diff --git a/comfy/cldm/cldm.py b/comfy/cldm/cldm.py
index ec01665e..a0618fb7 100644
--- a/comfy/cldm/cldm.py
+++ b/comfy/cldm/cldm.py
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ class ResBlockUnionControlnet(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor):
         x = x + self.attention(self.ln_1(x))
-        x = x + self.mlp(self.ln_2(x))
-        return x
+        return x + self.mlp(self.ln_2(x))
 
 class ControlledUnetModel(UNetModel):
     #implemented in the ldm unet
diff --git a/comfy/clip_model.py b/comfy/clip_model.py
index 23ddea9c..b931d274 100644
--- a/comfy/clip_model.py
+++ b/comfy/clip_model.py
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ class CLIPMLP(torch.nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x):
         x = self.fc1(x)
         x = self.activation(x)
-        x = self.fc2(x)
-        return x
+        return self.fc2(x)
 
 class CLIPLayer(torch.nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, embed_dim, heads, intermediate_size, intermediate_activation, dtype, device, operations):
diff --git a/comfy/comfy_types/node_typing.py b/comfy/comfy_types/node_typing.py
index 056b1aa6..22697828 100644
--- a/comfy/comfy_types/node_typing.py
+++ b/comfy/comfy_types/node_typing.py
@@ -270,5 +270,4 @@ class CheckLazyMixin:
         Comfy Docs: https://docs.comfy.org/essentials/custom_node_lazy_evaluation#defining-check-lazy-status
         """
 
-        need = [name for name in kwargs if kwargs[name] is None]
-        return need
+        return [name for name in kwargs if kwargs[name] is None]
diff --git a/comfy/controlnet.py b/comfy/controlnet.py
index ee29251b..f5569839 100644
--- a/comfy/controlnet.py
+++ b/comfy/controlnet.py
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ class ControlLora(ControlNet):
         super().cleanup()
 
     def get_models(self):
-        out = ControlBase.get_models(self)
-        return out
+        return ControlBase.get_models(self)
 
     def inference_memory_requirements(self, dtype):
         return comfy.utils.calculate_parameters(self.control_weights) * comfy.model_management.dtype_size(dtype) + ControlBase.inference_memory_requirements(self, dtype)
@@ -461,8 +460,7 @@ def load_controlnet_mmdit(sd, model_options={}):
 
     latent_format = comfy.latent_formats.SD3()
     latent_format.shift_factor = 0 #SD3 controlnet weirdness
-    control = ControlNet(control_model, compression_ratio=1, latent_format=latent_format, concat_mask=concat_mask, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype)
-    return control
+    return ControlNet(control_model, compression_ratio=1, latent_format=latent_format, concat_mask=concat_mask, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype)
 
 
 class ControlNetSD35(ControlNet):
@@ -536,8 +534,7 @@ def load_controlnet_sd35(sd, model_options={}):
     elif depth_cnet:
         preprocess_image = lambda a: 1.0 - a
 
-    control = ControlNetSD35(control_model, compression_ratio=1, latent_format=latent_format, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype, preprocess_image=preprocess_image)
-    return control
+    return ControlNetSD35(control_model, compression_ratio=1, latent_format=latent_format, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype, preprocess_image=preprocess_image)
 
 
 
@@ -549,16 +546,14 @@ def load_controlnet_hunyuandit(controlnet_data, model_options={}):
 
     latent_format = comfy.latent_formats.SDXL()
     extra_conds = ['text_embedding_mask', 'encoder_hidden_states_t5', 'text_embedding_mask_t5', 'image_meta_size', 'style', 'cos_cis_img', 'sin_cis_img']
-    control = ControlNet(control_model, compression_ratio=1, latent_format=latent_format, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype, extra_conds=extra_conds, strength_type=StrengthType.CONSTANT)
-    return control
+    return ControlNet(control_model, compression_ratio=1, latent_format=latent_format, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype, extra_conds=extra_conds, strength_type=StrengthType.CONSTANT)
 
