Saturday 27 March 2021

Bens from every Ben 10 series returns in Alien X-tinction

A new trailer advertising the upcoming Ben 10 specials has showed new footage from Ben Gen 10 and Alien X-tinction. You can watch my breakdown of the trailer here.

We got our first animated look at Agent Six in the reboot, Rex rushing through the sky with his B.F.S. and Rex building the Smack Hands with Bobo. 

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A comparison between Hex and Vilgax's alien armies
 We also see a scene where Rex, Humungousaur, Agent Six and Bobo are facing against Hex and his army of humans who he had turned into Ben's aliens, but with red eyes and no Omnitrix symbol. Hex's army of aliens is similar to Vilgax's plan in the reboot episode Super Villain Team Up.

The commercial also states that Ben 10,000 in the reboot is just an alternate future, not Ben's definitive future.

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Alternate Max in Alien X-tinction
 As for Alien X-tinction, we get to see Alien X coming to reboot Ben's dimension via a pink portal and reboot Rath fighting him. It should be noted that during this scene, Alien X has 10 Omnitrix symbols instead of nine. 

In one scene, we can see that Gwen is tied up near a landslide, with Ben transforming using his newly upgraded Omnitrix. We then see the alternate Max that has been mentioned in the synopsis, he looks similar to reboot Max, except his jeans are tucked into his boots, he wears a brown sash instead of a jacket and he has a robotic arm that is seen as a blaster. His robotic arm is a reference to future Max in the original series.

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Ben from all of the classic series, featuring Gwen 10

The trailer also shows that every iteration of Ben Prime will be appearing in Alien X-Tinction, as well as Gwen 10 from the episode of the same name, not the Omniverse version, as evident from her Omnitrix design and skin color. They are all drawn to fit the reboot's art style. 

Monday 22 March 2021

Ben Gen 10 Trailer Featuring Rex Salazar and Bobo Haha

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Rex Salazar in the Ben 10 reboot
A trailer for Ben Gen 10 has been leaked on Twitter. Ben Gen 10 is the second movie event in season 5 of the Ben 10 reboot. It features a young Generator Rex teaming up with Ben Tennyson in order to defeat Hex who wants to use a broken Omnitrix to infect people with alien DNA. You can watch an analysis of the Ben Gen 10 trailer here.

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Rex Salazar and Bobo Haha in the Ben 10 reboot

The trailer shows Rex and Bobo Haha mistaking Cannonbolt as an EVO, they run away from the alien as Ben is mad that his smore is gone. Cannonbolt catches Rex, and Bobo tries to fight off Cannonbolt to no avail. Rex then confesses that he and Bobo ate Ben's smore, causing Cannonbolt to rage. Rex then uses his powers to build the Big Fat Sword and attacks Ben, surprising himself that he managed to build it.

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Bobo Haha, Cannonbolt and Rex Salazar

It is evident from the trailer that Rex is still learning how to use his powers, as he prayed for his nanites to work properly in order to build his machine. Daryl Sabara and John DiMaggio reprses their roles as Rex and Bobo Haha, respectively, with the two of them sounding younger than their original counterparts. 

Alien X-Tintion Trailer and New Omnitrix Revealed

Cartoon Network has released a trailer for Alien X-Tinction on their Twitter. This is the third and final special for season 5 of the Ben 10 reboot. You can watch a video about its trailer here.

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Alien X in the Ben 10 reboot

Alien X-Tinction will feature Ben finding an alternate Max, and will have Ben teaming up with multiple versions of Bens and Gwens to create an alien army to combat the villainous Alien X.
Alien X resembles his Alien Force appearance, except he is much larger and has glowing green eyes. He has nine Omnitrix symbols, one on each shoulder, three on each arm and one on his left peck.
The trailer shows Ben telling Grandpa Max to avoid getting stepped on by Alien X. Ben transforms into Cannonbolt, remarking that he knows how to use his Omnitrix, Alien X replies that he also knows how to use the device, and throws Cannonbolt into the Rustbucket, crushing it. 

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Alien X morphed his arm into a sharp dagger

This may hint that Alien X is actually an evil Omnitrix user, He also has nine Omnitrix symbols, and it is likely that he wants to collect reboot Ben's Omnitrix to get ten, which may grant him great power.
In the preview, Alien X uses his enhanced strength to hit away Grandpa and Cannonbolt, and used his shapeshifting abilities to morph his arm into a sharp dagger.


