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* "It's no WesternAnimation/BigMouth".[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from a rather divisive negative review of ''Smiling Friends'', one that many readers saw as an InsultBackfire.[[/labelnote]]

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* "It's no WesternAnimation/BigMouth".[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from [[https://theilluminerdi.com/2021/12/22/smiling-friends-review/ a rather divisive negative review review]] of ''Smiling Friends'', one that many readers saw as an InsultBackfire.[[/labelnote]]
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* Following Gwimbly's debut in the Season 2 premiere, many fans began pretending that Gwimbly was a beloved underused platforming character from the 90s in real life, akin to other similar neglected video game mascots like VideoGame/{{Rayman}} or VideoGame/BanjoKazooie. Fans have even created fake promos or footage from Gwimbly's games, ala [[Memes/TheSimpsons Graggle Simpson]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' memes fame.

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* Following Gwimbly's debut in the Season 2 premiere, [[PlayAlongMeme many fans began pretending that Gwimbly was a beloved underused platforming character from the 90s in real life, life]], akin to other similar neglected video game mascots like VideoGame/{{Rayman}} or VideoGame/BanjoKazooie. Fans have even created fake promos or footage from Gwimbly's games, ala [[Memes/TheSimpsons Graggle Simpson]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' memes fame.
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* "No, this can't be! I-I must be dreaming!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "A Allan Adventure", when Allan suggests to Pilford that he use his nose to fix electronics in place of paperclips, Pilford is amazed to find out it actually works and gives Allan the paperclips for free. Since the episode, the scene has been used often to depict moments where something someone's trying for the first time goes better than expected.[[/labelnote]]

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* "No, this can't be! I-I must be dreaming!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "A Allan Adventure", when Allan suggests to Pilford that he use his nose to fix electronics in place of paperclips, Pilford is amazed to find out it actually works and gives Allan the paperclips for free. Since the episode, the scene has been used often to depict moments where something someone's trying for the first time goes better than expected. It's also been used to depict fans being hyped for long-awaited works that were previously thought to be pipe dreams.[[/labelnote]]
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* "No, this can't be! I-I must be dreaming!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "A Allan Adventure", when Allan suggests to Pilford that he use his nose to fix electronics in place of paperclips, Pilford is amazed to find out it actually works and gives Allan the paperclips for free. Since the episode, the scene has been used often to depict moments where something someone's trying for the first time goes better than expected.[[/labelnote]]
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* "I was just wondering if you wanted to '''HANG''' out with me, and smoke weed, and fill our bellies with '''DIET''' soda and play ''VideoGame/BurnoutRevenge'' for the [[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]]'''..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Allan's landlord's request in "A Allan Adventure", [[spoiler:which ends up causing most of the plot]], quickly caught on after the episode's airdate, with many alterations replacing the above game with other [=PS2=] titles or any video game at all. Helped by Zach's unhinged delivery of the above line. [[/labelnote]]

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* "I was just wondering if you wanted to '''HANG''' out with me, and smoke weed, and fill our bellies with '''DIET''' soda and play ''VideoGame/BurnoutRevenge'' for the [[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]]'''...''[[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]]''..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Allan's landlord's request in "A Allan Adventure", [[spoiler:which ends up causing most of the plot]], quickly caught on after the episode's airdate, with many alterations replacing the above game with other [=PS2=] titles or any video game at all. Helped by Zach's unhinged delivery of the above line. [[/labelnote]]
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* "I was just wondering if you wanted to '''HANG''' out with me, and smoke weed, and fill our bellies with '''DIET''' soda and play ''VideoGame/BurnoutRevenge'' for the [[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]]'''..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Allan's landlord's request in "A Allan Adventure", [[spoiler:which ends up causing most of the plot]], quickly caught on after the episode's airdate, with many alterations replacing the above game with other PS2 titles or any video game at all. Helped by Zach's unhinged delivery of the above line. [[/labelnote]]