 def load_controlnet_flux_xlabs_mistoline(sd, mistoline=False, model_options={}):
     model_config, operations, load_device, unet_dtype, manual_cast_dtype, offload_device = controlnet_config(sd, model_options=model_options)
     control_model = comfy.ldm.flux.controlnet.ControlNetFlux(mistoline=mistoline, operations=operations, device=offload_device, dtype=unet_dtype, **model_config.unet_config)
     control_model = controlnet_load_state_dict(control_model, sd)
     extra_conds = ['y', 'guidance']
-    control = ControlNet(control_model, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype, extra_conds=extra_conds)
-    return control
+    return ControlNet(control_model, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype, extra_conds=extra_conds)
 
 def load_controlnet_flux_instantx(sd, model_options={}):
     new_sd = comfy.model_detection.convert_diffusers_mmdit(sd, "")
@@ -581,8 +576,7 @@ def load_controlnet_flux_instantx(sd, model_options={}):
 
     latent_format = comfy.latent_formats.Flux()
     extra_conds = ['y', 'guidance']
-    control = ControlNet(control_model, compression_ratio=1, latent_format=latent_format, concat_mask=concat_mask, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype, extra_conds=extra_conds)
-    return control
+    return ControlNet(control_model, compression_ratio=1, latent_format=latent_format, concat_mask=concat_mask, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype, extra_conds=extra_conds)
 
 def convert_mistoline(sd):
     return comfy.utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(sd, {"single_controlnet_blocks.": "controlnet_single_blocks."})
@@ -738,8 +732,7 @@ def load_controlnet_state_dict(state_dict, model=None, model_options={}):
         logging.debug("unexpected controlnet keys: {}".format(unexpected))
 
     global_average_pooling = model_options.get("global_average_pooling", False)
-    control = ControlNet(control_model, global_average_pooling=global_average_pooling, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype)
-    return control
+    return ControlNet(control_model, global_average_pooling=global_average_pooling, load_device=load_device, manual_cast_dtype=manual_cast_dtype)
 
 def load_controlnet(ckpt_path, model=None, model_options={}):
     if "global_average_pooling" not in model_options:
diff --git a/comfy/diffusers_convert.py b/comfy/diffusers_convert.py
index 26e8d96d..244f7755 100644
--- a/comfy/diffusers_convert.py
+++ b/comfy/diffusers_convert.py
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ def convert_unet_state_dict(unet_state_dict):
         for sd_part, hf_part in unet_conversion_map_layer:
             v = v.replace(hf_part, sd_part)
         mapping[k] = v
-    new_state_dict = {v: unet_state_dict[k] for k, v in mapping.items()}
-    return new_state_dict
+    return {v: unet_state_dict[k] for k, v in mapping.items()}
 
 
 # ================#
diff --git a/comfy/extra_samplers/uni_pc.py b/comfy/extra_samplers/uni_pc.py
index 5b80a8af..98f30aee 100644
--- a/comfy/extra_samplers/uni_pc.py
+++ b/comfy/extra_samplers/uni_pc.py
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ class NoiseScheduleVP:
             return -0.25 * t ** 2 * (self.beta_1 - self.beta_0) - 0.5 * t * self.beta_0
         elif self.schedule == 'cosine':
             log_alpha_fn = lambda s: torch.log(torch.cos((s + self.cosine_s) / (1. + self.cosine_s) * math.pi / 2.))
-            log_alpha_t =  log_alpha_fn(t) - self.cosine_log_alpha_0
-            return log_alpha_t
+            return log_alpha_fn(t) - self.cosine_log_alpha_0
 
     def marginal_alpha(self, t):
         """
@@ -174,8 +173,7 @@ class NoiseScheduleVP:
         else:
             log_alpha = -0.5 * torch.logaddexp(-2. * lamb, torch.zeros((1,)).to(lamb))
             t_fn = lambda log_alpha_t: torch.arccos(torch.exp(log_alpha_t + self.cosine_log_alpha_0)) * 2. * (1. + self.cosine_s) / math.pi - self.cosine_s
-            t = t_fn(log_alpha)
-            return t
+            return t_fn(log_alpha)
 
