks" Daleks"]] parallels [[UsefulNotes/{{Alchemy}} the alchemist]] Maxtible's obsession with turning lead into gold with the Daleks' obsession with turning Daleks into humanlike beings. (Note that Maxtible is not interested in turning lead into gold for the money - — he already has a very lucrative money-making scam involving time travel abuse - — but because it would allow him to know the secret of spiritual purification.)
**"Robot" [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]] has an A-plot about an insane, childlike, potentially dangerous but by nature benevolent robot being forced to kill its creator and [[ThreeLawsCompliant go against its basic peaceful, humanitarian nature]] by a rigorous, militaristic unit obsessed with science and reason, which drives it AxCrazy AxeCrazy and leaves it convinced it needs to kill all of humanity apart from Sarah Jane. The B-plot is about the Doctor Doctor, who has recently regenerated into an insane, childlike, potentially dangerous but by nature benevolent personality, who attempts to abandon his friend Sarah in his confusion, and is forced to go against his basic freedom-loving nature by the rigorous, militaristic unit who use him as a scientific advisor. The Doctor happily (if a bit flakily) helps defeat the robot, but in the ScriptWank scene at the end he convinces Sarah that he won't, won't, won't behave like the refined and social person UNIT needs him to be and it's time for he and she to run off and explore the universe.
**The 50th Anniversary special, the anniversary special [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor Doctor"]] leads up to a [[spoiler: thwarted]] [[spoiler:thwarted]] nuclear countdown which would destroy a Zygon infiltration infiltration, but at the cost of blowing up London. This is then mirrored by the Doctor Doctor, who realises that [[spoiler: using The [[spoiler:using the Moment to end the Time War at the cost of destroying Gallifrey was a mistake, so he (they) TrickedOutTime so that Gallifrey's destruction never actually happened.]] The trope is played with somewhat in that within the episode itself the Zygon plotline actually takes up far more screen time than the Time War plot line, though ultimately the former is rather inconsequential and the latter has huge consequences for the future of the series.series.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' starts doing this very effectively in the second and third seasons where the case-of-the-week symbolically parallels the developments in the MythArc.
* ''Series/{{House}}'' does this all the time. Pretty much whenever House is shown doing regular clinic check-ups, you can bet that something that happens in the clinic will be co-incidentally be the key to him figuring out how to save that episode's main patient.
* ''Series/{{Huge}}'': The troubled romance/sexual tension between Amber and one of the counselors is paralleled by the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' expy ''Phantasma'', which the girls of the camp have been fangirling over. The forbidden love comparison becomes even more apparent when scenes of Amber and the counselor are shown between scenes of the ''Phantasma'' movie.
* ''Series/ICarly'' and its five episode Sam/Freddie romance arc ended with one of these. In the A-Plot, Sam and Freddie were trying to become closer. In the B-Plot, Spencer and the girl who used to babysit him when he was 10 years old (she was 15 at the time) entered a relationship that got creepy as she started acting like his babysitter again and bossing him around. Carly ends the B-Plot by telling Spencer and the babysitter that their relationship is creepy and weird, and that they were forcing a romantic connection out of their previous relationship. Sam and Freddie overhear this, and both realize that even though Carly wasn't talking about them, her words matched their dysfunctional relationship. They discuss it, then break up.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In "Into the Breech", the A-plot is some navy cadets are holding a mock trial for a sailor who was badly hazed and involved in a LoveTriangle with one of his bullies; the B-plot is the same, except it's between the cadets holding the mock trial.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': This happens in almost every episode, with the flashbacks/sideways paralleling what is happening on the island. For instance, in one season six episode focusing on Ben, in the flashsideways Ben has to make a choice between power and Alex. In the main story, he is forced to deal with the consequences of having already made that choice.
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* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' starts doing this very effectively in the second and third seasons where the case-of-the-week symbolically parallels the developments in the MythArc.
* ''Series/{{House}}'' does this all the time. Pretty much whenever House is shown doing regular clinic check-ups, you can bet that something that happens in the clinic will be co-incidentally be the key to him figuring out how to save that episode's main patient.
