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On the other hand, these kinds of shows often have a pair of characters who are a little more overtly paired off, usually two people the other characters admire. (This makes [[The Hero]] and [[The Chick]] the usual suspects, but any combination may prove valid.) They might [[No Hugging, No Kissing|never kiss on screen]] or even flirt with other characters, but it's [[Everyone Can See It|understood by the cast that the two are an item]]. Naturally, this does absolutely nothing to offset [[Shipping]], as there seems an [[Shipping Bed Death|inexplicable inverse relationship]] between the officiality of a couple and the actual fervent fan interest in it.
Extremely common in [[
Sometimes, there's another couple that sometimes serves as a [[Foil]] and/or companion to the "official" couple that involves [[The Hero]]. This other couple usually involves [[The Lancer]] and a minor female. This couple is called the [[Beta Couple]].
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See also [[Love Chart]]. Contrast [[One True Pairing]], [[Fan-Preferred Couple]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Sukisho]]'' has Sora and Sunao (or Yoru and Ran) and [[Beta Couple|Nanami and Shinichirou]].
* ''[[
** ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' switches things around a bit (thanks in part to [[
* Haruka (Sailor Uranus) and Michiru (Sailor Neptune) from ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. A rarity in that unlike the show's main couple, they're quite popular and shipping either of them with men usually leads to an extreme backlash.
** More importantly is the main character Usagi and her boyfriend Mamoru. Each has upwards of five people lusting after them, depending on the canon, but they are ''literal'' destined lovers. This doesn't stop the fanon, though.
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** Similarly to Touya and Yukito, Gingetsu and Ran in ''[[Clover]]'', though they are slightly more canon as Ran is referred to several times as 'Gingetsu's partner', and [[Word of God]] states that they were written as an old married couple.
*** Eriol/Kaho is official too, though they never showed up in Tsubasa. There's always a chance they might later show up as a couple in ''xxxHolic'' though.
**** In both ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' and ''[[
** Official [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] unrequited love is Tomoyo for Sakura. While most pronounced in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', it seems that every Tomoyo in TRC has an immediate attraction to Sakura...
* Chi and Hideki in ''[[Chobits]]''.
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** Yamato/Sora and Miyako/Ken are however official
* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' has [[Toy Ship|Takato and Jeri]]
* Dan ([[Gonk|short and acorn-headed]]) and Miyako Miyazaki in ''[[Bamboo Blade]]''. The cast is still trying to figure out how this one works, although it helps Miya Miya is also a gag character who flips between sweet and [[Yandere
* Yusuke and Keiko, Sensui and Itsuki in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''.
** [[Word of God|Yoshihiro Togashi]] originally did plan for Hiei and {{spoiler|Mukuro}} to be an official item, but severe fan backlash prevented him from doing so.
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*** As of the ''Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop'' manga, {{spoiler|Zechs and Noin, as well as Duo and Hilde}} are married, but in the latter case, {{spoiler|they divorced later}}.
** ''[[After War Gundam X]]'' has four final pairings ({{spoiler|Garrod and Tifa, Jamil and Salah, Toniya and Witz, Ennil and Roybea}}) but at least two or three are pretty clear throughout the series and just need to evolve into full-fledged love.
** ''[[Turn A Gundam
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' have these in the end: Lunamaria and Shinn (despite the [[Strangled by the Red String|lack of build-up between the two]]), Lacus and Kira, and Murrue and Mu. Athrun and Cagalli ''were'' an Official Couple in the first series, but things got a lot [[UST|more ambiguous]] in ''Destiny'', and fandom has never been able to agree on the subject since.
** From ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', the fourth and presumably final ED could best be described as an Official Couple/BetaCouple montage, {{spoiler|namely Saji Crossroad/Louise Halevy (the series' first couple since S1), Allelujah Haptism/Soma Peries, Lyle Dylandy/Anew Returner, and [[Cargo Ship|Setsuna/Gundam]]. The finale adds Patrick/Kati, wedding ceremony and all.}}.
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* ''Sket Dance'': Himeko and Bossun.
** Unique in some respect among Shonen because of how much attention it actually gets in the canon, and how even though Himeko is a [[Tsundere]], the two are rather openly affectionate (in a non-sappy way, promise) for any manga period.
