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* BookDumb: Granted it's never really elaborated on, but it's still there. In "Whirled History", she thought Marco Polo ''discovered France'', for one thing.

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* BookDumb: Granted it's never really elaborated on, but it's still there. In "Whirled History", she thought Marco Polo ''discovered France'', for one thing. On the other hand, it's often also implied it might not be an intelligence issue but [[BrilliantButLazy just a lack of drive]], as she's frequently shown trying to shortcut her way out of hard work. In the aforementioned "Whirled History", "[=AstroDuck=]" calls her out on doing this in her dream, suggesting that she's at least subconsciously aware that this behavior is a problem.
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* DependingOnTheArtist: His rare appearances without his flight cap on different on how much hair he has. On a few occasions, he's shown to have a full head of hair like he did back in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', other times he's seen without it he's shown to be near completely bald with the locks on the front of his head being the only hair he has left.
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* WeirdnessMagnet:Since he was a kid he met his future self, in his teenage years he fought his classmate who turn in a supervillain, he fought a mafia boss who is also a supervillain who turns in a vengeful cyborg and finally turns in a CEO vengeful cyborg, he fight a version of himself of an evil universe,in a vacation trip he fought with an evil alien

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* WeirdnessMagnet:Since WeirdnessMagnet: Since he was a kid kid; he met his future self, in his teenage years he fought his classmate who turn in turned into a supervillain, he fought a mafia boss who is was also a supervillain who turns in turned into a vengeful cyborg and finally turns in a CEO vengeful cyborg, he fight fought a version of himself of from an evil universe,in universe, and on a vacation trip he fought with an evil alienalien.
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%%* WeirdnessMagnet:Since he was a kid.

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%%* * WeirdnessMagnet:Since he was a kid.kid he met his future self, in his teenage years he fought his classmate who turn in a supervillain, he fought a mafia boss who is also a supervillain who turns in a vengeful cyborg and finally turns in a CEO vengeful cyborg, he fight a version of himself of an evil universe,in a vacation trip he fought with an evil alien
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->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]]Cummings]], Creator/GerardHernandez (French)



->'''Voiced by:''' Terry [=McGovern=]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Terry [=McGovern=][=McGovern=], Creator/JeanClaudeDonda (French)



->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristineCavanaugh

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristineCavanaughCreator/ChristineCavanaugh, Sophie Arthuys (French)



->'''Voiced by:''' Katie Leigh

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->'''Voiced by:''' Katie LeighLeigh, Jackie Berger (French)
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* WeirdnessMagnet:Since he was a kid.

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* WeirdnessMagnet:Since he was a kid he was a weirdness magnet

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* WeirdnessMagnet:Since he was a kid he was a weirdness magnetkid.
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* WeirdnessMagnet:Since he was a kid he was a weirdness magnet
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* TooCleverByHalf: Darkwing in "dangerous" mode is a force to be reckoned with, and as he usually doesn't have superpowers, that comes down to his gadgets, wits, and physical training. However, Darkwing's tendency to do things the hard way (often while gloating about it) can sometimes keep him from noticing something simple that would tell him the same thing. In "Fraudcast News", he nearly ignores the Bugmaster's message in the paper, claiming that "the untrained eye" might fall for that but he plans to use "science", and in one Fearsome Five episode, Negaduck leaves a crumb to lead him to the hideout -- and then snidely tells him he knew he'd miss the gigantic flag.
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* ADogNamedDog: Drake means a male duck, while Mallard is a common type of duck.
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* DaddysGirl: As much as she can get on Darkwing's nerves, he'd do anything to make sure Gosalyn was safe and happy. She adores him, and he adores her and goes into full PapaWolf mode if someone even threatens to harm her. Since she has no mother figure, she is also feisty and tomboyish and is eager to join her dad in fighting crime (he's not so keen on the idea as he doesn't like seeing her endanger herself).
* DamselInDistress: Despite her spirit and relative competence, she sometimes finds herself in trouble and having to be rescued by Darkwing.
* EnemyMine: With Megavolt and Quackerjack in "Time and Punishment" in order to get back to their proper time. She also tends to occasionally get involved whenever members of Darkwing's RoguesGallery team up with him. (eg. "Frequency Fiends", "Twin Beaks", and "Negaduck")
* FieryRedhead: Gosalyn is fierce and spirited and has red hair. In her first scene in "Darkly Dawns the Duck", she is playing roller hockey and hits the puck through the window onto Hammerhead's nose. She jumps through the window, shouts "Play it where it lands!", and hits the puck so hard it knocks the opposing goaltender back into his net.

