There’s a thousand theme park podcasts, but only one Rat Castle! Listen as a progressive panel of fans, former Cast Members, and industry insiders chat about the latest Disney and theme park news. It’s theme parks discussed without the pixie dust. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The one and only Gilmore Girls AND Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcast brought to you by comedians/real life couple Bryan Morris & Stacey Kulow. Bryan grew up obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Stacey is a huge Gilmore Girls fan, but neither of them have ever seen the other's favorite show. Together they watch their way through both excellent 7-season series, discussing an episode from each show every week, in an attempt to figure out which show is better. Bryan & Stacey are New York-b ...
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Subscriber-only episode TW: SA/suicide We're back with Season 3! We're in college. We're older. We're wiser. However, Bryan is confused about what country New York is in. We meet some new characters, including Piz, and we hate that that's his name. Dick... isn't behaving better, but we're hopeful he's about to turn things around? And Stacey got her…
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Subscriber-only episode TW: SA/suicide Our wrap-up episode is a little late, as promised, but it's still here a few days ahead of our Season 3 premiere! That's a wrap on Season 2, and there's a LOT to unpack still. Bryan is aware that one of the characters was a teen mom and not just an out-of-state mom posing as a teenager. We're a couple daddies …
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Nathan and Dave discuss big changes for the Muppets at Hollywood Studios, Disneyland's 70th, and give their thoughts on what Universal might do in theme parks with Wicked. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on YouTube, TikTok,, and Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor…
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Subscriber-only episode TW: SA, suicide & probably a lot of other things (oof! This season's dark!) Wow, we really didn't see this one coming, but Veronica "Goddess of Mysteries" sure figured it out! Not only did she solve the big mystery, but she guessed Jackie's whole deal from a couple basic observations. Sherif Lamb was more interested in ruini…
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Happy early American Thanksgiving! It's been a couple months since we released our last episode, so we wanted to let you know what we've been up to. We catch you up on everything we've been watching. We share some highlights from our recent trip to the Pacific Northwest including a few brushes with danger. We share a bit about our trip to Connectic…
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Nathan, Victoria, and Briii chat about all things Donkey Kong Country, the Haunted Mansion Bar, and if the new How to Train Your Dragon live action movie is really necessary. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on YouTube, TikTok,, and Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for …
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Subscriber-only episode TW: SA & gun violence All the season's big storylines are coming to a head, all against of a backdrop of Weevil bullying people into teaching him algebra. Daddy Mars supports Veronica in a difficult moment, while all the other Daddy's are total creeps. (Seriously, none of these kids have mommies!) We totally understand how c…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.20 Look Who's Stalking
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Subscriber-only episode Daddy Goot!! What are you doing, making Daddy Mars look bad!? What does Jackie see in this man who thinks batting cages are a fine substitute for prom? For having injured his butt in the war, this dude, Lucky, sure can run! And we'd really like to know more about how this drunken Six Flags trip went. Subscribe to our Patreon…
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Happy Christ-Ween! with Gabe (Theme Park Duo)
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Nathan, Dave, and Briii sit down with special guest Gabe from Theme Park Duo to talk new Christmas stuff coming to Disney parks, what the best SoCal haunts were for 2024, and the boys are on labor watch for Jeanine's baby! Also, Nathan starts the show off with a little message about current affairs and kindness. ---- Find all our social media links…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.19 Nevermind the Buttocks
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Subscriber-only episode This week we learn a whole lot more about Weevil, "Kendall", and their dealings with the Fitzpatricks. Meanwhile, a sharp-shooting student hires Veronica to look up a car on a regular public website. Wallace tries to woo wuh-wuh-wuh-Jackie. And we share some interesting findings about our DNA. Subscribe to our Patreon to acc…
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Subscriber-only episode We're back and [somewhat] rested! Thank you for your patience! This week Veronica gathers clues via a serious of confrontational interviews and bus nightmares. The students of Neptune High learn how to drop eggs real good and also seem to be allowed to carry around bleach-filled squirt guns. Daddy Mars has a plan to date eve…
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The OBT Patreon Tier with Theme Park Blerd
