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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Virgil is horrified when [[spoiler: Odessa]] murders one of his staff in cold blood to make sure he stays in line and to ensure no loose ends. She points out that he's in no position to judge [[spoiler: what with him actually being Caron and the man who got 23 other children to shoot themselves.]]
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* ThePlague: There was a pandemic sweeping through the world that began in North America over a century ago. Millions had died in just a few months. Darius [[spoiler; and his son both]] fell prey to it like so many others. The disease seemingly had no cure with Darius pointing out that they'd even tried chemotherapy to no avail. The invention of regen played a role in combating it. Darius was prioritised for early trials because he was a police officer and his condition in the terminal stage.
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* ThePlague: There was a pandemic sweeping through the world that began in North America over a century ago. Millions had died in just a few months. Darius [[spoiler; [[spoiler: and his son both]] fell prey to it like so many others. The disease seemingly had no cure with Darius pointing out that they'd even tried chemotherapy to no avail. The invention of regen played a role in combating it. Darius was prioritised for early trials because he was a police officer and his condition in the terminal stage.
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* GladToBeAliveSex: [[spoiler: Christa and Lesky]] after witnessing the shooting of [[spoiler: Linus.]] Subverted in that it was partly motivated as part of a greater plan.
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* GladToBeAliveSex: [[spoiler: Christa and Lesky]] after witnessing the shooting of [[spoiler: Linus.]] Subverted in that it was partly still motivated as part of a greater plan.plan. Though [[spoiler: Christa]] makes it clear that she wanted it due to physical attraction too.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: DiscussedTrope. Most of the population look nothing like their real age. A popular ice breaker in the setting is ask what age a person is or to try and guess it.
* ThePlague: There was a pandemic sweeping through the world that began in NorthAmerica.America over a century ago. Millions had died in just a few months. Darius [[spoiler; and his son both]] fell prey to it like so many others. The disease seemingly had no cure with Darius pointing out that they'd even tried chemotherapy. chemotherapy to no avail. The invention of regen played a part role in ending combating it. Darius was prioritised for early trials because he was a police officer and his condition in the terminal stage.
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--> ''Darius'': You think you've thought a lot about this, right? But when I've read what you've written I just don't think you know a thing. Death to you is just an abstraction. "The other world," "the beyond," "paradise," "the heavenly realm." They're just images. When you've lived with the stench of disease, when you've felt you're own skin rotting, when you cry every time you piss, then you necessarily see things quite differently."
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--> ''Darius'': You think you've thought a lot about this, right? But when I've read what you've written written, I just don't think you know a thing. Death to you is just an abstraction. "The other world," "the beyond," "paradise," "the heavenly realm." They're just images. When you've lived with the stench of disease, when you've felt you're own skin rotting, when you cry every time you piss, then you necessarily see things quite differently."
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* The member of the species of immortal jellyfish that helped scientists created the regen was named Eva which means "life" and of course the name many languages give to Eve, the biblical mother of our species.
* Saul, the name of the suicide cult is named for the biblical Saul. He famously threw himself on his sword to avoid capture after a major defeat. The cult sees killing themselves as avoiding being trapped in the corrupt physical world and being denied the reward of the afterlife.
* Saul, the name of the suicide cult is named for the biblical Saul. He famously threw himself on his sword to avoid capture after a major defeat. The cult sees killing themselves as avoiding being trapped in the corrupt physical world and being denied the reward of the afterlife.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Linus is caught trying to steal the body what is strongly implied to be someone he was in love with out of the morgue. This in of itself is a reckless move given he's a wanted man but he then manages to get stuck in the morgue until the police show up to arrest him.
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* ThePlague: There was a pandemic sweeping through the world that began in North America. Millions had died in just a few months. Darius [[spoiler; and his son both]] fell prey to it like so many others. The disease seemingly had no cure with Darius pointing out that they'd even tried chemotherapy. The invention of regen played a part in ending it. Darius was prioritised for early trials because he was a police officer and his condition in the terminal stage.
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-> ''"The truth, even if no-one dares utter it, is that we no longer need children."''
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* BodyHorror: Fisherman stumble across a horrific looking creature in the ocean during a new segment. [[spoiler: It gets worse once an autopsy is performed and it's revealed have once been a missing women in her twenties, Linn.]]
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* BodyHorror: Fisherman stumble across a horrific looking creature in the ocean during a new segment. news story. [[spoiler: It gets worse once an autopsy is performed and it's revealed have once been a be the missing women in her twenties, Linn.Linn. Or at least it ''was'' her.]]
