'Toon Reviews 16: Hey Arnold Season 3 Episode 4: Crabby Author/Rich Kid

Crabby Author

This is a cartoon with an unusual premise that shows Arnold’s strengths of reading into anyone, even the most difficult people, as well as another instance of the idea that people who make great art are not always good people.  As a result, we get a great show of character amidst a harsh yet honest look at the real world. 

When the class is assigned to do a report on their favorite author, Arnold sets his sights on the author of some of the most popular children’s stories, Agatha Caulfield.  Unfortunately, there are no recorded references on her background, which is strange for such an apparently profound writer.  Even if this seems like a lost cause, Arnold simply won’t give up on doing his report on who truly is his favorite author which is actually inspirational to people to make the best work they can. 

He goes for the next best thing, which is also a very unique approach, by tracking the author down and interviewing her personally.  Through doing so, he’s met with a shock.  Agatha Caulfield’s work being all about happiness and cute fantasy creatures suggests that she’s a gentile loving woman who cares about children.  The truth is, she’s the complete opposite.  She lives in a secluded house on Elk Island and whenever anyone comes by, she yells at them and is completely unfriendly.  It’s certainly not a pretty sight, but it’s a believable scenario. 

It also enhances the plot by putting Arnold’s talents of seeing the good in people and helping them overcome their problems to the test.  He persists in getting Agatha to talk by going to her house everyday and waiting for her to give in.  It’s clear to see the difficulty in just standing out in the cold waiting for her, but it’s remarkable to see Arnold be patient enough to go this far to write a good report.  Sure enough, Agatha does get tired of Arnold always standing there and finally answers his questions.  Sadly, the answers Arnold gets are mostly disturbing ones, especially for how she wrote what she did because she felt like lying to kids about how miracles can happen when life is really miserable.  This seems to seal the deal that Agatha Caulfield really is no good, but for all her unruliness, she’s shown to have a bit of decency inside when Arnold claims to still believe in her stories’ positive messages, and that she may too because of their quality, and as he leaves, she’s left with something to ponder.  Also, the fact that Arnold still calls Agatha her favorite writer leaves another impactful message on the importance of focusing on the art and not the artist. 

The message is further shown in the ending montage of everyone reading Agatha’s first book in many years inspired by her experience.  This implies that she has softened up on life a bit, but we still see that she’s still pretty crabby which to me makes more sense than her completely changing on a whim.  So, while she’s still typically unfriendly, but it’s nice that no one is too dense to enjoy a good story when they see one. 

That leaves us with a great cartoon shining with great character moments and timeless, believable themes. 10/10

Rich Kid

A common thing most cartoons try to teach is the importance of fulfilling responsibilities and being productive in life.  However, there doesn’t seem to be much material out there that stresses the importance of leisure and leaving time to chill and unwind given how stressful doing work all the time can be.  At least, that’s how I view leisure and fun time from personal experience.  This cartoon is one of the few to teach how fun is just as important as productivity. 

It introduces a rich kid named Lorenzo, who may look impressive with his luxurious limo and being able to afford expensive accessories, but there’s something holding him back from getting anywhere sociable with other kids.  He has an incredibly tight schedule of intellectual activities pertaining to business and high-arts, and is constantly talking to his mom and other higher-ups on his electronic devices, even in class.  He may be productive and, but he doesn’t allow himself for any downtime, and it shows when he looks clearly overworked from everything he does and is unable to get close with the other kids. 

Now when the kids take notice of Lorenzo’s mannerisms, they show pity for him and strive to show him what it’s like to have fun and just be a kid.  However, there’s a bit of a conflict with their actions.  I stand by my belief in the need for leisure and Lorenzo does look like he could use it from his stressed attitude leading him to think about what the other kids said about him being too big of a workaholic on his own at night, but it can feel like they’re trying to conform him into being like them instead of being true to himself.  It would be a lot better if they let Lorenzo try to get a grasp on having fun in his own way.  There’s a few unfortunate implications in them actively trying to make Lorenzo like the type of kids they are instead of considering individuality and that not everyone thinks the same way as they do. 

