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* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Woo Jin model 2037, AKA Circulate III.]]
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* DarkestHour: Joon Hyuk almost decides to abandon his quest against Human B altogether when he [[spoiler:thinks that Woo Jin works with them and is happier not to be found.]] He is taken out of his funk by a newly resolute [[spoiler:Ho Soo]].
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** Lee Ho Soo’s girlfriend was a victim of ParentalIncest, which eventually drove her to suicide.
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** Lee Ho Soo’s girlfriend was a victim of ParentalIncest, which eventually drove her to suicide.kill herself.
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* {{MockGuffin}}: [[spoiler:Kim Gyu Chul’s coveted flash drive, which turns out to contain only a video message explaining why he destroyed all the research data.]]
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* {{MockGuffin}}: [[spoiler:Kim Gyu Chul’s coveted flash drive, which turns out to contain only a video message explaining why he destroyed all the his research data.]]
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* OrphansPlotTrinket: Jung Yeon has a star charm that she made with her mother and the only thing left of her [[spoiler:as she lost her memory. It's revealed to be a lie as Woo Jin gave it to her 10 years ago and is what clues her to her turn identity.]]
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* OrphansPlotTrinket: Jung Yeon has a star charm that she made with her mother and the only thing left of her [[spoiler:as she lost her memory. It's revealed to be a lie as Woo Jin gave it to her 10 years ago and is what clues her to her turn true identity.]]
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* LightIsNotGood: White is the dominant color in Smart Earth, including official uniforms. [[spoiler:Ho Soo's]] HeelFaceTurn is signified by him [[SignificantWardrobeShift switching from an all-white to an all-black outfit]].
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Circle, also known as Circle: Two Worlds Connected is a 2017 Korean Drama that aired on tVN.
The drama is divided into two parts. The first is set in the present, The Beta Project (2017); which revolves around twin brothers who think they saw an alien in their childhood. In the present, the younger brother, Kim Woo Jin is a university student, and his elder brother Kim Bum Gyun, was recently released from jail, having been incarcerated for causing someone's death, because he thought the person was an alien. Bum Gyun is convinced that the alien who they met in their childhood is the one who caused their father to disappear and is also the reason behind a spate of student suicides at Handam University. Woo Jin is not inclined to believe him, until he and his brother spot a girl, Han Jung Yeon, who looks exactly like the alien from their childhood. Suddenly, everything seems to be connected, including the suicides and the brothers and Han Jung Yeon work towards uncovering the reason behind the university suicides, unravelling a bigger mystery in the process.
The second setting is set in the future, A Brave New World (2037). The story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the "Smart Earth" where people's emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and "General Earth" where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness. Kim Joon Hyuk, a violent crimes detective who lives on General Earth and is skeptical of Smart Earth. However, he believes that his missing brother is on Smart Earth and is able to gain entrance into Smart Earth, when a sudden murder shocks the crime-free utopia that is Smart Earth. Once on Smart Earth, he discovers that everything is not what he seems and that maybe, the disappearance of his brother is linked to the corporation that controls Smart Earth, Human B.
The drama is divided into two parts. The first is set in the present, The Beta Project (2017); which revolves around twin brothers who think they saw an alien in their childhood. In the present, the younger brother, Kim Woo Jin is a university student, and his elder brother Kim Bum Gyun, was recently released from jail, having been incarcerated for causing someone's death, because he thought the person was an alien. Bum Gyun is convinced that the alien who they met in their childhood is the one who caused their father to disappear and is also the reason behind a spate of student suicides at Handam University. Woo Jin is not inclined to believe him, until he and his brother spot a girl, Han Jung Yeon, who looks exactly like the alien from their childhood. Suddenly, everything seems to be connected, including the suicides and the brothers and Han Jung Yeon work towards uncovering the reason behind the university suicides, unravelling a bigger mystery in the process.
The second setting is set in the future, A Brave New World (2037). The story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the "Smart Earth" where people's emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and "General Earth" where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness. Kim Joon Hyuk, a violent crimes detective who lives on General Earth and is skeptical of Smart Earth. However, he believes that his missing brother is on Smart Earth and is able to gain entrance into Smart Earth, when a sudden murder shocks the crime-free utopia that is Smart Earth. Once on Smart Earth, he discovers that everything is not what he seems and that maybe, the disappearance of his brother is linked to the corporation that controls Smart Earth, Human B.
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* TheAgeless: Byul counts. She retains the same appearance throughout the series.
* AmnesiacHero: Joon Hyuk reveals in the third episode that he lost all of his memories before. [[spoiler:It's later revealed he's actually Bum Gyun who lost his memories. And Jan Yeon is actually an amnesiac Byul.]]
* AmnesiacHero: Joon Hyuk reveals in the third episode that he lost all of his memories before. [[spoiler:It's later revealed he's actually Bum Gyun who lost his memories. And Jan Yeon is actually an amnesiac Byul.]]
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* AbandonedHospital: The creepy abandoned psychiatric hospital used by Human B in 2017.
* TheAgeless: Byul counts. She retains the same appearance throughout theseries.series.
* AgentMulder: Bum Gyun’s explanation for everything tends to be “aliens”. Woo Jin [[AgentScully will have none of it]], at least initially.
