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** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Madame Web|2024}}'' draws attention to the many appearances of Pepsi in the movie, even including a Pepsi can in the thumbnail and a Pepsi-related comment in the opening among the Honest Trailer requests. It especially points out how a lot of scenes have Creator/DakotaJohnson trying to open a Pepsi can:
--->'''Narrator:''' Did Pepsi only send you ''one'' can? I find that hard to believe. ''[shot of a huge Pepsi neon billboard]''
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** While the Honest Trailer for the 2017 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] praises ''Film/Moonlight2016'' for its excellent direction, it also notes that it checks pretty much every box on the list of Academy Award-winning topics, marking those topics with literal checkmarks:

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** While the Honest Trailer for the 2017 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] praises ''Film/Moonlight2016'' for its excellent direction, it also notes that it checks pretty much every box on the list of Academy Award-winning topics, marking those topics with literal checkmarks:



* PlayingAgainstType: [[invoked]] In the Honest Trailer for the 2016 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], it's noted that the director of ''Film/TheBigShort'', Adam [=McKay=], was previously best known for lighthearted, straight-up comedies like ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'' and ''Film/StepBrothers'', a pretty big contrast to the cynical tone and serious subject matter of ''The Big Short''.

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* PlayingAgainstType: [[invoked]] In the Honest Trailer for the 2016 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], it's noted that the director of ''Film/TheBigShort'', Adam [=McKay=], was previously best known for lighthearted, straight-up comedies like ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'' and ''Film/StepBrothers'', a pretty big contrast to the cynical tone and serious subject matter of ''The Big Short''.



--->'''Narrator:''' Starring: Burger King, Panasonic, eBay, Cadillac, GMC, Music/TheStrokes, Pepto-Bismol, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, ''Furbies?!'' Pontiac, Mountain Dew, Chevrolet, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Chevrolet]], [[AndStarring and introducing]], [[RuleOfThree Chevrolet]]."

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--->'''Narrator:''' Starring: Burger King, Panasonic, eBay, Cadillac, GMC, Music/TheStrokes, Pepto-Bismol, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, Platform/{{Xbox}}, ''Furbies?!'' Pontiac, Mountain Dew, Chevrolet, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Chevrolet]], [[AndStarring and introducing]], [[RuleOfThree Chevrolet]]."



** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GetOut2017'' notes that the movie's budget was so low, they had to include product placement for the UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Phone -- which also lampoons how the phone quickly fell out of style after the film's release.

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** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GetOut2017'' notes that the movie's budget was so low, they had to include product placement for the UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Platform/MicrosoftWindows Phone -- which also lampoons how the phone quickly fell out of style after the film's release.



** In the ''Film/ManchesterByTheSea'' entry in the Honest Trailer for the 2017 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], it's suggested that Creator/CaseyAffleck drew inspiration for his portrayal of "a hard-drinking, irrittable Boston man living in the shadow of his more successful older brother" from his relationship with [[Creator/BenAffleck his own more successful older brother]].

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** In the ''Film/ManchesterByTheSea'' entry in the Honest Trailer for the 2017 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], it's suggested that Creator/CaseyAffleck drew inspiration for his portrayal of "a hard-drinking, irrittable Boston man living in the shadow of his more successful older brother" from his relationship with [[Creator/BenAffleck his own more successful older brother]].



** The Starring part of the Honest Trailer for the 2022 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]]:

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** The Starring part of the Honest Trailer for the 2022 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]]:



** The entry for ''Film/{{Mank}}'' in the Honest Trailer for the 2021 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] is narrated in the same style as a news reel from the 30s or 40s.

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** The entry for ''Film/{{Mank}}'' in the Honest Trailer for the 2021 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] is narrated in the same style as a news reel from the 30s or 40s.
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♫ Hoping that ''Encanto'' gives him an [[UsefulNotes/TheEGOTs EGOT]] win ♫\\

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♫ Hoping that ''Encanto'' gives him an [[UsefulNotes/TheEGOTs [[MediaNotes/TheEGOTs EGOT]] win ♫\\
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** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheSantaClause'' attributes its title to why some people can't spell "Santa Claus".