There’s not enough harm to the cartoon though since there is still a lot of good from their attempts to get Lorenzo to lighten up a little on work matters, which is still beneficial for everyone to do for a healthy balanced life.  Also, as they introduce Lorenzo to many things to do for fun, it’s entertaining to see an intellectual kid struggle to get a grasp on common kid activities.  He ducks out of catching a fly ball, names clouds by their scientific name instead of using his imagination to say what they look like, and reads the ingredients of ice cream and commenting on how unhealthy they are instead of enjoying it. 

Going back to my comment on how the other kids don’t seem to consider Lorenzo’s individuality, in the end, he kind of does express that when discovering his own way of having fun.  He ends up sliding down a rapid of mud, the fast pace and background music enhancing the excitement of the scene, and when it’s over, he actually enjoys himself.  This finally gives him a strong sense of leisure to break from his huge workload, and while he does go back to it in the end, there’s some promise to building on the newfound sense of fun for the future.  However, aside from one other role this season, as well as a non-speaking appearance in the following season, Lorenzo does not become a prominent member of the cast.  At least he’s more social with others in his few other appearances, but that’s for future reviews. 

For now, while not a perfect way of showing it, this is a strong cartoon advocating for the rare message on the importance of goofing off a bit. 9/10

The Ranking

1. Crabby Author
2. Curly Snaps
3. The Aptitude Test
4. Pre-Teen Scream
5. Olga Gets Engaged
6. Oskar Gets a Job
7. Rich Kid
8. Stinky Goes Hollywood

The next Hey Arnold review covers two particularly great cartoons.  One features Helga go to insane lengths to snag a tape of her love confession to Arnold she recorded under the influence of laughing gas.  The other is about Harold discovering a possible path in life while facing punishment for shoplifting a ham.

Next time on MC Toon Reviews is a Steven Universe review on "Reformed."

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'Toon Reviews 13: The Loud House Season 2 Episode 19: Future Tense/Lynner Takes All

Future Tense

Ever since their faces were finally shown, Mom and Dad have gotten more significance and development than before, which is fitting for a season that starts developing characters beyond Lincoln and the sisters.  Now we have a cartoon that’s all about them and how they serve as parents to the kids.  The story is that the Yates family moves in, and Mom and Dad see how accomplished the kids of that family are, with their parents stressing the importance of being well-rounded in such a competitive world.  Through it all, there’s something very unsettling about the Yates family.  They always have these big toothy smiles all over their faces and find enjoyment out of everything especially activities that are highly intellectual and require class and serious mindsets.  It’s practically inhumane for people to be THIS happy about life.  Creepiness factor aside, the Yates family gets Mom and Dad to be considerate of their influence on their kids.  Given how the season has already had a lot of influence on how well the Loud kids are to their parents, it’s only fitting that Mom and Dad take the time to try and figure out what’s best for them.  While what they later do certainly has good intentions, it’s easy to see that it takes certain things the wrong way, not unlike how things went down in the previous cartoon.  Mom and Dad rope their kids into doing activities that are out of their league, mostly the complete opposite of what they normally like doing from after school activities to community-serving and artsy outings, stressing them to be good at everything so to get by in such a competitive world.  The kids’ reactions to being roped into things that they don’t want to do are pretty funny in how they protest, yet it’s still easy to feel sorry for them since who would want to be forced to do things against their will, especially when they’re just sprung on you?  At least we get some amusing outcomes out of the sufferings, namely Lana being socially graceful and wearing dresses, Luan being serious as the mayor’s assistant, and especially Luna being taught proper English in favor of her entertaining rock slang.  While Mom and Dad are way out of line for forcing their kids into what they don’t want to do without warning, through their actions, it’s clear that they really want to help them, and they’re not even getting competitive with the Yates since there’s never a moment where they want them to be MORE accomplished than them.  Even more admirable is that when the kids achieve success in their forced activities, Mom and Dad want to celebrate with fun stuff, but the kids have changed so much that they’re unwilling to take part in fun  because they’re not healthy or productive, which is very sad since it confirms that they’ve lost their true selves.  Thankfully, Mom and Dad finally see sense and allow the kids to have fun, admitting that it was wrong to force the activities on them and that being productive should never outshine enjoying life.  In other words, this whole story ends up teaching the importance of keeping life in balance and not being too relaxed or too overrun with work.  That’s always been a personal message to me, and I’m glad to see this show teaching it.  It’s also great that even the Yates want in on some of the fun at the end…even if their approach to it is still creepy.  If you can get past them and the kids being put through things they don’t want to do against their will, this is a nicely constructed cartoon serving as a reminder of the importance of living your life in balance starring Mom and Dad. 9/10