* ''[[X 1999]]'' has Sorata and Arashi, [[
** Kamui and [[The Ingenue|Kotori]] also count as an Official Couple, even though {{spoiler|she dies later on}}. In fact, rather than any of the other couples already mentioned, these two appear on the 'the Lovers' tarot card included with the tankoubon version [https://web.archive.org/web/20180222145411/http://ryen.net/tarot/x/
* ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' has Yukiteru and Yuno, a [[The Ship Yard|Loose Cannon Ship]].
* By the end of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]: Angelic Days'', it's Hikari/Touji and {{spoiler|Shinji/Asuka}}.
** The original ''Evangelion'' itself was famous for avoiding this trope altogether, as Shinji
*** Gendo/Yui is official in all versions of Evangelion (original or otherwise)
* Rock and Revy of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' are ''almost'' this, due to numerous... implications.
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* Alice and Tonio from ''[[Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai|Pokémon the Rise of Darkrai]]'', as well as Ruby and Sapphire from ''[[Pokémon Special]]''.
** Jessie & James in the ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'' manga.
* In ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' (the [[Kyo Ani]] anime), Nagisa and Tomoya are an official couple ''from the start'': neither of them could imagine not being with the other one, and Tomoya doesn't even seem to notice that several other girls are in love with him. Heck, Tomoya was a part of Nagisa's life even before she met or knew who he was!
* Shiki and Mikiya of ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]''. Not very surprising, considering it's essentially a romance. Well, there's some stuff in there about the nature of personalities and murder too, but the romance is the important bit. [[Brother-Sister Incest|Azaka is really kind of unhappy about it.]]
* By ''[[When They Cry]]'''s [[Mind Screw|standards]], a few of the couples from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' look to be set in stone (unless it turns out someone's hiding something... [[Unreliable Narrator|again]]). Among those are: George/Shannon, Jessica/Kanon, Battler/{{spoiler|Beatrice}} (However, these three couples become very messy due to the fact that {{spoiler|all three cousins are in fact in love with the same person}}), and Bernkastel/Lambdadelta.
* In ''[[Durarara!!]]'', the only couples that are together are [[Yandere
** Unless they break up at some point due to obvious complications that may arise in such a relationship or unless the light novels are different (though I don't see why it would be), Celty and Shinra are pretty much official.
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' has [[Officer and a Gentleman|Pip Bernadotte]] and Seras Victoria. Though [[Word of God]] states that "if Seras wasn't a vampire and Pip wasn't a mercenary, they would be the perfect couple that everybody would be envious of."
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* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'': In the future Ryohei and Hana are a canon couple.
* Caesar and Nakaba in ''[[Reimei no Arcana]]''.
* Louise and Saito of ''[[
* [[Ho Yay|Nezumi and Shion]] of ''[[No. 6]]'' were confirmed by the end.
* Akira and Koharu of ''[[Koharu no Hibi]]''.
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==
* Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman in the ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]''.
* Jean Grey and Cyclops (a.k.a Scott Summers) in ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''. Many consider Emma Frost coming in to be, well...
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* [[Scott Pilgrim]] and Ramona Flowers.
* [[Incredible Hulk|Bruce]] and Betty Banner. They're currently on the outs, in the wake of Betty returning from being [[Only Mostly Dead|Mostly Dead.]]
* [[
* [[ROM Spaceknight]] and Brandy Clark.
* [[Hawkman]] and Hawkgirl are married.
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* [[Anastasia]] and Dimitri, whose [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] ends in an elopement.
* Garrett and Kayley in ''[[Quest for Camelot]]''.
* In the ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' trilogy, there's [[The Hero|Woody]]/[[The Chick|Bo Peep]] before she was [[Put on a Bus]], as well as [[The Lancer|Buzz]]/[[Affirmative Action Girl|Jessie]], [[Happily Married|Mr./Mrs. Potato Head]] and, predictably, [[Love At First Sight|Barbie/Ken]].
* Derek and Odette in ''[[The Swan Princess]]''
* ''[[Corpse Bride]]'': Victor and Victoria.
