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* TheHandler: She was in charge of the Active known as Whiskey [[spoiler: before she was imprinted with the Dr. Saunders personality.]]
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* DisabledLoveInterest: To Topher.
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Topher's assistant in the imprint room. She thinks she's here to use her knowledge and technical skills to work the cutting-edge imprinting technology. Topher thinks she is here to bring him snacks. The male fans of Dollhouse think she's here because who doesn't love a cute Asian techie. Joss Whedon thinks she's here so she can become a suspect for the spy in "A Spy in the House of Love."

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Topher's assistant in the imprint room. She thinks she's here to use her knowledge and technical skills to work the cutting-edge imprinting technology. Topher thinks she is here to bring him snacks. The male fans of Dollhouse think she's here because who doesn't love a cute Asian techie. Joss Whedon thinks she's here so she can become a suspect for the spy in "A Spy in the House of Love."

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-> ''"It's easy to be attached to your assigned active. In fact it's necessary, but don't think of them as children; think of them as pets. When your child starts talking for the first time, you feel proud. When your dog does, you freak the hell out."''
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How she's killed by Saunders.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Poor social skills, obsessive control issues, emotionally closed off.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Poor social skills, obsessive control issues, emotionally closed off.

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* HotScientist: Even if Topher won't let her play.



* TheIgor: Played with in that even though she's Topher's assistant, she's [[HotScientist very attractive]] and far from subservient.

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* TheIgor: Played with in that even though she's Topher's assistant, she's [[HotScientist very attractive]] attractive and far from subservient.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Again, lampshaded by Topher.
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* TheHedonist: After the apocalypse, he throws himself into this role. He stuffs his face and quickly 'ruins' bodies.

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* TheHedonist: After the apocalypse, he throws himself into this role. He stuffs his face and quickly 'ruins' bodies. Aside from that, he's also even more of a chain smoker than usual, and the attractive woman he's accompanied by suggests that he's also engaging in HookersAndBlow.
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Caroline. They even wash each other's hair.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: It's notable that by the second season, her character both gets more screen time and starts to get better attention from wardrobe and makeup and playing up her attractiveness a lot more. Particularly notable in "A Love Supreme" when she's wearing eye shadow and lipstick as well as sporting a perm/hairstyle.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Refuses to apologize or back down, even when his death is imminent.
* EvilGenius: A brilliant doctor and chemist, but totally amoral, willing to ruin a woman's life just because she bruised his ego.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He must not have been paying attention to that "First, do no harm" part of the Hippocratic Oath.



* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[VillainProtagonist Adelle and Topher]] are both horrified by his actions.

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[VillainProtagonist Adelle and Topher]] are both horrified by his actions. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Adelle goes so far as to look the other way when Topher temporarily uploads Priya and Anthony into their own bodies so they can kill Kinnard and dispose of his body.]]



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* SmugSnake: When Priya asks why he had her drugged and sent to the Dollhouse, he replies "You said no to me. No one says no to me."
* StalkerWithACrush: Engineered Priya's torment in the Dollhouse simply because she refused his sexual advances.
* TemptingFate: Taunts Priya that she won't kill him. [[spoiler:Turns out he's wrong.]]
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* MesACrowd: In the comic series, as shown by this cover: [http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/18-758].

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* MesACrowd: In the comic series, as shown by this cover: [http://www.[[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/18-758].com/Comics/Previews/18-758 this cover]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: When she's not being...
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* BigBad: Even though Clyde and [[spoiler: Boyd]] are the true heads of the corporation, Harding is always the more immediate and driving threat throughout the series.



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%%* {{Jerkass}}* {{Jerkass}}: An utterly unpleasant man, even after his HeelFaceTurn.



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Absolutely ''loathes'' Adelle and would literally be anywhere else in the world than work with her. Even after the world goes to shit, he makes his distaste for her known.



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%%* DeadpanSnarker* DeadpanSnarker: Half of her dialogue is snark aimed at Topher's expense.


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* {{Jerkass}}: She hides it under a veil of care and kindness, but she deeply resents nearly everything about her life and passive-aggressively takes it out on those around here, especially Topher. It culminates with her actively psychologically abusing him in Season 2.


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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She despises Topher. She believes this is a result of [[spoiler:Topher's programming, but he reveals she very much hates him of her own free will.]]
* {{Troll}}: And not at all played for laughs. She continually plays one prank after another on Topher, each one more cruel than the last in an effort to torture him.
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* MesACrowd: In the comic series, as shown by this cover: [http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/18-758]

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* MesACrowd: In the comic series, as shown by this cover: [http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/18-758]com/Comics/Previews/18-758].