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The rats are joined by Theme Park Blerd to discuss all the price hikes, the future of the Blade movie, and just how far we might go for our fans....for a price. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Facebook, and Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv…
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Subscriber-only episode We're getting close to the end of the season, and there's plot juice EVERYWHERE! Guess Daddy Mars stopped not trusting Veronica at some point, and now Daddy Goot is up to no goot! Mac wants to do a bit o' the old poke poke tap tap with the Beav but is having a little trouble. And turns out Stacey has quite the eye for urinal…
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Join the rats and their special Hallow-queen guest Jessica Thompson (tremainetok) to discuss post-hurricane Disney World, in-park protests, and Jessica's review of Universal Halloween Horror Nights 2024. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Facebook, and Ins…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.16 The R***s of Graff
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Subscriber-only episode TW: SA - We do use a major trigger word a few times, being that it is in the title and very much the subject of this episode. Veronica and Wallace visit the local college that Veronica doesn't want to attend but obviously will. This college has not one but TWO stars from Arrested Development in its student body. Daddy Mars, …
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.15 The Quick and the Wed
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Subscriber-only episode A LAAAARGE percentage of this episode is dedicated to recapping everything that's happened... seriously like 5 whole minutes. There are four different stories happening, but the big mystery of the week involves a wild Tuesday night bachelorette party. We've definitely got daddies down but struggle with how to describe mommie…
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Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Manatees with Disney Dan Becker
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Disney Dan Becker joins the rats to talk about a slow down in Disney park attendance, how Selena Gomez is a billionaire, and 9/11....like way way way too much talk about 9/11. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Facebook, and Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.14 Versatile Toppings
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Subscriber-only episode This week Veronica helps a marginalized group of students, but the wrongdoer kinda just openly admits it all with no real consequences? Meanwhile Daddy Mars is helping Daddy Terrence with his murder issue. Bryan did have a sexy delivery experience like the one Corny hoped for, but he wasn't a creep, okay!? Plus we discuss th…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.13 Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough
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Subscriber-only episode This week we take a slight brake from murder, kidnapping and gang wars to focus on the heavy subject of... carnival crimes. Not sure if this would technically be classified as a bottle episode, but Daddy Mars sure thinks so. This health teacher desperately needs a vacation but should probably actually be fired immediately. A…
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The rats discuss the false alarm incident at The Magic Kingdom, times they've had to use their "dad voice," and Dave tells an amazing story about meeting Ray Bradbury. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Facebook, and Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.c…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.12 Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle
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Subscriber-only episode Veronica and Wallace set up a Grey Poupon situation for Rashard, and maybe kidnapped a real driver instead of using an actor? BTW, Rashard is a very talented basketball player, who's about to get money leaked all over him. Please keep us going from too deep into the Wikis by telling us if that was a real Veronica song, of if…
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We did it! We watched and compared Joss and Amy's other two shows. They didn't have quite as much in common as Buffy and Gilmore, but they are both about ragtag groups of people who become each other's found family, led by reluctant heroes. Also both shows feature young, thin, petite girls who can do impressive stuff with their bodies. Oh, and Mitc…
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Subscriber-only episode Wow! This week the thing of the week this week is WHOLE thing. We've done the math, and turns out, it doesn't make sense that Weevil's a gang leader. Xena shows up and takes Sheriff Lamb down a few pegs. Veronica and Daddy Mars's low rent apartment has TWO bathrooms!? Also correction: Daddy Mars didn't have a laptop in the b…
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The rats chat about new resort concept art, the end of the Red Car Trolley at DCA, and the cancelation of The Acolyte. Also Nathan can barely function due to illness. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Facebook, and Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.co…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.10 One Angry Veronica
