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1* AccidentalInnuendo: Episode 12 had Kaibazilla from Joey's nightmare stating, "If you think [my size] is huge, then you should see my ego." Several thought or like to believe that Kaiba was referring to his genitals.
2* AluminumChristmasTrees:
3** ''Who's That Mokémon?'' parodies the classic "Who's That Pokémon?" EyeCatch from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', but what you may not know is that the show itself did this several times, sometimes even showcasing ''human'' characters that looked weird enough to be 'mon. (Of course, most of these were removed by the 4Kids dub, probably in the name of making the Eyecatches more one-to-one with [[MerchandiseDriven the Merch]].)
4** Team 4Kids being the Big Five seems like just another iteration of the RunningGag against one of the Internet's favourite punching bags, but in fact, [[TakeThatUs 4Kids did it to themselves first]] as [[{{Tuckerization}} their names were inspired by various people in the company]].
5* AwesomeEgo:
6** The Pharoah's accomplishments are just as impressive here as they are in the show. However, unlike the HumbleHero of the original series, this version of the Pharoah is an arrogant jerk and a ShowyInvincibleHero. This hasn't stopped the fans from loving him just as much as the original.
7** Seto Kaiba. The exaggeration of his ego is rivalled only by the exaggeration of his awesomeness. And he knows it.
8--->I ''am'' on a drug: its called ''SETO '''FREAKING''' KAIBA!!!''
9* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The opening of episode 3 of ''Season Zero Abridged'' starts with [[TheWoobie Bakura]] [[DrivenToSuicide threatening suicide]] (or at least attempting to gain attention). It came out of nowhere, is either an unfunny or [[CrossesTheLineTwice very funny]] segment that does not correlate with the rest of the scenes, and is never mentioned again, except for the "Don't be a bitch, bitch" line.
10%% * BizarroEpisode:
11%% (Zero Context Example)** Episode 16 (which makes sense, given that it was based on the equally bizarre episode 28 of the original dub). Yugi even lampshades it.
12%%--->'''Yugi:''' This is a f**king bizarre episode!
13%% (Zero Context Example)** Creator/LittleKuriboh sees DOMA/Waking the Dragons as this - and it ''shows'' in his adaptation of the season.
14* BrokenBase:
15** Bakura's suicide threat in ''Season Zero Abridged.'' Some thought it was [[CrossesTheLineTwice funny]], while others thought it was incredibly tasteless.
16** All of the [[TakeThat pot shots]] at ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries.'' While taking a jab at other Abridged Series has been par for the course for this series, some felt the ones at NTAS were far more mean-spirited and legitimately hateful than others (though they likely are intended in good humor as both Kuriboh and NTAS co-performer Creator/MasakoX are part of Creator/TeamFourStar). Not helping matters was [=LittleKuriboh=]'s refusal to let [=Vegeta3986=] [[NeverLiveItDown live down]] ''Naruto The Abridged Movie'' years later.
17** The general mockery of the DOMA/Waking the Dragons {{Filler}}. Some watchers are perfectly happy with Little Kuriboh's {{Take That}}s against this filler arc and its plot elements, either because they didn't like the arc themselves or found the derision in-character for Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged. Other watchers, some who liked the DOMA/Waking the Dragons arc, were not fond of Little Kuriboh's contemptuous ridicule for it and consider his abridgedment of the arc a low point for his series as a result. Alternatively, people have criticized the arc for leaning too heavily on meta jokes that the general writing quality of the episodes suffered due to relying too much on just potshots at the season itself. Fans who are neutral toward DOMA arc thought that while it was okay to not like the said arc, damaging his own series to OOC character level (even for abridge standard) was unacceptable, especially for experienced abridged series youtubers like Little Kuriboh, who should not let his biased contempt clouded his works.
