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Glóría Marie Delgado-Pritchett (neé Ramirez), known as Gloria Pritchett, is the feisty, fun-loving Colombian wife of Jay and the mother of Manny and Joe who later becomes an American citizen in Patriot Games.

Biography

Before the show

Glória was born in Colombia to Pilar and Fulgencio Ramirez. She has 5 siblings, including Sonia and two unnamed brothers. Having lived in a poor and crime-filled village, she is evidently used to doing manual labor and frequently implies violence as a solution to problems. She states that she had her own machete when she was young ("Fizbo"), and has considerable comfort in killing animals due to relatives who are butchers ("Unplugged"). Crazy traditional, Gloria firmly believes in superstitions and that her family is cursed because her great-great-grandfather made a deal with the devil, causing many of her relatives to end up in jail ("Larry's Wife"). Gloria also frequently mentions that she used to join (and win) beauty pageants where she showcased her ventriloquist dummy Uncle Grumpy, later seen to be strikingly similar to Jay ("Yard Sale").

When she was younger, she received a letter addressed to Sonia with an opportunity to leave for the US. She used the letter and ends up leaving instead of her sister. This would later cause friction between the two ("Fulgencio"). Jay mentions that she had been deported twice ("Open House of Horrors").

She also stayed in Texas and Florida for some time, both of which she became wanted by the police. Until the events in "Goodnight Gracie", she was wanted in Florida for subletting an apartment which her roommate turned into a brothel after she left. It is also in Florida where she gave birth to Manny in 1999.

During the 1990s, Gloria was married to the Javier Delgado. Their wedding ceremony ended abruptly when drug dealers burst in and assassinated the judge while they are reciting their vows ("The Incident"). After getting divorced and having to raise her son alone, Gloria worked as a cab driver and a hairdresser at a salon near her apartment in the slums. Jay said he used to sweat a lot while visiting her apartment, having to climb three flights of stairs. ("Two Monkeys and a Panda")

Gloria met her future husband Jay at a diner while she was with Sonia. Jay (who could only see Sonia as Gloria's back is turned to him) sent a pie over to Sonia but she missed it as she went to the bathroom. Gloria later comes over to thank Jay thinking it was for her ("Fulgencio").

Personality

Gloria is often characterized by her loud, outspoken attitude noticeable even from a distance that one neighbor once thought they own a parrot ("Unplugged"); her voice is known for driving the next-door neighbor's dog mad, setting off car alarms and scaring several drivers into pulling over because it reached a pitch akin to a police or ambulance siren. She is shown to be very expressive in her speech; often imitating the sounds of things when she does not know what to call it, and shouting loudly when she is upset. Due to her fiery nature, she often clashes with Claire, another strong female. She often feels that her race is a problem with people, such as failing to hail a cab which she immediately blames on her being a Latina only for Haley to point out that its just a yellow car. She also has a considerable temper which is comparable to a volcano: sudden, destructive and with many casualties. When two teens egged her house on Halloween, she charged after them screaming "You put egg on my house, I kill what you love!". When angered or frustrated, she has a tendency to rant vociferously in Spanish.

She is shown to enjoy the limelight, as she makes effort to be noticeable especially when it comes to her appearance and tends to get jealous when other women get more attention than her, as seen when she fires attractive female babysitters from her house so they don't outrank her ("The Help"). Gloria also states that all friends of Jay has hit on her, except Shorty ("Fifteen Percent"). She frequently uses her good looks and sexy features to her advantage, which is why she becomes frustrated when she tries to help Claire's campaign for office using the telephone, as people do not see her and respond as she wants ("Election Day").

She is shown to be very proud of her Colombian roots and insists on carrying on several of her Colombian traditions with her new family, and encourages Manny to learn more Spanish ("Queer Eyes, Full Hearts"). A devout Catholic, Gloria is shown to value strong family ties and religion above all else. Jay says that Gloria likes to celebrate even little events he would consider insignificant ("Two Monkeys and a Panda"). She has a disturbingly high comfort level when it comes to killing or violence, especially where animals are concerned; she brutally beheaded a rat with a shovel and left its head to "send a message to the other rats", and then set off for church ("Unplugged").

