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When Worlds Collide

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When Worlds Collide	label	When Worlds Collide
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When Worlds Collide	comment	When Worlds Collide is a 1951 Science Fiction film, produced by George Pal and directed by Rudolph MatÃ©. Based upon the 1933 novel by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, it follows a group of astronomers who discover that a star is on a collision course with Earth. They work to build a spaceship to carry a small group of humans to a passing planet in an effort to save humanity.This is often considered the first true impact event film and one of George Pal's best works.The story was slated for a remake in 2012, to be produced by Steven Spielberg; it remains in Development Hell as of 2019. However, National Geographic's Evacuate Earth is a Speculative Documentary about much the same premise.
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When Worlds Collide / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
When Worlds Collide / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: As the designated hour of Zyra's approach is reached, Stanton scoffs at Hendron and the other scientists of their evidently flawed prediction.
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When Worlds Collide / int_1865f13a	type	Apocalypse Anarchy
When Worlds Collide / int_1865f13a	comment	Apocalypse Anarchy: Before the rocket launches, the lottery losers riot and try to force their way on board.
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When Worlds Collide / int_1b010521	type	Diesel Punk
When Worlds Collide / int_1b010521	comment	Diesel Punk: A differential analyzer (admittedly at the cusp of its own obsolescence in 1951) is used to calculate Bellus's course.
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When Worlds Collide / int_1ce428b5	type	Cold Equation
When Worlds Collide / int_1ce428b5	comment	Cold Equation: Only so many people can be taken on the rocket, so this trope is played for drama throughout the movie. Then the rocket is overloaded so Hendon and Stanton (the latter against his will) stay back to give them the extra fuel.
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When Worlds Collide / int_1e1f2e51	type	Raygun Gothic
When Worlds Collide / int_1e1f2e51	comment	Raygun Gothic: The design of the rocket is fully inline with this design philosophy.
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When Worlds Collide / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
When Worlds Collide / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Stanton brings several crates of rifles to the camp in order to protect them from people who may be desperate enough to force their way on board. The lottery losers eventually do just this, and use the guns that he brought.
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When Worlds Collide / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
When Worlds Collide / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: One of the lottery losers tries to talk sense into the others by saying they agreed to the drawing and there's no point in trying to take the ship.
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When Worlds Collide / int_2d4d16d9	type	I Know You Know I Know
When Worlds Collide / int_2d4d16d9	comment	I Know You Know I Know: Toyed with; Randall initally must bring some data from one Dr. Bronson to Dr. Hendron for analysis and confirmation, but he (Randall) has no clue what the data is, much less what it means. When Joyce Hendron meets Randall, she assumes he already knows the details and speaks candidly to him; he plays this up in hopes that she will let slip what's going on.
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When Worlds Collide / int_396e1c2a	type	Face Death with Dignity
When Worlds Collide / int_396e1c2a	comment	Face Death with Dignity: A narrator says that the evacuation from coastal cities is calm and orderly as mankind accepts its collective fate. Most are said to be huddled in prayer before the end.
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When Worlds Collide / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
When Worlds Collide / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: Tony privately tells David that Dr. Frye has a heart condition and may not survive the g-force, which makes a backup pilot necessary.
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When Worlds Collide / int_4127eb1	type	Shut Up, Hannibal!
When Worlds Collide / int_4127eb1	comment	Shut Up, Hannibal!: After killing Ferris, Stanton starts to boast about how he was right when Dr. Frye tells him to just shut up.
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When Worlds Collide / int_43a045de	type	Dropped a Bridge on Him
When Worlds Collide / int_43a045de	comment	Dropped a Bridge on Him: Almost literally. Dr. Bronson is killed when a crane falls on him during the passing of Zyra.
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When Worlds Collide / int_48c99e19	type	Death by Adaptation
When Worlds Collide / int_48c99e19	comment	Death by Adaptation: In the book, Dr. Hendron joins the survivors on the rocket to lead the new colony. In the film, he stays behind with Stanton, sacrificing themselves to ensure the rocket has enough fuel to make it to Zyra.
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When Worlds Collide / int_4987746e	type	Ridiculously Fast Construction
When Worlds Collide / int_4987746e	comment	Ridiculously Fast Construction: After only five months, the rocket's fuselage is nearly complete and the launch track is finished.
