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Warning: '''UNMARKED SPOILERS LIE AHEAD!''' Tread carefully.

!!FridgeBrilliance
* Monarch is a straight ShoutOut to Godzilla's title, King of the Monsters, and also Mothra, the giant ''butterfly.'' Their sigil follows this: it can either be interpreted as a heavily stylized image of a crown, or of outstretched lepidopteran wings.
* The page hyping up the second trailer is called "Awaken the Truth." The name of the graphic novel prequel is ''Godzilla: Awakening''. Perhaps a little thematic connection there?
* Why do the Male Muto have wings and the Female Muto is much larger and stronger? The winged Mutos need to hop from mate to mate while the Females need to guard their nest. They need to be big and bad by necessity to protect their young from their predators (and given that at least one of those predators is the species that the King of Monsters himself came from, they need to big). They are also based on insects, where it is common for females to be larger. If we assume monogamy, flight allows the male to travel and bring food for the female (which he is seen doing, presenting a nuke as a gift to the expectant mother), while the female would stay at the nest as stated.
* The skeleton at the beginning of the film is implied to be another of Godzilla's species. Perhaps Godzilla is hell bent on killing the Mutos because he is mourning the death of his mate, just like Joseph Brody. Furthermore, the younger Ford and Godzilla also parallel each other quite a bit: both of them lost family to the Mutos many years earlier, and take action because of it. And in the end, by unintentionally working together and helping each other at key moments, they are eventually able to avenge their loved ones, and are rewarded with being able to return to their peaceful lives.
* Considering Godzilla's sheer size and decades of being underwater, it's not really a surprise that he gets exhausted fighting on land. You also have to wonder how long it takes a creature that size to fully switch from using gills to using lungs. Not to mention the buoyancy water provides. Ever notice how ''heavy'' you feel when you climb out of a swimming pool after floating around for a while?
* The majority of the military seems to be Navy. If one wants to mobilize against a semi-aquatic Kaiju, it makes sense to keep track of him in the water before he can make landfall. Too bad about him being able to swim ''under'' a blockade, though.
* Viewers have noted the nuke's distant blast at the end of the film seems surprisingly small and harmless, especially for a weapon that the film claims makes the atomic bombs of the 50s depicted in the opening look like firecrackers comparatively. There might be a reason for this:
** Godzilla, like the [=MUTOs=], feeds on radiation. He may have soaked up the radiation from the bomb, further saving the rest of the world, and explaining his waking up at the end when he seemed dead. That or he still has cellular regeneration.
** On the same line of thought, it's also possible that the [=MUTOs'=] prolonged close contact with the bomb and/or their ''hundreds'' of eggs feeding off it while it was in the nest did a lot to drain the bomb's radiation.
* Taking the above a little further; one wonders why Godzilla didn't use his atomic breath more than he did...perhaps because doing so caused him to expel so much radiation from inside him that it depleted his energy, making it a weapon of last resort, hence his collapse at the end of the fight. Absorbing the radiation from the nuke was enough to restore and revive him.
** Better yet, this film's version feeding on radiation gives an actual RealLife precedent for Godzilla's atomic breath, which hadn't been much more than a post-atomic ''dragon'' BreathWeapon knockoff in his previous incarnations. But here, it's effectively a ''Puke Attack'' - the Big G regurgitating what he's been eating - on par with what real-world vultures and seabirds do to discourage predators.
* Why is Ford prone to DullSurprise?
** He's a returning war veteran, having worked in defusing bombs. Think ''Film/TheHurtLocker''. A fellow officer even warns him that coming home is hard to handle. This is a guy that lost his mom as a kid, went to war and dealt with traumatic situations, and as soon as the monsters start appearing, keeps being thrown through life-threatening experiences over and over. He's racking up a lot of psychological damage.
** There's also the fact that military personnel, particularly one in bomb disposal, ''would'' be trained to keep his cool under pressure and not have a major reaction to situations like this. Also note that the DullSurprise and his non-emotive moments occur when he's in the middle of tense combat situations, where a soldier is supposed to keep a cool head. When he's in a more casual situation, he emotes quite a lot. He nearly cries when confronting his father in Japan and was visibly distraught when [[spoiler: he dies]]. Basically, he's less DullSurprise and more StayFrosty.