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* DaddysGirl: As much as she can get on Darkwing's nerves, he'd do anything to make sure Gosalyn was is safe and happy. She adores him, and he adores her and goes into full PapaWolf mode if someone even threatens to harm her. Since she has no mother figure, she is she's also feisty and tomboyish and is eager to join her dad in fighting crime (he's not so keen on the idea as he doesn't like seeing her endanger herself).
* DamselInDistress: Despite her spirit and relative competence, she sometimes finds herself in trouble and having has to be rescued by Darkwing.
* EnemyMine: With Megavolt and Quackerjack in "Time and Punishment" in order to get back to their proper time. She also tends to occasionally get involved whenever members of Darkwing's RoguesGallery team up with him. him (eg. "Frequency Fiends", "Twin Beaks", and "Negaduck")
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* FieryRedhead: Gosalyn is fierce and fierce, spirited and has red hair. In her first scene in "Darkly Dawns the Duck", she is she's playing roller hockey and hits the puck through the window onto Hammerhead's nose. She jumps through the window, shouts "Play it where it lands!", and hits the puck so hard it knocks the opposing goaltender back into his net.



* {{Kid Hero}}ine: When she is Quiverwing Quack or the Crimson Quackette. Issue #4 of the comic series adds another identity: [[spoiler: Gosmoduck.]]
%%* KidSidekick: To Darkwing, unofficially.

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* {{Kid Hero}}ine: When she is she's in her Quiverwing Quack or the Crimson Quackette.Quackette personas. Issue #4 of the comic series adds another identity: [[spoiler: Gosmoduck.]]
%%* * KidSidekick: To Darkwing, unofficially.unofficially. He'd rather she stay safe at home, but she never does.



* NaughtyIsGood: Gosalyn is always pulling pranks, causing mischief or otherwise misbehaving. But she's unambiguously on the side of good and wants to and does on several occasions become a superhero herself.

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* NaughtyIsGood: Gosalyn is always pulling pranks, causing mischief or otherwise misbehaving. But she's unambiguously on the side of good and wants to and does on several occasions become be a superhero herself.



* OneOfTheBoys: There is only a few things that Gosalyn does that really can be considered girly. More often than not though she roughhousing tomboy.

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* OneOfTheBoys: There is are only a few things that Gosalyn does that can really can be considered girly. More often than not though she she's roughhousing tomboy.



* RedOniBlueOni: Played straight with her and Honker. She is a rowdy FieryRedhead while he is a shy ChildProdigy. They get along quite well, but needless to say, it's an OddFriendship.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Played straight with her and Honker. She is She's a rowdy FieryRedhead while he is a shy ChildProdigy. They get along quite well, but needless to say, it's an OddFriendship.



* {{Tomboy}}: Though WordOfGod states that the daughter in question was 2 when Gosalyn was designed and Gosalyn was based on what the writer thought his daughter would be like when she got to Gosalyn's canon age.

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* {{Tomboy}}: Though WordOfGod states that the daughter in question she was based on was 2 when Gosalyn was designed designed, and Gosalyn was based on what the writer thought his daughter would be like when she got to Gosalyn's canon age.



The youngest son of Drake's neighbors and Gosalyn's best friend. Honker has a high IQ and has helped Darkwing, Launchpad and Gosalyn many times using it. He is also shy and tries to get Gosalyn to listen to her dad, normally to no avail.

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The youngest son of Drake's neighbors and Gosalyn's best friend. Honker has a high IQ and has helped helps Darkwing, Launchpad and Gosalyn many times using it. He is He's also shy and tries to get Gosalyn to listen to her dad, normally to no avail.



* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: [[spoiler:Briefly becomes a giant monster when infected by the evil slime in ''Dangerous Currency''.]]

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: [[spoiler:Briefly becomes a giant monster when infected by the evil slime in ''Dangerous Currency''."Dangerous Currency".]]



* ADayInTheLimelight: Despite being usually no more than a SatelliteCharacter, Honker did star in the episodes, "The Revenger of the Return of The Brainteasers", "Calm a Chameleon" and "Rebel Without a Cause".

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Despite being usually no more than a SatelliteCharacter, Honker did does star in the episodes, "The Revenger of the Return of The Brainteasers", "Calm a Chameleon" and "Rebel Without a Cause".



* ExtremeDoormat: Seen slightly when bending to Gosalyn more dominate personality and more prominently when getting bullied by Tank.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Seen slightly when bending to Gosalyn Gosalyn's more dominate dominant personality and more prominently when getting bullied by Tank.



