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    Larry 

Nosyarg Kcid

Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker Other voice actors

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An alternate impish Robin from an alternate universe who can bend reality.


  • Alternate Self: He’s Robin’s counterpart from Dimension 4 9/8.
  • Character Catchphrase: "Oops!"
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Oh, very much so.
  • Dimensional Traveller: From his home of Dimension 4 and 9/8 to the Titans' dimension.
  • Expy:
    • He's similar to Bat-Mite in that he's a reality-warping imp who dresses like the hero he obsessively admires. The only major difference is that Larry obsesses over Batman's sidekick Robin rather than Batman himself.
    • In 2022, Larry would eventually get his own Expy in the comics with Nite-Mite, a 5th dimensional imp who obsesses over Dick Grayson. Possibly as a nod to Larry, Nite-Mite comments that he preferred when Dick was dating Starfire rather than Batgirl.
  • Failure Hero: His attempts at helping Robin only piss him off, but they do succeed when they work together.
  • Fanboy: He acts like a huge fanboy over Robin.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: Downplayed, since the Titans do like him, but they find him more of an annoyance than anything else.
  • In-Series Nickname: Beast Boy gives him the nickname "Larry" due to his real name being difficult to pronounce, and he takes to it quickly.
  • Hero-Worshipper: To Robin, who he idolizes.
  • Keet: He’s very cheerful and excitable.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • His real name, "Nosyarg Kcid", is "Dick Grayson"note  spelled backwards. The fact that it's a reversed name is also a nod to Superman foe Mr. Mxyzptlk, who is frequently defeated by being tricked into saying his name backwards and, like Larry's inspiration Bat-Mite, is a reality-warper from the fifth dimension.
    • Beast Boy is the one who nicknames him "Larry", which was also the name of his old Doom Patrol teammate Negative Man.
  • Nice Guy: He’s very friendly and he just wants to help people like Robin does.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Here, "it" means "reality". (But to be fair, Robin played a part, and it was an accident.)
  • Reality Warper: His main power, thanks to his "magic finger". Too bad he's not very good with it.

    Arella Roth 

Arella Roth

Voiced by: Virginia Madsen Other voice actors

You forever had the love of your people, Raven, even knowing what would come and what that would bring...
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Arella was a denizen of the extradimensional realm of Azarath and the mother of the Teen Titan Raven.

Arella unwittingly became the bride of the evil inter-dimensional being known as Trigon, but shortly after the wedding Trigon made love to her and then abandoned her rather than make her his queen. Through this union, Arella gave birth to Raven and raised her in the peaceful realm of Azarath. Despite Arella's efforts, her daughter was bound to Trigon by a prophecy which entails the subjugation and destruction of all life. Arella forever gave Raven her love, even knowing what she was destined to become: a vessel for Trigon's evil.

When the prophecy was about to come to pass, Raven desperately sought out Azarath for help, only to find the city at first apparently deserted. A white dove led Raven to her mother, who could offer neither help nor comfort since the prophecy was inevitable. Right afterwards, it was revealed that the sound state of Azarath had been in fact a cruel illusion: the city was destroyed and in flames, and its people, including Arella, had apparently perished.


  • Good Parents: Even though Raven was destined to be Trigon's vessel, Arella still gave her all her love.
  • Meaningful Name: Arella means "Messenger Angel".
  • Missing Mom: To Raven. She perished after Azarath was burned.
  • Purple Is Powerful: Like Raven, her purple eyes represent power.
  • Strong Family Resemblance: Aside from their difference in skin tone, she and Raven bear a strong resemblance to each other.
  • Teen Pregnancy: If she shares the backstory of her comic book counterpart, then she conceived Raven as a teenager.
  • Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Hot Wife to Trigon's Ugly Guy because he's a demon.

