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* ColorCodedCharacters: The Circle girls each have slightly different colored dresses, ranging from a light brown to purple. Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam (Junior!) both wear black.

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* ColorCodedCharacters: The Circle girls each have slightly different colored dresses, ranging from a light brown to purple. Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam (Junior!) Jr. both wear black.



* DarkIsEvil: The only members of the Circle girls who wear black are Ann Putnam Jr. and Abigail Williams, and they are the least moral and most manipulative members of the group. Even more so with Abigail, [[spoiler: who is the only member of the group that signed Satan's book and became a witch for real]].



* DeathByAdaptation: Mary Warren's actual was never documented by historical records, and it's unknown what happened to her after the trials. In this adaptation of the Salem Witch Trials, [[she is killed by Abigail Williams]].



* DraggedOffToHell: Or something similar. At the end, one of the characters is pulled into the ground by an evil power, clawing and screaming all the way down.

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* DraggedOffToHell: Or something similar. At the end, one of the characters Mary Warren is pulled into the ground by an evil power, clawing and screaming all the way down.



* ManipulativeBitch: Abigail, and also Ann Putnam-- Junior!

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* ManipulativeBitch: Abigail, and also Ann Putnam-- Junior!Putnam Jr.



* RichBitch: Ann Putnam. Junior.

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* RichBitch: Ann Putnam. Junior.Putnam Jr.



* TheUnseen: The rest of the Putnam family, specifically Ann Putnam (Junior!)'s father, who is referenced multiple times throughout the play.

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* TheUnseen: The rest of the Putnam family, specifically Ann Putnam (Junior!)'s Jr.'s father, who is referenced multiple times throughout the play.
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* InfantImmortality: Elizabeth Proctor ''would'' be hung as a witch, but since she is pregnant she cannot legally be executed, as killing the mother would kill the child, who has not committed any sin worthy of death.

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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: Elizabeth Proctor ''would'' be hung as a witch, but since she is pregnant she cannot legally be executed, as killing the mother would kill the child, who has not committed any sin worthy of death.
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Those Two Bad Guys is now Bumbling Henchmen Duo. If I'm cutting this example, it's either misuse or there's not enough context to tell if it's actually an example.


* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The judge and prosecutor, who provide much exposition on the trials.
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Witches! The Musical is a play which chronicles the events of the Salem Witch Trials. Written by Conrad Askland in 2012, the musical is described as taking the historical events of the Trials and adding some characterization, with a little bit of fantasy thrown in.\

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Witches! ''Witches! The Musical Musical'' is a play which chronicles the events of the Salem Witch Trials. Written by Conrad Askland in 2012, the musical is described as taking the historical events of the Trials and adding some characterization, with a little bit of fantasy thrown in.\
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* BigBad: Possibly Rev. Parris, or Doctor Griggs.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: There are a few: Yoke/joke, sand-witch, witch/which.
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* ActorAllusion: Almost certainly unintentional, but the actors who played Doctor Griggs and Bridget Bishop in the original cast are husband and wife in real life. It almost brings new meaning to the fact the she is always rejecting his advances.



* CutSong: ''Thankful for the Joy''



* DeletedScene: Apparently, some pre-premiere versions of the script had a scene which showed the death of Abigail's parents.
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* BurnTheWitch: Nicely averted as historically no accused witches were burnt at the stake, but rather they were hung.

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* BurnTheWitch: Nicely averted as historically no accused witches were burnt at the stake, but rather they were hung.
hanged.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Circle girls each have slightly different colored dresses, ranging from a light brown to purple. Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam (Junior!) both wear black.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: ColorCodedCharacters: The Circle girls each have slightly different colored dresses, ranging from a light brown to purple. Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam (Junior!) both wear black.

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But You Screw One Goat is being renamed to Bestiality Is Depraved and misuse being removed


* BestialityIsDepraved: Reverend Parris blackmails one of the church members into agreeing with his plans for a big house by bringing up "the truth about that incident on your farm last summer."



* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Reverend Parris blackmails one of the church members into agreeing with his plans for a big house by bringing up "the truth about that incident on your farm last summer."

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* BasedOnATrueStory: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

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* BasedOnATrueStory: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
1692. See ShownTheirWork below.



