Does the dog die?
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The Thing
Movie • 1982 • Horror
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Mycomni
First off, the dog the HuskyThing had assimilated is dead but had died before the start of the movie. There were (more or less) nine dogs in the kennels when the HuskyThing arrived. Since only two dogs ran out after Clark opened the kennel, that means seven dogs were assimilated into the HuskyThing. While one dog wasn't assimilated, the poor thing *was* partially dissolved in acid (and thus, I'm assuming it died due to the extent of its injuries). One of the characters, Blair, kills the remaining dogs in the kennel after seeing the BenningsThing. Either way, lots of dogs die, this is not the movie for you if you're sensitive to dog deaths, especially to Husky deaths and brutal dog deaths.
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Abuse
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Is someone gaslighted?
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cherry
not in the context of a toxic relationship but a major theme of the movie is distrust and knowing those around you may be lying/manipulating
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crabby
There are no children in this movie.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Day
A character is seen drinking several times, it's unclear if he's addicted to alcohol.
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Anonymous
Palmer is seen smoking marijuana
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Anonymous
Macready drinks from a bottle but only once
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Animal
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crabby
There are no animals in this movie other than the dogs.
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Are animals abused?
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Mycomni
One of the dogs hadn't been fully assimilated by the Thing, as the thing was torched before it could assimilate that one too, and despite being conscious and 'alive' the poor doggo was heavily dissolved by acid due to the attempted assimilation.
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zdy1994
Not by the definition here, but dogs do fight the thing, just no one is forcing them too.
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Is there a dead animal?
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VelBloo
Several dead dogs
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Does a cat die?
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Mycomni
There are no cats in 'The Thing (1982)'
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Does a pet die?
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cherry
multiple dogs die, and while the emotional impact is not lingered upon long a man is viaibly distressed by this
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Are there spiders?
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Allandrel
An alien at one point does assume a very disturbing spider-like form.
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Are there snakes?
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invadermac
The thing has snake/tentacle appendages at times
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Are there bugs?
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invadermac
The thing has bug like appendages at times
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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VelBloo
Several men are tied to chairs to conduct the famous blood test. One of them is the monster
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deniallol
Lots of gruesome violence and body horror, but nothing of a sexual nature.
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SpaceCoyote
None of the violence in this movie is of a sexual nature. In fact, there is no sex related action in the film.
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Is someone drugged?
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hexbabey
several people are given morphine via injections, but they are aware that it’s happening.
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SiRenfield
There isn’t even any women
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Anonymous
A man is seen frozen with blood coming out of his wrists
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Does a head get squashed?
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invadermac
Squashed in the thing’s mouth.
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Is someone burned alive?
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invadermac
It is the only way to “kill” a thing, plus several people infected by it are burned
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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invadermac
And the doctor’s arms are bitten off while preforming cpr
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Is there eye mutilation?
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Eyes swell with blood then explode.
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Is someone choked?
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georgiarose
not with hands, but with tentacles from the thing
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Is there body horror?
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Quite a lot. Every single scene where the Thing reveals itself includes major body horror.
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Is there excessive gore?
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That's this movie's whole thing yeah
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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CrayZblu
An assimilated human fuses its hand into the skin of a normal human’s face and it’s the last he’s seen alive. It’s unclear what his exact cause of death is, so I’m voting no, but if you are extremely sensitive to this I would be careful
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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WisdomPen
Near the end the alien plugs up a mans mouth with it’s hand and you can hear the man struggle to breathe
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Does someone become unconscious?
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hexbabey
a man is slammed against a shelf and we see him lose consciousness. another man says he’s stopped breathing
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Does someone break a bone?
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Anonymous
Someone gets their arms chewed off and we see the broken and fragmented bones.
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Is there amputation?
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SkylarSnow
When attempting to resuscitate someone, a man gets his arms bitten off.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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DjMuel
there is a cadaver of an attempted assimilation cut short where the teeth of the people are extremely deformed from said attempt - the camera focuses on it for some time before cutting away
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Is there decapitation?
