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List of films and television series featuring Robin Hood

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The following are some of the notable adaptations of the Robin Hood story in film and television.{{cite news|title= Can Merry Men Make It in the S&L Age?|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=28 June 1991|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-28-ca-1411-story.html|access-date=2 October 2010|first=Michael|last=Wilmington}}{{Cite web |title=The Legend of Robin Hood |url=https://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/RobinHood.htm#movies |website=www.genordell.com}}

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Robin Hood, English-language live-action films and television series

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  • 1994: Robin Hood: Prince of Sherwood, starring Jason Braly as Robin Hood
  • 2007: Splitting the Arrow. Sometime in the 12th Century, a documentary crew entered Sherwood Forest in search of a legend. This is what followed.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1419840/|title=Splitting the Arrow|via=www.imdb.com}} Calvert Tooley plays Robin Hood.
  • 2018: Robin Hood: The Rebellion, a film directed by Nicholas Winter.{{Citation|title=Robin Hood: The Rebellion|date=5 November 2018|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7052244/|access-date=2020-07-04}}

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  • 1953: Robin Hood a television series on BBC Television, featured Patrick Troughton, in the first representation of Robin Hood on television.
  • 1955–1959: The Adventures of Robin Hood, a long-running British series starring Richard Greene that is also remembered for its catchy theme tune.
  • 1955: Robin Hood, the Movie (compilation from the Richard Greene TV series) (1991 release, according to some sources)
  • 1956: Robin Hood's Greatest Adventures (also starring Donald Pleasence as Prince John) (compilation from the Richard Greene TV series) (1991 release, according to some sources)
  • 1958: Robin Hood: The Quest for the Crown (compilation from the Richard Greene TV series) (1991 or 1995 release, according to some sources)
  • 1975: The Legend of Robin Hood, a six-episode BBC serial starring Martin Potter in the title role, Paul Darrow as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Diane Keen as Lady Marion. The adaptation was aired on public television in the USA later in the 1970s.
  • 1975: When Things Were Rotten, a comedy TV series produced by Mel Brooks and starring Richard Gautier (as an imbecilic Robin Hood), Bernie Kopell and Misty Rowe.
  • 1984–1986: Robin of Sherwood, a fantasy-style British television series starring Michael Praed and later Jason Connery as Robin. The series set the template for many of the adaptations that followed, most notably the introduction of a Saracen (Muslim) outlaw and the move to a grittier tone.
  • 1989–1994: Maid Marian and her Merry Men, a British children's TV show, featured Maid Marian as the dynamic leader of the resistance against Prince John, Robin was shown as her cowardly and buffoonish figurehead, with Nottingham as John's put-upon, sarcastic enforcer.
  • 1997–1998: The New Adventures of Robin Hood, a French–U.S. TV series, starred Matthew Porretta as a black-leather-clad Robin in the first two seasons and John Bradley taking over the lead role in the final two seasons. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. Porretta had appeared as Will Scarlet O'Hara in Men in Tights.
  • 2006–2009: Robin Hood, a BBC One television series was produced by Tiger Aspect. It was first broadcast as thirteen-episode series in the UK from October to December 2006, with a second series following in 2007, and a third in 2009. Jonas Armstrong stars in the title role.
  • 2023: Robyn Hood, a Canadian series created by Director X which reimagines Robin Hood as "Robyn" (a female rapper) and "The Hood" (a masked hip-hop band) living in a working class area in the fictional city of New Nottingham and sparring with antagonists including The Sheriff and a property tycoon named John Prince.

Robin Hood in Ivanhoe, English-language live-action films and television series

Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes in 1819, proved to be one of the best-known and most influential of Scott's novels, so much so that it influenced popular perceptions of Robin Hood. The following adaptions of the novel feature Robin Hood:

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  • 1982: Ivanhoe, featuring David Robb as Robin Hood.

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  • 1958-1959: Ivanhoe, starring Roger Moore as Ivanhoe. Also features Emerton Court{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004188/|title=Emerton Court|website=IMDb}} as "Sir Robert" in the episode "Arms and the Women".
  • 1997: Ivanhoe, featuring Aden Gillett as Robin of Locksley.

Robin Hood–themed parodies, English-language live-action films and television series

Since Robin Hood is a character in the public domain, there is no restriction on his use. Thus, he has often appeared in other films and TV series that do not revolve around the legend in strictest terms, and some other characters have played a Robin Hood-like role. or be an In others Robin Hood is interactive with other characters that originate in other TV shows and films.

