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[[MarketBasedTitle Also released under the title]] ''I was a teenage vampire''.
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* DreamSequence: At the beginning of the film, Jeremy has a particularly bizarre dream involving the girl's locker room, Darla and a nun with a [[GroinAttack pair of giant shears...]]
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** Also, when he's telling Jeremy about all the [[BeenThereShapedHistory now-famous people he's met over the centuries]], he also mentions 'Isabel Watson'. Jeremy asks who she is, and Modoc's only reply is "Trust me, she was ''fascinating''."
* DreamSequence: At the beginning of the film, Jeremy has a particularly bizarredream dream, apparently inspired by an UrbanLegend of his high school, involving the girl's locker room, Darla and a nun with a [[GroinAttack pair of giant shears...]]
* DreamSequence: At the beginning of the film, Jeremy has a particularly bizarre
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* GoodParents: Jeremy's parents do wildly misinterpret what's going on, but they clearly do love their son and they're doing their well-meaning best to be as supportive of him as possible.
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* GoodParents: Jeremy's parents do [[MistakenForGay wildly misinterpret what's going on, on]], but they clearly do love their son and they're doing their well-meaning best to be as supportive of him as possible.
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* KnightTemplar: Professor [=McCarthy=], who believes that vampires are TheVirus and must be stopped lest there be a [[ZombieApocalypse Vampire Apocalypse]]. Even as Jeremy explains that vampires aren't what he thinks and spares his life, he keeps trying to kill him. He finally stops after being made into one.
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* KnightTemplar: Professor [=McCarthy=], who believes that vampires are TheVirus and must be stopped lest there be a [[ZombieApocalypse Vampire Apocalypse]]. Even as Jeremy explains that vampires aren't what he thinks and spares his life, he keeps trying to kill him. He [[spoiler:He finally stops after being made into one.]]
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* ShoutOut: outside the US, the movie is called "I was a teenage vampire", obviously in homage to "Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf"
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* GoodParents: Jeremy's parents do wildly misinterpret what's going on, but they clearly do love their son and they're doing their well-meaning best to be as supportive of him as possible.
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: subverted -- Jeremy ignores cheerleader Candy's obvious interest in him to go after Darla.
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: inverted and subverted -- Jeremy ignores cheerleader Candy's obvious interest in him to go after Darla.
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-->'''Jeremy:''' "A stake through the heart would kill ''anybody''."
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-->'''Jeremy:''' "A stake through the heart would kill ''anybody''.''anything''."
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*** Must have lead to one hell of a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop at the end. "It's okay to do drugs if you have a girlfriend." Or, less oddly, "The behavior of having a new girlfriend can be mistaken for being on drugs."
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After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello (Robert Sean Leonard) finds himself one of the undead. Now he must come to terms with being a vampire while trying to get a date with the girl of his (literal) dreams. Oh, and it doesn't help that there are a couple of vampire hunters in the neighborhood...
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After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello (Robert Sean Leonard) finds himself one of the undead. Now he must come to terms with being a vampire while trying to get a date with the girl of his (literal) dreams. Oh, and it doesn't help that there are a couple of vampire hunters (Creator/DavidWarner and Paul Willson) in the neighborhood...
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* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: Jeremy.
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* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Jeremy.
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After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello finds himself one of the undead. (Sort of...) Now he must come to terms with being a vampire while trying to get a date with the girl of his (literal) dreams. Oh, and it doesn't help that there are a couple of vampire hunters in the neighborhood...
A lighthearted 1980s teen comedy with all the silliness one would expect thereof.
A lighthearted 1980s teen comedy with all the silliness one would expect thereof.
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A lighthearted 1987 teen horror comedy film directed by Jimmy Huston, with all the silliness one would expect thereof.
After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello (Robert Sean Leonard) finds himself one of the undead.(Sort of...) Now he must come to terms with being a vampire while trying to get a date with the girl of his (literal) dreams. Oh, and it doesn't help that there are a couple of vampire hunters in the neighborhood...
A lighthearted 1980s teen comedy with all the silliness one would expect thereof.
neighborhood...
After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello (Robert Sean Leonard) finds himself one of the undead.
A lighthearted 1980s teen comedy with all the silliness one would expect thereof.
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* AlternateHistory: Modoc informs Jeremy that one the the US Presidents was a vampire.
