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Produced by [[Dreamworks Animation]].
Not to be confused with ''[[Mega Man (
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* [[Action Survivor]]: Roxanne Ritchi. Got a death trap? She has [[Seen It All|seen it before]] and she is unimpressed.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: While Megamind flips through the channels covering {{spoiler|Titan}}'s rampage in the city, one channel shows a waterskiing squirrel, similar to the clip used in ''[[Anchorman]]''. Earlier, [[The Other Guys|he stands too close to the exploding Metro Man monument]]. And just to score the trifecta, he pretends to torture Bernard (whom he's been impersonating) by [[Austin Powers|shouting into an open shaft, yelling in pain as Bernard]].
** [[Ben Stiller]] plays a guy [[Madagascar|with crazy hair]] and [[Night
** [[Tina Fey]]'s character wants to grab weapons from the lair, and [[Date Night|hold them side-ways]] [[Gangsta Style|"gangster style"]].
* [[Adorable Evil Minion]]: Minion has the whole 'alien piranha in a gorilla-themed mecha death suit' thing going on, but is otherwise quite sweet and lovely. Also applies to the Brain Bots, which when not obeying Megamind's every whim tend to act like puppies.
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** Later:
{{quote| '''Megamind:''' You don't know what's good for bad.}}
* [[Bad to
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]: [[Invoked]] by Megamind, who learns from experience that supervillains can not exist without superheroes.
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Megamind. Do not deny it.
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{{quote| '''Hal:''' Roxie, if I was Metro Man, I'd watch you like a dingo watches a human baby. Wait… (Also counts as [[Foreshadowing]].)}}
* [[The Cape]]: Metro Man.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The main cast are based upon characters from the [[
* [[Cardboard Prison]]: Megamind is imprisoned there once in a while, serving out his 88 consecutive life sentences, only to waltz his way out and continue with his evil plans.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Megamind and Minion.
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* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Minion. Except he's not really dying. He just likes milking the moment for all the drama he can.}}
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: In a weird reversal, Metro Man's parents are hinted to be very uninterested (his father doesn't even look up from his newspaper when he's ''flying'' as a baby), while Megamind's "parents" (the prison inmates) treat him warmly like family, despite teaching him [[Broken Aesop|Broken Aesops]].
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Minion. At the end of the movie, his fishbowl is broken. He gasps for air in a sequence similar to King Harold in ''[[
* [[The Ditz]]: Hal strays into this territory at times. Honestly, his idea of romance is something you'd find in a kid's birthday party.
* [[Ditzy Genius]]: Megamind.
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* [[Dreamworks Face]]: Typically included in promo art. Lampshaded in ''The Button of Doom'':
{{quote| ''"Do you feel the taunting power of my eyebrow?"''}}
* [[Drunk
* [[Dueling Movies]]: ''[[Despicable Me]]''
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: {{spoiler|Subverted.}}
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** Not to mention, {{spoiler|presumably Megamind and Roxie are the only ones that know that Metro Man isn't dead, but the people don't know that. To them Megamind killed their beloved hero for good. Oh well, guess Megamind is just that loveable.}}
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Metro Man to Megamind.
* [[Enfant Terrible]]: Subverted. He was destructive even as an infant, with a knack for creating "objects of mayhem", but he [[Children Are Innocent|was not malicious]] [[Used to Be
* [[Entitled to Have You]]: A big part of what makes Hal so creepy.
* [[Eskimos Aren't Real]]: "There is no Easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no queen of England!"
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** Though Roxie and the real Bernard not only didn't go to school with Megamind and Metro Man, they didn't go to school with each other, either. Metrocity is big enough to have multiple schools, though.
** In addition, Megamind and Metro Man went to a ''special'' school for young geniuses.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]: Megamind has a [[Pit Trap]] full of alligators, a disco ball, and disco music.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Megamind to Metro Man {{spoiler|Later Titan takes Megamind's place}}
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* [[For Your Own Good]]: Minion's excuse to stop Megamind from {{spoiler|dating Roxanne.}}
* [[Freak-Out]]: {{spoiler|Hal/Titan}} does ''not'' take well to all of his [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]] being pushed at once.
