Line #155 Characters/DumbAndDumber


1	The characters of '''''Dumb and Dumber,''''' some of which appear in its sequel, '''''Dumb and Dumber To'''''.
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5	[[folder:Lloyd Christmas]]
6	!!Lloyd Christmas
7	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lloyd_6741.png]]
8	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JimCarrey
9	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' \| ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo''
10
11	->''"You'll have to excuse my friend. He's a little slow!"''
12
13	* AesopAmnesia: The prequel is both this for he and Harry, as they vow never to "let a girl come between them again."
14	* AntiHero: Type I.
15	* AnticipatoryBreathSpray: Except he misses his mouth entirely ''every single time'', at one point causing EyeScream to Andre who's standing directly beside him. Still has this habit in the sequel.
16	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Lloyd falls helplessly in love with Mary Swanson because she was one of the only women to talk to him like an everyday person.
17	* BerserkButton: Harry taps Lloyd's when he "steals" Mary from him.
18	* ButtMonkey
19	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Both have their moments, but Lloyd's got this bad.
20	-->'''Harry''' ''(after seeing a couple passing by):'' Holy jeez, look at the butt on that.
21	-->'''Lloyd:''' ...yeah! He must work out.
22	* DeadpanSnarker: Lloyd sarcastically tells Nicholas Andre to kill Harry which the latter literally does much to Lloyd’s shock even though Harry survived.
23	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Shades of this in his speech of why he wants to go to Aspen.
24	* DidNotGetTheGirl: He doesn't get the girl (Mary), and [[IndulgentFantasySegue fantasizes]] killing her husband in a fit of rage before leaving quietly.
25	* DirtyOldMan: In the sequel. He shamelessly lusts after Penny, despite being old enough to be her father. When Harry suggests he date someone his own age, Lloyd considers the idea "gross".
26	* TheDitz: Utterly bewilders everyone around him with profound idiocy, yes sometimes even Harry (though Harry still goes along with Lloyd's decisions).
27	* DrowningMySorrows: Does this when he believes that Mary stood him up.
28	* FunnyBruceLeeNoises: Thoroughly [[ParodiedTrope parodies]] and [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerates]] this in his ImagineSpot.
29	* GreenEyedMonster: After seeing Harry hanging out with Mary.
30	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Harry.
31	* HopelessSuitor: Considering that Mary is completely out of his league and creeped out by him... not to mention [[spoiler:she's already married]].
32	* HypocriticalHumor: All the damn time.
33	* ILikeThoseOdds: "So you're telling me there's a chance?"
34	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite [[InsufferableImbecile all of his inane actions throughout the movie,]] he does mean well and does genuinely care for his best friend Harry.
35	* LaxativePrank: Lloyd does it to Harry as revenge, since he supposedly stole Mary from him.
36	* LethallyStupid: [[spoiler:He and Harry accidentally killed Mental, and Lloyd himself blew up a gas station, killed a snow owl with a bottle cork, poisoned Harry with laxatives, nearly got them both killed in a car accident, and shot Mary's husband to death (although the last one was just an imagination sequence). Not to mention the traffic collision he caused in the beginning that ended in a ''mushroom cloud.'']]
37	* {{Malaproper}}:
38	-->If I know her [Mary] as well as I think I do, she'll invite us right in for tea and strumpets.
39	-->I have a rapist's wit.
40	** He's just spewing these out in the sequel. Too many to count.
41	* MistakenForPedophile[=/=]GibberishOfLove: "I desperately want to make love to a schoolboy!"
42	* MrImagination: Has a big ImagineSpot in both movies.
43	* NearRapeExperience: Nearly doubles as SexualKarma when Sea Bass attempts to rape and kill him in the gas station bathroom as revenge for Lloyd's dine-and-dash scheme.
44	* NeverLearnedToRead: PlayedForLaughs, although oddly enough, Lloyd is unable to pronounce the word "the", but is somehow capable to understand the "We landed on the moon!" clipping. Maybe he needs it in big print.
45	* NoodleIncident: His romance with Fraida Felcher behind Harry's back is this in the first movie, and the sequel elaborates on this. [[spoiler: Turns out both of them were too stupid to fully comprehend how sex works.]]
46	* PsychopathicManChild: Arguably, considering many of his actions in the movie.
47	* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Harry's Blue.
48	* TheSociopath: Lloyd makes some... ''questionable'' actions throughout the movie.