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* AlternateHistory: Modoc informs Jeremy that one the of the US Presidents was a vampire.vampire (he doesn't say which one).
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Darla has these. Jeremy's sympathetic response ("I have parents too") helps a lot, and laughing about the matter helps them start bonding.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Darla has these. Jeremy's sympathetic response ("I have parents too") helps a lot, and laughing about the matter helps them start bonding.
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* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: Modoc's explanation for why humans are afraid of vampires involves "a few bad apples in the Middle Ages." You can practically hear his voice dripping "I'm looking at you here, Dracula."
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*** Must have lead to one hell of a WarpedAesop at the end. "It's okay to do drugs if you have a girlfriend." Or, less oddly, "The behavior of having a new girlfriend can be mistaken for being on drugs."
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*** Must have lead to one hell of a WarpedAesop FamilyUnfriendlyAesop at the end. "It's okay to do drugs if you have a girlfriend." Or, less oddly, "The behavior of having a new girlfriend can be mistaken for being on drugs."
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** Professor McCarthy seems to think that vampires have a weakness to silver. He's incorrect.
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** Professor McCarthy [=McCarthy=] seems to think that vampires have a weakness to silver. He's incorrect.
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* CaptainObvious: [=McCarthy=] tests Ralph with garlic and crosses to prove that he's a vampire, and Ralph passes, showing that he's human. So [=McCarthy=] suggests stabbing Ralph in the heart with a stake, and if he die, he's a vampire, right?
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* CaptainObvious: [=McCarthy=] tests Ralph with garlic and crosses to prove that he's a vampire, and Ralph passes, showing that he's human. So [=McCarthy=] suggests stabbing Ralph in the heart with a stake, and if he die, dies, he's a vampire, right?
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-->'''Jeremy:''' "A stake through the heart would kill ''anything''."
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-->'''Jeremy:''' "A stake through the heart would kill ''anything''.''anybody''."
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: After Modoc [[NoSell shrugs off]] the silver bullets, Modoc confirms that werewolves exist.
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* KnightTemplar: Professor [=McCarthy=], who believes that vampires are TheVirus and must be stopped lest there be a [[ZombieApocalypse Vampire Apocalypse]].
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* KnightTemplar: Professor [=McCarthy=], who believes that vampires are TheVirus and must be stopped lest there be a [[ZombieApocalypse Vampire Apocalypse]]. Even as Jeremy explains that vampires aren't what he thinks and spares his life, he keeps trying to kill him. He finally stops after being made into one.
** After failing to kill Modoc with silver bullets, he then thinks he can kill centuries-old Modoc with his bare hands. This is right after Jeremy (who's been a vampire for less than a week) has completely disarmed him and lifted him into the air like he was made of feathers.
** After failing to kill Modoc with silver bullets, he then thinks he can kill centuries-old Modoc with his bare hands. This is right after Jeremy (who's been a vampire for less than a week) has completely disarmed him and lifted him into the air like he was made of feathers.
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** Professor McCarthy seems to think that vampires have a weakness to silver. He's incorrect.
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* AlternateHistory: Modoc informs Jeremy that one the the US Presidents was a vampire.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: While "undead" vampires can't go out in the sun, "living" vampires (like Jeremy and Modoc) are at most slightly annoyed by it. (This concept has roots in traditional Romanian folklore.) They do actually age, albeit slowly - the equivalent of one human year per decade. They also have some mind-control abilities and can transform into wolves.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: While "undead" vampires can't go out in the sun, "living" vampires (like Jeremy and Modoc) are at most slightly annoyed by it. (This concept has roots in traditional Romanian folklore.) They do actually age, albeit slowly - the equivalent of one human year per decade. They also have some mind-control abilities and can transform into wolves. Crosses also seem to have no effect.
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* VegetarianVampire: Blood is bought at butcher shops. Modoc suggests pig's blood, O positive, to Jeremy. The butcher Jeremy goes to seems to be well aware of what he is and teases him about it being his first time.
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* VegetarianVampire: Blood is bought at butcher shops. Modoc suggests pig's blood, O positive, B negative, to Jeremy. The butcher Jeremy goes to seems to be well aware of what he is and teases him about it being his first time.
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* VampiresHateGarlic: Unfortunately true for living vampires. Much to the distress of Jeremy, who loved it. It gives him away at the end when he hugs Ralph while Ralph has on a garlic garland and recoils in pain.
