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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Just like the previous incarnations, the Bakugan are the most obvious example of this.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the original series Shun was a stoic lone wolf. Here he's a LonelyRichKid who wants to be friends with the brawlers, similar to Marucho. He also uses the Aquos element instead of Ventus.

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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Just like the previous incarnations, the Bakugan are the most obvious example of this.
this, but this time around, ''all'' of the Bakugan are rendered in 3D.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the original series Shun was was, [[DubPersonalityChange depending on the dub you watched]], a stoic lone wolf.wolf in the English dub, or a gentle kid dealing with grief in the Japanese dub. Here he's a LonelyRichKid who wants to be friends with the brawlers, similar to Marucho. He also uses the Aquos element instead of Ventus.



** As stated above under AdaptationalPersonalityChange, this show's version of Shun Kazami is more akin to being Marucho but with Shun's name. He also has Shun's troubling relationship with the rest of his family, except with the family roles changed (having tensions with his father, as opposed to his grandfather regarding his mother's death).

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** As stated above under AdaptationalPersonalityChange, this show's version of Shun Kazami is more akin to being Marucho but with Shun's name. He also has Shun's troubling relationship with the rest of his family, family from the AdaptationalBackstoryChange in the show's dub, except with the family roles changed (having tensions with his father, as opposed to his grandfather regarding his mother's death).coma).
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* TheShameless: Everett Ray, one of the Awesome Brawlers' most recurring foes. He's a sleazy YoungEntrepreneur who engages in everything from dirty business dealings, propaganda films that paint Bakugan in a negative light, and even sham contests and games that steal the Bakugan of those who enter, all with an unapologetically smug air. Even when the AB call him out on his reprehensible actions, he just lets it roll off his back, not caring one bit what they think of him.

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* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Dan, [[spoiler: ''twice''. First time has him goad Haavik into freeing Drago at the end of the second season, even though Drago could go toe to toe with Sabrus, simply because the brawl is so uneven it's ''boring'', and giving Dan a fighting chance to save his planet brings in actual stakes. Second time has him and Drago convince Hanoj to spare the planet in exchange for extra energy if they win against his Battle Judgment, which Hanoj agrees to initially not knowing they were planning to trap him again with a new Nova Reflector and merely buying themselves time by keeping him busy with the Battle Judgment.]]



* FollowTheLeader: In-universe example. Whenever a new gimmick happens, the Awesome Ones/Brawlers are almost always the first ones to showcase it to the public, leading to both fans and enemies alike to mimic them or follow the info they share. Duran insists to be taught evolution after seeing the footage of Drago evolving, the Exit were first hired to cash in on the Awesome Ones/Brawlers' popularity at the time Bakugans became public knowledge, Haavik's games and events often following the Awesome Brawlers' own, Viloch allowing partners after seeing the possibilities in combat it gives Ferascal and Lightning... the list goes on.



** Cyndeous starts out as the partner of a arrogant and narcissistic kid, who uses him to lord over other kids. After Cyndeous gets tired of being pushed around and goes on a rampage due to not following the orders of his partner, he ditches him for Dan and the [=AOs=].

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** Cyndeous starts out as the partner of a an arrogant and narcissistic kid, who uses him to lord over other kids. After Cyndeous gets tired of being pushed around and goes on a rampage due to not following the orders of his partner, he ditches him for Dan and the [=AOs=].



* Hanoj's own Battle Judgment candidates (composed of Storm, Everett, [=McQ=], Reed aided of a brainwashed Nova Viloch from the past, Tripp aided of a brainwashed Nova Tiko from the past, a hive-minded Wrath present both as Faustus' human body and as his own Nova form, Haavik, and none other than Magnus once again) also warrant as this.

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* ** Hanoj's own Battle Judgment candidates (composed of Storm, Everett, [=McQ=], Reed aided of a brainwashed Nova Viloch from the past, Tripp aided of a brainwashed Nova Tiko from the past, a hive-minded Wrath present both as Faustus' human body and as his own Nova form, Haavik, and none other than Magnus once again) also warrant as this.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Howlkor and Artulean started off extremely disliking each other, only agreeing to work together because of their love for Lightning until the two resolved their differences.

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** Usually averted with Veronica and Wynton's parents, who show support and help in their kids' lives when they need it. Played straight with Dan's parents, who falsely believe that Bakugans are a nuisance to Dan's health and grades (this in spite of Drago not only saving their lives, but also after that Dan has already published tons of videos of himself around the planet and walked the Earth with his friends, implying they had no idea what he was doing ''at all'' during all this time in spite of being gone for what appears to be weeks at the very least). It doesn't help that their role gets diminished even more after season 1, Bill practically only making cameos and Barbara's last relevant scene telling a brainwashed Dan to water the lawn after he gave her attitude.