Lynner Takes All

Personally, I find Lynn to be one of the most enjoyable Louds.  She’s always up for a game or challenge and approaches life with a lot of energy and sense of fun, making her a very lively character and I’m generally the most entertained by characters like that.  I also understand why some might not like her, and this cartoon helps with that.  She plays roughly, brags about how great she is, and barely notices how problematic her behavior is. In this case, whenever she wins at game night, she’s constantly gloating.  Because she’s so in everyone’s face when she celebrates her victories and never lets them live it down, especially when she reaches her 300^th win, I can see how this can be a problem for some people.  Of course it can get annoying and make her look like a jerk for making her siblings feel bad about their losses.  For me though, I don’t see it being that different from other times she enthusiastically plays a game or acts sporty.  Yes, she’s still being a jerk to her family here, but like with most cases where Lynn plays rough, it hardly feels like she’s INTENDING to make anyone feel bad.  Nevertheless, given the sympathy being directed at the rest of the Loud siblings, it’s appropriate that the plot focuses on them attempting to stop Lynn’s gloating once and for all.  Their first attempt has them challenge Lynn at games whose subjects fit a specific sibling apart from her.  While the ways their attempts at beating her backfiring still makes it easy to feel for the other siblings, how Lynn finds a way to win from specially skilled dice rolls, to exercising enough to make a perfect grab, to making a huge Ace Savvy fan like Lincoln feel nervous, show how on the ball she is at winning to entertaining effect.  When everyone finally does beat Lynn at a game through teamwork, it seems like Lynn is too ashamed of herself to gloat.  As it turns out, Lynn turns out even more competitive and constantly pops out of nowhere to challenge everyone to everything.  As someone who likes Lynn, I can get a good laugh out of her overly-competitive actions, her never-ceasing energy, and lively sporty nature here.  Though since they show her siblings’ plans to teach her a lesson failed, some people can easily get annoyed and frustrated that she still won’t stop rubbing victories in other people’s faces.  Anyway, after the siblings’ attempts to throw the next board game, Lynn finally realizes how much of a pain she’s been to everyone.  She reveals that she never intended to hurt them and just loves having playing games with her family proving that despite what she does, she has a good heart indeed.  True, she still gloats at the end, but the fact that it’s now away from everyone shows that she’s grown more considerate of their feelings.  The fact that she gloats at all, however, leads to a glaring issue with Lynn’s character that even people who like her shouldn’t ignore.  Lynn treats winning games like a big deal and is more competitive when she loses one.  What we don’t know is WHY she feels the need to win, thus making her under-developed.  This cartoon had the perfect opportunity to reveal this and potentially make Lynn endearing in spite of her gloating, but it never does.  I hope we get an answer to this in the future, because if this behavior continues, Lynn might not turn out to be a very good character.  Since I still find her entertaining enough here, I can call this cartoon a good and fun one that stresses why there should be limits on showboating.  However, if you find Lynn’s behavior overbearing and annoying, I totally get it.  Here’s hoping she gets more developed with her next starring role. 8/10

The Ranking

1. 11 Louds a Leapin’
2. L is for Love
3. Pulp Friction
4. Frog Wild
5. Party Down
6. Room with a Feud
7. Lock n Loud
8. Fool’s Paradise
9. Fed Up
10. Out of the Picture
11. Job Insecurity
12. Potty Mouth
13. The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos
14. Spell it Out
15. Baby Steps
16. Shell Shock
17. Suite and Sour
18. Back in Black
19. Future Tense
20. Patching Things Up
21. The Whole Picture
22. Health Kicked
23. Garage Banned
24. Back Out There
25. The Old and the Restless
26. Kick the Bucket List
27. Intern for the Worse
28. Lynner Takes All
29. Cheater by the Dozen
30. Pets Peeved
31. Making the Grade
32. Vantastic Voyage
33. Change of Heart
34. ARGGH! You for Real?
35. No Such Luck
36. Brawl in the Family

Be sure to stay tuned for the next episode featuring Lincoln as a "Yes Man" in a rocking cartoon big on sibling love, and we see Lisa at her most endearing in "Friend or Faux?".