** ''Also'' note, the novelization states that he's already been awake for over 24 hours at the movie's '''start'''. The novel also consistently states at various points throughout that Ford is either not catching a full night's sleep or catching no sleep at all over the following ''5+'' days and nights: escalating SleepDeprivation forcing Ford's brain and body to conserve energy for where he needs it is most likely another factor in Ford's reduced facial and vocal emoting. To say nothing of how the sheer mountain of jet-lag from flying halfway around the world from Afghanistan to San Francisco and then bouncing inbetween several far-apart Pacific landmasses must be contributing to his exhaustion.
* Dr. Serizawa trying to convince the Navy not to use nuclear weapons on Godzilla and the Mutos seems like a forced anvilicious "anti-atomic weapons" Aesop at first. But, take into consideration that he mentions that his father fought in WWII and was there during the bombing of Hiroshima (IE: The broken pocket watch). Who was formerly a soldier during WWII in the original 1954 film? Daisuke Serizawa. And, take into consideration that Daisuke Serizawa was reluctant on using the Oxygen Destroyer against Godzilla in the original film much like how Ichiro Serizawa is reluctant to use nuclear weapons against Godzilla in this one. Not only are there are similarities between the two characters, but it's subtly hinted at that Ichiro is Daisuke's son in this continuity. On another note, both creatures feed off radiation, and if the blast doesn't kill them, it would ''seriously'' piss them off. Godzilla, at the very least, was shown to be able to survive a 15-megaton nuclear blast, so even if they do kill the M.U.T.Os, they would have a rampaging Godzilla to contend with.
* The traveling Mutos are difficult to track because of the [=EMPs=] they emit, but when those happen the military should at least be able to guess that the Muto is right in the center of the field. So how come they didn't realize the Muto was approaching the train carrying their nuke? Because at the time the train was in a forest where there are little electronics. As such, any pulses would go unnoticed because there's nothing for them to affect, making the wilderness a black zone for the Muto.
* Why did Godzilla retreat to the sea at the end of the film? He was probably heading to the site of the explosion to feed off of the residual radiation from the bomb blast. Also, the corpse of the female was in the water, not on land.
* During earlier attacks, the Mutos don't seem to actively use their EMP as a weapon, seeming to be trying to generate the shockwave the stomp accompanying it comes with. This makes sense, considering it's described more as a natural byproduct of how they feed (akin to the radioactive equivalent of flatulence produced by digestion), so using it offensively makes little sense. However, in the San Francisco fight, the male Muto begins his attack with one. Why? The Mutos [[ItCanThink are shown to be very intelligent.]] The EMP isn't a ''natural'' weapon. The Mutos LEARNED to use it as one seeing how easily it disabled military weapons. (Which would essentially mean that they weaponized farts.)
* Godzilla and the Mutos being so tough makes sense when you realize they both came from an era when giants such as them were apparently common place. Just like many creatures with natural armor (such as crocodiles) are resistant to small arms fire, the Kaiju are a massively scaled up version of that. Also, if you think about the square-cube law, these creatures ''need'' to be that tough just to be able to support their own weight.
* The Mutos being far more aggressive to mankind than Godzilla makes sense. To both creatures, humanity are hardly a threat, so Godzilla seems to just ignore them most of the time, but the Mutos are a mated pair preparing to nest. Animals are naturally ''far'' more aggressive when nesting. Also, the Mutos' infants are shown to be human sized at best and likely far more vulnerable than the adults. In the natural world, it's pretty common for lesser prey species to kill young predators so that they won't grow up to be big prey. Also, the Mutos don't seem to attack humans to destroy them at first. The male was mostly trying to escape and find sustenance.
* The female Muto seems to be a good deal more aggressive towards humanity than her mate, best shown during her rampage through Las Vegas when she actively tears some buildings down that ''weren't'' in her path. Remember that, while the male was mainly observed inside his cocoon, the female was said to have been tested heavily and even partially cut open before it was believed she was completely dormant or dead. It's quite possible she was ''vengeful.'' Or at least, she was smart enough to realize that humanity is a threat.
