Dawn (game)
Dawn (Japanese: ヒカリ Hikari) is the female player character of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and their Generation VIII remakes Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. As an NPC, Dawn serves as the assistant to Professor Rowan. Her male counterpart is Lucas.
Appearance
Dawn is a young girl with fair skin, vivid blue eyes, navy blue hair, and a slightly thin build.
In Pokémon Diamond & Pearl, Dawn's default attire consists of a black V-neck tank top with a white undershirt and a pink skirt as if both parts were acting like a dress. Her head mans a white beanie hat with a partial Poké Ball marking in pink engraved on it. She wears gold hair clips that hold up her hair in the front. A red scarf surrounds her neck, and her footwear features pink tall boots with satin black knee-high socks. In Pokémon Masters EX an alternate palette of Dawn's default appearance shows her wearing a green V-neck tank top with a chartreuse undershirt and a yellow skirt as if both parts were acting like a dress. The hat on her head is chartreuse with a partial Poké Ball marking colored yellow. The hair clips are red, and the boots are yellow with forest green knee-high socks.
In Pokémon Platinum, Dawn wears a different outfit to combat colder climates. Her platinum form features a salmon pink trenchcoat with a white scarf surrounding her neck. She retains the same white beanie hat but her hair clips are pink instead. The boots are slightly different than what she wore for her default attire, and the socks are white, extending a little past the knees.
In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Dawn has many variations through trainer customization. Her summer style shows her wearing a white blouse with blue denim shorts. The shoes feature black and white high tops with black socks partially concealed within. The Pikachu hoodie style shows her wearing a satin black hoodie with yellow spark markings, which also include navy blue leggings and red and white high tops. The overalls style show Dawn wearing a white t-shirt with bright blue overalls and brown formal shoes. The Eevee jacket style shows her wearing a steel gray baseball cap, a black and white jacket with yellow stars, a blue tank top, a mint turquoise skirt, and deep space purple sneakers with black socks. The Gengar jacket style features almost the same color scheme as the Eevee jacket, although the jacket is magenta, and the tank top is black, while everything else in the build remains the same. The cyber style shows Dawn wearing a brown short dress with scarlet and red lines. The boots are the same color with white socks. The winter style shows Dawn wearing a red beanie hat, an orange fleece coat with faded cream white sleeves, a mustard yellow maxi skirt, and polished orange dress shoes. The spring style shows her wearing a turquoise beret hat, a pink sweater with a white blouse under it, a gray plaid skirt, and copper many jane shoes with gray socks. The casual style shows Dawn wearing an onyx black baseball cap with a red stripe, a yellow punk jacket with a white denim dress under it, and black combat boots. The leather jacket style shows Dawn wearing a black leather jacket with a white t-shirt under it, leggings with multiple purple color codes, and black high tops. Her contest dress, which is otherwise unplayable in the outside world and only shown in contests, features a white dress with red ribbons decorating it, the footwear features white mary janes.
In the core series games
As the protagonist
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Dawn lives in Twinleaf Town with her mother. Dawn and Barry both see a television program about a red Gyarados, so the two head to the nearby Lake Verity in search of a similar Pokémon. As the enter the lake area, Professor Rowan and his assistant Lucas are leaving, but have inadvertently left a briefcase behind. Dawn and Barry wander into the tall grass, but are suddenly attacked by wild Starly; as a last resort, they each use one of the Pokémon in the briefcase the Professor has forgotten. The two take their Pokémon to Sandgem Town to return them to Professor Rowan, but Rowan decides to let the two keep their Pokémon, and also gives them each a Pokédex.
Dawn goes on to gather the eight Gym Badges of Sinnoh, defeat Team Galactic, and conquer the Pokémon League. She has to stop Team Galactic from trying to use either DialgaDBD or PalkiaPSP to destroy the entire universe in order to create a new one.
Pokémon Platinum
Dawn lives in Twinleaf Town with her mother. Dawn and Barry both see a television program about Professor Rowan, so the two head to Sandgem Town to visit Professor Rowan at his lab to get some Pokémon of their own. They receive their Pokémon on Route 201 when Professor Rowan realizes that they are so dedicated to Pokémon that they would attempt to travel from Twinleaf Town to Sandgem Town through the tall grass without any Pokémon of their own.
Dawn goes on to gather the eight Gym Badges of Sinnoh, defeat Team Galactic, and conquer the Pokémon League. She has to go to the Distortion World and face Giratina, in order to stop both worlds from destroying each other.
Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2
In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, the player character from Diamond, Pearl and Platinum and their exploits are referenced by Cynthia, who remembers a young Trainer who had defeated her.
As a non-playable character
If the player chooses Lucas, Dawn appears in the game as an NPC. She serves as Professor Rowan's assistant. She lives in Sandgem Town with her little sister, grandfather, and father—who also works as an assistant of Professor Rowan. She received her first partner Pokémon before the player, having either a Turtwig, Chimchar or Piplup—the Pokémon she has is always the one that has a type disadvantage against the player's first partner Pokémon.
She demonstrates how to catch Pokémon to the player by catching a wild Bidoof.
Pokémon
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Capture tutorial
- Caught in tutorial
First Multi Battle partner
Second Multi Battle partner
Pokémon Platinum
Capture tutorial
- Caught in tutorial
First Multi Battle partner
Second Multi Battle partner
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Capture tutorial
- Caught in tutorial
First Multi Battle partner
Second Multi Battle partner
Weekend battles
Before Version 1.1.0, Infernape knew Overheat, Focus Blast, and Grass Knot instead of Flare Blitz, Close Combat, and Earthquake.
Weekend battles (after entering the Hall of Fame 10 times)
Before Version 1.1.0, Infernape knew Overheat, Focus Blast, and Grass Knot instead of Flare Blitz, Close Combat, and Earthquake.
In the side series games
Pokémon Battle Revolution
Dawn may appear in DS Battle multiplayer if a Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, or SoulSilver cartridge containing a game where the player character is female is connected to the Wii console. She can compete in both free fights and tournaments in a Colosseum.
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Dawn (Masters)
Dawn, who is based on the player character, in her Pokémon Diamond and Pearl design, forms a sync pair with Turtwig and its evolved forms Grotle and Torterra, along with Alcremie, Cresselia, Sensu Style Oricorio, Plant Cloak Wormadam, and Empoleon in Pokémon Masters EX. Dawn became a playable sync pair on May 28, 2020.
Dawn has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, the Villain Arc.
| Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
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Turtwig → Grotle → Torterra♀ |
Grass
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Bug
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★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout | |
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Palentine's 2021 Dawn |
#0869 | 
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Alcremie♀ Vanilla Cream |
Fairy
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Steel
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★★★★★☆EX | Seasonal Sync Pair Scout | |
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Sygna Suit Dawn |
#0488 | 
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Cresselia♀ |
Psychic
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Dark
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★★★★★☆EX | Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout |
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New Year's 2023 Dawn |
#0741 | 
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Oricorio♀ Sensu Style |
Ghost
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Ice
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★★★★★☆EX | Seasonal Sync Pair Scout | |
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Dawn | #0413 | 
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Wormadam♀ Plant Cloak |
Bug
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Flying
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★★★★☆☆EX | Trainer Lodge Friendship Level 100 | |
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Dawn | #0395 | 
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Empoleon♀  |
Steel
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Electric
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★★★★★☆EX | Mix Sync Pair Scout |
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
- Main article: Dawn (Space-Time Smackdown 154)
Dawn makes an appearance as a Supporter card in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's second expansion, Space-Time Smackdown. When the player plays this card, they can move an Energy from one of their Benched Pokémon to their Active Pokémon.
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Space-Time Smackdown | 
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Space-Time Smackdown | 
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194/155 | ||
Pokémon GO
- Main article: Style (GO)
For the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Dawn's outfit was released as free style options in Pokémon GO.
Quotes
- Main article: Dawn (game)/Quotes
Counterparts
In animation
Pokémon the Series
- Main article: Dawn (anime)
- Main article: Alternate World Dawn
Dawn is one of the many player characters appearing in the games to also be present in Pokémon the Series. Appearing throughout Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, she is a Pokémon Coordinator and a former traveling companion of Ash and Brock. She reappeared in Pokémon the Series: Black & White and Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
In The Gates of Warp!, an alternate universe version of Dawn was introduced. Unlike the main universe Dawn, this version is a talented Trainer who has participated in the Sinnoh League.
GOTCHA!
Dawn briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
- Main article: Platinum (Adventures)
In Pokémon Adventures, Dawn has a counterpart named Platinum. She is the daughter of the House of Berlitz, the richest and most influential family in Sinnoh. After leaving home, she develops an interest in battling and goes on to challenge all of Sinnoh's Gym Leaders and the Battle Frontier.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Dawn appeared in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. None of her Pokémon are known.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
- Main article: Mitsumi
In Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Adventure!, Mitsumi is based on Dawn. She is a skilled Trainer who used to be a member of Team Galactic, but now works as an assistant to Professor Rowan.
Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Regigigas Major Capture Operation!!
- Main article: Yuki (RMCO)
In Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Regigigas Major Capture Operation!!, Yuki is based on Dawn.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Dawn or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Dawn's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Cosmic Eclipse | 
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239/236 | Dream League | 
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052/049 |
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Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Mom's Kindness | Su | Majestic Dawn | 
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83/100 | Torterra/Infernape/Empoleon Half Deck | ||
| Giratina/Dialga Half Deck | 013/014 | ||||||
| Piplup/Pikachu Half Deck | 015/015 | ||||||
| Arceus LV.X Deck: Grass & Fire | 017/017 | ||||||
| Arceus LV.X Deck: Lightning & Psychic | 017/017 | ||||||
| Friends in Sinnoh | Su | Crown Zenith |
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131/159 | VSTAR Universe | 154/172 | |
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149/159 | VSTAR Universe | 
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247/172 | ||
| Dawn | Su | Phantasmal Flames |
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087/094 | Inferno X | 
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077/080 |
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118/094 | Inferno X |
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106/080 | ||
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129/094 | Inferno X | 
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115/080 | ||
Gallery
- For images on Dawn's animated series counterpart, see: Dawn (anime)
- For images on Dawn in Pokémon Masters EX, see: Dawn (Masters)
Artwork
Standard
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| Official artwork from Diamond and Pearl |
Official artwork from Platinum |
Official artwork from Pokémon Battle Revolution |
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| Official artwork from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Official artwork of "Platinum Style" from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Wi-Fi Plaza artwork in Platinum |
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| Battle Frontier artwork in Platinum |
Discovering Shaymin with Lucas and Professor Oak in Platinum |
In the Underground with Lucas in Platinum |
| Key art from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Grand Underground artwork in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Amity Square artwork in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
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| Super Contest Show artwork in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Signed artwork by Ken Sugimori from Nintendo Dream Nov. 2009 |
Artwork at the Old Chateau for Pokémon Day by Megumi Mizutani |
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| Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Release Celebration fanart by Tomohiro Kitakaze[4] | ||
Concept art
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| Concept art of Dawn's Platinum Style from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | Concept art of Dawn's Cycling Style from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | Concept art of Dawn's Contest Style from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Merchandise
| Cover artwork for the Brilliant Diamond art book |
Cover artwork for the Shining Pearl art book |
Artwork by Naoki Saito for the Pokémon Trainers merchandise line |
Artwork by Hitoshi Ariga for the Dawn & Piplup Kotobukiya ArtFX J Figure |
Artwork by Hitoshi Ariga for the Dawn & Turtwig Kotobukiya ArtFX J Figure |
Raw TCG artwork
For all images and products relating to this character in the TCG, see their In the TCG section
| Artwork of Mom's Kindness from Majestic dawn, illustrated by Ken Sugimori | Full Artwork print of Friends in Sinnoh from Crown Zenith, illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa |
Game assets
Sprites and models
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Overworld sprite from Diamond and Pearl |
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Back sprite from Platinum |
Intro sprite from Diamond and Pearl |
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Trivia
- In the early development of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Dawn was originally going to have a father, which is further evidenced by script files leftover in their remakes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.[5]
- In both English and Japanese, Dawn shares her name with an Evolution stone. However, it is not the same stone: her Japanese name is the same as the name of the Shiny Stone, not the Dawn Stone.
- Dawn weighs 75 lbs (34 kg). This was confirmed by checking the heights and weights of certain Pokémon in the Pokédex. She is the same weight as Weavile and Porygon-Z.
- The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with Leaf and Lyra. She also shares all of Kris's alternate Japanese names.
- She shared her Chinese name with Wally before his name was changed in Sun and Moon.
- In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, if the player's first partner Pokémon choice was Turtwig, Dawn's team after the player has entered the Hall of Fame ten times consists of fully evolved versions of her animated series counterpart's team members, only replacing Pachirisu with Bellossom.
- Similarly if the player’s first partner Pokémon choice was Piplup and entered the Hall of Fame ten times, Dawn’s team consists of Pokémon that Ash and Paul used throughout Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl except for her Gorebyss. Specifically, Paul also owns a Honchkrow and Froslass while Ash owns a Sceptile, Infernape (which was originally Paul’s as a Chimchar) and owned Dawn's Ambipom when it was an Aipom.
