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** The one that tends to lean the most towards the UncannyValley is one of the umbrella birds bawling streams of tears all over his coat, all while making no sound at all.

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** The one that tends to lean the most towards the UncannyValley is one of the umbrella birds bawling streams of tears all over his coat, all while making no sound at all. Plus, being the first creature to fade away, it FREEZES mid-cry while doing so.
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* This mostly counts as a tearjerker, but during "Very Good Advice", everything around Alice, including all the UglyCute birds, who are [[EverybodyCries crying along with her]], but the ENTIRE forest as well, begins fading in the process.

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* This mostly counts as a tearjerker, but during "Very Good Advice", everything around Alice, including including, not only all the UglyCute birds, who are Tulgey Wood creatures [[EverybodyCries crying along with her]], but the ENTIRE forest as well, begins fading away in the process.

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* This mostly counts as a tearjerker, but during "Very Good Advice", everything around Alice, including all the UglyCute birds, who are [[EverybodyCries crying along with her]], but the ENTIRE forest as well, begins fading in the process. The one that leans the most to the UncannyValley is one of the umbrella birds bawling streams of tears all over his coat, all while making no sound at all...

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* This mostly counts as a tearjerker, but during "Very Good Advice", everything around Alice, including all the UglyCute birds, who are [[EverybodyCries crying along with her]], but the ENTIRE forest as well, begins fading in the process. process.
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The one that leans tends to lean the most to towards the UncannyValley is one of the umbrella birds bawling streams of tears all over his coat, all while making no sound at all...all.
** Even creepier, the mirror bird is not only crying without any visible eyes, but is SMILING.
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* This mostly counts as a tearjerker, but during "Very Good Advice", everything around Alice, including all the UglyCute birds, who are [[EverybodyCries crying along with her]], but the ENTIRE forest as well, begins fading in the process. The one that leans the most to the UncannyValley is one of the umbrella birds bawling streams of tears all over his coat, all while making no sound at all...

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* The ending scene, with Alice trying to escape as Wonderland seemingly unravels around her, as she backtracks through the hedge maze, onto the beach and rejoins the Caucus Race [[MindScrew where the Walrus, Carpenter and the oysters have now appeared]] despite only appearing in Tweedledee and Tweedledums story before, through the Tea Party where the Hatter and Hare drags her into a giant cup of tea that bottoms out into the Pool of Tears. There she finds the Caterpillar, floating on his mushroom. After she begs for help, he just blows smoke in her face, which suddenly transforms into a long swirling vortex. Alice runs through it, pursued by the Queen and seemingly all of Wonderland. She finally returns to the Doorknob, running towards it in slow motion (and the door is suddenly no longer attacked to a wall), only for the Doorknob to tell her he's still locked, and she's trapped. When she begs him that she ''has'' to get out... he tells her she already IS out.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeW5LWGiAg The entire ending scene, sequence]], with Alice trying to escape as Wonderland seemingly unravels around her, as she backtracks through the hedge maze, onto the beach and rejoins the Caucus Race [[MindScrew where the Walrus, Carpenter and the oysters have now appeared]] despite only appearing in Tweedledee and Tweedledums story before, through the Tea Party where the Hatter and Hare drags her into a giant cup of tea that bottoms out into the Pool of Tears. There she finds the Caterpillar, floating on his mushroom. After she begs for help, he just blows smoke in her face, which suddenly transforms into a long swirling vortex. Alice runs through it, pursued by the Queen and seemingly all of Wonderland. She finally returns to the Doorknob, running towards it in slow motion (and the door is suddenly no longer attacked to a wall), only for the Doorknob to tell her he's still locked, and she's trapped. When she begs him that she ''has'' to get out... he tells her she already IS out.



* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeW5LWGiAg The entire ending sequence]]. It's at this point where almost all of Wonderland, if not [[GeniusLoci Wonderland in and of itself]], seems to turn against Alice, starting with [[spoiler: the Cheshire Cat making one last appearance to [[KickTheDog pretty much cement Alice's guilty sentence at the hands of the Queen]]. The Queen and her subjects then chase Alice through the hedge maze, [[MindScrew which then switches to the Dodo and the Tweedles leading the Caucus Race, which promptly switches to the Mad Tea Party, then to the pool of tears]]. Alice then sees the Caterpillar and pleads for him to help her, only for him to shout [[CatchPhrase "WHO ARE YOU"]] and blow smoke in her face. Eventually, Alice reaches the door who tells her that she can't get out ''because she already is'' and shows her her sleeping self on the outside. Alice is left desperately begging herself to wake up while the AxCrazy Queen, enraged versions of the Hatter and the March Hare, the Walrus, the Carpenter and essentially every inhabitant of Wonderland is getting ever closer. Fortunately, she wakes up just in time]].
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!![[Film/AliceInWonderland The 2010 film]]
* The moat filled with the heads of the Red Queen's past victims.
* The Dormouse [[EyeScream plucking out the Bandersnatch's eye]]. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that [[{{Squick}} there was a close-up of her pulling the eyeball right out of its socket]].
* When Alice drinks the potion to go back home, The Mad Hatter fades into a greyish shadow, but has bright glowing eyes.

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* The scene at the end where Alice is running up a staircase, and she grabs a doorknob, only to have the door come to life and complain about her grabbing its nose. Mild and funny, right? HA. Try being six years old and having a ''crippling phobia of doors''.

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* The scene at ending scene, with Alice trying to escape as Wonderland seemingly unravels around her, as she backtracks through the end hedge maze, onto the beach and rejoins the Caucus Race [[MindScrew where the Walrus, Carpenter and the oysters have now appeared]] despite only appearing in Tweedledee and Tweedledums story before, through the Tea Party where the Hatter and Hare drags her into a giant cup of tea that bottoms out into the Pool of Tears. There she finds the Caterpillar, floating on his mushroom. After she begs for help, he just blows smoke in her face, which suddenly transforms into a long swirling vortex. Alice is runs through it, pursued by the Queen and seemingly all of Wonderland. She finally returns to the Doorknob, running up a staircase, and she grabs a doorknob, only to have towards it in slow motion (and the door come is suddenly no longer attacked to life a wall), only for the Doorknob to tell her he's still locked, and complain about she's trapped. When she begs him that she ''has'' to get out... he tells her grabbing its nose. Mild she already IS out.
--> '''Doorknob''': [[WhamLine Oh, but you ''ARE'' outside...]]
--> '''Alice''': What?
--> '''Doorknob''': See for yourself *gapes and shows the real Alice outside, still asleep under the tree where the story began*
--> '''Alice''': It's me! [[AllJustADream I'm asleep!]] *cue Alice begging herself to wake up as the maddened Wonderland residents rushes towards her, only to dissolve into a maddened swirl of colors*
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and funny, right? HA. Try being six years old and having a ''crippling phobia of doors''.


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** Not to mention the Knave of Hearts being executed, a member of the Queens entourage is her executioner, and the disturbing ending scene where the Queens castle turns into playing cards just as Alice is about to be executed. Seriously, this concept art would fit better for a horror movie.


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*** It's really not that complicated. It's just a [[VisualPun bird cage]], after all. Compared to the book-canon bread-and-butterflies (who subsist on weak tea with cream in it, and are stated to die a lot because they can't find any), really not that disturbing.
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* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nql1_RKwQt0 "Walrus and the Carpenter"]] sequence (which is actually from the original book, and it's no less creepy then what Disney came up with).

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* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nql1_RKwQt0 "Walrus and the Carpenter"]] sequence (which is actually from the original book, and it's no less creepy then than what Disney came up with).
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* Alice, a [[TheWoobie terrified little girl]], has [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever magically been made too big]] [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere to escape a surreal underground chamber]]. This by itself is terrifying, so naturally, she bursts into tears. Then [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]] - her tears have become proportionately bigger, [[WaterWorks causing her to literally flood the room in the process]]. Alice, drinking what's left of the "Drink Me" bottle in a last-ditch effort to escape, nearly ''drowns in her own tears''. These are, on the whole, a ''lot'' of scary things to happen in about a two-minute span.