* AlasPoorVillain: Prof. Han is an amoral, manipulative MadScientist responsible for the death of multiple people. Still, his condition in 2037 – an aged, sickly and incoherent old loon brought low by his own methods – is so pitiful that even Jung Yeon sheds a tear for him.
* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Prof. Park is thoroughly corrupted by his ambition.]] This is also a general theme of the series: once they have powerful technology, humans will never give it up, no matter how bad the consequences are.
* AmnesiacHero: Joon Hyuk reveals in the third episode that he lost all of his memories before. [[spoiler:It's later revealed he's actually Bum Gyun who lost his memories. AndJan Jung Yeon is actually an amnesiac Byul.]]
* TheAgeless: Byul counts. She retains the same appearance throughout the
* AgentMulder: Bum Gyun’s explanation for everything tends to be “aliens”. Woo Jin [[AgentScully will have none of it]], at least initially.
* AlasPoorVillain: Prof. Han is an amoral, manipulative MadScientist responsible for the death of multiple people. Still, his condition in 2037 – an aged, sickly and incoherent old loon brought low by his own methods – is so pitiful that even Jung Yeon sheds a tear for him.
* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Prof. Park is thoroughly corrupted by his ambition.]] This is also a general theme of the series: once they have powerful technology, humans will never give it up, no matter how bad the consequences are.
* AmnesiacHero: Joon Hyuk reveals in the third episode that he lost all of his memories before. [[spoiler:It's later revealed he's actually Bum Gyun who lost his memories. And
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Overall Park Dong-gun. While Han Yong-woo starts as the BigBad for Beta Project, Dong-gun takes over and stays that way in the Brave New World.]]
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* BadassLongcoat: Hong wears one as part of his badass detective schtick.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Overall ParkDong-gun. Dong Gun. While Han Yong-woo Yong Woo starts as the BigBad for Beta Project, Dong-gun Dong Gun takes over and stays that way in the Brave New World.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Overall Park
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** Jung Yeon calls herself a hacker in 2017 while her method of "hacking" is simply placing a camera in front of a computer, [[spoiler:by 2037 she's the best hacker in the world.]]
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** Jung Yeon calls herself a hacker in 2017 while her method of "hacking" is simply placing a camera in front of a computer, [[spoiler:by computer. [[spoiler:By 2037 she's the best hacker in the world.]]
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** Jin-Hong mentions that he was part of the cyber force in one episode during Brave New World. [[spoiler:The last episode shows him being transferred to that department due to his refusal to listen to orders.]]
** Jin-Hong draws a web comic in the Brave New World, which shows his art skills [[spoiler:which give him the hint that Park Dong-Gun isn't what he seems.]]
** Jin-Hong draws a web comic in the Brave New World, which shows his art skills [[spoiler:which give him the hint that Park Dong-Gun isn't what he seems.]]
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** Jin-Hong Jin Hong mentions that he was part of the cyber force in one episode during Brave New World. [[spoiler:The last episode shows him being transferred to that department due to his refusal to listen to orders.]]
**Jin-Hong Jin Hong draws a web comic in the Brave New World, which shows his art skills [[spoiler:which give him the hint that Park Dong-Gun Dong Gun isn't what he seems.]]
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* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Woo Jin model 2037, AKA Circulate III.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Human B’s chairman, [[spoiler: Park Dong Gun.]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Smart Earth. Normal Earth is a straight out CrapsackWorld.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Bum Gyun was pretty close to the mark with most of his claims, although he didn’t realize the full extent of it until much later.
* DirtyCop: Detective Choi. The police chief in 2017 also seems to be in on the Human B conspiracy, and stonewalls Hong’s attempts to discover what’s going on.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Human B’s chairman, [[spoiler: Park Dong Gun.]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Smart Earth. Normal Earth is a straight out CrapsackWorld.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Bum Gyun was pretty close to the mark with most of his claims, although he didn’t realize the full extent of it until much later.
* DirtyCop: Detective Choi. The police chief in 2017 also seems to be in on the Human B conspiracy, and stonewalls Hong’s attempts to discover what’s going on.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Minister Park plunges off the 100th floor in a desperate attempt to catch the memory cube.]] Unlike most cases, we get to see the messy aftermath.
* DrivenToSuicide:
** Lee Ho Soo’s girlfriend was a victim of ParentalIncest, which eventually drove her to suicide.
** The students experimented on by Prof. Han took their own lives due the resulting pain and mental deterioration.
** [[spoiler:After Minister Park’s demise, Lee Hyun Seok turns the gun on himself, although he’s stopped by Secretary Shin.]]
* DrivenToSuicide:
** Lee Ho Soo’s girlfriend was a victim of ParentalIncest, which eventually drove her to suicide.
** The students experimented on by Prof. Han took their own lives due the resulting pain and mental deterioration.
** [[spoiler:After Minister Park’s demise, Lee Hyun Seok turns the gun on himself, although he’s stopped by Secretary Shin.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Park Dong-gun was at first horrified when he learned what his old friend Han Yong-woo was doing to the students in their college. But after he realized what Yong-woo was after, he quickly became as obsessed as his friend and even took his place.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Park Dong-gun Dong Gun was at first horrified when he learned what his old friend Han Yong-woo Yong Woo was doing to the students in their college. But after he realized what Yong-woo Yong Woo was after, he quickly became as obsessed as his friend and even took his place.place as the head of the project.]]