* ShownTheirWork: This page pretty well sums up how much work they went to: http://witchesmusical.com/blog/witches-the-musical-vs-the-historical-record/



* TheUnseen: The rest of the Putnam family, specifically Ann Putnam (Junior!)'s father.

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* TheUnseen: The rest of the Putnam family, specifically Ann Putnam (Junior!)'s father.
father, who is referenced multiple times throughout the play.

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The primary protagonist is Abigail, a young girl who is alone and without friends. She lives with her uncle, the Reverend Parris, his daughter Betty, and his slave Tituba.

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The primary protagonist is Abigail, a young girl who is alone and without friends. She lives with her uncle, the Reverend Parris, his daughter Betty, and his slave Tituba.
Tituba. When Abigail shows the girls in the reverend's bible study a way of telling the future, strange afflictions start befalling the girls in the group, starting with Betty Parris.


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* DraggedOffToHell: Or something similar. At the end, one of the characters is pulled into the ground by an evil power, clawing and screaming all the way down.


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* TheUnseen: The rest of the Putnam family, specifically Ann Putnam (Junior!)'s father.


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* VoiceOfTheLegion:
-->'''Abigail:''' If I can't become what they want me to be, then I'll have to make them ''(legion voice starts about here)'' what I want them to be."

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* CurseCutShort: Rev. Parris covers the mouth of a church woman who appears to be about to say a curse word.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Circle girls each have slightly different colored dresses, ranging from a light brown to purple. Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam (Junior!) both wear black.

* CorruptChurch: The Puritan Church in Salem, though this is noted as being almost entirely due to the Putnam family and Reverend Parris.

* CurseCutShort: Rev. Parris covers From ''I Want a Big House''. The word is meant to rhyme with "flock" from the mouth of preceding line:
-->'''Random Churchwoman:''' Excuse me reverend, for butting in, but we don't really give
a church woman who appears to be about to say a curse word.
fu-!
-->'''Everyone in church:''' *gasps as the reverend puts his hand over her mouth.*
-->'''Reverend Parris:''' Big house.

* CutSong: ''Thankful for the Joy''



* DeletedScene: Apparently, some pre-premiere versions of the script had a scene which showed the death of Abigail's parents.



* KarmaHoudini: Abigail. [[spoiler: All these people die, the Circle Girls break up, and Abigail is alone again. But she has incredible power from Satan, and the two walk arm in arm off stage. The end.]]

* LetsDuet: ''God will take care of us'', by Sarah and Dorcas Goode.

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* KarmaHoudini: Abigail. [[spoiler: All these people die, the Circle Girls break up, and Abigail is alone again. But she has gained incredible power from Satan, and (in early versions) the two walk arm in arm off stage. The end.]]

* KnightTemplar: Reverend Parris, the judge and the prosecutor probably qualify for this.

* LetsDuet: ''God will take care Will Take Care of us'', Us'', by Sarah and Dorcas Goode.
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* ShoutOut: One to StarTrek.

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* ShoutOut: One to StarTrek.Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}.

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''What should you say?\\
What should you do?\\

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''What should ''Watch what you say?\\
What should
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Watch what
you do?\\do\\



* ActorAllusion: Almost certainly unintentional, but the actors who played Doctor Griggs and Bridget Bishop in the original cast are husband and wife in real life. It almost brings new meaning to the fact the she is always rejecting his advances.



* BigBad: Possibly Rev. Parris, or the judges.

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* BigBad: Possibly Rev. Parris, or Doctor Griggs.

* BilingualBonus: At
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end of her BadGirlSong, Bridget Bishop shouts, "Sláinte!" and downs her drink. Sláinte is an Irish word meaning "health" and is commonly used in toasts.



* HeelFaceTurn: Eventually all the girls, but first Mary Warren. [[spoiler: Excluding Abigail, who only pretends to undergo one.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: Eventually all the girls, Circle Girls, but first Mary Warren. [[spoiler: Excluding Abigail, who only pretends to undergo one.]]



* InfantImmortality: Elizabeth Proctor ''would'' be hung as a witch, but since she is pregnant she cannot legally be executed, as killing the mother would kill the child.

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* InfantImmortality: Elizabeth Proctor ''would'' be hung as a witch, but since she is pregnant she cannot legally be executed, as killing the mother would kill the child.
child, who has not committed any sin worthy of death.