* KidSidekick: To Darkwing unofficially and to Gosalyn; when she is Quiverwing Quack, he is the Arrow Kid.

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* KidSidekick: To Darkwing unofficially and to Gosalyn; when she is she's Quiverwing Quack, he is he's the Arrow Kid.



* TheSmartGuy: As mentioned above, Darkwing may be as smart as Honker but he has a grasp of many advanced scientific disciplines including molecular biology and chemistry as well as reptilian physiology and classic art and literature at age 9.

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* TheSmartGuy: As mentioned above, Darkwing may be as smart as Honker but he has a grasp of many advanced scientific disciplines including molecular biology and chemistry as well as biology, chemistry, reptilian physiology and physiology, classic art and literature at age 9.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's nerdy, shy, quiet, slightly socially awkward and soft-spoken. But it's what makes him liked as a character.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Due to his shyness, he has a tendency to stammer when he wants to get other's attention.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Downplayed. He appears immediately in the episodes following the pilot, but was never given a formal introduction. So how he became Gosalyn's best friend and found out about Drake's identity is never explained. Everyone's already familiar with Honker and he's treated as a regular member of Darkwing's circle right from the beginning.

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* SuperHero: Sure he (normally) does not have superpowers and he usually is full of himself, but he has enough brains, skill and gadgets to beat villains who do have superpowers.

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* SuperHero: Sure he (normally) does not have superpowers and he usually is full of himself, but he has enough brains, skill and gadgets to beat villains who do have superpowers. And above all enough STYLE.



* TerrorHero: He IS the ''terror'' that ''flaps in the night''! Seriously, he tries the spooky-scary tactics against criminals and super villains but they don't take him seriously most of the time and he ends up being the one who feels terror. There are the times however where he ''will'' manage to play it to perfection.

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* TerrorHero: He IS the ''terror'' that ''flaps in the night''! Seriously, he tries the spooky-scary tactics against criminals and super villains but they don't take him seriously most of the time and he ends up being the one who feels terror. There are the a couple of times however where he ''will'' manage to play it to perfection.


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* FanOfUnderdog: Unlike most citizens of Saint Canard who most likely bypassed nonchalantly any newspaper articles that referred to a mysterious and clownish vigilante's escapades and shrugged off any encounters they had with him, he made a habit out of collecting all photos and media references to him and was thrilled when he got to meet him in person in his hangar.

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* AntiHero: He's unfailingly ardent to fight crime, seeks to rectify wrongdoing and always tries to combat villainy, but he's easily irritable, incredibly vainglorious, a shameless AttentionWhore, and has no problem with villains being killed on his watch. At his worst he teeters on the edge of WellIntentionedExtremist.



* DeadpanSnarker: Frequently. For example,

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* DeadpanSnarker: Frequently.Frequently and practically a StepfordSnarker. For example,



* DudeWheresMyRespect: Depending on the episode, usually this is played straight, with being treated with no respect from anyone, no matter how many times he's saved St. Canard. This often leads to trouble for those who underestimate them (especially those with legitimate superpowers), because when he gets dangerous he can kick all their asses six ways to Sunday.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Depending on the episode, usually this is played straight, with being treated with no respect from anyone, no matter how many times he's saved St. Canard.Canard from complete destruction. This often leads to trouble for those who underestimate them (especially those with legitimate superpowers), because when he gets dangerous he can kick all their asses six ways to Sunday.



* FatalFlaw: Drake's {{Pride}} often stops him from stopping the bad guy a lot sooner than he does. It also causes him to lash out at his family and other heroes when he feels they are stealing his spotlight.

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* FatalFlaw: Drake's {{Pride}} and constant GloryHound traits often stops him from stopping the bad guy a lot sooner than he does. It also causes him to lash out at his family and other heroes when he feels they are stealing his spotlight.



* MadeOfIron: He gets smashed, squished, pummelled, and anything else the villain can do to him, but he's still going.

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* MadeOfIron: He gets smashed, squished, pummelled, pummeled, and anything else the villain can do to him, but he's still going.



* MagneticHero: His real superpower. Though he annoys the heck out of everyone, he's good at drawing allies and leading them in battle.