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* "I was just wondering if you wanted to '''HANG''' out with me, and smoke weed, and fill our bellies with '''DIET''' soda and play ''VideoGame/BurnoutRevenge'' for the [[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]]'''..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Allan's landlord's request in "A Allan Adventure", [[spoiler:which ends up causing most of the plot]], quickly caught on after the episode's airdate, with many alterations replacing the above game with other PS2 [=PS2=] titles or any video game at all. Helped by Zach's unhinged delivery of the above line. [[/labelnote]]
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* "I was just wondering if you wanted to '''HANG''' out with me, and smoke weed, and fill our bellies with '''DIET''' soda and play ''VideoGame/BurnoutRevenge'' for the [[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]]'''..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Allan's landlord's request in "A Allan Adventure", [[spoiler:which ends up causing most of the plot]], quickly caught on after the episode's airdate, with many alterations replacing ''Burnout: Revenge'' with other PS2 titles or any video game at all. Helped by Zach's unhinged delivery of the above line. [[/labelnote]]

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* "I was just wondering if you wanted to '''HANG''' out with me, and smoke weed, and fill our bellies with '''DIET''' soda and play ''VideoGame/BurnoutRevenge'' for the [[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]]'''..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Allan's landlord's request in "A Allan Adventure", [[spoiler:which ends up causing most of the plot]], quickly caught on after the episode's airdate, with many alterations replacing ''Burnout: Revenge'' the above game with other PS2 titles or any video game at all. Helped by Zach's unhinged delivery of the above line. [[/labelnote]]
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* "I was just wondering if you wanted to '''HANG''' out with me, and smoke weed, and fill our bellies with '''DIET''' soda and play ''VideoGame/BurnoutRevenge'' for the [[Platform/Playstation2 PS2]]'''..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Allan's landlord's request in "A Allan Adventure", [[spoiler:which ends up causing most of the plot]], quickly caught on after the episode's airdate, with many alterations replacing ''Burnout: Revenge'' with other PS2 titles or any video game at all. Helped by Zach's unhinged delivery of the above line. [[/labelnote]]
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* "Hey Boys? Guess who just got a call to make the president smile?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A scene from the start of "Mr. President" where Charlie tells Pim, Allan and Glep that he doesn't want to get political, only for Mr. Boss to enter the break room and say the above line, causing Charlie to scream in frustration. Many fans have replaced Charlie's scream with different sounds.[[/labelnote]]

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* "Hey Boys? Guess who just got a call to make the president smile?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A scene from the start of "Mr. President" where Charlie tells Pim, Allan and Glep that [[TemptingFate he doesn't want to get political, involved with politics]], only for Mr. Boss to enter the break room and say the above line, causing Charlie to scream in frustration. Many fans have replaced Charlie's scream with different sounds.[[/labelnote]]
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* "Hey Boys? Guess who just got a call to make the president smile?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A scene from the start of "Mr. President" where Charlie tells Pim, Allan and Glep that he doesn't want to get political, only for Mr. Boss to enter the break room and say the above line and make Charlie scream. Many fans have replaced Charlie's scream with different sounds.[[/labelnote]]

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* "Hey Boys? Guess who just got a call to make the president smile?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A scene from the start of "Mr. President" where Charlie tells Pim, Allan and Glep that he doesn't want to get political, only for Mr. Boss to enter the break room and say the above line and make line, causing Charlie scream.to scream in frustration. Many fans have replaced Charlie's scream with different sounds.[[/labelnote]]
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* "It's MY [=IP=] to sit on and do nothing with!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)", the scene where Pim and Alan drags Gwimbly out of the [=CEO=]'s office after declaring he'll make his own indie title had the [=CEO=] say this in response once they leave. This immediately resonated with many fans of {{Cult Classic}}s who are tired of seeing games go unappreciated or screwed over by their rights holders.[[/labelnote]]