* BackForTheFinale: Season-wide, all previous antagonists show up in Legends, with Hanoj's use of Nova Energy allowing him to restore Bakugans to power they only accessed circumstantially as well as summoning villains from the past (including ones that shouldn't be free to roam).



* CheatersNeverProsper: The Rowdy Red trio get eliminated from the Bakugan Battle League after its revealed they’ve been disguising themselves in the stadium by dressing up the same.

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* CheatersNeverProsper: The Rowdy Red Reds trio get gets eliminated from the Bakugan Battle League after its it's revealed they’ve been disguising themselves in the stadium by dressing up the same.



* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The Bakugan's most predominant color matches their Attribute. Interestingly, their partners usually wear clothing that also matches the Bakugan's Attribute.

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The Bakugan's most predominant color matches their Attribute. Faction. Interestingly, their partners usually wear clothing that also matches the Bakugan's Attribute.Faction.



** As stated above under AdaptationalPersonalityChange, this show's version of Shun Kazami is more akin to being Marucho but with Shun's name. He also has Shun's troubling relationship with the rest of his family, expect with the family roles changed.

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** As stated above under AdaptationalPersonalityChange, this show's version of Shun Kazami is more akin to being Marucho but with Shun's name. He also has Shun's troubling relationship with the rest of his family, expect except with the family roles changed.changed (having tensions with his father, as opposed to his grandfather regarding his mother's death).



** Lia is Dan's close female friend, similarly to Runo, but she has a design that resembles Julie's.

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** Lia is Dan's close female friend, similarly to Runo, but she has a design that resembles Julie's.Julie's (though the hair color is closer to Runo's blue).
** Athena is a particularly complicated case. Her blonde hair, eye color, glass frames and intelligence would easily make her a taller, female version of Marucho, but her expertise in the system of Bakugan brawling, as well as having a somewhat close bond with a Bakugan researcher [[spoiler: who turns out to have an evil split personality]] makes her closer to Alice. Her harsher personality, combined with her glasses, blonde hair and an instance of BloodKnight tendencies, as well as being a general foil and rival to Dan, make her out to be closer to Masquerade (and by small proxy of being a Pyrus Brawler, to Spectra as well, though she lacks either's amorality).



** Bakugan can be rolled out in the Drome, which protects it from damages in the real world. But now that they can be rolled out in the real world, anyone can and has taken advantage of that. These range from:

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** Bakugan can be rolled out in the Drome, which protects it from damages damage in the real world. But now that they can be rolled out in the real world, anyone can and has taken advantage of that. These range from:



*** Businesses such as [=AAAnimus=], Kazami Holdings International, and to more beneficial degree, Dusk Industries taking advantage of Bakugan for profit through selling, experimenting, and enforcing control collars, generating propaganda towards their own organizations, and using the energy resources from the Core Cells.
*** Starting with Armored Alliance, adults have started using and stealing Bakugan to commit crimes such as robbing banks. According to Kravitz and Mangus, not only has this become more freuqent after the ban against using Bakugan for commercial and military gain, there are running organizations dedicated to selling Bakugan devices to criminals.

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*** Businesses such as [=AAAnimus=], Kazami Holdings International, and to a more beneficial degree, Dusk Industries taking advantage of Bakugan for profit through selling, experimenting, and enforcing control collars, generating propaganda towards their own organizations, and using the energy resources from the Core Cells.
*** Starting with Armored Alliance, adults have started using and stealing Bakugan to commit crimes such as robbing banks. According to Kravitz and Mangus, not only has this become more freuqent frequent after the ban against on using Bakugan for commercial and military gain, there are running organizations dedicated to selling Bakugan devices to criminals.



*** Benton's solution to help the Awesome Ones out; dropping a satellite onto the city is admittedly extreme (and is called out for his actions later). However, with no other options to protect the city from such a catastrophe in such a short, the populace has no other options but to rely on the Bakugan to save them and counter Kravitz's plans.

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*** Benton's solution to help the Awesome Ones out; dropping a satellite onto the city is admittedly extreme (and is called out for his actions later). However, with no other options to protect the city from such a catastrophe in such a short, the populace has no other options option but to rely on the Bakugan to save them and counter Kravitz's plans.