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** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheSantaClause'' ''Film/TheSantaClause1'' attributes its title to why some people can't spell "Santa Claus".
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** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheSantaClause'' describes the director, John Pasquin, as "the man behind all things Creator/TimAllen", referring to him having directed a lot of other projects starring Allen, like ''Film/Jungle2Jungle'' and episodes of ''Series/HomeImprovement''.

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** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheSantaClause'' ''Film/TheSantaClause1'' describes the director, John Pasquin, as "the man behind all things Creator/TimAllen", referring to him having directed a lot of other projects starring Allen, like ''Film/Jungle2Jungle'' and episodes of ''Series/HomeImprovement''.
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** ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift'' is described as this for the ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' franchise, due to not starring any of the main characters from the other movies, not having any real connection to [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious2001 the two]] [[Film/TwoFastTwoFurious previous movies]] and taking place out of chronological order from the other movies (it takes place after ''Film/FastAndFuriousSix'' despite being the third entry in the franchise).

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** ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift'' is described as this for the ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' franchise, due to not starring any of the main characters from the other movies, not having any real connection to [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious2001 the two]] [[Film/TwoFastTwoFurious previous movies]] and taking place out of chronological order from the other movies (it takes place after ''Film/FastAndFuriousSix'' ''Film/FastAndFurious6'' despite being the third entry in the franchise).
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** ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' set records for ProductPlacement in real life. So for the Honest Trailer, instead of announcing the actual stars, the narrator announces these stars:

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** ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' set records for ProductPlacement in real life. So for the Honest Trailer, instead of announcing the actual stars, the narrator announces these stars:
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** The Honest Trailer for the first season of ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' notes how it shares a lot of concepts with ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', on which showrunner Creator/MichaelWaldron also worked, such as portal guns, monologues about how existence is chaos, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech characters breaking each other down psychologically]] and a main character who gets drunk during missions.
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[as Rick Sanchez]'' Wow, ''[urp]'' where did they ''[urp]'' get all these ideas? I guess there was nothing left to steal from Creator/JackKirby, huh?
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** In the ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' Honest Trailer, the narrator makes a big deal of the fact that it was the first Pokemon game to have:
--->'''Narrator:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Full. Blown. COLOR!]]\\
''[sounds of ChirpingCrickets]''\\
'''Narrator:''' Look, it was a big deal at the time, all right? Jeez!
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'' points out how the movie's [[Anime/GhostInTheShell source material]] has influenced so many modern, American-made films (most prominently ''Franchise/TheMatrix'') that its actual live-action adaptation might feel [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks like a ripoff of those movies]].
** The Honest Trailer for ''Literature/TheShining'' points out how the famous "Here's Johnny!" scene has [[HeresJohnnyHomage been copied and parodied]] so many times, it's not even scary anymore.
** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' suggests that some of the tropes and jokes it uses were more fresh and original when they appeared in [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} the original comic book]] back in 2003, such as [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles a costume designer who makes outfits for superheroes]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} robotic gangsters]].
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** During the "Starring" portion of the ''Film/ThreeHundred'' trailer, the narrator breaks from giving witty nicknames to voicing his shock at some of the actors who got cast, though it seems less because of the usual miscasting associated with the trope and more because of the sheer levels of RetroactiveRecognition.
--->'''Narrator:''' [[Series/GameOfThrones Cersei Lannister]]? [[Series/TheWire McNulty]]? And Creator/MichaelFassbender?!
** During the "Starring" portion of the ''Film/SupermanReturns'' trailer, the narrator wonders what is Creator/ParkerPosey[[note]]Best known for her work in indie movies[[/note]] doing in a ''Superman'' blockbuster.
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GetOut2017'' points out how the movie [[InvokedTrope did this intentionally]] by casting well-known white actors such as indie favorite Creator/CatherineKeener, ''Series/TheWestWing'' co-star Bradley Whitford and ''Series/{{Girls}}'' co-star Creator/AllisonWilliams as [[spoiler:racist serial killer horror movie villains]].
** The Starring segment of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/HobbsAndShaw'' questions the logic of casting the Mexican Creator/EizaGonzalez as a Russian super criminal.
** The [[WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings Pitch Meeting]] section of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/MoneyPlane'' suggests that the villain, Darius "The Rumble" Grouch, sounds like he should be played by a ScaryBlackMan actor like Creator/SamuelLJackson or Creator/VingRhames rather than his actual actor, Creator/KelseyGrammer.
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** Played with at the end of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017''. The narrator comments that live action adaptations of anime should only be done by the Japanese... until a clip of the live-action ''Film/{{Attack on Titan|2015}}'' movie is shown, [[invoked]][[WidgetSeries in which a Titan eats a person]], which makes him change his mind.

