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* GroupCostumeFail: Mike didn't realize Robin was joking about dressing up as Literature/HanselAndGretel, resulting in him being embarrassed when he shows up to the bar in costume and sees Robin wearing regular clothes.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The slutty pumpkin is a marine biologist studying penguins in Antartica. Barney uses this against Ted later in the episode.
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* HotAsDevil: Barney's second costume is as a fancy devil.

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* HotAsDevil: HotAsHell: Barney's second costume is as a fancy devil.
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Per TRS Horny Devils has been renamed. Moving tropes to either Succubi And Incubi or Hot As Hell depending on the context.


* HalloweenEpisode
* HornyDevils: Barney's second costume.

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* %%* HalloweenEpisode
* HornyDevils: HotAsDevil: Barney's second costume.costume is as a fancy devil.
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** In a flashback, Marshall and Lily are shown being Sonny and Cher (surprisingly, Marshall as Cher and Lily as Sonny) for one Halloween.

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** In a flashback, Marshall and Lily are shown being Sonny and Cher Music/SonnyAndCher (surprisingly, Marshall as Cher and Lily as Sonny) for one Halloween.



** Marshall and Lily's costumes in Ted's flashback are Music/{{Cher}} and [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]], respectively.

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** Marshall and Lily's costumes in Ted's flashback are Music/{{Cher}} and [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]], respectively.Music/SonnyAndCher.



* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Music/SonnyBono in the flashback.

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Music/SonnyBono Music/SonnyAndCher in the flashback.
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In "Shout Out," "Kenny Loggins" was misspelled "Kenny Loggin," & the apostrophe was misplaced.


** Barney wants his best friend Ted to coordinate their Halloween costumes. He brought two AcePilot costumes and wants Ted to go as his literal ''and'' metaphorical wing-man. Ted defies the trope. He insists on wearing his old costume as the infamous ballot vote "Hanging Chad" because that's how the Slutty Pumpkin remembers him.

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** Barney wants his best friend Ted to coordinate their Halloween costumes. He brought two AcePilot costumes and wants Ted to go as his literal ''and'' metaphorical wing-man.wingman. Ted defies the trope. He insists on wearing his old costume as the infamous ballot vote "Hanging Chad" because that's how the Slutty Pumpkin remembers him.



** Barney's first costume, the AcePilot, is an obvious reference to ''Film/TopGun'', complete with playing Kenny Loggin's "Danger Zone" in his BigEntrance.

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** Barney's first costume, the AcePilot, is an obvious reference to ''Film/TopGun'', complete with playing Kenny Loggin's Loggins' "Danger Zone" in his BigEntrance.
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* FlowerInHerHair: The hula girl is wearing a flower wreath in her hair.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Robin claims to have never played team sports, even though later this season she says she used to play field hockey and we later discover she played ice hockey as well.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
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Robin claims to have never played team sports, even though later this season she says she used to play field hockey and we later discover she played ice hockey as well.well.
** The guy in the angel costume asks for weed. In later seasons, weed would be censored to sandwiches.
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: Invoked when a man dressed as an angel and Barney in a devil costume try to convince Ted to pee off the roof; subverted when the angel asks if they have weed.

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* GoodAngelBadAngel: Invoked Played for laughs when a man dressed as an angel and Barney in a devil costume try to convince Ted to pee off the roof; subverted when the angel asks if they have weed.



** Barney's first costume, the AcePilot, is an obvious reference to ''Film/TopGun'', complete with playing Kenny Loggin's "[[SignatureSong Danger Zone]]" in his BigEntrance.

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** Barney's first costume, the AcePilot, is an obvious reference to ''Film/TopGun'', complete with playing Kenny Loggin's "[[SignatureSong Danger Zone]]" "Danger Zone" in his BigEntrance.

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The hula girl, though it's justified since Barney keeps pestering her.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Mike justified in saying Robin wasn’t a good girlfriend, or was he a [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy jealous guy]] with unreasonable expectations, comparing the behavior of his girlfriend of one month to that of an engaged couple who’d been together for nine years?