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* Alice, a [[TheWoobie terrified little girl]], has [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever magically been made too big]] [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere to escape a surreal underground chamber]]. This by itself is terrifying, so naturally, she bursts into tears. Then [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]] - her tears have become proportionately bigger, [[WaterWorks causing her to literally flood the room in the process]].process. Alice, drinking what's left of the "Drink Me" bottle in a last-ditch effort to escape, nearly ''drowns in her own tears''. These are, on the whole, a ''lot'' of scary things to happen in about a two-minute span.
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!![[Disney/AliceInWonderland Disney film]]
* In ''Disney/AliceInWonderland,'' the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nql1_RKwQt0 ''Walrus and the Carpenter'']] sequence. (Which is actually from the original book, and it's no less creepy then what Disney came up with.)

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* In ''Disney/AliceInWonderland,'' the The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nql1_RKwQt0 ''Walrus "Walrus and the Carpenter'']] sequence. (Which Carpenter"]] sequence (which is actually from the original book, and it's no less creepy then what Disney came up with.)with).



-->'''''"Somebody's head is going to roll for this!"'''''
--> [[NightmareFace "YOURS!!!"]]

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-->'''''"Somebody's --->'''''"Somebody's head is going to roll for this!"'''''
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* As funny and cutely animated as he is, the Cheshire Cat and his general craziness can be pretty scare, particularly the way he always appears at first as nothing but [[JokerSmile a large set of smiling teeth.]]

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* As funny and cutely animated as he is, the Cheshire Cat and his general craziness can be pretty scare, particularly the way he always appears at first as nothing but [[JokerSmile [[SlasherSmile a large set of smiling teeth.]]

teeth]].

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* As funny and cutely animated as he is, the Cheshire Cat and his general craziness can be pretty scare, particularly the way he always appears at first as nothing but [[JokerSmile a large set of smiling teeth.]]
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** Early concept art reveals that they were going to be [[FeatheredFiend Jub-Jub Birds]].
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** Of all the weirdness there, that's one of the weirdest. It (a cage with bird legs, neck, and head) keeps a couple of songbirds in it. When they get out (which naturally happens), it chases them down, snaps them up and swallows them alive - back down into the cage. And they're ''happy'' about it. More NightmareRetardant then nightmare fuel, but it will still melt your brain if you think about it too long.

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** Of all the weirdness there, that's one of the weirdest. It (a cage with bird legs, neck, and head) keeps a couple of songbirds in it. When they get out (which naturally happens), it chases them down, snaps them up and swallows them alive - back down into the cage. And they're ''happy'' about it. More NightmareRetardant then nightmare fuel, but it will still [[MindScrew melt your brain if you think about it too long.long]].
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* [[http://lukefarookhi.blogspot.com/2008/08/david-hall-and-alice-in-wonderland.html David Hall's early concept art]] for ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' shown in various books and the DVD documentary Reflections On Alice. The Cheshire Cat has a mouth of pointy shark-like teeth and horrifically staring eyes, The baby's morph into the pig is horrific, the Mad Hatter and March Hare chase Alice with a large pair of scissors and a knife respectively, Alice is about to be decapitated by a grinding gear that may as well flay her, and it's all drawn in a horribly grotesquely realistic, ghastly style."

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* [[http://lukefarookhi.blogspot.com/2008/08/david-hall-and-alice-in-wonderland.html David Hall's early concept art]] for ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' shown in various books and the DVD documentary Reflections On Alice. The Cheshire Cat has a mouth of pointy shark-like teeth and horrifically staring eyes, The baby's morph into the pig is horrific, the Mad Hatter and March Hare chase Alice with a large pair of scissors and a knife respectively, Alice is about to be decapitated by a grinding gear that may as well flay her, and it's all drawn in a horribly grotesquely realistic, ghastly style."
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* [[http://lukefarookhi.blogspot.com/2008/08/david-hall-and-alice-in-wonderland.html David Hall's early concept art]] for ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' shown in various books and the DVD documentary Reflections On Alice. The Cheshire Cat has a mouth of pointy shark-like teeth and horrifically staring eyes, The baby's morph into the pig is horrific, the Mad Hatter and March Hare chase Alice with a large pair of scissors and a knife respectively, Alice is about to be decapitated by a grinding gear that may as well flay her, and it's all drawn in a horribly grotesquely realistic, ghastly style.'''''"

