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| {{about|the boss that first appears in [[Super Mario Sunshine]]|the planet also named Mecha-Bowser in [[Super Mario Galaxy]]|[[Toy Time Galaxy#Mecha-Bowser|Toy Time Galaxy § Mecha-Bowser]]|the giant statue also known as "Mecha Bowser" or "Mechanical Bowser" in some [[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]] games|[[Bowser Statue]]}} | | {{character-infobox |
| {{Distinguish|Mechakoopa|Mekakuppa}}
| | |image = [[Image:Mechabowser.jpg|250px]] |
| {{character infobox
| | |full_name = Mecha Bowser |
| |image=[[File:SMS Mecha Bowser Artwork.png|250px]] | | |first_appearance = ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' (2002) |
| |species=[[Mechakoopa]] | | |species = [[Robot]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]]) | | |affiliation = [[Koopa Troop]] |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]]) | | |latest_appearance = ''[[New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis]]'' (2009) |
| }} | | }} |
| '''Mecha-Bowser''', also known as '''[[Mechakoopa]]''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en|publisher=Nintendo|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233320/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en}}</ref> is a giant robot in the likeness of [[Bowser]] that first appears in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', and has since made several appearances in some form or another in other games, mostly various spin-offs. It is likely inspired by {{wp|Mechagodzilla}} in appearance.
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| ==History==
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| ===''Super Mario-kun''===
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| The concept of a robotic ''{{wp|kaiju}}'' Bowser was first used in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''; the robot, [[Mekakuppa]], has the Japanese name of Mecha-Bowser, though both are also shared with the usual name for [[Mechakoopa]]s.
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| ===''Super Mario'' (series)===
| | '''Mecha Bowser''' is a huge Bowser-shaped robot used by [[Bowser Jr.]] to attack Mario, and escape from him. Mecha Bowser is a little bit like Giga Bowser because of hight,weight and appearance. |
| ====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
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| In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Mecha-Bowser is found in [[Mecha-Bowser Appears!|Episode 1]] of [[Pinna Park]] and is controlled by [[Bowser Jr.]] To fight it, Mario, riding the park's [[Pinna Park#Roller Coaster|Roller Coaster]], must collect and fire [[water rocket]]s (via [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]) at Mecha-Bowser. Mecha-Bowser attacks by shooting [[Bullet Bill]]s at Mario, and by breathing fire on the Roller Coaster track, which can be doused using FLUDD. When firing Bullet Bills or damaged, the cannons shown resemble the controller ports on the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. After enough hits, the robot explodes, and Bowser Jr. pilots its head away to escape. | | In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Mecha Bowser was found in the first episode of [[Pinna Park]], being controlled by [[Bowser Jr.|Bowser Jr]]. To fight him, [[Mario]] must board a rollercoaster and fire Water Rockets (via [[F.L.U.D.D]]) at Mecha Bowser when he gets close enough. Mecha Bowser will attack by shooting [[Bullet Bill]]s at Mario, and by breathing fire on the rollercoaster tracks. Eventually, Mecha Bowser is destroyed by Mario. Unfornately Mecha Bowser was only included in 5 Mario adventures. (Look down at game appearances to see all games that Mecha Bowser is in!) |
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| | Mecha Bowser also appeared in ''[[Mario Power Tennis (GCN)|Mario Power Tennis]]''. This lead players to assume that he was re-built by [[Bowser]] or [[Bowser Jr.]]. In this game he tilts the court. Later, in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', he is a giant toy that shoots characters out of a cannon. Also in [[Mario Party 7]] his head apears in [[Bowser's Enchanted Inferno]]. |
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| ====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
| | In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', Mecha-Bowser appears in the [[Toy Time Galaxy]]; however, he appears very different from how he has appeared in the past games. In this game, instead of a robot, he is a ''toy'' robot and he doesn't look like Bowser a lot. This is probably because this Mecha Bowser is blue and green instead of the normal Bowser colors. To "defeat" Mecha Bowser, Mario must climb to the head of Mecha Bowser (similar to [[Megaleg]]) and then [[Ground Pound]] through the rocks on top and into its head to destroy it and free the [[Gearmo]]s that were captured inside it. Note that this Mecha Bowser was called Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser instead. |
| {{main|Toy Time Galaxy#Mecha-Bowser}}
| | Another Mecha Bowser appears in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', in the [[Toy Dream]] board. |
| In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', a very different design of Mecha-Bowser appears as a planet and environmental boss in the [[Toy Time Galaxy]], where it is the focus of its first mission, [[Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. | |
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| ===''Mario Golf'' series=== | | == Foreign Names == |
| While Mecha-Bowser does not physically appear in the series, its name appears on scoreboards in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''.
