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* DecoyProtagonist: The first few episodes made it seem that she would be a crucial character involved in the world of the apocalypse. [[spoiler: She's unfortunately killed off by Miriam after trying to overthrow Langdon. Once she's gone, Cordelia and her entourage appearing thus setting the Supreme as the new main protagonist]].



* AmbiguousRobots: [[spoiler:With the reveal that Miriam is a cyborg, it's quite possible that Fist is also one too]].

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* AmbiguousRobots: [[spoiler:With [[spoiler: With the reveal that Miriam is a cyborg, it's quite possible that Fist is also one too]].


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* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Is killed from behind by Brock and is left for dead outside the Outpost]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''Do NOT leave me in ''fucking'' Santa Monica!''"]]

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* AmbiguousRobots: [[spoiler: With the reveal that Miriam is a cyborg, it's quite possible that Erika's character is also one too]].

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* AmbiguousRobots: [[spoiler: With [[spoiler:With the reveal that Miriam is a cyborg, it's quite possible that Erika's character Fist is also one too]].



* ButForMeItWasTuesday: She doesn't seem bothered by the fact that [[spoiler: she ate one of her fellow survivors in a stew and praises the food for how it good it tasted]].

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: She doesn't seem bothered by the fact that [[spoiler: she [[spoiler:she ate one of her fellow survivors in a stew and praises the food for how it good it tasted]].


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[[folder:Andre Stevens]]
!!Andre Stevens
->'''Played By:''' Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

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* SatelliteCharacter: He is Dinah Stevens' son and Stu's boyfriend. He doesn't have much more character than that.
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[[folder:Brock]]
!!Brock
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/BillyEichner

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* ButtMonkey: In the first episode, he gets dumped by Coco and left to die in Santa Monica.
* TheGrotesque: [[spoiler:He is left horribly disfigured by radioactive fallout.]]
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->'''Played By:''' Erika Ervins

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->'''Played By:''' Erika Ervins
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* DecoyProtagonist: A lot of the opening minutes of the first episode makes it apparently clear she will be the main character of the season. However, after when she and her group get to Outpost 3, the focus shifts from her to everyone else.



* RoyalInbreeding: A snide comment from Venable to Michael makes it apparent that Coco's family had been inbreeding in past generations, and that Coco wouldn't be fair to be part of the Outpost, or the new world, that Michael was collecting people for.



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* MadeASlave: She goes from personal assistant to personal slave thanks to the FantasticCasteSystem of the Outpost.

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* MadeASlave: She goes from personal assistant to personal slave thanks to the FantasticCasteSystem of the Outpost. And she isn't a big fan of the idea of being a personal slave.

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* AmbiguousRobots: [[spoiler: With the reveal that Miriam is a cyborg, it's quite possible that Erika's character is also one too]].



* RebelliousSpirit: She was introduced as an activist and openly questions/calls out Venable's rules for the outpost.

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* RebelliousSpirit: She was introduced as an activist in her first scene and openly questions/calls out Venable's rules for Venable on how she runs the outpost.
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[[folder:Unnamed Outpost Staff Member]]
->'''Played By:''' Erika Ervins

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* TheBrute: Has no issue using brute force against the other survivors.
* FlatCharacter: As of now, she has no defining characteristics compared to her colleagues.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's the tallest staff member in the outpost.
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* TeenGenius: Or young adult genius. His first scene involved him being accepted into an accredited university.




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* RebelliousSpirit: She was introduced as an activist and openly questions/calls out Venable's rules for the outpost.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: She doesn't care for anything if it doesn't relate to her and will go to great strides to show why she's more important compared to everyone else.


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* RichBitch: She fills this role to a T.


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* MadeASlave: She goes from personal assistant to personal slave thanks to the FantasticCasteSystem of the Outpost.
* NerdGlasses: They're not exactly the hot type. Plus she's quite smart and is pushed around like a nerd.
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* EvilCripple: A low-key example. She has a slight walking impairment and scoliosis which she is very self-conscious about.s

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* EvilCripple: A low-key example. She has a slight walking impairment and scoliosis which she is very self-conscious about.s



* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: She has no issue with shooting two horses on an implied order by Michael and she hacks a snake's head with glee..

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: She has no issue with shooting two horses on an implied order by Michael and she hacks a snake's head with glee..glee.



* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler: The end of episode 2 reveals that Miriam is a cyborg]].

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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The end of episode 2 reveals that Miriam is a cyborg]].
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* EvilCripple: A low-key example. She has a slight walking impairment and a hunchback which she is very self-concious about.

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* EvilCripple: A low-key example. She has a slight walking impairment and a hunchback scoliosis which she is very self-concious self-conscious about.s
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* BlatantLies: She wants her fellow Purples to believe she's 52. Her actress is a youthful 85, but not that youthful.

