Which animated characters are actually psychopaths?

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Which animated characters are actually psychopaths? To avoid this thread becoming a list thread explain how they are a psychopath.

Now lets explain exactly what a psychopath is. A psychopath is not criminally insane (that's what a psychotic is), they can tell the difference between right and wrong, they just don't care. They have no conscience or sense of empathy for others.
 
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The dictionary definition of a psychopath is a "mentally ill or unstable person" (M-W.com). Dictionary.com offers more specific detail: "A person with an antisocial personality disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse."

And I believe "sociopath" is the preferred terminology these days.

That being said, I believe Invader ZIM would fit that profile perfectly.
 
I think you are arguing about semantics, what I'm saying, quite correctly, is that a psychopath is not criminally insane, like a psychotic is, a psychopath doesn't have voices in his head or have conversations with the dog next door.

Someone can have a metal illness, like say OCD and not be criminal insane. A psychopath can tell the difference between right and wrong, a psychotic can't ,so a psychopath isn't criminally insane.

I thought a sociopath is someone who doesn't have empathy for others because of the way they were raised, while a psychopath is someone who is born without a conscience.
 
Sounds right to me. I would also like to toss in Yosemite Sam, Bender, and most of Batman's enemies. Brock Samson tends to act similarly, but he does follow some sort of ethics. Pete (Disney) may or may not count, depending on the short/movie/series/whatever. This sound right to you guys? The Amoeba Boys might count as well...sort of. They can tell right from wrong, and activly try to commit evil deeds for seemingly no real reason, but they're just really bad at it.
 
That sounds like most villains out there, to be honest. Provided we're using the "character who knows right from wrong, but doesn't care and does bad stuff" definition. Like, say, Vilgax from Ben 10 who knows conquering the universe is "evil", but does it anyone because he's greedy and power hungry?
 
Not really a psychopath has very little in the way of moral limits, so most of the goofy 80s villains are out.

I mean compare 80s Shredder to 2003 Shredder, which one off as more psychopathic?
 
I know alot of animated characters that are psychopaths if they count & I agreed with Serge1228's choices too:

Daffy Duck/Yosemate Sam/Gossamer/Rocky & Muggsy/The 3 bears/Witch Hazel/Taz Tasmanian Devil/Wile E. Coyote/The Big Bad Wolf/Steve Brody/Mr.Hyde/Napoleon Bonaparte(Bugs Bunny/LooneyTunes) - I love their crazy lose temper tantrums & hilarious psychopathic antics.
Eric Raymond/The Misfits:Phyllis(Pizzazz),Roxanne(Roxy),Mary(Stormer),& Sheila(Jetta)/Zipper(Jem & the Holograms) - The most awesome old school psychopathic villains ever:D:evil:!!!!!!
Megatron/Starscream/Scourge/Evil Ultra Magnus/Sideways/Unicron(All Transformers series) - Power hungry/war-loving/threatening Decepticon villains.
Grune the Destroyer/Mumm-Ra/Mongor/The Lunataks(Thundercats) - They're scary psychopaths.
Wrath-Amon(Conan the Adventurer) - Power-hungry,sadistic,world-destroyer villain.
Armstrong/Robotica/evil car robot(Ducktales) - They're mechanical psychopaths up to date.
Ren Hoek(Ren & Stimpy) - He's hilarious for his crazy lose tempers/mental breakdowns on poor Stimpy:p.
Evil Ren/Female Evil Ren(Ren's evil halves)(Ren & Stimpy) - They're really nasty/psychopathic than the old Ren Hoek.
The Evil Kitten(Taz-Mania) - He may look cute,but he's a scary psycho beast on poor Taz,that episode gave me nightmares.
Negaduck/Dark Warrior Duck/Nega-Duck(Darkwing's evil half)(Darkwing Duck) - They're crazy,sadistic,power-hungry & really psychopathic.
Lex Luthor/Toyman/Brainiac/Darkseid/Livewire/Doomsday/The Joker/The Penguin/The Riddler/Mr.Freeze/Roland Daggett/Two-Face/Clayface/Maximillian Zeus/The Scarecrow/Killer Croc/The Mad Hatter/Clock King/Ra's al Ghul/Tony Zucco/Dr.Hugo Strange/Bane/Mary Dahl(Baby Doll)/Scarface/Firefly/Black Mask/Francis/The Joining/Dr.Phosphorus/The Joker 2.0/Amygdala/Cyber Cat/The Great White Shark/Humpty Dumpty/Lynx/Tally Man 1 & 2/Onomatopoeia/Venom/Carnage/The Hobgoblin/The Green Goblin/Demogoblin/Spider-Doppelganger/Carrion/Scream/Toxin/She-Venom/Krobaa/Anti-Venom/Black Manta/Icicle/Gorilla Grodd/Morgaine le Faye/Killer Frost/Gentleman Ghost/Sportsmaster/Despero/The Shark/Major Disaster/Silver Cyclone/Equinox/The Tornado Champion(Tornado Tyrant)/Great Caesar/Ramjam/Shrapnel/King Shark/The Sinestro Corps./Atrocitus & the Red Lantern Corps./Agent Orange & the Orange/Black Lantern Corps.(Superman/Batman/Spider-Man/Aquaman/The Batman/The Flash/Justice League/Green Lantern/Wildcat) - They're all awesome psychopaths due to their motives.
Deadpool(Deadpool) - Pretty psychopathic superhero if you ask me.
Peg(Goof Troop) - Pete's sexy wife who's really psycho/terrifying when she's angry.
Sharky the Sharkdog/Zoltar/The Evil Rabbit/The Brain/The 2 Catgirls/Alice(Eek! the Cat) - They're hilarious/psychopathic huh,hehehehe:p.
Dr.Robotnik/Snively/Ixis Naughus(SatAM Sonic the Hedgehog) - They're are the biggest psychopaths ever.
Evil Sonic/Bark the Polar Bear/Sleuth Dog/Mammoth Mogule/Dimitri(Enerjak)/Ebony Hare/Bean the Dynamite/A.D.A.M./Jack Rabbit/Drago Wolf/Warlord Kodos/Uma Arachnis/Scourge the Hedgehog/Rosy the Rascal/Lein-da/The Iron King & Iron Queen Regina(Sonic/Knuckles comics) - In the comics,they're all megalomaniacal psychopaths!!!!
Nicky(Pepper Ann) - She's hilarious when she goes psycho mad,hahahahaha.
Gator Jane(Animated Ace Ventura:Pet Detective) - Tough,tomboyish,alligator-poaching/killing psychopath chick!!!!!
Bender/Zapp/Mom/Robot Santa/Roberto(Futurama) - He's crazy for being awesome/megalomaniacal while Zapp is a crazy idiot while other villains were so psychotic as them.
Vicky/Jorgan/Mr.Crocker/Princess Mandie/Anti-Cosmo/Anti-Wanda/Foop(Fairly Oddparents) - Both a funny,evil,sadistic babysitter,tough,scary fairy,crazy,fairy-catching lunatic teacher,psychotic alien girlfriend of Mark's,& evil twins of Cosmo,Wanda,& Poof,hehehe.