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'Toon Reviews 13: The Loud House Season 2 Episode 16: Fool's Paradise/Job Insecurity

Fool’s Paradise

With this cartoon, it seems to suggest that every season is going to include a cartoon about April Fool’s Day considering that Season 1 gave us “April Fool’s Rules.”  That raises a lot of questions about the timeline of this show.  Will the kids continually age with every new April Fool’s Day cartoon?  Won’t Lori have to go to college during one in the following seasons?  Do these cartoons even have a way to logically fit in the timeline?  Questions aside, the appeal of this cartoon is that it takes all the interpretations of April Fool’s Day to the apocalypse from last season and further expands on them creating an unforgettable atmospheric experience filled with hilariously imagined pranks with the perfect Loud for the day, Luan, as the mastermind.  The rest of the family believes they’re finally able to catch a break from the annual prank onslaught this year when they find a magazine ad for a clown camp they send Luan to.  However, just when they think they’re safe, those thoughts are dashed when their car breaks down and they have to spend the night at a crummy motel.  Once at the motel, a series of antics lead them to evidence that Luan set up pranks all over the facility, and it’s only a matter of time before one gets set off for each of the siblings.  The whole family is forced to make a run for it without any knowledge of when the next prank will strike and their fright is creatively staged as running from a strange monstrous force.  It also helps that what they get up to is set against a dark and threatening setting like an old motel at night.  When the pranks do get set off, they really up the creativity in execution from the last time.  There’s collapsing balconies into a big gelatin mold, trap doors that launch people up to a fly paper-laden sign, fake rooms filled with nasty obstacles like a skunk and rhubarb pies (which Lana’s allergic to), Lily getting replaced with a monkey that attacks Lynn, and a ton of bleach covering a certain sister who loves darkness.  Through it all, there’s a huge revealing twist to this prank barrage that Lincoln is quick to discover.  It turns out that Dad was in on Luan’s plans the whole time to get out of her April Fool’s Day pranks for a decade, and the explanations for how everything from the pranks to the clown camp ad that started it all are highly clever.  The best part about this reveal is that Dad feels genuine regret for helping Luan with her prankish tortures on his family, right down to questioning what kind of father he is.  Fortunately, he gets a big moment of redemption when he and Lincoln form a special prank to get back at Luan, and it’s a huge success as Luan gets flung into the air, stuck on that fly paper sign, lands in dirty laundry, and gets stuck in the sky.  This is sure to satisfy anyone who felt that her simply getting a pie in the face last April Fool’s Day wasn’t enough for her.  However, in fitting with the horror genre of the cartoon, the ending isn’t completely happy as the whole family is left running scared of the prospect of next April Fool’s Day which Luan promises to be even worse.  What she does then actually turns out to be a pretty nasty set of pranks, but that will be discussed in my eventual reviews of Season 3.  For this April Fool’s Day cartoon though, it’s easily one of the show’s most creatively structured cartoons aided by the genuine suspense, fun and insightful character moments, imaginative pranks, and some sense of victory from the victims. 10/10