* [[Freeze
** Quite appropriate for a film with [[Fight Club|Brad Pitt]].
** Also, the other functions of the de-gun can be seen this way. The most notable are "demoralize", "de-ath ray" and "decoupage".
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* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: When Titan is about to use his eye-beams -- namely, when he gets ''really pissed off''.
* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: Subverted in The Button of Doom: {{spoiler|Megamind starts out trying to fulfill his new role as Defender by replacing his black "Villain" suit with a white outfit and bulky gadgets mimicking Metro Man's powers. But after realizing that he's better off fighting threats ''[[Be Yourself|his]]'' [[Be Yourself|way]], he settles with [[Dark Is Not Evil|defending Metro City in his old suit]].}}
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: When {{spoiler|Minion disguised as Megamind is [[Impaled
* [[Graceful Loser]]: Megamind. He is used to getting beaten by Metro Man and is cool with that, especially if he is always jailed in a [[Cardboard Prison]]. A cardboard prison whose population he considers his ''family.''
* [[Green Eyes]]: Megamind has them. Huge, sweet, green eyes. Whenever he uses his watch to disguise himself as someone else, his eyes are always unchanged.
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* [[Heroic Fatigue]]: {{spoiler|Metro Man gets so tired of being a hero all the time he fakes his death.}}
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Megamind and Minion, since infanthood.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The warden [[Spider
** [[Ben Stiller]] has a bit role as Bernard.
** Minion is [[Kung Fu Panda
** Hal is [[How to Train Your Dragon (
* [[High Collar of Doom]]: Megamind just loves 'em. He even has one on his pajamas.
{{quote| '''Minion:''' I call it [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|the Black]] ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|MambaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaAAAAaaaa]]''.}}
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* [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"]]: Minion.
* [[Holding Both Sides of the Conversation]]: Megamind has a disguise hologram that makes him look like a normal human. At one point he's in a situation where he has to pretend to be both simultaneously. There's a "fight sequence" between the two, where Megamind ends up repeatedly switching back and forth between his normal appearance and the hologram, all the while opening and closing a door over and over to give the appearance that that two are fighting each other.
* [[Holding Out for
* [[Hope Spot]]: {{spoiler|Metro Man swooping in to save Roxanne. It is just a caped skeleton propelled by the explosion.}}
** For the civilians, {{spoiler|Titan defeats Megamind, but then he says that they aren't ''free'', just "under new management"}}.
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** Also implied with Megamind, especially after he {{spoiler|falls in love with Roxanne.}}
{{quote| '''Megamind [disguised as Bernard]:''' Say I wasn't so normal...}}
* [[Impaled
* [[Imposter Forgot One Detail]]: {{spoiler|Titan realizes that Metro Man is actually a disguised Megamind when he pronounces "Metro City" as "Metrocity".}}
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]/[[Not So Harmless]]: Megamind [[Zig
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Jonah Hill as Hal.
* [[In Medias Res]]/[[How We Got Here]]: The beginning of the film is a [[Book Ends]] to the final battle with Megamind falling to his apparent death, with the rest of the film being a flashback.
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* [[Lean and Mean]]: Subverted. Megamind is a skinny little guy, but honestly he is more mischievous than genuinely evil, and even that is not a solid condition for him.
* [[Leitmotif]]: The riff from George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" is frequently used to represent Megamind, presented in different styles depending on the situation.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Megamind isn't quite as incompetent as initially believed, it's just that he has a problem with not beta-testing his evil plans to iron out the kinks and he is generally [[Overshadowed
* [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]]: Not only was it cross platform, it was also touted as a ''sequel'' to the movie. Also, apparently Dreamworks has decided to use the supervillain group idea mentioned in the ''What Could Have Been'' entry below, in the games.
* [[Light Is Good]]: Metroman
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'''Metro Man:''' Warranty is invalid if not used for its intended purpose!<br />
'''Roxanne:''' Girls, girls, you're BOTH pretty! Can I go home now? }}
* [[Minion
** {{spoiler|Megamind has an F in evil as well. He never kills anyone. He treats his battles with Metro Man as a game. He has no intentions of enslaving the populace. He wants ''nothing'' but to engage in banter-filled battles and it's implied he only does it ''to get closer to Roxy'', which might be why he always fails - he wants to ''impress'' Roxy. When he becomes a ''good guy'', however...}}
* [[Mobile Suit Human|Mobile Suit Fish]]: Megamind's sidekick is a fish-like alien creature in a large robot mecha-suit. See [[Shout-Out]] below.