 
 def model_wrapper(
@@ -378,8 +376,7 @@ class UniPC:
         p = self.dynamic_thresholding_ratio
         s = torch.quantile(torch.abs(x0).reshape((x0.shape[0], -1)), p, dim=1)
         s = expand_dims(torch.maximum(s, self.thresholding_max_val * torch.ones_like(s).to(s.device)), dims)
-        x0 = torch.clamp(x0, -s, s) / s
-        return x0
+        return torch.clamp(x0, -s, s) / s
 
     def noise_prediction_fn(self, x, t):
         """
@@ -423,8 +420,7 @@ class UniPC:
             return torch.linspace(t_T, t_0, N + 1).to(device)
         elif skip_type == 'time_quadratic':
             t_order = 2
-            t = torch.linspace(t_T**(1. / t_order), t_0**(1. / t_order), N + 1).pow(t_order).to(device)
-            return t
+            return torch.linspace(t_T**(1. / t_order), t_0**(1. / t_order), N + 1).pow(t_order).to(device)
         else:
             raise ValueError("Unsupported skip_type {}, need to be 'logSNR' or 'time_uniform' or 'time_quadratic'".format(skip_type))
 
@@ -801,8 +797,7 @@ def interpolate_fn(x, xp, yp):
     y_positions_expanded = yp.unsqueeze(0).expand(N, -1, -1)
     start_y = torch.gather(y_positions_expanded, dim=2, index=start_idx2.unsqueeze(2)).squeeze(2)
     end_y = torch.gather(y_positions_expanded, dim=2, index=(start_idx2 + 1).unsqueeze(2)).squeeze(2)
-    cand = start_y + (x - start_x) * (end_y - start_y) / (end_x - start_x)
-    return cand
+    return start_y + (x - start_x) * (end_y - start_y) / (end_x - start_x)
 
 
 def expand_dims(v, dims):
diff --git a/comfy/gligen.py b/comfy/gligen.py
index 161d8a5e..575c3a0d 100644
--- a/comfy/gligen.py
+++ b/comfy/gligen.py
@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ class GatedCrossAttentionDense(nn.Module):
 
         x = x + self.scale * \
             torch.tanh(self.alpha_attn) * self.attn(self.norm1(x), objs, objs)
-        x = x + self.scale * \
+        return x + self.scale * \
             torch.tanh(self.alpha_dense) * self.ff(self.norm2(x))
 
-        return x
 
 
 class GatedSelfAttentionDense(nn.Module):
@@ -118,10 +117,9 @@ class GatedSelfAttentionDense(nn.Module):
 
         x = x + self.scale * torch.tanh(self.alpha_attn) * self.attn(
             self.norm1(torch.cat([x, objs], dim=1)))[:, 0:N_visual, :]
-        x = x + self.scale * \
+        return x + self.scale * \
             torch.tanh(self.alpha_dense) * self.ff(self.norm2(x))
 
-        return x
 
 
 class GatedSelfAttentionDense2(nn.Module):
@@ -172,10 +170,9 @@ class GatedSelfAttentionDense2(nn.Module):
 
         # add residual to visual feature
         x = x + self.scale * torch.tanh(self.alpha_attn) * residual
-        x = x + self.scale * \
+        return x + self.scale * \
             torch.tanh(self.alpha_dense) * self.ff(self.norm2(x))
 
-        return x
 
 
 class FourierEmbedder():
@@ -340,5 +337,4 @@ def load_gligen(sd):
         w.position_net = PositionNet(in_dim, out_dim)
         w.load_state_dict(sd, strict=False)
 