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: AloofDarkHairedGirl:
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The hula girl, though it's justified since Barney keeps pestering her.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Mike justified in saying ** Robin wasn’t a good girlfriend, or was he a [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy jealous guy]] with unreasonable expectations, comparing the behavior of his girlfriend of one month is gorgeous, tall and dark-haired... but very aloof to that of an engaged couple who’d been together for nine years?Mike.



* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Music/SonnyBono in the flashback.

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Music/SonnyBono in the flashback.flashback.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Mike justified in saying Robin wasn’t a good girlfriend, or was he a [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy jealous guy]] with unreasonable expectations, comparing the behavior of his girlfriend of one month to that of an engaged couple who’d been together for nine years?



* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Music/SonnyBono in the flashback.
* YMMV: Was Michael justified in saying Robin wasn’t a good girlfriend, or was he a [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy jealous guy]] with unreasonable expectations, comparing the behavior of his one-month girlfriend to that of an engaged couple who’d been together for nine years?

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Music/SonnyBono in the flashback.
* YMMV: Was Michael justified in saying Robin wasn’t a good girlfriend, or was he a [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy jealous guy]] with unreasonable expectations, comparing the behavior of his one-month girlfriend to that of an engaged couple who’d been together for nine years?
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Robin claims to have never played team sports, even though later this season she says she used to play field hockey and we later discover she played ice hockey as well.
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: Invoked when a man dressed as an angel and Barney in a devil costume try to convince Ted to pee off the roof; subverted when the angel asks if they have weed.



* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Music/SonnyBono in the flashback.

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Music/SonnyBono in the flashback.flashback.
* YMMV: Was Michael justified in saying Robin wasn’t a good girlfriend, or was he a [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy jealous guy]] with unreasonable expectations, comparing the behavior of his one-month girlfriend to that of an engaged couple who’d been together for nine years?
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* {{Guyliner}}: Marshall is wearing one as part of his [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] costume. Becomes the source of the episode's RunningGag.

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* {{Guyliner}}: Marshall is wearing one some as part of his [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] costume. Becomes the source of the episode's RunningGag.
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** In a flashback, Marshall and Lily are shown being Sony and Cher (surprisingly, Marshall as Cher and Lily as Sonny) for one Halloween.

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** In a flashback, Marshall and Lily are shown being Sony Sonny and Cher (surprisingly, Marshall as Cher and Lily as Sonny) for one Halloween.
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** Marshal and Lily share dinner, and Lily enjoys spoon-feeding Marshal. They later also share a dessert.

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** Marshal Marshall and Lily share dinner, and Lily enjoys spoon-feeding Marshal.Marshall. They later also share a dessert.
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* MasterOfDisguise: Barney, even calling himself word per word as such.

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* MasterOfDisguise: Barney, even calling himself word per for word as such.



* TheOneThatGotAway: Ted believes the "Slutty Pumpkin" to be his big chance of his one true love.

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* TheOneThatGotAway: Ted believes the "Slutty Pumpkin" to be his big chance of at finding his one true love.



** Marshal and Lily share dinner, and Lily enjoys spoonfeeding Marshal. They later also share a dessert.

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** Marshal and Lily share dinner, and Lily enjoys spoonfeeding spoon-feeding Marshal. They later also share a dessert.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The Hoola girl, though it's justified since Barney keeps pestering her.

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The Hoola hula girl, though it's justified since Barney keeps pestering her.



** Barney wants his best friend Ted to coordinate their Halloween costumes. He brought two AcePilot costumes and wants Ted to go as his literal ''and'' metaphorical wing-man. Ted defies the trope. He insists on wearing his old costume as the infamous ballot vote "Hanging Chad" because that's how possible future Mrs Mosby known only as Slutty Pumpkin remembers him.

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** Barney wants his best friend Ted to coordinate their Halloween costumes. He brought two AcePilot costumes and wants Ted to go as his literal ''and'' metaphorical wing-man. Ted defies the trope. He insists on wearing his old costume as the infamous ballot vote "Hanging Chad" because that's how possible future Mrs Mosby known only as the Slutty Pumpkin remembers him.



* CostumePorn: All over the place, with this being a HalloweenEpisode and all. Lily's costume for instance is described by Marshall as "being elaborate".

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* CostumePorn: All over the place, with this being a HalloweenEpisode and all. Lily's costume for instance is described by Marshall as "being elaborate"."elaborate".