** Also in Season 4, the awesome brawlers have a relatively easy time learning to summon and control Nanogan, because mastering it is mostly a case of DontThinkFeel, and they already have a deep bond with their Bakugan; elemental evolution, on the other hand, is much more tricky to understand than previous abilities (Baku-Gear requires reaching a damage threshold, Faction Fusion is mostly about the bond of the Bakugan fusing, summoning Geogan was mostly random and with not a lot of rules behind it) requiring both a good state of mind and a deep understanding of the elemental energy.
** Season 4 also showed that even when they couldn't roll Bakugan at first, they were a lot of researchers and scientists studying Bakugan theory and habits since their first appearance, so after the Season 3 finale with them getting the ability to use them, it makes sense that applying their deep understanding in brawling theory and studies gives them a edge over the youngsters, especially with a whole new power set in the form of elemental energy.
* Several events across the first four seasons involve Earth and Vestroia being almsot separated, with the Brawlers stopping them at the last possible moment. At the start of Season 5, all the stress has caused the two to actually separate, rendering the Gates inoperable.

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** Also in Season 4, the awesome brawlers Awesome Brawlers have a relatively easy time learning to summon and control Nanogan, because mastering it is mostly a case of DontThinkFeel, and they already have a deep bond with their Bakugan; elemental evolution, on the other hand, is much more tricky to understand than previous abilities (Baku-Gear requires reaching a damage threshold, Faction Fusion is mostly about the bond of the Bakugan fusing, summoning Geogan was mostly random and with not a lot of rules behind it) requiring both a good state of mind and a deep understanding of the elemental energy.
** Season 4 also showed that even when they couldn't roll Bakugan at first, they there were a lot of researchers and scientists studying Bakugan theory and habits since their first appearance, so after the Season 3 finale with them getting the ability to use them, it makes sense that applying their deep understanding in brawling theory and studies gives them a an edge over the youngsters, especially with a whole new power set in the form of elemental energy.
* ** Several events across the first four seasons involve Earth and Vestroia being almsot almost separated, with the Brawlers stopping them at the last possible moment. At the start of Season 5, all the stress has caused the two to actually separate, rendering the Gates inoperable.



** Invoked by Ajit, who sends Pincitaur to ''ravage'' Strata's Bakugans by calling him a scorpion.



* EntertaininglyWrong: At the beginning of Evolutions, due to his previous brawls against Tiko, Haavik, Viloch and so many other villains that exploited Bakugan abilities for their own gain (and some of his jealousy at losing the spotlight), Dan accuses the Elemental Brawlers, namely Faustus, of being behind the Elemental Storms as a ploy to make themselves famous and look good in the eyes of the public, believing them to know far too much about Elemental Energy for it to be coincidental. [[spoiler: In a twist of events, while assuming it was to be famous was wrong, Dan somehow was right about every other aspect, once Evil Faustus reveals he's been sending Elemental Brawlers to empower Wrath and take over the world after that the experiment with the Elemental Inductor went awry.]]



* ForcedIntoEvil: Bakuzons, Haavik's followers and their Bakugans, Bakugans belonging to Brawlers using devices, Geogans, victims of Elemental Rage... the list goes on.
* FusionDance: Faction Fusion in a nutshell. Ultimate Viloch and Nanogear also apply. [[spoiler: Wrath pushes the limits by fusing with Faustus, allowing him to switch between human and Bakugan form at will, making it a first in the franchise since all fusions up until now have been strictly between Bakugans and/or equipment, but never human Brawlers]].



** Cynderous starts out as the partner of a arrogant and narcissistic kid, who uses him to lord over other kids. After Cynderous gets tired of being pushed around and goes on a rampage due to not following the orders of his partner, he ditches him for Dan and the AO.
** Masato started off intending to flat out murder his cousin Shun and become the next heir to Kazami Holding Industries, becoming increasing condensing and insane, taking advantage an unstable Core Cell and almost blowing up Kazami island with all the protagonists, his family, and company works out of spite and power. After being trapped in the Maze for 10 years, learning from his mistakes with the help of Serpenteze and Auerelus Goreene, he returns as a much likable presence. He tries prevent his father from abusing Goreene as a power source, assists the others in fighting Tiko in the endgame, and in season 2, becomes the next president with a much more healthier relationship in his family.