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* FireForgedFriends: At first Joon Hyuk and Lee Ho-soo disliked each other intensely. [[spoiler:They became true friends when Hoo-soo realized that Human B was wrong and changed sides.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Due to how the drama is structured, we know in 2017, [[spoiler:Bum Gyun, Min Young and Jung Yeon will survive as they appear in 2037 and that Won Jin will find Bum Gyun.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Due to how the drama is structured, we know in 2017, [[spoiler:Bum Gyun, Min Young and Jung Yeon will survive as they appear in 2037 and that Won Jin will find Bum Gyun.]]
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* FireForgedFriends: At first Joon Hyuk and Lee Ho-soo Ho Soo disliked each other intensely. [[spoiler:They became true friends when Hoo-soo Hoo Soo realized that Human B was wrong and changed sides.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Bum Gyun is the Foolish (impulsive, apparently mentally unstable, obsessed with aliens and conspiracies) to Woo Jin’s Responsible (down to earth, hardworking, concerned mainly with protecting his family).
* ForegoneConclusion: Due to how the drama is structured, we know in 2017, [[spoiler:Bum Gyun, Min Young and Jung Yeon will survive as they appear in 2037 and thatWon Woo Jin will find Bum Gyun.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Bum Gyun is the Foolish (impulsive, apparently mentally unstable, obsessed with aliens and conspiracies) to Woo Jin’s Responsible (down to earth, hardworking, concerned mainly with protecting his family).
* ForegoneConclusion: Due to how the drama is structured, we know in 2017, [[spoiler:Bum Gyun, Min Young and Jung Yeon will survive as they appear in 2037 and that
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** Both Min-young and Joon Hyuk have a scar behind their left ear. [[spoiler:This hints that Min-Young also had a worm in her brain.]]
** In one episode of the Brave New World, Park Dong-gun talks about a law to make human cloning legal. [[spoiler:Which makes sense when you realize he had a dying Woo Jin cloned.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When Hoo-soo realized that his memories were blocked at first he is desperate to escape the pain by having them blocked again. But when he sees that the man that caused his girlfriend to commit suicide is not only happy but doesn't have a clue over what he did, Hoo-soo realizes that Human B is wrong.]]
** In one episode of the Brave New World, Park Dong-gun talks about a law to make human cloning legal. [[spoiler:Which makes sense when you realize he had a dying Woo Jin cloned.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When Hoo-soo realized that his memories were blocked at first he is desperate to escape the pain by having them blocked again. But when he sees that the man that caused his girlfriend to commit suicide is not only happy but doesn't have a clue over what he did, Hoo-soo realizes that Human B is wrong.]]
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** Both Min-young Min Young and Joon Hyuk have a scar behind their left ear. [[spoiler:This hints that Min-Young Min Young also had a worm in her brain.]]
** In one episode of the Brave New World, ParkDong-gun Dong Gun talks about a law to make human cloning legal. [[spoiler:Which makes sense when you realize he had a dying Woo Jin cloned.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Park Dong Gun starts out as a mild-mannered junior professor and advances to running his very own dystopia.]]
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: What the Stable Care chip essentially does, immediately suppressing any strong negative emotion.
* GreatDetective: Inspector Hong likes to cultivate the image (and portrays himself as such is his webtoon, where his {{Expy}} is even named “Sherlock”), but he’s probably just a ''good'' detective.
* HackerCave: Dong Soo and Bluebird[[spoiler:/Jung Yeon]] each have one.
* HappinessInMindControl: When his memories first resurface, Ho Soo begs to have them blocked again.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:WhenHoo-soo Ho Soo realized that his memories were blocked at first he is desperate to escape the pain by having them blocked again. But when he sees that the man that caused his girlfriend to commit suicide is not only happy but doesn't have a clue over what he did, Hoo-soo Ho Soo realizes that Human B is wrong.]]
** In one episode of the Brave New World, Park
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Park Dong Gun starts out as a mild-mannered junior professor and advances to running his very own dystopia.]]
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: What the Stable Care chip essentially does, immediately suppressing any strong negative emotion.
* GreatDetective: Inspector Hong likes to cultivate the image (and portrays himself as such is his webtoon, where his {{Expy}} is even named “Sherlock”), but he’s probably just a ''good'' detective.
* HackerCave: Dong Soo and Bluebird[[spoiler:/Jung Yeon]] each have one.
* HappinessInMindControl: When his memories first resurface, Ho Soo begs to have them blocked again.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The TransferableMemory technology the plot revolves around.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Kim Gyu Chul’s fate, courtesy of Detective Choi.]]
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Kim Gyu Chul’s fate, courtesy of Detective Choi.]]
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* JustThinkOfThePotential: [[spoiler:Han Yong-woo and later Park Dong-gun think of Byul's system that allows humans to see memories as video files and edit them.]]
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* JustThinkOfThePotential: [[spoiler:Han Yong-woo Yong Woo and later Park Dong-gun Dong Gun think of Byul's system that allows humans to see memories as video files and edit them.]]
* MadScientist: After being exposed by Woo Jin, Prof. Han takes to the character type with gusto. [[spoiler:Averted by Prof. Park, who manages to be effectively evil without fits of [[LaughingMad maniacal laughter]] and speeches about the Glories of Science.]]