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== Live
* Dr. Brennan and Agent Booth, and Jack Hodgins and Angela Montanegro, in ''[[Bones]]''.
* Sydney and Vaughn in ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''.
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** In ''[[Torchwood]]'', Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones, as of Season 3.
** ''Forty-five years'' after their original run, ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode "Death of the Doctor" made both Ian and Barbara and Ben and Polly official.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has a few, mostly involving the [[The Hero|Red Ranger]], most notably Kimberly/Tommy a.k.a. "Tomberly" from MMPR, who shared several (and indeed the first) of the few on-screen kisses that went down in PR history. [[Fanon Discontinuity|There was no]] [["Dear John" Letter]].
** Kat and Tommy were indicated to be married in the distant future once and there's really nothing that's said otherwise since then. That could actually make them even more "official" than Kim and Tommy, who broke up and never got back together, no matter how much their supporters dislike that fact.
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** Daniel/Vala was this in the last couple seasons.
** ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' has Scott/Chloe, much to the consternation of Eli/Chloe shippers.
* The new ''[[Battlestar Galactica
{{quote|'''Roslin:''' I love you.
'''Adama:''' 'Bout time.
|"The Hub", 4x9}}
* Chuck and Sarah in ''[[Chuck]]''.
** Also Ellie and Captain Awesome.
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** Also Matt and Caroline, although there is definitely a spark forming between Caroline and Tyler in season 2.
** And Jenna and Alaric.
* Inspector [[Sledge Hammer!]] [[Cargo Ship|and his gun]] is as canonical as it gets, given that he's regularly shown ''sleeping'' with it. Justified by [[Rule of Funny]].
* John Sheridan and Ambassador Delenn of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', who, as mentioned elsewhere, walked through fire for their love and lasted the entire run of the show.
* On ''[[ER]]'', couples came and went, with pretty much everyone dating pretty much everyone else at some point or another. The longest-lasting and most plot-driving couples on the show were [[Happily Married|Mark and Elizabeth]] and [[Slap Slap Kiss|Abby and Luka]], with minor pairings being Susan with flight nurse Chuck, Peter and Cleo, and lesbians Kerry and Sandy, {{spoiler|which ended tragically}}.
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** Certain games seem to push the Link/Zelda relationship angle more than others. For instance, they're definitely implied to become a couple in ''Wind Waker'' while the ones in ''Twilight Princess'' don't even interact that much, appear to have a significant age difference between them, and Link seems way more interested in Ilia. This is likely for the best as all Zeldas are related to each other and at least some Links are, making it incest if they ''always'' paired up.
** {{spoiler|Seemingly become a couple at the end of Skyward Sword, where they decide to remain on the surface, renaming it Hyrule and found the royal family.}}
** Potential evidence of Zelda’s affection for Link comes in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Breath of the Wild]]'' Kas, a Rito musician whose song was written by his teacher, who (Kas claims) had a crush on Zelda, but the song seeming to show he knows she is in love with Link:<ref>Two stanzas are omitted here as they simply relate Link’s actions and do not relate to this Trope.<ref>
{{quote|''An ancient hero, a Calamity appears,''
''Now resurrected after 10,000 years''
''Her appointed Knight gives his life''
''Shields her figure and pays the price''
''The princess’ love for her fallen Knight awakens her power''
''And within the Castle, the Calamity is forced to cower.''
''The hero, the Princess hand-in-hand''
''Must bring the Light back to this land.''}}
** While not officially confirmed, {{spoiler|in ''Tears of the Kingdom'', if Link enters his old house in Hateno Village, a diary (Zelda's) implies they were living together after the events of ''Breath of the Wild'', Zelda helping build a school in the village. The cavern in the well behind the house seems to have been a secret redevous place for them, with children's crayon drawings of Link and Zelda (''presumably'' students in said school, but you never know...) and even a Well-Worn Head Braid that Link can use to switch his hair to his old style.}}
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', largely due to reveling in [[The Power of Love]], generally has one set per game/route when it comes to their [[Original Generation]] characters:
** The first set comes from ''[[Super Robot Wars 4]]'' with Irmgult "Irm" Kazahara and Ring Mao, who were later given cameo appearances in ''[[Super Robot Wars Alpha]]''.