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| | |Fra=Mecha Bowser / Mécabowser |
| | |FraM=Literal translation. }} |
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| ===''Mario Power Tennis'' / ''New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis''=== | | == Game Appearances == |
| In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' and its [[Mario Power Tennis#New Play Control! series|Wii port]], Mecha-Bowser is the boss of the [[Mecha-Bowser Mayhem]] [[minigame]], in which it rotates [[Bowser Castle Court|the court]] and battles players, firing Bullet Bills and [[Bob-omb]]s that can be deflected back at it. Players must attack it with charged tennis balls until it is defeated.
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| | | ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' |
| | | Boss |
| | | 2002 |
| | | [[Gamecube]] |
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| | | ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' |
| | | Appears as NPC in [[Toy Dream]] |
| | | 2003 |
| | | [[Gamecube]] |
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| | | ''[[Mario Power Tennis (GCN)|Mario Power Tennis]]'' |
| | | Boss in mini-game and appears in background of a certain court. |
| | | 2004 |
| | | [[Gamecube]] |
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| | | ''[[Mario Party 7]]'' |
| | | His head cameos in [[Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!]] |
| | | 2005 |
| | | [[Gamecube]] |
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| | | ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' |
| | | Boss |
| | | 2007 |
| | | [[Nintendo Wii]] |
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| | |} |
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| ===''Mario Party'' series===
| | == Gallery == |
| In ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', Mecha-Bowser is a giant toy on the [[Toy Dream]] board and shoots characters out of a [[cannon]] in its mouth to another location on the board whenever they land on a nearby [[Event Space|? Space]]. In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', its head is a feature of [[Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!]]. In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', its head is featured on the [[Bowser Station]] board as a Jackpot Machine. It stores [[Mini Star]]s, and players can earn these stars by playing minigames or by landing on [[Jackpot+ Space]]s.
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| ===''Mario Kart'' series===
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| In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'', when finishing the Bowser Cup with Bowser, Mecha-Bowser replaces [[giant Bowser]] in a boss fight. His tactics are the same as Bowser. The player has to throw [[Black Shell]]s at the pillars supporting Mecha-Bowser to defeat him.
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| ===''Minecraft''===
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| In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Mecha-Bowser's head replaces the original game's [[minecraftwiki:Furnace|furnace]] block.
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| ==Gallery== | |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| MechaBowserappears.png|Mecha-Bowser as seen in ''Super Mario Sunshine''
| | Image:Pinnabowser.jpeg|<center>Mecha Bowser close-up. |
| MechaBowser SMS.png|Mecha-Bowser close-up
| | Image:Smsmechabowser.jpg|<center>Mecha Bowser as seen in ''Super Mario Sunshine''. |
| Mecha-Bowser defeated.jpg|Mecha-Bowser defeated | | Image:Mecha-Bowser-SMG.png|<center>Mario flying near the Mecha Bowser toy in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', in the Toy Time Galaxy. |
| Bowser Jr Balloon.png|Balloon attached to the head to escape
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| Mecha-Bowser Mayhem - Mario Power Tennis.png|The [[Mecha-Bowser Mayhem]] minigame in ''Mario Power Tennis''
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | <br clear=all> |
| {{appearances list
| | {{SMSS}} |
| |title1=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
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| |role1=Boss
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| |release1=[[List of games by date#2002|2002]]
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| |format1=[[Nintendo GameCube]]
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| |title2=''[[Mario Party 5]]''
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| |role2=Appears as NPC in [[Toy Dream]]
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| |release2=[[List of games by date#2003|2003]]
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| |format2=Nintendo GameCube
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| |title3=''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
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| |role3=Name appears on the scoreboard
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| |release3=2003
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| |format3=Nintendo GameCube
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| |title4=''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
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| |role4=Name appears on the scoreboard
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| |release4=[[List of games by date#2004|2004]]
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| |format4=[[Game Boy Advance]]
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| |title5=''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''
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| |role5=Boss in a minigame and appears in the background of a certain court.
