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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by Creator/DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill,'' which ran on ABC (not [[Creator/{{ABC}} that one]], but rather, [[Creator/TheABC this one]]) from 1984-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yoram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.

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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by Creator/DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill,'' which ran on ABC (not [[Creator/{{ABC}} that one]], but rather, [[Creator/TheABC this one]]) Creator/TheABC from 1984-87 and procuced produced by Richard Smith, Smith; the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yoram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.



* TalkingToHimself - The series only has TWO voice actors (one male, one female)
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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by Creator/DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill,'' which ran on ABC from 1984-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.

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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by Creator/DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill,'' which ran on ABC (not [[Creator/{{ABC}} that one]], but rather, [[Creator/TheABC this one]]) from 1984-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yram Yoram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.
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BlinkyBill is an anthropomorphic koala who lives with his friends in the fictional Australian bush town of Greenpatch. In the film ''Blinky Bill : The Mischievous Koala'', Greenpatch is destroyed. The cartoon series is set after they found a new home.

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BlinkyBill Blinky Bill is an anthropomorphic koala who lives with his friends in the fictional Australian bush town of Greenpatch. In the film ''Blinky Bill : The Mischievous Koala'', Greenpatch is destroyed. The cartoon series is set after they found a new home.
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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill,'' which ran on ABC from 1984-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.

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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall Creator/DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill,'' which ran on ABC from 1984-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.
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* CarnivoreConfusion - the dingoes are never shown to eat or hunt any other animals
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* Civilized Animal - the animals wear clothes, go to school and even have a currency.


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* NonMammalMammaries - Although most characters are mammals and Miss Magpie who isn't does not have them, Blinky's mother, Daisy Dingo and others present very human looking breasts.
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* MyNameIsNotDurwood - Wombo's name isn't Wombo, it's ''Wombat!'' Why won't anyone ''listen'' when he says that?
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* BarefootCartoonAnimals - The entire cast.

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* BarefootCartoonAnimals - The entire cast.Everyone except Meatball.
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* OneShotCharacter - Myrtle in "Blinky's Fire Brigade"
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The first season had the townspeople trying to get their new homes in order while coping with a family of playful tricksters and bullies, the dingoes. By the second season, the dingo family made their HeelFaceTurn and Shifty Dingo was accepted into Blinky Bill's FiveManBand, and midway during the second season a story arc formed in which Blinky and his gang got lost while on a school camping trip and had to find their way home. The third season had Blinky, Flap and Nutsy

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The first season had the townspeople trying to get their new homes in order while coping with a family of playful tricksters and bullies, the dingoes. By the second season, the dingo family made their HeelFaceTurn and Shifty Dingo was accepted into Blinky Bill's FiveManBand, and midway during the second season a story arc formed in which Blinky and his gang got lost while on a school camping trip and had to find their way home. The third season had Blinky, Flap and Nutsy
Nutsy travel around the world in a hot air balloon, rescuing animals and being chased by 2 humans named Basil and Cyril who are the Circus Bros.
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* HumansAreBastards -As shown in the movie and numerous episodes.

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* HumansAreBastards HumansAreTheRealMonsters -As shown in the movie and numerous episodes.
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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill,'' which ran on ABC from 1084-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.

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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill,'' which ran on ABC from 1084-87 1984-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.

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* CanonForeigner - Tons of 'em. Neither Flap, Marcia, the Dingo family or Mayor Pelican appeared in the original books, and that's only the more major characters the cartoon added.

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* CanonForeigner - Tons of 'em. Neither Flap, Marcia, nor the Dingo family or Mayor Pelican appeared in the original books, and that's only the more major characters the cartoon added.
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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill," which ran on ABC from 1084-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill.'' The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.

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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill," Bill,'' which ran on ABC from 1084-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill.'' Bill''. The animated series, by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.



The first season had the townspeople trying to get teir new homes in order while coping with a family of playful tricksters and bullies, the dingoes. By the second season, the dingo family made their HeelFaceTurn and Shifty Dingo was accepted into Blinky Bill's FiveManBand, and midway during the second season a story arc formed in which Blinky and his gang got lost while on a school camping trip and had to find their way home. The third season had Blinky, Flap and Nutsy

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The first season had the townspeople trying to get teir their new homes in order while coping with a family of playful tricksters and bullies, the dingoes. By the second season, the dingo family made their HeelFaceTurn and Shifty Dingo was accepted into Blinky Bill's FiveManBand, and midway during the second season a story arc formed in which Blinky and his gang got lost while on a school camping trip and had to find their way home. The third season had Blinky, Flap and Nutsy

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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired an animated film and a cartoon series, both adapted and produced by Yoram Gross.