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Han Jung Yeon. [[spoiler:Except she’s not really his daughter.]]
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Han Jung Yeon. [[spoiler:Except she’s not really his daughter.]]
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* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Woo Jin is hated in his college as he refuses to participate in their school-wide ban which they see as him being selfish. In reality, he needs the money to pay for his ill grandma and he's a scholarship student.
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* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Woo Jin is hated in his college as he refuses to participate in their school-wide ban strike which they see as him being selfish. In reality, he needs the money to pay for his ill grandma and he's a scholarship student.
* {{MockGuffin}}: [[spoiler:Kim Gyu Chul’s coveted flash drive, which turns out to contain only a video message explaining why he destroyed all the research data.]]
* {{MockGuffin}}: [[spoiler:Kim Gyu Chul’s coveted flash drive, which turns out to contain only a video message explaining why he destroyed all the research data.]]
* MysteriousWaif: Byul’s original persona as an ambiguously extraterrestrial EmotionlessGirl of unclear origins.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: Woo Jin and Bum Gyun couldn't be anymore different, when they were kids, Woo Jin believed in aliens while Bum Gyun was more grounded in logic. In 2017, it's reversed with Woo Jin being enrolled in a science college while Bum Gyun is obsessed with catching aliens.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: Woo Jin and Bum Gyun couldn't be anymore different, when different. When they were kids, Woo Jin believed in aliens while Bum Gyun was more grounded in logic. In 2017, it's reversed with Woo Jin being enrolled in a science college while Bum Gyun is obsessed with catching aliens.
* SanitySlippage: People tend to go through this when re-experiencing traumatic memories that were previously suppressed by the Stable Care system. [[spoiler:In one case at least, it leads to murder.]]
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Our heroes dismantled Human B, but as they are celebrating their new life, they hear breaking news about another mysterious flash of light in the area where they used to live. Jung Yeon’s face suddenly grows expressionless as her eyes begin to glow…]]
* SignificantWardrobeShift: After the time skip, Jung Yeon switches from a typical wardrobe of a 20-something undergrad to wearing all-black, complete with a leather jacket, piercings and heavy eye shadow. She is still one of the good guys; the wardrobe shift serves to show that the world has grown DarkerAndEdgier.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Our heroes dismantled Human B, but as they are celebrating their new life, they hear breaking news about another mysterious flash of light in the area where they used to live. Jung Yeon’s face suddenly grows expressionless as her eyes begin to glow…]]
* SignificantWardrobeShift: After the time skip, Jung Yeon switches from a typical wardrobe of a 20-something undergrad to wearing all-black, complete with a leather jacket, piercings and heavy eye shadow. She is still one of the good guys; the wardrobe shift serves to show that the world has grown DarkerAndEdgier.
* SmugSnake: Lee Hyun Seok, especially in 2037.
* StepfordSmiler: All Smart Earth citizens to some extent, but especially Lee Ho Soo. Joon Hyuk nicknames him “Erro”, short for [[SadClown “Pierrot”]], due to his constant, unnerving, fake-looking smile.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Yoon, up to a point. To a greater extent, Minister Park [[spoiler:or at least that’s what he wants everyone to think]].
* StepfordSmiler: All Smart Earth citizens to some extent, but especially Lee Ho Soo. Joon Hyuk nicknames him “Erro”, short for [[SadClown “Pierrot”]], due to his constant, unnerving, fake-looking smile.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Yoon, up to a point. To a greater extent, Minister Park [[spoiler:or at least that’s what he wants everyone to think]].
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** We're given a lot of evidence that Woo Jin [[spoiler:might be the chairman of Human B due to having B: the chairman has a photo that Bum Gyun took of them, his own beliefs Woo Jin's belief that to treat PSTD is to make them patients forget their trauma, and a photo of him standing in front of a painting in the chairman's office. Turns out it was Park Dong-gun Dong Gun all along.]]
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* TroubledButCute: Applies to both Woo Jin and Bum Gyun. Bum Gyun just finished a stint in prison and Woo Jin is a college student who does not seem to have a good relationship with anyone.
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* TragicKeepsake:
** Lee Ho Soo’s tie, which he wears even without remembering where it came from.
** Jung Yeon's necklace, which was a gift from Woo Jin.
* TroubledButCute: Applies to both Woo Jin and Bum Gyun. Bum Gyun just finished a stint in prison and Woo Jin is a college student who does not seem to have a good relationship withanyone.anyone.
* TwinTelepathy: Invoked half-jokingly between the Kim brothers, although we never see evidence of this actually happening.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler:Minister Park]] claims that humanity just wanted to be happy, so he gave them happiness – at the expense of freedom, justice and accountability.
* WetwareCPU: [[spoiler:A variant with Woo Jin’s Circulate clones, who are put in an artificial coma and serve to power the alien technology at the heart of the Human B supercomputer.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A number of side characters from 2017 don’t appear again in 2037, and we’re never told what happened to them – most notably, Detective Choi.
* TheWorldIsNotReady: Kim Gyu Chul ultimate conclusion regarding the alien technology, leading him to [[spoiler:destroy all his research data.]]