Job Insecurity

If all the Loud siblings working as a team more often than in the first season wasn’t enough to prove how mature they’re becoming, perhaps this cartoon where they’re led to question how their actions impact their dad’s life can help.  With so many cartoons where the kids frequently run wild for their own amusement without much concern for others, it’s great that they turn out so thoughtful here.  They find out that Dad no longer works at his old IT job and has instead taken a dishwasher position, a job he doesn’t like, at a local fusion restaurant.  It’s here where the kids become more considerate of their actions to others, getting the idea that they got him fired from his IT job, namely for their hyperactive antics at the latest Take Your Kids to Work Day (nice to know that his old job at least became more inclusive since Season 1).  Anyway, they take a generous route of finding Dad a new job and making sure he gets it.  There’s plenty of heart in how seriously the kids take finding a new job for sure, but there’s also some humorous bits like imagination spots of Dad doing random jobs and, after they find a new IT job and get someone to pose as Dad to make sure he gets it, teaching Mr. Grouse, someone with an old world mindset, what certain computer terms mean.  Speaking of Mr. Grouse, he’s fast becoming one of the best supporting characters.  He’s still a grump and typically does things for Dad’s famous lasagna, but this is where it starts feeling like he’s putting in some effort in a bargain through actively trying to understand computer terms and getting better as time goes on, and showing happiness for the kids when he gets the job in Dad’s place.  With the job secured, the kids let Dad know what they got for him, and it’s at this point that even if the kids meant well, there’s no shaking off that this is another misunderstanding plot.  They didn’t know that Dad lost his old job for three weeks and he never told them, then when they found him washing dishes, they went with the idea that it was their fault.  However, Dad tells them that he actively quit his IT job and became a dishwasher to train to be a chef at the same restaurant which is his dream job, tying into his frequently seen talent for cooking.  Anyway, since Dad shows no hesitation in telling the kids this despite having a reason not to tell them, that means nothing was stopping the kids from just asking him why he has the new job. Granted, their beliefs seemed believable from what they saw, at the time it looked like Dad didn’t want to talk about it, and we weren’t given a scene of the truth the kids didn’t know, so the plot could’ve been executed worse.  Plus, what the kids learn leads to a very impactful ending when they push for Dad to get his restaurant job back, regretting their actions again, Dad kindly makes them feel better, and circumstances lead to him not just being allowed to work at the restaurant again, but also become a chef right then and there.  It’s all one of the most pleasing and satisfying conclusions the show has turned out.  Overall, this cartoon stands as one of this season’s strongest.  It’s not just humorous in parts, but it’s also got legitimate heart through the character bonds, opening new chapters for characters’ lives, and especially presenting the Loud siblings at their most thoughtful and mature.  9.5/10

The Ranking

1. 11 Louds a Leapin’
2. L is for Love
3. Pulp Friction
4. Frog Wild
5. Party Down
6. Room with a Feud
7. Lock n Loud
8. Fool’s Paradise
9. Fed Up
10. Out of the Picture
11. Job Insecurity
12. Potty Mouth
13. The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos
14. Spell it Out
15. Baby Steps
16. Shell Shock
17. Suite and Sour
18. Back in Black
19. Patching Things Up
20. The Whole Picture
21. Back Out There
22. The Old and the Restless
23. Kick the Bucket List
24. Intern for the Worse
25. Cheater by the Dozen
26. Pets Peeved
27. Making the Grade
28. Vantastic Voyage
29. No Such Luck
30. Brawl in the Family

Be sure to stay tuned for the review of the next episode with "ARRGH! You For Real?" misunderstanding the appeal of fictional media, and Lori discovering what having your own place is really like in "Garage Banned."

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'Toon Reviews 13: The Loud House Season 2 Episode 10: Fed Up/Shell Shock

Fed Up

Back in my Season 1 reviews of this show, I’ve mentioned that one of its biggest themes was that even though siblings are usually very different, you can still easily relate to them which can let you know that you’re not alone when dealing with a particular issue in the family.  With this season starting to frequently feature all the kids work as a team as opposed to mostly Lincoln or a sister working separately from the rest of the siblings, this theme is stronger than ever before.  This cartoon here is proof of this.  The Loud kids all share the concern that Dad makes the same meals for dinner every week.  While this seems hard to believe at first since this was never an issue before, as well as the fact that Lincoln mentions that Friday’s meal is fried fish, but for the rest of the cartoon franks and beans are said to be for Friday, the entertainment and portrayal of the kids’ dynamics allow me to overlook those points.  The teamwork aspect of the kids makes itself apparent the moment Lincoln decides that something should be done about their monotonous dinners and forms a plan to sabotage Dad’s planned dinner so they can get pizza instead.  We’re so used to seeing the kids fight with each other or shutting down someone’s idea when there’s an issue, so the following sequence where every kid plays a part in sabotaging Dad’s planned goulash for the night is especially pleasing.  Even when Dad comes up with ways to improvise on a bad situation, the kids never give up and always find new ways to prevent the same meals from being made again.  That said, it’s still impressive how Dad finds ways to work around the lack of food or proper cooking equipment.  It’s a good display of his prominent character trait of his talent for cooking.  The kids ultimately win with their sabotage and get their pizza, but given how hard Dad was shown to be working to try and make his dinner under the circumstances, he still earns the audience’s sympathy.  This is why it’s good that the time remaining in the cartoon is spent on a forming a compromise between him and the kids when Leni’s lack of intelligence leads him to find out about the sabotage.  Dad’s ways of making the same meals every week are explained to exist due to the pressures of making something good for a lot of people on a budget.  This is a solid, believable reason for the methods, but since the kids feelings are also understandable, it’s worth watching them try to prove the menu can be mixed up by cooking dinner themselves.  However, since they lack cooking skills and common favorite foods, they simply can’t make something edible.  That’s when the compromise is reached when Dad turns out a new tasty dinner out of the kids’ mess.  In other words, the conclusion satisfies both sides of the issue instead of one proving right which is really the best way conflicts between characters should be settled.  Thanks to its strong use of conflict staging and resolution along with pleasing moments from the characters involved, this cartoon amounts to another strong entry of this season. 9.5/10