* OnlySaneMan: easily the most stable programmer we meet.
* PunchClockVillain: To the point were you forget she's moaning about not being allowed to Strip people of different identities and create {{Sex Slave}}s.

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* OnlySaneMan: easily Easily the most stable programmer we meet.
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* {{Badass}}: In the Attic.



* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler:Conquers his nightmares to become self-aware within the attic, sets himself to hunt down the attic's resident serial killer, remains behind when the others escape to [[Film/TheMatrix free the minds]] of the attic's prisoners, manages to kill and revive himself to escape the attic and was probably the one who sent Ballard those mole messages. Mr. Dominic is a total offscreen badass.]]


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* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Conquers his nightmares to become self-aware within the attic, sets himself to hunt down the attic's resident serial killer, remains behind when the others escape to [[Film/TheMatrix free the minds]] of the attic's prisoners, manages to kill and revive himself to escape the attic.]]

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[-Note that the other Rossum co-founder is on a different page for spoilery reasons.-]



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!![[spoiler:Boyd Langton]]
->'''Played By:''' [[spoiler:Harry Lennix]]

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:He's genuinely polite, kind and charming even while manipulating people to his own ends. He genuinely cares about all of the team and considers them "His family". Even when his cover is blown, he never loses his manners.]]
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** [[spoiler:In another episode, Mr Dominic seems to ask for a strong drink while panicking. Nope, he's just calling "Saunders" under the name he associated her with most.]]
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* JabbaTableManners [[spoiler: In the dystopian future, Harding completely lets his appetites run amok once he gains the ability to shed old bodies and inject his mind into new ones. He even jokes about "blowing up" his latest "suit" (to the tune of 300 pounds or so) in "Epitaph Two: Return."]]

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* JabbaTableManners [[spoiler: In the dystopian future, Harding completely lets his appetites run amok once he gains the ability to shed old bodies and inject his mind into new ones. He even jokes about "blowing up" his latest "suit" (to the tune of 300 pounds or so) in "Epitaph Two: Return."]]"



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* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: easily the most stable programmer we meet.

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* [[spoiler:TheMole: for Boyd.]]
* [[spoiler:MomentKiller: ''Literally''. Poor Bennett...]]
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->'''Played By:''' [[spoiler:Harry Lennix]]

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:He's genuinely polite, kind and charming even while manipulating people to his own ends. He genuinely cares about all of the team and considers them "His family". Even when his cover is blown, he never loses his manners.]]
* {{Badass}}
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* DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs
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->'''Played By:''' Philip Casnoff, Enver Gjokaj & Nate Dushku



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!The Rossum Corporation

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!Founders

[[folder:Clyde Randolph]]
!!Clyde Randolph
->'''Played By:''' Adam Godley

The inventor of the imprinting process and co-founder of Rossum. OriginalRecipe Clyde was betrayed by his business partner and became the attic's first occupant-victim. An imprint of him, modified to be unambitious and obedient, now runs things at Rossum.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Arcane." Lampshaded: "I thought it sounded badass."
* {{Badass}}: In the Attic.
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: He's killed off-screen in the Attic.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: What he considers the Attic to be, and let's face it, he's right.
* KnightTemplar: In the Attic, original Clyde is killing people (a) to put them out of their misery, and (b) to help take down the computer mainframe their brains comprise.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His realization after being placed in the Attic.
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!Leadership

[[folder:Clive Ambrose]]
!!Clive Ambrose
->''"You won't give up this body. That's fine, I won't resist. Right now I'm having this same conversation in ten other bodies in ten other Dollhouses around the country."''
->'''Played By''': Philip Casnoff, Enver Gjokaj & Nate Dushku

Face of the Rossum Corporation.

* BodySurf: As of "Epitaph One," he's in at least eleven separate human bodies. Later he joins Harding in constantly jumping from body to body to maintain his power over the ruined world of "Epitaph Two: Return."
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In a way. He disapproves of Harding destroying his 'bodysuits' through excess.
* {{Jerkass}}
* PragmaticVillainy
* SmugSnake
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: His original body was allergic to shellfish, so after that's no longer a concern, he develops a real sweet tooth for them.
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[[folder:Matthew Harding]]
!!Matthew Harding
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harding_matthew_8017.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Everyone likes to take a little something home from the office once in a while."'']]
->'''Played By''': Keith Carradine & Noah Harpster

Adelle's direct superior in the Dollhouse.