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  • 1963: "Opie and His Merry Men", an episode of The Andy Griffith Show: A hobo tells Opie Taylor and his friends stories about Robin Hood and encourages them to emulate him.
  • 1966: Art Carney played the supervillain The Archer, who was based on Robin Hood, in season 2 of Batman ("Shoot a Crooked Arrow" and "Walk the Straight and Narrow", 1966).
  • 1968: In The Time Tunnel episode "The Revenge of Robin Hood", the former outlaw is the Earl of Huntington who gets King John to sign the Magna Carta.
  • 1970: A 1970s Muppet skit from Sesame Street featured Ernie as Robin Hood, auditioning new recruits for his Merry Men, including Harvey Kneeslapper.
  • 1970: The Muppet Show did their version of Robin Hood for one episode with Kermit the Frog as the titular character, Fozzie Bear as Little John, Gonzo the Great as the Sheriff of Nottingham with guest star Lynn Redgrave as Maid Marian. The show takes an unusual twist mid-way when Miss Piggy, jealous that Redgrave is the leading lady instead of her (gets a consolation role as "Sister Tuck" as opposed to Friar Tuck), kidnaps her, locks her up in her dressing room and unsuccessfully takes her place during the rescue scene, to which Kermit and his Merry Men end up saving the real Maid Marian (Lynn Redgrave).
  • 1973: Dennis Moore is a sketch that appears in "Dennis Moore," the thirty-seventh episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Dennis Moore is a Highwayman who steals 'Lupins' from the rich and gives them to the poor, once the rich become poor and the poor become rich and pompous, he steals the 'lupins' from the poor, returning them to the rich.

The melody for the Dennis Moore song is taken from a song originally about Robin Hood ("Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Riding through the glen...").

  • 1982: Voyagers! (TV series) (Episode 10 "An Arrow Pointing East" aired 12 December 1982) Voyagers Jon-Erik Hexum (Phineas Bogg) and Meeno Peluce (Jeffrey Jones) help Robin Hood played by Dan Hamilton sneak into an archery competition to rescue Maid Marian.[http://www.tv.com/voyagers%21/an-arrow-pointing-east/episode/51482/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary TV.com],
  • 1991: Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Qpid" features the crew being forced to play out a real-Robin Hood tale (Captain Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, as Robin Hood) when Q recreates it.
  • 1995: The Sliders episode "Prince of Wails" is set in an alternate history where Great Britain successfully suppressed the American Revolution. The plot of the episode broadly follows the story of Robin Hood, with the British States of America being a heavily taxed and oppressed corner of the British Empire, the villain (an alternate version of Maximillian Arturo) being styled as the Sheriff of San Francisco but serving as a viceroy, and Quinn Mallory and the revolutionary Oakland Raiders serving as Robin Hood and his Merry Men (particularly after adopting the tactic of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor).
  • 1996: Wishbone plays Robin Hood in the episode "Paw Prints of Thieves", to portray Joe's fight to give leftover food to a homeless shelter, even if it is against regulations.
  • 1996: Robin of Locksley, a made-for-TV movie starring Devon Sawa as a modern teenage Robin attending a prep school with the snobbish John Prince, played by Joshua Jackson. Set in modern times.
  • 1999: The Blackadder Millennium Special Back & Forth featured Robin Hood much like the recurring character Lord Flashheart, with similar boisterous personas and played by the same actor (Rik Mayall), with Kate Moss as Maid Marian. In his role, he proclaims his Merry Men have "strong muscle tone and are not gay!" though his Merry Men later betray and kill him after a time-travelling Blackadder convinced them that their purpose of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor is ultimately pathetic.
  • 1999: Back to Sherwood, a children's series featuring a teenage descendant of Robin ("Robyn Hood") who discovers she has the power to travel back in time, and joins with the children of her ancestor's band (Joan Little, Phil Scarlet, etc.).
  • 2005: Charmed episode 7.14, "Carpe Demon", an ex-demon named Drake uses his powers to turn himself and the sisters into Robin Hood, Maid Marion, and Robin's merry men. A sorcerer casts a spell on Drake making him believe that he is Robin Hood and that Phoebe is Maid Marion.
  • 2007: Chucklevision episode 19.6 "Sherwood Chuckle": the Chuckle Brothers join Robin Hood and his merry men and set out to save Maid Marion from the Sheriff of Nottingham.
  • 2001–2006: Last of the Summer Wine: Billy Hardcastle often claims himself as being a 'direct descendant of Robin Hood'.
  • 2011–2018: Once Upon a Time, an ABC television series based on major Disney animated films. Robin Hood appears as a recurring character, where he is played first by Tom Ellis in Season Two and later Sean Maguire starting in Season Three. In Season Six, Maguire plays a different version of the character who follows Regina home from a fantasy world.
  • 2013: In Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Robin Hood (played as above by Maguire) appears in the "Forget Me Not" episode of the series in which Will Scarlett joins the Merry Men. Scarlett is the real name of "The Knave", a lead character in the Wonderland series.
  • 2013: Series 3 of Gigglebiz introduced Will Singalot (played by Justin Fletcher like many other characters in the series) who was the minstrel of Robin Hood (played by Tom Golding). Will would always constantly sing and spoil Robin's plans to impress Maid Marian (played by Ellie Kirk).
  • 2014: In Doctor Who, Robin Hood appears in the third episode of eighth series, "Robot of Sherwood" by Mark Gatiss, played by actor Tom Riley.{{cite news|title=Series 8 Filming: A Merry Day|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-8-filming-a-merry-day-62438.htm|access-date=22 May 2014|newspaper=DoctorWhoTV.co.uk|date=15 April 2014}}
  • 2015: Though never having made an appearance, Robin Hood is mentioned in the Arrowverse. He is one of the inspirations that is adopted by Oliver Queen for which he becomes the vigilante Green Arrow in the superhero television series Arrow. In the related series, The Flash, antagonist Vandal Savage mentions that he trained Robin Hood to become the professional archer that he was known as.
  • Elements of Robin Hood are used for some episodes of the Disney+/MCU animated series What If...?. In "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?", the titular protagonist uses the story of Robin Hood as an inspiration for him to redeem the Ravagers, who develop a vow to steal from the rich and donate to the poor. In "What If... the Avengers Assembled in 1602?", a version of Steve Rogers also becomes a Robin Hood-themed character, with Scott Lang and Bucky Barnes being versions of the Merry Men.

