Homestar Runner

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Does the dog die?
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thunderzizi
However, note that mentioning the killing of dogs *is* a running gag. There's also an entire Halloween special (Mr. Poofers Must Die!") dedicated to attempting to kill an imaginary dog, but nobody can do it.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there audio gore?
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ReloadPsi
When viewed in their original Flash format, these are usually optional and must be found by the viewer. On YouTube, they play after a fake "related videos" screen.
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ReloadPsi
In certain episodes of Teen Girl Squad, decapitation is very cartoonishly depicted.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Iscopeeee
In sbemail #159, retirement, Strong Sad is seen wearing a dress, as well as having a beard he normally doesn't have, likely a reference to the "bearded lady" trope.
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JoelSvensson
In one email, Strong Bad threatens to hit one of his (offscreen, and very likely imaginary) children.
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Is someone stalked?
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ReloadPsi
Coach Z shows interest in Marzipan in ways that might occasionally be construed that way.
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Iscopeeee
Homestar and Marzipan, who are (sometimes) dating, are often mean or even violent to eachother - though this is usually slapstick in tone and played for laughs. Strong Bad is also often rude and mean to his younger brother, Strong Sad, which is also played for laughs.
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ReloadPsi
Teen Girl Squad often shows crudely drawn cartoon girls dying in slapstick fashion, but the deaths are usually accidents or disasters, not malicious attacks.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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wizardlizard99
Reference is made to "shady daycares," but this is a throwaway gag.
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Mooncharm96
In "Characters from Yonder Website," it's revealed at the end that the characters were drinking expired Smarty Juice, which caused them to pass out and hallucinate themselves as characters in the titular children's show. Strong Sad also joins in at the end. The Smarty Juice the characters were drinking could be seen as a type of drug similar to LSD/acid, but it's all played for laughs. (http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Drugs)
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Is there addiction?
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JoelSvensson
Coach Z is once shown being drunk on mouthwash.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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ReloadPsi
A cooked ocelot is depicted in a storybook. Birds are killed in cartoonishly bizarre ways in the first few episodes of Teen Girl Squad.
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Are animals abused?
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nooksandcrannies
In the Sbemail 'little animal', Strong Bad purposely kicks The Cheat in response to an email. This is played humorously.
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In "Homestar Enters The Spooky Woods" an illustration of a dead raccoon is shown and its more realistic than the rest of the shows art style so it can be jarring
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Is an animal sad?
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SpaghettiWolf
The Cheat cries on a couple of occasions in the series, and the SBemail "Crying" focuses on sad animals.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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thunderzizi
(SBCG4AP doesn't count - I gave it its own entry.)
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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thunderzizi
They appear several times in the series, but most notable is Gavin the cockroach (since he, y'know, has a name).
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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nooksandcrannies
there are vague hints at Señor Cardgage potentially being a kiddie fiddler in the Sbemail 'licensed', where Cardgage is known to own a 'shady daycare'. Strong Bad explicitly states that it is 'the kind that are open 24 hours and are surrounded by barbed wire'. This entire segment is played out as a joke, and Cardgage is not proven to be a paedophile.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Mooncharm96
In "Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon," The Poopsmith is tied up with duct tape over his mouth.
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
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wizardlizard99
A handful of scenes suggest that Homestar Runner shaves, however; this is shown to not be stubble but a puff of cinnamon he has put on his face to give the illusion of facial hair. Strong Bad claims to be growing a mustache, but this is a throwaway gag.
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Is there cannibalism?
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wizardlizard99
Debatable - occasional reference is made to characters eating/wanting to eat The Cheat.
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ReloadPsi
Occasional cause of death in Teen Girl Squad. Also attempted against Homsar, but he makes a full recovery.
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ReloadPsi
Characters catch fire at times but it's purely slapstick and they are never seriously harmed. Characters in the Teen Girl Squad comic are occasionally burned.
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sybs
in "different town", strong bad mentions that he wants the king of town to be buried alive while surrounded by peas, and in "somber vacation", strong sad mentions burying himself alive in sand.
http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Buried_Alive
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Is there body horror?
