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* VindicatedByHistory: Though the series was short-lived, its status as a CultClassic has only further intensified over the years with new viewers recognizing the things it did right with the Legion, especially compared to the weak reception of the Legion's second animated adaption, ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2023''.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: After all the time spent building Imperiex up as the main threat of the second season, he's easily dispatched in the first half of the season finale by Brainiac, who ends up becoming the true ultimate threat. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Superman X is left furious that he didn't get to fulfill his life's purpose]].
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* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] 1.0 was a menace from the past who quickly became one of the most dangerous foes the Legion has ever faced. Brainiac 1.0 was introduced in a flashback, where he shrinks and steals the city of Kandor from Krypton. Within Kandor was a power source that was stabilizing Krypton, but with this power source gone Krypton was soon destroyed. Brainiac 1.0 himself was destroyed long ago, but [[EnemyWithin his programming resided within Brainiac 5]], cut off from the other systems, waiting for a chance to be released. This chance came when Brainiac 5 accessed Brainiac 1.0's programming to gain knowledge to defeat Imperiex. Though Brainiac 1.0's knowledge was useful in defeating Imperiex, every time he used it Brainiac 1.0 was able to gain more control. Brainiac 1.0 slowly [[TheCorrupter corrupted]] Brainiac 5, until eventually he [[GrandTheftMe took control of Brainiac 5's body]]. Then Brainiac quickly [[TheStarscream betrays Imperiex]]--who had [[UngratefulBastard helped Brainiac 1.0 take over Brainiac 5's body]]--[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him because he was no longer useful to him]]. Brainiac then proceeds with his plan to bring the entire universe under his control, [[OmnicidalManiac by transforming all living beings in the universe into streams of data]]. After digitizing some planets, Brainiac returns to his home planet Colu and reprograms all the inhabitants there to serve as his army and aid in his quest to digitize the universe.
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** "Sundown" two-parter: [[ArcVillain The Controller]], defying the other Controllers' wishes for peace with the rest of the universe, breaks out one of their ancient weapons, the "Sun-Eater". The Controller intends to use the Sun-Eater to go on a rampage, desolating first an unpopulated solar system to illustrate what he plans to do to Earth's solar system and all the trillions of lives in it. The Controller seeks to destroy the United Planets [[ForTheEvulz solely to bask in the silent "perfection" of the aftermath]], and it takes Ferro-Lad [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing himself]] to stop the Sun-Eater.
** Season 2:
*** [[KnightOfCerebus Imperiex]] is [[ConquerorFromTheFuture a warlord from the 41st century]] who seeks nothing less than [[GalacticConqueror total domination over the galaxy]] through sheer terror and pain. A [[FromNobodyToNightmare former slave]] who fought his way to become a gladiator, Imperiex overthrew his oppressors and immediately turned his attentions on the rest of the galaxy, seeking to crush 44 trillion lives under his boot of dictatorship. Imperiex was thwarted by the Legion from his initial conquest, but stole one of their time travel devices and went into the past where he erased the current timeline and all life in it with {{Antimatter}}. Becoming a regular thorn in the Legion's side in the 31st century, Imperiex maims Lightning Lad while trying to kill his siblings; attempts to firebomb Cham's homeworld out of spite; and threatens to massacre the only survivors of Superman's home, Kandor. Unleashing Brainiac 1.0 onto the galaxy, Imperiex hopes to use him to bring destruction and suffering to all that live, serving as a contrast to Brainiac's desire for "order" with his own desire for pure chaos.
*** "Message in a Bottle" & "Dark Victory" two-part finale: [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] 1.0 was a menace from the past who quickly became one of the most dangerous foes the Legion has ever faced. Brainiac 1.0 was introduced in a flashback, where he shrinks and steals the city of Kandor from Krypton. Within Kandor was a power source that was stabilizing Krypton, but with this power source gone Krypton was soon destroyed. Brainiac 1.0 himself was destroyed long ago, but [[EnemyWithin his programming resided within Brainiac 5]], cut off from the other systems, waiting for a chance to be released. This chance came when Brainiac 5 accessed Brainiac 1.0's programming to gain knowledge to defeat Imperiex. Though Brainiac 1.0's knowledge was useful in defeating Imperiex, every time he used it Brainiac 1.0 was able to gain more control. Brainiac 1.0 slowly [[TheCorrupter corrupted]] Brainiac 5, until eventually he [[GrandTheftMe took control of Brainiac 5's body]]. Then Brainiac quickly[[TheStarscream [[HijackedByGanon betrays Imperiex]]--who had [[UngratefulBastard helped Brainiac 1.0 take over Brainiac 5's body]]--[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him because he was no longer useful to him]]. Brainiac then proceeds with his plan to bring the entire universe under his control, [[OmnicidalManiac by transforming all living beings in the universe into streams of data]]. After digitizing some planets, Brainiac returns to his home planet Colu and reprograms all the inhabitants there to serve as his army and aid in his quest to digitize the universe.
