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{{Short description|American teen mystery drama TV series (2004–20192004–2007, 2019)}}

| image = Veronica mars intro.jpg

| caption = Season 3 intertitle

| genre = {{Plainlist|

| creator = [[Rob Thomas (writer)|Rob Thomas]]

| starring = {{Plainlist|

| narrated = Kristen Bell {{small|(as [[Veronica Mars (character)|Veronica Mars]])}}

| opentheme = "[[We Used to Be Friends]]" by [[The Dandy Warhols]]

| composer = Josh Kramon

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 4

| num_episodes = 72

| list_episodes = List of Veronica Mars episodes

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

| location = [[California]]

| runtime = {{Plainlist|

| company = {{Plainlist|

| network = {{Plainlist|[[UPN]]

| first_airedlast_aired2 = {{StartEnd date|20042007|95|22}}

| last_airednetwork3 = {{End date|2019|7|19}} = [[Hulu]]

| relatedreleased3 = [[Veronica{{Start Mars (film)date|''Veronica Mars'' (film)]]2019|7|19}}

'''''Veronica Mars''''' is an American teen [[film noir|noir]] [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series created by screenwriter [[Rob Thomas (writer)|Rob Thomas]]. The series is set in the [[fictional city|fictional town]] of [[Neptune, California]], and stars [[Kristen Bell]] as the eponymous character. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network [[UPN]]'s final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, [[The CW]], airing for three seasons total. ''Veronica Mars'' was produced by [[Warner Bros. Television]], Silver Pictures Television, Stu Segall Productions, and Rob Thomas Productions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/veronica-mars/ |title=Veronica Mars |access-date=June 3, 2015 |publisher=The Futon Critic}}</ref> [[Joel Silver]] and Thomas were executive producers for the entire run of the series, while [[Diane Ruggiero]] was promoted in the third season.<ref name="Elena Fernandez, Maria">{{cite news |url=https://articleswww.latimes.com/2005archives/la-xpm-2005-nov/-09/entertainment/-et-mars9-story.html |title=Cult king in orbit on ''Mars'' |access-date=November 4, 2008 |author=Elena Fernandez, Maria |date=November 9, 2005 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

FollowingThe cancellationshow was cancelled after its third season, and Thomas wrote a feature film script continuing the series. Warner Bros. opted not to fund the project at the time. On March 13, 2013, Bell and Thomas launched a fundraising campaign to produce the film through [[Kickstarter]] and attained the $2 million goal in less than 11 hours.<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Veronica Mars' movie is a go! 'My mind is blown' says Rob Thomas – Exclusive |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/13/veronica-mars-movie-is-a-go-kickstarter/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Eric |last=Strecker |date=March 13, 2013 |access-date=March 14, 2013}}</ref> They accumulated over $5.7&nbsp;million on Kickstarter.<ref name="kickstarter">{{cite web |url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project?ref=live |title=The Veronica Mars Movie Project |publisher=Kickstarter |access-date=March 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="ew kickstarter">{{cite magazine |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/13/veronica-mars-movie-kristen-bell-kickstarter/ |title='Veronica Mars' movie: Kristen Bell says it's finally happening... if you help – Exclusive |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Jeff |last=Jensen |date=March 13, 2013 |access-date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> [[Veronica Mars (film)|The film]] was released on March 14, 2014.<ref name="ewreleasedate">{{cite magazine |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/12/04/veronica-mars-movie-release-date/ |title='Veronica Mars' movie gets a release date; plus, watch a clip! – Exclusive |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Jeff |last=Jensen |date=December 4, 2013 |access-date=December 4, 2013}}</ref> An eight-episode [[Veronica Mars (season 4)|fourth season]] was released on July 19, 2019 on [[Hulu]].<ref name="RevivalConfirmed">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/20/veronica-mars-hulu-details/ |title=Veronica Mars reboot officially happening: New details released |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=James |last=Hibberd |date=September 20, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="RevivalPremiere">{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2019/04/12/veronica-mars-hulu-premiere-date-revival-kristen-bell/ |title=Veronica Mars Revival Set for July Premiere at Hulu — Watch Teaser |website=TVLine |first=Rebecca |last=Iannucci |date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref><ref name="RevivalPremiereEarly">{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2019/07/19/veronica-mars-season-4-premiere-date-change-hulu-revival/ |title=Veronica Mars Twist: Hulu Moves Up Revival Premiere Date to... Today (Yes, Season 4 is Available Now) |website=TVLine |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref>