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* Mario and Princess Peach from ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]].'' and all of its sequels and spinoffs. For all the times he's had to go to "another castle" to go after her, you'd figure the poor guy would get ''[[Smooch of Victory|some]]'' [[Smooch of Victory|sort of reward]].
** "Unusually", Peach has a ring on her middle finger in ''Brawl''.
** [[Super Mario Odyssey]] takes this concept further. At the end of the main story, after rescuing her from being forcibly married to Bowser, Mario tries to propose; unfortunately, due to Mario and Bowser fighting over her, [[Dump Them All|Peach decides she doesn't want either of them]], leaving the two old enemies to console each other.
** Given how much the two appear together in side games, Luigi and Daisy may be moving in this direction as well.
* The ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' series has Lan Hikari and Mayl Sakurai, who are revealed to be married with a kid during the post-series epilogue. The sequel, ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'', equally leans towards Geo/Sonia and Geo/Luna, so it has [[Love Triangle]] fun every now and then.
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** ''[[Tales of Legendia]]''... well, it's complicated. {{spoiler|Both Shirley and Chloe are in love with Senel who, despite [[Ship Tease]], doesn't seem to like any of the two particularly, instead claiming to not be over Stella, his dead girlfriend. In the end of the first half of the game, he seemingly hooked up with Shirley... but then Character Quests kick in, and he's still in the single men zone}}. So, you could say that {{spoiler|Senel and Stella were an Official Couple, but after she was [[Killed Off for Real]] so was the Official Coupling, but Senel just can't seem to get that through his head.}}
*** Food for thought - when [[Tales of Symphonia|Zelos]] lists all the Tales series' official couples in ''Viva Tales Of'', he puts Senel with Shirley. That's the closest we got to official word by Namdai about the subject.
* ''[[
* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' gives us three: [[Anti-Hero|Jak]] and [[Wrench Wench|Keira]], [[Action Girl|Ashelin]] and [[Rebel Leader|Torn]], and [[Weasel Mascot|Daxter]] and [[Genius Ditz|Tess]]. God help you if you begin [[Running the Asylum]] and you [[Internet Backdraft|try to mess with their relationships]].
* Chaz Ashley and Rika in the 4th installment of the ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' series. [[Word of God]] via the prelims for a canceled sequel support this.
* Fox and Krystal in the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]'' games. Ever since her introduction, it's been made clear that one of Krystal's roles (outside of [[Ms. Fanservice|the more obvious]]) is that of Fox's [[Love Interest]]. ''Command'' left things in doubt when they split up briefly (some endings featured them getting back together, some featured them splitting apart), but it seems that game is [[Canon Discontinuity|being ignored]] and her profile in ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' the later year, whilst acknowledging their "relationship problems" from ''Command'' still cites them as being romantically involved at current time.
** Thanks to [[Alternate Continuity]] and [[Executive Meddling]] Fox McCloud is ''at the same time'' interested in Fara Phoenix. Cue [[Fan Dumb]] as the two bases [[Broken Base|fight each other]] over who is the ''more'' official couple.
* ''[[
** [[Word of God]] has confirmed [[Ho Yay|Jeff/Tony]], or at least one-sided on Tony's part.
** [[MOTHER 1]] has [[Toy Ship|Ninten/Ana]], which is so official that Ana pointblank asks Ninten if he likes her at one point.
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* In ''[[Silent Hill Homecoming]]'', Alex and Elle are heavily implied to be around that area or moving toward it, if not already there.
* ''Breath of Fire II'' strongly implies that the Ryu and Nina from the original ''Breath of Fire'' married.
* ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]'' don't really have an "official" couple for the [[Hello, Insert Name Here|main character]], despite both protagonists being [[Chick Magnet]]s (''Persona 3'''s protagonist can't even max out his [[Level Up At Intimacy 5|Social Links]] with most of the female characters without forming a relationship, while Persona 4's protagonist can stay faithful to one girl or even be a [[Chaste Hero]])
** The Manga adaptation of Persona 4 looks to be pushing {{spoiler|The Protagonist and Rise}} into this direction. There's been additional [[Ship Tease]] between the two [[Adaptation Expansion|that wasn't even in the game.]]