Her character is also known for having a very loud and sometimes described as annoying voice. There is example of this is most episodes with her in as she shouts a lot. In an interview with the cast, many of them said how Sofia is a lot like her character and can be quite loud. Sofia explained how their is a running joke with the cast where the would like to gag her. She even said that sometimes the crew places tape over her mouth while on set or the time she was tied to a chair and gagged with a cloth wrapped over her mouth to make her shush.

Season Summaries

Before the show=Gloria was born in Colombia to Pilar and Fulgencio Ramirez. She has other siblings, including Sonia and two unnamed brothers. Living in a poor village, she is evidently used to doing manual labor and frequently implies violence as a solution to problems. She states that she had her own machete when she was young ("Fizbo"), and has considerable comfort in killing animals due to relatives who are butchers ("Unplugged"). Crazy traditional, Gloria firmly believes in superstitions and that her family is cursed because her great-great-grandfather made a deal with the devil, causing many of her relatives to end up in jail ("Larry's Wife"). Gloria also frequently mentions that she used to join (and win) beauty pageants where she showcased her ventriloquist dummy Uncle Grumpy, later seen to be strikingly similar to Jay ("Yard Sale").

When she was younger, she received a letter addressed to her sister Sonia with an opportunity to leave for the US. She used the letter and ends up leaving instead of her sister. This would later cause friction between the two ("Fulgencio"). Jay mentions that she had been deported twice ("Open House of Horrors").

She also stayed in Texas and Florida for some time, both of which she became wanted by the police. Until the events in "Goodnight Gracie", she was wanted in Florida for subletting an apartment which her roommate turned into a brothel after she left. It is also in Florida where she gave birth to Manny in 1999.

She used to be a cab driver and a hairdresser at a salon near her apartment in the slums. Jay said he used to sweat a lot while visiting her apartment, having to climb three flights of stairs. ("Two Monkeys and a Panda")

Gloria met her future husband Jay at a diner while she was with Sonia. Jay (who could only see Sonia as Gloria's back is turned to him) sent a pie over to Sonia but she missed it as she went to the bathroom. Gloria later comes over to thank Jay thinking it was for her ("Fulgencio"). |-| Season 1=None Assigned yet (Please write a Season 1 summary here for Gloria). |-| Season 2=None Assigned yet (Please write a Season 2 summary here for Gloria). |-| Season 3=None Assigned yet (Please write a Season 3 summary here for Gloria). |-| Season 4=None Assigned yet (Please write a Season 4 summary here for Gloria). |-| Season 5=None Assigned yet (Please write a Season 5 summary here for Gloria). |-| Season 6=None Assigned yet (Please write a Season 6 summary here for Gloria). |-| Season 7=None Assigned yet (Please write a Season 7 summary here for Gloria).</tabber>

Occupations

Hairdresser

Formerly

It's implied that Gloria liked working as at the hair salon as she states that she really misses her former co-workers when she visits the salon with Phil.

Taxi Driver

Formerly

Gloria used to drive a taxi at night, often with Manny sleeping in the seat beside her. One time she had to hit the breaks so hard that Manny fell down on to the floor and found a penny.

Stay-at-Home Mom/Housewife

Current job

She looks after the house and her kids; Manny and Joe.

Relationships

Family

Claire

Claire is Gloria's step-daughter. Gloria started with a strained relationship with Claire. Which got gradually better, after the fight in "Coal Digger", They now completely trust each other although Claire can sometimes get jealous of her, in the late Season 3 and the early Season 4 it is shown in "Bringing Up Baby", that Claire is jealous of her figure, as when she and Jay find out that Gloria is pregnant with Joe, she is the first to say "She's gonna get fat", and when she is pregnant, in her late trimesters, Claire is the first to ask Jay how much weight she has gained, and then starts to state numbers that seem to be too much weight. She also gets to like Claire more when they go to the shooting gallery together.

Coal Digger
Claire started with a strained relationship with Gloria which is fully first shown when Luke gets into a fight with Manny. Gloria opens up that from the start she never felt welcomed by Claire into the family and Luke unknowingly states that Claire thinks Gloria is a "coal digger" (mishearing "gold-digger"). Gloria later states that she won't forgive Claire, about the new information she hears, until she jumps in the backyard swimming pool fully-clothed to prove she is sorry. At first Claire says "no" but, then begins to go through with it, as she is standing beside the pool, she asks her stepmother whether she really wants her to do it and moans when she realises that Gloria actually wants her to jump in. Claire wants forgiveness and jumps in fully clothed. Everyone including Claire laughs and everyone else jumps in, in groups, accept for Haley.