18** Which style of humor is funnier? The first two seasons which, despite the potshots at [=4Kids=] and the plot itself, were extremely bizarre with dialogue often bordering on sheer randomness and RuleOfFunny unless you could understand the intricate amount of obscure references that sometimes felt like a WordSalad. Or the newer seasons which lessened the randomness in favor of RapidFireComedy, increased potshots, and established characteristics. While consistent enough to still be identified as YGOTAS at any point, older fans usually prefer the former and feel the latter too predictable and bland, while newer fans find the former too inscrutable.
19* CantUnhearIt: After watching TAS that has continued for years after the original anime has ended, it can be a bit distracting to watch the actual ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' second series anime, or even just read about it, without hearing LK's voices for the characters instead of their actual voices. The reverse is averted for most who grew up with the original series, as LK does a good job spoofing most of the voices.
20* ContinuityLockout: While kind of expected for a parody show, the abridged series still relies on admittedly tight continuity for many of its jokes and plotlines with little to no exposition.
21* CrazyIsCool: Yami Marik. He's one of the few characters LK doesn't really do a piss-take of. Instead, his AxCrazy personality from the original series is largely preserved, if with more pop-culture references added.
22* CrossesTheLineTwice:
23** The redub of the first episode to promote a podcast that Creator/LittleKuriboh took part in, where a large portion of the nouns were replaced with the word "vagina".
24---> '''Kaiba''': It's because this vagina makes no sense, nobody could figure out how to ''do'' it!
25** Duke Devlin manages to cross the line ''three'' times.
26--->"I summon the extremely phallic spaceship, but since it belongs to me, it grows to twice its usual size. Duke Devlin always rises to the occasion, baby!"
27** For some, the fact that Bakura threatens suicide at the beginning of episode 3 of ''Season Zero Abridged''.
28** Skeletons fall on the gang and their response is "Oh no! Supermodels!", and the joke is repeated when Bakura runs to the gang with a skeleton on his back and he says, "Help! This supermodel is one of my fangirls!"
29** Trauma is not funny. Kaiba being traumatized by Yami Yugi summoning Exodia against him and Mind Crushing him is dubiously funny. Kaiba being so traumatized by Exodia that in later episodes he is horrified by the mention of it even when he himself says its name, and each time he reacts by quoting his reaction from the first episode, is hilarious.
30* DesignatedMonkey: Jaden. Several people actually find his character quite hilarious and likeable which makes some of the jokes against him feel forced.
31* EnsembleDarkHorse:
32** Kemo (The Hair Guy), Bandit Keith and Jack Atlas, all mainly because of their [[MemeticMutation memetic]] catchphrases[[note]]My hair, in America, and card games on motorcycles, respectively[[/note]].
33** Mr. Ishtar. In canon, he's a horrible case of AbusiveParents. In this show, he's also a hilariously insane CloudCuckoolander.
34** The Slender Man, for being an AffablyEvil AttentionWhore.
35* FirstInstallmentWins: While the series is certainly known beyond the first episode, the first episode has been referred to and remade the most, even by Creator/LittleKuriboh himself.
36* FranchiseOriginalSin: One of things Season 2 was criticized for was its reliance on running gags and referential humor. These were present in the series right from the start, but Season 2 was considered the point where there was no reasonable balance to either form of humor.
37* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
38** It's big enough in Japan to have an [[http://youyakuyugioh.blog90.fc2.com/ unofficial Japanese site]]. As of August 2009, however, all the Japanese-captioned episodes have been deleted except for those since episode 42. LK's Platform/YouTube channel was at one point the #1 most subscribed in Japan. You do NOT want to know how he celebrated. (SchmuckBait [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxbFiymmqaQ here.]])
39** And if you think about it this way, the series is made in England, and more than half the fanbase is IN AMERICA!, because the largest (by ''far'') potential audience of ''any'' English-language production is IN AMERICA! - unless it has jokes that specifically pertain to a certain country/culture (e.g. Britain, Australia, whatever).