* TheDeterminator: Darius is world weary and likely suffering from depression but never stops trying to find the missing young people. Even with retirement looming round the corner and [[spoiler: even when he is forced retire before closing the case. His last moments are rescuing Christa from Odessa whilst bleeding to death.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Caron's]] last thoughts are one of acceptance not panic or terror.
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* GainingTheWillToKill: Lana knows Christa has never taken a life, so she lets he know it's a tough thing to do, no matter her motives or how much she planned it. She advises Christa not to look her target of in the eye. Otherwise she'll risk not going through with it. [[spoiler: This was the reason Caron couldn't finish off a badly injured Linus a decade ago and instead saved him. Christa takes her advice and keeps behind Caron when marching him to the stadium field, her hand is visibly shaking, but she still shoots him in the back of the head.]]
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* GainingTheWillToKill: Lana knows Christa has never taken a life, so she lets he know it's a tough thing to do, no matter her motives or how much she planned plans it. She advises Christa not to look her target of in the eye. Otherwise she'll risk not going through with it. [[spoiler: This was the reason Caron couldn't finish off a badly injured Linus a decade ago and instead saved him. Christa takes her advice and keeps behind Caron when marching him to the stadium field, her hand is visibly shaking, but she still shoots him in the back of the head.]]
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler: Mana Ritt snaps once she comes to grips with the fact her son is dead.]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: Mana Ritt snaps once she comes to grips with the fact her son is dead.]]
* HistoryRepeats: The mass suicide of young people at the beach, brings to mind an infamous incident 10 years ago involving. Both the media and police believe it's a possible resurgence of Saul, a suicide cult.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Many members of Saul join because they are among the very few that are genetically incompatible with regen tech. The choice to reject the technology was decided for them. As such many are just resentful they couldn't be a part of a society that they outwardly claim to hate.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Many members of Saul join because they are among the very few that are genetically incompatible with regen tech. The choice to reject the technology was decided for them. As such many are just resentful they couldn't be a part of a society that they outwardly claim to hate.
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** Many members of Saul join because they are among the very few that are genetically incompatible with regen tech. The choice to reject the technology was decided for them. As such many are just resentful they couldn't be a part of a society that they outwardly claim to
** Caron was the leader for the group suicide at the stadium ten years ago and the most outspoken Saul member. [[spoiler: He even talks Nihel into going when it's clear he's beginning to waver because he cares for Christa. He survives due to last second hesitation which comes too late for everyone else but Linus. And despite his very real guilt, he never confessed to the police.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler: Mana Ritt snaps once she comes to grips with the fact her son is dead.]]
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** [[spoiler: Virgil/Caron]] is forever haunted by what happened at the stadium 10 years ago and what he did was unforgivable. He's tried to sway others down a different path, to redeem himself but he still dreams every night of the dead coming for him. And in the end [[spoiler: when Christa brings him back there to kill him where Nihel, and the others died, his reaction isn't one of surprise but odd acceptance.]]
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** [[spoiler: Virgil/Caron]] is forever haunted by what happened at the stadium 10 years ago and what he did was would be utterly unforgivable. He's tried to sway others down a different path, to redeem himself but he still dreams every night of the dead coming for him. And in the end [[spoiler: when Christa brings him back there to kill him where Nihel, and all the others died, his reaction isn't one of surprise but odd acceptance.]]
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** Darius mentions parricide is now one of the leading causes of death. This ties into the growing resentment and desperation building from the youngest generation. As a result mental health issues among the young is skyrocketing. ** We're told one horror story of a girl who killed her parents and carved wrinkles into their faces, so she could she them as they really were.
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--> "I never left the stadium."
* NotSoDifferent: Virgil is horrified when [[spoiler: Odessa]] murders one of his staff in cold blood to make sure he stays in line and to ensure no loose ends. She points out that he's in no position to judge [[spoiler: what with him actually being Caron and the man who got 23 other children to shoot themselves.]]
--> "I never left the stadium."
* NotSoDifferent: Virgil is horrified when [[spoiler: Odessa]] murders one of his staff in cold blood to make sure he stays in line and to ensure no loose ends. She points out that he's in no position to judge [[spoiler: what with him actually being Caron and the man who got 23 other children to shoot themselves.]]
