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** Sombra sending the Bug back to the Moon in a [[SmokeOut puff of smoke]]. "Here's some smoke in your face, to send you back to Space."

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* DisconnectedByDeath: Happens twice.

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* DisconnectedByDeath: Happens twice.Several examples.
** A J-Man finds TheWallsAreClosingIn on his booth, though it's revealed at the end that, [[CliffhangerCopout like all J-Men]], he had the cunning to survive his predicament.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Dildonator.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The TheLittleDetecto the J-Men are using is called a Dildonator.



* EvilLaugh: Machine Gun Kelly does this [[LargeHam with gusto]]. The Caped Madman often appears to be LaughingMad as he gleefully inflicts violence on friend and foe alike.

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* EvilLaugh: Machine Gun Kelly does this [[LargeHam with gusto]]. gusto]], and The Caped Madman often appears to be LaughingMad as he gleefully [[LaughingMad gleefully]] inflicts violence on friend and foe alike.



* JetPack: Rocket Jock mutters constantly about the problems of using an atomic-powered jetpack -- such as the worry that his tailor has forgotten the lead-lining, the need to hit his springboard in order to launch himself into the air, sore arches whenever he lands, [[ToastedBuns his shoes getting set on fire]], and the risk of drowning inside his full-face helmet should he get airsick.

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* JetPack: Rocket Jock mutters grumbles constantly about the problems of using an atomic-powered jetpack -- such as the worry that his tailor has forgotten the lead-lining, the need to hit his springboard in order to launch himself into the air, sore arches whenever he lands, [[ToastedBuns his shoes getting set on fire]], and the risk of drowning inside his full-face helmet should he get airsick.



-->"Take them away and teach them to talk like me: ''reeallll sexy!''"
* LoudOfWar: The evil Lightning Bug's rock and roll runs cars off the road, destroys buildings [[spoiler:and eventually the Moon after he cranks up his stereo too loud]].
* MasterOfDisguise: Used to explain why the Lightning Bug looks like half a dozen completely different villains.

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-->"Take -->'''Lightning Bug:''' Take them away and teach them to talk like me: ''reeallll sexy!''"
sexy!''
* LoudOfWar: The evil Lightning Bug's rock and roll runs cars off the road, destroys buildings [[spoiler:and and eventually the Moon after he cranks up his stereo too loud]].
loud.
* MasterOfDisguise: Used to explain handwave why the Lightning Bug looks like half a dozen completely different villains.



* {{Superhero}}es: Colonel Kink, aka Rocket Jock (Film/CommandoCody a.k.a Larry Martin, a.k.a the [[Film/KingOfTheRocketMen Rocket Man]]), Spy Swatter (Spy Smasher), the Caped Madman ([[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]) and the Lone Star (ComicBook/CaptainAmerica).

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* {{Superhero}}es: Colonel Kink, aka Rocket Jock (Film/CommandoCody a.k.a [[Film/ZombiesOfTheStratosphere Larry Martin, Martin]], a.k.a the [[Film/KingOfTheRocketMen Rocket Man]]), Spy Swatter (Spy Smasher), the Caped Madman ([[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]) and the Lone Star (ComicBook/CaptainAmerica).



* StockFootage: The oft-used scene from the 1933 movie ''Deluge'' -- where New York City gets swamped by a tidal wave -- makes one more appearance.

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* StockFootage: The Apart from the above-mentioned film serials, the oft-used scene from the 1933 movie ''Deluge'' -- where New York City gets swamped by a tidal wave -- makes one more appearance.



* ToastedBuns: Cody complains that his feet are on fire, along with the many other problems of using an atomic-powered jetpack.

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* ToastedBuns: Cody Rocket Jock complains that his feet are on fire, along with the many other problems of using an atomic-powered jetpack.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: Everyone makes these.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: Everyone makes these.HomoeroticSubtext: Spy Swatter and Captain Duran.
-->'''Spy Swatter:''' "Drugs are being smuggled out of your country by a hooded hood called the Lightning Bug."
-->'''Captain Duran:''' "It's true; some of our troops have even been growing marijuana in window boxes!"
-->'''Official:''' "Gentlemen, this is incredible...do you realise how butch you two look together?"