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* [[http://lukefarookhi.blogspot.com/2008/08/david-hall-and-alice-in-wonderland.html David Hall's early concept art]] for ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' shown in various books and the DVD documentary Reflections On Alice. The Cheshire Cat has a mouth of pointy shark-like teeth and horrifically staring eyes, The baby's morph into the pig is horrific, the Mad Hatter and March Hare chase Alice with a large pair of scissors and a knife respectively, Alice is about to be decapitated by a grinding gear that may as well flay her, and it's all drawn in a horribly grotesquely realistic, ghastly style.'''''""

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* [[http://lukefarookhi.blogspot.com/2008/08/david-hall-and-alice-in-wonderland.html David Hall's early concept art]] for ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' shown in various books and the DVD documentary Reflections On Alice. The Cheshire Cat has a mouth of pointy shark-like teeth and horrifically staring eyes, The baby's morph into the pig is horrific, the Mad Hatter and March Hare chase Alice with a large pair of scissors and a knife respectively, Alice is about to be decapitated by a grinding gear that may as well flay her, and it's all drawn in a horribly grotesquely realistic, ghastly style.'''''"
** Another early concept featured an alternate version of the Cheshire Cat's famous disappearing act; instead of that funny unraveling thing he did in the finalized film, he takes his tail, sticks it in his mouth, starts ''eating himself'' and eventually, nothing is left but the grin.
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* When Alice drinks the potion to go back home, The Mad Hatter fades into a greyish shadow, but has bright glowing eyes.
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* The Cheshire Cat and the "Happy [=UnBirthday=]" sequence.
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* The umbrella birds which are revealed to be vultures.
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* The Dormouse [[EyeScream plucking out the Bandersnatch's eye]]. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that [[{{Squick}} there was a close-up of her popping the eye right out of its socket]].