Shell Shock

Whether you want them to get together as a couple or you like them just fine as friends, there’s something fascinating to the relationship between Lincoln and Ronnie Anne.  Considering that they started getting on each other’s nerves through Ronnie Anne’s constant pranking on Lincoln and Lincoln calling her out at the worst times, it’s astounding that they’re still able to bond over some shared interests and slowly develop a respect for each other.  Even with the pleasing moments we’ve seen between them, the fact that we’ve only gotten so few of them and that Ronnie Anne is shown to be one of the school’s tough kids, it makes sense that not everything would be perfect between the two.  This is shown when this cartoon’s plot has them assigned to look after an egg for the week as if it’s their baby.  Since Ronnie Anne is, as I just stated, one of the tough kids, Lincoln is extremely hesitant to let her have the egg, so he plots to keep it all to himself all day.  To illustrate Lincoln’s fear of Ronnie Anne potentially handling the egg we get a comedic highlight for the cartoon which is a series of quick scenes of Lincoln imagining Ronnie Anne comically and monstrously breaking the egg.  They’re cool to see, but after a lot of them happen, you’d probably be left wondering why Lincoln is this mistrusting of Ronnie Anne after all the genuinely nice moments they’ve had together.  I mean, if Clyde can be trusting of a girl he hardly knows named Penelope while they look after their egg baby, surely Lincoln can do the same for a girl he has some knowledge of.  She may be rough, but she’s not dumb enough to act that way during a school project.  Thankfully, this is just what Lincoln discovers when after making a rubber cement twin of his and Ronnie Anne’s egg and accidentally giving her the real egg, he winds up at her house where he discovers what she’s really like.  Through some nice moments of helping Bobby get ready for work and helping her mom with chores, it’s revealed that Ronnie Anne can be careful and trustworthy.  It’s a sweet eye-opening moment for Lincoln, but since he should’ve been more trusting of her in the first place after all this time, when Ronnie Anne discovers his egg swap trick, her anger is understandable, though it does result in the real egg baby breaking.  Fortunately, rather than letting the cartoon end on a downer note for both Lincoln and Ronnie Anne, we close with Lincoln getting them both another chance at caring for an egg baby, now more trusting of Ronnie Anne and knowing what she’s really like.  She may prank him and can be rough with her friends at school, but when it comes to serious matters like family and school projects, she’s one of the most reliable friends he could ask for.  With newly revealed layers to flesh out Ronnie Anne’s character, strong comedy, and a relatable message on the importance of getting to know someone, this cartoon effectively continues this season’s trend of expanding the show’s world by developing side characters and being a strong cartoon in general. 9.5/10

The Ranking

1. 11 Louds a Leapin’
2. Frog Wild
3. Party Down
4. Lock n Loud
5. Fed Up
6. Baby Steps
7. Shell Shock
8. Suite and Sour
9. Back in Black
10. Patching Things Up
11. The Whole Picture
12. The Old and the Restless
13. Kick the Bucket List
14. Intern for the Worse
15. Cheater by the Dozen
16. Making the Grade
17. Vantastic Voyage
18. No Such Luck
19. Brawl in the Family

Be sure to stay tuned for the review of the next episode where Lincoln's day gets a superhero edge to it in "Pulp Friction" and the Loud Pets take the spotlight in "Pets Peeved."

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