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Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired an two TV series: The first one was a live-action puppet show called ''The New Adventures of Blinky Bill," which ran on ABC from 1084-87 and procuced by Richard Smith, the second one was a follow-up to the 1992 animated film movie ''Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' and a cartoon titled ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill.'' The animated series, both by far the most well-known version of the character internationally, was adapted and produced by Yoram Gross.
Yram Gross and ran for two seasons from 1993-95, with a third season (retitled ''Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures'') airing in 2004.



The first season had the townspeople trying to cope with a family of playful tricksters and bullies, the dingoes. By the 2nd season, the dingo family made their HeelFaceTurn and Shifty Dingo was accepted into Blinky Bill's FiveManBand. During the second season a storyarc formed in which Blinky and his gang got lost while on a school camping trip and had to find their way home.

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The first season had the townspeople trying to cope get teir new homes in order while coping with a family of playful tricksters and bullies, the dingoes. By the 2nd second season, the dingo family made their HeelFaceTurn and Shifty Dingo was accepted into Blinky Bill's FiveManBand. During FiveManBand, and midway during the second season a storyarc story arc formed in which Blinky and his gang got lost while on a school camping trip and had to find their way home.
home. The third season had Blinky, Flap and Nutsy



* AnimatedAdaptation: ''The Adventures of Blinky Bill.''



* {{Adorkable}}: Shifty Dingo fits it to a T.

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* {{Adorkable}}: {{Adorkable}} - Shifty Dingo fits it to a T.



* BadassAdorable: Let's just say all 6 main kids TookALevelInBadass after the Extraordinary Excursion, Nutsy and Shifty Dingo deserve special mention, though.

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* BadassAdorable: BadassAdorable - Let's just say all 6 main kids TookALevelInBadass after the Extraordinary Excursion, Nutsy and Shifty Dingo deserve special mention, though.



* CanonForeigner - Tons of 'em. Neither Flap, Marcia, the Dingo family or Mayor Pelican appeared in the original books, and that's only the more major characters the cartoon added.
** ''The New Adventures Of Blinky Bill'' puppet show had a few as well, such as Charlie Goanna, Eric Echidna and Sybilla the Snake, plus various (human) park rangers (as the show took place in Bollygum National Park).



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first episode, Flap is no where to be seen. Ruff the Lizard meanwhie fills the role Flap would have later anyway.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness - In the first episode, Flap is no where to be seen. Ruff the Lizard meanwhie fills the role Flap would have later anyway. Which is odd, because Flap had a rather large role in the movie.
* EasyAmnesia: Blinky gets it in the movie, after a tree falls on him, so that Wombo can conveniently fill in his backstory via {{Flashback}} for the viewers before the main plot continues.



** NonActionBigBad: Ma Dingo. Subverted in that she CAN fight if she wanted but usually lets Danny, Daisy and Meatball do all the scheming.
** DragonWithAnAgenda and EvilGenius: Danny Dingo
** TheBrute: Meatball Dingo
** TheDarkChick: Daisy Dingo

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** NonActionBigBad: NonActionBigBad - Ma Dingo. Subverted in that she CAN fight if she wanted but usually lets Danny, Daisy and Meatball do all the scheming.
** DragonWithAnAgenda and EvilGenius: EvilGenius - Danny Dingo
** TheBrute: TheBrute - Meatball Dingo
** TheDarkChick: TheDarkChick - Daisy Dingo



** TheHero: Blinky Bill
** TheLancer: Marcia Mouse
** TheSmartGuy: Flap
** TheBigGuy: Splodge
** TheChick: Nutsy (also TheHeart)
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** TheLancer - Flap

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** TheLancer - Marcia Mouse
** TheSmartGuy -
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** TheSmartGuy - Shifty Dingo



* FiveManBand (season 2)
** TheHero - Blinky Bill
** TheLancer - Flap
** TheBigGuy - Splodge
** TheSmartGuy - Shifty Dingo
** TheChick - Nutsy (also TheHeart)



* TheHeart: Nutsy is this in general. Also Shifty Dingo from season 2 onward at times.

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* TheHeart: TheHeart - Nutsy is this in general. Also Shifty Dingo from season 2 onward at times.



* TheMovie: apparently there was one.
** If the above troper means the 1992 film, this isn't the case. It's more a case of RecycledTheSeries - the TV show didn't start till about '94, and begins some time 'after' the movie (the destruction of Greenpatch in the film and the opening credits is slightly different).