49	* StalkerWithACrush: To Mary.
50	* TackyTuxedo: An orange one when he and Harry attend the Snow Owl Benefit.
51	* [[TrustMeImADoctor Trust Me! I'm A Limo Driver!]]
52	* WithFriendsLikeThese: He slept with Fraida behind Harry's back, and shows an astonishing LackOfEmpathy when it seems like Harry will die in the sequel.
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54	[[/folder]]
55
56	[[folder:Harry Dunne]]
57	!!Harry Dunne
58	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harry_2809.png]]
59	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JeffDaniels
60	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' \| ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo''
61
62	-> ''"[[IHaveJustOneThingToSay You know, Lloyd, just when I thought you couldn't be any dumber, you do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!]]"''
63
64	* AccidentalHero: At the gas stop, Harry chats up an attractive motorist, and only notices that his foot caught fire after she drove away. Harry rushes to the bathroom to dunk his foot in a toilet, and bursts into the stall where Seabass has cornered Lloyd, and unknowingly knocks out Seabass before he can rape and kill Lloyd.
65	* AesopAmnesia: The prequel is both this for he and Lloyd, as they vow never to "let a girl come between them again."
66	* AntiHero: Type I.
67	* BigDamnHeroes: Has two of these moments, when he saves Lloyd from being raped by Sea Bass (although this one was unintentional), and [[spoiler:at the end, when he fakes his death long enough for the authorities to arrive and arrest the BigBad.]]
68	* ButtMonkey: Often thanks to Lloyd.
69	* CloserToEarth: Downplayed; Harry has ''slightly'' more common sense than Lloyd does, enough to call his friend out on his more outlandish ideas.
70	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Lloyd has it worse, but Harry's still neck-deep in this trope.
71	-->'''State trooper:''' PULL OVER!!!
72	-->'''Harry:''' NO, IT'S A CARDIGAN, BUT THANKS FOR NOTICING!!!
73	* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath: He appears to have been shot by Andre at the end, but it turns out he was wearing a BulletProofVest.]]
74	* DeadpanSnarker: Despite his stupidity Harry can at times be sarcastic towards Lloyd. For example he said to Lloyd “What are you? A camel?” when Lloyd urinated in several bottles. When the duo are unable to locate Mary Swanson in Aspen, Harry sarcastically asks “Great! What do we now?” to Lloyd.
75	* TheDitz: Just which one's "Dumb" and which one's "Dumber"? As noted below, Harry seems to have more common sense than Lloyd, but is still not very bright for actually going along with Lloyd's schemes.
76	** Unlike Lloyd though, he can read (actually very well for someone as dim as he is).
77	* DumbassHasAPoint: Harry was correct to point out Lloyd only wanted to go to Aspen to seek out Mary. He also made a good point why would Mary go to a bar early in the morning.
78	* DumbBlonde: Yes, a ''male'' example.
79	* EasilyForgiven: Mary playfully throws snow at Harry, who misguidedly ''smashes'' her with a snowball in response. After the resulting chaos is over, Mary ''laughs it off.''
80	* ExtremeDoormat: Throughout the movie, he comes off as a [[GeniusDitz little smarter and more sensible]] than Lloyd, but for the most part goes along with everything Lloyd does partially because he's just very passive. Although he does lose it and fly off the handle at Lloyd a few times.
81	* HeroesLoveDogs: He starts a dog-sitting business, although he's bad at it, and seems to like the dogs.
82	* HeroicBSOD: Has one after he realizes that Lloyd backtracked so far east that they no longer had enough gas money to get to Aspen.
83	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lloyd.
84	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy
85	-->'''Lloyd:''' Harry! You're ''alive!'' [{{Beat}}] ...and you're a horrible shot.
86	* KindheartedSimpleton: The one in the duo who doesn't have any malice like [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lloyd]] did because of being a nicer character that heavily cares for Lloyd and is kind of a GeniusDitz.
87	* TheLancer: To Lloyd.
88	* LaxativePrank: Lloyd does this to him as revenge for "stealing" his girl.
89	* LethallyStupid: [[spoiler:He accidentally killed Mental by giving him rat poison instead of his ulcer pills (when both he and Lloyd first planted hot peppers in Mental's burger, ultimately causing Mental's ulcer to burst).]]
90	* LukeIAmYourFather: In the sequel, Harry finds out that he's a father to a daughter he sired with Fraida Felcher... back in 1991. [[spoiler: Or so he thinks.]]