** By contrast, Hokmuto is less aggressive towards humans, and more curious and willing to approach and investigate them, with disastrous results. Hokmuto as a larva entered Janjira, and found his equivalent of several full-course buffets inside. Once he left, he found that Russian sub- loaded with delicious nuclear warheads. In San Francisco, he immediately dove on the nuke-carrying boat with zero hesitation. While Femuto learned that humans would hurt her, Hokmuto, much like a bear at a campground, learned to associate humans with easy access to food. It's also possible that him biting down on the airport tram was a test bite, or he sensed the miniscule amounts of radiation on it (in the passengers' tablet computers and watches) and decided he wanted dessert.
* Architectural studies have shown that a pyramid is the most stable structure possible for a building. So it's not because of pure luck that the Transamerica Pyramid is left standing at the end.
* A meta-example: The Mutos bear an uncanny resemblance to the Cloverfield Monster, who's own movie was stated to be the "American Godzilla". Godzilla thoroughly thrashed both Mutos can be seen as the former taking on the challenge to his title, ''and winning''. King of Monsters indeed.
* The nukes the Mutos are seen gobbling up throughout the movie have been referred to as snacks many times, including on this very site, but they would likely be better described as a [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory 3-course meal in a stick of chewing gum]]. The fuel used in nuclear weapons(and by extension nuclear power plants) is required to be extremely pure, so when enough of it is put together it spontaneously begins emitting critical amounts of radiation and detonates. If the monsters feed on radiation, and their digestive system works in a similar manner to nuclear reactors, then a single nuke should be more than enough to satisfy them for a while. The Mutos had found the perfect meal wrapped up and ready to go, and they weren't about to pass up the opportunity to eat as much as they could.
* Godzilla has never really looked like a dinosaur, and although the 90's films established him as such, it applies only to that incarnation. For this film, he's explicitly defined as something else; he predates dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years. Before the Mesozoic era, the Earth was populated by Synapsids, which are considered a proto-mammal of sorts and are roughly described as "mammal-like reptiles." Despite having more than a few resemblances to dinosaurs, Godzilla has more in common with Synapsids and thus resembles a sort of proto-mammal himself, which explains the unique shape of the head.
** Given the presence of gills, however, implies that Godzilla isn't actually a dinosaur, or even a reptile, but rather a primitive amphibian that independently evolved tough scaly skin like those of reptiles.
** It's also possible that Godzilla's species could be a type of Archosaur. Archosaurs are a group of reptiles that first appeared in the Permian era (when Godzilla's species first appeared) and whose descendants include dinosaurs, birds, and crocodilians. Given Godzilla's aquatic nature, armored scaly hide, and predatory nature, it's possible his species could be a form of ancient ocean-dwelling Archosaur. Perhaps even some sort of prehistoric crocodile, especially when you consider that the earliest species of crocodilian (such as Protosuchus and Simosuchus) looked more like Godzilla than modern-day crocodiles.
* The plan to use the force of the nuclear explosion to kill all three kaiju actually makes sense (despite their ability to feed on radiation) in the context of ''Awakening''. That's exactly what killed Shinomura, which could also feed on radiation. It didn't work on Godzilla obviously, but assuming it would kill the Mutos is plausible and given that Godzilla does not appear to be particularly vengeful against humanity for testing Castle Bravo on him, they probably assume the King of the Monsters will just go back to whatever deep part of the sea when the Mutos are, likely, gone.
** Besides, they feed on ''Radiation''. The Heat and shock of the explosion would likely kill the weaker [=MUTOs=] (although Godzilla is likely too tough to take down as easily).
* Water displacement:
** When Godzilla first arrives in Hawaii, he causes a massive tsunami. But every time he exited the water afterward, there was very little water displacement. For all this talk about how smart the [=MUTOs=] are, Godzilla is just as smart, if not ''smarter'', and probably realized the damage he caused, and as such, every time he's shown exiting the water after his initial appearance, he's shown moving much slower, preventing him from inadvertently killing more innocents. (Remember, when he got to Hawaii, he had more or less ''raced'' across the entire Pacific.)
** It's also possible that Godzilla wasn't used to walking on land yet. Since the last time he walk on land was over 40 years ago and tanked Castle Bravo. Odds are he was probably napping under the ocean floor before rushing to Hawaii and was probably still sluggish. Notice that after the Hawaii incident he is relatively more graceful on land.