40** ''4Kids themselves'' [[JustForFun/OneOfUs are big fans of YGOTAS.]] It should be noted that they are not the ones who took the episodes down. That would be one of Platform/YouTube's copyright bots acting on its programming.
41* GrowingTheBeard:
42** The first few episodes are not very good — the voices are slow, the audio quality is poor[[note]]The audio quality significantly improves in Episode 4[[/note]], the jokes are weaker, and so forth. The beard starts coming in around Episode 10 ([[MagnumOpusDissonance ironically]] his [[CreatorBacklash least favourite]] episode [[FranchiseOriginalSin due to]] excessive [[ShoutOut referential humour]] in lieu of real jokes) as Little Kuriboh's voice acting, recording software, and writing noticeably improve.
43** For some, the Virtual World Arc, where the show gained the rapid-fire humor style it uses today, as opposed to the slower dialogue in previous seasons.
44* HarsherInHindsight
45** It's hard not to cringe when Serenity asks Tristan what sort of lonely deranged freak proposes on the Internet, and Tristan's response, now that LK and Safty have split up.
46** In episode 32, Yami Bakura mentioned that his gaydar once led him to Creator/KevinSpacey autograph signings and commented that "everyone knows that [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday he's straight as a die."]] This joke did not age well after Spacey came out as a gay man... during a period where he was accused of sexual harassment against several young male actors.
47** The joke in episode 40 where Ghost Nappa expresses his desire to capture Mokuba with a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Master Ball]] becomes creepier after the revelation that [[spoiler:Ghost Nappa is Mokuba's real father.]]
48** Joey claiming his parents split up after he tried to teach Serenity how to drive becomes a lot less funny when you find out [[spoiler:that Serenity ran Noah over while driving.]] [[HilariousInHindsight If the joke doesn't get even funnier]], [[CrossesTheLineTwice that is.]]
49** The jokes about ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'', especially the joke in episode 46 about it being dead since Masako and Vegeta are no longer working together.
50** Melvin mocking Creator/TeamFourStar for ''DBZ Abridged'' getting taken down from [=YouTube=]. Originally, this was just a friendly jab, but it's become ironic after ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged'' itself was taken down over and over again. Even moreso, Team Four Star eventually cancelled ''DBZ Abridged'' altogether, citing [=YouTube=]'s increasingly stricter copyright rules as one of the main reasons.
51** Yusei's mistreatment of Aki in ''Bonds Beyond Time Abridged'' became much less funny when years later, Aki's voice actress, [=Squeaky93=] (who at the time of the movie's upload was the real-life girlfriend of Yesei's voice actor The Azure Crow), made a [[http://squeakychiona.tumblr.com/post/142481590788/a-warning-about-theazurecrow-trigger-warning tumblr post]] revealing that Azure Crow had a history of abusive treatment towards women.
52** The various [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating jokes]] that resulted from some fans expressing the view that the series has suffered from SeasonalRot can be extremely cringeworthy if you've watched Creator/LittleKuriboh[='s=] ''We're Still Here'' videos and know that his depression often causes him to feel that he's a disappointment to everyone and think that his attempts to make people happy have failed. This is especially difficult when he admitted that these insecurities have prevented him from being able to enjoy the 10th anniversary of the abridged series, and instead have only brought a feeling of shame.
53** From the ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'' movie, Jaden's line about "nothing bad happening in Germany" becomes painful (or CrossesTheLineTwice) now that ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' turned the school he loves into a training ground for [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazis by Any Other Name]].
54** The punk beating up Rex and Weevil in episode 73 for not meeting his standards becomes this, when 1Kids Entertainment, who voiced said punk, was revealed to have been abusing [=NoWacking=] and [=XJerry64X=], close friends and collaborators for [=LittleKuriboh=], for years.