* ''Series/{{Huge}}'': The troubled romance/sexual tension between Amber and one of the counselors is paralleled by the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' expy ''Phantasma'', which the girls of the camp have been fangirling over. The forbidden love comparison becomes even more apparent when scenes of Amber and the counselor are shown between scenes of the ''Phantasma'' movie.
* ''Series/ICarly'' and its five episode Sam/Freddie romance arc ended with one of these. In the A-Plot, Sam and Freddie were trying to become closer. In the B-Plot, Spencer and the girl who used to babysit him when he was 10 years old (she was 15 at the time) entered a relationship that got creepy as she started acting like his babysitter again and bossing him around. Carly ends the B-Plot by telling Spencer and the babysitter that their relationship is creepy and weird, and that they were forcing a romantic connection out of their previous relationship. Sam and Freddie overhear this, and both realize that even though Carly wasn't talking about them, her words matched their dysfunctional relationship. They discuss it, then break up.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In "Into the Breech", the A-plot is some navy cadets are holding a mock trial for a sailor who was badly hazed and involved in a LoveTriangle with one of his bullies; the B-plot is the same, except it's between the cadets holding the mock trial.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': This happens in almost every episode, with the flashbacks/sideways paralleling what is happening on the island. For instance, in one season six episode focusing on Ben, in the flashsideways Ben has to make a choice between power and Alex. In the main story, he is forced to deal with the consequences of having already made that choice.
%%* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (created by the same person who created ''Wonderfalls'') did this a fair bit as well.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', along with DoubleAesop, virtually OnceAnEpisode, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] about OnceASeason.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', along with DoubleAesop, virtually OnceAnEpisode, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] about OnceASeason.
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* ''Series/{{House}}'' ''Series/TheWestWing'' also did it frequently. At the end of one episode where the A-plot is Sam finding out shocking, identity-threatening truths about people he cares about, he tells Donna, "It's just that there are certain things you're sure of, like longitude and latitude." Funny he should put it like that considering one of the B-plots was C.J. and Josh learning about the inaccuracy of common map projections and how the world isn't what they thought it was. (To be fair, Donna does [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] this.)
* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' plots parallel the classic stories the title character reads.
* ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'' did thisall [[OnceAnEpisode every episode]]. The bird example comes from "Safety Canary": A pair of rare birds refuse to mate (A-plot), and Jaye is having love problems with Eric (B-plot). After spending the time. Pretty much whenever House is shown doing regular clinic check-ups, you can bet that something that happens in episode using the clinic will be co-incidentally be the key birds to avoid interacting with Eric, Jaye realizes she can't give him figuring out how to save that episode's main patient.up just because she's scared of commitment.
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* ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' features this as an important plot point; the ghost of an alien engineer wants to travel back in time and prevent a disaster that killed his people. Richard, a human computer programmer, behaves strangely by climbing through the window of his girlfriend's flat to retrieve a message he left. And a man named Michael desires to take back control of his magazine that he lost through mismanagement. All three wish to go back and undo the mistakes of the past. And all are related; the ghost is attempting to possess the other two in the hopes of finding a compatible mind who is not opposed to taking extreme actions to correct a mistake. Richard comes to his senses and won't go through with it, but the ghost finds an ideal host in Michael who [[spoiler:is even willing to kill to get back what he thinks he's entitled to - and if the ghost succeeds all of humanity will be RetGone]].
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* Played creepily in ''Film/ADoubleLife'': the protagonist is an actor performing in ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', and as production drags on and [[SanitySlippage his sanity degrades]], his real life more and more resembles the play’s plot. [[spoiler:Complete with murdering his mistress and committing suicide out of guilt.]]
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* ''VideoGame/Persona3'': Yukari's father died before the events of the game to save humanity from [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Fall]], but from his family's point of view, he died in an accident that left more questions than answers. Yukari's mother fell apart emotionally, and went on to neglect her daughter in favor of other men, causing more issues for Yukari herself. This gets resolved through her Social Link, where Yukari opens up about this to the protagonist, admitting that she now understands why her mother acted the way she did as a LoveConfession of sorts. Then, the protagonist dies to stop the Fall the second time it happens, and the PlayableEpilogue reveals that from Yukari's point of view, he died as unexpectedly as her father did, and left her with just as much answers, causing her to fall apart just like her mother did (minus the other men part).