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| |release5=2004
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| |format5=Nintendo GameCube
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| |title6=''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]''
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| |role6=Boss
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| |release6=[[List of games by date#2005|2005]]
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| |format6=Arcade
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| |title7=''[[Mario Party 7]]''
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| |role7=Cameo
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| |release7=2005
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| |format7=Nintendo GameCube
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| |title8=''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''
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| |role8=Boss
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| |release8=[[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
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| |format8=Arcade
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| |title9=''[[Mario Power Tennis#"New Play Control!" Series|New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis]]''
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| |role9=It reprises its role from ''Mario Power Tennis''.
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| |release9=[[List of games by date#2009|2009]]
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| |format9=[[Wii]]
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| |title10=''[[Mario Party 9]]''
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| |role10=Non-playable character
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| |release10=[[List of games by date#2012|2012]]
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| |format10=Wii
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| |title11=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]''
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| |role11=Block in the Super Mario Mash-up
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| |release11=[[List of games by date#2015|2015]]
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| |format11=[[Wii U]]
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| |title12=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]''
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| |role12=Block in the Super Mario Mash-up
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| |release12=[[List of games by date#2017|2017]]
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| |format12=[[Nintendo Switch]]
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| |title13=''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''
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| |role13=Box art of previous games
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| |release13=2017
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| |format13=[[Nintendo 3DS]]
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| |title14=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]''
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| |role14=Block in the Super Mario Mash-up
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| |release14=[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
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| |format14=[[nwiki:New Nintendo 3DS|New Nintendo 3DS]]
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| |title15=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]''
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| |role15=Block in the Super Mario Mash-up
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| |release15=[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
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| |format15=Nintendo Switch
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| |title16=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
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| |role16=Boss
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| |release16=[[List of games by date#2020|2020]]
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| |format16=Nintendo Switch
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| |title17=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
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| |role17=Box art of previous games
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| |release17=[[List of games by date#2021|2021]]
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| |format17=Nintendo Switch
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| ==Additional names==
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| ===Internal names===
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| {{internal names
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| |game1=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
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| |file1=<tt>tinkoopa</tt><ref>''Super Mario Sunshine'', internal filename <tt>root/data/scene/pinnaBoss0.szs/scene/tinkoopa</tt></ref>
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| |name1=Tinkoopa
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| |meaning1=Tin-Bowser
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| ===Names in other languages===
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| {{foreign names | |
| |Jap=メカクッパ
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| |JapR=Mekakuppa
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| |JapM=Mecha-Bowser; same as [[Mechakoopa#Names in other languages|Mechakoopa]] and [[Mekakuppa]]
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| |Fre=Mecha Bowser / Mécabowser
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| |Ita=Bowsermatic
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| |ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Bowser'' and ''automatic''
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| |Ger=Robo-Bowser
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| |GerM=Robo-Bowser; portmanteau of ''Robot'' and ''Bowser''.
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| |Spa=Mech Bowser
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| ==References==
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| {{Koopas}}
| | [[Category: Items]] |
| {{Super Mario Sunshine}}
| | [[Category: Villains' Items]] |
| [[Category:Mechakoopas]] | | [[Category: Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Mechs]] | | [[Category: Vehicles]] |
| [[Category:Mario Power Tennis]] | | [[Category: Koopa Troop]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Sunshine bosses]] | | [[Category: Robots]] |
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