Eric Cartman/Mr.Hat/Shelly/Dr.Adams/The Earth Day jerks/Osama Bin Laden/The Cripples & the Bloods/Jennifer Lopez/R.Kelly/Puff Daddy/Trent Boyette/The Woodland Critters/The Hand-Collecting Killer/The Sea Otters/The Evil Imaginations/Chertov/Evil Mickey Mouse/Kanye West(South Park) - Evil fat sadistic/anti-Semetic/selfish/manipulative/greedy brat who's funny & so evil while the other villains were more psychotic/cruel than him.
Peter Griffin/Stewie Griffin/Bertram/O.J. Simpson(Family Guy) - They're hilarious trouble-causing psychopaths:D.
Invader ZIM/Dib(Invader ZIM) - Both of them are funny crazed psychopaths.
C.H.A.D./Terence(Terry)(Totally Spies!) - Megalomanical psychopaths do come in handy,hehehe.
Master Shake/The Killer Trees/Willie Nelson(Aqua Teen Hunger Force) - He loves to spread chaos & destroy everything at times while the others are bloodthirsty killers.
Vlad Masters(Plasmius)/Technus/Penelope Spectre/The Fright Knight/Pariah Dark/Dark Danny/Undergrowth(Danny Phantom) - The best ghostly psychopaths ever!!!!!!!!
Utrom/Demon/Cyber Shredders(TMNT 2003) - They're awesome/scary/psychopathic with cool designs.
Slade/Blackfire/Mad Mod/Warp/Kitten/Brother Blood/Trigon/The Brain(Teen Titans) - They're the biggest psychopaths ever!!!!!!!
Princess Azula/Firelord Ozai(Avatar:TLAB) - Both of those two are crazy,insane,scary,& psychopathic,but Azula scares me.
Bloo/Berry/Bendy(Fosters'Home For Imaginary Friends) - They're hilarious psychopaths.
Huey/Riley/Luna(The Boondocks) - They're really hilarious psychopaths.
Jen/Nikki/Caitlin/Ron the Rent-A-Cop(6teen) - They are hilarious psychopaths which is mostly Ron though.
Brock Samson/The Monarch/Dr.Girlfriend/The Two Moppets:Kevin & Tim-Tom/Molotov/Phantom Limb/Jonny Quest/Henry Killinger/Myra Brandish/Mrs.Manstrong/Ted,Sonny,& Groovy/Trigger,Go-Fish,& LeTueur/The Cleaner(The Venture Brothers) - They're pretty hilarious psychopaths.
Vilgax/Dr.Animo/Kevin 11/Hex/The Forever Knights/The High Breed/Michael Morningstar(Darkstar)(Ben 10/Ben 10:Alien Force) - They are huge world-conquering psychopaths!!!!!!!!
Archie the Scary Rabbit(Squirrel Boy) - He's one funny,psycho,scary bunny who really scares me!!!!!!
Stan Smith/Francine Smith/Steve Smith/Evil Barry/Meg(American Dad!) - They're hilarious,but can be psychotic at times.
Early/Rusty/Granny/Dan Halen(Squidbillies) - They love to torture people for fun.
Master Cyclonis/Dark Ace/Capt.Scabulous/Mr.Moss/The NightCrawlers(Storm Hawks) - They're pretty big psychopaths are they.
Chowder/Truffles/Endive/Panini(Chowder:chowder::radda:) - They're both hilarious crazy psychopaths,but Panini is so cute/adorable though.
Eugene/Bernard(Back at the Barnyard) - They're psychopathic brats,dude:eek:!!!!!
Portia/Gwen/Chelsea(The Mighty B!) - Evil snooty brats who're pretty psycho crazy at times.
Chef/Izzy/Heather/Eva/Courtney/Alejandro(Total Drama Island/Action/World Tour/Going Back To The Island) - Izzy's craziness is hilarious,but Chef,Heather,Eva & Courtney are pretty psycho scary:eek:.
The Warden(Superjail!) - He's wacky & enjoys seeing the prisoners die.
Baron Berserker(The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) - Awesome scary psychopath who's a scary killing machine!!!!!
Vincent Vladislav Argost/Leonidas Van Rook/Pietro"Piecemeal" Maltese/Epsilon & Francis/The Mondays/Eterno/Dr.Lancaster's evil scientist colleague/The Mayor of Sanctuary II(The Secret Saturdays) - They're awesome,interesting,power-hungry psychopaths.
Count Dooku/Asajj Ventress/General Grievous/R3-D3/Nute Gunray/Lok Durd/Chairman Chi Cho/Dr.Nuvo Vindi/Wat Tambor/Cad Bane(Star Wars:The Clone Wars) - All of them were great,awesome psychopaths!!!!!!
Drinky Crow(The Drinky Crow Show) - He's hilarious when he goes psychotic alot on a killing spree.
Heloise(Jimmy Two-Shoes) - Hilarious psychotic serial killer of a little girl who likes Jimmy.
The Professor(Simon)/Defoe/Razimouf/Klaus(Huntik) - They're pretty big psychopaths with Defoe's crazy vengeance streak too.
Elizabeth or Liz/Wiggles the cute,scary bunny/Evil Stevens/Chuckles/L.O.S.E.'s eviler clones(The League of Super Evil) - They're all scary psychopaths!!!!!!