* The reason Elle lost the phone connection while trying to get in contact with Brody after the Male [=MUTO=] escapes Janjira? EMP! The general said that the MUTO messed with the satellites they would have used to track it, and guess what many phone calls go through!
* Why does Godzilla seem strangely benevolent towards humans? Godzilla and the other kaiju in this setting feed by absorbing radiation, and Godzilla not only was lured to the surface (accidentally) by an American nuclear submarine, he was subjected to repeated atomic bombings during the 1950s. Humans also tend to spill more ambient radiation than nature alone provides. He's probably learned to associate humans with food, and is smart enough to try and repay them for their "kindness" in their unintentional efforts at handfeeding him. This would also be an excellent MythologyGag; during one part of Toho's Godzilla, "Junior" was benevolent towards humans in part because they had set up specialised nuclear reactors where he could come, peacefully draw off a charge of atomic energy to feed himself, and then leave without being hassled.
** It's also possible, even likely, that early humans worshiped him as a God. Not too unimaginable that this and other past positive interaction with humans have ''a lot'' to do with it. He probably just realized that being nice to even hostile humans who were shooting at him wouldn't go unnoticed, due to having had plenty of experience on the matter by this point.
* At first glance, it might seem only natural that this version of Godzilla attacks San Francisco instead of Tokyo; after all, the movie was made by Americans and primarily marketed to Americans, so it makes sense that it would primarily star American characters. Then again, when you think of the original film's subtext as an anti-nuclear fable, it makes sense for a very different reason. In the original, Godzilla was unwillingly given life by nuclear weapons, and he pretty clearly wanted to take revenge on humanity for ''creating'' those same nuclear weapons. With that in mind, it can seem odd that he chose to attack ''Japan'', of all places--the only country in world history ever to be attacked by nuclear weapons in wartime, whose people were just as much victims of the atomic bomb as Godzilla himself. But if Godzilla had travelled ''East'' from his island home instead of West, he would eventually have happened upon the US states of Hawaii and California, where he could have taken his anger out on America--the country responsible for the nuclear tests that caused him so much anguish. In this film, he does exactly that: he starts out by attacking Honolulu, Hawaii, then eventually attacks San Francisco, California.
* It may seem weird that Godzilla's dorsal spines start glowing starting from his ''tail'', but given how his tail glows the brightest, and that his tail is thick and makes up a large percent of his body mass and length, it's actually likely that Godzilla stores his energy in his tail. If that sound's far-fetched, it isn't actually without basis in real life: many species of lizards store energy-rich fat in their tails to help them survive when food is scarce (rather fitting for Godzilla's case, as it's explicitly stated that the surface radiation has been dwindling for a long time).
* The female MUTO charging towards the docks and massacring the soldiers the moment she notices them activating a boat from afar probably isn't just down to her taking out her grief on the first living things she sees nor deeming all humans a threat after she saw Ford near her nest's ruins and realized he was likely responsible. Given how the [=MUTOs=] demonstrate an ability to sense and locate manmade sources of radioactive sustenance, the female can likely senses that the soldiers at the dock have the same nuke that was in her nest before it went up in flames -- and given the [=MUTOs'=] [[ItCanThink displays of intelligence]], the female can probably work out the soldiers could only have gotten the nuke by being inside the nest in the short time window between the female's departure to fight Godzilla and the nest-consuming explosion.
* The military sending fighter jets to Hawaii to combat the male MUTO before its {{EMP}} disables them isn't just [[MilitariesAreUseless classical military uselessness in these types of movies]]. In RealLife, military aircraft are equipped with EMP shielding precisely to prevent this sort of thing from happening when manmade [=EMPs=] go off. It's likely the military thought the fighter jets' shielding would be enough to protect them from the blast, underestimating that the EMP would be powerful enough to overwhelm the shielding. [[IdiotBall The military repeating this mistake with the fighter planes in San Francisco's airspace, and especially with the boat they were planning to use to transport a kaiju-baiting ARMED NUCLEAR WARHEAD however? That's less forgivable]].
* Joe Brody was already a certified {{workaholic}} before the death of his wife in the {{distant prologue}}, to a point where he [[ForgotTheirOwnBirthday didn't notice it was his own birthday]] because he was busy fussing over a job. This makes Japan in the 90s an ideal country for the American Joe to move to and work in, since Japan was famous (or infamous) for its extreme work culture and work sheets until much more recently.