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Subscriber-only episode Veronica takes a break from solving crime at school to solving crime at jury duty. Sheriff Lamb might not be a Daddy (or professor), but we didn't hate that his shirt was off. A friendly juror tries to pressure Veronica into pulling a Buffy/Rory and attending a college nearby, so the show can continue. And these New Yorkers …
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Bunheads Episode 17 "It's Not a Mint"/Bunheads Episode 18 "Next!" Welp, that's a wrap on Bunheads... did not expect it to end in the middle of a sex ed lesson, but at least we got a cool final dance. We begin with a Bracebridge-esque, town-hunkering-down-together episode, featuring Sean Gunn as basically Kirk. Then we watch as Michelle tries to bal…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.9 My Mother, the Fiend
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Subscriber-only episode Oh baby, there's a lot of baby stuff happening this week! The Vice Principal execute a whole long con to become principal, even though we totally assumed he already was. This school's really getting a lot of milage from that flagpole. Plus two schemin' Scobbies in one Veronica!? Subscribe to our Patreon to access the video v…
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The gang is joined by Cinemablend's Dirk Libbey to talk all things D23, including the death of Rivers of America at Magic Kingdom and the potential end of Muppet Vision 3D. Also, Nathan is canceled multiple times. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Faceboo…
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Subscriber-only episode There is so much going on now, guys... and then it abruptly ends in the middle of some real weird sh*t! This episode features a wild babysitter montage, complete with a horned-up, divorced teacher, sexy teen slumber parties, and a boy's murder doodles. Veronica lies to her dad about peeing at a cigar shop. And somehow Dick C…
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Our discussion on the conclusion to the Firefly series: "Serenity" This week we catch up with the crew of Serenity in their feature film! Fortunately, this little show was blessed with the chance to tie up some loose ends. It ties up some of the, arguably, most interesting ends, however, we do wish they had a bit more time to focus on certain chara…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.7 Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner
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Subscriber-only episode There is so much going on now, guys... and then it abruptly ends in the middle of some real weird sh*t! This episode features a wild babysitter montage, complete with a horned-up, divorced teacher, sexy teen slumber parties, and a boy's murder doodles. Veronica lies to her dad about peeing at a cigar shop. And somehow Dick C…
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The rats chat about big news for Disney cruise ships, Epic Universe's Wizarding World reveal, and Jeanine's little crush on Dr. Doom. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on Youtube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Facebook, and Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Subscriber-only episode Well, well, well... guess Season 1 wasn't as wrapped up, as everyone thought it was. Veronica really narrows things down once she learns the prime suspect is a brown-haired, medium-sized guy in a t-shirt. The antiquated technology of the week includes aol.com, early aughts Photoshop, and phone cards! And this show might as w…
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Bunheads Episode 15 "Take the Vicuna"/Bunheads Episode 16 "There's Nothing Worse Than a Pantsuit" Witness the drama unfold as boyfriends *gasp* try to sit with their girlfriends at lunch, and Michelle and her brother... don't go to Burning Man? You thought Michelle's brother was bad? Wait till you meet their mom! Sasha's new apartment has everyone …
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The rats come together to talk about Nathan, Victoria, and Saara's trips to Tokyo. Dave and Jeanine are very jealous. Note: This whole episode contains a slide show of trip photos in the Youtube version. Check it out! ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on Youtube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Fac…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.5 Blast from the Past
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Subscriber-only episode Mama Wallace got some splainin' to do! ...but also has a cute way of introducing herself. Duncan and logan make up by sharing a nice fruit platter and watching some local access television. We like to think we were pretty tech savvy in 2005... Does the stuff they're doing with voicemails make sense? We tell you about a prost…
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Howdy ya'll! Nathan, Dave and Victoria dig into the new Country Bears show at Magic Kingdom, discuss the new Universal parade, and decide where they'd like their ashes dumped at Disney. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on Youtube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Facebook, and Instagram! Hosted on …
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.4 Green-Eyed Monster