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* VegetarianVampire: Blood is bought at butcher shops.
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* VegetarianVampire: Blood is bought at butcher shops. Modoc suggests pig's blood, O positive, to Jeremy. The butcher Jeremy goes to seems to be well aware of what he is and teases him about it being his first time.
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-->'''Jeremy:''' "Professor... getting stabbed in the heart will kill ''anything''."
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-->'''Jeremy:''' "Professor... getting stabbed in "A stake through the heart will would kill ''anything''."
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: While "dead" vampires can't go out in the sun, "living" vampires (like Jeremy and Modoc) are at most slightly annoyed by it. (This concept has roots in traditional Romanian folklore.) They do actually age, albeit slowly - the equivalent of one human year per decade. They also have some mind-control abilities and can transform into wolves.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: While "dead" "undead" vampires can't go out in the sun, "living" vampires (like Jeremy and Modoc) are at most slightly annoyed by it. (This concept has roots in traditional Romanian folklore.) They do actually age, albeit slowly - the equivalent of one human year per decade. They also have some mind-control abilities and can transform into wolves.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{House}} Dr. James Wilson]] as Jeremy, David Warner as Professor [=McCarthy=] and [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Odo]] as Modoc.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{House}} Robert Sean Leonard]] as Jeremy, David Warner as Professor [=McCarthy=] and [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine René Auberjonois]] as Modoc.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{House}} Robert Sean Leonard]] Dr. James Wilson]] as Jeremy, David Warner as Professor [=McCarthy=] and [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine René Auberjonois]] Odo]] as Modoc.
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** reasonable a lot of people in Houston don't have a noticable Texas accent.
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**reasonable a lot of people in Houston don't have a noticable Texas accent.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Both genders do this, with Ralph and Gloria equally bewildered by respective friends Jeremy and Darla's attraction to each other.
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*** Must have lead to one hell of a WarpedAesop at the end. "It's okay to do drugs if you have a girlfriend."
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*** Must have lead to one hell of a WarpedAesop at the end. "It's okay to do drugs if you have a girlfriend." Or, less oddly, "The behavior of having a new girlfriend can be mistaken for being on drugs."
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* CaptainObvious: [=McCarthy=] tests Ralph with garlic and crosses to prove that he's a vampire, and Ralph passes, showing that he's human. So [=McCarthy=] suggests stabbing Ralph in the heart with a stake, and if he die, he's a vampire, right?
-->'''Jeremy:''' "Professor... getting stabbed in the heart will kill ''anything''."
-->'''Jeremy:''' "Professor... getting stabbed in the heart will kill ''anything''."
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* {{Masquerade}}: Apparently the butcher industry is well aware of the existence of vampires, and provides their sustenance.
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-->''Modoc:'' "Please tell me you're not going to sulk for the next twenty years."
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-->''Jeremy:'' "No, but I think I'm entitled to a few minutes."
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{House}} Robert Sean Leonard]] as Jeremy, David Warner as Professor [=McCarthy=] and [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine René Auberjonois]] as Modoc.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{House}} Robert Sean Leonard]] as Jeremy, David Warner as Professor [=McCarthy=] and [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine René Auberjonois]] as Modoc.
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After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello finds himself one of the undead. (Sort of...) Now he must come to terms with being a vampire while trying to get a date with the girl of his (literal) dreams. Oh, and it doesn't help that there are a couple of vampire hunters in the neighborhood...
A lighthearted 1980s teen comedy with all the silliness one would expect thereof.
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!!Tropes used:
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: subverted -- Jeremy ignores cheerleader Candy's obvious interest in him to go after Darla.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Darla, the band nerd.
* CasanovaWannabe: Jeremy's friend Ralph.
* DreamSequence: At the beginning of the film, Jeremy has a particularly bizarre dream involving the girl's locker room, Darla and a nun with a [[GroinAttack pair of giant shears...]]
* TheEighties: The film was made in 1988.
* FemmeFatale: Nora.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires: Modoc and Jeremy.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Professor [=McCarthy=] at the end, after getting om-nom-nom-nominated by the other vampires.]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{House}} Robert Sean Leonard]] as Jeremy, David Warner as Professor [=McCarthy=] and [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine René Auberjonois]] as Modoc.