** "Sundown" two-parter: [[ArcVillain The Controller]], defying the other Controllers' wishes for peace with the rest of the universe, breaks out one of their ancient weapons, the "Sun-Eater". The Controller intends to use the Sun-Eater to go on a rampage, desolating first an unpopulated solar system to illustrate what he plans to do to Earth's solar system and all the trillions of lives in it. The Controller seeks to destroy the United Planets [[ForTheEvulz solely to bask in the silent "perfection" of the aftermath]], and it takes Ferro-Lad [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing himself]] to stop the Sun-Eater.
** Season 2:
*** [[KnightOfCerebus Imperiex]] is [[ConquerorFromTheFuture a warlord from the 41st century]] who seeks nothing less than [[GalacticConqueror total domination over the galaxy]] through sheer terror and pain. A [[FromNobodyToNightmare former slave]] who fought his way to become a gladiator, Imperiex overthrew his oppressors and immediately turned his attentions on the rest of the galaxy, seeking to crush 44 trillion lives under his boot of dictatorship. Imperiex was thwarted by the Legion from his initial conquest, but stole one of their time travel devices and went into the past where he erased the current timeline and all life in it with {{Antimatter}}. Becoming a regular thorn in the Legion's side in the 31st century, Imperiex maims Lightning Lad while trying to kill his siblings; attempts to firebomb Cham's homeworld out of spite; and threatens to massacre the only survivors of Superman's home, Kandor. Unleashing Brainiac 1.0 onto the galaxy, Imperiex hopes to use him to bring destruction and suffering to all that live, serving as a contrast to Brainiac's desire for "order" with his own desire for pure chaos.
*** "Message in a Bottle" & "Dark Victory" two-part finale: [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] 1.0 was a menace from the past who quickly became one of the most dangerous foes the Legion has ever faced. Brainiac 1.0 was introduced in a flashback, where he shrinks and steals the city of Kandor from Krypton. Within Kandor was a power source that was stabilizing Krypton, but with this power source gone Krypton was soon destroyed. Brainiac 1.0 himself was destroyed long ago, but [[EnemyWithin his programming resided within Brainiac 5]], cut off from the other systems, waiting for a chance to be released. This chance came when Brainiac 5 accessed Brainiac 1.0's programming to gain knowledge to defeat Imperiex. Though Brainiac 1.0's knowledge was useful in defeating Imperiex, every time he used it Brainiac 1.0 was able to gain more control. Brainiac 1.0 slowly [[TheCorrupter corrupted]] Brainiac 5, until eventually he [[GrandTheftMe took control of Brainiac 5's body]]. Then Brainiac quickly
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* CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] 1.0 was a menace from the past who quickly became one of the most dangerous foes the Legion has ever faced. Brainiac 1.0 was introduced in a flashback, where he shrinks and steals the city of Kandor from Krypton. Within Kandor was a power source that was stabilizing Krypton, but with this power source gone Krypton was soon destroyed. Brainiac 1.0 himself was destroyed long ago, but [[EnemyWithin his programming resided within Brainiac 5]], cut off from the other systems, waiting for a chance to be released. This chance came when Brainiac 5 accessed Brainiac 1.0's programming to gain knowledge to defeat Imperiex. Though Brainiac 1.0's knowledge was useful in defeating Imperiex, every time he used it Brainiac 1.0 was able to gain more control. Brainiac 1.0 slowly [[TheCorrupter corrupted]] Brainiac 5, until eventually he [[GrandTheftMe took control of Brainiac 5's body]]. Then Brainiac quickly [[TheStarscream betrays Imperiex]]--who had [[UngratefulBastard helped Brainiac 1.0 take over Brainiac 5's body]]--[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him because he was no longer useful to him]]. Brainiac then proceeds with his plan to bring the entire universe under his control, [[OmnicidalManiac by transforming all living beings in the universe into streams of data]]. After digitizing some planets, Brainiac returns to his home planet Colu and reprograms all the inhabitants there to serve as his army and aid in his quest to digitize the universe.