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* {{Pun}}: Everyone makes these.
** When some criminals are lifting a car engine on a pulley to drop on the Caped Madman, one quips that it's not the first engine that they've 'lifted'.
** The Lightning Bug has invented a DeathRay that can melt rock, so he dubs it the Hot Rock Machine.
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Creator/TheFiresignTheatre's most successful production beyond its audio work was this GagDub homage to the Republic {{Film Serial}}s of the 1930-50s, consisting of several serials spliced together into absurdity. The villainous [[BigBad Lightning Bug]] schemes to conquer the Earth with SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll, and only the J-Men -- a dedicated team of tight-assed straights...err, straight-jawed men-in-tights -- can stop him!


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Creator/TheFiresignTheatre's most successful production beyond its audio work was this GagDub homage to the Republic {{Film Serial}}s of the 1930-50s, consisting of several serials spliced together into absurdity. The villainous [[BigBad Lightning Bug]] schemes to conquer the Earth with SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll, and only the J-Men -- a dedicated team of tight-assed straights...err, straight-jawed men-in-tights [[LanternJawOfJustice straight-jawed]] [[SuperheroesWearTights men-in-tights]] -- can stop him!

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* CliffhangerCopout = NotQuiteDead: Lampshaded at the end, when a montage reveals [[spoiler:that all the J-Men apparently killed during the movie escaped from their predicaments.]]

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* CliffhangerCopout = NotQuiteDead: CliffhangerCopout: Lampshaded at the end, end when Agent Barton mourns the J-Men who died in order to take down the evil Lightning Bug. The Chief just laughs, and we get a montage reveals [[spoiler:that of Cliffhanger cop-outs showing that [[NotQuiteDead all the J-Men apparently killed during the movie escaped from survived their predicaments.]]predicaments]].



* FilmSerial: Clips from ''Undersea Kingdom'' (1936), ''S.O.S. Coast Guard'' (1937), ''The Fighting Devil Dogs'' (1938), ''The Mysterious Doctor Satan'' (1940), ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'' (1941), ''Spy Smasher'' (1942), ''Secret Service in Darkest Africa'' (1943), ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (1944), ''The Purple Monster Strikes'' (1945), ''The Crimson Ghost'' (1946), ''Film/KingOfTheRocketMen'' (1949), ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (1952), and ''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' (1952).

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* FilmSerial: Clips from ''Undersea Kingdom'' ''Film/UnderseaKingdom'' (1936), ''S.O.S. Coast Guard'' (1937), ''The Fighting Devil Dogs'' (1938), ''The Mysterious Doctor Satan'' (1940), ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'' (1941), ''Spy Smasher'' (1942), ''Secret Service in Darkest Africa'' (1943), ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (1944), ''The Purple Monster Strikes'' (1945), ''The Crimson Ghost'' (1946), ''Film/KingOfTheRocketMen'' (1949), ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (1952), and ''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' ''Film/ZombiesOfTheStratosphere'' (1952).
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* EvilLaugh: Machine Gun Kelly does this [[LargeHam with gusto]].

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* EvilLaugh: Machine Gun Kelly does this [[LargeHam with gusto]]. The Caped Madman often appears to be LaughingMad as he gleefully inflicts violence on friend and foe alike.

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* TheBigRottenApple: The Chief celebrates the end of the Lightning Bug and the destruction of New York City as "A double victory!"



* MoralDissonance:
** The Caped Madman give a TapOnTheHead with an engine block. "ARRGH! You sadistic bastard, you crushed my skull!"
** The Chief celebrates the end of the Lightning Bug and the destruction of New York City as "A double victory!"


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* TapOnTheHead: Lampooned when The Caped Madman drops an engine block on a goon's head who complains, "ARRGH! You sadistic bastard, you crushed my skull!"
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* MoralDissonance:
** The Caped Madman give a TapOnTheHead with an engine block. "ARRGH! You sadistic bastard, you crushed my skull!"
** The Chief celebrates the end of the Lightning Bug and the destruction of New York City as "A double victory!"
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* {{Superhero}}es: Colonel Kink, aka Rocket Jock (Commando Cody/Larry Martin, aka the Rocketman), Spy Swatter (Spy Smasher), the Caped Madman ([[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]) and the Lone Star (ComicBook/CaptainAmerica).