* ShoutOut: One to StarTrek.
-->'''Reverend Parris:''' Dammit Sam! I'm a reverend, not a doctor!



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* TitleDrop
TitleDrop: At the end of the first act.



* WitchHunt: Of course.

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* WitchHunt: Of course.course.

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Fortunately averted. There are a couple uses of "thee" but they appear to have been used correctly.

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* ArcWords: "Everyone dies due to little girls' lies?"



* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Reverend Parris blackmails one of the church members into agreeing with his plans for a big house by bringing up "the truth about that incident on your farm last summer."



* CurseCutShort: Rev. Parris covers the mouth of a church woman who appears to be about to say a curse word.



* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Rev. Parris taught the girls' Bible study to sing! He's so forward thinking, and a champion of women's rights, too! He thinks women should have the right to cook and clean and care for a husband.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Rev. Parris taught the girls' Bible study to sing! He's so forward thinking, and a champion of women's rights, too! He thinks women should have the right to cook and clean and find a good husband they can care for for.

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: John Proctor flawlessly recites the Lord's Prayer just as he's about to be hung, thereby proving he is not
a husband.
witch. But John Proctor died in the historical record, so he still doesn't escape the noose.]]



* IncrediblyLamePun: There are a few: Eggs-actly, sand-witch, witch/which.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Eventually all the girls, but first Mary Warren. [[spoiler: Excluding Abigail, who only pretends to undergo one.]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: There are a few: Eggs-actly, Yoke/joke, sand-witch, witch/which.


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* LetsDuet: ''God will take care of us'', by Sarah and Dorcas Goode.


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* PutOnABus: Betty Parris gets sent away to her cousin's house before the trials begin.


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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The judge and prosecutor, who provide much exposition on the trials.

* TitleDrop

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Witches! The Musical is a play which chronicles the events of the Salem Witch Trials. Written by Conrad Askland in 2012, the musical is described as taking the historical events of the Trials and adding some characterization, with a little bit of fantasy thrown in.

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Witches! The Musical is a play which chronicles the events of the Salem Witch Trials. Written by Conrad Askland in 2012, the musical is described as taking the historical events of the Trials and adding some characterization, with a little bit of fantasy thrown in.
in.\
The primary protagonist is Abigail, a young girl who is alone and without friends. She lives with her uncle, the Reverend Parris, his daughter Betty, and his slave Tituba.


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* AnotherDimension: The invisible world is one of these.


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* TheBlank: Satan.


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* DarkMagicalGirl: Abigail. Perhaps in a literal sense as well.


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* KarmaHoudini: Abigail. [[spoiler: All these people die, the Circle Girls break up, and Abigail is alone again. But she has incredible power from Satan, and the two walk arm in arm off stage. The end.]]

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* BSODSong: Abigail gets one right before her FaceHeelTurn



* DeathSong: John Proctor sings the Lord's Prayer flawlessly just as he's about to be hung. [[spoiler:It doesn't save him though.]]



* FaceHeelTurn: Abigail undergoes one [[spoiler:after selling her soul to the devil.]]



* Opening Chorus: ''We Once Lived''

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* Opening Chorus: OpeningChorus: ''We Once Lived''
Lived''

* ParentalAbandonment: Abigail's parents were killed by Indians before the start of the story.


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* RunningGag: *dramatic music* ...witchcraft.

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What should you do\\

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What should you do\\do?\\



* BadGirlSong: ''Bridget Bishop''



* ChosenOne: Those who dabble in witchcraft will have a dream that calls them this.

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* ChosenOne: Those who dabble in witchcraft will have a dream that calls them this.
this, immediately before being given the offer to sign Satan's book.

* DarkReprise: ''Who's the Witch'' gets a short reprise on the accusation of Sarah Goode.



* Opening Chorus: ''We Once Lived''



* ThePowerOfFriendship: What initially holds the circle girls together.

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* ThePowerOfFriendship: What initially holds the circle girls Circle Girls together.


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* TokenMinority: Tituba and her daughter Violet, though actually justified as they were Rev. Parris' slaves and the only "black" people associated with the trials.


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* VillainSong: A couple.