Alien X remarks that Max always tries to interfere, which may refer to alternate versions of Max trying to get in his way, which would line up with the mentioned Max in the synopsis. 

Wednesday 24 February 2021

Ben Gen 10 Promo Art with Generator Rex Characters Revealed + Alien X-Tinction Villain

Promo art for Ben Gen 10, the second special in season 5 of the Ben 10 reboot, has been revealed. In it we get to see the designs for Rex Salazar, Bobo Haha and Agent Six in the Ben 10 art style. This will be the second animated crossover between the two shows, with the first being Heroes United that aired in 2011.

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Ben Gen 10 promo art featuring Rex, Bobo Haha and Agent Six
The art shows Rex Salazar, who is now a kid, with Ben. Rex is shown with his BFS (Big Fat Sword) Nanite build, though it is noticeably smaller. His head and hair are more rounded and the blue on his shirt is now black. The stripes on his jacket are noticeably thinner and his sleeve no longer has orange on it. His jacket also now has a grey zipper. 

Bobo Haha looks younger and more rounded. Agent Six is shown wearing his combat uniform instead of his suit. 

The logo shows a combination of Ben and Rex's titles as well as color schemes.

The poster confirms that Hex will be the main villain of this special.

The synopsis for this special reads:

Ben meets a young Generator Rex and works through a series of misunderstandings. But when a dark wizard Hex uses a malfunctioning Omnitrix to infect people with alien DNA, Ben must defeat him to save the world.

The synopsis seems to imply that Ben's Omnitrix is going to be malfunctioning in the special, though it may actually be referring to the Antitrix. 

In other news, a new synopsis for Alien X-Tinction has been released, revealing that the main villain for the special is going to be named Alien X. Due to his name, it is unknown if Ben will actually transform into a Celestialsapien in the special.

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The Celestialsapien villain on the CN mural
The Tennysons attacked by a villainous, dimension-hopping Alien X. With help from a parallel universe version of Max, they bring multiple Bens and Gwens together to form an alien hero army and combat this threat.  

On the CN Mural, an evil looking Celestialsapien with red eyes and a mouth can be seen, with Ben's own Alien X looking at it. It is very likely that he is the villain in Alien X-Tinction.

Ben Gen 10 and Alien X-Tinction are going to in the United States in April 2021.

New Ben 10 Alien Designs: Somnambulizard and Skidmarx

Tom Perkins has posted more new designs for joke alien names Matt Wayne came up with during Ben 10: Omniverse. This time they are Somnambulizard and Skidmarx.

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Somnambulizard
Somnambulizard is an orange Axolotl-like alien who wears a black and white jump suit with the OMnitrix on his his left hand. Somnambulizard is able to mind control people within his line of vision, and is also able to regenerate lost limbs.

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Skidmarx

Skidmarx is a biomechanical centaur-like alien who is mainly white and black with wheels as feet. Skidmarx is able to move at high speeds thanks to his wheels.  

These are the latest additions to Tom Perkins new alien designs for Ben 10. Other unofficial aliens he designed included Sandbox, Snakepit, Shellhead, Bungee Sponge, Hippopotomass, Jak the Freeze, Kringl the Summoner, Braindrain, Funguy, Gurge, Terrorsaur, Transmutor and Warp.

Monday 22 February 2021

Ben 10,010 Spoiler Info (Surge, Humungoraptor and more)

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Ben 10,010 and President Gwen
The season 5 of the Ben 10 reboot has finally premiered, starting of the season with Ben 10,010, which aired in Turkey. A lot of things has been revealed in this special, Much like Ben 10 Versus the Universe, Ben 10,010 has its own unique intro sequence, as well as its own unique music theme.

The movie starts in the future where we see armored soldiers using blasters against the Xerge army. We see the Omni-Copter shooting a large laser at it.

Thursday 18 February 2021

New Ben 10,010 Poster Revealed

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Ben 10,010
A poster for Ben 10,010 has been revealed on a Turkish website. The poster shows Ben 10,000, future Gwen in her mecha suit and young Ben preparing to fight the large purple alien, who is shown to be able to split into multiple tiny X's. The logo has aesthetics from Gwen's mecha suit and the alien species' purple body on it. Strangely, it appears that young Ben has the season 1 Omnitrix instead of his season 4 version.