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** Cynderous Cyndeous starts out as the partner of a arrogant and narcissistic kid, who uses him to lord over other kids. After Cynderous Cyndeous gets tired of being pushed around and goes on a rampage due to not following the orders of his partner, he ditches him for Dan and the AO.
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** Masato started off intending to flat out murder his cousin Shun and become the next heir to Kazami Holding Industries, becoming increasing increasingly condensing and insane, taking advantage of an unstable Core Cell and almost blowing up Kazami island with all the protagonists, his family, and company works out of spite and power. After being trapped in the Maze for 10 years, learning from his mistakes with the help of Serpenteze and Auerelus Aurelus Goreene, he returns as a much likable presence. He tries to prevent his father uncle from abusing Goreene as a power source, assists the others in fighting Tiko in the endgame, and in season 2, becomes the next president with a much more healthier relationship in his family.



* InnocentAliens: The Bakugan don't know that humans need to sleep, eat, and and practice hygiene- all Bakugan really need is battle. They go along with it though, after some mild persuasion.

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* InnocentAliens: The Bakugan don't know that humans need to sleep, eat, and and practice hygiene- all Bakugan Bakugans really need is battle. They go along with it though, after some mild persuasion.persuasion, and indulge in some of it themselves. Some quirkier ones, such as the Bakugans from Junk Island (or Ramparian) do have those as habits.



* MascotsNameGoesUnchanged: ''Bakugan: Battle Planet'' replaces several of the ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' characters. For example, Marucho is replaced with Wynton, while both Runo and Julie are replaced with Lia. However, Dan is still around with Drago as his bakugan, even though he has a new design.

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* MascotsNameGoesUnchanged: ''Bakugan: Battle Planet'' replaces several of the ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' characters. For example, Marucho is replaced with Wynton, while both Runo and Julie are replaced with Lia. However, Dan is still around with Drago as his bakugan, Bakugan, even though he has a new design.



** Season 4 focuses around both the new elemental energy that empowers and evolves Bakugan, the elemental burst caused by it, and the fact that adults are now able to freely roll them, alongside a shady figure trying to use said energy for their own good.

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** Season 4 focuses around on both the new elemental energy that empowers and evolves Bakugan, the elemental burst caused by it, and the fact that adults are now able to freely roll them, alongside a shady figure trying to use said energy for their own good.



* OutsideContextProblem: The creature, [[spoiler: later revealed to be Tiko]], that took control of the Bakugans' Core Cell is this to the main cast. The Bakugan can't tell the main cast what that thing is due to their own memories being suppressed. Even if they could, they don't know that the creature is laying underneath the crater from the Great Collision.

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* OutsideContextProblem: The creature, [[spoiler: later revealed to be Tiko]], that took control of the Bakugans' Core Cell is this to the main cast. The Bakugan can't tell the main cast what that thing is due to their own memories being suppressed. Even if they could, they don't know that the creature is laying lying underneath the crater from the Great Collision.



* PsychoRangers: In the Endgame for season 1, Tiko forms a group of brainwashed brawlers fo combat the Awesome Ones alongside him, each with their own pre-established rivalry: Tiko fights Dan and Drago due to his hatred for the latter and the former meddling in his plans while Dan/Drago equally blame Tiko for the damage done to both Vestroia and Earth. Tripp brainwashed Wynton before and has attempted to steal his Bakugan on numerous occasions, and now has Lupitheon to make Wynton fight his own partner. Toshi and later [[spoiler: President Kazami]] have a personal connection to Shun as his caretakers. Brakken fights Lia as she was the only one to get through to him. And Callous pairs up against Lightning as both servant and owner to Brakken and Dan respectively.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Happens on numerous occasions due to the protagonists being a bunch of children:
** The Awesome Brawlers go through several steps to make rice curry for Ajit behind his back while he's melancholic about it. It turns out while he was sad about not spending time with Storm anymore, he also ''didn't'' actually like curry. Luckily for him, he did enjoy what they made (specifically, he realized he did like curry, just not Storm's excessively spicy version).
** When Hackett obtains a battery that might revolutionize the world, due to knowing her as an enemy in the previous season, Ajit assumes her to be up to no good and eventually brawls her with Dan and Wynton, which she happily obliges. If she had just explained to them that it was a phone battery for Crystal Blue (so that they could win at a limited-time roll gacha game without their phones running out of power too soon), it wouldn't have taken Faustus to stop all three boys from ganging up on her and her Bakugan (not that she seems upset about it throughout the whole ordeal).
* PsychoRangers: The Exit and other [=AAAnimus=] Brawlers (unofficially dubbed "Awful Ones" by an episode title) are essentially this. In the Endgame for season 1, Tiko forms a group of brainwashed brawlers fo to combat the Awesome Ones alongside him, each with their own pre-established rivalry: Tiko fights Dan and Drago due to his hatred for the latter and the former meddling in his plans while Dan/Drago equally blame Tiko for the damage done to both Vestroia and Earth. Tripp brainwashed Wynton before and has attempted to steal his Bakugan on numerous occasions, and now has Lupitheon to make Wynton fight his own partner. Toshi and later [[spoiler: President Kazami]] have a personal connection to Shun as his caretakers. Brakken fights Lia as she was the only one to get through to him. And Callous pairs up against Lightning as both servant and owner to Brakken and Dan respectively.respectively.
** Second season includes Haavik's followers, with Everett countering Lia (due to her humiliating him and continuously rejecting chances at becoming a more moral businessman), Sophie against Wynton (for tricking her into believing they would listen to her, only to later learn she was ignored), [=McQ=] against Shun (for his family tanking the former's business), Storm against Ajit (for abandoning his Phantom Thief ways and leaving Storm without an apprentice to give a legacy to), Ebony against Lightning (for merely nothing more than disagreeing with her way of seeing things because of how she was abused) and finally, Haavik himself against Dan (for Dan causing him endless frustrations, but also eliciting interest the more Haavik realized he actually enjoyed being a Brawler).
** Viloch's Battle Judgment teammates, composed of Reed (with Strata as replacement), Hackett, Crystal Blue, Everett, [=McQ=] and Magnus also count.
* Hanoj's own Battle Judgment candidates (composed of Storm, Everett, [=McQ=], Reed aided of a brainwashed Nova Viloch from the past, Tripp aided of a brainwashed Nova Tiko from the past, a hive-minded Wrath present both as Faustus' human body and as his own Nova form, Haavik, and none other than Magnus once again) also warrant as this.



* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Near the end of Season 1a, the heroes find out Benton was the one who dropped the satellite after Duane and Philomena hinted Benton wasn’t as trustworthy as he seemed. The group decide to work for Philomena only to then realize she was playing them from the start and Benton's intentions, while extreme, ultimately were useful and helpful in the long run.

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* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Near the end of Season 1a, the heroes find out Benton was the one who dropped the satellite after Duane and Philomena hinted Benton wasn’t as trustworthy as he seemed. The group decide decides to work for Philomena only to then realize she was playing them from the start and Benton's intentions, while extreme, ultimately were useful and helpful in the long run.



* WorldHealingWave: The dromes that are set up for Bakugan battles erases any damage that occurs afterwards. This does not apply to any damage that occurred before. However, in season 3, most of the dromes are now susceptible to being broken, now making battles even more dangerous and risky in the real environments, though this is soon fixed with the creation of the Gate Card.

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* WorldHealingWave: The dromes that are set up for Bakugan battles erases erase any damage that occurs afterwards.afterward. This does not apply to any damage that occurred before. However, in season 3, most of the dromes are now susceptible to being broken, now making battles even more dangerous and risky in the real environments, though this is soon fixed with the creation of the Gate Card.
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* BittersweetEnding: Dan and Drago manage to beat Hanoj... [[spoiler: but Vestroia and Earth are still separating, meaning it'll become harder and harder to get energy from Vestroia on Earth, harder for Bakugans to heal or recover from battles, and eventually they might perish. This forces all Bakugans, [[Main/Bookends as they did]] [[Anime/Bakugan in the original show's first season finale]], to return to Vestroia and separate from their human friends. However, with Buzzy's teleportation powers, Bakugans and humans can transport themselves between planets again, meaning while they don't get to live together anymore, humans and Bakugans can still reunite for a brawl or to hang out once in a while.]]
* BlandNameProduct: The kids post on [=ViewTube=].

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* BittersweetEnding: Dan and Drago manage to beat Hanoj... [[spoiler: but Vestroia and Earth are still separating, meaning it'll become harder and harder to get energy from Vestroia on Earth, harder for Bakugans to heal or recover from battles, and eventually they might perish. This forces all Bakugans, [[Main/Bookends [[Main/BookEnd as they did]] [[Anime/Bakugan [[Anime/{{Bakugan}} in the original show's first season finale]], to return to Vestroia and separate from their human friends. However, with Buzzy's teleportation powers, Bakugans and humans can transport themselves between planets again, meaning while they don't get to live together anymore, humans and Bakugans can still reunite for a brawl or to hang out once in a while.]]
* BlandNameProduct: The kids post on [=ViewTube=]. Later on, Cubbo calls it [=BakuTube=], suggesting either a community fandom name, a rename or a whole new video website with the same interface.

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