91	* {{Malaproper}}:
92	-->'''Harry:''' I thought we were gonna be together forever. Then about a week later, right outta the blue, she sends me a John Deere letter.
93	* ManChild: Has the humor and maturity of a teenager. Even in the sequel!
94	* MessyHair: Which befits his character perfectly.
95	* NiceGuy: His stupidity may lead to some [[InnocentlyInsensitive unintentional jerkass]] moments, but Harry's a well-meaning guy in general and an especially good friend to Lloyd.
96	* PottyEmergency: In a particularly infamous scene, thanks to the LaxativePrank, Harry takes one of the most ''grandiose'' dumps in the history of cinema.
97	* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Lloyd's Red.
98	* TackyTuxedo: A blue one when he and Lloyd attend the Snow Owl Benefit.
99	* TranquilFury: When Lloyd reveals he's been wearing extra gloves the whole time while Harry's hands were freezing, on top of the other things Lloyd did to him up to that point, he laughs and tells Lloyd he's going to kill him, and starts to follow through with the task.
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101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Mary Swanson]]
104	!!Mary Swanson
105	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mary_2176.png]]
106	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LaurenHolly
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108	->''"Who are these sick people?"''
109
110	* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler: Held at gunpoint in the climactic scene, and Lloyd is in no position to save her - he's right next to her.]]
111	* MsFanservice: In the "Aspen dream sequence."
112	* NiceGirl: Actually a very kind and levelheaded woman, and very patient with Harry and Lloyd's antics. No wonder they both become attracted to her.
113	* OnlySaneWoman: Between two utter imbeciles and a lying, manipulative kidnapper.
114	* PunnyName: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], if she and Lloyd had ended up together, her name would have been "Mary Christmas."
115	* RelationshipReveal:
116	-->'''Lloyd:''' [[spoiler:Husband?!]] Wait a minute! [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments What was all that one-in-a-million talk?]]
117	* StepfordSmiler: Convinced into this by her family to keep up appearances.
118	* [[StraightMan Straight Woman]]: For Harry and Lloyd.
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120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder:Mental and Shay]]
123	!!Joe "Mental" Mentalino and JP Shay
124	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mentalshay_3780.jpg]]
125	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MikeStarr (Mental) and Creator/KarenDuffy (Shay)
126
127	->''"You don't kill people you don't know, that's a rule!"''
128
129	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:In the restaurant scene, where Joe gets poisoned.]]
130	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Joe kills Harry's parakeet to send a message to Lloyd and Harry.
131	* ButtMonkey: Poor Mental gets annoyed to death and is eventually [[spoiler:on the receiving end]] of Harry and Lloyd's antics.
132	* CoDragons: To Andre, with Mental appearing to be the favoured one.
133	* ColdSniper: Shay breaks out a silenced sniper rifle in one scene.
134	* DeadAnimalWarning: His murder on Harry's parakeet to send the latter and his partner a message.
135	* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Joe dies from the rat poison he was about to put in their drinks.]]
136	* EvenEvilHasStandards: See quote.
137	** JP is shocked when [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals Joe kills Petey, Harry's parakeet]].
138	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Mental finally learns that Harry and Lloyd did not intentionally steal the briefcase and are just two lovesick losers with too much time on their hands [[spoiler:just before they accidentally poison him]]. Whether he'd have actually had a HeelFaceTurn is questionable, though; after [[KickTheDog what he did to Petey]], it's likely Mental would have whacked Harry and Lloyd anyway, just for wasting his time and being such a nuisance. All he says after he finds out the truth is "Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time!" which could go either way.
139	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Mental dies after accidentally taking the rat poison he intended to spike Harry and Lloyd's drinks with.]]
140	* {{Jerkass}}: Both of them are just scowling thugs to everyone around them.
141	* KickTheDog: RIP, Petey.
142	* ProfaneLastWords: [[spoiler:Mental has enough time to notice that Harry and Lloyd gave him a handful of the rat poison pills he was going to use to poison them and gurgles out a "you son of a bitch" to Harry (who got the pills from Mental's pocket) before dying.]]
143	* {{Tomboy}}: JP. It's almost a shock to see her later in a dress.
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145	[[/folder]]
146
147	[[folder:Nicholas Andre]]
148	!!Nicholas Andre
149	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/CharlesRocket
150
151	-> ''"You're a dead man. You're a DEAD MAN!"''
152
153	* BigBad: Of the first film.