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CrayZblu
Technically no, but after one assimilated character dies, a still-living head pries itself off of the body and grows legs.
There is no pain or discomfort depicted, but it is, visually speaking, a human head being separated from a human body.
There is no pain or discomfort depicted, but it is, visually speaking, a human head being separated from a human body.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Mycomni
A seizure is not the same as a heart attack.
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Is there a hanging?
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Anonymous
There is a scene where a noose is visible but not used
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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deniallol
There are no children in this film.
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Does a kid die?
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crabby
There are no children in this movie. Only several grown men.
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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hexbabey
several dogs and aliens die and/or are burned alive
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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crabby
We're not made aware of any of these men's families, so we don't know if any of them are parents.
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Does someone cheat?
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Quiet_Wyatt
Except the chess computer, who is in MacReady's words a "cheating b***h"
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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steppy
Again, no sign of children in this movie
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Is someone kidnapped?
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WisdomPen
A few people do get ganged up on and tied up or locked up against their will
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Anonymous
During a blood test Palmer’s blood reacts violently and a silhouette comes out of nowhere
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Yes, but they're all frozen because the entire movie takes place in Antarctica.
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Is someone possessed?
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crabby
Not by an evil spirit, but they do get taken over by the Thing. Sometimes it's able to completely take over someone and mimic them so that everyone thinks they're still human.
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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Quiet_Wyatt
Much alien drool, mucus & ooze
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Is someone eaten?
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By the thing
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Does someone vomit?
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It doesn’t really look like vomit. More like a small high pressure hose stream of a weird liquid. I’m pretty sensitive to vomit scenes and it didn’t bother me.
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Is there audio gore?
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deniallol
The monster makes various gruesome sounds as it transforms itself.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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VelBloo
There are no police in Antarctica
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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DjMuel
What could possibly be triggering for previous patients of MI's is that a man who becomes delusional and psychotic with knowledge of the Thing's abilities is forcibly restrained, sedated and locked in a cabin away from the other researchers.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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invadermac
The blood is not gathered by syringe, but by cutting their thumbs with a knife. A syringe is shown when tranquillising a dog.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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zdy1994
Well, there's a few autopsy scenes. That might make people uncomfortable. This movie has a lot of gore and body horror, it's pretty gross.
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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DjMuel
No idea why people are voting no for this. This movie is littered with scenes of people becoming paranoid, delusional and attacking each other as a result. It's essentially the theme of the film.
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Is there misophonia?
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Screaming, wet squelching sounds from The Thing
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Heyo
Yes, there are very much anxiety attacks. The whole film is about mistrust and suspicion, so many characters end up panicking at several moments in the film.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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invadermac
This is a tough one, but no, the thing assuming other people’s form by consuming them and changing shape is not body dysmorphia.
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One of the characters that has been locked in a shack has tied a noose, but this is never acknowledged.
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Anonymous
Man is seen frozen with wrists slit
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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hyperandrogenism
There are scenes in a small shack and in a basement.
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Anonymous
Man is seen with slit wrists
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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0
Definitely some at the beginning
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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deniallol
F-bombs, religious exclamations, etc.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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zdy1994
There are no women in this movie.
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Prejudice
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Does an LGBT person die?
639 supporters
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fulltimesnake
there are no explicitly queer people in the movie
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Does the black guy die first?
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Mycomni
The black guys weren't the first to die, and it's made pretty clear no one is safe from the thing, thus not making it a race thing. In fact, Childs (one of the aforementioned black guys) survives *until the end of the movie*, after which his death is only confirmed in the 2002 'The Thing' video game (because apparently Carpenter said the 2002 game was canon so).
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
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Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
Not much but there are some references
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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invadermac
NOT a happy ending
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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hyperandrogenism
A helicopter crashes on screen and a spaceship (flying saucer) crashes before the movie.
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Does a car crash?
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Snow tractor crash
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Travis Clark
To just say there is blood & gore is a vast understatement
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Is there gun violence?
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hyperandrogenism
In the beginning a man is shot and they try to shoot the Thing.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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notgoingtoaddcomments
No, but there is a large explosion with a mushroom cloud.
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