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* "It's MY [=IP=] to sit on and do nothing with!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)", the scene where Pim and Alan drags Gwimbly out of the [=CEO=]'s office after declaring he'll make his own indie title had the [=CEO=] say this in response once they leave. This immediately resonated with many fans of {{Cult Classic}}s who are tired of seeing games go [[ScrewedByTheNetwork unappreciated or screwed over by their rights holders.holders]].[[/labelnote]]
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* Following Gwimbly's debut in the Season 2 premiere, many fans began pretending that Gwimbly was a beloved underused platforming character from the 90s in real life, akin to other similar neglected video game mascots like VideoGame/{{Rayman}} or VideoGame/BanjoKazooie. Fans have even created fake promos or footage from Gwimbly's games, ala [[Memes/TheSimpsons Graggle Simpson]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' memes fame.
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* "Dude, check the news. It doesn't matter what channel."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene from "Mr. President" where, after President Jimble accidentally crashes the global economy, Charlie tells Pim to turn on a TV, where he sees Times Square in utter chaos. Fans have taken to editing the footage Pim sees to other disastrous events like [[https://twitter.com/Shame_Memory_/status/1790143715165835618 the Third Impact]], [[https://twitter.com/baldwinvoices/status/1790125685828194379 Eggman's announcement]], and [[https://twitter.com/NiMa_205/status/1790161237839343953 "THEY HIT THE FUCKING PENTAGON"]], amongst others.[[/labelnote]]
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* "It's MY [=IP=] to sit on and do nothing with!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)", the scene where Pim and Alan drags Gwimbly out of the [=CEO=]'s office after declaring he'll make his own indie title had the [=CEO=] say this in response once they leave. This immediately resonated with many fans of {{Cult Classic}}s who are tired of seeing games go unappreciated or screwed over by their rights holders, especially the ones owned by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment (who has a massively infamous history of ignoring their legacy titles). And on top of that, this meme blew up immensely just a little over a week after the episode's release, in retaliation to Sean S. Cunningham's company Horror Inc. suing a group of people wanting to revive the defunct Friday The 13th videogame as a free mod.[[/labelnote]]

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* "It's MY [=IP=] to sit on and do nothing with!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)", the scene where Pim and Alan drags Gwimbly out of the [=CEO=]'s office after declaring he'll make his own indie title had the [=CEO=] say this in response once they leave. This immediately resonated with many fans of {{Cult Classic}}s who are tired of seeing games go unappreciated or screwed over by their rights holders, especially the ones owned by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment (who has a massively infamous history of ignoring their legacy titles). And on top of that, this meme blew up immensely just a little over a week after the episode's release, in retaliation to Sean S. Cunningham's company Horror Inc. suing a group of people wanting to revive the defunct Friday The 13th videogame as a free mod.holders.[[/labelnote]]

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** I might get you to [X], if you kiss my nugget.[[labelnote:Explanation]] Another line of [=IGBG=]'s CEO, where he is offering Gwimbly a nugget in exchange of him becomming a skin in Troglor's game. It is often used to represent a brand only getting a small reference in something else.[[/labelnote]]



* I might get you to [X], if you kiss my nugget.[[labelnote:Explanation]] Another line of [=IGBG=]'s CEO, where he is offering Gwimbly a nugget in exchange of him becomming a skin in Troglor's game. It is often used to represent a brand only getting a small reference in something else.[[/labelnote]]
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* "Hey Boys? Guess who just got a call to make the president smile?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A clip from the season 2 trailer where Charlie tells Pim, Allan and Glep that he doesn't want to get political, only for Mr. Boss to enter the break room and say the above line and make Charlie scream. Many fans have replaced Charlie's scream with different sounds.[[/labelnote]]

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* "Hey Boys? Guess who just got a call to make the president smile?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A clip scene from the season 2 trailer start of "Mr. President" where Charlie tells Pim, Allan and Glep that he doesn't want to get political, only for Mr. Boss to enter the break room and say the above line and make Charlie scream. Many fans have replaced Charlie's scream with different sounds.[[/labelnote]]
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->'''Pim''': "I love memes charlie! I LOVE MEEMMES!"\\
'''Charlie''': Uh Pim, I would not be screaming that at the top of your lungs.