    Silkie 
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A breadbox-size mutant silkworm. Initially bred by supervillain Killer Moth to be one of his evil moth minions, Beast Boy found him and took him in. Starfire took an immediate shine to him, and started to take care of him; unfortunately, the food she gave him led him to grow to a monstrous size, and he exploded. Thankfully, he was only molting, and a new Silkie was born from the ooze. He mostly serves as a source of many a Funny Background Event.


    Fixit 

Fixit

Voiced by: Tom Kenny Other voice actors

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A cybernetic hermit that lives beneath the city junkyard and spends most (if not all of his time) salvaging and repairing thrown-out electronic devices.


  • Body Horror: Cyborg at one point tears away his cloak, revealing a mess of twisted biotech and an extra malformed arm under it.
  • Creepy Monotone: His voice lacks inflections to signify his high level of robotization and separation from emotion.
  • Heel Realization: In the process of archiving Cyborg's memories while preparing to remove Cyborg's "biological components", he reels back and admits he was wrong to attempt the procedure on Cyborg after seeing how beautiful and fulfilling his life was.
  • The Stoic: He shows little emotion. Even when Cyborg rekindles his desire to "live" instead of simply be "operating normally", he is still very reserved.
  • Technopath: He's capable of controlling machinery with his mind.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: He sincerely wishes to repair Cyborg after rescuing him from a trash heap. Unfortunately, his idea of fixing involves getting rid of Cyborg's "biological components".

    Val-Yor 

Val-Yor

Voiced by: Stephen Root Other voice actors

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"I see you have a Tamaranean."

A hero from another planet who's on a mission to stop The Locrix, however his true self is anything but heroic. It turns out he's a Fantastic Racist towards Tamaraneans like Starfire.