Jeff & the eco-terrorists(The Goode Family) - They're funny psychopaths for wanting to blow up things.
King Zarkon/Haggar/Prince Lotor/Queen Merla/Viceroy Throk(Voltron) - Best old school 80s psychopaths ever!!!!!!
Queen Beryl/Jedite/Zoicite/Malakite/Ann & Alan/The Wiseman/Emerald/Prof.Tomoe/Mistress 9/Kaolinite/Mimete/Tellu/Sailor Galaxia/Sailor Tin Nyanko/All the monsters from all major sagas(Sailormoon) - Awesome psychopathic villains ever!!!!!
Chi-Chi/Raditz/Vegeta/Freeza/Garlic Jr./Dr.Gero/Androids 17 & 18/Cell/Bibidi & Babidi/Majin Buu/Dr.Raichi/Dr.Myuu/Cardinal Mutchi-Mutchi/General Rilldo/Baby/Super 17/The Shadow Dragons(Dragonball Z/GT) - Let's see,an annoying wife & could planet-destroying creeps ring a bell,hehehehe.
Lum/Ataru/Megane/Shinobu/Sakura/Kurama/Shutaro/Ran/Natsuko/Onsen-Mark/Ryoko/Ryuunosuke & her father Mr.Fujinami/Movie Lum,Shinobu,Perm,Shutaro,& Ryuunosuke/Ten's mother(Urusei Yatsura) - Those girls & guys do have a massive psychotic streak!!!!!!!!
Giovanni/Butch & Kassidy/Prof.Sebastian & Tyson/Harland,Isabel,Archie,& Maxie/Brody/Harley/Attila & Hun/Paul/Hunter J./Coco/scary ghost girl/Cyrus,Saturn,Mars,& Jupiter(Pokemon/Chronicles) - They're all the biggest psychopathic villains ever!!!!!!
Devimon/Myotismon/Dark Masters/Apocalymon/Daemon/Lucemon/Kurata(Digimon/Zero 2/Tamers/Frontier/Data Squad) - They love to destroy anything in their way do they.
Master Moo/General Durahan(Monster Rancher) - Sick twisted,sadistic,world-domination psychopaths up to date!!!!!!
Tenkai/Shinnosuke Yamazaki(Aoi/Kuroki)/Keigo/Masque de Corbeau/Brent/Okubo/Patrick/Oda(Sakura Wars/Taisen) - All of them were fantastic,power-hungry psychopaths!!!!!!!
Dilandau/Folken(The Vision of Escaflowne) - They're pretty major psychopaths so far!!!!!!
Yami Bakura/Yami Marik/Dartz/Titan/Camula/Kagemaru/Sartorious/Mr.Shroud/D/Adrian/Prof.Viper/Trapper/Evil Marcel/Mad King Brron/Supreme King/Yubel/True Darkness/Rex Goodwin/Evil Greiger/Sayer/The Professor/Commander Koda/Roman Goodwin/Kalin/Misty(Yu-Gi-Oh!/GX/5D's) - They really psychopathic scary villains who terrified me especially their crazy duels.
Vicious/Mad Pierrot(Cowboy Bebop) - They're sick bloodthirsty killers mostly.
Gouki/Rando/Suzaku/Gonzou Tarakane/The Toguro Bros./Sakyo/Dr.Ichigaki/Sensui(YuYu Hakusho) - They're all major psychopaths,dude!!!!!!!!!!
Full-Demon Inuyasha/Naraku/toad demon/The Thunder Brothers:Hiten & Manten/spider demon/Goshinki/Hakudoushi/Hoshiyomi/Bankotsu/Jakotsu/Suikotsu(Inuyasha) - They want to torture the lives of others for fun.
Millions Knives/Legato/The Gung-Ho Guns(Trigun) - They want to destroy the human race which that sums it up.
Evil Yuji/The High Council/Evil Alicia/Tony(Blue Gender) - They're all huge psychopaths!!!!!!!!
Zeke/Len Tao/Faust VIII/Uncle En/The X-Laws(Shaman King) - The best cool shaman psychopaths.
Dr.Eggman(Robotnik)/Chaos/Dark Oak & the Metarex(Sonic X) - They're really huge psychopaths!!!!!!!
Haruka/Naru/Motoko/Tsuruko(Love Hina) - Those girls are scary psychotic!!!!!!!
Fllay/Natarle/Rau/Patrick Zala(Gundam SEED) - They're all huge psychopaths!!!!!!!
King Raregroove/Lucia/General Shuda/Lance/Dr.Schneider/Berial/Ltiangle/Ron Glace/Julius/Haja/Pumpkin Doryu/Lilith/Werewolves/Cookie Crusher/Mummy/Werewolf Musica/Poison Cloud Orochi/Ogre/Evil Haru & Evil Plue/Blanche/Hardner/Lunar/Sean/Koala/Giraffe/Leopard/Lukan/Shakuma/4 Demon Gods:Uta,Asura,Megido,& Jiero(Rave Master) - Those guys are humongous world destroyers!!!!!
Sergei/Jean Gadot(Geneshaft) - They were scary psychopaths!!!!!!!!
Capt.Kuro/Don Krieg/Arlong/King Wapol/Crocodile/The World Government/Enel/Rob Lucci/Spandam/Gecko/Celestial Dragons:Saint Roswald,Saint Sharlia,& Saint Charloss/Captain Kid/marine commodore/Kikyou/Boa Hancock/4 Guardian Beasts:Minotaurus,Minozebra,Minokoala,& Minorhinoceros/Chief Guard Sadi-chan/Chief Guard Shiryuu(One Piece) - They're the most evil,power-hungry,megalomanical villains ever(except for Captain Kid,he's a hero).