Dance Dance Revelation
Claire is shown to have a tendency to feel jealous and insecure towards Gloria. When they serve as co-presidents at a dance at Luke's and Manny's school, Claire says Gloria is stealing her only "thing" by always being the center of attention.

After the Fire
It is revealed that Claire and Mitchell still occasionally laugh behind Gloria's back at her mispronunciations. Claire is annoyed that the two are actually becoming closer. Gloria states that she indeed likes Mitchell more, but is also willing get closer to Claire if given the chance.

Bringing Up Baby
It is shown that Claire is jealous of her figure, as when she and Jay find out that Gloria is pregnant with Joe, she is the first to say "She's gonna get fat", and when she is pregnant, in her late trimesters, Claire is the first to ask Jay how much weight she has gained, and then starts to state numbers that seem to be too much weight.

Manny

Manny is Gloria's son with Javier. Gloria is shown to have a strong and loving relationship with Manny (much to Jay's dismay), being that she raised him on her own. She is very supportive of Manny's interests and always encourages him to show affection to girls he likes and treat them with chivalry. As a mother, she is shown to stand up to anyone who insults or hurts Manny and is concerned if people are gonna make fun of him. In some episodes, Manny expresses his uneasiness in her mother's affections and calling him cutesy names in public.

Come Fly with Me
It is shown that Gloria has always wanted a daughter, and at the end of the episode, she reveals that she used to dress Manny up as a girl when he was young and told him it was his baby sister who died when he saw the pictures.

The Old Wagon
She tends to get jealous when a girl grows too close to Manny which she claims comes from her Colombian roots, this shows when we see that Manny wants to bring over a girl to study. When Gloria sees Manny and Kelly, the study partner. She gets very jealous stating that "In my culture, mothers are very clingy to their sons. In fact, the leading cause of death among Colombian women is when their sons get married. But I'm not like that. I just want Manny to be happy." But then also says that "I AM a Colombian mother! I'm not going to let him make a mistake that's going to affect him for the rest of my life! HIS life!" when she sees that Kelly is starting to change Manny.
Mother's Day
Although Gloria and Manny seem to love everything about each other, she shares to Claire that she does not particularly like his poetry and him being persnickety (pernickety). Manny accidently hears her saying this, and becomes angry. Gloria runs after him and apologizes to him, saying she can't get enough of his poetry and only said that she doesn't like it because Claire told her that she wanted to hit her children sometimes and Gloria wanted to show some sympathy.

Games People Play
She also shares her disappointment when she thinks Manny is growing up too honest unlike her but is later relieved when she finds out that Manny had lied to her to avoid being punished.

Jay

Jay is Gloria's husband. Gloria loves him although the two can occasionally bicker over the life of her son, Manny. Nonetheless, like Phil and Claire, they always work it out at the end.

Two Monkeys and a Panda
It is stated that, in this episode, they had their first kiss at the pier.
Halloween
Jay states that he fell in love with Gloria's voice even before seeing her face. Manny states that Gloria fell in love with Jay on their first fight, she then says that she finally met her match.

Phil

Phil is Gloria's step son-in-law. He has a crush on Gloria, which became a running gag throughout the each series due to Phil's clumsy nature. Claire does not seem to be seriously bothered by this and Jay says nothing of it because Phil knows not to cross the line, saying he would never stray away from Claire. He takes any and all chances to hug or touch her, except once when he realizes that Claire is the most important thing that ever happened to him, in "The One That Got Away".

Cam

Cam is Gloria's step son-in-law. Gloria is shown to have a very friendly relationship with Cam as a so called "girlfriend". When Cam and Mitchell's house is being fumigated, Gloria and Cam are shown screaming with delight over 72 hours with each other. Cam and Gloria have many chats and are shown to have quite a few things in common.