  • Aliens Are Bastards: It turns out that Val-Yor isn't as heroic as he claims. While he does nothing genuinely evil on-screen and, as far as we know, the Locrix are believably an Always Chaotic Evil alien race that needed to be put down, he is a racist asshole that stirs a great deal of internal turmoil with the Titans he is working with. To further cement his status as an antagonist rather than a villain, Val-Yor never returns to cause trouble after his earthly mission is complete.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He acts all friendly towards the Titans, except Starfire, and is seen as a great hero. Then it all turned sour when he called Starfire a "Troq" and when the rest of the Titans learned about his bigotry.
  • Broken Pedestal: The Titans including Starfire were awed by his heroics, but they all lost respect for him when he called the latter ''Troq'' and when the former discovered his prejudice against Starfire and all Tamaraneans. By the end of the episode, he declares that the Earthlings are on the same level as the Tamaraneans because they called him out on his racism, making the feeling mutual.
    Val-Yor: I thought you Earthlings were alright. I guess I was wrong. You're just like the Troqs.
  • Bullying a Dragon: Downplayed; he does have powers and is capable of handling on his own in a fight. However, he is still prejudiced against a Flying Brick race with Combo Platter Powers and ferocious temperaments. Within the episode, however, the trope is later examined rather than played straight. Starfire notes, sadly and accurately, that although she could beat Val-Yor in a fight, an unprovoked attack would only give him a justification for his contempt.
  • Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of the Politically Incorrect Hero. Although Val-Yor is painted as a noble hero who's fighting an enemy while trying to protect as many innocents as possible, with his name even being a homophone of "valor", Val-Yor's prejudice toward Starfire is seen as unacceptable by the Teen Titans as they lose all admiration towards him after his racism is revealed. The Titans only stay with Val-Yor to defeat the Locrix and Val-Yor apparently develops a new prejudice against humans after they call him out for mistreating Starfire, even after she had stayed behind to save his life.
  • Everyone Has Standards: As bigoted as he is, he doesn't condone genocide.
  • Expy: His metallic skin is very similar to Captain Atom.
  • Face Death with Dignity: A very negative take. When Starfire and Val-Yor are about to end the Locrix, they spring a trap that incapacitates Val-Yor in their crumbling stronghold. He shows no apprehension or fear at dying and simply tells Starfire to escape. He could easily however, ask Starfire for help but adamantly refuses to do so. Val-Yor's racism is so strong he would rather die than be saved by a Tamaranean.
  • Fantastic Racism: By far his biggest flaw is the fact that he's extremely prejudiced against Tamaraneans, to the point of calling Starfire an anti-Tamaranean slur right to her face.
  • Fantastic Slurs: Troq means "Nothing" or "Worthless" which means he calls Starfire a "Stupid Nothing".
  • Good Is Not Nice: Deconstructed. Outside his racism, he's a genuine hero risking his life to stop an invading army destroying all organic life. However, that racism is so extreme that it completely erases all his heroic traits and makes him one of the most hated characters both in- and out-of-universe. Good might not be not nice, but at a certain level of "not nice", people stop considering you the good guy.
  • Hate Sink: Of his sole appearing episode. With the Locrix being a race of faceless beings the audience learns nothing about to form any investment in their defeat, Val-Yor and his racism becomes the main antagonistic focus of the episode.
  • Hypocrite: He fiercely opposes the Locrix partly due to their Fantastic Racism against organic life, but he himself is bigoted against Tamaraneans. While he's not violent about his prejudices like they are, it doesn't really diminish the hypocrisy.
  • Ironic Name: Zig-Zagging Trope. His name sounds similar to valor meaning "Courage". While he is indeed courageous when facing off against the Locrix, he's anything but when confronted about his racism.
  • Jerkass: At his core, Val-Yor is a vile racist whose aggression extends towards those that stand against his bigotry.
  • Jerkass to One: Val-Yor is a jovial and friendly guy to everyone but Starfire. Eventually, when the other Titans confront him on his racism after the Locrix are dealt with, he reverts to being a plain Jerkass to everyone.
  • Light Is Not Good: Played with; he wasn't doing anything villainous other than being a racist Jerkass towards Starfire.
  • Mysterious Past: Due to being a Canon Foreigner, nothing is revealed about his backstory and/or origins such as if his people have the same powers as him or not, if the Locrix are this Always Chaotic Evil race or it's just part of another group Val-Yor is prejudiced against, or why is he a racist towards Tamaraneans or if the rest of his people share the same contempt as him.
  • The Nicknamer: Aside from "Troq" towards Starfire, he called Robin "Spike", Raven "Sunshine", Cyborg "Metal Butt", and Beast Boy "Champ".
  • Noble Bigot: Deconstructed. Barring Starfire, Val-Yor genuinely liked the other Titans and is trying to stop an evil alien race, but that doesn't stop them from losing respect for him once they realize his racism. Unlike in other Very Special Episode where the racist's life is saved by a member of the group they are prejudice against, learns the error of their ways and changes for the better, Starfire saving his life didn't make Val-Yor any less of a racist than he was at the start of the episode.
  • Politically Incorrect Hero: If not for his racism, he would've been genuinely heroic.
  • Rubber-Forehead Aliens: Except for his metallic looking skin, he looks completely human.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: In spite of the fact that Starfire, and by extension the Titans, saved his life and helped him accomplish the mission, he still continues to act racist towards Starfire by half-heartedly "thanking her" and not even apologizing to her in the slightest bit, and when the Titans defend her, he accuses them of being just as bad as the Tamaraneans.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: The Titans call him out on his racism.
  • You Are a Credit to Your Race: Val-Yor thanks Starfire this way after she saves his life, "complimenting" her on being one of the good Tamaraneans. None of the Titans are impressed.

    The True Master 

Chu-Hui

Voiced by: Takayo Fischer Other voice actors

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An elderly Chinese martial arts expert who takes in Robin as a pupil.


    Sarasim 

Sarasim

Voiced by: Kimberly Brooks Other voice actors

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Warrior and village leader in 3000 B.C. who forms a close bond with Cyborg.