* BodySurf: As of "Epitaph Two: The Return", he and Clive Ambrose have apparently been switching bodies repeatedly.
* CigarChomper: See the picture.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* DeadpanSnarker
* DirtyOldMan
* FatBastard: In the future.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking
* TheHedonist: After the apocalypse, he throws himself into this role. He stuffs his face and quickly 'ruins' bodies.
* JabbaTableManners [[spoiler: In the dystopian future, Harding completely lets his appetites run amok once he gains the ability to shed old bodies and inject his mind into new ones. He even jokes about "blowing up" his latest "suit" (to the tune of 300 pounds or so) in "Epitaph Two: Return."]]
* VillainousGlutton: In the future, since he can get away with overeating when he has another body-suit waiting for him.
* SharpDressedMan
* SmugSnake
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[[folder:Nolan Kinnard]]
!!Nolan Kinnard
->'''Played By''': Vincent Ventresca

Highly skilled neuro-chemist working for the Rossum Corporation. Knew Priya before she became a doll; when she refused his advances, he drugged her to make her appear psychotic and manipulated the Dollhouse into taking her on as a "humanitarian" case.

* DefiantToTheEnd
* EvilGenius
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* NotGoodWithRejection: Rejected by a girl you like? Better destroy her entire life, drug her to the point of appearing insane, erase her entire personality and use her as a sex toy to rape and brutalize.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[VillainProtagonist Adelle and Topher]] are both horrified by his actions.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections
* SmugSnake
* StalkerWithACrush
* TemptingFate
* {{Yandere}}: For Sierra.
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!Dollhouse Staff

[[folder:Laurence Dominic]]
!!Laurence Dominic
-> ''"It's easy to be attached to your assigned active. In fact it's necessary, but don't think of them as children; think of them as pets. When your child starts talking for the first time, you feel proud. When your dog does, you freak the hell out."''
->'''Played By''': Reed Diamond

The Dollhouse's original head of security and [=DeWitt=]'s number two. He takes his job very seriously but is contemptuous of the dolls themselves. Saves a special dislike for Echo, whose autonomy he considers a security risk. [[spoiler:Revealed to be TheMole for the NSA, wiped and put in The Attic.]]

* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler:Conquers his nightmares to become self-aware within the attic, sets himself to hunt down the attic's resident serial killer, remains behind when the others escape to [[Film/TheMatrix free the minds]] of the attic's prisoners, manages to kill and revive himself to escape the attic and was probably the one who sent Ballard those mole messages. Mr. Dominic is a total offscreen badass.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: 90 percent of his dialogue post Spy In The House of Love counts as this.
* DevilInPlainSight
* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath]]
* [[spoiler:HeroAntagonist. Dang that pesky lack of SympatheticPOV.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: His motivations don't really change between the first season and the second, but the torture and wet works aspects of his personality are downplayed and he stops trying to kill Echo, making him more of a straight-up heroic character.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Shoots eight rounds at his target from point-blank range and doesn't hit her once.
* {{Jerkass}}
* KnightTemplar
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
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[[folder:Dr. Claire Saunders]]
!!Dr. Claire Saunders
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saunders_claire_3778.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"My entire existence was constructed by a sociopath in a sweater vest; what do you suggest I do?"'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/AmyAcker

Chief medical officer at the Dollhouse, she was attacked by Alpha during his composite event and left with bad facial scarring. She is the Dollhouse employee with the most concern for the emotional well-being of the actives. [[spoiler:Revealed to be Whiskey, a doll, implanted with a personality based partially off the previous (male) Dr. Saunders, who was killed by Alpha.]]

* BrokenBird: As of her discovery that [[spoiler:she's a former doll]].
* ButtMonkey
* ChewToy
* CorruptTheCutie
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
* [[spoiler:FallenHero]]
* [[spoiler:{{Foreshadowing}}: in 1x08, Caroline demands the release of all the dolls. Guess who's quite casually at the front of the crowd.]]
* HospitalHottie: Despite the facial scarring.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop
* TheMedic
* [[spoiler:TheMole: for Boyd.]]
* [[spoiler:MomentKiller: ''Literally''. Poor Bennett...]]
* [[spoiler:ReplacementGoldfish]]
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]]
* ScarsAreForever: Averted in "Epitaph One." Her face has been healed.
* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror]]
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[[folder:Ivy]]
!!Ivy
-> ''"My talents go beyond asking if he wants chocolate chip or oatmeal."''
->'''Played By''': Liza Lapira

Topher's assistant in the imprint room. She thinks she's here to use her knowledge and technical skills to work the cutting-edge imprinting technology. Topher thinks she is here to bring him snacks. The male fans of Dollhouse think she's here because who doesn't love a cute Asian techie. Joss Whedon thinks she's here so she can become a suspect for the spy in "A Spy in the House of Love."