Mistery Date
Cam keeps Gloria out of her house all day because he has secretly invited his friend, Abelard, over to paint a present for her baby, which is of Jay, Gloria and Manny as angels on a cloud. Gloria is not happy with Cam for doing this, because she says he tries to control everything, but when she sees the painting and realizes that that was why Cam kept her outside all day; so that Cam's friend "Averar" could come and paint a present, she is so happy that she admits to him she loves it, she states that "it's like him full of colour, life and love" and then hugs him tightly.

Biological Family

Coming from a traditional Colombian family, Gloria is extremely close to her biological family, some of which have appeared throughout the series. Gloria states that she has 29 cousins and she remembers all their names ("The Musical Man"), including Armando (who appears in "American Skyper"), Rosa Marina, Gloria Maria, Veronica Maria and Jose Vicente.

29 Cousins

Gloria says she has 29 cousins although we don't see all of them, of course, we see at least 5 of them, but the four that we do see don't have that much of a relationship with her.

Armando: He first appears in "American Skyper".
Rosa Marina:We don't get to see much of her, or her relationship with Gloria, Gloria only mentions her.
Veronica Maria: We don't get to see much of her, or her relationship with Gloria, Gloria only mentions her.
Jose Vicente: We don't get to see much of him, or his relationship with Gloria. Gloria only mentions him.

Pilar

Pilar is Gloria's mother who seems to have considerable influence over Gloria. She seemingly wants things done her way like naming her grandson Fulgencio Umberto after her late husband and late father without considering American names.

Fulgencio
Pilar, reveals that she really doesn't like Gloria's husband.

The Old Man & the Tree
Pilar treats Claire like a daughter more than Gloria, which reignites the competition between Claire & Gloria.

Sonia

Sonia is Gloria's sister.

Fulgencio
When Sonia is first introduced, Gloria seems apologetic and generous to her. She later reveals that this is because she still feels guilty because she used a letter addressed to Sonia as her opportunity to get out of their life in the village. Jay reveals that when he met the sisters at a diner, he originally liked Sonia because Gloria's back was turned to him, but fell for Gloria after she came up to him. After finding this out, Sonia states that Gloria stole her life and demanded support from her sister.

Valentine's Day 4: Twisted Sister
Sonia and Gloria are closer than ever and have resolved their fighting. Sonia, however tries to make a move on Jay, Jay tells Gloria this, but she doesn't believe him, although secretly she is on Sonia's case without anyone else knowing. When Gloria finds out information about it, from the babyphone she hid in the bedroom, and they resumed fighting.

Two Unnamed Brothers

Along with Sonia, Gloria also has two unnamed brothers.

Caught in the Act
Gloria has to cover for herself and tell Claire that she was trying to sending a letter to one of them in Colombia, when she is actually trying to delete an accidental message to Claire from her laptop, as she realises that deleting from Claires' laptop is the only way Claire won't see that message as she was only trying to vent out her anger for Claire.

Won't You Be Our Neighbor
Gloria tries to settle an argument between Jay and his biggest business rival, and while settling it she says that she's gonna have to handle it how her mother handled her brothers; in other words, stab two knives into the table and leave them to either work it out or kill each other.

Fulgencio

Fulgencio was Gloria's father. While he was still young, he was quite a handsome man. He died at an unknown period before Season 4, most likely before the show began. As Jay is much older than Gloria, people mistake him to be her father.

Strangers on a Treadmill
Gloria says she remembers her father holding her hand when they danced together on what seems to have been her 15th birthday and there wasn't a dry eye in the cartel.

Ana-Maria Morales

Ana-Maria (Full name: Ana-Maria Rosa de la Immaculada Jimenez Morales) is Gloria's grandmother. It is unknown which parental side she's on.

The Kiss
Gloria made chunchullo in memory of her.

Umberto

Umberto was Gloria's maternal grandfather.

Fulgencio
Pilar says she wants her newborn grandson Joe to have Umberto's name as his middle name.

Armando

Armando is Gloria's cousin, who does not speak English.

American Skyper
He is first introduced in this episode, when he stays with them. Jay complains that he thinks Armando is stealing his cigars, Gloria puts this idea to rest but then she later discovers that Armando has been stealing Jay's cigars from their house, so she forced him to leave without telling Jay. Gloria intentionally incorrectly translates Armando's Spanish to Jay's English as she tries to get Armando to leave the house, without admitting anything to Jay.