** Lee Ho Soo’s tie, which he wears even without remembering where it came from.
** Jung Yeon's necklace, which was a gift from Woo Jin.
* TroubledButCute: Applies to both Woo Jin and Bum Gyun. Bum Gyun just finished a stint in prison and Woo Jin is a college student who does not seem to have a good relationship with
* TwinTelepathy: Invoked half-jokingly between the Kim brothers, although we never see evidence of this actually happening.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler:Minister Park]] claims that humanity just wanted to be happy, so he gave them happiness – at the expense of freedom, justice and accountability.
* WetwareCPU: [[spoiler:A variant with Woo Jin’s Circulate clones, who are put in an artificial coma and serve to power the alien technology at the heart of the Human B supercomputer.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A number of side characters from 2017 don’t appear again in 2037, and we’re never told what happened to them – most notably, Detective Choi.
* TheWorldIsNotReady: Kim Gyu Chul ultimate conclusion regarding the alien technology, leading him to [[spoiler:destroy all his research data.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Overall Park Dong-gun. While Han Yong-woo starts as the BigBad for Beta Project, Dong-gun takes over and stays that way in the Brave New World.]]
* CallForward: Due to the nature of the series, a lot of plot points in the Brave New World are used in the Beta Project or vice versa.
** Jung Yeon calls herself a hacker in 2017 while her method of "hacking" is simply placing a camera in front of a computer, [[spoiler:by 2037 she's the best hacker in the world.]]
** Jung Yeon and Joon Hyuk [[spoiler:talk about how Joon Hyuk lost his memory and Woo Jin's reaction.]]
** Jin-Hong mentions that he was part of the cyber force in one episode during Brave New World. [[spoiler:The last episode shows him being transferred to that department due to his refusal to listen to orders.]]
** Jin-Hong draws a web comic in the Brave New World, which shows his art skills [[spoiler:which give him the hint that Park Dong-Gun isn't what he seems.]]
* CallForward: Due to the nature of the series, a lot of plot points in the Brave New World are used in the Beta Project or vice versa.
** Jung Yeon calls herself a hacker in 2017 while her method of "hacking" is simply placing a camera in front of a computer, [[spoiler:by 2037 she's the best hacker in the world.]]
** Jung Yeon and Joon Hyuk [[spoiler:talk about how Joon Hyuk lost his memory and Woo Jin's reaction.]]
** Jin-Hong mentions that he was part of the cyber force in one episode during Brave New World. [[spoiler:The last episode shows him being transferred to that department due to his refusal to listen to orders.]]
** Jin-Hong draws a web comic in the Brave New World, which shows his art skills [[spoiler:which give him the hint that Park Dong-Gun isn't what he seems.]]
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** Both Min-young and Joon Hyuk have a scar behind their left ear. [[spoiler:This hints that Min-Young also had a worm in her brain.]]
** In one episode of the Brave New World, Park Dong-gun talks about a law to make human cloning legal. [[spoiler:Which makes sense when you realize he had a dying Woo Jin cloned.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When Hoo-soo realized that his memories were blocked at first he is desperate to escape the pain by having them blocked again. But when he sees that the man that caused his girlfriend to commit suicide is not only happy but doesn't have a clue over what he did, Hoo-soo realizes that Human B is wrong.]]
** Both Min-young and Joon Hyuk have a scar behind their left ear. [[spoiler:This hints that Min-Young also had a worm in her brain.]]
** In one episode of the Brave New World, Park Dong-gun talks about a law to make human cloning legal. [[spoiler:Which makes sense when you realize he had a dying Woo Jin cloned.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When Hoo-soo realized that his memories were blocked at first he is desperate to escape the pain by having them blocked again. But when he sees that the man that caused his girlfriend to commit suicide is not only happy but doesn't have a clue over what he did, Hoo-soo realizes that Human B is wrong.]]
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* MaybeEverAfter: For Joon Hyuk or [[spoiler:Bum Gyun]] and Park Min-young. And [[spoiler:Woo Jin and Jung Yeon.]]
* MissingMom: Woo Jin and Bum Gyun's mother died when they were very young to the point that 11 year old Woo Jin didn't remember her face anymore.
* MissingMom: Woo Jin and Bum Gyun's mother died when they were very young to the point that 11 year old Woo Jin didn't remember her face anymore.
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** At first we're lead to believe that Joon Hyuk is [[spoiler:Woo Jin due to their similar mannerisms but it's actually revealed it's Bum Gyun.]]
** We're given a lot of evidence that Woo Jin [[spoiler:might be the chairman of Human B due to having the photo that Bum Gyun took of them, his own beliefs that to treat PSTD is to make them forget and a photo of him standing in front of a painting in the chairman's office. Turns out it was Park Dong-gun all along.]]
** At first we're lead to believe that Joon Hyuk is [[spoiler:Woo Jin due to their similar mannerisms but it's actually revealed it's Bum Gyun.]]
** We're given a lot of evidence that Woo Jin [[spoiler:might be the chairman of Human B due to having the photo that Bum Gyun took of them, his own beliefs that to treat PSTD is to make them forget and a photo of him standing in front of a painting in the chairman's office. Turns out it was Park Dong-gun all along.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: How boy did the TimeSkip do wonders for some people.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Due to how the drama is structured, we know in The Beta Project, [[spoiler:Bum Gyun, Min Young and Jung Yeon will survive as they appear in A Brave New World which is 20 years later and that Won Jin will find Bum Gyun.]]