* FlowerInHerHair: The Hoola girl is wearing a flower wreath in her hair.

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* FlowerInHerHair: The Hoola hula girl is wearing a flower wreath in her hair.



* MsFanservice: The Hoola girl's costume is very revealing.

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* MsFanservice: The Hoola hula girl's costume is very revealing.



* PungeonMaster: Barney's (unsuccessful) pickup lines to the Hoola girl are mainly {{Pun}}s.

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* PungeonMaster: Barney's (unsuccessful) pickup lines to the Hoola hula girl are mainly {{Pun}}s.



* StalkerWithACrush: Barney relentlessly pursues the Hoola girl.

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* StalkerWithACrush: Barney relentlessly pursues the Hoola hula girl.



* TheUnreveal: It will take six seasons for TheReveal on who the titular "Slutty Punkin" is.

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* TheUnreveal: It will take six seasons for TheReveal on who the titular "Slutty Punkin" Pumpkin" is.
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* RunningGag: Barney's love of magic (imported from NPH) makes its first appearance.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: "I'm not a gay pirate; I have sex with my parrot all the time!"

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* AcePilot: Barney's original costume, which is also a ShoutOut to ''Film/TopGun''.



* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The slutty pumpkin is a marine biologist studying penguins in Antartica. Barney uses this against Ted later in the episode.



* {{Guyliner}}: Marshall is wearing one as part of his [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] costume. Becomes the source of the episode's RunningGag.



* MasterOfDisguise: Barney, even calling himself word per word as such.
* MistakenForGay: Marshall, though not really him but his costume. It's because of the {{Guyliner}}.



* SecondaryCharacterTitle: The titular "Slutty Pumpkin" didn't show up in this episode and will only appear for the first time in the series ''six seasons later''.


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* StealthPun: Because he is Ted's self-appointed wingman, Barney dresses in a literal AcePilot costume.
* TrivialTitle: The titular "Slutty Pumpkin" didn't show up in this episode and will only appear for the first time in the series ''six seasons later''.
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* UnrevealAngle: Slutty Pumpkin's face is never shown. Ted also implies that the costume was very fan-service-y, but it's shown only from back.

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* UnrevealAngle: Slutty Pumpkin's face is never shown. Ted also implies that the costume was [[SexyWhateverOutfit very fan-service-y, fan-service-y]], but it's shown only from back.
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* TheOneThatGotAway: Ted believes the "Slutty Pumpkin" to be his big chane of his one true love.

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* TheOneThatGotAway: Ted believes the "Slutty Pumpkin" to be his big chane chance of his one true love.

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* ACappella: The music at the party is by an a cappella group.



* FlowerInHerHair: The Hoola girl is wearing a flower wreath in her hair.



* MsFanservice: The Hoola girl.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Ted believes the "Slutty Pumpkin" to be this.

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* MsFanservice: The Hoola girl.
girl's costume is very revealing.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Ted believes the "Slutty Pumpkin" to be this.his big chane of his one true love.



* RomanticSpoonFeeding:
** Marshal and Lily share dinner, and Lily enjoys spoonfeeding Marshal. They later also share a dessert.
** Robin is reluctant to do any lovey-dovey stuff with Mike, but Mike wants her to taste his chicken, but she refuses. Lily tells her she should be more girlfriend-like and she attempts to share her sundae, but she likes it too much, so it doesn't really work out well.



** Ted and Marshall discussed the Ewok's BrokenBase status from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

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** [[invoked]] Ted and Marshall discussed the Ewok's BrokenBase status from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.


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* UnrevealAngle: Slutty Pumpkin's face is never shown. Ted also implies that the costume was very fan-service-y, but it's shown only from back.
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** Marshall and Lily's costumes in Ted's flashback are Music/{{Cher}} and Sonny, respectively.

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** Marshall and Lily's costumes in Ted's flashback are Music/{{Cher}} and Sonny, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]], respectively.



* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Sonny Bono in the flashback.

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Sonny Bono Music/SonnyBono in the flashback.

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The Hoola girl, though it's justified since Barney keeps pestering her.
* ChekhovsGunman: The titular "Slutty Pumpkin" will indeed be a GirlOfTheWeek... ''six seasons later''.