Carlos

Carlos is Gloria's uncle, it is unknown which parental side he's on.

Larry's Wife
Gloria mentioned that she has an uncle called Carlos, who fixed soccer games.

Enemies

DeDe Pritchett

In "The Incident", DeDe comes to visit to apologize about what she did at Gloria and Jays wedding. DeDe came to the weddinbb to show people she was okay with it. She said rude things to Gloria, Jay, Mitchell and Claire. She started drinking cocktails called "Horny Columbians" which made her get out of control.

Dede toasts her acts to Gloria and Jay

Dede makes a toast to Gloria and Jay

After she started making fun of Mitchell and Claire by telling Mitchell "would you take a Claire pill." She started trying to act like Gloria (in an offensive way by saying things in Gloria's accent in a phony style.)

DeDe wanted to apologize to everyone because she met a man named Chaz and is moving to Canada. At the Dunphy's place, Dede apologized for "The Incident". Gloria forgave her, but DeDe wanted to "rip off her head".

Dede telling Mitch to take a Claire pill

Dede telling Mitchell "would you take a Claire pill."

Trivia

  • She along with Jay, Phil, Claire, Mitch, and Cam are the only characters who have appeared in every episode.
  • She is 14 months younger than Claire ("After the Fire").
  • Gloria has excellent aim in using guns, as demonstrated when she shoots the lid Jay was holding in "Manny Get Your Gun" (as well as claiming that she could have undone Manny's shirt buttons with it if she wanted to), at the shooting range in "Virgin Territory", and when she shoots the drone to pieces in "Closet? You'll Love It!". She seems to share this habit with her Colombian family as it was shown that they have a gun as an heirloom ("Fulgencio").
  • Gloria reveals that she only walks Stella so she can smoke her cigars in peace ("iSpy").
  • Gloria is shown to be extremely good at chess ("Game Changer").
  • She is not a good singer.
  • She has a penchant for luxury cars, as she states she has been in love with the classic Rolls Corniche all her life ("New Year's Eve"), though it is implied that she is a terrible driver ("Moon Landing", "Express Christmas").
  • She is afraid of spiders ("Express Christmas").

Quotes

Season 1

Quote1 Jay: Where's my good underwear?
Gloria: The question is, why isn't all your underwear good, Jay? You make a nice living.
Quote2

From "Family Portrait"

Quote1 [Phil thinks Claire saw him and Gloria on the Kiss-cam at the Lakers' game]
Phil: I didn't want to kiss her, it was her idea.
Claire: Wait a minute, who did you kiss?
Phil: Gloria; but it was her idea.
Claire: Was this before or after you ignored phone calls from your Wife?
Jay: What, you kissed Gloria?
Gloria: It was the Kiss Cam; it was no big deal.
Jay: You kissed Cam?
Gloria: No, Phil; he told me I had to.
Phil: No, no I didn't.
Quote2

From "Family Portrait"

Quote1 Jay: I'm gonna teach Manny how to play.
Gloria: Manny knows how to play. His father taught him.
Jay: I'm gonna teach him the real version, not the Colombian version. We use the pieces to play the game, not smuggle stuff out of the country.
Gloria: I know one Colombian piece you won't be playing with later.
Quote2

From "Game Changer"

Quote1 Gloria: I thought one of the advantages of marrying an older guy would be that I would get to relax. But with the swimming and running and rowing... it's how some of my relatives came to this country. Quote2

From "Hawaii"

Quote1 Gloria: Why are you wasting time on my little boy? See that old lady with the cane? She could be hiding a ceramic knife in there that could pass through the metal detector, and here you are harassing a little kid!
TSA Airport Security Person: You seem to know a lot about smuggling contraband onto a plane.
Gloria: Yeah, I'm Columbian.
Quote2

From "Airport 2010"

Season 2

Quote1 Jay: Why does everybody always assume I'm having a stroke?
Claire: Age.
Manny: Diet.
Gloria: You forgot to bring my bread.
Quote2

From "See You Next Fall"

Quote1 Gloria: There is no way that thing should stay upright.
Jay: There's no way you should stay upright, but it works.
Quote2

From "Slow Down Your Neighbors"