    Soto's "Dog" 

Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker Other voice actors

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  • Animalistic Abomination: He looks like a green dog, but he can tear off and devour a car's bumper, has a long prehensile tongue, and can squeeze through grates like a liquid.
  • Canon Foreigner: Unique to the show.
  • Civilized Animal: He is highly intelligent, educated, cultured, and even capable of human speech.
  • The Dog Bites Back: He and his master Soto switch roles (which Soto is perfectly happy with).
  • It Amused Me: The reason why he didn't just say why Beast Boy was missing until he got caught.
  • Shapeshifter: He's an invertebrate shape-shifter who can reshape his body and elongate his tongue at will.

    Batman 

Batman / Bruce Wayne

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Robin's surrogate father and former mentor. Robin left him some time before the events of this series.


  • The Cameo: Appears in one at the end of "Regarding Robin", the first story of issue 47 of the tie-in comic, watching from afar as the team tries to help Robin cope with the anniversary of his parents' deaths. It's revealed that he is the one who has been narrating the whole time, though the comic repeatedly misdirects the reader into thinking it's one of the Titans themselves.
    • He also cameos along with the rest of the Justice League in issue 45, when Beast Boy claims they recruited him.
  • The Ghost: He never appears in the series proper, nor is he referred to by name (the result of legal issues), but there are several nods to him throughout:
    • In "Apprentice, Part 2", Slade suggests that he might become like a father to Robin; Robin responds "I already have a father" as a swarm of bats flies across the sky.
    • Later in "Apprentice, Part 2", Robin as Slade's apprentice is forced to steal from a Wayne Enterprises building.
    • In "Haunted", when Raven accesses Robin's mind, one of the memories she sees is Robin silhouetted against the wall of a cave taking an oath with someone, traditionally an aspect of the beginning of Dick Grayson's partnership with Batman.
    • In the flashback episode "Go!", a thief Robin confronts in an alley is surprised to see him and asks "Aren't you supposed to be with—" before Robin cuts him off.

Doom Patrol

    General 
The superhero team to which Beast Boy previously belonged.
  • Adapted Out:
    • Niles "The Chief" Caulder, original founder and leader of the Doom Patrol from the comics, does not appear and is not mentioned by the Patrol; in the show, The Leader slot belongs to Mento, who serves as a Frontline General. Other references to him are also curiously absent — Robotman briefly mentions a "they" when referring to how he got his body, when it was Caulder who built it for him in the original version, and the control module on Robotman's chest was originally a camera and two-way speaker to communicate with the Chief, who was usually serving as Mission Control.
    • No members of the Doom Patrol aside from Beast Boy and the classic roster of Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Mento who existed at the time the cartoon airednote  are so much as acknowledged.
  • Badass in Distress: They're introduced in the Brotherhood of Evil's clutches, messaging Beast Boy for help (who brings the Titans along with).
  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: As they part ways with the Titans, the Doom Patrol says they will continue chasing the Brotherhood of Evil. Despite this, they're never seen fighting the Brotherhood's mass expansion or targeting of young superheroes, nor do the Titans attempt to contact the Doom Patrol.
  • First-Name Basis: Unlike most other superheros and supervillains in this show, who are Only Known by Their Nickname, the Doom Patrol used Code Names but also refer to each other by first name (including Beast Boy, whom they alone call "Garfield").
  • I Will Only Slow You Down: In "Homecoming", the Doom Patrol's latest mission is a rank disaster, with the group dropping one member after the other as they proceed from one trap to the next until only Beast Boy and Mento are left.
  • Informed Ability: Cyborg indicates the Doom Patrol are "legends", but compared to the Titans they actually seem to be very dysfunctional and bad at working together.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: What little we see of the Doom Patrol in action mostly consists of them charging headlong from one incident to the next, which just as often drops them into traps as it results in success. The most strategy we see from them typically involves matching a specific patrol member to a specific obstacle.
  • Similar Squad: The team as a whole is a dark mirror of the Titans, with each Titan having a Shadow Archetype among the Doom Patrol sans Beast Boy himself.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: In the comic, Beast Boy joined the Titans because the rest of the Doom Patrol died in the end of the original runAlthough. Here Beast Boy elected to leave, ostensibly to step out of Mento's shadow, and they're last seen alive and well.