-    gligen = Gligen(output_list, w.position_net, key_dim)
-    return gligen
+    return Gligen(output_list, w.position_net, key_dim)
diff --git a/comfy/k_diffusion/deis.py b/comfy/k_diffusion/deis.py
index a1167a4a..96154705 100644
--- a/comfy/k_diffusion/deis.py
+++ b/comfy/k_diffusion/deis.py
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ def cal_intergrand(beta_0, beta_1, taus):
             log_alpha = alpha.log()
             log_alpha.sum().backward()
             d_log_alpha_dtau = taus.grad
-    integrand = -0.5 * d_log_alpha_dtau / torch.sqrt(alpha * (1 - alpha))
-    return integrand
+    return -0.5 * d_log_alpha_dtau / torch.sqrt(alpha * (1 - alpha))
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/comfy/k_diffusion/sampling.py b/comfy/k_diffusion/sampling.py
index 0f7cc4ca..7d454c88 100644
--- a/comfy/k_diffusion/sampling.py
+++ b/comfy/k_diffusion/sampling.py
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ def get_sigmas_laplace(n, sigma_min, sigma_max, mu=0., beta=0.5, device='cpu'):
     x = torch.linspace(0, 1, n, device=device)
     clamp = lambda x: torch.clamp(x, min=sigma_min, max=sigma_max)
     lmb = mu - beta * torch.sign(0.5-x) * torch.log(1 - 2 * torch.abs(0.5-x) + epsilon)
-    sigmas = clamp(torch.exp(lmb))
-    return sigmas
+    return clamp(torch.exp(lmb))
 
 
 
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/audio/autoencoder.py b/comfy/ldm/audio/autoencoder.py
index 9e7e7c87..0a10b45a 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/audio/autoencoder.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/audio/autoencoder.py
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ class SnakeBeta(nn.Module):
         if self.alpha_logscale:
             alpha = torch.exp(alpha)
             beta = torch.exp(beta)
-        x = snake_beta(x, alpha, beta)
+        return snake_beta(x, alpha, beta)
 
-        return x
 
 def WNConv1d(*args, **kwargs):
     try:
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/audio/dit.py b/comfy/ldm/audio/dit.py
index 179c5b67..801c1693 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/audio/dit.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/audio/dit.py
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ class AbsolutePositionalEmbedding(nn.Module):
             pos = (pos - seq_start_pos[..., None]).clamp(min = 0)
 
         pos_emb = self.emb(pos)
-        pos_emb = pos_emb * self.scale
-        return pos_emb
+        return pos_emb * self.scale
 
 class ScaledSinusoidalEmbedding(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, dim, theta = 10000):
@@ -404,9 +403,8 @@ class ConformerModule(nn.Module):
         x = self.swish(x)
         x = rearrange(x, 'b n d -> b d n')
         x = self.pointwise_conv_2(x)
-        x = rearrange(x, 'b d n -> b n d')
+        return rearrange(x, 'b d n -> b n d')
 
-        return x
 
 class TransformerBlock(nn.Module):
     def __init__(
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/audio/embedders.py b/comfy/ldm/audio/embedders.py
index 20edb365..7541fdb7 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/audio/embedders.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/audio/embedders.py
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ class LearnedPositionalEmbedding(nn.Module):
         x = rearrange(x, "b -> b 1")
         freqs = x * rearrange(self.weights, "d -> 1 d") * 2 * math.pi
         fouriered = torch.cat((freqs.sin(), freqs.cos()), dim=-1)
-        fouriered = torch.cat((x, fouriered), dim=-1)
-        return fouriered
+        return torch.cat((x, fouriered), dim=-1)
 
 def TimePositionalEmbedding(dim: int, out_features: int) -> nn.Module:
     return nn.Sequential(
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ class NumberEmbedder(nn.Module):
         shape = x.shape
         x = rearrange(x, "... -> (...)")
         embedding = self.embedding(x)
-        x = embedding.view(*shape, self.features)
-        return x  # type: ignore
+        return embedding.view(*shape, self.features)
 