* BeautifulAllAlong: It's notable that by the second season, her character both gets more screen time and starts to get better attention from wardrobe and makeup and playing up her attractiveness a lot more. Particularly notable in "A Love Supreme" when she's wearing eye shadow and lipstick as well as sporting a perm/hairstyle.
* GirlishPigtails
* HollywoodNerd
* HotScientist: Even if Topher won't let her play.
* MesACrowd: In the comic series, as shown by this cover: [http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/18-758]
** ScrewYourself
* TheIgor: Played with in that even though she's Topher's assistant, she's [[HotScientist very attractive]] and far from subservient.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: easily the most stable programmer we meet.
* PunchClockVillain: To the point were you forget she's moaning about not being allowed to Strip people of different identities and create {{Sex Slave}}s.
* ShipTease: Between her and Topher.
* YouGetMeCoffee
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[[folder:Dr. Saunders]]
!!Dr. Saunders
->'''Played By''': Joe Howard

* NiceGuy
* PosthumousCharacter
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[[folder:Blevins]]
!!Blevins
->'''Played By''': Marco Sanchez

* EyeScream
* TheHandler
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He thought Whiskey was a bad influence on Alpha.
* PosthumousCharacter
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sophie Alvarez]]
!!Sophie Alvarez
->'''Played By''': Angel Desai

* TheHandler
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[[folder:Joe Hearn]]
!!Joe Hearn
->'''Played By''': Kevin Kilner

* TheHandler
* {{Jerkass}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Selena Ramirez]]
!!Selena Ramirez
->'''Played By''': Valerie Cruz
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stewart Lipman]]
!!Stewart Lipman
->'''Played By:''' Ray Wise

* GroinAttack: Courtesy of Adelle.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's dismissive and condescending to Adelle.
* {{Slimeball}}: He shifts fully into this mode when Adelle briefly flirts with him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bennett Halverson]]
!!Bennett Halverson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/halverson_bennet_7019.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Now's not the time for 'why.' I like this void. This evil, simple world. Just pain. Over and over again. No reason, no end, no in-between. You can't even pass out. We shut down everything that stands between you and blinding, searing pain."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SummerGlau

Topher's counterpart at the Dollhouse located in Washington, D.C. A former friend of Caroline, who was left to die by her in the past[[note]]okay, not really; Caroline had Bennett's best interests in mind--it's complicated[[/note]], which has made her bitter - understandable since Caroline's abandonment left Bennett with a paralyzed left arm. Extremely shy and awkward, and has a ''huge'' geek-crush on Topher.

* {{Adorkable}}: When she's not being...
* AxCrazy: Just a bit.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Poor social skills, obsessive control issues, emotionally closed off.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: She has her ... quirks, but it's obvious everyone puts up with her because of her genius.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Subjects Echo to this, as revenge for leaving her to die.
* DisabledLoveInterest: To Topher.
* FakeMemories: Well, kind of. The memory of the night Caroline left her behind in the Rossum lab isn't ''entirely'' fake, but it is distorted by Bennet's unstable mind. [[spoiler: Caroline ''did'' leave her behind, but she pinned her Rossum Corp badge on her and told her to tell security that she was working late when Caroline broke in, sparing her from being outed as an accomplice. When Caroline told Bennett that only one of them had to get caught, she was referring to ''herself.'']]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam
* HotLibrarian: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Topher.
* MadScientist
* {{Meganekko}}: Again, lampshaded by Topher.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale
* PetTheDog: Advising her assistant not to question Rossum's motives, and attempts to comfort Madeline Costly.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Oh so averted. When Dr. Saunders kills her, the exit wound splatters both Topher (who was standing behind her) and a computer screen across the room.
* RedRightHand: Or, in this case, Black Left Hand.
* {{Revenge}}: On Caroline.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Caroline. They even wash each other's hair.
* ShrinkingViolet
* SlapSlapKiss: With Topher, though kind of delayed. He punched her, she returned the favor with a ''hell'' of a right hook, and cue the kissing.
* TortureTechnician
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