Quote1 Gloria: You didn't do one thing wrong, you did everything wrong! I wonder how she still talks to you.
Phil: She said she was okay.
Gloria: A woman is never okay with this. We wait, and when you least expect it, we make you pay.
Quote2

From "Regrets Only"

Quote1 Gloria: It's Valentine's Day. I thought we were going salsa dancing, not to watch a comedian.
Jay: You're gonna love him. Trust me. The guy's hilarious.
Gloria: Okay, tell me one of his jokes.
Jay: He doesn't do jokes.
Gloria: Does he have a mallet?
Jay: No.
Gloria: So then how does he get hit in the head?
Jay: He doesn't hit in the head. He... he makes observations. He tells the truth in a funny way. Come on, he's been on Johnny Carson a hundred times.
Gloria: Who the hell is Johnny Carson?
Jay: Oh, for God's sake.
[cut to interview]
Jay: Gloria and I are from different generations. And I won't lie: it isn't always easy. I mean, last week she thought Simon and Garfunkel were my lawyers.
Gloria: No, I didn't.
Jay: It was a joke.
Gloria: I don't get it.
Jay: Maybe that's because there's no mallet.
Gloria: Yeah, I wish I had a mallet right now.
Quote2

From "My Funky Valentine"

Quote1 Gloria: How was your lunch with the boys?
Jay: Good. Ran into Mitchell and Cam.
Gloria: Ay, nice.
Jay: And you're not going to believe this: Mitchell says Shorty's gay.
Gloria: Shorty?
[pause]
Gloria: Yeah, I believe it.
Jay: Oh, come on!
Quote2

From "Fifteen Percent"

Quote1 [Jay has accidentally killed Manny's pet turtle and lied about it]
Gloria: You have to tell him.
Jay: No. I've been through this before. When Mitchell was nine, I was supposed to take care of his bird. It got out and flew into a fan. It was like a bloody pillow fight.
Gloria: My God. How many pets have you killed?
Jay: Just the two. I took the heat on the bird. It was a big mistake. To this day, Mitchell looks at me, I see him thinking That's the guy who killed Fliza Minnelli
Gloria: And what if he finds out? Then what? You'll be the guy who killed his pet and lied to him.
Jay: He's not going to find out, because I covered my tracks.
Gloria: Okay.
[Gloria starts to leave, then pauses]
Gloria: "Fliza Minnelli"?
Jay: How did I not know that kid was gay?
Quote2

From "Fifteen Percent"


== Season 3==

Quote1 Jay: Gloria, is Stella up there?
Gloria: No, but I am. Why don't you say hello to your wife when you come home?
Jay: Why don't you greet me at the door wagging your tail?
Quote2

From "Little Bo Bleep"

Quote1 Jay: [watching Claire trying to remain composed at the debate] It's like watching the Hindenburg.
Gloria: It's the most horrible thing I've ever seen in my life.
Phil [standing up] Excuse me.
Jay: Stand by.
Quote2

From "Little Bo Bleep"

Quote1 Gloria: You have a problem with the way Manny is being raised, you talk to me!
Jay: I am.
Gloria: I don't want to hear it! [she storms out]
Quote2

From "Aunt Mommy"

Quote1 Gloria: You can't go around telling people what they can and can't do.
Jay: So you're in favor of this?
Gloria: No, it's a freak-show! But, it's their freak-show.
Quote2

From "Aunt Mommy"


=== Season 6===

Quote1 Jay: A little early for tequila, isn't it?
Gloria: It's for Luke.
Jay: I'm sure that makes it all better.
Gloria: I see the way he looks at this bottle. He looks at it the way you look at me in that strapless dress.
Jay: I do love that dress.
Quote2

From "Grill, Interrupted"


Appearances

Appearances

Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
Season 1 24
Season 2 24
Season 3 24
Season 4 24
Season 5 24
Season 6 24
Season 7 22

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Phil DunphyClaire DunphyHaley MarshallAlex DunphyLuke DunphyDylan MarshallJay PritchettGloria PritchettManny DelgadoJoe PritchettMitchell PritchettCameron TuckerLily Tucker-Pritchett • [PETS]: LarryStella
Recurring characters
Frank DunphyDeDe PritchettJavier DelgadoPepper SaltzmanSalAndy BaileyRonnie LaFontaineAndrewLonginesRonaldo
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