55** The "YGOTAS 2nd Anniversary Spectacularmathon":
56*** [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 Edward Elric]] plushie plays "Creator/VicMignogna" and is portrayed as a huge lech to the point that Yami[=/=]"Dan Green" starts being disturbed with his comments. Additionally, there's an offhand comment where Yami mentions that he personally banned Creator/MonicaRial from appearing at the celebration. It's uncomfortable to watch after 2019 when the real-life Vic was accused of sexual harassment, with Monica being one of the primary accusers against him and the subsequent fight in court with the two at each others' throats.
57*** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch is present, and he is depicted as more polite and not as lecherous. After Vic Mignogna was fired from Funimation, Johnny became his official replacement as the voice of Broly in ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterZ'' and Sabo in ''Manga/OnePiece.''
58** The joke at the beginning of Episode 73 about how Yami may not have been in ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions'' all that much, but did get paid more than Kaiba did, can be this for Latin American fans of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. The original Latin American Spanish dubbing actors for Yugi Muto/Yami, Seto Kaiba and Bakura were replaced due to an economic disagreement with the dubbing studio, while the original Latin American Spanish [=VAs=] for Joey, Téa, Tristan and Mokuba were never contacted at all.
59** The antagonism between Jaden and Yugi, and the live action recreation where the former's voice actor Shadyvox is physically attacked, don't seem so humorous anymore after [=LittleKuriboh=] ended his friendship with Shady over abusive behavior and other reasons, which was followed by Shady attempting to frame ''[=LK=]'' for abuse.
60*** Similarly, [[Creator/ChrisNiosi Kirbopher]]'s contributions to the series (e.g. voice acting, animation for the Leather Pants music video) due to him taking part in the same abuse against [=LK=]. Especially this line in the literal lyrics version of Leather Pants (regarding the animation):
61--->'''Marik:''' Leave it to {{Creator/Egoraptor}}!
62* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Episode 36 does this to Episode 3 as the scenes that were played straight referenced scenes that were parodied in the earlier episode. For one thing, it shows Joey does in fact remember Yugi standing up for him and Tristan, not to mention “Must...risk...life...for best friend.”
63* HilariousInHindsight: [[HilariousInHindsight/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Enough to warrant its own page]].
64* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: 'Harpoonshipping' (Mako Tsunami/the Ocean) has made it onto ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' shipping lists, despite being a parody of the fandom's dozens of ship names. Creator/LittleKuriboh also references Thiefshipping and Puzzleshipping by name.
65* JerkassWoobie:
66** Yami Bakura. He's evil, but between [[SpotlightStealingSquad having his spotlight stolen constantly]], the [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] VillainDecay, and putting up with the "[[SurroundedByIdiots Evil Council]]", it's hard not to feel sympathy for him. Not to mention [[AllLoveIsUnrequited his "relationship"]] [[ObliviousToLove with]] [[TransparentCloset Ma]][[CannotSpitItOut rik]].
67** Marik too, in different ways. Even at his most [[NotSoHarmlessVillain dangerous]], he seems completely incapable of taking care of himself, and having NoSocialSkills makes running an evil organization and Council all but impossible. He also displays classic symptoms of an InferioritySuperiorityComplex, and usually [[PleaseDontLeaveMe breaks down when someone close to him leaves]]. The series also hints that his stunted mental/emotional state harkens back to [[AbusiveParents Hank Ishtar]]'s ''[[FreudianExcuse spectacularly]]'' inept parenting. He also created the Melvin personality so he could get all the hugs he wanted. Hell, he even has [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney "Out There"]] as his ImageSong.
68** Yami as of episode 71, after Yugi's soul is taken and he's clearly very shaken up about it.
69** Kaiba (even though [[DontYouDarePityMe he hates being pitied for it]]). The entire Virtual World arc revolves around his relentlessly miserable backstory, and it's especially hard not to feel sorry for him after seeing [[spoiler:what his [[AbusiveParents adoptive father Gozaburo]] is like]], but in the present day he's still a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
70--->'''Yami Yugi:''' Why is everyone in this series either a super-rich asshole, or from a broken home? Or in Kaiba’s case, both.