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When Worlds Collide / int_49d18492	type	Scenery Gorn
When Worlds Collide / int_49d18492	comment	Scenery Gorn: Planet Zyra's close call with Earth causes massive earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and all other manner of Stock Footage. After the pass, David and Tony get a look at the devastated New York City.
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When Worlds Collide / int_4b4ca7ac	type	Speed, Smarts and Strength
When Worlds Collide / int_4b4ca7ac	comment	Speed, Smarts and Strength: Hendron, Frye, and Stanton are the three heads of the ark project. Hendron is the scientific head and overall leader of the camp, Frye supervises the rocket's design and construction, and Stanton provides financial backing to make the construction possible.
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When Worlds Collide / int_4e52a624	type	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
When Worlds Collide / int_4e52a624	comment	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: Dr. Hendron enforces this upon Stanton, who wants to finance the rocket in exchange for complete control.
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When Worlds Collide / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
When Worlds Collide / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: When Ferris tries to force his way onto the ship at gunpoint, Stanton shoots him with a pistol from under his blanket.
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When Worlds Collide / int_50f848cc	type	Technology Porn
When Worlds Collide / int_50f848cc	comment	Technology Porn: The differential analyser (a digital/mechanical computer) and the helicopter (still new to audiences in The '50s) get a lot of visual emphasis.
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When Worlds Collide / int_550754dc	type	Improbable Infant Survival
When Worlds Collide / int_550754dc	comment	Improbable Infant Survival: The little boy is one of three people who doesn't need to Lottery his way onto the ship. Which, given the situation, is probably entirely justified.
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When Worlds Collide / int_55bf1a48	type	At Least I Admit It
When Worlds Collide / int_55bf1a48	comment	At Least I Admit It: Stanton fully admits that he's selfish and willing to pay whatever it takes to stay alive. He also admits that he's spent his whole life living in the cutthroat human jungle, and expects people to try to force their way on the ship.
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When Worlds Collide / int_5941d75	type	Beta Couple
When Worlds Collide / int_5941d75	comment	Beta Couple: Eddie and Julie. The kicker: his number comes up for evacuation, hers does not, and he rejects his winning number to stay and die with his beloved. Both are given passage at the last minute, though at a very steep cost (see Heroic Sacrifice below).
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When Worlds Collide / int_5deb34da	type	Ace Pilot
When Worlds Collide / int_5deb34da	comment	Ace Pilot: Randall. It actually becomes important only in one particular plot point (see Plot Tailored, below).
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When Worlds Collide / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
When Worlds Collide / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Tony steps aside nobly and gracefully (well, eventually) when it becomes clear that Joyce loves David.
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When Worlds Collide / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
When Worlds Collide / int_6439de78	comment	Other than Julie (who is given a place anyway thanks to Hedron's Heroic Sacrifice), the female lottery losers completely disappear from the story towards the end. Technically we know what happened to them in the very end but unlike their male counterparts we don't witness it.
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When Worlds Collide / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
When Worlds Collide / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Joyce Hendron's mother is never mentioned.
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When Worlds Collide / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
When Worlds Collide / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Stanton makes a valid point early on that anyone desperate to survive will try to board their rocket, and so brings several cases of rifles to defend the camp. In the end, Hendron admits that Stanton was right, calling him a better judge of people than himself.
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When Worlds Collide / int_6fc21d06	type	Fiction 500
When Worlds Collide / int_6fc21d06	comment	Fiction 500: Sydney Stanton. Hendron is forced to approach him so that they'll have enough money to build the rocket.
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When Worlds Collide / int_72737504	type	Lottery of Doom
When Worlds Collide / int_72737504	comment	Lottery of Doom: Only forty people can fit onto the rocket and thus escape the end of the world. A few seats are reserved for the expedition leaders (Dr. Hendron, Joyce, Tony, Dr. Frye) and a couple of select passengers (Randall, Stanton, the little boy and his dog).
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When Worlds Collide / int_7a555627	type	Honest Corporate Executive
When Worlds Collide / int_7a555627	comment	Honest Corporate Executive: Marsden and Spiro, two of Hendron's financial backers. After he explains that the world will end, they immediately offer aid. Once it's clear that they won't have any government backing, they arrange the lease on a campsite so that Hendron can start building the rocket.
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When Worlds Collide / int_7c4ba0e0	type	Red Sky, Take Warning
When Worlds Collide / int_7c4ba0e0	comment	Red Sky, Take Warning: Bellus' approach causes the sky to go red.