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ReloadPsi
Occasionally, but always humorously and usually as imagined by a character.
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ReloadPsi
Li'l Brudder and Tenderfoot however are amputees.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone break a bone?
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thunderzizi
Technically it was merely illustrated, but still.
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JoelSvensson
Strong Sad claims to get his wisdom teeth pulled out once every year.
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Anonymous
In Lappynapped", The Lappy has its "" key removed, it's treated as if it were a toe.
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Is someone tortured?
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wizardlizard99
Strong Sad is locked in a bathtub every Decemberween. Played for laughs
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ReloadPsi
A character falls in a bottomless pit, but in a post-credits scene we discover that she hasn't yet died and is having a conversation with somebody else down there. The implication is that she's still going to die after the episode ends.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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thunderzizi
Teen Girl Squad is all about the killing of a group of teenage girls.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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ReloadPsi
On one occasion, the word "leotard" is used as a verb in a sentence that can cause it to be misheard as the R-slur, but it's very incidental and not likely to be intended to be read that way.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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sybs
a plot point near the end of "strong bad is in jail cartoon" includes the poopsmith being held captive for ransom by strong bad and the cheat.
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Does someone cheat?
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dshorthouse
Marzipan and Homestar have an on-again/off-again relationship, but at least once Marzipan went on a date with someone else while it was presumably on-again.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Anonymous
The Strong Bad email Ghosts" revolves around them, but there are other appearances throughout the series.
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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ReloadPsi
Characters in Halloween episodes occasionally cosplay as fictional clowns, such as Strong Bad as The Joker.
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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windiix
http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Puking
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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ReloadPsi
No - Strong Bad is shown playing a crooked cop in some home movies, and The Poopsmith is implied to moonlight as The King of Town's muscle, depicted in a villainous light.
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Anonymous
The Strong Bad Email Candy Product" shows a syringe briefly.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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No - although the character Strong Mad has been debated to be autism coded, if it were the case he likely wouldn't be considered a misrepresentation of it.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Iscopeeee
When Strong Sad starts to feel happy in Happy Hallow-day, he asks someone to shoot him.
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Anonymous
3 Times Halloween Funjob has a scene parodying the mutation scene from Akira, can be avoided by not giving Stinkoman the Akira" vial.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Anonymous
There's dialog saying that Charlamagne, Strong Sad's plant (which is treated like a character) commited suicide.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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DiscoPolarBear
Not a baby, but The Cheat cries over not getting a blue toy in the short "Drive-Thru".
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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windiix
http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Fourth_Wall_Breaks
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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ReloadPsi
Characters' ages are never stated. The King of Town is depicted with a more mature voice than the rest of the cast and shown to be out of touch, but it's never made clear if it's anything to do with age.
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Sex
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Mooncharm96
Homestar occasionally appears naked while censored.
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Is there bestiality?
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SpaghettiWolf
One of Strong Bad's main character traits is his tendency to objectify women. However, he is depicted as being pathetic for this, and he never actually harasses anyone for it.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Sexism
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Strong Sad's depression is played for comedic value several times
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
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JoelSvensson
Coach Z apparently sleeps in a gym locker.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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wizardlizard99
On the rare occasion something bad happens that has lasting consequences, it's played for laughs (like the "deaths" of Strong Bad's various personal computers) and no one is shown to meaningfully suffer as a result for any extended period of time.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Anonymous
In Teen Girl Squad
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Anonymous
The King of Town, in Doomy Tales of the Macabre. In Where my Hat is At, Strong Sad is found at the bottom of a pool cemented in concrete, but he survives.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Mainly in Teen Girl Squad, though it's very crudely drawn.
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ReloadPsi
Though not caused by actual nuclear ordnance, some explosions are clearly modelled on mushroom clouds.
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wizardlizard99
In various scenes depicting the in-universe home movies in the Dangeresque series, titular character Dangeresque is shown to have a "nunchuk gun." This gun is never fired, either in "reality" or within the movie-within-the-cartoon.
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