    Mento 

Mento / Steve Dayton

Voiced by: Xander Berkeley Other voice actors

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The leader of the Doom Patrol and the go-to nemesis for the Brain. Real name is "Steve".


  • Abusive Parents: Not intentionally, but chewing Beast Boy out for saving the team instead of destroying the Brain's doomsday device was not good for BB's emotional development. His general attitude seemed to treat Beast Boy as another recruit, instead as his surrogate son.
  • Adaptational Jerkass: Now, it's worth noting that classic 1960s Mento began as a pompous ass and did not get along with Beast Boy (he didn't get along with Cliff or Larry, either), and his appearances in the Titans comics through the 80s and 90s were temperamental at best, but that's still a far cry from the demanding, obsessed, and unforgiving leader in the cartoon, probably a result of his Composite Character nature.
  • Arch-Enemy: His venom towards the Brain is palpable.
  • Character Development: After spending the better part of two episodes being an unwavering dictator, he finally relents after Beast Boy chews him out over his command style. Best shown when he says "I'll let it slide" after seeing the Titans join the fight against the Brain against his orders in the finale of the season five premiere.
  • Composite Character: Combines Mento and The Chief, who in the comics was the actual leader of the Doom Patrol whereas the original Mento was the team's occasional Sixth Ranger and eventually financial backer.
  • Detrimental Determination: He's so set on stopping the Brotherhood of Evil, he actively discourages the team looking out for each other if it means letting the bad guy get away. It doesn't matter if they're outgunned or ill-prepared: you will follow his orders and you will do the mission or else you have failed the team!
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Mento straight up lashes out at Beast Boy when the Brain and Monsieur Mallah escape in the prologue of "Homecoming" and blames him for not taking out the Brain's machine first (when what actually happened was that Beast Boy rescued the patrol, allowing Negative Man to take out the machine only seconds later).
  • Distressed Dude: Along with Negative Man for Homecoming Part 1, he is captured by the Brotherhood of Evil.
  • General Ripper: A rare heroic example, and easily one of the more self-destructive out there. His entire character arc centers around relentlessly pursuing a vendetta against his long-time nemesis, which almost results in the destruction of his team.
  • Hat of Power: Mento's got his super-dorky "Pot Head" helmet going on, but it stimulates his psychic powers.
  • Knight Templar: A mild case, but in his defense...
    Cyborg: [The Brain]'s targeting the Tower!
    Raven: Not just the Tower. He's targeting the entire city.
    Mento: Now you see why I have such a problem with this guy?
  • Leeroy Jenkins: His diving head long into danger nearly screws his entire team over. Beast Boy chews him out over it, which gets him to relent.
  • Mirror Character: He's essentially Val-Yor without the Fantastic Racism.
  • Mr. Exposition: "Homecoming: Part 2" starts off with Mento explaining the Brotherhood of Evil in full.
  • Parents as People: Downplayed. During the prologue to Homecoming, he encourages Beast Boy to follow the plan "like we practiced", suggesting at least an attempt to build a decent relationship. He just can't drop his Knight Templar focus on the objectives.
  • Senseless Sacrifice: He makes it clear that he sees sacrificing one's life as necessary in fighting evil, to which Beast Boy strongly disagrees with. While he may not be wrong in some cases he is so focused on that mindset that he neglects to save members of his team when they are in danger because I Will Only Slow You Down and hardly tries to look for alternative methods. For example, he chews out Beast Boy for saving them over destroying the doomsday machine when Negative Man was capable of destroying it himself, after being saved.
  • Shadow Archetype: Mento takes Robin's obsession with "the mission" and churns it up to borderline Knight Templar levels. Extremism aside, the biggest difference is that while Robin is more focused on the overall goal of winning and as such is more adaptable, Mento seems more concerned about just doing the mission the way it was planned.
  • The Unfettered: He puts the mission above everything else, even his own team's survival. It isn't until he's right at the edge of death that he calms down.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: Beast Boy saves him and his team twice, and both times he chews him out for it.