154	* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's introduced as Mary's friend, offering advice to help her through her problems -- except that he's the cause of said problems by kidnapping her husband.
155	* DeadpanSnarker: Any attempts at humor on his part are out of sheer frustration.
156	%%* EvilIsHammy: The more he gets pissed off, the more he's this. He's pissed off a lot.
157	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He believes Lloyd and Harry are trained professionals, due to killing one of their prized owls with a cork (which is nothing but an accident).
158	-->'''Nicholas:''' It was a message. We killed their bird, and they kill one of ours.\
159	'''JP:''' How can anybody kill an owl with a cork?!\
160	'''Nicholas:''' They're not just anyone, they're good!
161	%%* HotBlooded: '''Big time.'''
162	* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Husband]]: Kicks off the plot with this. It [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes slightly awry]] thanks to the dimwitted duo.
163	* KnightOfCerebus: The most tense scene of the film is the moment he decides to deal with the whole mess himself, [[spoiler:takes Lloyd and Mary hostage with full apparent intent to kill them and run off with the money, gets homicidally irate when he discovers that the whole ransom has been spent, and [[BulletproofVest seemingly]] shoots Harry dead.]]
164	* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Usually seen dressed to the nines.
165	* PushyGunTotingVillain: He spends his time in the film’s climax carrying a .38 and just looking for a reason to shoot someone dead (which Lloyd and Harry are quite unwittingly giving him). [[spoiler:After he shoots Harry, he looks like [[LeaveNoWitnesses he is going to follow up with Lloyd and Mary]] when the FBI barges in.]]
166	* SurroundedByIdiots: Just completely done with everyone's shit for much of his screentime.
167	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Charles Rocket plays him almost totally straight, which in this kind of movie actually makes him a ''really'' intimidating presence.
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169	[[/folder]]
170
171	[[folder:Sea Bass]]
172	!!Sea Bass
173	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seabass_8244.png]]
174	!!!'''Played By:''' Cam Neely
175	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' \| ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo''
176
177	->''"Who's the DEAD MAN who hit me with a salt-shaker?!"''
178
179	* AmbiguouslyBi: If his cap is any indication, he's into women too. However, it could easily apply to men as well.
180	* AttemptedRape: Not only that but he also planned to kill Lloyd afterwards.
181	* TheCameo: [[spoiler:He makes an appearance in the post-credits of the sequel.]]
182	* DepravedHomosexual: In a deleted extended version of the bathroom stall scene, he explicitly states to Lloyd that he's going to both rape and kill him for the trick he pulled earlier. And he's quite ''gleeful'' about it, too.
183	-->'''Sea Bass:''' Any last requests?\
184	'''Lloyd:''' Yeah... Could you do it the other way around?
185	* DisproportionateRetribution: How does he react to Harry and Lloyd pulling a dine-and-dash on him? He reacts by trying to ''rape'' and ''murder'' Lloyd when he meets him again in the bathroom stall.
186	* TheDoorSlamsYou: How Harry saves Lloyd from the AttemptedRape.
187	* HairTriggerTemper: He's ''always'' pissed.
188	* HateSink: The man is a bad-tempered, violent bully and has virtually no redeeming aspects at all. He gets even worse when later he attempts to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape and kill Lloyd]] over [[DisproportionateRetribution a dine and dash]].
189	* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: Sea Bass wears a cap that says "Wine Em, Dine Em, 69 Em". Made all the more ironic by the fact that he solicits gay sex in gas station bathrooms.
190	* KarmicButtMonkey: Harry and Lloyd pulling a dine and dash on him, and then Harry slamming him in the face with a bathroom stall door. However, given he's generally a violent jerk and attempted to rape and murder Lloyd in response to the dine and dash later, he deserves all of the hell he is put through.
191	%%* ManlyGay: As manly as it gets!
192	* PerpetualFrowner: He only has a handful of scenes, but he is never shown in a good mood.
193	* PhraseCatcher: "Kick his ass, Sea Bass!"
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195	[[/folder]]
196
197	[[folder:"Athletic Beauty"]]
198	!![[spoiler:F.B.I. Special Officer]] Beth Jordan a.k.a "Athletic Beauty"
199	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/VictoriaRowell
200
201	->''"My astrologer says I should really stay away from accident prone guys..."''
202
203	* ChekhovsGunman: All of her scenes but the last one make her out to be just a gag character.