Ben 10,010 will feature a disillusioned Ben 10,000 coming out of retirement to team up with his 10-year old self in order to stop an alien invasion in the future timeline.

The movie is going to premiere in Turkey on February 20th at 10 AM. 

Wednesday 17 February 2021

Ben Gen 10 and Alien X-Tinction Synopsis Revealed (Generator Rex and Multi-Ben Crossover Confirmed!)

Today a WarnerMedia presentation was held. In it, a lot of Cartoon Network projects has been revealed, such as a new season for Infinity Train. The presentation revealed the synopsis for the three upcoming Ben 10 reboot specials, Ben 10,010, Ben Gen 10 and Alien X-Tinction. It's confirmed that they will air in that order.  You can watch the video here.

Ben Gen 10 is confirmed to feature Rex Salazar from Generator Rex, who is running away from a hostile Providence. Ben and Rex must team up to stop the world from being infected with alien DNA. 

Rex Salazar has previously been foreshadowed on the Cartoon Network mural, with a younger look. Which probably means that this is the reboot's version of Rex, and not the one from the old show. 

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Rex Salazar in the reboot art style on the CN mural

The final reboot special, Alien X-Tinction, will feature the Tennyson family getting attacked by an evil dimension-hopping alien. They later meet an alternate universe version of Max who opens the door to hosting multiple alternate versions of Ben and Gwen, forming an alien hero army to combat the threat.

The synopsis confirms that there will at least one version of Gwen that wields the Omnitrix. It is possible that the dimension-hopping alien may be a Celestialsapien, hence Alien X's name being in the title. 

This multi-Ben crossover has been foreshadowed for a long time, with Duncan Rouleau taking to Twitter to tease the possibilities of seeing Benzarro, Gwen 10, Omniverse Ben and Alien Force Ben. There was also a leaked soundtrack for the upcoming episode, with one of them being titled "various Bens".

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Here are the descriptions for Ben 10,010 Ben Gen 10 and Alien X-Tinction: 

The first, Ben 10010, takes place in the future when a disillusioned Ben 10000 is called out of retirement to recruit his 10-year-old version from the past to work together to save a future under siege. The second special, Ben Gen 10 follows Ben as he meets a young Generator Rex on the run from a hostile Providence working through a series of misunderstandings in order to save the world from being infected with alien DNA. In the final installment, Alien X-Tinction, the Tennysons are attacked by a villainous, dimension-hopping Omni-alien, and soon meet a parallel universe version of Max who opens the door to hosting multiple Bens and Gwens, forming an alien hero army to combat this threat.

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Ben Tennyson preparing to transform
We also got a screenshot from one of the three specials. It doesn't tell us much, as it is simply Ben about to transform during night time. But it at least confirms that the Omnitrix won't be getting another design in these upcoming episodes.

The three season 5 specials of the Ben 10 reboot will air in April 2021. 

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Tuesday 16 February 2021

Ben 10,010 New Trailer Analysis (Ben 10 Season 5)

A new promo trailer for Ben 10,010 has aired in Turkey. You can watch an analysis of the trailer here.

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Ben 10,000 and Ben teams up
The trailer shows Ben 10,000 jumping into a time portal. The pink portal appears to be similar to the time machine  built by the Forever Knight, which was featured in the Roundabout two parter. Though it should be noted that this is another time machine as it doesn't look the same. 

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Ben 10,000 creating a time portal using the Omnitrix
We then see Ben 10,000 grabbing young Ben's arm and then taking him along into a time portal. It's revealed that Ben 10,000's Omnitrix is capable of shooting out these time portals. Young Ben is wearing blue shorts and sandals, and it appears as if Ben 10,000 is kidnapping his younger self into the future.

Friday 12 February 2021

Ben 10,010 - Future Four Arms Design Revealed

A trailer for Ben 10,010, the upcoming season 5 special for the Ben 10 reboot, has aired. Advertising that the special will air on Boomerang.

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Future Four Arms vs. Clocktopus

The advertisement mostly has footage from Ben 10 Versus the Universe, but it also has new footage from Ben 10,010. It shows Ben 10,000 as Four Arms fighting against Steam Smythe in his Clocktopus.

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Future Four Arms in the reboot and the original series
Future Four Arms' design looks almost the same as his original series counterpart, but it has elements from his Omniverse design, as he now has a mustache and the stripe on his chin points inwards as if it were a beard. He also has green eyes, a darker skin color and no longer has a stripe on his head. In addition, he now has green lines on each of his fingerless gloves.