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** Played with at the end of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017''. The narrator comments that live action adaptations of anime should only be done by the Japanese... until a clip of the live-action ''Film/{{Attack on Titan|2015}}'' movie is shown, [[invoked]][[WidgetSeries in which a Titan eats a person]], person, which makes him change his mind.
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** The Honest Trailer for Seasons 2 and 3 of ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' suggests that show has become what it also satirizes: "a successful superhero franchise beloved by all, made possible by [[Creator/{{Amazon}} an evil corporation]]".

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--->'''Narrator:''' Is it weird that this is... kinda turnin' me on?

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** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' draws attention to how the movie works in product placement for fancy cars:
--->'''Narrator:''' [...]while Barbie will have to balance handling her new feelings of inferiority with the superior handling of the new Chevy Blazer EV, her discomfort with being judged by her exterior with the smooth comfort of the new Chevy Suburban's interior. In this epic voyage of self-discovery that wouldn't be possible without first getting into the 1956 Chevy Corvette C1. It's subtle, [[{{Dissimile}} like a rock]].
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** From the ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Twilight: Breaking Dawn]]'' trailer: "Brace yourself for two movies so unnecessarily long that they include [[ProductPlacement five Volvo commercials]], two montages of the previous Twilight movies, four games of chess, and '''the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis MOST]]. [[HeldGaze STARES]]. EVER!'''"

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** From the ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} Twilight: Breaking Dawn]]'' trailer: "Brace yourself for two movies so unnecessarily long that they include [[ProductPlacement five Volvo commercials]], two montages of the previous Twilight movies, four games of chess, and '''the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis MOST]]. [[HeldGaze STARES]]. EVER!'''"



** The last ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' movie is so bloated that the narrator says it contains the equivalent of five Volvo commercials.

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** The last ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' movie is so bloated that the narrator says it contains the equivalent of five Volvo commercials.



** "[[Literature/{{Twilight}} STARES]]." Also made into an OverlyLongGag set to very EPIC music. Done for X-Men and Godzilla, too!

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** "[[Literature/{{Twilight}} "[[Film/{{Twilight}} STARES]]." Also made into an OverlyLongGag set to very EPIC music. Done for X-Men and Godzilla, too!
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### ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': where they travel to the past, beat up the bully, fix the future, and set up the sequel,

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### ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'': where they travel to the past, beat up the bully, fix the future, and set up the sequel,
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-->'''Narrator:''' Experience [[{{Eagleland}} the ultimate American power fantasy]] as you mow down thousands of [[AcceptableTargets faceless Arabs, angry Latinos, and evil Russians]], in campaigns so patriotic they could give [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]]'s ghost a boner.

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-->'''Narrator:''' Experience [[{{Eagleland}} the ultimate American power fantasy]] as you mow down thousands of [[AcceptableTargets faceless Arabs, angry Latinos, and evil Russians]], Russians, in campaigns so patriotic they could give [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]]'s ghost a boner.
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*** The Honest Trailer for ''Series/SecretInvasion2023'' jokes that the change of actor [[spoiler:foreshadowed Rhodey being a shapeshifting Skrull in the series]].
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* NoEndorHolocaust: The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' and the joint Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'' points out how many people must have died as a result of the main characters' actions; of special note is Gru's [[spoiler:shrinking and stealing the moon]] in the first film, which they note would probably have doomed the entire planet Earth.