* Doubles as both this and FridgeHorror: during the nest spire scene, one can hear the baby [=MUTOs=] chirping to each other from inside their eggs, [[ShownTheirWork just like real-world alligator and bird chicks]]. This would probably be used to coordinate the hatching time with each other and to communicate with their parents to help them hatch/have food ready for the hungry little babies. The FridgeHorror? This means that the babies were alive and conscious when Ford blew up the nest. If they were awake and well-developed enough to vocalize with each other, then they were well-developed enough to feel pain…
* The movie's plot has similar story beats to the Rudyard Kipling story, [[Literature.RikkiTikkiTavi Rikki Tikki Tavi]], leading to some character traits bleeding over that can hint as what is to come.
** The male and female [=MUTO=] as the deadly predators menacing a family with the looming threat of their spawn, with the female being the larger and deadlier of the two, echoing Nag and Nagaina. Also like Nagaina, the female [=MUTO=] at several points menaces the son of the core family and is saved by her foe.
** Godzilla himself can be seen as a more neutral version of Rikki Tikki, as the natural enemy to the antagonist species whose chief reason for fighting the antagonists is basic natural instinct.
** Lt. Ford Brody has some similarities with Teddy. Both assist Godzilla/Rikki, who comes to their defense later. Though in Ford and Godzilla's case it is played ambiguously if the save was intentional or not.

!!FridgeHorror
* Godzilla's fighting style is based primarily on that of a bear. For those of us who are uncomfortable with [=YouTubing=] what bears do when fighting, they roar, then slam their massive bodies against their opponent. Thrashing their claws into their side until they are taken to the ground. All the while digging their teeth into them. The Horror part? This type of fighting style will be implemented with a beast 350 feet tall...
* Creatures from the old world fed on radiation, making them great big batteries -- hence why the Muto chrysalides were found stuck to the skeleton of another of Godzilla's species. Had the [=MUTOs=] succeeded in killing Godzilla, they might have fed on his corpse, or used it to feed their new young.
** This might also be why Godzilla wanted to kill the Mutos in the first place. Kinda like how hyenas and lions want to kill each other. They are each others natural enemy, and since the two Mutos are actually capable of matching Godzilla (and presumably hurting him) in combat and both feed on radation, probably rival predators as well.
** Was Godzilla really a predator, following the mating calls of his prey? Or was ''he'' the prey, being intentionally lured by the MUTO to their nest so they could tag-team him, kill him, and then feed their numerous brood on his radioactive flesh?
* Just how intelligent the Mutos are. These are creatures massive beyond imagination, who are capable of ''learning''. Imagine if these creatures ever became smart enough to see humanity as an active threat...like they do when their eggs are destroyed.
* More {{Squick}} than Horror. Considering the "spores" that hatched the two [=MUTOs=] were located inside the same dead host, assuming the spores are the first stage of their life cycle (the "egg"), that would suggest the two [=MUTOs=] [[BrotherSisterIncest (who mate during the film) have the same parents]]. The ''Godzilla: Aftershock'' tie-in comic confirms this.
* Godzilla was shown seemingly trying to avoid wanton destruction, yet kills hundreds of people anyway. Imagine what's going to happen if he does go on a rampage like he usually does...
* Although the film does more than most others to describe the military's strategy on why they think the NukeEm option will work, there's still a lot of Fridge Horror in their plan besides the DidntThinkThisThrough that occurs in the film.
** They assume the plan will work because the modern nuclear warhead they're using will release much more energy than the atom bombs which failed to kill Godzilla in the 20th century. A couple problems with this:
*** Dr. Graham's pointer that the {{Kaiju}} and Godzilla feed on radiation is dismissed because of the above, but there's likely more to it and why she deems the whole plan crazy. The nuke's energy, precisely because it makes the atom bombs of the 50s look like "firecrackers" comparatively, could make Godzilla and the [=MUTOs=] ''that much more powerful'' than they already are.
*** Adding to the above, in the sequel, Godzilla nearly ''explodes like a nuclear bomb'' from being overloaded with a nuclear warhead detonation's energy. Now imagine, if the nuke the military were using in this film had had the same effect on Godzilla ''and the [=MUTOs=]''.