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* ForegoneConclusion: Due to how the drama is structured, we know in The Beta Project, 2017, [[spoiler:Bum Gyun, Min Young and Jung Yeon will survive as they appear in A Brave New World which is 20 years later 2037 and that Won Jin will find Bum Gyun.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: How boy did the TimeSkip do wonders for some people.
** Bum Gyun is an alien obsessed young adult that was captured pretty easily in 2017. [[spoiler:As Joon Hyuk, he's an iron willed detective that is a capable fighter and dedicated to finding Woo Jin.]]
** Jung Yeon was a regular girl in 2017. [[spoiler:In 2037, she's a legendary hacker that many aren't sure even exists and is able to easily hack Human B.]]
** Bum Gyun is an alien obsessed young adult that was captured pretty easily in 2017. [[spoiler:As Joon Hyuk, he's an iron willed detective that is a capable fighter and dedicated to finding Woo Jin.]]
** Jung Yeon was a regular girl in 2017. [[spoiler:In 2037, she's a legendary hacker that many aren't sure even exists and is able to easily hack Human B.]]
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* OrphanPlotTrinket: Jung Yeon has a star charm that she made with her mother and the only thing left of her [[spoiler:as she lost her memory. It's revealed to be a lie as Woo Jin gave it to her 10 years ago and is what clues her to her turn identity.]]
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* OrphanPlotTrinket: OrphansPlotTrinket: Jung Yeon has a star charm that she made with her mother and the only thing left of her [[spoiler:as she lost her memory. It's revealed to be a lie as Woo Jin gave it to her 10 years ago and is what clues her to her turn identity.]]
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* TheAgeless: Byul counts. She retains the same appearance throughout the series.
* AmnesiacHero: Joon Hyuk reveals in the third episode that he lost all of his memories before. [[spoiler:It's later revealed he's actually Bum Gyun who lost his memories. And Jan Yeon is actually an amnesiac Byul.]]
* ArcWords: Bluebird. The word is repeated many times in both settings of the drama for different meanings.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Bum Gyun as Joon Hyuk is very regretful over not abandoning his obsessive search for aliens which lead to his brother's disappearance.]]
* AmnesiacHero: Joon Hyuk reveals in the third episode that he lost all of his memories before. [[spoiler:It's later revealed he's actually Bum Gyun who lost his memories. And Jan Yeon is actually an amnesiac Byul.]]
* ArcWords: Bluebird. The word is repeated many times in both settings of the drama for different meanings.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Bum Gyun as Joon Hyuk is very regretful over not abandoning his obsessive search for aliens which lead to his brother's disappearance.]]
* DisappearedDad: Woo Jin and Bum Gyun's father left them in childhood with Byul.
* EmotionlessGirl: Byul never shows any emotions and seems confused over them. [[spoiler:Averted after she lost her memories and took the name Jung Yeon.]]
* EmotionlessGirl: Byul never shows any emotions and seems confused over them. [[spoiler:Averted after she lost her memories and took the name Jung Yeon.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Due to how the drama is structured, we know in The Beta Project, [[spoiler:Bum Gyun, Min Young and Jung Yeon will survive as they appear in A Brave New World which is 20 years later and that Won Jin will find Bum Gyun.]]
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* Mr.Fanservice: Do we need a scene featuring a shirtless and buff Woo Jin? Not necessarily, but the audience is rewarded with one.
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* Mr.Fanservice: LivingEmotionalCrutch: Woo Jin and Bum Gyun are this to each other as they're the only family they have left.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Woo Jin is hated in his college as he refuses to participate in their school-wide ban which they see as him being selfish. In reality, he needs the money to pay for his ill grandma and he's a scholarship student.
* MrFanservice: Do we need a scene featuring a shirtless and buff Woo Jin? Not necessarily, but the audience is rewarded withone. one.
* OrphanPlotTrinket: Jung Yeon has a star charm that she made with her mother and the only thing left of her [[spoiler:as she lost her memory. It's revealed to be a lie as Woo Jin gave it to her 10 years ago and is what clues her to her turn identity.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: Woo Jin and Bum Gyun couldn't be anymore different, when they were kids, Woo Jin believed in aliens while Bum Gyun was more grounded in logic. In 2017, it's reversed with Woo Jin being enrolled in a science college while Bum Gyun is obsessed with catching aliens.
* ProperlyParanoid: Bum Gyun thinks that the suicides in Woo Jin's college aren't suicides and that Jung Yeon is an alien. [[spoiler:It's later reveals he's totally correct.]]
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Woo Jin is hated in his college as he refuses to participate in their school-wide ban which they see as him being selfish. In reality, he needs the money to pay for his ill grandma and he's a scholarship student.
* MrFanservice: Do we need a scene featuring a shirtless and buff Woo Jin? Not necessarily, but the audience is rewarded with
* OrphanPlotTrinket: Jung Yeon has a star charm that she made with her mother and the only thing left of her [[spoiler:as she lost her memory. It's revealed to be a lie as Woo Jin gave it to her 10 years ago and is what clues her to her turn identity.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: Woo Jin and Bum Gyun couldn't be anymore different, when they were kids, Woo Jin believed in aliens while Bum Gyun was more grounded in logic. In 2017, it's reversed with Woo Jin being enrolled in a science college while Bum Gyun is obsessed with catching aliens.