Season 1 revolves around [[Veronica Mars (character)|Veronica Mars]], a high school student and [[private investigator]] in the fictional [[Southern California]] seaside town of [[Neptune, California|Neptune]]. As the daughter of well-respected County Sheriff Keith Mars, Veronica's biggest life problem was getting dumped by her boyfriend, Duncan Kane, until the murder of her best friend, Lilly Kane. After Lilly's murder, Veronica's life falls apart. Keith mistakenly accusedaccuses Lilly's father, popular [[software]] billionaire Jake Kane, of involvement. When Mr. Kane is proven to be innocent, he has Keith ousted as sheriff in a [[recall election]],; whoKeith is replaced by the corrupt Don Lamb then replaces. Veronica's mother, Lianne, develops a drinking problem and leaves town, never to return. Veronica's "09er" friends—wealthy students from the fictional 90909 [[ZIP Code]]—demand that she choose between them and her father; Veronica chooses her father. After losing the election for sheriff and being ostracized by the entire community, Keith opens a private investigation agency, Mars Investigations, where Veronica works part-time. Veronica helps her father solve cases and conducts her own investigations on behalf of schoolmates.

Veronica discovers evidence suggesting that Abel Koontz, the man imprisoned after confessing to Lilly's murder, is innocent. Veronica explores the murder case;. sheShe also works on other investigations, seeks her estranged mother's whereabouts, and copes with being raped during an 09er party after her drink was spiked. Veronica, no longer part of the school's wealthy and elite "in-crowd," makes some new friends: Wallace Fennel, Neptune High basketball star and new student; Eli "Weevil" Navarro, leader of the PCHers, a Latino biker gang; and Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, Neptune High's resident computer genius. Using her friends' resources and those provided by her father and his contacts, Veronica gains a reputation for sleuthing and finds her skills in increasingly high demand at her school and in the community. Things get more complicated when Veronica falls into a relationship with Lilly's ex-boyfriend Logan Echolls, who for a time held Veronica partly responsible for Lilly's death and went out of his way to harass her. It is eventually revealed that theLilly one whowas killed Lilly wasby Aaron Echolls, Logan's father.

The fourth season opens in 2019, twelve years after the [[The Bitch Is Back (Veronica Mars)|series finale]] and five following [[Veronica Mars (film)|the film]]. Veronica is living with Logan in Neptune and still solving mysteries with Keith. A significant case arises when several [[Spring Breakbreak]] locations are bombed, with suspects including a StateUS CongressmanRepresentative to a Mexican cartel.

The third season introduced two new series regulars, [[Parker Lee]] and [[Stosh "Piz" Piznarski]]. [[Julie Gonzalo]] portrayed Parker, Mac's extroverted roommate and "everything that Mac is not."<ref name="thomasseasonthree" /> Piz, played by [[Chris Lowell]], was Wallace's roommate and a music lover with his campus radio show. Piz was named after the director of the pilot, [[Mark Piznarski]]. The character gave Veronica another middle-class male friend. Thomas used the radio show as a narrative device to capture the mood of the university.<ref name="thomasjobhunt">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1549635,00.html2006/10/24/veronica-mars-creator-his-recent-job-hunt/ |title=The ''Veronica Mars'' creator on his recent job hunt |access-date=September 29, 2008 |last=Jensen |first=Jeff |date=October 23, 2006 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=October 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005093343/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1549635,00.html |url-status=deadlive }}</ref> [[Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie]] and [[Don Lamb]], recurring characters in the first two seasons, were upgraded to series regulars. Mac, portrayed by [[Tina Majorino]], was a computer expert befriended by Veronica. Lamb, portrayed by [[Michael Muhney]], was the Balboa County Sheriff who won the office from Keith in the recall election.<ref name="thomasseasonthree" />