* [[Moses in
* [[Motion Capture Mecha]]: Megamind has one.
* [[My Brain Is Big]]: As you can see in the picture.
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* [[Necessarily Evil]]: Megamind decides to become a villain after he understands that the position of [[The Cape]] has been filled by Metro Man, who needs a [[Foil]].
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: [[Megane|Bernard]] and Megamind.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted with "die", but played painfully straight with "kill", even though the whole premise of the movie was "Villain finally offs his nemesis, [[So What Do We Do Now?|what now]]?". Metro Man is explicitly mentioned as being dead, but Megamind only "destroyed" him. Even Titan finds ways to avoid explicitly saying he'll kill someone, whilst making it perfectly clear what his intentions are.
** Even "kill" is averted with Megamind saying "Minion, if I live I will kill you" when the defuser gun needs to warm up just like the death ray. Although he probably didn't mean it literally.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: From the second trailer, this looks like a comedic "wimpy villain vs [[Jerkass]] celebrity superhero" premise. This is, however, just the first act, and even that is not quite what was expected.
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** None of the ads even mention there being a romantic angle to the film either, despite it being a key element to the plot and [[Character Development]].
** At least one theater poster depicted Megamind, Metro Man, Minion and Titan flying together, implying that they'd all team up and fight together.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]] ([[In
* [[Noble Demon]]: Megamind himself, arguably. Defeating Metro Man and taking over Metro City is one thing, but ''actual'' mayhem or oppression? That wouldn't be sporting.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Megamind's "Space Dad" impression is a parody of [[Marlon Brando]] as Jor-El. As per [[Rule of Funny]], he speaks with [[The Godfather
{{quote| '''Megamind:''' ''(as Space Dad)'' You've been blessed with unfathmbable power.<br />
'''Titan:''' What kind of power?<br />
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* [[No Infantile Amnesia]]: Megamind still remembers (most) of the last thing his parents said to him...when he was eight days old. Of course, he ''is'' an alien...
* [[No Name Given]]: Metro Man and Megamind.
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: [[Zig
* [[No Secret Identity]]: Metro Man has no secret identity (which makes sense since he was using his powers ''openly'' at elementary school). This could be one of the reasons {{spoiler|he burns out, since he has no secret identity to relax in.}}
* [[No Sell]]: Metroman, when Roxanne is throwing things at him and he doesn't react at all. Even as a large stereo speaker is smashed against him, he doesn't even blink or acknowledge what is happening. His hair does get a little messed up.
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Hal's doomed-to-fail invitation to his party, <ref> complete with wedding photographer</ref> is made worse by him moving back into Roxanne's line of sight when she tries to move away.
* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Roxanne and Metro Man were never actually involved, despite what Megamind and most of Metro City seems to believe. Roxanne explicitedly says that despite appreciating the guy, Metro Man was too "larger than life" to really appeal to her.
* [[Not in
* [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]: Apparently, Roxanne can survive being thrown over a building, falling to nearly street level and then being caught by the wrist or ankle.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Megamind. Two words: "Black mambaaaaaaaaaaaa".
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* [[Outrun the Fireball]]: At least once when Roxanne and 'Bernard' were escaping from Megamind's lair.
** Megamind has to outfly the fireball caused by a tanker exploding.
* [[Ow, My Body Part]]: "Ow! My giant blue head!"
* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: Titan is playing a game like this when Megamind comes to get him.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Bernard ''thinks'' Megamind is actually someone in a paper thin Megamind costume. He does not have time to find out he is mistaken before being dehydrated.
** In one scene, Megamind completely alters his appearance (and size) with a hologram... while Minion simply throws on a curly blonde wig and pink apron.
* [[Peek
* [[Picked Last]]: Megamind was always picked last in school during the brief time that he tried to fit in as a normal kid. He was even picked after [[Exaggerated Trope|the cross-eyed girl with the broken leg]].