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->'''Pim''': "I I love memes charlie! memes, Charlie! I LOVE MEEMMES!"\\
MEEEMES!\\
'''Charlie''': Uh Uh, Pim, I would not be screaming that at the top of your lungs.
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->'''Pim''': "I love memes charlie! I LOVE MEEMMES!"\\
'''Charlie''': Uh Pim, I would not be screaming that at the top of your lungs.

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* The meme. [=[[=]labelnote:Explanation[=]]=]The explanation behind the meme, if necessary.[=[[/=]labelnote[=]]=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Like this.[[/labelnote]]
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* "Is this supposed to make me not want to kill myself?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A question uttered by Desmond, the Smiling Friends' suicidal client in the first episode, after witnessing the chaos that is Pim's family. Typically, it is used as a reaction to a disappointing or overrated outcome.[[/labelnote]]
* "I just wanted my cheese!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the pilot, Alan's B story is about him trying to find his missing piece of cheese. He says the aforementioned line after being crucified by the Bliblies who stole the cheese. It's actually becoming something of a DiscreditedMeme, with people comparing it to the similarly-discredited Szecuan sauce meme from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.[[/labelnote]]
* "It's no WesternAnimation/BigMouth".[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from a rather divisive negative review of ''Smiling Friends'', one that many readers saw as an InsultBackfire.[[/labelnote]]
* "Look Pim, I know it's our job to help this guy and everything, but I think this guy's a lost cause. He's obviously made up his mind; why don't we just cut our losses and get out of here?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A line from the first episode where Charlie tries to talk Pim out of helping Desmond due to the obvious evidence [[DrivenToSuicide he's ready to end it all.]] It ended up becoming a trend on Twitter to photoshop the still of Charlie and Pim from that scene over [[https://twitter.com/Jacob_Pinecone/status/1482615087164801025?s=20 people]] and [[https://twitter.com/DD_Allin/status/1482909974535749634?s=20 characters]] in Desmond's place. Especially those describing [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]], such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ai-AZmYFZs this particular scene.]] Someone even made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B6T_9YCnhI crossover meme]] with [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow Morde]][[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twi]][[/labelnote]]
* "How do I look yellow man?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]In ''Shrimp's Odyssey'', Charlie takes the titular client to a clothing store in an effort to improve Shrimp's image so he can find a new girlfriend. From off-screen Shrimp asks Charlie how he looks, and the scene cuts to a [[GrossUpCloseUp much more detailed and realistic]] shot of him in the clothes Charlie gave him to try on, and fans started swapping either some, or all parts of the outfit for the reveal shot to things such as a cat maid outfit, having Shrimp wear Supreme brand clothes, etc.[[/labelnote]]
* "You kiss your dad on the mouth?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] A frame of the scene where Charlie reacts confused about Pim stating that he kisses his dad in the mouth. This scene has spiraled into a reaction meme to reply to an idiotic statement.[[/labelnote]]
* "This is the most obnoxious thing I've ever experienced in my life." [[labelnote:Explanation]] Originally a scene where Charlie says this in response to the witch stealing his hat and then trying to get him and Pim into a game of guessing which of her hands has the hat, Charlie's dialogue has spiraled into a reaction meme where he says this in response to something the viewer dislikes immensely or cringes at (such as Charlie reacting to Logan Paul's apology video after the Suicide Forest incident) [[/labelnote]]
* "And this is Jeremy, your only form of ''hellish'' entertainment!" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Jeremy's method of "entertaining" Charlie by spastically waving his fingers in Charlie's face while screaming gibberish (and later getting the wind knocked out of himself by Charlie for doing so a second time after being warned not to), has lead to people replacing different characters in the scene, such as Charlie with WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}, Jeremy with [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Morty's head]], replacing Jeremy with [[WebVideo/Jerma985 Jerma]], or just adding to the madness by multiplying Jeremy.[[/labelnote]]