The original [[Pilot (Veronica Mars)|pilot]] was darker in tone than the one aired. Thomas intended to take the script to [[FX (TV network)|FX]], [[HBO]] or [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], but gave UPN "credit" as they only wanted it a bit lighter to match their standards and practices. A lengthy debate considered whether Veronica could be a rape victim; UPN eventually consentedagreed.<ref name="marsconcept">{{cite web |url=http://www.slaverats.com/ |title=The Origins of ''Veronica Mars'' |access-date=September 17, 2008 |last=Thomas |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Thomas (writer) |publisher=SlaveRats.com}}</ref> In the aired pilot, Lilly was found by the pool in the same spot where she was murdered. However, Thomas stated that Lilly's body was originally going to be found in the ocean, and he had a plan for events that led there. Thomas pitched the idea to UPN, but the network felt that it was "too dark and creepy" for Jake to dispose of his daughter's body to protect his son, and the idea was changed.<ref name="lillydies">{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Rob |url=http://www.slaverats.com/files/DVD_Commentary.mp3 |title="Pilot" commentary |publisher=SlaveRats.com |access-date=September 17, 2008}}</ref>

''Veronica Mars'' was also positively received by other writers. [[Joss Whedon]], who made a guest appearance in the second-season episode "[[Rat Saw God (Veronica Mars)|Rat Saw God]]", said that it was the "Best. Show. Ever. Seriously, I've never gotten more wrapped up in a show I wasn't making, and maybe even more than those [...] These guys know what they're doing on a level that intimidates me. It's the ''Harry Potter'' of shows."<ref>{{cite web |last=Whedon |first=Joss |author-link=Joss Whedon |url=http://whedonesque.com/comments/7502 |title=Joss Luvs Veronica |publisher=[[Whedonesque.com]] |date=August 12, 2005 |access-date=September 17, 2008 |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023032152/http://whedonesque.com/comments/7502 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Elena Fernandez, Maria"/> [[Kevin Smith]], who guest starred in the episode "[[Driver Ed (Veronica Mars)|Driver Ed]]", said that ''Veronica Mars'' was "hands-down, the best show on television right now, and proof that TV can be far better than cinema."<ref>{{cite web |title=My Boring-Ass Life: Kevin Smith's Online Diary |url=http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=160 |last=Smith |first=Kevin |publisher=silentbobspeaks.com (via Internet Archive) |date=September 3, 2005 |access-date=October 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508054854/http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=160 |archive-date=May 8, 2006}}</ref> [[Stephen King]] described the series as "[[Nancy Drew]] meets [[Philip Marlowe]], and the result is pure nitro. Why is ''Veronica Mars'' so good? It bears little resemblance to life as I know it, but I can't take my eyes off the damn thing."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2007/02/01/stephen-king-ponders-lost-mars-conundrums |title=Stephen King ponders ''Lost'', ''Mars'' conundrums |access-date=September 17, 2008 |last=King |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen King |date=January 13, 2006 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> [[Ed Brubaker]] called it "the best mystery show ever made in America."<ref>''Marvel Spotlight: Ed Brubaker/Billy Tan'', Marvel Publishing, August 2006, p. 13.</ref>