 
 class Conditioner(nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/aura/mmdit.py b/comfy/ldm/aura/mmdit.py
index 1258ae11..00cf9852 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/aura/mmdit.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/aura/mmdit.py
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ class MLP(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         x = F.silu(self.c_fc1(x)) * self.c_fc2(x)
-        x = self.c_proj(x)
-        return x
+        return self.c_proj(x)
 
 
 class MultiHeadLayerNorm(nn.Module):
@@ -95,8 +94,7 @@ class SingleAttention(nn.Module):
         q, k = self.q_norm1(q), self.k_norm1(k)
 
         output = optimized_attention(q.permute(0, 2, 1, 3), k.permute(0, 2, 1, 3), v.permute(0, 2, 1, 3), self.n_heads, skip_reshape=True)
-        c = self.w1o(output)
-        return c
+        return self.w1o(output)
 
 
 
@@ -265,9 +263,8 @@ class DiTBlock(nn.Module):
         mlpout = self.mlp(modulate(cx, shift_mlp, scale_mlp))
         cx = gate_mlp.unsqueeze(1) * mlpout
 
-        cx = cxres + cx
+        return cxres + cx
 
-        return cx
 
 
 
@@ -298,8 +295,7 @@ class TimestepEmbedder(nn.Module):
     #@torch.compile()
     def forward(self, t, dtype):
         t_freq = self.timestep_embedding(t, self.frequency_embedding_size).to(dtype)
-        t_emb = self.mlp(t_freq)
-        return t_emb
+        return self.mlp(t_freq)
 
 
 class MMDiT(nn.Module):
@@ -401,8 +397,7 @@ class MMDiT(nn.Module):
 
         x = x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], h, w, p, p, c))
         x = torch.einsum("nhwpqc->nchpwq", x)
-        imgs = x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], c, h * p, w * p))
-        return imgs
+        return x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], c, h * p, w * p))
 
     def patchify(self, x):
         B, C, H, W = x.size()
@@ -415,8 +410,7 @@ class MMDiT(nn.Module):
             (W + 1) // self.patch_size,
             self.patch_size,
         )
-        x = x.permute(0, 2, 4, 1, 3, 5).flatten(-3).flatten(1, 2)
-        return x
+        return x.permute(0, 2, 4, 1, 3, 5).flatten(-3).flatten(1, 2)
 
     def apply_pos_embeds(self, x, h, w):
         h = (h + 1) // self.patch_size
@@ -494,5 +488,4 @@ class MMDiT(nn.Module):
 
         x = modulate(x, fshift, fscale)
         x = self.final_linear(x)
-        x = self.unpatchify(x, (h + 1) // self.patch_size, (w + 1) // self.patch_size)[:,:,:h,:w]
-        return x
+        return self.unpatchify(x, (h + 1) // self.patch_size, (w + 1) // self.patch_size)[:,:,:h,:w]
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/cascade/common.py b/comfy/ldm/cascade/common.py
index 3eaa0c82..ba7dd14e 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/cascade/common.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/cascade/common.py
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ class Attention2D(nn.Module):
             kv = torch.cat([x, kv], dim=1)
         # x = self.attn(x, kv, kv, need_weights=False)[0]
         x = self.attn(x, kv, kv)
-        x = x.permute(0, 2, 1).view(*orig_shape)
-        return x
+        return x.permute(0, 2, 1).view(*orig_shape)
 
 
 def LayerNorm2d_op(operations):
@@ -116,8 +115,7 @@ class AttnBlock(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, x, kv):
         kv = self.kv_mapper(kv)
-        x = x + self.attention(self.norm(x), kv, self_attn=self.self_attn)
-        return x
+        return x + self.attention(self.norm(x), kv, self_attn=self.self_attn)
 
 
 class FeedForwardBlock(nn.Module):
@@ -133,8 +131,7 @@ class FeedForwardBlock(nn.Module):
         )
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        x = x + self.channelwise(self.norm(x).permute(0, 2, 3, 1)).permute(0, 3, 1, 2)
-        return x
+        return x + self.channelwise(self.norm(x).permute(0, 2, 3, 1)).permute(0, 3, 1, 2)
 