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* {{Superhero}}es: Colonel Kink, aka Rocket Jock (Commando Cody/Larry (Film/CommandoCody a.k.a Larry Martin, aka a.k.a the Rocketman), [[Film/KingOfTheRocketMen Rocket Man]]), Spy Swatter (Spy Smasher), the Caped Madman ([[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]) and the Lone Star (ComicBook/CaptainAmerica).
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* FilmSerial: Clips from ''Undersea Kingdom'' (1936), ''S.O.S. Coast Guard'' (1937), ''The Fighting Devil Dogs'' (1938), ''The Mysterious Doctor Satan'' (1940), ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'' (1941), ''Spy Smasher'' (1942), ''Secret Service in Darkest Africa'' (1943), ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (1944), ''The Purple Monster Strikes'' (1945), ''The Crimson Ghost'' (1946), ''Film/KingOfTheRocketMen (1949), ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (1952), and ''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' (1952).

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* FilmSerial: Clips from ''Undersea Kingdom'' (1936), ''S.O.S. Coast Guard'' (1937), ''The Fighting Devil Dogs'' (1938), ''The Mysterious Doctor Satan'' (1940), ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'' (1941), ''Spy Smasher'' (1942), ''Secret Service in Darkest Africa'' (1943), ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (1944), ''The Purple Monster Strikes'' (1945), ''The Crimson Ghost'' (1946), ''Film/KingOfTheRocketMen ''Film/KingOfTheRocketMen'' (1949), ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (1952), and ''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' (1952).
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* FilmSerial: Clips from ''Undersea Kingdom'' (1936), ''S.O.S. Coast Guard'' (1937), ''The Fighting Devil Dogs'' (1938), ''The Mysterious Doctor Satan'' (1940), ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'' (1941), ''Spy Smasher'' (1942), ''Secret Service in Darkest Africa'' (1943), ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (1944), ''The Purple Monster Strikes'' (1945), ''The Crimson Ghost'' (1946), ''Radar Men from the Moon'' (1952), and ''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' (1952).

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* FilmSerial: Clips from ''Undersea Kingdom'' (1936), ''S.O.S. Coast Guard'' (1937), ''The Fighting Devil Dogs'' (1938), ''The Mysterious Doctor Satan'' (1940), ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'' (1941), ''Spy Smasher'' (1942), ''Secret Service in Darkest Africa'' (1943), ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' (1944), ''The Purple Monster Strikes'' (1945), ''The Crimson Ghost'' (1946), ''Radar Men from the Moon'' ''Film/KingOfTheRocketMen (1949), ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (1952), and ''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' (1952).
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-->'''Evil Nazi:''' "Welcome to the Hot Hitler Disco, where the beat never Gestopos. If we can't spring some info from you, we'll make you listen to Donna Summer all winter, until you fall."

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-->'''Evil Nazi:''' "Welcome to the Hot Hitler Disco, where the beat never Gestopos. If we can't spring some info from you, we'll make you listen to Donna Summer Music/DonnaSummer all winter, until you fall."
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* ParodyNames: A number of them for the current (i.e., fairly dull and straight-laced) musicians Lightning Bug is fighting against, such as "Prissy Fey" (Percy Faith).
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* LoudOfWar: Taken UpToEleven where the evil Lightning Bug's rock and roll runs cars off the road, destroys buildings [[spoiler:and eventually the Moon after he cranks up his stereo too loud]].

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* LoudOfWar: Taken UpToEleven where the The evil Lightning Bug's rock and roll runs cars off the road, destroys buildings [[spoiler:and eventually the Moon after he cranks up his stereo too loud]].
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-->"THIS IS THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY. WE ARE UNDER ATTACK BY HIDEOUS WAVES OF ROCK MUSIC FROM THE MOON! ALL RESIDENTS ARE REQUESTED TO [[YouCanPanicNow FLEE MINDLESSLY]], WHILE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS [[TheBigRottenApple WILL ASSEMBLE IN THEIR UNION HALLS]] FOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS! [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere THIS IS A RECORDING]]."