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* ''VideoGame/Persona3'': Yukari's father died before the events of the game to save humanity from [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Fall]], but from his family's point of view, he died in an accident that left more questions than answers. Yukari's mother fell apart emotionally, and went on to neglect her daughter in favor of other men, causing more issues for Yukari herself. This gets resolved through her Social Link, where Yukari opens up about this to the protagonist, admitting that she now understands why her mother acted the way she did as a LoveConfession of sorts. Then, the [[spoiler:the protagonist dies to stop the Fall the second time it happens, and the PlayableEpilogue reveals that from Yukari's point of view, he died just as unexpectedly as her father did, and left her with just as much answers, causing her to fall apart just like her mother did (minus the other men part).]]
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* ''VideoGame/Persona3'': Yukari's father died before the events of the game to save humanity from [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Fall]], but from his family's point of view, he died in an accident that left more questions than answers. Yukari's mother fell apart emotionally, and went on to neglect her daughter in favor of other men, causing more issues for Yukari herself. This gets resolved through her Social Link, where Yukari opens up about this to the protagonist, admitting that she now understands why her mother acted the way she did as a LoveConfession of sorts. Then, the protagonist dies to stop the Fall the second time it happens, and the PlayableEpilogue reveals that from Yukari's point of view, he died as unexpectedly as her father did, and left her with just as much answers, causing her to fall apart just like her mother did (minus the other men part).
* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': An entity arrives in the town of Inaba, and proceeds to try and give the townspeople what it thinks they want while being willfully ignorant of the harm it's causing. For most of the game, the department store Junes is that entity, driving most family owned stores out of business by being the more convenient option. In the endgame, the player discovers [[spoiler:Izanami, the GreaterScopeVillain, was trying to discover what humanity wished for, and the events of the game made her conclude that what humans wanted was blissful ignorance. Thus, she spreads a supernatural fog across the town, and eventually the world, nearly turning all of humanity into shadows because she believed that they wanted a convenient lie rather than harsh reality.]]
* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': An entity arrives in the town of Inaba, and proceeds to try and give the townspeople what it thinks they want while being willfully ignorant of the harm it's causing. For most of the game, the department store Junes is that entity, driving most family owned stores out of business by being the more convenient option. In the endgame, the player discovers [[spoiler:Izanami, the GreaterScopeVillain, was trying to discover what humanity wished for, and the events of the game made her conclude that what humans wanted was blissful ignorance. Thus, she spreads a supernatural fog across the town, and eventually the world, nearly turning all of humanity into shadows because she believed that they wanted a convenient lie rather than harsh reality.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic'':
** In "Bridge Gossip", the Mane Six are distrustful of the mysterious zebra Zecora, especially when it appears that she's cursed them, while Twilight tries to debunk their claims of witchcraft and brushes aside a book titled ''Supernaturals'' while searching Zecora's house. It eventually turns out that the "curses" were really the effects of the Poison Joke flower, and that the book, which is actually titled ''Super Naturals'', contained herbal cures for their ailments. Therefore, everypony judged a book by its cover, Twilight literally and the others figuratively.
** In "Forever Filly", Rarity tries to bond with Sweetie Belle by doing the sisterly things they used to do when they were younger, while the B-plot involves Zipporwhill trying to reconnect with his dog by getting him to play with his old puppy toys; in both cases, the older one learns that their younger charge has outgrown such childish things, but they finally manage to bond through different activities. Arguably, the former situation is one that many an adult can relate to, while the latter presents it in a way that a child in the target audience can understand.
** In "Bridge Gossip", the Mane Six are distrustful of the mysterious zebra Zecora, especially when it appears that she's cursed them, while Twilight tries to debunk their claims of witchcraft and brushes aside a book titled ''Supernaturals'' while searching Zecora's house. It eventually turns out that the "curses" were really the effects of the Poison Joke flower, and that the book, which is actually titled ''Super Naturals'', contained herbal cures for their ailments. Therefore, everypony judged a book by its cover, Twilight literally and the others figuratively.