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* BlatantLies: She wants her fellow Purples to believe she's 52.52, despite the fact that she has a thirty-year-old grandson. Her actress is a youthful 85, but not that youthful.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: In "The Morning After", after developing an attraction to Michael Langdon.
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* {{Expy}}: He's the [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Adam]] of the show's AdamAndEvePlot.


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* {{Expy}}: She's the [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Eve]] to Timothy's Adam. To drive the point home, they look for secret knowledge on Michael Langdon's Apple Mac.


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* TooKinkyToTorture: He rather enjoys his whipping at the hands of Venable and Mead.


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* BlatantLies: She wants her fellow Purples to believe she's 52. Her actress is a youthful 85, but not that youthful.


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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Averted. Even though she only survives for two episodes, she has already delivered a dozen of meme-worthy one-liners.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her role as a cultured black woman with a positive attitude and successful TV show makes her similar to [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]].

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her role as a cultured black woman with a positive attitude and successful TV show makes her similar to [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]].Winfrey]], whom she's established to have been competing with in daytime television.


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* EvilCripple: A low-key example. She has a slight walking impairment and a hunchback which she is very self-concious about.


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* HellBentForLeather: Pre-war he was part of the leather subculture. Partially because it is his actual personal kink, partially to provoke his grandmother.


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* FagHag: Zig-zagged. She has accepted her grandson into her home when his parents kicked him out and regularly hosted soirees to set him up with potential husbands. However, she only did so to try and press him into a mold of a very clichéd suburban non-threatening brand of homosexuality which she deemed acceptable. Naturally this caused a rift between them.

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And Then John Was A Zombie isn't about revealing someone's been a creature all along, it's about a protagonist becoming one. Please read trope descriptions.


* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: The end of episode 2 reveals that Miriam is a cyborg]].


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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler: The end of episode 2 reveals that Miriam is a cyborg]].
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* AndJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: The end of episode 2 reveals that Miriam is a cyborg]].

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* ClassyCane: Always is shown with a fancy looking cane in her arm.

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* ClassyCane: Always is shown with a fancy looking cane in her arm.hand.
* DoesNotLikeMen: She outright states that men are responsible for the apocalypse and has disdain for them. She is also shown to be visibly uncomfortable with Michael undressing her.



* AndJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: The end of episode 2 reveals that Miriam is a cyborg]].




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* CampGay: He openly states that he's gay and he worked as a hairdresser.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Michael outright states that Gallant has a hole in his heart that yearns to be filled with love.
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* Sadist: She ''really'' enjoys her job of terrorizing the survivors into obedience.

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* Sadist: {{Sadist}}: She ''really'' enjoys her job of terrorizing the survivors into obedience.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: She has no issue with shooting two horses on an implied order by Michael and she hacks a snake's head with glee..


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* Sadist: She ''really'' enjoys her job of terrorizing the survivors into obedience.


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* ProverbialWisdom: Often speaks in this style to motivate herself and her fellow survivors to endure their situation.
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* KickTheDog: Enjoys tormenting the inhabitants of Outpost 3, possibly [[NightmareFetishist to the point of a sexual thrill.]]


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* HoYay: With Wilhelmina.
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* PurpleIsPowerful: The elite inhabitants of the bunkers are supposed to wear purple clothes at all times.

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* PurpleIsPowerful: The elite inhabitants of the bunkers are supposed have to wear purple clothes at all times.



* TheBaroness: She's the dominant, sadistic, and sharp-dressed mistress of District 3.
* BoomerangBigot: It has been made clear that The Cooperative does not consider her a part of the elite purple class, but that doesn't stop her from speaking disdainfully about non-purples. While she publicly refers to herself to stand beyond these categories, she still gets visibly upset when others point it out to her and secretly dons purple garments in her private quarters.

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* TheBaroness: She's the dominant, sadistic, and sharp-dressed mistress of District Outpost 3.
* BoomerangBigot: It has been made clear that The Cooperative does not consider her a part of the elite purple Purple class, but that doesn't stop her from speaking disdainfully about non-purples. non-Purples. While she publicly refers to herself to stand officially stands beyond these categories, the Purple-Grey-dichotomy, she still gets visibly upset when others point it this out to her and secretly dons purple garments in her private quarters.



* HornedHairdo: Her hair is kept in an eccentric french twist that is teased on both sides of the middle part, giving it this look.
* TheStarscream: She places her own sadistic tendencies over her loyalty to The Cooperative.

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* HornedHairdo: Her hair is kept in an eccentric french twist that is teased on both sides of the middle part, giving it this a demonic look.
* TheStarscream: She places her own sadistic tendencies over above her loyalty to The Cooperative.



* {{Expy}}: Her role as a cultured black woman with a positive attitude and successful TV show makes her similar to [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]].

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* {{Expy}}: NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her role as a cultured black woman with a positive attitude and successful TV show makes her similar to [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]].