71* LGBTFanbase: While the original ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' series already had one thanks to the effeminate male characters, the abridged series has an even larger one thanks to LK's own bisexuality and taking the effeminacy up to eleven without being overly offensive.
72* MemeticMutation: [[Memes/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Enough for their own page]].
73* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite the usage of gay stereotypes here and there, the series still has a dedicated LGBTFanbase since it's all done in hilariously over-the-top manners and the fact that EveryoneIsBi (well, [[AmbiguouslyBi those that have been confirmed to be bi at least]]). Certainly helps that LK himself is bisexual.
74* MisaimedFandom:
75** Exploited heavily by LK for humor. Prime examples include Anzu's friendship speeches, despite many of the central characters being prone to them in the manga, the heavy amounts of shipping fodder and treating Yami Bakura and Marik as being more sympathetic (or deserving of more screentime) than the actual heroes.
76** Due to some of the more [[TakeThat cutting nature]] of the jokes at the series and the company that produces it, some fans watch under the impression the show is a big insult to Yu-Gi-Oh instead of a parody. WebVideo/Rank10YGO mentions as much that the show's jokes pander to what amounts as the same as Pokemon's [[FanNickname GenWunners]][[note]]A [=GenWunner=] is a member of the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fandom who bashes every generation except for the first generation due to NostalgiaFilter. The Yu-Gi-Oh equivalent would be fans who bash the spin-offs simply for not being the original DM anime[[/note]], and that a lot of the fans will take the jokes it makes about the series as well as sister series GX and 5Ds will be [[PoesLaw completely taken at face value, rather than parody]].
77* MisBlamed: Many people blame 4Kids for Creator/LittleKuriboh's suspensions. However, it was actually done by a company named Nihon Ad Systems, which is the company that does the Japanese episodes of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. Despite the fact 4Kids are portrayed as the Big Five in Season 3, they seem to like ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged''.
78* MorePopularSpinoff: Many fans, and [=LittleKuriboh=] to a small extent, believe that the series is one of the major factors keeping the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' franchise relevant and well known in western markets, especially since every official dub after the original anime has been ScrewedByTheNetwork.
79* NarmCharm: Dartz's ridiculously exaggerated accent should (and usually does) make everything he says sound absolutely ridiculous; however, when he reveals he was himself responsible for all of his henchmen's [[StartOfDarkness falls to villainy]], the hilarity with which he explains to Rafael how he ruined their entire lives only reinforces his cruelty, and thus makes the scene more disturbing. Similarily, the silly accent does nothing to damage the drama in his BreakingSpeech to Yami.
80* NeverLiveItDown: Kaiba's ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney line. The way many fans use it, it could lead non-viewers to assume that line is his CatchPhrase, even though he only said it once (though many variations followed).
81* PeripheryDemographic: The series is popular even with those who aren't fans of ''Yu-Gi-Oh''.
82* SeasonalRot: Season 2, while certainly not without its fans, was seen as this for some people due to its over-reliance on old jokes and referential humor without adding much else to balance it out. [=LittleKuriboh=] acknowledged this with Ishizu claiming [[SelfDeprecation their universe has grown tired and cliché]] in Episode 44.
83* ShallowParody: The various shots at the sequel series. The jokes basically boil down to "it sucks" and the characters have paper thin personalities with only the most superficial resemblance to their canon counterparts. [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch The jokes started to more closely resemble what they're supposed to be parodying after LittleKuriboh actually started watching GX]].
84* SignatureScene: The famous battle between Yami and Kaiba from the Pilot episode, most notably the exchange that gave birth to the "ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney" meme, is probably the most talked about scene in the entire Abridged Series.
85* SoBadItWasBetter: There are some fans who prefer the more shoddy video quality and slower dialog of the first two seasons, feeling that the more up-to-date quality and improved voice acting of later episodes don't have the same charm as the classic episodes.