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* NoEndorHolocaust: The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' and the joint Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'' points out how many people must have died as a result of the main characters' actions; of special note is Gru's [[spoiler:shrinking and stealing the moon]] in the first film, which they note would probably have doomed the entire planet Earth.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings', the narrator thinks Creator/TonyLeungChiuWai has been expertly [[DigitalDeaging digitally de-aged]] in the movie, and is surprised to learn that, no, he just still looks like this despite being almost 60 when the movie came out.
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** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheRoom'' points out the bizarrely prolonged scene of people doing completely mundane things:

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* Lampshaded in the ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolics'' trailer, which shows pretty much the entire clip of Gary endlessly throwing up in an alleyway. About halfway through, the narrator remarks that it's stopped being funny, but towards the end he admits that it's gone back to being funny again.

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* ** Lampshaded in the ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolics'' ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' trailer, which shows pretty much the entire clip of Gary endlessly throwing up in an alleyway. About halfway through, the narrator remarks that it's stopped being funny, but towards the end he admits that it's gone back to being funny again.
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* Lampshaded in the ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolics'' trailer, which shows pretty much the entire clip of Gary endlessly throwing up in an alleyway. About halfway through, the narrator remarks that it's stopped being funny, but towards the end he admits that it's gone back to being funny again.
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** The Honest Trailer for the three ''Pinocchio'' adaptations released in 2022, when covering Creator/GuillermoDelToro's [[WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio version]], lists elements in the movie also present in his other works, like [[Film/PansLabyrinth a child during World War II]] and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} sympathetic monsters]].

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** The Honest Trailer for the three ''Pinocchio'' adaptations released in 2022, when covering Creator/GuillermoDelToro's [[WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio version]], lists elements in the movie also present in his other works, like [[Film/PansLabyrinth a child during World War II]] and [[Film/{{Hellboy}} [[Film/Hellboy2004 sympathetic monsters]].
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** The Honest Trailer for the ''VideoGame/MadMax'' video game compares it to other rushed, crappy games based on terrific movies such as ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Film/TheMatrix'' and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''.

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** The Honest Trailer for the ''VideoGame/MadMax'' ''VideoGame/MadMax2015'' video game compares it to other rushed, crappy games based on terrific movies such as ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Film/TheMatrix'' and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''.



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* ObviousBeta: The Honest game trailers of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' and ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' criticized the games being this trope, with tons of [[GameBreakingBug game-breaking bugs]], being obviously [[ChristmasRushed rushed]], and the fact [[{{Narm}} you can't take the story seriously]] as a result of the above issues during gameplay.

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* ObviousBeta: The [[invoked]]The Honest game trailers of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' and ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' criticized the games being this trope, with tons of [[GameBreakingBug game-breaking bugs]], being obviously [[ChristmasRushed rushed]], and the fact [[{{Narm}} you can't take the story seriously]] as a result of the above issues during gameplay.
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** The Honest Trailer for "Every Creator/WesAnderson Movie" points out how all of his eight movies made to date have featured one or more disaffected protagonists, a romantic interest for one of the main characters that he sometimes [[TriangRelations shares with a third person]], and some sort of elaborately planned event that goes wrong. The plots get so repetitive that, as the narrator reads them, the Honest Trailer fast forwards faster and faster to get past them.

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** The Honest Trailer for "Every Creator/WesAnderson Movie" points out how all of his eight movies made to date have featured one or more disaffected protagonists, a romantic interest for one of the main characters that he sometimes [[TriangRelations [[LoveTriangle shares with a third person]], and some sort of elaborately planned event that goes wrong. The plots get so repetitive that, as the narrator reads them, the Honest Trailer fast forwards faster and faster to get past them.
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* RuleOfThree: Funnily invoked with ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': "A mysterious stranger appears from the sky, a mysterious stranger appears at sea, a mysterious stranger appears on land, and three mysterious strangers go looking for the other mysterious strangers."
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** The Honest Trailer for ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' describes Halbrand as a "Kirkland brand Aragorn".

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