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When Worlds Collide / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
When Worlds Collide / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Dr. Hendron lays it into Stanton on the final day before the collision.
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When Worlds Collide / int_7f38c0cd	type	An Offer You Can't Refuse
When Worlds Collide / int_7f38c0cd	comment	An Offer You Can't Refuse: Stanton initially offers to pay for the ark on the condition that he select the passengers. Hendron replies that he's not qualified to do so, and so simply offers him "his money for his life," granting him a seat on the rocket. Stanton says he can't refuse.
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When Worlds Collide / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
When Worlds Collide / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: In the first half of the film, there are passing mentions that similar rockets are being built in other nations. However, after the passing of Zyra, there is absolutely no mention of whether these ships were completed and made it off the planet. The book's sequel described the fate of the other ships: the French ship crashed in the Alps on takeoff, the British ship landed in a lake on the new planet, and the broad Asian ship lands successfully and tries to claim the new world as its own. It is also mentioned that other rockets were built in more countries which might have survived. Other than Julie (who is given a place anyway thanks to Hedron's Heroic Sacrifice), the female lottery losers completely disappear from the story towards the end. Technically we know what happened to them in the very end but unlike their male counterparts we don't witness it.
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When Worlds Collide / int_86a00a8e	type	If My Calculations Are Correct
When Worlds Collide / int_86a00a8e	comment	If My Calculations Are Correct: invoked nearly word for word.
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When Worlds Collide / int_895ec17	type	Only in It for the Money
When Worlds Collide / int_895ec17	comment	Only in It for the Money: Randall, at first.
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When Worlds Collide / int_92286f7f	type	Precursors
When Worlds Collide / int_92286f7f	comment	Precursors: The survivors' first view of Zyra's surface includes massive pyramid-like structures, suggesting an ancient civilization that used to inhabit the planet.
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When Worlds Collide / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
When Worlds Collide / int_97c4763	comment	The Professor: Dr. Hendron, Dr. Bronson, Dr. Frye.
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When Worlds Collide / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
When Worlds Collide / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Marsden and Spiro use their age as the reason for helping build the rocket so that the young might live. Hendron later sacrifices himself and Stanton because "The new world isn't for us, it's for the young."
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When Worlds Collide / int_a0b0840c	type	More Expendable Than You
When Worlds Collide / int_a0b0840c	comment	More Expendable Than You: David believes he has no useful skills and so tries to turn down his free seat on the rocket. When Tony claims to him that Dr. Frye has a heart condition and thus might not survive, he realizes that his skills as a pilot will be needed.
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When Worlds Collide / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
When Worlds Collide / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: The closest equivalent to Stanton in the novel is a deranged tycoon who tries to buy his way onto the rocket.
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When Worlds Collide / int_abe1e24e	type	Good Cannot Comprehend Evil
When Worlds Collide / int_abe1e24e	comment	Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: By way of contrast, Dr. Hendron firmly believes that humanity will reveal its noble side as they Face Death with Dignity.
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When Worlds Collide / int_b3eecaae	type	Colony Drop
When Worlds Collide / int_b3eecaae	comment	Colony Drop / The End of the World as We Know It / Earth-Shattering Kaboom: Whether Bronson Alpha / Bellus is a star, a not-quite-stellar Brown Dwarf, or merely a humongous, rogue gas giant, the end is the same for Earth.
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When Worlds Collide / int_ba5bd7	type	Ignored Expert
When Worlds Collide / int_ba5bd7	comment	Ignored Expert: When Dr. Hendron first takes his warning of the impending Colony Drop to the U.N., they literally laugh him out of the room.
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When Worlds Collide / int_bda018c5	type	Money to Burn
When Worlds Collide / int_bda018c5	comment	Money to Burn: David does this after learning the world is ending.
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When Worlds Collide / int_bdc94cd9	type	Compressed Adaptation
When Worlds Collide / int_bdc94cd9	comment	Compressed Adaptation: In the film, Bellus destroys Earth only 19 days after Zyra makes its pass. The book has 18 months pass between the two events, giving the survivors enough time to build a second rocket to carry the rest of the camp.
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When Worlds Collide / int_c515d358	type	America Saves the Day
When Worlds Collide / int_c515d358	comment	America Saves the Day: Dr. Hendron's rocketship, which will take a grand total of forty people to their new world. Mention is made of other rockets being built around the world, but we never see any of them, nor learn if they were completed, launched and/or landed successfully.