* ProperlyParanoid: Bum Gyun thinks that the suicides in Woo Jin's college aren't suicides and that Jung Yeon is an alien. [[spoiler:It's later reveals he's totally correct.]]
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* TheAgeless: Byul counts. She retains the same appearance throughout the series.
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* ShipTease: The drama has quite a few moments between Woo Jin and Jung Yeon. Bum Gyun and Min Young share some ship tease as well.
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* Mr.Fanservice: Do we need a scene featuring a shirtless and buff Woo Jin? Not necessarily, but the audience is rewarded with one.
* ShipTease: The drama has quite a few moments between Woo Jin and Jung Yeon. Bum Gyun and Min Young share some ship tease aswell.well.
* TheAgeless: Byul counts. She retains the same appearance throughout the series.
* TroubledButCute: Applies to both Woo Jin and Bum Gyun. Bum Gyun just finished a stint in prison and Woo Jin is a college student who does not seem to have a good relationship with anyone.
* ShipTease: The drama has quite a few moments between Woo Jin and Jung Yeon. Bum Gyun and Min Young share some ship tease as
* TheAgeless: Byul counts. She retains the same appearance throughout the series.
* TroubledButCute: Applies to both Woo Jin and Bum Gyun. Bum Gyun just finished a stint in prison and Woo Jin is a college student who does not seem to have a good relationship with anyone.
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* FamilyOfChoice: The main four. Only Woo Jin and Bum Gyun are related. However, throughout the course of the drama, we see that Jung Yeon and Min Young have become an integral part of the twins' lives.
* HumanAliens: Byul looks exactly like a young woman in her early twenties. She can even converse in Korean. The only indication that she is not quite human is the fact that she is expressionless, emotionless and cannot process emotions orfeelings.feelings.
* IWillFindYou: One of the running themes of the drama is Woo Jin and Bum Gyun looking for each other, in different decades. In the future, Han Jung Yeon is looking for Woo Jin as well.
* ShipTease: The drama has quite a few moments between Woo Jin and Jung Yeon. Bum Gyun and Min Young share some ship tease as well.
* HumanAliens: Byul looks exactly like a young woman in her early twenties. She can even converse in Korean. The only indication that she is not quite human is the fact that she is expressionless, emotionless and cannot process emotions or
* IWillFindYou: One of the running themes of the drama is Woo Jin and Bum Gyun looking for each other, in different decades. In the future, Han Jung Yeon is looking for Woo Jin as well.
* ShipTease: The drama has quite a few moments between Woo Jin and Jung Yeon. Bum Gyun and Min Young share some ship tease as well.
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''Series/Circle'', also known as Circle: Two Worlds Connected is a 2017 Korean Drama currently airing on tVN. The drama is divided into two parts. The first is set in the present, The Beta Project (2017); which revolves around twin brothers who think they saw an alien in their childhood. In the present, the younger brother, Kim Woo Jin is a university student, and his elder brother Kim Bum Gyun, was recently released from jail, having been incarcerated for causing someone's death, because he thought the person was an alien. Bum Gyun is convinced that the alien who they met in their childhood is the one who caused their father to disappear and is also the reason behind a spate of student suicides at Handam University. Woo Jin is not inclined to believe him, until he and his brother spot a girl, Han Jung Yeon, who looks exactly like the alien from their childhood. Suddenly, everything seems to be connected, including the suicides and the brothers and Han Jung Yeon work towards uncovering the reason behind the university suicides, unravelling a bigger mystery in the process.
The second setting is set in the future, A Brave New World (2037). The story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the "Smart Earth" where people's emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and "General Earth" where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness. The story revolves around Kim Joon Hyuk, a violent crimes detective who lives on General Earth and is skeptical of Smart Earth. However, he believes that his missing brother is on Smart Earth and is able to gain entrance into Smart Earth, when a sudden murder shocks the crime-free utopia that is Smart Earth. Once on Smart Earth, he discovers that everything is not what he seems and that maybe, the disappearance of his brother is linked to the corporation that controls Smart Earth, Human B.
The second setting is set in the future, A Brave New World (2037). The story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the "Smart Earth" where people's emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and "General Earth" where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness. The story revolves around Kim Joon Hyuk, a violent crimes detective who lives on General Earth and is skeptical of Smart Earth. However, he believes that his missing brother is on Smart Earth and is able to gain entrance into Smart Earth, when a sudden murder shocks the crime-free utopia that is Smart Earth. Once on Smart Earth, he discovers that everything is not what he seems and that maybe, the disappearance of his brother is linked to the corporation that controls Smart Earth, Human B.
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''Series/Circle'', also known as Circle: Two Worlds Connected is a 2017 Korean Drama currently airing on tVN.
The drama is divided into two parts. The first is set in the present, The Beta Project (2017); which revolves around twin brothers who think they saw an alien in their childhood. In the present, the younger brother, Kim Woo Jin is a university student, and his elder brother Kim Bum Gyun, was recently released from jail, having been incarcerated for causing someone's death, because he thought the person was an alien. Bum Gyun is convinced that the alien who they met in their childhood is the one who caused their father to disappear and is also the reason behind a spate of student suicides at Handam University. Woo Jin is not inclined to believe him, until he and his brother spot a girl, Han Jung Yeon, who looks exactly like the alien from their childhood. Suddenly, everything seems to be connected, including the suicides and the brothers and Han Jung Yeon work towards uncovering the reason behind the university suicides, unravelling a bigger mystery in the process.