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* CultClassic: It was far from being a juggernaut like ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' or ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' were, but it is still a fondly remembered cartoon with an unique take on Superman.
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* CultClassic: It was far from being a juggernaut like ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' or ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' were, but it is still a fondly remembered cartoon with an unique take on Superman.
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* ToughActToFollow: This series was greenlit along with ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' to replace ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', right down to having [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Derrick Wyatt]] as the head character designer. There's no way it'd be able to avoid comparisons!
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* TheScrappy: Cosmic Boy, because he is portrayed as a GoodIsNotNice example of LawfulGood, especially in the second season where he appeared more frequently with {{Jerkass}} tendencies.
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* TheScrappy: Cosmic Boy, because he is portrayed as a GoodIsNotNice example of LawfulGood, GoodIsNotNice, especially in the second season where he appeared more frequently with {{Jerkass}} tendencies.
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** Timber Wolf x Phantom Girl have a surprisingly well-done chemistry in this adaptation and are a very popular pairing as a result, even though Ultra-Boy (Phantom Girl's usual love interest) ''is'' also present in at least one episode and she happens to show attraction to him as well.
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** Timber Wolf x Phantom Girl have a surprisingly well-done surprising chemistry and an interesting relationship in this adaptation and are adaptation, becoming a very popular pairing as a result, even though Ultra-Boy (Phantom Girl's usual love interest) ''is'' also present in at least one episode and she happens to show attraction to him as well.
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** Timber Wolf x Phantom Girl have a surprisingly well-done chemistry in this adaptation and are a very popular pairing as a result, even though Ultra-Boy (Phantom Girl's usual love interest) ''is'' also present in at least one episode and she happens to show attraction to him as well.
** Superman x Brainiac 5 of course. It helps that Lois Lane is nowhere to be seen and Superman's closest thing to a female love interest (Alexis) in this continuity also wants to kill him.
** Timber Wolf x Phantom Girl have a surprisingly well-done chemistry in this adaptation and are a very popular pairing as a result, even though Ultra-Boy (Phantom Girl's usual love interest) ''is'' also present in at least one episode and she happens to show attraction to him as well.
** Superman x Brainiac 5 of course. It helps that Lois Lane is nowhere to be seen and Superman's closest thing to a female love interest (Alexis) in this continuity also wants to kill him.
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** Cosmic Boy for Lightning Lad x Saturn Girl shippers, not that it was difficult [[TheScrappy to hate him]].
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* CultClassic: It was far from being a juggernaut like ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' or ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' were, but it is still a fondly remembered cartoon with an unique take on Superman.
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* CultClassic: It was far from being a juggernaut like ''Teen Titans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' or ''Ben 10'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' were, but it is still a fondly remembered cartoon with an unique take on Superman.
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** Knowing Lightning Lad's sister Ayla [[spoiler:was thought to have been killed by the lightning beasts]], this means before leaving Winath that Garth spent most of his childhood [[spoiler:growing up without his twin, meaning he was probably subjected to the same prejudices against "solos" in Winathian society as Mekt was all of his life.]]
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* AccidentalInnuendo: At one point, the Empress wraps Superman in tentacles, coming from the Eye of Ekron.
* AngstWhatAngst: Lightning Lad [[spoiler:loses his arm]]. He just carries on as if it's [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail just a flesh wound]].
* CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} 1.0 was a menace from the past who quickly became one of the most dangerous foes the Legion has ever faced. Brainiac 1.0 was introduced in a flashback, where he shrinks and steals the city of Kandor from Krypton. Within Kandor was a power source that was stabilizing Krypton, but with this power source gone Krypton was soon destroyed. Brainiac 1.0 himself was destroyed long ago, but [[EnemyWithin his programming resided within Brainiac 5]], cut off from the other systems, waiting for a chance to be released. This chance came when Brainiac 5 accessed Brainiac 1.0's programming to gain knowledge to defeat Imperiex. Though Brainiac 1.0's knowledge was useful in defeating Imperiex, every time he used it Brainiac 1.0 was able to gain more control. Brainiac 1.0 slowly [[TheCorrupter corrupted]] Brainiac 5, until eventually he [[GrandTheftMe took control of Brainiac 5's body]]. Then Brainiac quickly [[TheStarscream betrays Imperiex]]--who had [[UngratefulBastard helped Brainiac 1.0 take over Brainiac 5's body]]--[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him because he was no longer useful to him]]. Brainiac then proceeds with his plan to bring the entire universe under his control, [[OmnicidalManiac by transforming all living beings in the universe into streams of data]]. After digitizing some planets, Brainiac returns to his home planet Colu and reprograms all the inhabitants there to serve as his army and aid in his quest to digitize the universe.