* KnightTemplar: Professor [=McCarthy=], who believes that vampires are TheVirus and must be stopped lest there be a [[ZombieApocalypse Vampire Apocalypse]].
* MarketBasedTitle: The ever-more-appropriate ''I Was A Teenage Vampire'' in non-US markets.
* MeaningfulName: "[=McCarthy=]" can't be an accident, considering how the professor talks about how those commies - er, vampires - are gonna get us if they aren't stopped RIGHT NOW, and his willingness to kill people who only ''might'' be vampires.
* MistakenForGay: Jeremy's parents conclude from his odd behavior and other strange goings-on that their son is gay.
** In one version for broadcast TV, they thought he was just [[DrugsAreBad on drugs]].
*** Must have lead to one hell of a WarpedAesop at the end. "It's okay to do drugs if you have a girlfriend."
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: An extreme case in that the story is set in Texas, but ''nobody'' in the cast has a Texan accent.
* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: Jeremy.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: While "dead" vampires can't go out in the sun, "living" vampires (like Jeremy and Modoc) are at most slightly annoyed by it. (This concept has roots in traditional Romanian folklore.) They do actually age, albeit slowly - the equivalent of one human year per decade. They also have some mind-control abilities and can transform into wolves.
* SupernaturalAngst: Jeremy is distraught at the thoughts of being a teenager for the next twenty years. Fortunately, he gets over it rather quickly.
-->''Modoc:'' "Please tell me you're not going to sulk for the next twenty years."
-->''Jeremy:'' "No, but I think I'm entitled to a few minutes."
* VanHelsingHateCrimes
* VegetarianVampire: Blood is bought at butcher shops.
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After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello finds himself one of the undead. (Sort of...) Now he must come to terms with being a vampire while trying to get a date with the girl of his (literal) dreams. Oh, and it doesn't help that there are a couple of vampire hunters in the neighborhood...
A lighthearted 1980s teen comedy with all the silliness one would expect thereof.
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!!Tropes used:
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: subverted -- Jeremy ignores cheerleader Candy's obvious interest in him to go after Darla.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Darla, the band nerd.
* CasanovaWannabe: Jeremy's friend Ralph.
* DreamSequence: At the beginning of the film, Jeremy has a particularly bizarre dream involving the girl's locker room, Darla and a nun with a [[GroinAttack pair of giant shears...]]
* TheEighties: The film was made in 1988.
* FemmeFatale: Nora.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires: Modoc and Jeremy.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Professor [=McCarthy=] at the end, after getting om-nom-nom-nominated by the other vampires.]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{House}} Robert Sean Leonard]] as Jeremy, David Warner as Professor [=McCarthy=] and [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine René Auberjonois]] as Modoc.
* KnightTemplar: Professor [=McCarthy=], who believes that vampires are TheVirus and must be stopped lest there be a [[ZombieApocalypse Vampire Apocalypse]].
* MarketBasedTitle: The ever-more-appropriate ''I Was A Teenage Vampire'' in non-US markets.
* MeaningfulName: "[=McCarthy=]" can't be an accident, considering how the professor talks about how those commies - er, vampires - are gonna get us if they aren't stopped RIGHT NOW, and his willingness to kill people who only ''might'' be vampires.
* MistakenForGay: Jeremy's parents conclude from his odd behavior and other strange goings-on that their son is gay.
** In one version for broadcast TV, they thought he was just [[DrugsAreBad on drugs]].
*** Must have lead to one hell of a WarpedAesop at the end. "It's okay to do drugs if you have a girlfriend."
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: An extreme case in that the story is set in Texas, but ''nobody'' in the cast has a Texan accent.
* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: Jeremy.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: While "dead" vampires can't go out in the sun, "living" vampires (like Jeremy and Modoc) are at most slightly annoyed by it. (This concept has roots in traditional Romanian folklore.) They do actually age, albeit slowly - the equivalent of one human year per decade. They also have some mind-control abilities and can transform into wolves.
* SupernaturalAngst: Jeremy is distraught at the thoughts of being a teenager for the next twenty years. Fortunately, he gets over it rather quickly.
-->''Modoc:'' "Please tell me you're not going to sulk for the next twenty years."
-->''Jeremy:'' "No, but I think I'm entitled to a few minutes."
* VanHelsingHateCrimes
* VegetarianVampire: Blood is bought at butcher shops.
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