    Robotman 

Robotman / Clifford "Cliff" Steele

Voiced by: Peter Onorati Other voice actors

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The cyborg teammate, whose real name is Cliff. Not known for strategy.


  • The Big Guy: The Doom Patrol's Dumb Muscle. The guy can chop trees in half with a swing of his arm.
  • Blessed with Suck: He spends five months effectively in a coma after the Brotherhood shuts him down and hangs him out to dry; as invulnerable as he is, he is less than pleased over the fact that he was built with an off-switch.
  • Cyborg: Unlike Cyborg himself however, only his brain is still organic.
  • Dumb Muscle: Raven makes fun of him over it.
    Raven: You sure he has a brain in there?
  • Lantern Jaw of Justice: His robotic body gives him quite the broad and chiseled chin.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: "If he builds it, I'm gonna break it. That's the way we do things in the Doom Patrol".
  • Not Quite Dead: It initially appeared that he died during a fight with the Brotherhood of Evil, but it is later revealed that he merely shut down and he later reactivated.
  • Pet the Dog: He tries to circumvent one of Mento's lectures so they can celebrate the fact that Beast Boy just turned T-Rex for the first time and saved the Patrol from death, but Mento can only see that the Brotherhood escaped.
  • Shadow Archetype: Robot Man is a grumpier and far more impulsive Cyborg, with brain waves as his only remaining 'organ'.
  • Useless Accessory: Averted; in the original comics that thing strapped to his chest was a portable two-way camera used to communicate with The Chief remotely when they were out in the field. In the cartoon it appears to be a control mechanism of some sort that Cyborg has to repair.

    Negative Man 

Negative Man / Larry Trainor

Voiced by: Judge Reinhold Other voice actors

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A man wrapped head-to-toe in bandages; his body houses a "negative spirit" that he can project forth for extended periods of time. His real name is Larry.


    Elasti-Girl 

Elasti-Girl / Rita Farr

Voiced by: Tara Strong Other voice actors

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The only female member and the one with the best temperament of the group. Her real name is Rita.


  • Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: In the comics, she relates a few of the sillier stories of Beast Boy's childhood to the team.
  • Giant Woman: She has the ability to grow into a giant.
  • The Heart: The only girl in the team, and by far the nicest of the group and the only one who regularly calls out Mento for his attitude toward Beast Boy.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Holds onto a giant boulder that gets shot by a drone, all to give Mento and Beast Boy time to escape.
  • Implied Love Interest: She is implied to have a thing going on with Mento ("Steve"), which is rather fitting, since they are married in the comics, and Beast Boy's de facto foster parents.
  • Magic Skirt: No Panty Shot despite the mini skirt.
  • Mama Bear: Since Beast Boy and Elasti-Girl had a mother-son relationship, she was not only protective of him because he was a teammate or the youngest, but because Beast Boy is like a son to her. She would also always stand-by Beast Boy whenever Mento was really harsh with him or whenever he was scolding him for making a mistake.
  • Nice Girl: Elasti-Girl shows to be like Starfire by always showing compassion and consideration for others, and they're the girls of their own team that always have a big heart.
  • Not Quite Dead: Survives her Heroic Sacrifice like the other members.
  • Parental Substitute: She's the most openly caring of the group towards Beast Boy, and the way she ruffles his hair and gives him a kiss on the cheek are all maternalistic gestures.
  • Shadow Archetype: Downplayed. She and Starfire are both The Heart on each team, but the Doom Patrol doesn't have much to hope for, natch, so her advice to Beast Boy after losing a teammate is to not think about it.
  • Sizeshifter: Her main power is to grow to gigantic size. In the comics, she could also shrink to miniature size, but it's unknown whether she can do the same in the show.
  • Team Mom: She acts as a surrogate mother for Beast Boy.

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