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* The Dormouse [[EyeScream plucking out the Bandersnatch's eye]]. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that [[{{Squick}} there was a close-up of her popping pulling the eye eyeball right out of its socket]].
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* The Dormouse [[EyeScream plucking out the Bandersnatch's eye]]. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that [[{{Squick}} there was a close-up of her popping the eye right out of its socket]].
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeW5LWGiAg The entire ending sequence]]. It's at this point where almost all of Wonderland seems to turn against Alice, starting with [[spoiler: the Cheshire Cat making one last appearance to [[KickTheDog pretty much cement Alice's guilty sentence at the hands of the Queen]]. The Queen and her subjects then chase Alice through the hedge maze, [[MindScrew which then switches to the Dodo and the Tweedles leading the Caucus Race, which promptly switches to the Mad Tea Party, then to the pool of tears]]. Alice then sees the Caterpillar and pleads for him to help her, only for him to shout [[CatchPhrase "WHO ARE YOU"]] and blow smoke in her face. Eventually, Alice reaches the door who tells her that she can't get out ''because she already is'' and shows her her sleeping self on the outside. Alice is left desperately begging herself to wake up while the AxCrazy Queen, enraged versions of the Hatter and the March Hare, the Walrus, the Carpenter and essentially every inhabitant of Wonderland is getting ever closer. Fortunately, she wakes up just in time]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeW5LWGiAg The entire ending sequence]]. It's at this point where almost all of Wonderland, if not [[GeniusLoci Wonderland in and of itself]], seems to turn against Alice, starting with [[spoiler: the Cheshire Cat making one last appearance to [[KickTheDog pretty much cement Alice's guilty sentence at the hands of the Queen]]. The Queen and her subjects then chase Alice through the hedge maze, [[MindScrew which then switches to the Dodo and the Tweedles leading the Caucus Race, which promptly switches to the Mad Tea Party, then to the pool of tears]]. Alice then sees the Caterpillar and pleads for him to help her, only for him to shout [[CatchPhrase "WHO ARE YOU"]] and blow smoke in her face. Eventually, Alice reaches the door who tells her that she can't get out ''because she already is'' and shows her her sleeping self on the outside. Alice is left desperately begging herself to wake up while the AxCrazy Queen, enraged versions of the Hatter and the March Hare, the Walrus, the Carpenter and essentially every inhabitant of Wonderland is getting ever closer. Fortunately, she wakes up just in time]].
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeW5LWGiAg The entire ending sequence]]. It's at this point where almost all of Wonderland seems to turn against Alice, starting with [[spoiler: the Cheshire Cat making one last appearance to [[KickTheDog pretty much cement Alice's guilty sentence at the hands of the Queen]]. The Queen and her subjects then chase Alice through the hedge maze, [[MindScrew which then switches to the Dodo and the Tweedles leading the Caucus Race, which promptly switches to the Mad Tea Party, then to the pool of tears]]. Alice then sees the Caterpillar and pleads for him to help her, only for him to shout [[CatchPhrase "WHO ARE YOU"]] and blow smoke in her face. Eventually, Alice reaches the door who tells her that she can't get out ''because she already is'' and shows her her sleeping self on the outside. Alice is left desperately begging herself to wake up while the AxCrazy Queen is getting ever closer. Fortunately, she wakes up just in time]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeW5LWGiAg The entire ending sequence]]. It's at this point where almost all of Wonderland seems to turn against Alice, starting with [[spoiler: the Cheshire Cat making one last appearance to [[KickTheDog pretty much cement Alice's guilty sentence at the hands of the Queen]]. The Queen and her subjects then chase Alice through the hedge maze, [[MindScrew which then switches to the Dodo and the Tweedles leading the Caucus Race, which promptly switches to the Mad Tea Party, then to the pool of tears]]. Alice then sees the Caterpillar and pleads for him to help her, only for him to shout [[CatchPhrase "WHO ARE YOU"]] and blow smoke in her face. Eventually, Alice reaches the door who tells her that she can't get out ''because she already is'' and shows her her sleeping self on the outside. Alice is left desperately begging herself to wake up while the AxCrazy Queen Queen, enraged versions of the Hatter and the March Hare, the Walrus, the Carpenter and essentially every inhabitant of Wonderland is getting ever closer. Fortunately, she wakes up just in time]].
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeW5LWGiAg The entire ending sequence]]. It's at this point where almost all of Wonderland seems to turn against Alice, starting with [[spoiler: the Cheshire Cat making one last appearance to [[KickTheDog pretty much cement Alice's guilty sentence at the hands of the Queen]]. The Queen and her subjects then chase Alice through the hedge maze, [[MindScrew which then switches to the Dodo and the Tweedles leading the Caucus Race, which promptly switches to the Mad Tea Party, then to the pool of tears]]. Alice then sees the Caterpillar and pleads for him to help her, only for him to shout [[CatchPhrase "WHO ARE YOU"]] and blow smoke in her face. Eventually, Alice reaches the door who tells her that she can't get out ''because she already is'' and shows her her sleeping self on the outside. Alice is left desperately begging herself to wake up while the AxCrazy Queen is getting ever closer. Fortunately, she wakes up just in time]].
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* Alice, a [[TheWoobie terrified little girl]], has [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever magically been made too big]] [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere to escape a surreal underground chamber]]. This by itself is terrifying, so naturally, she bursts into tears. Then [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]] - her tears have become proportionately bigger, [[WaterWorks causing her to literally flood the room in the process]]. Alice, drinking what's left of the "Drink Me" bottle in a last-ditch effort to escape, nearly ''drowns in her own tears''. These are, on the whole, a ''lot'' of scary things to happen in about a two-minute span.

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