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* TheMovie: apparently there was one.
** If the above troper means the 1992 film, this
MyNameIsNotDurwood - Wombo's name isn't the case. It's more a case of RecycledTheSeries - the TV show didn't start till about '94, and begins some time 'after' the movie (the destruction of Greenpatch in the film and the opening credits is slightly different).Wombo, it's ''Wombat!'' Why won't anyone ''listen'' when he says that?


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* RecycledTheSeries: The TV show is based on, and a continuation of, the 1992 movie (which is sometimes mistaken for TheMovie, as the series is far more well-known, but the movie came first).
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* HumansAreBastards -As shown in the movie and numerous episodes.
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* StoryArc: Season 1: Rebuilding Greenpatch. Season 2: The Quest Home (albeit beginning midway through) Season 3: Balloon Adventure
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A children's show from Australia produced by Yoram Gross about a koala who lives with his friends in the fictional Australian bush town of Greenpatch. The first series had the townspeople trying to cope with a family of playful tricksters and bullies, the dingoes. By the 2nd series, the dingo family made their HeelFaceTurn and Shifty Dingo was accepted into Blinky Bill's FiveManBand. During the second season a storyarc formed in which Blinky and his gang got lost while on a school camping trip and had to find their way home.

Inspired by the three ''Blinky Bill'' books written by Dorothy Wall in the 1930s.

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A children's show from Australia Blinky Bill is the hero of a book series written by DorothyWall in the 1930s. The books inspired an animated film and a cartoon series, both adapted and produced by Yoram Gross about a Gross.

BlinkyBill is an anthropomorphic
koala who lives with his friends in the fictional Australian bush town of Greenpatch. In the film ''Blinky Bill : The Mischievous Koala'', Greenpatch is destroyed. The cartoon series is set after they found a new home.
The first series season had the townspeople trying to cope with a family of playful tricksters and bullies, the dingoes. By the 2nd series, season, the dingo family made their HeelFaceTurn and Shifty Dingo was accepted into Blinky Bill's FiveManBand. During the second season a storyarc formed in which Blinky and his gang got lost while on a school camping trip and had to find their way home.

Inspired by the three ''Blinky Bill'' books written by Dorothy Wall in the 1930s.
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** TheBumblebee - Marcia Mouse

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** TheBumblebee KidAppealCharacter - Marcia Mouse
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* [=~Everything's Better With Platypi~=]

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* [=~Everything's Better With Platypi~=]EverythingsBetterWithPlatypi
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*BadassAdorable: Let's just say all 6 main kids TookALevelInBadass after the Extraordinary Excursion, Nutsy and Shifty Dingo deserve special mention, though.
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** Thechick: Nutsy (also TheHeart)

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** Thechick: TheChick: Nutsy (also TheHeart)

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* FiveManBand

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*FiveManBand (season 1)
**TheHero: Blinky Bill
**TheLancer: Marcia Mouse
**TheSmartGuy: Flap
**TheBigGuy: Splodge
**Thechick: Nutsy (also TheHeart)
* FiveManBandFiveManBand (season 2)



** TheChick - Nutsy



** TheChick - Nutsy (also TheHeart)



** SixthRanger - Shifty Dingo (again)

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** SixthRanger - Shifty Dingo (again)(again, sometimes qualifies as a male version of TheChick)
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** TheDragon and EvilGenius: Danny Dingo

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** TheDragon DragonWithAnAgenda and EvilGenius: Danny Dingo
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** NonActionBigBad: Ma Dingo. Subverted in that she CAN fight if she wanted but usually lets Danny and Meatball do all the scheming.

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** NonActionBigBad: Ma Dingo. Subverted in that she CAN fight if she wanted but usually lets Danny Danny, Daisy and Meatball do all the scheming.
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** NonActionBigBad: Ma Dingo

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** NonActionBigBad: Ma DingoDingo. Subverted in that she CAN fight if she wanted but usually lets Danny and Meatball do all the scheming.
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*FiveBadBand: The dingoes:
**NonActionBigBad: Ma Dingo
**TheDragon and EvilGenius: Danny Dingo
**TheBrute: Meatball Dingo
**TheDarkChick: Daisy Dingo
**TokenGoodTeammate (sometimes CreepyChild): Shifty Dingo
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* BarefootFunnyAnimals - The entire cast.

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* BarefootFunnyAnimals BarefootCartoonAnimals - The entire cast.
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**And to a lesser extent, Flap too.
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*{{Adorkable}}: Shifty Dingo fits it to a T.

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