* BeleagueredAssistant: She was Coco's personal assitant before the bombs fell and now lives as a servant.

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* BeleagueredAssistant: She was Coco's personal assitant assistant before the bombs fell and now lives as a servant.

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--> ''"It's our world now, to remold as we see fit."''



* TheBaroness: She's the dominant, sadistic, and sharp-dressed mistress of District 3.
* BoomerangBigot: It has been made clear that The Cooperative does not consider her a part of the elite purple class, but that doesn't stop her from speaking disdainfully about non-purples. While she publicly refers to herself to stand beyond these categories, she still gets visibly upset when others point it out to her and secretly dons purple garments in her private quarters.



* EvilRedhead: She has auburn hair and is easily the least moral of all of Paulson's characters on the show.



* HornedHairdo: Her hair is kept in an eccentric french twist that is teased on both sides of the middle part, giving it this look.



* PreppyName: Each part of her name alone would qualify for this trope. The full name takes it UpToEleven.

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* PreppyName: Each part of her name alone would easily qualify for this trope.trope by itself. The full name takes it UpToEleven.



* ValleyGirl: She's clueless, superficial, born into a lavishly wealthy family and an aspiring social media influencer.




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* BeleagueredAssistant: She was Coco's personal assitant before the bombs fell and now lives as a servant.
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->'''Played By:''' Adina Porter

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->'''Played By:''' Adina Porter
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->'''Played By:''' Billie Lourd

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->'''Played By:''' Billie Lourd
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* LawfulEvil: As sadistic and merciless as she is, she still respects the order of the Cooperative and worries if she and Venable stray too far from their rules.



!!Michael Langdon
->'''Played By:''' Cody Fern

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* TheAntichrist: His destiny as prophesied by Billie Dean Howard back in ''Murder House''.
* LongHairedPrettyboy: His hair reaches his shoulders and he's quite attractive.

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!!Michael Langdon
->'''Played By:''' Cody Fern

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* TheAntichrist: His destiny as prophesied by Billie Dean Howard back in ''Murder House''.
* LongHairedPrettyboy: His hair reaches his shoulders and he's quite attractive.
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* TheStarscream: She places her own sadistic tendencies over her loyalty to The Cooperative

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* ClassyCane: Always is shown with a fancy looking cane in her arm.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Coco becomes upset with how things are run in the outpost, Venable slaps her across the face without breaking a sweat and tells her and the survivors to control themselves.
* TheStarscream: She places her own sadistic tendencies over her loyalty to The CooperativeCooperative.
* TheStoic: Is always in a serious mood and rarely shows emotions.



* LawfulEvil: As sadistic and merciless as she is, she still respects the order of the Cooperative and worries if she and Venable stray too far from their rules.
* MilitaryBrat: She mentions that her father used to serve in the Vietnam war which is how she developed her loyalty to order.




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* LongHairedPrettyboy: His hair reaches his shoulders and he's quite attractive.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She openly expresses her disdain for living in the harsh conditions of the outpost and would rather take her chances outside. [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Venable has none of that]].




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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: She doesn't seem bothered by the fact that [[spoiler: she ate one of her fellow survivors in a stew and praises the food for how it good it tasted]].




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* {{Expy}}: Her role as a cultured black woman with a positive attitude and successful TV show makes her similar to [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]].

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!! The Collective
[[folder:Wilhelmina Venable]]
!!Wilhelmina Venable
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson

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!! The Collective
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!!Wilhelmina Venable
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson
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* PurpleIsPowerful: The elite inhabitants of the bunkers are supposed to wear purple clothes at all times.
* SocialDarwinist: A central part of their agenda and the reason Timothy and Emily got selected to live inside the bunker.



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!!Wilhelmina Venable
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson

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* TheDragon: To Wilhelmina.




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* TheAntichrist: His destiny as prophesied by Billie Dean Howard back in ''Murder House''.




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! Outpost 3
!! The Collective
[[folder:Wilhelmina Venable]]
!!Wilhelmina Venable
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson

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[[folder:Miriam Mead]]
!!Miriam Mead
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KathyBates

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[[folder:Michael Langon]]
!!Michael Langdon
->'''Played By:''' Cody Fern

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!!Inhabitants
[[folder:Timothy Campbell]]
!! Timothy Campbell
->'''Played By:''' Kyle Allen

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[[folder:Emily]]
!!Emily
->'''Played By:''' Ash Santos

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[[folder:Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt]]
!!Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt
->'''Played By:''' Leslie Grossman

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[[folder:Mr. Gallant]]
!!Mr. Gallant
->'''Played By:''' Creator/EvanPeters

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[[folder:Evie Gallant]]
!!Evie Gallant
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JoanCollins

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[[folder:Dinah Stevens]]
!!Dinah Stevens
->'''Played By:''' Adina Porter

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[[folder:Mallory]]
!!Mallory
->'''Played By:''' Billie Lourd

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