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When Worlds Collide / int_c6e9e40d	type	Retro Rocket
When Worlds Collide / int_c6e9e40d	comment	Retro Rocket: The Ark, although it's not a tail-sitter (it launches from a gigantic ramp).
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When Worlds Collide / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
When Worlds Collide / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Stanton. While we never see any evidence of his actual business practices, he has a rather unpleasant personality.
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When Worlds Collide / int_cd0637d2	type	Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
When Worlds Collide / int_cd0637d2	comment	Extra! Extra! Read All About It!: After Hendron is laughed out of the UN, we see a newsboy announcing the latest headlines.
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When Worlds Collide / int_d525f857	comment	Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale: Dr. Hendron says that Bellus is exactly three billion miles from Earth. That is precisely the orbit of Neptune, and it is hard to imagine that a star heading for Earth wouldn't be seen long before getting that close. The opening line of the film says that Bellus and Zyra have moved a million miles in two weeks. Later, upon hearing they are three billion miles away, David laughs and says people will need to worry in a hundred years. At that speed and from that distance, it would take a hundred years to hit Earth, not the eight months that pass in the film. It even shows in the collision itself. A brown dwarf or substellar object wouldn't collide with Earth so much as absorb it. Gravitational tides would tear the planet apart many days or even weeks before the collision, and the survivors aboard the Arks would just see the debris impacting the atmosphere and disappearing, similar to what happened to Comet Shoemakerâ€“Levy 9 when it collided with Jupiter. The collision is actually shown as two similar-sized bodies actually hitting each other.
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When Worlds Collide / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change. Bronson Alpha and Beta from the book become Bellus and Zyra.
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When Worlds Collide / int_e016e53f	comment	Throwing Off the Disability: Stanton gets off his wheelchair and stumbles a few steps away from it in a futile bid to board the rocket as it launches without him.
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When Worlds Collide / int_e3847ee8	type	Cigarette of Anxiety
When Worlds Collide / int_e3847ee8	comment	Cigarette of Anxiety: Ferris is smoking just before Zyra makes its pass.
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When Worlds Collide / int_e5a93e61	comment	Homeworld Evacuation: One of the earliest examples in film, with 40+ survivors being picked.
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When Worlds Collide / int_e71ad328	type	Plot Tailored to the Party
When Worlds Collide / int_e71ad328	comment	Plot Tailored to the Party: Played with and/or invoked; Joyce manages to cajole the evacuation into including Randall despite the fact (as even he readily admits) that he has no skills necessary to the trip — until it is pointed out that should something happen to the ship's pilot, only Randall could fly it.
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When Worlds Collide / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Sydney Stanton, the wheelchair-bound financier.
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When Worlds Collide / int_f438b11b	comment	Who's Laughing Now?: The press initially dubs the ark rocket "Stanton's Folly," as prominent scientists scoff at the data that Bellus and Zyra will destroy the Earth. However, as the months pass and the end becomes irrefutable, Stanton laughs at their initial ridicule.
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When Worlds Collide / int_f8e010ce	comment	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Stanton, who freely admits to being completely selfish, expects that the human race will tear itself apart in an attempt to escape the disaster. "It's dog eat dog — the law of the jungle!" Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: By way of contrast, Dr. Hendron firmly believes that humanity will reveal its noble side as they Face Death with Dignity. In the end, Hendron admits that Stanton was right.
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When Worlds Collide / int_faa71569	comment	Romantic False Lead: Tony. He had been with Joyce for some time and even broaches the subject of marriage after learning the world will end.
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When Worlds Collide / int_fc225bec	type	Artistic License â€“ Physics
When Worlds Collide / int_fc225bec	comment	Artistic License â€“ Physics: A surprisingly thoughtful amount of physics went into the design of the Ark rocket save for the "atomic engines." (The movie version uses standard fuel, and the limited amount of that fuel plays a critical part in the events after the lottery). However, whatever Bronson Alpha / Bellus is, its effects would be felt LONG before collision - the gravity tides alone would be causing immense tectonic activity, creating huge hurricanes and windstorms, and stripping away atmosphere days, even weeks, before the actual collision.
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When Worlds Collide / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: When David collects the plates, he's incensed that he hasn't received the full payment. Bronson tells him that the money doesn't matter anymore. Later, after learning the world is going to end, David uses dollar bills as a cigarette lighter and remarks that he'll have to tell Bronson how right he was.
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