Future Four Arms appears to be fighting against present day Steam Smythe, as evident by the villain still having the same design and using the Clocktopus.

Ben 10,010 will air in Turkey on February 20 and in European countries on February 27. You can watch the future Four Arms trailer here.

Thursday 11 February 2021

Fasttrack in Omniverse Concept Art Sketch Revealed

On ask.fm, Derrick J. Wyatt has shown his current sketch of his Fasttrack Omniverse redesign. Fasttrack is the current canon alien to not have an Omniverse version yet, and fans has been waiting for a long time for Derrick to draw him, which lead to a GoFundMe that raised $5000 to get Derrick to draw his least favorite alien. 

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Fasttrack in Omniverse sketch

The sketch so far features a slender Fasttrack wearing clothes. His lightning bolt on his chest is much more pronounced and his face is much more angular. He has pupils and an arrow on his forehead. He wears fingerless gloves and shoes, which exposes his toes. It appears that the Omnitrix is intended to go on his chest.

Keep in mind that this is just a sketch, so his design may change a little in the final product.

Ben 10,010 - Future Gwen and Villains Image Revealed

A new image for Ben 10,010 that showcases future Gwen and the alien invaders has been revealed. The image shows that the alien invaders are purple. bulky humanoid aliens with pink X's on their face. These aliens are presumably able to shapeshift judging by the first teaser.

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Future Gwen Tennyson in robot battle armor

Future Gwen is also seen in a robot suit, which she presumably uses for battle. The use of the armor indicates that she does not have any magic powers like in the original series.

Ben 10,010 is airing in Turkey on February 20 and in Europe on February 27.

Saturday 6 February 2021

Ben 10,010 First Teaser Trailer! Future Ben and Gwen!

A Turkish twitter account has posted a teaser trailer for Ben 10,010 the first of the movie events in season 5 of the Ben 10 reboot. It features future Gwen and Ben 10,000. You can watch the trailer here.

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Ben 10,000 in the reboot

The trailer starts of with citizens of New York getting terrorized by a purple smoke or glob in the air. We then see future Gwen Tennyson, the president of the United States, going up an elevator. Finally, we see Ben 10,000 walking to a ledge with a serious look.

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Ben 10,000's Omnitrix

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Ben 10,000 in the reboot mostly looks like his first original series design, but he has a thicker beard and is fat instead of buff. His Omnitrix looks the same as the future Omnitrix in the original series. 

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Future Gwen has the same head shape and hairstyle as her younger self, and now wears a blue blouse with a white undershirt.

Ben 10,010 is apparently airing on February 20 in Turkey.

Saturday 23 January 2021

Omni-Metallic Ben 10 Aliens - New Reboot Toys

Pictures of another wave of re-colored Ben 10 alien figures for the reboot has been revealed. This wave is called Omni-Metallic and features Ben's aliens in a metallic paint job. The aliens in this line-up are Diamondhead, XLR8 and Overflow. The accessories that comes with the toys also have a metallic paint job. Check out the images below.

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Omni-Metallic XLR8

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Omni-Metallic Overflow
Overflow gets another figure despite not being accessible in the Omnitrix. This isn't the first time Playmates has made additional toys for Overflow, as they had made Out of the Omnitrix and Alien Worlds recolor toys of the Overflow figure.

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Omni-Metallic Diamondhead

Strangely, Omni-Metallic Diamondhead's promo image has the blade placed over his head.

These are the first batch of new figures revealed in 2021. As they are merely repaints, they aren't going to be appearing in the show. 

Thursday 21 January 2021

Ben 10,010 Air Date and Episode Synopsis Revealed

The episode description for the first season 5 movie event special of the Ben 10 reboot, Ben 10,010, has been revealed. 

"In a distant future, where Gwen is President of the United States, the earth is under attack by an alien horde. Gwen leads the resistance against the threat. Ben, on the other hand, has been out of touch with his family for a long time. After being persuaded to come out of retirement, the grown-up Ben returns to the past to ask young Ben for help. Only together can they repel an attack that threatens the future."

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Gwen Tennyson in Vote Zombozo
The synopsis reveals that Gwen is the President of the United States in the future, which may be a callback to what Ben 10,000 said in the Ultimate Alien episode Ben 10,000 Returns, in which he stated that Gwen was the President of the Earth, following him.  