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'''Ad Vitam''' is a French sci-fi drama originally released November 2, 2018. Creator/{{Netflix}} acquired the rights to the show (outside of France) in 2019. It debuted on the streaming service on August 2, 2019.
The world is in celebration as billions mark the 169th birthday of the oldest living person in history. As young looking now as she was in her twenties. The occasion is now seen as a symbol of humanity "conquering death" thanks to a medical breakthrough known as regeneration technology. Once a person reaches the age of thirty, they are able to access regen to cure any ailment or disease and remain biologically thirty forever.
However the technology has begun driving a wedge between the older generations and the new. There's even an upcoming referendum on restricting births to curtail population growth. Some young people are so disillusioned that they have turned to extremist ideologies. In the aftermath of the festivities, several dead bodies wash up on a beach. All under thirty. All victims of self-inflicted gunshots to the head.
!!Examples of tropes found in Ad Vitam:
* AttemptedSuicide:
** Linus shot himself in the head along with other members of Saul during the stadium tragedy a decade ago but survived. Christa mistakenly believed he had died with the rest. [[spoiler: It's revealed Caron saved him, unable to bring himself to deliver the coup de grace when he looked into Linus' eyes.]]
** [[spoiler: Christa]] had stashed a gun with a single bullet in it but is stopped by her mother before it can go any further. [[spoiler: It's the gun she was planning to use on herself on the day of the stadium suicides.]]
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: This is now the norm in the world, rather than the exception. A notable example is when the police go to inform Mana Ritt that her son Enoch has died. Mana could still easily pass as being in her twenties and her demeanour has an almost youthful naivete.
* BestServedCold: Christa waits for her opportunity to avenge her boyfriend for over a decade. It's her personal motivation for helping the police. She's not even sure the individual is still alive.
* BodyHorror: Fisherman stumble across a horrific looking creature in the ocean during a new segment. [[spoiler: It gets worse once an autopsy is performed and it's revealed have once been a missing women in her twenties, Linn.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The gun in Darius' car. [[spoiler: Christa steals it to use to kill Caron.]]
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Mana Ritt can't quite grasp the concept her son is dead. Darius explains death is no longer a common thing in most peoples lives. Later Mana calls into the police station, still in shock and still confused about the finality of it all. Eventually she does come to realise her son is not coming back [[spoiler: and it causes her to attempt a murder-suicide. She kills Linus but is stopped from turning the gun on herself.]]
* UtopiaDystopia:
* DrivenToSuicide: Saul's members are often suffering from depression and a host of mental health issues. Sauls ideology often preys upon this. It's implied many young people commit suicide after finding out they are among the unlucky few who are incompatible with regen.
* FantasticSlur: Linus doesn't hide his contempt for Darius, labelling the biologically immortal are just "the dead" or "ghosts." It's the sort of terminology you'd expect to be common within Saul.
* GainingTheWillToKill: Lana knows Christa has never taken a life, so she lets he know it's a tough thing to do, no matter her motives or how much she planned it. She advises Christa not to look her target of in the eye. Otherwise she'll risk not going through with it. [[spoiler: This was the reason Caron couldn't finish off a badly injured Linus a decade ago and instead saved him. Christa takes her advice and keeps behind Caron when marching him to the stadium field, her hand is visibly shaking, but she still shoots him in the back of the head.]]
--> '''Lana''': "A word of advice. Avoid eye contact. Or you won't be able to do it."
* GladToBeAliveSex: [[spoiler: Christa and Lesky]] after witnessing the shooting of [[spoiler: Linus.]] Subverted in that it was partly motivated as part of a greater plan.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: Mana Ritt snaps once she comes to grips with the fact her son is dead.]]
* HistoryRepeats: The mass suicide of young people at the beach, brings to mind an infamous incident 10 years ago involving. Both the media and police believe it's a possible resurgence of Saul, a suicide cult.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Many members of Saul join because they are among the very few that are genetically incompatible with regen tech. The choice to reject the technology was decided for them. As such many are just resentful they couldn't be a part of a society that they outwardly claim to hate.
* InstantDeathBullet: Averted with Linus who despite shooting himself point blank in the head, actually still survives. It caused partial brain damage that's strongly implied to have affected his behaviour, namely impulse control and increased aggression. He spends a full ''fifty'' minutes angrily banging on a locked door in frustration.
* MeaningfulName:
* The member of the species of immortal jellyfish that helped scientists created the regen was named Eva which means "life" and of course the name many languages give to Eve, the biblical mother of our species.