* DieForOurShip:
** Some Timber Wolf fangirls hate Ultra Boy because he's Phantom Girl's boyfriend ''in the comics''.
** Also, some fanfic authors can't stand Shrinking Violet because Brainy seems to like her.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alexis only got one episode and a cameo due to ExecutiveMeddling, but she remains notably popular among fans due to the novelty of a DistaffCounterpart to Lex Luthor. Being voiced by Creator/TaraStrong also helps.
* FashionVictimVillain: Imperiex is supposed to be the BigBad of the show's DarkerAndEdgier season... and he has a silver ponytail that doesn't quite match with the rest of his ensemble.
* FauxSymbolism: The [[spoiler:crown of Kryptonite]].
* FoeYay:
** Drax's final scene in his episode has him a ''little'' too physically close to Superman for comfort.
** Alexis Luthor becomes extremely possessive of Superman. [[MurderTheHypotenuse She even attempts to destroy the Legion if it means having Superman all for herself]].
* FridgeHorror: It took several hundred years for the Bottled City of Kandor to be released back into the universe as its own planet. Along with Superman's [[LaserGuidedAmnesia memory being wiped]] about him finally saving them, this means that Superman probably died thinking he was unable to keep his promise in the present time.
** Timber Wolf was living in the forests in the form of a beast, Saturn Girl mentions that there were "hundreds of voices calling out for help." Given the fact that Timber Wolf had little semblance of humanity at the time, who's to say that he hasn't been eating his father's experiments in order to survive?
*** Connecting to the "hundreds of voices" thing on Rawl, chances are these were innocent people who were most likely shipwrecked on the planet, wandered around for a bit and found a lone scientist in the forest who was willing to give them shelter and protection from the predators that dwell there, once their guard was down Londo experimented on them and turned them into animals. The worst part? From what we've seen they weren't returned to normal and are stuck living in the wild as animals.
* HoYay: Brainiac 5's fanboy [[HoYay/LegionOfSuperHeroes man-crush on Superman]]. Given an honest-to-gods LampshadeHanging by Timber Wolf in the second season premiere
* {{Moe}}: Brainy. Website/YouTube commenters can stop talking about how "freakin' adorable!" he is.
* NightmareFuel: "Trials."
** In "Fear Factory," Lightning Lad is confronted by his childhood fear of a [[MonsterClown clown doll]] called [[Film/TheExorcist Captain Howdy]], which his brother told him would only come out during thunder storms. Seems silly at first (until you realize its name is a reference to ''Film/TheExorcist''), but then [[spoiler: a gigantic, electricity spewing beast ''bursts out of the doll's mouth'' and as the second season would reveal, this was one of the lightning beasts that gave Garth and his brother their powers... and also seemingly killed their sister Ayla. So yeah, Garth had ''very'' good reason to be scared shitless.]]
* TheScrappy: Cosmic Boy, because he is portrayed as a GoodIsNotNice example of LawfulGood, especially in the second season where he appeared more frequently with {{Jerkass}} tendencies.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Alexis Luthor, thanks to ExecutiveMeddling. She sadly appears only twice, while being BigBad meterial.
* ToughActToFollow: This series was greenlit along with ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' to replace ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', right down to having [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Derrick Wyatt]] as the head character designer. There's no way it'd be able to avoid comparisons!
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* AngstWhatAngst: Lightning Lad [[spoiler:loses his arm]]. He just carries on as if it's [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail just a flesh wound]].
* CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} 1.0 was a menace from the past who quickly became one of the most dangerous foes the Legion has ever faced. Brainiac 1.0 was introduced in a flashback, where he shrinks and steals the city of Kandor from Krypton. Within Kandor was a power source that was stabilizing Krypton, but with this power source gone Krypton was soon destroyed. Brainiac 1.0 himself was destroyed long ago, but [[EnemyWithin his programming resided within Brainiac 5]], cut off from the other systems, waiting for a chance to be released. This chance came when Brainiac 5 accessed Brainiac 1.0's programming to gain knowledge to defeat Imperiex. Though Brainiac 1.0's knowledge was useful in defeating Imperiex, every time he used it Brainiac 1.0 was able to gain more control. Brainiac 1.0 slowly [[TheCorrupter corrupted]] Brainiac 5, until eventually he [[GrandTheftMe took control of Brainiac 5's body]]. Then Brainiac quickly [[TheStarscream betrays Imperiex]]--who had [[UngratefulBastard helped Brainiac 1.0 take over Brainiac 5's body]]--[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him because he was no longer useful to him]]. Brainiac then proceeds with his plan to bring the entire universe under his control, [[OmnicidalManiac by transforming all living beings in the universe into streams of data]]. After digitizing some planets, Brainiac returns to his home planet Colu and reprograms all the inhabitants there to serve as his army and aid in his quest to digitize the universe.
* DieForOurShip:
** Some Timber Wolf fangirls hate Ultra Boy because he's Phantom Girl's boyfriend ''in the comics''.
** Also, some fanfic authors can't stand Shrinking Violet because Brainy seems to like her.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alexis only got one episode and a cameo due to ExecutiveMeddling, but she remains notably popular among fans due to the novelty of a DistaffCounterpart to Lex Luthor. Being voiced by Creator/TaraStrong also helps.
* FashionVictimVillain: Imperiex is supposed to be the BigBad of the show's DarkerAndEdgier season... and he has a silver ponytail that doesn't quite match with the rest of his ensemble.
* FauxSymbolism: The [[spoiler:crown of Kryptonite]].
* FoeYay:
** Drax's final scene in his episode has him a ''little'' too physically close to Superman for comfort.
** Alexis Luthor becomes extremely possessive of Superman. [[MurderTheHypotenuse She even attempts to destroy the Legion if it means having Superman all for herself]].
* FridgeHorror: It took several hundred years for the Bottled City of Kandor to be released back into the universe as its own planet. Along with Superman's [[LaserGuidedAmnesia memory being wiped]] about him finally saving them, this means that Superman probably died thinking he was unable to keep his promise in the present time.
** Timber Wolf was living in the forests in the form of a beast, Saturn Girl mentions that there were "hundreds of voices calling out for help." Given the fact that Timber Wolf had little semblance of humanity at the time, who's to say that he hasn't been eating his father's experiments in order to survive?
*** Connecting to the "hundreds of voices" thing on Rawl, chances are these were innocent people who were most likely shipwrecked on the planet, wandered around for a bit and found a lone scientist in the forest who was willing to give them shelter and protection from the predators that dwell there, once their guard was down Londo experimented on them and turned them into animals. The worst part? From what we've seen they weren't returned to normal and are stuck living in the wild as animals.
* HoYay: Brainiac 5's fanboy [[HoYay/LegionOfSuperHeroes man-crush on Superman]]. Given an honest-to-gods LampshadeHanging by Timber Wolf in the second season premiere
* {{Moe}}: Brainy. Website/YouTube commenters can stop talking about how "freakin' adorable!" he is.
* NightmareFuel: "Trials."
** In "Fear Factory," Lightning Lad is confronted by his childhood fear of a [[MonsterClown clown doll]] called [[Film/TheExorcist Captain Howdy]], which his brother told him would only come out during thunder storms. Seems silly at first (until you realize its name is a reference to ''Film/TheExorcist''), but then [[spoiler: a gigantic, electricity spewing beast ''bursts out of the doll's mouth'' and as the second season would reveal, this was one of the lightning beasts that gave Garth and his brother their powers... and also seemingly killed their sister Ayla. So yeah, Garth had ''very'' good reason to be scared shitless.]]
* TheScrappy: Cosmic Boy, because he is portrayed as a GoodIsNotNice example of LawfulGood, especially in the second season where he appeared more frequently with {{Jerkass}} tendencies.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Alexis Luthor, thanks to ExecutiveMeddling. She sadly appears only twice, while being BigBad meterial.
* ToughActToFollow: This series was greenlit along with ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' to replace ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', right down to having [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Derrick Wyatt]] as the head character designer. There's no way it'd be able to avoid comparisons!
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