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  • In 2010, Lana and Lilly Wachowski announced their intention to direct the film Hood, a modern adaptation of the Robin Hood legend.{{cite news| url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/wachowskis-putting-new-hood/|work=Empire| first=James | last=White | title=Wachowskis Putting on a New Hood|date=8 December 2010}}
  • In 2014, Disney were developing a Robin Hood movie provisionally titled Nottingham & Hood, with first time screenwriter Brandon Barker writing, and a tone similar to the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The hope was to launch a new adventure franchise that fit Disney's global brand.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/robin-hood-nottingham-hood-disney-1201309689/|title=Robin Hood Now A Race As Disney Acquires Spec 'Nottingham & Hood'|publisher=Deadline|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=4 December 2014}}
  • Also in 2014, Sony Pictures mooted the idea of building a shared universe based on various characters from the Robin Hood mythos, spinning off Merry Men like Will Scarlett and Little John into their own separate films.{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/robin-hood-shared-universe-movie-sony|title=Sony Buys Avengers-Style Shared Universe Robin Hood Pitch|publisher=Collider|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|date=6 October 2014}}

Robin Hood - Musicals

"Arrow: The Legend of Robin Hood" was a musical production made by the Stage Musicals Group at the Alameda Open Air Theatre in Gibraltar from 23 June 2003 to 30 June 2003. It was directed by one of its writers, Mr. Trevor Galliano.Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper; 10/06/2003; Page 17

Robin Hood, English-language animated films and television series

= Theatrical shorts=

= Theatrical features =

= Direct-to-video features =

= Animated television films =

  • 1971: The Legend of Robin Hood, an animated television film from the CBS anthology series Famous Classic Tales.
  • 1972: The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik, a television film produced by Hanna-Barbera whose all-animal cast predates the Disney version by one year.
  • 1985: The Adventures of Robin Hood, an animated film produced by Burbank Films Australia.
  • 1986: Ivanhoe, an animated television film with Robert Coleby providing the voice of Robin Hood.
  • 1992: The New Adventures of Robin Hood, an animated film produced by Burbank Animation Studios.
  • 2007: Robin Hood: Quest for the King, an animated television film with anthropomorphised characters; produced by BKN International.