* Saul, the name of the suicide cult is named for the biblical Saul. He famously threw himself on his sword to avoid capture after a major defeat. The cult sees killing themselves as avoiding being trapped in the corrupt physical world and being denied the reward of the afterlife.
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep:
** Darius has grown weary of the 99 years he's seen with the police and perhaps just tired of life in general. But he's good at what he does and still persists nonetheless. Beta believes he is a DeathSeeker, that he's given up, but Christa feels he may be tired but he'd never quit on life. [[spoiler: Even until his last breath he was still going out of his way to help other people, saving Christa, dozens of missing people, and exposing Odessa.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan:
** Darius mentions parricide is now one of the leading causes of death. This ties into the growing resentment and desperation building from the youngest generation. As a result mental health issues among the young is skyrocketing. ** We're told one horror story of a girl who killed her parents and carved wrinkles into their faces, so she could she them as they really were.
** Christa mentioned her parents have always been terrified of her. And when she asks Lana to get her a weapon Lana's first assumption is that it's for one of her parents.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Darius delivers one of these to Linus in his cell to try and break him for info. It gets to Linus but he still refuses to divulge any info.
--> ''Darius'': You think you've thought a lot about this, right? But when I've read what you've written I just don't think you know a thing. Death to you is just an abstraction. "The other world," "the beyond," "paradise," "the heavenly realm." They're just images. When you've lived with the stench of disease, when you've felt you're own skin rotting, when you cry every time you piss, then you necessarily see things quite differently."
* RuleOfSymbolism: Jellyfish serve as symbol of the regen technology and as such in-universe have become a cultural symbol of eternal youth and immortality. The same species of immortal jellyfish that helped create the breakthrough of regen are even kept as social status pets.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: A major theme throughout the film and one that is [[DiscussedTrope discussed frequently]].
** There are religious people, such as the Church of Glorification, that elect to simply grow old and die. They see it as a natural part of life and without it there will always be something missing.
** The death cultists Saul believe that immortality is utterly abhorrent and that in order to save their souls, it must be rejected without reservation. The ultimate rejection being suicide at a young age.
** Among those who have lived especially long, a large number are miserable but have lived too long to simply let themselves die of old age. So they turn to all manner of empty vices to temporarily distract themselves. It's hinted this may happen to everyone and it's really just a matter of time.
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The world is in celebration as billions mark the 169th birthday of the oldest living person in history. As young looking now as she was in her twenties. The occasion is now seen as a symbol of humanity "conquering death" thanks to a medical breakthrough known as regeneration technology. Once a person reaches the age of thirty, they are able to access regen to cure any ailment or disease and remain biologically thirty forever.
However the technology has begun driving a wedge between the older generations and the new. There's even an upcoming referendum on restricting births to curtail population growth. Some young people are so disillusioned that they have turned to extremist ideologies. In the aftermath of the festivities, several dead bodies wash up on a beach. All under thirty. All victims of self-inflicted gunshots to the head.
!!Examples of tropes found in Ad Vitam:
* AttemptedSuicide:
** Linus shot himself in the head along with other members of Saul during the stadium tragedy a decade ago but survived. Christa mistakenly believed he had died with the rest. [[spoiler: It's revealed Caron saved him, unable to bring himself to deliver the coup de grace when he looked into Linus' eyes.]]
** [[spoiler: Christa]] had stashed a gun with a single bullet in it but is stopped by her mother before it can go any further. [[spoiler: It's the gun she was planning to use on herself on the day of the stadium suicides.]]
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: This is now the norm in the world, rather than the exception. A notable example is when the police go to inform Mana Ritt that her son Enoch has died. Mana could still easily pass as being in her twenties and her demeanour has an almost youthful naivete.
* BestServedCold: Christa waits for her opportunity to avenge her boyfriend for over a decade. It's her personal motivation for helping the police. She's not even sure the individual is still alive.
* BodyHorror: Fisherman stumble across a horrific looking creature in the ocean during a new segment. [[spoiler: It gets worse once an autopsy is performed and it's revealed have once been a missing women in her twenties, Linn.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The gun in Darius' car. [[spoiler: Christa steals it to use to kill Caron.]]
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Mana Ritt can't quite grasp the concept her son is dead. Darius explains death is no longer a common thing in most peoples lives. Later Mana calls into the police station, still in shock and still confused about the finality of it all. Eventually she does come to realise her son is not coming back [[spoiler: and it causes her to attempt a murder-suicide. She kills Linus but is stopped from turning the gun on herself.]]