86* SpecialEffectsFailure: In the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness early episodes]], the MouthFlaps were almost always off.
87* {{Squick}}:
88** In episode 60 Téa talks in her sleep while dreaming she's being [[UnusualEuphemism "friended"]] by the Pharaoh. It's disturbingly graphic.
89** Episode 63. Crump masturbates while watching ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}''. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Twice]].
90* TakeThatScrappy: Miho's appearance in ''Season 0 Abridged'' has her being routinely ignored by the main cast, she has a grating voice and is possibly mentally disabled. Considering how she was originally depicted as shallow and a tease who took advantage of Honda/Tristan, this bastardisation of her character was well received by the fans.
91* ValuesDissonance: Little Kuriboh added a disclaimer to many of the episodes on [=YouTube=] apologizing for the "transphobic, homophobic, sexist, or other types of humor or dialogue that no longer represent how I, the creator of this video, wish to present my works." Episode 21 in particular is usually pointed out as the most awkward on rewatch due to some of the jokes surrounding Princess Adena, who's a gender-switched Mokuba.
92* WinBackTheCrowd: At the start of the Virtual World arc, [=LittleKuriboh=] ''stepped up his game''. The jokes became more based on the characters and story, fourth wall jokes and references were there but toned down, and it started following along with the actual plot of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''. This was ''exceedingly'' well received by the audience; in fact, episode 61 was considered so good that it has been compared to fellow popular abridged series ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' in terms of quality.
93* {{Woolseyism}}:
94** [[https://www.youtube.com/SwedishKuriboh The Swedish dub]] replaces some jokes that would not make sense in Swedish with jokes that do. Bakura's accent [[AccentAdaptation is now]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania Scanian]] and Joey now makes references to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stureplan Stureplan]]. The fact that the Swedish dub comes out years after the original episodes also means that some references have to be changed to something more current at the time. For example, as the final ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book had been out for years when the Swedish dub of episode 23 was released, the book Téa had spoiled was changed to the final ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' book, a-and her ship was changed from [[CrackShip Harry/Hedwig]] to [[YaoiFangirl Edward/Jacob]].
95---> '''English!Pegasus:''' No! I can’t live without "Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series"! It’s so important to me!
96---> '''English!Yami:''' Don’t worry, Pegasus. There’s always "Naruto: The Abridged Series". But as everyone knows, that’s just not quite as good!
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98---> '''Swedish!Pegasus:''' No! I can’t live without "Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series"! It’s so important to me!
99---> '''Swedish!Yami:''' Don’t worry, Pegasus. There are many more abridged series. But as everyone knows, [[NoExportForYou they don't exist in Swedish!]]
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101---> '''English!Mokuba:''' Let's go find [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the genie]] voiced by Creator/RobinWilliams and [[TheOtherDarrin occasionally]] by Creator/DanCastellaneta.
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103---> '''Swedish!Mokuba:''' Let's go find the genie voiced by Dan Ekborg, who also played [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]].
104** The Polish dub by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/FlyingIrzimekFTW FlyingIrzimekFTW]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/user/GryKarcianeDlaDzieci reuploaded on the YouTube Channel GryKarcianeDlaDzieci]]) is also full of these. For starters, Joey's Brooklyn accent is replaced with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bialystok Bialystok]] accent (a Russian-influenced accent). Episode 8 replaces the Spanish opening with German (the episode being titled "Kartenspiele"). 4Kids is replaced in all instances by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polsat Polsat]]. The aforementioned joke in the Swedish dub paragraph goes like this:
105---> '''Polish!Pegasus:''' No! I can’t live without "Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series PL Fandub"! It’s so important to me!
106---> '''Polish!Yami:''' Don’t worry, Pegasus. There’s always a version with Polish subtitles. But as everyone knows, that’s just not quite as good!

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