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Subscriber-only episode Veronica aggressively tries to seduce the most faithful man on earth. Daddy Mars helps his special lady friend (NOT his old lady), even though she's clearly not telling him everything. Logan makes a brief appearance at the end to tell Veronica about the crumpled up mystery in his pocket. An there's something REAL bad on Meg'…
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Firefly Episode 14 "Objects in Space"/Bunheads Episode 14 "The Astronaut and the Ballerina" This week's Firefly introduces a man by the name of Early: a complex, interesting, possibly mad character that we'd love to see more of. Unfortunately this was the last episode... Meanwhile, Bunhead Ginny is driven to madness by some parental drama. AND... c…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.3 Cheatty Cheatty Bang Bang
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Subscriber-only episode The Beav really goes out of his way to get his dad to love him, and spoilers, it backfires hard. The specifics of the iPod shuffle is really integral to this week's mystery solving. We're not quite sure how Veronica's name being written on that guy's hand even makes sense. We're also not sure what SEC stands for, but we defi…
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Subscriber-only episode The guest stars keep on flowing, so Kevin Smith helps Veronica solve a case. We meet Daddy Casablancas, who brings with him an ominous cloud of foreshadowing. We really hope you guys are on board for this Daddy bit we've entirely committed to. And we hope you enjoy our spooky rendition of the Rescue Rangers theme song. Subsc…
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Nathan and Jeanine (she's back!) are joined by Jack Pattillo on this hoilday weekend to talk Disney World's new attraction reservation system...no not Genie+...new new. Also we discuss a special (and a little weird) Tokyo Disney experience and Epic's Dark Universe! ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow…
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Bunheads Episode 13 "I'll Be Your Meyer Lansky"/Firefly Episode 13 "Heart of Gold" Fanny and Michelle take steps to better utilize their land, while Inara enlists the Serenity crew to help an old friend defend her brothel. Both episodes feature characters being forced to the ground, as well as villainous characters who are passionate about theater …
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🔒 Veronica Mars 2.1 Normal Is the Watchword
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Subscriber-only episode It's Season 2, and wow are there a lot of new characters! Famous ones! From Buffy, Gilmore Girls, ANTM, and Steve Gutenberg for some reason? Also apparently Dick and the Beav are gonna be a whole thing? Duncan inserts himself into a relationship, much like Kurt inserts himself into this episode. "Very high up, water down the…
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It's our sexiest episode ever with stories of theme park shenanigans, but also Nathan, Dave, and Brii talk EPCOT's Communicore disaster as well as Universal's new nighttime show. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod.com Follow Rat Castle on Youtube, TikTok, Twitter (X), Facebook, and Instagram! Hosted on Acast. …
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🔒 Veronica Mars 1.23 Season 1 Wrap- Up
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Subscriber-only episode That's a wrap on Season 1, and Bryan's biggest takeaway is how great Veronica's jackets are. This might be controversial, but so far we think it's better than Angel. For Season 2, were hoping for more of a friend group and even more Daddy stuff. And Stacey takes a stab at what the big mystery of Season 2 might be, which Brya…
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Firefly Episode 12 "The Message"/Bunheads Episode 12 "Channing Tatum Is a Fine Actor" Just when we thought Amy was out of things to borrow from Joss, she went ahead and borrowed beans. Not only that, but both shows also feature fake moustaches, stupid hats, a new mysterious guy starting a flirtation with a main character, and men with classically f…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 1.22 Leave It to Beaver
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Subscriber-only episode Duncan demands some answers during his dad's scheduled talking to his wife time. When did Lily find time to get these videos edited on her death day? You won't believe who Veronica got to come hang out with her dad. Both of us have a bit of a word fart, but we can all agree Bryan's was worse, right? And Bryan was a dirty boy…
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Note: Definitly not our 69th episode, which we forgot about because of travel and jet lag and whatever. Most definilty just 68.5. Nathan returns from Tokyo with a Fantasy Springs review, Tiana's Bayou Adventure has opened, and Disney DAS pass changes are met with frustration. ---- Find all our social media links, buy merch, and more at ratcastlepod…
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🔒 Veronica Mars 1.21 A Trip to the Dentist
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Subscriber-only episode TW: SA - As we wind down towards the end of the season, we're reunited with all kinds of random white dude of the weeks. Duncan actors been getting to do a lot of actual acting recently, and this week he gets to Duncan smash. Daddy Mars is sure earning some frequent flyer miles this episode. And Kurt's doing all kinds of stu…
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