* UtopiaDystopia:
* DrivenToSuicide: Saul's members are often suffering from depression and a host of mental health issues. Sauls ideology often preys upon this. It's implied many young people commit suicide after finding out they are among the unlucky few who are incompatible with regen.
* FantasticSlur: Linus doesn't hide his contempt for Darius, labelling the biologically immortal are just "the dead" or "ghosts." It's the sort of terminology you'd expect to be common within Saul.
* GainingTheWillToKill: Lana knows Christa has never taken a life, so she lets he know it's a tough thing to do, no matter her motives or how much she planned it. She advises Christa not to look her target of in the eye. Otherwise she'll risk not going through with it. [[spoiler: This was the reason Caron couldn't finish off a badly injured Linus a decade ago and instead saved him. Christa takes her advice and keeps behind Caron when marching him to the stadium field, her hand is visibly shaking, but she still shoots him in the back of the head.]]
--> '''Lana''': "A word of advice. Avoid eye contact. Or you won't be able to do it."
* GladToBeAliveSex: [[spoiler: Christa and Lesky]] after witnessing the shooting of [[spoiler: Linus.]] Subverted in that it was partly motivated as part of a greater plan.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: Mana Ritt snaps once she comes to grips with the fact her son is dead.]]
* HistoryRepeats: The mass suicide of young people at the beach, brings to mind an infamous incident 10 years ago involving. Both the media and police believe it's a possible resurgence of Saul, a suicide cult.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Many members of Saul join because they are among the very few that are genetically incompatible with regen tech. The choice to reject the technology was decided for them. As such many are just resentful they couldn't be a part of a society that they outwardly claim to hate.
* InstantDeathBullet: Averted with Linus who despite shooting himself point blank in the head, actually still survives. It caused partial brain damage that's strongly implied to have affected his behaviour, namely impulse control and increased aggression. He spends a full ''fifty'' minutes angrily banging on a locked door in frustration.
* MeaningfulName:
* The member of the species of immortal jellyfish that helped scientists created the regen was named Eva which means "life" and of course the name many languages give to Eve, the biblical mother of our species.
* Saul, the name of the suicide cult is named for the biblical Saul. He famously threw himself on his sword to avoid capture after a major defeat. The cult sees killing themselves as avoiding being trapped in the corrupt physical world and being denied the reward of the afterlife.
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep:
** Darius has grown weary of the 99 years he's seen with the police and perhaps just tired of life in general. But he's good at what he does and still persists nonetheless. Beta believes he is a DeathSeeker, that he's given up, but Christa feels he may be tired but he'd never quit on life. [[spoiler: Even until his last breath he was still going out of his way to help other people, saving Christa, dozens of missing people, and exposing Odessa.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan:
** Darius mentions parricide is now one of the leading causes of death. This ties into the growing resentment and desperation building from the youngest generation. As a result mental health issues among the young is skyrocketing. ** We're told one horror story of a girl who killed her parents and carved wrinkles into their faces, so she could she them as they really were.
** Christa mentioned her parents have always been terrified of her. And when she asks Lana to get her a weapon Lana's first assumption is that it's for one of her parents.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Darius delivers one of these to Linus in his cell to try and break him for info. It gets to Linus but he still refuses to divulge any info.
--> ''Darius'': You think you've thought a lot about this, right? But when I've read what you've written I just don't think you know a thing. Death to you is just an abstraction. "The other world," "the beyond," "paradise," "the heavenly realm." They're just images. When you've lived with the stench of disease, when you've felt you're own skin rotting, when you cry every time you piss, then you necessarily see things quite differently."
* RuleOfSymbolism: Jellyfish serve as symbol of the regen technology and as such in-universe have become a cultural symbol of eternal youth and immortality. The same species of immortal jellyfish that helped create the breakthrough of regen are even kept as social status pets.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: A major theme throughout the film and one that is [[DiscussedTrope discussed frequently]].
** There are religious people, such as the Church of Glorification, that elect to simply grow old and die. They see it as a natural part of life and without it there will always be something missing.
** The death cultists Saul believe that immortality is utterly abhorrent and that in order to save their souls, it must be rejected without reservation. The ultimate rejection being suicide at a young age.
** Among those who have lived especially long, a large number are miserable but have lived too long to simply let themselves die of old age. So they turn to all manner of empty vices to temporarily distract themselves. It's hinted this may happen to everyone and it's really just a matter of time.
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