The second setting is set in the future, A Brave New World (2037). The story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the "Smart Earth" where people's emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and "General Earth" where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness.The story revolves around Kim Joon Hyuk, a violent crimes detective who lives on General Earth and is skeptical of Smart Earth. However, he believes that his missing brother is on Smart Earth and is able to gain entrance into Smart Earth, when a sudden murder shocks the crime-free utopia that is Smart Earth. Once on Smart Earth, he discovers that everything is not what he seems and that maybe, the disappearance of his brother is linked to the corporation that controls Smart Earth, Human B.
The drama is divided into two parts. The first is set in the present, The Beta Project (2017); which revolves around twin brothers who think they saw an alien in their childhood. In the present, the younger brother, Kim Woo Jin is a university student, and his elder brother Kim Bum Gyun, was recently released from jail, having been incarcerated for causing someone's death, because he thought the person was an alien. Bum Gyun is convinced that the alien who they met in their childhood is the one who caused their father to disappear and is also the reason behind a spate of student suicides at Handam University. Woo Jin is not inclined to believe him, until he and his brother spot a girl, Han Jung Yeon, who looks exactly like the alien from their childhood. Suddenly, everything seems to be connected, including the suicides and the brothers and Han Jung Yeon work towards uncovering the reason behind the university suicides, unravelling a bigger mystery in the process.
The second setting is set in the future, A Brave New World (2037). The story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the "Smart Earth" where people's emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and "General Earth" where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness.
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* CameFromTheSky: One of the very first scenes of the drama features what seems to be a very bright ball of light hurtling towards the ground. From the ball of light, emerges a naked woman, who immediately collapses at the feet of Woo Jin, Bum Gyun and their father, Kim Gyu Chul.
* HumanAliens: Byul looks exactly like a young woman in her early twenties. She can even converse in Korean. The only indication that she is not quite human is the fact that she is expressionless, emotionless and cannot process emotions or feelings.
* CameFromTheSky: One of the very first scenes of the drama features what seems to be a very bright ball of light hurtling towards the ground. From the ball of light, emerges a naked woman, who immediately collapses at the feet of Woo Jin, Bum Gyun and their father, Kim Gyu Chul.
* HumanAliens: Byul looks exactly like a young woman in her early twenties. She can even converse in Korean. The only indication that she is not quite human is the fact that she is expressionless, emotionless and cannot process emotions or feelings.
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''Series/Circle'', also known as Circle: Two Worlds Connected is a 2017 Korean Drama currently airing on tVN. The drama is divided into two parts. The first is set in the present, The Beta Project (2017); which revolves around twin brothers who think they saw an alien in their childhood. In the present, the younger brother, Kim Woo Jin is a university student, and his elder brother Kim Bum Gyun, was recently released from jail, having been incarcerated for causing someone's death, because he thought the person was an alien. Bum Gyun is convinced that the alien who they met in their childhood is the one who caused their father to disappear and is also the reason behind a spate of student suicides at Handam University. Woo Jin is not inclined to believe him, until he and his brother spot a girl, Han Jung Yeon, who looks exactly like the alien from their childhood. Suddenly, everything seems to be connected, including the suicides and the brothers and Han Jung Yeon work towards uncovering the reason behind the university suicides, unravelling a bigger mystery in the process.
The second setting is set in the future, A Brave New World (2037). The story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the "Smart Earth" where people's emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and "General Earth" where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness. The story revolves around Kim Joon Hyuk, a violent crimes detective who lives on General Earth and is skeptical of Smart Earth. However, he believes that his missing brother is on Smart Earth and is able to gain entrance into Smart Earth, when a sudden murder shocks the crime-free utopia that is Smart Earth. Once on Smart Earth, he discovers that everything is not what he seems and that maybe, the disappearance of his brother is linked to the corporation that controls Smart Earth, Human B.
The drama stars Yeo Jin Goo as Kim Woo Jin, Gong Seung Yeon as Han Jung Yeon, Kim Kang Woo as Kim Joon Hyuk, An Woo Yeon as Kim Bum Gyun , Jung In Sung as Park Min Young and Lee Gi-kwang as Lee Ho Soo.
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The second setting is set in the future, A Brave New World (2037). The story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the "Smart Earth" where people's emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and "General Earth" where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness. The story revolves around Kim Joon Hyuk, a violent crimes detective who lives on General Earth and is skeptical of Smart Earth. However, he believes that his missing brother is on Smart Earth and is able to gain entrance into Smart Earth, when a sudden murder shocks the crime-free utopia that is Smart Earth. Once on Smart Earth, he discovers that everything is not what he seems and that maybe, the disappearance of his brother is linked to the corporation that controls Smart Earth, Human B.
The drama stars Yeo Jin Goo as Kim Woo Jin, Gong Seung Yeon as Han Jung Yeon, Kim Kang Woo as Kim Joon Hyuk, An Woo Yeon as Kim Bum Gyun , Jung In Sung as Park Min Young and Lee Gi-kwang as Lee Ho Soo.
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