Lust/Gluttony/Envy/Shou Tucker/Barry the Chopper/Pride(King Bradley)/Greed/Kimbly/Frank Archer/Wrath/Dante(Fullmetal Alchemist) - They're really scary psychopaths!!!!!!
Nagi/Obsidian Prince/Haruka/Shiho/Nao/Miyu/Nina/Tomoe(Mai Hime/Otome) - They're the best psychopaths ever!!!!!!
Kyuubi Naruto/Mizuki/Sakura/Sasuke/Ino/Neji/Gaara/Orochimaru/Itachi/Tsunade/Aoi/Akatsuki group/Raiga/Gosunkugi/Ooki/Amachi/Akahoshi/The 3 Ninja Brothers:Renga,Ruiga,& Jiga/Yakumo's demon/The Ninja Dropouts:Shura,Monju,& 3rd unnamed member/Jugo(Naruto/Shippuden) - They're really huge psychopaths mostly.
Rin/Nishida/Shiro/Marin/The Hanzomon High School punks/Rin's rival motorcycle gang(Midori Days) - Those punks can be major psychopaths on Seiji.
Colonel Dewey/Anemone(Eureka 7) - One wants to destroy the world with Corallians & the other is psycho scary!!!!!
Full-Hollow Ichigo/Grand Fisher/Byakuya/Renji/Zaraki/Ikkaku/Ichigo's inner Hollow/Sosuke Aizen/Gin/Kaname/Mayuri/Jin Kariya/Ryo/Mabashi/Yoshi/Ulquiorra/Yammy/Grimmjow/Mizuho(Keigo's sister)/Chappy Yumichika/Aaroniero/Szayel/Patros/Luppi/Wonderweiss/Cirucci/Rudobone/Apache,Mila-Rose,& Sun-Sun/Tesla/Syusuke Amagai/Makoto Kibune/Komui/Hazan/Kuzu/Douko/Genga/Choe Neng Poww/Charlotte/Avirama/Findor/Ggio/Nirgge/Allon/Baishin(Blade)/Muramasa/Kazeshini(Bleach) - They're pretty cool,twisted psychopaths especially with Mayuri's twisted experiments & sick powers/Aaroniero's release form/Szayel's sick ability to top it off:eek:.
Happiness Bunny(Crayon Shin-chan) - He's one crazy psychopathic bunny doll with a nasty attitude & mouth to top it off.
Rebecca(Becky)/Miyako(Pani Poni Dash!) - They're hilarious psychopaths!!!!!!
Taishi/Yukino's father(TOKKO) - They want to destroy the world with violent bloodthirsty demons.
M.Bison/Zochi/Vega/Akuma(Streetfighter) - Pretty sick psychopaths so far.
Light Yagami/Demegawa/Misa/Yotsuba group/Higuchi/Mello/Mikami/Kiyomi(Death Note) - Really evil/sadistic on killing people with magical notebooks sums it up,except for Mello.
Diva/Amshell/Carl/James/Nathan/The Schiff/Dr.Collins(Blood+) - They're crazy sick psychopaths on the whole Chiropteran takeover.
Naga/Masquerade/Hal-G/Klaus/Prince Hydron/Spectra Phantom/Mylene/Shadow/Prof.Clay(Mira's bad father)(Bakugan:Battle Brawlers/New Vestroia) - They're all power-hungry psychopaths MAN!!!!!!
Nene/Zola & Killer Bat/Sabazo/Delphinium/Rudolph/Michael/Fagino/Hildegard/Crester(possessed by Dragon Scale)/mummy(possessed by Dragon Scale)/two sexy dancer chicks(possessed by Dragon Scale)/Schmit(Blue Dragon/Tenkai no Shichi Ryuu) - They're huge shadow-wielding psychopaths ever!!!!!!
Hugh/Elmeida/Glaudio/Dumas/Morocco(Kiba) - They're sadistic,huge psychopaths!!!!!
Emperor Charles/Marianne/V.V./Clovis/Diethard/Nina/Jeremiah/Villetta/Suzaku/Britannian officer(episode 1)/Cornelia/Dalton/Guileford/Mao/Schneizel/Atushi/Rolo/Emilio/Bismarck/Luciano/The High Eunuchs:Zhao,Xia,Cheng,Xiang,Cai,Tong,& Huang/creepy killer Geass children(Code Geass:Lelouch Of The Rebellion/R2) - They were pretty awesome psychopaths along with their Geasses.
Lord Genome/Viral/pink furball Beastmen/wolf girl Beastman/Thymilph/Adiane/Guame/Cytomander/Evil Rossiu/Evil Kinon/Evil Nia/Anti-Spiral(Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann) - They're awesome psychopaths to me.
Prince Ali/Graham/Billy/Louise/Hallelujah/Soma/Alejandro/Ribbons/Johann,Michael & Nena Trinity/Andrei/Barack/Arthur/Homer/Aber(Mobile Suit Gundam 00) - Those villains were pretty psychopathic due to their personalities on killing innocent people.
Johan Liebert/Eva/Mr.Hartmann/"The Baby"/crazy arsonist/Roberto/psychopathic killers/Martin(Monster) - They're all crazy psychopathic maniacs in anime history!!!!!!
Lucy(Elfen Lied) - Such an innocent girl who's a bloodthirsty psychopathic killing machine:eek:.