 
 class TimestepBlock(nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_a.py b/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_a.py
index ca8867ea..93971811 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_a.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_a.py
@@ -157,9 +157,8 @@ class ResBlock(nn.Module):
             x = x + self.depthwise[1](x_temp) * mods[2]
 
         x_temp = self._norm(x, self.norm2) * (1 + mods[3]) + mods[4]
-        x = x + self.channelwise(x_temp.permute(0, 2, 3, 1)).permute(0, 3, 1, 2) * mods[5]
+        return x + self.channelwise(x_temp.permute(0, 2, 3, 1)).permute(0, 3, 1, 2) * mods[5]
 
-        return x
 
 
 class StageA(nn.Module):
@@ -218,8 +217,7 @@ class StageA(nn.Module):
 
     def decode(self, x):
         x = self.up_blocks(x)
-        x = self.out_block(x)
-        return x
+        return self.out_block(x)
 
     def forward(self, x, quantize=False):
         qe, x, _, vq_loss = self.encode(x, quantize)
@@ -251,5 +249,4 @@ class Discriminator(nn.Module):
             cond = cond.view(cond.size(0), cond.size(1), 1, 1, ).expand(-1, -1, x.size(-2), x.size(-1))
             x = torch.cat([x, cond], dim=1)
         x = self.shuffle(x)
-        x = self.logits(x)
-        return x
+        return self.logits(x)
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_b.py b/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_b.py
index 77383095..ed2cd1ae 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_b.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_b.py
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@ class StageB(nn.Module):
         if len(clip.shape) == 2:
             clip = clip.unsqueeze(1)
         clip = self.clip_mapper(clip).view(clip.size(0), clip.size(1) * self.c_clip_seq, -1)
-        clip = self.clip_norm(clip)
-        return clip
+        return self.clip_norm(clip)
 
     def _down_encode(self, x, r_embed, clip):
         level_outputs = []
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_c.py b/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_c.py
index b952d034..d4fdbf64 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_c.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_c.py
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ class StageC(nn.Module):
         clip_txt_pool = self.clip_txt_pooled_mapper(clip_txt_pooled).view(clip_txt_pooled.size(0), clip_txt_pooled.size(1) * self.c_clip_seq, -1)
         clip_img = self.clip_img_mapper(clip_img).view(clip_img.size(0), clip_img.size(1) * self.c_clip_seq, -1)
         clip = torch.cat([clip_txt, clip_txt_pool, clip_img], dim=1)
-        clip = self.clip_norm(clip)
-        return clip
+        return self.clip_norm(clip)
 
     def _down_encode(self, x, r_embed, clip, cnet=None):
         level_outputs = []
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_c_coder.py b/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_c_coder.py
index 0cb7c49f..5cfd4940 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_c_coder.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/cascade/stage_c_coder.py
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ class EfficientNetEncoder(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x):
         x = x * 0.5 + 0.5
         x = (x - self.mean.view([3,1,1])) / self.std.view([3,1,1])
-        o = self.mapper(self.backbone(x))
-        return o
+        return self.mapper(self.backbone(x))
 
 
 # Fast Decoder for Stage C latents. E.g. 16 x 24 x 24 -> 3 x 192 x 192
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/flux/layers.py b/comfy/ldm/flux/layers.py
index 8e055151..b925bd29 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/flux/layers.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/flux/layers.py
@@ -256,5 +256,4 @@ class LastLayer(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x: Tensor, vec: Tensor) -> Tensor:
         shift, scale = self.adaLN_modulation(vec).chunk(2, dim=1)
         x = (1 + scale[:, None, :]) * self.norm_final(x) + shift[:, None, :]
-        x = self.linear(x)
-        return x
+        return self.linear(x)
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/flux/math.py b/comfy/ldm/flux/math.py
index b6549585..03f6c6d4 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/flux/math.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/flux/math.py
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ def attention(q: Tensor, k: Tensor, v: Tensor, pe: Tensor, mask=None) -> Tensor:
     q, k = apply_rope(q, k, pe)
 