** Barney wants his best friend Ted to coordinate their Halloween costumes. He brought two ace pilot costumes and wants Ted to go as his literal ''and'' metaphorical wing-man. Ted defies the trope. He insists on wearing his old costume as the infamous ballot vote "Hanging Chad" because that's how possible future Mrs Mosby known only as Slutty Pumpkin remembers him.
** Robin and her boyfriend joked over emails about dressing up as Literature/HanselAndGretel. Mike thought she was serious, but Robin's part of the costume was missing.
* CrazyPrepared - The number of costumes Barney has at his disposal edges on ridiculous.
* HalloweenEpisode

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** Barney wants his best friend Ted to coordinate their Halloween costumes. He brought two ace pilot AcePilot costumes and wants Ted to go as his literal ''and'' metaphorical wing-man. Ted defies the trope. He insists on wearing his old costume as the infamous ballot vote "Hanging Chad" because that's how possible future Mrs Mosby known only as Slutty Pumpkin remembers him.
** Robin and her boyfriend joked over emails about dressing up as Literature/HanselAndGretel.''Literature/HanselAndGretel''. Mike thought she was serious, but Robin's part of the costume was missing.
* CrazyPrepared - CostumePorn: All over the place, with this being a HalloweenEpisode and all. Lily's costume for instance is described by Marshall as "being elaborate".
* CrazyPrepared:
The number of costumes Barney has at his disposal edges on ridiculous.
* HalloweenEpisodeHalloweenEpisode
* HornyDevils: Barney's second costume.
* HypocriticalHumor: Barney evokes DoNotExplainTheJoke despite doing so himself.
* KickTheDog: Barney disguising himself as the "Slutty Pumpkin" in a Penguin mascot ForTheEvulz.
* {{Mascot}}: Barney's third and final costume.
* MsFanservice: The Hoola girl.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Ted believes the "Slutty Pumpkin" to be this.
* PungeonMaster: Barney's (unsuccessful) pickup lines to the Hoola girl are mainly {{Pun}}s.
* SecondaryCharacterTitle: The titular "Slutty Pumpkin" didn't show up in this episode and will only appear for the first time in the series ''six seasons later''.
* ShoutOut:
** Barney's first costume, the AcePilot, is an obvious reference to ''Film/TopGun'', complete with playing Kenny Loggin's "[[SignatureSong Danger Zone]]" in his BigEntrance.
** Marshall's costume is [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]].
** Marshall and Lily's costumes in Ted's flashback are Music/{{Cher}} and Sonny, respectively.
** Ted and Marshall discussed the Ewok's BrokenBase status from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
** Ted's "Hanging Chad" costume is a reference to the voting controversy in UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} during the 2000 U.S. Presidential Elections.
** Robin and her GuyOfTheWeek were supposed to be dressed as ''Literature/HanselAndGretel''.
* StalkerWithACrush: Barney relentlessly pursues the Hoola girl.
* TheUnreveal: It will take six seasons for TheReveal on who the titular "Slutty Punkin" is.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marshall and Lilly as Music/{{Cher}} and Sonny Bono in the flashback.
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* CoordinatedClothes:
** Lily and Marshall are a cute couple and very much in love. They like wearing matching Halloween costumes. They dress up as a not-gay pirate and his parrot.
** In a flashback, Marshall and Lily are shown being Sony and Cher (surprisingly, Marshall as Cher and Lily as Sonny) for one Halloween.
** Barney wants his best friend Ted to coordinate their Halloween costumes. He brought two ace pilot costumes and wants Ted to go as his literal ''and'' metaphorical wing-man. Ted defies the trope. He insists on wearing his old costume as the infamous ballot vote "Hanging Chad" because that's how possible future Mrs Mosby known only as Slutty Pumpkin remembers him.
** Robin and her boyfriend joked over emails about dressing up as Literature/HanselAndGretel. Mike thought she was serious, but Robin's part of the costume was missing.
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Halloween high jinks are afoot when Ted makes his annual trek to the same lame party in search of a girl he met there years ago.

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* CrazyPrepared - The number of costumes Barney has at his disposal edges on ridiculous.
* HalloweenEpisode

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