204	* MotorMouth: Talks Lloyd's ear off about her boyfriend while he's waiting in the bar. He ''hates'' this.
205	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Has conversations with both Harry and Lloyd, and gives off a seriously [[TheDitz ditzy]] vibe [[spoiler: until TheReveal at the climax.]]
206	* ShaggyDogStory: Her stories about her boyfriend to an uncaring Lloyd.
207	* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler:Turns out she's an FBI agent, who, with other members of the force, has been following the guys ''all the way from Providence.'']]
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209	[[/folder]]
210
211	[[folder:Billy in 4C]]
212	!!Billy in 4C
213	!!!'''Played By:''' Brady Bluhm
214	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' \| ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo''
215
216	-> ''"Pretty bird. Now, can you say pretty bird? Pretty bird."''
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218	* ButtMonkey: Lloyd sells him a dead bird with its head taped on, likely scarring him for life.
219	* [[KindheartedCatLover Kindhearted Bird Lover]]: Especially in the sequel, where he's grown up and owns several birds, [[spoiler:which then get eaten by Harry's cat]].
220	* InsistentTerminology: He's always referred to by the number of his apartment, although without subtitles on, it's easy to think this means his last name is "Enforcee".
221
222	[[/folder]]
223
224	%%[[folder:Bernard Pinchelow]]
225	%%!!Dr. Bernard Pinchelow
226	%%!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SteveTom
227
228	%%[[/folder]]
229
230	[[folder:Adele Pinchelow]]
231	!!Adele Pinchelow
232	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LaurieHolden
233
234	Dr. Pinchelow's gold-digging wife who secretly plots to kill both Pinchelow and Penny so she can inherit his fortune.
235	----
236	* BigBad: Of the sequel.
237	* GoldDigger: She married Dr. Pinchelow for money and tries to apprehend a priceless package for herself.
238	* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: She spent an undisclosed amount of time slowly poisoning her husband with tainted meals. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for her, he realized he was getting sicker after eating her cooking, and put two and two together.]]
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240	[[/folder]]
241
242	[[folder:Fraida Felcher]]
243	!!Fraida Felcher
244	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KathleenTurner
245
246	An old flame of both Harry and Lloyd and the biological mother of Penny Pinchelow.
247	----
248	* AmicableExes: Sort of. She gets as annoyed with Harry and Lloyd as anyone else would, but she at least tolerates both of them and doesn't seem to have any ill-will.
249	* GoodReasonForParentalAbandonment: She gave her daughter up for adoption because she didn't feel ready to be a parent and couldn't support her. [[spoiler: However, she later comes to regret this and tries to find her during the final act of the film.]]
250	* IWasQuiteALooker: Harry and Lloyd can't quite believe that she let herself go. To prove her identity, she shows her smiley tattoo... which has now turned into a frown.
251	* ReallyGetsAround: Aside from getting with both Harry and Lloyd simultaneously, [[spoiler: she also had a one-night stand with Peter Stainer, who is Penny's actual father.]]
252
253	[[/folder]]
254
255	[[folder:Penny Pinchelow]]
256	!!Penny Pinchelow/Fanny Felcher
257	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RachelMelvin
258
259	The adopted daughter of Dr. Pinchelow and the biological daughter of Fraida Felcher.
260	----
261	* BrainlessBeauty: Penny is undeniably cute, but has the IQ of a nail.
262	* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She's once seen wearing nothing but her underwear, but that was because she was under the impression that you could battle stage fright by [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "picturing yourself in your underwear"]].
263	* LikeParentLikeChild: Subverted. At first, she displays the same brand of stupidity as Harry and Lloyd, even having similar hobbies, [[spoiler: but isn't actually related to either of them.]]
264	* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Subverted. She's Fraida's biological daughter, and is first implied to be Harry's daughter. [[spoiler: Then Lloyd starts to suspect ''he'' might be Penny's father]], [[spoiler:only for both of them to realize that her real father was a deceased high school friend of their's: Peter "Pee-Stain" Stainer.]]
265
266	[[/folder]]
267
268	[[folder:Travis and Captain Lippencott]]
269	!!Travis and Captain Lippencott
270	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobRiggle
271
272	-> ''"Where's the invention!? Where's the goddamn billion dollar INVENTION!?!"'' (Captain Lippencott)
273
274	* TheDragon: For Adele Pinchelow.
275	* MasterOfDisguise: Captain, who creates impressive ChameleonCamouflage to blend in with the background.
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