* [[Pillow Fight]]: Except with sacks of money. Complete with a slow motion of Megamind getting knocked silly.
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** Minion, which is [[Lampshaded]] by Megamind.
* [[Rage Against the Mentor]]: ''And HOW''.
* [[Raised
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: When Megamind runs into Bernard at the Metro Man museum, Bernard (who is known to be an "expert" on Megamind) thinks that Megamind is just some cosplayer.
{{quote| '''Bernard:''' Wow, that's a pretty tasteless costume, Megamind's head is '''not''' that grossly exaggerated.}}
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* [[Screw Destiny]]: The running theme of the film. Megamind never learns what his parents meant for him and spends his life trying to live up to what he ''thought'' they said. {{spoiler|Metro Man becomes tired of being a superhero just because everyone expects him to be on and quits to become a musician. Titan refuses to be a hero just because Megamind demands he be one.}}
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers]]
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Seen It All]]: Roxanne Ritchi When it comes to Megamind's dastardly plots and deathtraps.
* [[Shapeshifter Swan Song]]: parodied when {{spoiler|Megamind's holowatch malfunctions on his date with Roxanne.}}
* [[Shooting Superman]]: Played with. After {{spoiler|discovering that Metro Man is still alive, Roxanne begins throwing stuff at him, larger items each time. They smash harmlessly against his head, and naturally he doesn't so much as blink.}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several shout outs to the [[Superman (
** Though it MUST be mentioned that Megamind's "Space Dad" disguise is meant to look like Marlon Brando as Jor-El.
*** While notably using the speech mannerisms of [[The Godfather
** Megamind asks if Metro Man had a "solitary fortress" (a reference to [[Superman]]'s Fortress of Solitude) or a [[Batman|cave]].
** Hal's gaining Metro Man's powers from his DNA is a reference to the comic [[The Nail]] where [[Lex Luthor]] does the same thing to Jimmy Olsen for different reasons but with similar results.
** A villain who loves to steal and vandalize paintings, and also throws money into the street? Henchman with a boom box? Looks a lot like [[The Joker]] from the 1989 [[Batman (
** Megamind's literally growing up in prison is actually also a reference to the [[Batman]] villain Bane, who due to the archaic laws of the country he was born in, had to take his father's life sentence from birth.
** Megamind views himself as the [[The Karate Kid|Mr. Miyagi]] to his intended new superhero.
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** [[Mark Twain|"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."]]
** Hal Stewart's name is a nod to [[Green Lantern|Hal Jordan and John Stewart]]. {{spoiler|All three of them received their powers from an alien. Most significantly, Hal is the one who famously turned evil because of ''yellow energy.''}}
** Look around Megamind's office after he takes over the city. Is that [[Raiders of the Lost Ark
*** Along with an Oscar, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and (at least acording to the DVD commentary) [[The Maltese Falcon]].
*** There's also a yellow Vespa that might be [[FLCL|Haruka's]].
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** Megamind gets a spider on him and gets walloped in the attempt to get it off, paralleling a scene from ''[[Madagascar]]''. And [[Ben Stiller]] cameos in this movie!
** Minion's furry gorilla suit with a fishtank helmet is likely a reference to ''[[Robot Monster]]''.
*** The fact that Minion's a goldfish bowl with a fish inside might also be a reference to Bob the Fish from the ''[[Earthworm Jim (
** "My kid can't see" [[Animal House|said to someone wearing a trenchcoat]].
** Metroman isn't the first superhero to have a museum dedicated to him. [[The Flash|The Flash Museum]] has been a staple of that series for decades.
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** {{spoiler|A hidden Metro Man to Megamind, though the latter never hears it.}}
* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: Just about [[Public Domain Soundtrack|every song in the film]], excluding the original score, is played via one of Megamind's sound systems.
* [[Spell My Name
** {{spoiler|The DVD subtitles also change their spelling of the name from that point on. It's also used in at least some, if not all, of the tie-in books related to the film.}}
* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: On Megamind's outfit, as well as his lair and machinery. Including a spiked up Segway. At one point, {{spoiler|Roxie}} hugs him in such a way that she should by rights have torn her arm open.