** In "Forever Filly", Rarity tries to bond with Sweetie Belle by doing the sisterly things they used to do when they were younger, while the B-plot involves Zipporwhill trying to reconnect with his dog by getting him to play with his old puppy toys; in both cases, the older one learns that their younger charge has outgrown such childish things, but they finally manage to bond through different activities. Arguably, the former situation is one that many an adult can relate to, while the latter presents it in a way that a child in the target audience can understand.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': in "Thinman", the two Ghostfacers' damaged relationship and parting of the ways parallels Sam and Dean's brotherly relationship troubles in this season.[[/folder]]
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom – Part 1]]", Twilight's disappointment with not having been given much responsibility as a princess in the year since she became an alicorn is understandable, but in the PepTalkSong, Luna alludes to how she had lost her own role during her 1000 year imprisonment as Nightmare Moon and the years after her reform before everypony accepted her back as Princess of the Night.
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** Most of the show's main storyline could be considered this, chronicling the parallel [[ComingOfAgeStory Coming of Age Stories]] of both [[TheHero Aang]] and [[Deuteragonist Zuko]].
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** Most of the show's main storyline could be considered this, chronicling the parallel [[ComingOfAgeStory Coming of Age Stories]] of both [[TheHero Aang]] and [[Deuteragonist [[{{Deuteragonist}} Zuko]].
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* In the Creator/DorothyLSayers mystery novel ''Unnatural Death'', a minor sub-plot involves LordPeterWimsey pestering his pathologist friend for a PerfectPoison (ItsForABook, actually) then realizing the murderer is using something similar.
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* In the Creator/DorothyLSayers mystery novel ''Unnatural Death'', a minor sub-plot involves LordPeterWimsey Literature/LordPeterWimsey pestering his pathologist friend for a PerfectPoison (ItsForABook, actually) then realizing the murderer is using something similar.
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** Very early in the game, AVALANCHE are forced to jump off a train they're on because an automated security lockdown detects a problem with the group. It turns out the problem is Cloud's fake ID card - Jessie, who made it, says she tried to make it 'special' to impress Cloud, but messed up. This is all dealt with very quickly. Much later in the game and much more seriously, the group is forced to abandon its quest because Cloud's identity is falsely special, with the alibi handed to him by a woman who was trying to impress him.
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*** Fairly early in the game, we discover that Red XIII, who previously appeared to be an ancient and mysterious being of alien intelligence, is actually [[ADarkerMe a confused teenage boy]] putting on an act to impress the others. Later, we discover that he's worried he's a Sephiroth Clone, but it turns out he isn't. Later still, we're told that Cloud is a Sephiroth Clone with none of his own free will, and it turns out he isn't, but instead of being a mysterious ex-military {{Badass}}, Cloud is a confused young man who acts like he is to cope with trauma and leftover teenage baggage.
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*** Fairly early in the game, we discover that Red XIII, who previously appeared to be an ancient and mysterious being of alien intelligence, is actually [[ADarkerMe a confused teenage boy]] putting on an act to impress the others. Later, we discover that he's worried he's a Sephiroth Clone, but it turns out he isn't. Later still, we're told that Cloud is a Sephiroth Clone with none of his own free will, and it turns out he isn't, but instead of being a mysterious ex-military {{Badass}}, badass, Cloud is a confused young man who acts like he is to cope with trauma and leftover teenage baggage.
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*** In ''Lateral Biography TURKS: The Kids Are Alright'', Evan is a brooding child of a single mother who projects an image of [[TheQuincyPunk toughness]] to hide his inner weakness, and Kyrie is a manipulative, flirty girl who grew up in the slums [[PhonyPsychic claiming to have magical powers]] who finds herself in constant trouble with the Turks, like Cloud and Aeris from the original game. Reno and Rude remark to one another that they knew someone who put on a persona like Evan, and that Kyrie reminds them of Aeris. To add to the irony, Kyrie knew Aeris as a child and found her (real) powers creepy, and when Evan meets Cloud he hates him on sight.
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