** Likewise, the film version of Persona 3 has largely made {{spoiler|The Protagonist and Aigis}} official.
* ''[[King's Quest]]'' : Graham and Valanice are [[Happily Married]], as are Alexander and Cassima. Rosella and Edgar wisely agreed to a proper courtship canonically, but the [[Fan Sequel]] opens on their wedding day.
* ''[[Space Quest]]'': Roger Wilco is fated to marry and have a son with Beatrice. However, that didn't stop Flo from shamelessly flirting with him, nor did it prevent the Two Guys from throwing in some interesting [[Ship Tease]] with Stellar Santiago in the final game.
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* While it's left ambiguous enough that shippers could argue either way, ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' hints heavily that its official couple is meant to be a Vyse/Aika/Fina [[OT3]].
** Enrique and Moegi is more official. {{spoiler|The first scene of the ending is their marriage.}}
* Arguably in ''[[
== Visual Novels ==
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** Also to some extent, Gumshoe and Maggey. If only the big lug could work up the courage to ask her out, weenies just don't quite have the same effect.
** Ron and Desiree Delite
* Tomoya and Nagisa in ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]''. While it is a [[Dating Sim]], Nagisa has both the anime, the movie, the cover of the game and the after story (plus its anime) on her side.
** Oddly enough, despite being quite clearly the official couple (every other route is also canon... as a build up to the grand finale dedicated to Nagisa), Nagisa doesn't get the sequel. [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Tomoyo]] did.
* Technically, she doesn't even really have an appearance except in the first two routes and Shiki can end up with one of five girls, but Arcueid/Shiki is basically ''[[Tsukihime]]'''s official couple. Her own path is first, the anime is based on her, the manga is based on her and she gets a [[Tenchi Solution]] in ''Ciel's'' good ending. Oh, and despite ''[[Melty Blood]]'' supposedly being based off [[Demoted to Extra|Satsuki's route]], Sion mentions that Shiki and Arcueid are lovers, though apparently they don't live together.
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* In ''[[Red String]]'', there's Miharu and Kazuo, {{spoiler|[[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] Fuuko and Hanae}}, and the [[Everyone Can See It|almost]] [[Beta Couple]] of Reika and Eiji.
** Except until recent developments where Kazuo goes off the deep end and Miharu gives him up. The author has a way of messing with official couples—remember when everyone thought Maya and Fuuko were SO going to be a couple?
* Lance and Silvia in [
* Aubrey and Jason in ''[[Something
* Tom and Karla in ''Home on the Strange''.
* Piro and Kimiko from ''[[Megatokyo]]''.
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* Gwen and Kevin in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]].''
** Along with Ben and Julie later on.
* Henry and June form ''[[
* Cuddles and Giggles in ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''. An odd example, as she has been shown flirting with (or even ''dating'') other characters even after the couple was established. Then again, this is Happy Tree Friends, where characters frequently die horribly only to be fine in the next episode...
* On ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Candace and [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|Jeremy]] get together in "Summer Belongs to You" [[Word of God]] has also more-or-less confirmed that [[The Chick|Isabella]]/[[Oblivious to Love|Phineas]] and [[Precocious Crush|Ferb]]/[[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Vanessa]] will happen, though they also like to [[Ship Tease|tease other ships]] at times.
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* ''[[Moral Orel]]'' has the titular character and Christina.
* Helga and Arnold in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''.
* [[The Mighty Thor]] and Jane Foster in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]''. [[Ant-Man]] and [[The Wasp]] might also count, but Ant-Man doesn't explicity admit that he loves [[The Wasp]] until {{spoiler|episode 25}}.
* [[Superboy]] and M'gann in ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'', as of episode 11.
* Stan Marsh and Wendy Testaburger in ''[[South Park]]''.
* Despite being [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] for the most part, ''[[My Little Pony:
▲* Despite being [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] for the most part, ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' does manage to include the wedding of Shining Armor and Princess Cadence.
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[[Category:Love Tropes]]
[[Category:Shipping Tropes]]
[[Category:Love Interests]]
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