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* MagneticHero: His real superpower. Though he annoys the heck out of everyone, everyone by being a vain Jerkass, he's good at drawing allies and leading them in battle.
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* NaughtyIsGood: Gosalyn is always pulling pranks, causing mischief or otherwise misbehaving. But she's unambiguously on the side of good and wants to and does on several occasions become a superhero herself.
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"[[IAmTheTrope I am the terror]] that [[InTheNameOfTheMoon flaps in the night]]. [[MadLibsCatchPhrase I am the (noun) that (does something unpleasant)]]. I am Darkwing Duck!"

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"[[IAmTheTrope I am the terror]] that [[InTheNameOfTheMoon flaps in the night]]. [[MadLibsCatchPhrase I am the (noun) that (does something unpleasant)]].unpleasant) / on (relevant element, pleasant or unpleasant depending on the accompanying noun)]]. I am Darkwing Duck!"

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* GirlishPigtails: The girliest thing about her.



* KidSidekick: To Darkwing, unofficially.

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Drake's adopted daughter, she's a spunky, thrill-seeking trouble maker. She often goes on Darkwing's missions even though he normally wants her stay home, where she's safe. [[RunningGag She never cleans her room]].

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Drake's adopted daughter, she's a spunky, thrill-seeking trouble maker. She often goes on Darkwing's missions even though he normally wants her to stay home, where she's safe. [[RunningGag She never cleans her room]].
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* RealMenWearPink: His purple cape has a pink lining. His civilian clothes include a pink button down shirt. He's also taken a job hosting women's tea parties and seems to genuinely enjoy housework.
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* TheReliableOne: Always by Gosalyn's side when he needs her, no matter what cockamamie idea she ropes him into or how much trouble danger they get into. She usually doesn't even have to convince him.

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* TheReliableOne: Always by Gosalyn's side when he needs her, no matter what cockamamie idea she ropes him into or how much trouble danger trouble/danger they get into. She usually doesn't even have to convince him.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings[[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes. For example,

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* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes.Frequently. For example,
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* YouAreGrounded: Gets this a lot from her adoptive father, [[BrattyHalfPint and not without reason]].
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* NominalHero: Darkwing's motivation for fighting crime usually falls under one of two motives: reward or relationships. He undertakes many of his superhero missions in hopes of gaining money or fame from them. Others are fought in order to protect people he loves. In any case, however, his motives usually contain more selfishness than those of the average superhero.

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* NominalHero: Darkwing's motivation for fighting crime usually falls under one of two motives: reward or his personal relationships. He undertakes many of his superhero missions in hopes of gaining money or fame from them. Others are fought in order to protect people he loves. In any case, however, his motives usually contain more selfishness than those of the average superhero.



* ShorterMeansSmarter: Darkwing is one of the shortest adult characters in the show and is one of the smartest, certainly smarter than his towering sidekick, Launchpad.

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* ShorterMeansSmarter: Darkwing is one of the shortest adult characters in the show and is one of the smartest, well at at least certainly smarter than his towering sidekick, Launchpad.



* TerrorHero: He is the ''terror'' that ''flaps in the night''! Seriously, he tries the spooky-scary tactics against criminals and super villains but they don't take him seriously.

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* TerrorHero: He is IS the ''terror'' that ''flaps in the night''! Seriously, he tries the spooky-scary tactics against criminals and super villains but they don't take him seriously.seriously most of the time and he ends up being the one who feels terror. There are the times however where he ''will'' manage to play it to perfection.
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* ButtMonkey: Beaten and maimed on a daily basis, barely getting any respect... The universe is really out for him.

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* ButtMonkey: Beaten Maimed and maimed pummeled on a daily basis, barely getting any respect...respect for his heroic deeds... The universe is really out for him.
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* ButtMonkey: Beaten on a daily basis, barely getting any respect... The universe is really out for him.

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* ButtMonkey: Beaten and maimed on a daily basis, barely getting any respect... The universe is really out for him.
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* ButtMonkey: Beaten, smashed, maimed, singed (but triumphant)... The universe is really out for him.

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* ButtMonkey: Beaten, smashed, maimed, singed (but triumphant)...Beaten on a daily basis, barely getting any respect... The universe is really out for him.
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* SmartJerkAndNiceMoron: Though Darkwing is the primary hero of St. Canard, he's also temperamental and snarky enough to meet AntiHero specs. Launchpad is less brainy than Darkwing but makes up for that with a more affable and generous demeanor. Launchpad tends to receive the brunt of Darkwing's irritation whenever he's mad about something, but the other duck does have a semi-concealed soft spot for him. Additionally, sometimes the dynamic gets flipped given that Darkwing can become TooCleverByHalf or [[FearlessFool stupidly bold]], while Launchpad proves himself wiser than his comrade or notices things he misses.

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