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Followers ofmodern internetmemeswill have seenmany versions of the ‘Downfall’ meme in which a pivotal scene of rage from the last days ofHitler’s life is given anachronistic subtitles to comment on many contemporary events (https://knowyourmeme.com/ memes/hitlers-downfall-parodies). The Telegraph was even bold enough to nominate their list of the 25 best examples (https://www. telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6262709/Hitler-Downfall-parodies-25-worth-watching.html), but they didn’t list one of key relevance to scientists – ‘Peer Review 1945’ (https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=-VRBWLpYCPY), which covers Hitler’s reaction to a bad peer review of a submitted paper. Publication rejection with the associated critical reviews is a fact of life for scientists, even the most successful (Cassey and Blackburn 2004), so many would identify with the sentiments in the parody. Jokes aside, though, peer review remains one of the key characteristics of a successful journal and a key component of editorial process at Pacific Conservation Biology.