* [[Stalker
** Megamind might also count initially, since it's hinted that the only reason he kept kidnapping Roxanne is [[Abduction Is Love|because he's in love with her]] (in his warped not-really-knowing-or-understanding-what-that-actually-is way) and it's his way of being close to her. Unlike Hal, however, he gets better.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Minion is literally a henchman in a gorilla suit.
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* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|Metro Man's revealed to be a Type A as a superhero.}}
* [[String Theory]]: Megamind uses this as a mind-mapping technique. In order to figure out what he's doing, Roxanne replicates his setup in her apartment. It's also used as the motif for the opening titles and the matching [[Creative Closing Credits]].
* [[Stripped to
* [[Superheroes Wear Capes]]: Both Metro Man and Megamind have several.
* [[Superman Stays Out of Gotham]]: Implied only, Metroman and Megamind are called the "World's Greatest" hero and villain respectively, implying the existence of others, and the fact that a superhero is still necessary after {{spoiler|Titan is depowered and imprisoned}} implies the existence of other villains or at least normal criminals that the Metrocity police can't handle, but, if any other villains took advantage of Metroman's absence, or any heroes tried to pick up his slack, it happened offscreen.
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* [[We Can Rule Together]]: {{spoiler|Titan}} tells Megamind that with [[Brains and Brawn|his power and Megamind's "big-headed-ness"]] they could rule the world. {{spoiler|Megamind refuses.}}
* [[We Have Forgotten the Phlebotinum]]: {{spoiler|Megamind left the [[De-Power]] gun in his invisible car. Which he then lost. Because it is invisible.}}
* [[We Will Not Use Stage Make-Up in
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Robert Downey Jr. was originally supposed to star. They wound up with [[Will Ferrell]] instead.
** The "Art of" book includes some of the things that never made it to the final cut, including a supervillain group, a giant lava monster, and concepts for Minion where his gorilla body was made from a real gorilla.
** The film was originally scripted as a live-action, R-rated, adult comedy. Megamind would have been called Master Mind, and Metro Man: Uberman, and Minion replaced three clones of famous historical figures. The studio did nothing with it, so it was brought over to [[Dreamworks Animation]] as a children's film instead.
** Played with in-universe during Megamind's flashback. His pod is initially on course for a palatial mansion, but is knocked aside by Metro Man's, sending him to a rather different destination.
* [[What Happened to
* [[What Have I Done]]: {{spoiler|Megamind damns himself for creating Titan, who turns out to be a unstoppable engine of wanton destruction.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Megamind to {{spoiler|Titan}}, twice in the same scene. First, upset that {{spoiler|Titan}} did not bother to show up to save the city from him, then when he sees {{spoiler|Titan decided to rob banks - and a bicycle.}}
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** He might not count as a hero yet, but this is Roxanne's reaction to Megamind when she finds out that he gave {{spoiler|Hal}} super powers.
** Metro Man {{spoiler|''intentionally'' abandoning the city that respected him and leaving it in the hands of a supervillain.}}
* [[Who Dares?|Who Dares Challenge Megamind?]]
* [[Wide
** [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: To be fair, Titan is fairly accurate when he views Roxie's attempts to appeal to his better nature as a desperate ploy.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: One explanation for {{spoiler|Titan's descent to evil.}}
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Metro Man and Megamind view each other this way.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: A socially-awkward kid with an unattainable crush {{spoiler|gains superpowers}}. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|Hal Stewart must have seen the movie [[Spider
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Megamind's entire campaign against Metro Man. He explicitly says in the comic prequel that he considers every lost battle as simply an opportunity to study his potential weaknesses. He explicitly states when fighting Titan that every defeat is an opportunity to learn and do better next time.
** Also, the "observatory" plan counts on {{spoiler|Megamind knowing that Roxanne would give away his position, and pretending to act shocked at the reveal}}.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[The Incredibles]]'' meets ''[[
* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|Titan to Roxanne}}.
* [[Your Costume Needs Work]]: As Megamind flees the Metro Man museum, {{spoiler|which he is trying to blow up}}, he runs into Bernard, who starts deriding him for his "tasteless costume".
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