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Robin Hood-themed non-English language films and television series

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  • 1960: Robin Hood and the Pirates ({{langx|it|Robin Hood e i pirati}}), an Italian film with Lex Barker as Robin Hood.
  • 1962: The Triumph of Robin Hood ({{langx|it|Il trionfo di Robin Hood}}), an Italian film with Don Burnett as Robin Hood and Samson Burke as Little John.
  • 1962: Sakhi Robin, an Indian Hindi-language drama film by B. J. Patel, starring Rajan Kapoor as the outlaw and Shalini as Maid Marian.{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|url-access=registration|access-date=12 August 2012|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=9780851706696}}
  • 1965: Adventure of Robin Hood and Bandits, an Indian Hindi-language film again by B.J. Patel, starring Prashant as Robin Hood, Parveen Choudhary as Maid Marian, Shyam Kumar as Prince John, Saudagar Singh as Little John, Lord Jambal as Sheriff of Nottingham, and Nilofer as Christabel - the fiancée of Alan-a-Dale.{{cite book|author=Hervé Dumont|title=Moyen Age et Renaissance au cinéma: L'Angleterre: (partie I)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OcZDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA159|year=2017|publisher=Books on Demand|isbn=978-2-322-10140-5|page=159}}
  • 1970: Robin Hood, the Invincible Archer ({{langx|es|Robin Hood, el arquero invencible}}, {{langx|it|Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere}}), a Spanish/Italian co-production directed by José Luis Merino with Carlos Quiney as Robin Hood.
  • 1970: The Magnificent Robin Hood ({{langx|it|Il magnifico Robin Hood}}), an Italian/Spanish co-production directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and featuring George Martin as Robin Hood.
  • 1971: Long Live Robin Hood ({{langx|it|L'arciere di fuoco}}, also known as The Scalawag Bunch), an Italian film starring Giuliano Gemma as Robin Hood.
  • 1975: The Arrows of Robin Hood ({{langx|ru|Стрелы Робин Гуда|Strely Robin Guda}}), a Soviet adaptation in Russian by Sergey Tarasov, starring Boris Khmelnitsky as Robin Hood, with songs of Vladimir Vysotsky.
  • 1983: The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe ({{langx|ru|Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго|Ballada o doblestnom rytsare Ayvengo}}), a Russian adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe by Sergey Tarasov, with songs of Vladimir Vysotsky, starring Boris Khmelnitsky as Robin Hood, who helps Ivanhoe to restore Richard's kingdom.
  • 1986: Superfantozzi, an Italian film, the fifth of the Fantozzi comedy film series. Directed by Neri Parenti, it stars Paolo Villaggio as several incarnations of the character Ugo Fantozzi during the whole history of humanity. In one segment set in medieval England, a poor Fantozzi is given a large sum of gold from Robin Hood (played by Luc Merenda), only to be robbed minutes later by Robin himself because that gold made him rich.
  • 1988: Aaj Ka Robin Hood (Translation: Today's Robin Hood) is a 1988 adventure-drama Indian Hindi film directed and produced by Tapan Sinha.{{Cite web|title=Production details of Aaj Ka Robin Hood|access-date=2014-01-07|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/176072/Aaj-Ka-Robin-Hood/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714173343/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/176072/Aaj-Ka-Robin-Hood/overview|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Clarke Fountain|date=2014|archive-date=2014-07-14}} It stars Anil Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Nana Patekar, Rabi Ghosh and Satish Shah in lead roles.{{Cite web|title=Casting of 1988 hindi film Aaj ka Robin Hood|access-date=2014-01-07|url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-cast-and-crew/aaj-ka-robin-hood/|publisher=movies.msn.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201930/http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-cast-and-crew/aaj-ka-robin-hood/|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • 1990: O Mistério de Robin Hood ({{langx|pt|Xuxa e os Trapalhões em O Mistério de Robin Hood}}) is a 1990 Brazilian comedy-adventure film, directed by José Alvarenga Júnior. The film is starring Xuxa Meneghel and Os Trapalhões.
  • 1991: Robin Good: Sugod Ng Sugod, a Filipino Parody comedy movie released by Viva Entertainment and directed by Tony Y. Reyes
  • 2012: Robin Hood: Ghosts of Sherwood, a German/US international co-production.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1572503/|title=Robin Hood: Ghosts of Sherwood|date=9 November 2012|via=www.imdb.com}}

= Live-action television films =

  • 1966: Robin Hood, der edle Räuber, a German television film (in two parts) with Hans von Borsody as Robin Hood