* "Pim, can we watch something else?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The opening line from the first episode, where Pim and Charlie are watching the dancing alien on TV. People have begun replacing the dancing alien with other videos, usually ones that are somewhat controversial.[[/labelnote]]
* ''The Mr. Frog Show'' reviews [[labelnote:Explanation]] ''The Mr. Frog Show'' is a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional program]] starring the titular celebrity, which despite using an absurdly barebones formula [[StrictlyFormula for every episode]] (Mr. Frog runs up to the camera, introduces himself and the show, eats a bug, then proclaims it to be the end, roll credits) ''[[IncrediblyLameFun somehow]]'' became a popular LongRunner with an huge fanbase in-universe. Out of universe, viewers like to run with the joke by pretending to be long-time fans of ''The Mr. Frog Show'', doing everything from calling the program a masterpiece, praising the writing and performance of its "episodes", sharing memories of their favorite moments, criticizing its AudienceAlienatingEra, expressing confusion about a BizarroEpisode, ect. All with playful irony.[[/labelnote]]
* "Dude, I just looked it up, that's true. That's like 100%. Everything he said is true."[[labelnote:Explanation]]The scene where Gnarly explains the problem of the helium shortage, followed by Charlie confirming it after looking it up on his phone, has become a popular format for people to voice their opinions.[[/labelnote]]
* "Relax, man. I was just going to shoot you in the head and kill you."[[labelnote:Explanation]]The scene where the Boss points a gun at Grim after the latter gives a nihilistic speech, has become a popular format for people to refute online nihilists.[[/labelnote]]
* The Forest Demon, as it turns out, has a near-identical design to the Cemetery Shade bosses in ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' which was released just a month after his debut episode aired, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tfmyjf/is_that_blackface_dude/ inspiring memes.]]
* "Hello, but I'm not sorry." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Mr. Frog's reply to Pim suggesting for him to apologize for putting the TMZ reporter in his mouth, which has become a popular reaction gif both by and as a response to [[TheUnapologetic unapologetics]].[[/labelnote]]
* On the topic of Mr. Frog, comparing him to real life controversial celebrities such as Creator/EzraMiller or Music/KanyeWest is also popular in the fandom.
* "It's MY [=IP=] to sit on and do nothing with!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)", the scene where Pim and Alan drags Gwimbly out of the [=CEO=]'s office after declaring he'll make his own indie title had the [=CEO=] say this in response once they leave. This immediately resonated with many fans of {{Cult Classic}}s who are tired of seeing games go unappreciated or screwed over by their rights holders, especially the ones owned by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment (who has a massively infamous history of ignoring their legacy titles). And on top of that, this meme blew up immensely just a little over a week after the episode's release, in retaliation to Sean S. Cunningham's company Horror Inc. suing a group of people wanting to revive the defunct Friday The 13th videogame as a free mod.[[/labelnote]]
* "Hey Boys? Guess who just got a call to make the president smile?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A clip from the season 2 trailer where Charlie tells Pim, Allan and Glep that he doesn't want to get political, only for Mr. Boss to enter the break room and say the above line and make Charlie scream. Many fans have replaced Charlie's scream with different sounds.[[/labelnote]]
* Smiling Friends Crossover Fanart.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Smiling Friends has become a source of templated for fanartists to make fanart of characters from other media to fit the unique shape of the Smiling Friends. Examples of it includes them as central characters of [[https://twitter.com/Maora131/status/1781037106866831737 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End]], [[https://twitter.com/babyfacemew/status/1779237729282162728 Fear and Hunger]], [[https://twitter.com/virtuware/status/1778367769827774718 Chainsaw Man]], and [[https://twitter.com/itsaaudraw/status/1779231056815632840 Saw]] [[/labelnote]]
* I might get you to [X], if you kiss my nugget.[[labelnote:Explanation]] Another line of [=IGBG=]'s CEO, where he is offering Gwimbly a nugget in exchange of him becomming a skin in Troglor's game. It is often used to represent a brand only getting a small reference in something else.[[/labelnote]]
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