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* AbortedArc: The part in the first act when Abigail [[spoiler:goes to the invisible world and signs Satan's book]] at first appears to be left hanging. [[spoiler:It's finally subverted at the very end.]]



* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The part in the first act when Abigail [[spoiler:goes to the invisible world and signs Satan's book]] at first appears to be one of these. [[spoiler:It's finally averted at the end.]]



* DealWithTheDevil: Literally.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Rev. Parris taught the girls' Bible study to sing! He's so forward thinking, and a champion of women's rights, too! He thinks women should have the right to cook and clean and care for a husband.

* DoubleEntendre: Wherever Bridget Bishop is involved, you can expect at least one of these.



* IncrediblyLamePun: There are a few: Eggs-actly, which/witch.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: There are a few: Eggs-actly, which/witch.
sand-witch, witch/which.


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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:At the very end, it is shown that without a doubt, Abigail really is a witch. She really did gain power from signing Satan's book, and she uses it to kill Mary Warren.]]

* RichBitch: Ann Putnam. Junior.

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* BasedOnATrueStory: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692\\

* BigBad: Possibly Rev. Parris, or the judges.\\

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The part in the first act when Abigail

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* BasedOnATrueStory: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692\\

1692.

* BigBad: Possibly Rev. Parris, or the judges.\\

judges.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The part in the first act when Abigail
Abigail [[spoiler:goes to the invisible world and signs Satan's book]] at first appears to be one of these. [[spoiler:It's finally averted at the end.]]



* InfantImmortality: Elizabeth Proctor would be hung as a witch, but as she is pregnant she cannot legally be executed, as killing the mother would kill the child.

* ManipulativeBitch: Abigail\\

* ThanatosGambit: As in the historical trials, Giles Corey.\\

* VillainProtagonist: The "Circle Girls" probably fit this trope rather nicely, especially Abigail.\\

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* ChekhovsGun: A witch cannot recite the Lord's Prayer without making a mistake.

* ChosenOne: Those who dabble in witchcraft will have a dream that calls them this.

* DreamSequence: Happens with both Betty Parris and Abigail.

* IncrediblyLamePun: There are a few: Eggs-actly, which/witch.

* InfantImmortality: Elizabeth Proctor would ''would'' be hung as a witch, but as since she is pregnant she cannot legally be executed, as killing the mother would kill the child.

* IWantSong: ''I Want a Big House''

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ManipulativeBitch: Abigail\\

Abigail, and also Ann Putnam-- Junior!

* ShadowDiscretionShot: When the first witch is hung we see her standing on the box with the rope around her neck. Then the lights go out and when they come back on the shadow of a woman hanging is in her place.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: What initially holds the circle girls together.

* ThanatosGambit: As in the historical trials, Giles Corey.\\

Corey, who refuses to speak and gets crushed to death by rocks.

* VillainProtagonist: The "Circle Girls" Circle Girls probably fit this trope rather nicely, especially Abigail.\\
Abigail.

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* BigBad: Possibly Rev. Parris, or the Master\\

* VillainProtagonist

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* BigBad: Possibly Rev. Parris, or the Master\\

judges.\\

* VillainProtagonistBigLippedAlligatorMoment: The part in the first act when Abigail

* BurnTheWitch: Nicely averted as historically no accused witches were burnt at the stake, but rather they were hung.

* InfantImmortality: Elizabeth Proctor would be hung as a witch, but as she is pregnant she cannot legally be executed, as killing the mother would kill the child.

* ManipulativeBitch: Abigail\\

* ThanatosGambit: As in the historical trials, Giles Corey.\\

* VillainProtagonist: The "Circle Girls" probably fit this trope rather nicely, especially Abigail.\\

* WitchHunt: Of course.

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BasedOnATrueStory: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692\\
BigBad: Possibly Rev. Parris, or the Master\\
VillainProtagonist

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VillainProtagonist
Master\\

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In Salem Town\''

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In Salem Town\''
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BasedOnATrueStory\\
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BasedOnATrueStory: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692\\
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''What should you say?\\
What should you do\\
Satan he may come for you\\
In Salem Town\''

Witches! The Musical is a play which chronicles the events of the Salem Witch Trials. Written by Conrad Askland in 2012, the musical is described as taking the historical events of the Trials and adding some characterization, with a little bit of fantasy thrown in.

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