The series, described as a "critical darling", appeared on a number of fall television best lists.<ref name="seattlereview">{{cite webnews |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/It-ll-be-a-crime-to-miss-sleuthing-Veronica-Mars-1155176.php |title=It'll be a crime to miss sleuthing ''Veronica Mars'' |access-date=September 16, 2008 |first=Melanie |last=McFarland |date=September 28, 2004 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref> In 2005, the series was featured on [[American Film Institute|AFI]]'s TV Programs of the Year,<ref name="veronicawoman">{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/afiawards/AFIAwards05.aspx |title=AFI Awards 2005 |access-date=September 16, 2008 |year=2005 |publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref> and on the lists of [[MSN TV]],<ref name="MSN">{{cite web |url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=176297 |title=The Best & Worst Television '04 |publisher=[[MSN]] |access-date=June 2, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118034402/http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=176297 |archive-date=November 18, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Village Voice'', the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', ''[[People Weekly]]'' and the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''.<ref name="M1"/> It was named the second best series by [[Ain't It Cool News]], fourth best returning series by ''Time'', fifth best series by ''[[Newsday]]'', PopMatters and ''[[San Jose Mercury-News]]'', and sixth best by ''Entertainment Weekly'' and ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref name="M1">{{cite web |url=http://apps.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2005/ |title=Best of 2005 |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 12, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301152512/http://apps.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2005 |archive-date=March 1, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, the series was ranked number one on the lists of Ain't It Cool News and the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', and was ranked number six by [[Metacritic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/31898 |title=Updates !! Buh-Bye, Backup!! E! Online Says The CW Has Cancelled ''Veronica Mars''!! |access-date=September 16, 2008 |date=March 15, 2007 |publisher=[[Ain't It Cool News]]}}</ref><ref name="M2">{{cite web |url=http://apps.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2006/ |title=Best of 2006 |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416032706/http://apps.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2006/ |archive-date=April 16, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, the series ranked number 18 on ''[[TV Guide]]''{{'}}s list of the "Top Cult Shows Ever".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239/ |title=TV Guide Names the Top Cult Shows Ever |work=TV Guide |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref> In 2008, [[AOL TV]] ranked ''Veronica Mars'' the 10th Best School Show of All Time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best School Shows of All Time |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2008/08/26/best-school-shows/ |work=[[AOL TV]] |publisher=AOL |access-date=September 14, 2012 |date=August 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517075223/http://www.aoltv.com/2008/08/26/best-school-shows |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The same year, British film magazine ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' ranked it number 48 in their list of the "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time". The magazine said that "smart storylines and witty riffs on pop culture pepper the scripts, while Kristen Bell lent ballsy charm to the title role and ensured that every episode of the show's three seasons was television gold. Its untimely cancellation was a slap in the face that still smarts to this day." ''Empire'' named "[[Not Pictured]]" the best episode of the series.<ref name="marsempire">{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/50-greatest-tv-shows/ |title=Empire: Features – ''Veronica Mars'' |access-date=September 20, 2008 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref> In 2010, [[Kristin dos Santos]] of [[E!]] ranked ''Veronica Mars'' number 8 on her list, "Top 20 TV Series of the Past 20 Years".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/183432/and-the-best-tv-series-of-the-past-20-years-is |title=And the Best TV Series of the Past 20 Years Is.... |author=dos Santos, Kristin |author-link=Kristin dos Santos |date=May 28, 2010 |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref> [[The A.V. Club]] named it the 15th best TV series of the 2000s (decade).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-tv-series-of-the-00s,35256/ |title=The Best TV series of the '00s |author=A.V. Club Staff |date=November 29, 2009 |publisher=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=June 12, 2011}}</ref>

The [[CTV Television Network]] began airing ''Veronica Mars'' in Canada as a mid-season replacement on May 30, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/A/Amazing_Race_7/2005/05/20/1048837.html |title=''Race'' crosses the finish line first |access-date=January 28, 2009 |author=Brioux, Bill |date=May 30, 2005 |publisher=[[Jam!]] |url-status=deadusurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712051736/http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/A/Amazing_Race_7/2005/05/20/1048837.html |archive-date=July 12, 2012}}</ref> CTV decided not to pick up the second season, which began broadcast by [[CKXT-TV|Sun TV]] on July 18, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2006/06/13/1629049.html |title=Sun TV announces fall sked |access-date=January 28, 2009 |author=Brioux, Bill |publisher=[[Jam!]] |url-status=deadusurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709090638/http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2006/06/13/1629049.html |archive-date=July 9, 2012}}</ref> The third season was initially only available through American border stations. The fourth season premiered in Canada on the [[Crave (streaming service)|Crave]] streaming service (owned by the same company as CTV) within a few hours of its U.S. release on Hulu on July 19, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/surprise-canadian-marshmallows-the-veronica-mars-revival-is-now-streaming-on-crave |title=Surprise, Canadian Marshmallows: the VERONICA MARS revival is now streaming on Crave! |publisher=Bell Media |date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref>