In the reboot, Gwen has been seen holding a presidential campaign in Vote Zombozo.  

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Clockwork and Ben 10,000 on the Cartoon Network mural
Similar to the original series, Ben 10,000 is gonna be somewhat bitter and less cheerful compared to his youthful self. Unlike the original, he'll be the one going back in time instead of young Ben going to the future first. Could we perhaps see Ben 10,000 as Clockwork?

Previously, Ben 10,000 and Clockwork has been seen on a mural in Cartoon Network studios, who at the time were assumed to not appear in the reboot and were just drawn for fun. Other interesting characters on the wall included Rex Salazar, Goop, Jetray (who hasn't appeared at the time), Alien X and Vilgax in his true form.

Ben 10,010 is confirmed to air in European countries on February 27, 2021.

Tuesday 12 January 2021

Ben 10 Reboot Season 5 Episode Titles Leak - Alien X, Ben 10,000 and Generator Rex Crossover Confirmed?

A Spanish website that shows information about Spanish dubs had give the names for upcoming season 5 episodes of the Ben 10 reboot. The article states that each special is 45 minutes long, which coincides with Duncan Rouleau's statement on season 5 consisting of "movie events", similar to Ben 10 Versus the Universe. 

The season 5 episode title revealed are:

  • Ben 10: Alien X-tinction
  • Ben Gen 10
  • Ben 10,000

Judging by the titles of these movie events, it's pretty clear that Alien X and Ben 10,000 are going to appear in season 4 of the reboot. Gen 10 seems a little more vague, but it may be referring to Generator Rex and a possible crossover between that and the reboot. Perhaps Rex Salazar is an Omnitrix wielder in the reboot, or he has ten different machines he can build. 

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A forest background that will appear in Alien X-tinction

In addition, Becky Lau, who worked on the Ben 10 reboot as a background designer, has released background art for Alien X Tinction Act 1.

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Friday 8 January 2021

Hot Shot

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Hot Shot in I Don't Like You

Hot Shot is Kevin Levin's Antitrix equivalent to Heatblast. He is voiced by Greg Cipes and first appeared in the season 3 episode Which Watch.

Appearance

Hot Shot is a muscular magma-based alien with green rocks covering his torso. He has red rocks covering hands and legs. Hot Shot has flaming elbow spikes and shoulders as well as a flaming head styled as a mohawk. He has a skull-like face with fangs and a large chin. Hot Shot wears the Antitrix on his collarbone. 

Wednesday 6 January 2021

How does Cannonbolt see while in ball form?

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Like an armadillo or a pill-bug, Cannonbolt is able to curl himself into a ball, keeping his arms, legs and face inside and only revealing his yellow plate armor on his back outside. In this form he is able to quickly roll and bounce around, slamming into his enemies as his main form of offense.

One might wonder how does Cannonbolt know where he's going and not accidentally bump into his allies while in ball form. 

Well Duncan Rouleau, who is part of Man of Action, the creators of the original Ben 10 series and currently working on the reboot, answered this question.

Apparently, Cannonbolt has short hairs on his body similar to humans. These hairs are similar to a cat's whiskers and can sense motion and shifts in the air. While not confirmed, it's possible that these hairs are located on Cannonbolt's black lining around his armor, as these lines are exposed outside while he is in ball form. Cannonbolt also has enhanced hearing. With these two senses together, Cannonbolt has something similar to echolation that gives him eyeless vision, allowing Cannonbolt to "see" around him while rolling around in ball form. 

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Sunday 27 December 2020

Ben 10 Turns 15 Years Old!

Today is the 15th anniversary since the premiere of the first Ben 10 episode And Then There Were 10. It doesn't seem like Cartoon Network has anything in store for the occasion, but as a fandom we should do our best to celebrate Ben 10's big day! Happy Anniversary!

Friday 25 December 2020

Christmas Aliens: Kringl the Summoner and Jak the Freeze!

Merry Christmas! Tom Perkins, one of the character designers who worked on Ben 10, has gifted us two new aliens, and they are themed for the holidays! Say hello to Kringl the Summoner and Jak the Freeze.

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Kringl the Summoner

First up we have Kringl the Summoner, a Santa Claus-like alien that is able to summon elf-like beings. 

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Next we have Jak the Freeze, a blue elf-like alien that is able to freeze time.

Happy holidays!

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