     heads = q.shape[1]
-    x = optimized_attention(q, k, v, heads, skip_reshape=True, mask=mask)
-    return x
+    return optimized_attention(q, k, v, heads, skip_reshape=True, mask=mask)
 
 
 def rope(pos: Tensor, dim: int, theta: int) -> Tensor:
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/flux/model.py b/comfy/ldm/flux/model.py
index dead87de..dc5b516c 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/flux/model.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/flux/model.py
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ class Flux(nn.Module):
 
         img = img[:, txt.shape[1] :, ...]
 
-        img = self.final_layer(img, vec)  # (N, T, patch_size ** 2 * out_channels)
-        return img
+        return self.final_layer(img, vec)  # (N, T, patch_size ** 2 * out_channels)
 
     def forward(self, x, timestep, context, y, guidance, control=None, transformer_options={}, **kwargs):
         bs, c, h, w = x.shape
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/flux/redux.py b/comfy/ldm/flux/redux.py
index 527e8316..f444c161 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/flux/redux.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/flux/redux.py
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ class ReduxImageEncoder(torch.nn.Module):
         self.redux_down = ops.Linear(txt_in_features * 3, txt_in_features, dtype=dtype)
 
     def forward(self, sigclip_embeds) -> torch.Tensor:
-        projected_x = self.redux_down(torch.nn.functional.silu(self.redux_up(sigclip_embeds)))
-        return projected_x
+        return self.redux_down(torch.nn.functional.silu(self.redux_up(sigclip_embeds)))
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/asymm_models_joint.py b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/asymm_models_joint.py
index 2c46c24b..138e58b6 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/asymm_models_joint.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/asymm_models_joint.py
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ import comfy.ops
 def modulated_rmsnorm(x, scale, eps=1e-6):
     # Normalize and modulate
     x_normed = comfy.ldm.common_dit.rms_norm(x, eps=eps)
-    x_modulated = x_normed * (1 + scale.unsqueeze(1))
+    return x_normed * (1 + scale.unsqueeze(1))
 
-    return x_modulated
 
 
 def residual_tanh_gated_rmsnorm(x, x_res, gate, eps=1e-6):
@@ -47,9 +46,8 @@ def residual_tanh_gated_rmsnorm(x, x_res, gate, eps=1e-6):
     x_normed = comfy.ldm.common_dit.rms_norm(x_res, eps=eps) * tanh_gate
 
     # Apply residual connection
-    output = x + x_normed
+    return x + x_normed
 
-    return output
 
 class AsymmetricAttention(nn.Module):
     def __init__(
@@ -275,14 +273,12 @@ class AsymmetricJointBlock(nn.Module):
     def ff_block_x(self, x, scale_x, gate_x):
         x_mod = modulated_rmsnorm(x, scale_x)
         x_res = self.mlp_x(x_mod)
-        x = residual_tanh_gated_rmsnorm(x, x_res, gate_x)  # Sandwich norm
-        return x
+        return residual_tanh_gated_rmsnorm(x, x_res, gate_x)  # Sandwich norm
 
     def ff_block_y(self, y, scale_y, gate_y):
         y_mod = modulated_rmsnorm(y, scale_y)
         y_res = self.mlp_y(y_mod)
-        y = residual_tanh_gated_rmsnorm(y, y_res, gate_y)  # Sandwich norm
-        return y
+        return residual_tanh_gated_rmsnorm(y, y_res, gate_y)  # Sandwich norm
 
 
 class FinalLayer(nn.Module):
@@ -312,8 +308,7 @@ class FinalLayer(nn.Module):
         c = F.silu(c)
         shift, scale = self.mod(c).chunk(2, dim=1)
         x = modulate(self.norm_final(x), shift, scale)
-        x = self.linear(x)
-        return x
+        return self.linear(x)
 