The first season of ''Veronica Mars'' was released in [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|region 1]] as a widescreen six-disc DVD box set on October 11, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000A59PMO |title=''Veronica Mars'' – The Complete First Season |website=Amazon |date=October 11, 2005 |access-date=September 17, 2008 }}</ref> In addition to all the episodes that had been aired, DVD extras included an extended "[[Pilot (Veronica Mars)|Pilot]]" episode (through the inclusion of an unaired opening sequence) and over 20 minutes of unaired scenes.<ref name="marsdvd1"/> The same set was released on May 16, 2008 in [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|Region 2]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0015L4WDE |title=''Veronica Mars''&nbsp;- Season 1 |access-date=September 22, 2008 |publisher=[[amazon.com|Amazon Germany]]}}</ref> and on June 4, 2008 in [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|Region 4]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/799359 |title=''Veronica Mars''&nbsp;- The Complete 1st Season (6 Disc Set) |access-date=September 19, 2008 |publisher=[[EzyDVD]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426173441/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/veronica-mars-the-complete-1st-season-6-disc-set/dp/799359 |archive-date=April 26, 2012}}</ref>

The second season was released in region 1 as a widescreen six-disc DVD box set on August 22, 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FL7CAK |title=''Veronica Mars''&nbsp;- The Complete Second Season |website=Amazon |date=August 22, 2006 |access-date=September 17, 2008 }}</ref> Region 2 on August 15, 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B001AR8LY4 |title=''Veronica Mars''&nbsp;- The Complete Second Season |access-date=September 22, 2008 |publisher=[[amazon.com|Amazon Germany]]}}</ref> and Region 4 on September 8, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/800350 |title=''Veronica Mars''&nbsp;- The Complete 2nd Season (6 Disc Set) |access-date=April 2, 2009 |publisher=[[EzyDVD]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503101127/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/veronica-mars-the-complete-2nd-season-6-disc-set/dp/800350 |archive-date=May 3, 2012}}</ref> In addition to all the aired episodes, DVD extras included two featurettes: "A Day on the Set with Veronica Mars" and "Veronica Mars: Not Your Average Teen Detective", a gag reel, a promo trailer for the third season and additional scenes, including an alternate ending to "[[My Mother, the Fiend]]".<ref name="veronicaseason2dvd">{{cite web |url=https://ign.com/articles/2006/08/10/veronica-mars-the-complete-second-season |title=''Veronica Mars'': The Complete Second Season |access-date=September 17, 2008 |last=Goldman |first=Eric |date=August 10, 2006 |publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

The third season was released in region 1 as a widescreen six-disc DVD box set on October 23, 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NA2BEU |title=''Veronica Mars''&nbsp;- The Complete Third Season |website=Amazon |date=October 23, 2007 |access-date=September 17, 2008 }}</ref> Region 2 on December 12, 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B001HUGYMA |title=''Veronica Mars'' – The Complete Third Season |access-date=November 16, 2008 |publisher=[[amazon.com|Amazon Germany]]}}</ref> and Region 4 on February 11, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/803700 |title=''Veronica Mars''&nbsp;- The Complete 3rd Season (6 Disc Set) |access-date=April 2, 2009 |publisher=[[EzyDVD]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426174253/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/veronica-mars-the-complete-3rd-season-6-disc-set/dp/803700 |archive-date=April 26, 2012}}</ref> In addition to all the aired episodes, DVD extras included "Pitching Season 4", an interview with Rob Thomas discussing a new direction for the series that picks up years later, with Veronica as a rookie FBI agent; "Going Undercover with Rob Thomas"; webisode gallery with cast interviews and various set tours; unaired scenes with introductions by Rob Thomas; and a gag reel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ign.com/articles/2007/10/23/veronica-mars-the-complete-third-season |title=''Veronica Mars'' – The Complete Third Season |access-date=September 17, 2008 |last=Goldman |first=Eric |date=October 23, 2007 |publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

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