I got a little carried away with all the psychopaths I've seen, hehehehe.
 
Bender does have SOME ethics. I mean, he will stand up for his friends if theyre in trouble. Its actually Zap Brannigan you have to worry about, he may not ACT evil but he bases all his decisions on how it will benefit him, not others.
 
Cant believe I forgot about Stewie. Good choices, man.


So lets see here...Now that I think about it, most Disney villians dont have a sense of morality and are willing to do anything to get what they want. Some, like Prince John, may be too goofy to really be considered a psychopath, and some, like Frollo, do have an twisted vision of morality, but some sort of morality nonetheless.
 
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I think these pictures speak for themselves...
 
Would'nt the best definition for this be someone who does'nt even have a set goal in mind, but just enjoys going around being evil? If that's so, I second Cartman.
 
Johan Liebert, anyone?

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If a guy who (among other things) caused all the people in the orphanage he lived in as a child to kill each other, for no reason, doesn't qualify for this thread, I'd like to see who does.

What makes him even scarier is the fact that he doesn't look crazy/evil the way Joker, Azula or Light does.
 
I'd say Sideshow Bob, but then again, he has "went straight" more than a couple of times... but of course, only to "go bad" again in the very next episode i appears in, sometimes even without a reason.

But one dude that has got to be a psycopath is the saturday morning cartoon version of Dr. Robotnik.
 
Forget Eric, my vote's with The Joker. As in B:TAS, etc. And let's not forget the Transformers' Starscream and in TFOP, Trixe and Tootie as well as Francis, in addition to Crocker. The Jetsons too, when it comes to Spaceley, Cogswell and Uniblab.
 
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