= Live-action television series =

  • 2008: Catch Me Now, a Chinese TV series, with modern settings
  • 2016: Alyas Robin Hood, a Philippine primetime series produced by GMA Network.{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/24454/strongpep-exclusivestrong-alyas-robin-hood-consultant-differentiates-show-as-arrow-actor-reacts-to-t#YDQ0MLLgB567oFoG.99|title=Alyas Robin Hood consultant differentiates show from Arrow|first=James Patrick|last=Anarcon|publisher=PEP}}

= Parodies, theatrical films =

  • 1952: The Last Robin Hood ({{langx|fr|Le dernier Robin des Bois}}), a French light comedy in which Roger Nicolas portrays a summer camp supervisor who dresses himself as Robin Hood to impress a young woman (Nicole Maurey), then has to save her with the help of the children from the leader of a smuggler gang.
  • 1975: Little Robin Hood ({{langx|es|El pequeño Robin Hood}}), a Mexican family comedy adventure film directed by René Cardona from a screenplay written by his son René Cardona Jr., Robin is a 12-year-old boy accompanied by his friends, Aramis the old gypsy and Lucifer the chimpanzee, as they commit small-time thefts to help the poor members of the gypsy community in the 19th century American Old West.
  • 1966: Beware of the Car ({{langx|ru|Береги́сь автомоби́ля|Beregis Avtomobilya}}) updates the legend to modern Russia, with Innokenty Smoktunovsky playing a taxi driver turned car thief who gives the stolen money to orphanages.
  • 1968: About Seven Brothers ({{langx|fi|Noin seitsemän veljestä}}) is a Finnish loose-based parody of the Robin Hood story, directed by Jukka Virtanen, and written, produced and starred by Spede Pasanen.

= Parodies, short films =

  • 2004: Nottingham 2051. Year 2051. Robin Hood and Little John want to deliver "essential pharmacies" in the third world.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1451796/|title=Nottingham 2051|date=4 September 2004|via=www.imdb.com}} Robin Hood is played by Tiziano Scrocca. Italian production

= Parodies, theatrical films =

  • 1985:Naan Sigappu Manithan is a Tamil-language action thriller film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar.
  • 1985:Nyayam Meere Cheppali is a Telugu film starring Suman and Jayasudha in the lead roles
  • 2008: Iljimae, a South Korean television drama series, based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era.
  • 2009: The Return of Iljimae, a South Korean television drama series, based on comic strip Iljimae, published between 1975 and 1977, by Ko Woo-yung which was based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era.{{cite news|last=Garcia|first=Cathy Rose A.|title=Retrospective on Comic Artist Ko Woo-young|url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2008/07/135_27411.html|access-date=4 February 2013|newspaper=Korea Times|date=11 July 2008}}
  • 2015: Kamen Rider Ghost; in the third overall episode "Bull's-eye! Archery of Justice!", Takeru Tenkūji can access a green archer form called Robin Damashii which is accessed by the ghost of Robin Hood himself. Robin's spirit also helps Takeru on his journey to unite the fifteen Legendary Heroic Souls.

= Animated films =

= Animated television series =

  • 1990–1992: Robin Hood ({{langx|ja|ロビンフッドの大冒険}}, Robin Hood no Daibōken), a Japanese animated series developed by Tatsunoko Productions, tells a version of the story in which Robin (Voiced by Kazue Ikura) and his men (and women), as well as Maid Marian, are – in majority – children. This version also incorporates several fantasy elements, mainly expressed in mystic powers of the nature and a powerful treasure protected by the forest Sherwood itself. The whole series contains strong environmental messages as well as morals relating to real life.
  • 1994: Hello Kitty and Friends, the 1989–1998 Sanrio anime series, has an episode based on Robin Hood featuring Keroppi in the eponymous role, {{nihongo|Kero Kero Keroppi no Robin Hood|けろけろけろっぴのロビンフッド|Kero Kero Keroppi's Robin Hood}}, in which the Sanrio characters reenact the legend.
  • 1995: "Robin Hood", episode 10 of World Fairy Tale Series.
  • 1997: In an episode of Cutey Honey Flash anime, one of the forms Honey takes in that episode is Robin Hood Honey.
  • 2013: Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood, an Indian-French CGI animated series produced by Method Animation and DQ Enternainement. Shows a children's version of Robin Hood.
  • 2018: Robin Hood is featured as a servant summoned from the past to fight in a Holy Grail War in the anime series Fate/Extra Last Encore, a part of the Fate/stay night franchise created by Kinoko Nasu.

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