*** Furthermore, [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 the sequel]] confirms that Godzilla will ''not'' "choke" or drown if he's exposed to an excessive amount all at once instead of gradually, so the possibility that ''that'' will kill the Kaiju if the blast's force doesn't is out.
*** The modern nuke the military is using may be much more powerful than the 50s atom bombs, but it's implied the latter bombs not only failed to kill Godzilla but probably weren't even able to injure him. Now, they're attempting to kill ''three Kaiju'' instead of just one, making the odds one of them will survive all the higher.
*** And then there's the theory that the nuke's blast at the film's end was diminished because Godzilla and/or the [=MUTOs=] had drained it, possibly without even needing to make any physical contact with the fuel source in the casing. Now imagine in the event the military had sent the nuke out to sea successfully with the Kaiju following it, if they'd similarly drained the nuke's energy during the chase before it went off, and the odds of the nuke killing them get that much lower due to the blast being weaker.
** And there's the possibility that Godzilla or the [=MUTOs=], if they survive being nuked and recognize it as an attempt on their life (it's very possible they'd come to this conclusion given the [=MUTOs'=] displays of intelligence in this film and Godzilla's in the sequel), that they'll actively retaliate against humanity. Bear in mind, throughout the film, both types of Kaiju [[HumansAreInsects weren't even trying to directly cause harm to humans]] when they half-destroyed Honolulu and San Francisco. Imagine what they could do if they attacked humanity wilfully!
** The Film/MonsterVerse is following the tradition of making Godzilla an AntiHero who effectively defends mankind's world against more malevolent Kaiju when they emerge, and one of the themes is that humans are mostly helpless on against the emerging Kaiju. If the military succeeded in killing Godzilla, and then more Kaiju start emerging, humanity would have killed its best shot at protection against the more dangerous Kaiju.
* The MUTO pair and Shinomura were both super ancient monsters laying dormant deep below the earth until awakened, and Godzilla has been around for just as long. While this gives the writers an easy way to introduce new monsters in the sequels, it still raises the question of just how many titanic, intelligent living disasters lay dormant below the Earth's crust, just waiting to awaken and be unleashed.
** As of ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', this roster has been expanded to include King Kong, ''his'' enemies the Skull Crawlers, various other monsters native to the eponymous island, and ''Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah''. It gets ''higher again'' in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''.
* Remember the submarine? The 10,000 ton one picked up by Hokmuto like a eagle picks up a fish? Imagine how strong the male Muto has to pick it up and fly as fast as it did?
** Chances are the MUTO just pulled the submarine through the water and then dragged it up onto shore to feed.
** Speaking about the submarine... there are no visible bodies, nor any sign of survivors around the crash site. Did the MUTO [[ToServeMan eat them]]?
* Remember how strong the female MUTO was during the fight with Godzilla? Ponder this for a moment: She'd just laid her eggs not too long before Godzilla arrived. Most animals are severely weakened and tired after giving birth...
* The fact that Godzilla was part of an actual species. One of him is already terrifying and destructive enough, imagine if there were more of him. Good thing he's TheLastOfHisKind right?... ''[[TemptingFate Right?]]''
* Considering how the nuke had ''less than fifteen minutes left'' when Ford reached the boat it was on, and the speed the boat was moving at (plus the brief delay when the female [=MUTO's=] EMP deactivated the boat for a few moments), it's unlikely the nuke got anywhere near far enough away from San Francisco to avoid irradiating the city to a harmful extent. Guess it's a good thing Godzilla and the [=MUTOs=] could've drained the nuke's radiation as described under Fridge Brilliance.
* Imagine the international responses to the attacks. The fact that Godzilla is still alive would probably put the entire world on high alert. [[HappyEndingOverride The sequel more or less confirms this happened after the film's ending]].

!!FridgeSadness
* What exactly killed Sandra Brody and the other workers after they were sealed in the power plant's highly-irradiated area? Joe indicated they would've had less than five minutes to live, but literally ''seconds'' after we last see Sandra before the secondary bulkhead closes, the entire power plant starts violently collapsing.
* How many people died over the course of the movie, in Honolulu, San Francisco, and Las Vegas?

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