- If the player enters the Hall of Fame ten times with Chimchar as their first partner Pokémon, Dawn's entire team will consist of Pokémon used by a prominent Trainer in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. Namely, Torterra is owned by both Ash and Paul, with Ash also owning a Mr. Mime, Brock has a Crobat, Blastoise and Arcanine are both owned by Gary Oak, and Conway has a Lickilicky.
Names
Dawn (Japanese: ヒカリ Hikari) is her name when she appears as a non-player character in the core series games, and is also the name used for her appearance in Pokémon Masters EX. Her Japanese name was spelled as Hikari on the packaging of Kotobukiya ArtFX J Figure.
Some screenshots of Pokémon Platinum on the Japanese Nintendo website refer to Dawn as ティナ (Tina).[6] A trailer for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl refers to Dawn in English as "Hikari", her Japanese name.
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ヒカリ Hikari | From 光 hikari (light) |
| English, Latin American Spanish, Indonesian, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish |
Dawn | From dawn (first appearance of light in the morning) |
| German | Lucia | From lux (Latin for "light") |
| European Spanish | Maya | Possibly from Maya civilization, an ancient civilization that worshipped a sun god |
| French | Aurore | From aurore (dawn) |
| Italian | Lucinda | From luce (light) |
| Korean | 빛나 Bitna | From 빛 bit (light) and 빛나다 binnada (to shine) |
| 나빛나 Na Bitna[n 1] | From 빛 bit (light) and a pun of 나빛나 na binna (I shine) with the surname 나 (羅) Na | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小光 Xiǎo Guāng / Síu Gwōng | From 光 guāng / gwōng (light) and the diminutive prefix 小 xiǎo / síu |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 小光 Xiǎo Guāng | |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 光子 Gwōngjí[n 2] | From 光 gwōng (light) and orthographic borrowing of Japanese ～子 -ko (common suffix in Japanese feminine names) |
| Russian | Доун Doun[specify] Дон Don[n 3] |
Transcription of her English name |
| Thai | ฮิคาริ Hikhari | Transcription of her Japanese name |
Optional names
| Japanese | English | German | European Spanish | French | Italian | Korean |
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| ダイヤ DiaD パール PearlP プラチナ PlatinumPt キヨミ KiyomiDP / ハル HaruPt サトコ Satoko チホ Chiho キョウコ Kyōko マキコ Makiko ミキコ Mikiko ミチコ Michiko ジュンコ Junko チナミ Chinami リエ Rie セツコ Setsuko ユキコ Yukiko マミナ Mamina ノリコ Noriko ヒサエ Hisae モモコ Momoko ミスズ Misuzu |
DiamondD PearlP PlatoPt KarlaDP / JoellePt Britney Kelli Nina Heidi Miriam Teresa Aubrey Kelly Naomi Abby Denise Tamara Linda Faith Mari Maggie |
DiamantD PerlP PlatiPt MandyDP / EdwinaPt Andrea Sina Sara Sigrun Elena Birgit Diana Antje Susi Ute Daniela Silke Linda Jamie Pia Eva |
DiamantD PerlaP PlatinoPt MenaDP / AntoniaPt Cira María Nayra Mariau Miriam Teresa Claudia Aiora Rita Aria Matilde Nuria Izarbe Salia Mirta Susa |
DiamantD PerloP PlatinePt JoannaDP / LouanePt Lucie Edith Sophie Claire Audrey Marion Sayaka Noémie Linda FloDP / SuziePt Yuki Carmen Coralie Nadia Hélène Caro |
DiamanD PerlP PlatinPt CinziaDP / GiorgiaPt Luisa Amanda Sara Elisa Lorenza Paola Gaia Claudia Wilma Ivana Monia Letizia Linda Ilaria Isotta Viviana |
다이아몬드 DiamondD 펄 PearlP 플래티넘 PlatinumPt 링링 RingringDP / 봄 BomPt 서연 Seoyeon 해나 Haena 아라 Ara 유경 Yugyeong 윤혜 Yunhye 태희 Taehyi 나정 Najeong 인희 Inhyi 나영 Nayeong 꽃님 Kkotnim 설아 Seola 지나 Jina 주애 Juae 사희 Sahyi 미영 Miyeong 은영 Eun'yeong |
Notes
References
- ↑ Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's Pokédex
- ↑ KIMBERLEY ANNE CAMPBELL | character & interactive media voice over talent
- ↑ Pokémon Masters Official Japanese profile on Twitter
- ↑ Twitter post by Tomohiro Kitakaze celebrating the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231001124935/https://twitter.com/Lewchube/status/1708462187696595066
- ↑ Pokémon Platinum on Nintendo (Japanese)
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