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-->"THIS IS THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY. WE ARE UNDER ATTACK BY HIDEOUS WAVES OF ROCK MUSIC FROM THE MOON! ALL RESIDENTS ARE REQUESTED TO [[YouCanPanicNow FLEE MINDLESSLY]], MINDLESSLY, WHILE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS [[TheBigRottenApple WILL ASSEMBLE IN THEIR UNION HALLS]] FOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS! [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere THIS IS A RECORDING]]."
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* MoralDissonance: Lampshaded constantly.
-->"ARRGH! You sadistic bastard, you crushed my skull!"
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-->"Moonbase has been destroyed, taking the Lightning Bug and all his henchman with it, and New York City has been wiped off the face of the Earth. A double victory!"
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-->"The air assault against the dope fiends will be led by our flying ace in the hole; yes, we're putting our [[Creator/JohnWayne Duke]] up! He knows [[DeathFromAbove how to handle]] any John or Jane who's driving around with a roach in their roadster. And our rock & roll attacks will be co-ordinated by our new Commissioner of Culture -- Puke Earwax! He knows the Bug's pirate radio station can be hidden in the innocent looking farmhouse, the suspiciously innocuous orphanage, the inconspicuous summerhouse. And as a last resort we'll defoliate every forest and park, incinerate every private garden, balcony and window box, to ensure that this marijuana menace will never take root here again!"
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* {{Brainwashed}}: The Lightning Bug attempts to brainwash the people of Earth with transistor radios and rock & roll broadcasts, but is successfully countered by schmaltzy music from the Military Underground Sugared Airwaves Command (M.U.S.A.C.). He then resorts to hashish gas.

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* {{Brainwashed}}: The Lightning Bug attempts to brainwash the people of Earth with transistor radios and rock & roll broadcasts, but is successfully countered by schmaltzy music from the Military Underground Sugared Airwaves Command (M.U.S.A.C.). He then resorts to hashish gas.
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-->'''Juicy Winters:''' "This kind of music could get me pregnant."

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-->'''Juicy Winters:''' Withers:''' "This kind of music could get me pregnant."
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-->"Do do run run...what can that mean?"

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-->"Do do -->"[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Doo_Ron_Ron Da doo run run...run]]...what can that mean?"
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** Later a J-Men gets caught in a DrowningTrap in a phone booth. On that occasion water pours out of the phone.

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** Later a J-Men gets caught in a DrowningTrap DrowningPit in a phone booth. On that occasion water pours out of the phone.
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** Later a J-Men gets caught in a DrowningTrap in a phone booth. On that occasion water pours out of the phone.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Spy Swatter is being tortured by ThoseWackyNazis.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Spy Swatter is being tortured by ThoseWackyNazis.ThoseWackyNazis with a HurricaneOfPuns.
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-->'''The Bug:''' "That's what I call getting stoned!"

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-->'''The Bug:''' "That's what I call [[BondOneLiner getting stoned!"stoned!]]"
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-->'''The Bug:''' "Ah-HAH! Making personal calls on MY line!"
-->''(The Bug zaps him with his ray-pistol. On the other end of the line, smoke pours from the phone held by the Chief)''
-->'''The Chief:''' "Hello? Operator? Listen, we were cut off in the midst of a hot tip. I want to make sure we weren't charged for that call."

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-->'''The Bug:''' "Ah-HAH! [[DisproportionateRetribution Making personal calls on MY line!"
line!]]"
-->''(The Bug zaps him with his ray-pistol. On the other end of the line, [[ReachingBetweenTheLines smoke pours from the phone phone]] held by the Chief)''
-->'''The Chief:''' "Hello? Operator? Listen, we were cut off in the midst of a [[VisualGag hot tip.tip]]. I want to make sure we weren't charged for that call."
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: The Lightning Bug thinks up some better names for his overly-bland minions.
-->'''Lightning Bug:''' You...you're the Freeway Freak!
-->'''Arthur Wingnut:''' I'm sorry, Your Electricity, but I'm Arthur Wingnut...
-->'''Lightning Bug:''' You WERE Arthur Wingnut--now you're the Freeway Freak!
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* InTheHood: "We're seeking a [[{{Pun}} hooded hood]] called the Lightning Bug."
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The film can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6wf1OuyQGc here]].

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The film can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6wf1OuyQGc here]].
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* SpySpeak: The cryptographers are convinced the rock 'n' roll music is a secret code.
-->"Do do run run...what can that mean?"
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Creator/TheFiresignTheatre's most successful production beyond its audio work was this GagDub homage to the Republic {{Film Serial}}s of the 1930-50s, consisting of several films spliced together into absurdity. The villainous [[BigBad Lightning Bug]] schemes to conquer the Earth with SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll, and only the J-Men -- a dedicated team of tight-assed straights...err, straight-jawed men-in-tights -- can stop him!

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Creator/TheFiresignTheatre's most successful production beyond its audio work was this GagDub homage to the Republic {{Film Serial}}s of the 1930-50s, consisting of several films serials spliced together into absurdity. The villainous [[BigBad Lightning Bug]] schemes to conquer the Earth with SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll, and only the J-Men -- a dedicated team of tight-assed straights...err, straight-jawed men-in-tights -- can stop him!

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