 
 class AsymmDiTJoint(nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/layers.py b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/layers.py
index 51d97955..3eab79c6 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/layers.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/layers.py
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ class TimestepEmbedder(nn.Module):
         if self.timestep_scale is not None:
             t = t * self.timestep_scale
         t_freq = self.timestep_embedding(t, self.frequency_embedding_size).to(dtype=out_dtype)
-        t_emb = self.mlp(t_freq)
-        return t_emb
+        return self.mlp(t_freq)
 
 
 class FeedForward(nn.Module):
@@ -93,8 +92,7 @@ class FeedForward(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, x):
         x, gate = self.w1(x).chunk(2, dim=-1)
-        x = self.w2(F.silu(x) * gate)
-        return x
+        return self.w2(F.silu(x) * gate)
 
 
 class PatchEmbed(nn.Module):
@@ -149,8 +147,7 @@ class PatchEmbed(nn.Module):
             raise NotImplementedError("Must flatten output.")
         x = rearrange(x, "(B T) C H W -> B (T H W) C", B=B, T=T)
 
-        x = self.norm(x)
-        return x
+        return self.norm(x)
 
 
 class RMSNorm(torch.nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/rope_mixed.py b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/rope_mixed.py
index dee3fa21..990ff426 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/rope_mixed.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/rope_mixed.py
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ def create_position_matrix(
     # Stack and reshape the grids.
     pos = torch.stack([grid_t, grid_h, grid_w], dim=-1)  # [T, pH, pW, 3]
     pos = pos.view(-1, 3)  # [T * pH * pW, 3]
-    pos = pos.to(dtype=dtype, device=device)
+    return pos.to(dtype=dtype, device=device)
 
-    return pos
 
 
 def compute_mixed_rotation(
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/temporal_rope.py b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/temporal_rope.py
index 88f5d6d2..53a69d05 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/temporal_rope.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/temporal_rope.py
@@ -30,5 +30,4 @@ def apply_rotary_emb_qk_real(
     sin_part = (xqk_even * freqs_sin + xqk_odd * freqs_cos).type_as(xqk)
 
     # Interleave the results back into the original shape
-    out = torch.stack([cos_part, sin_part], dim=-1).flatten(-2)
-    return out
+    return torch.stack([cos_part, sin_part], dim=-1).flatten(-2)
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/utils.py b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/utils.py
index 1b399d5d..0ba42359 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/utils.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/genmo/joint_model/utils.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ def pool_tokens(x: torch.Tensor, mask: torch.Tensor, *, keepdim=False) -> torch.
     assert x.size(0) == mask.size(0)  # Expected mask to have same batch size as tokens.
     mask = mask[:, :, None].to(dtype=x.dtype)
     mask = mask / mask.sum(dim=1, keepdim=True).clamp(min=1)
-    pooled = (x * mask).sum(dim=1, keepdim=keepdim)
-    return pooled
+    return (x * mask).sum(dim=1, keepdim=keepdim)
 
 
 class AttentionPool(nn.Module):
@@ -98,5 +97,4 @@ class AttentionPool(nn.Module):
 
         # Concatenate heads and run output.
         x = x.squeeze(2).flatten(1, 2)  # (B, D = H * head_dim)
-        x = self.to_out(x)
-        return x
+        return self.to_out(x)
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/genmo/vae/model.py b/comfy/ldm/genmo/vae/model.py
index 1bde0c1e..d9c4f921 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/genmo/vae/model.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/genmo/vae/model.py
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ class Conv1x1(ops.Linear):
         """
         x = x.movedim(1, -1)
         x = super().forward(x)
-        x = x.movedim(-1, 1)
-        return x
+        return x.movedim(-1, 1)
 
 
 class DepthToSpaceTime(nn.Module):
@@ -269,8 +268,7 @@ class Attention(nn.Module):
         assert x.size(0) == q.size(0)
 
         x = self.out(x)
-        x = rearrange(x, "(B h w) t C -> B C t h w", B=B, h=H, w=W)
-        return x
+        return rearrange(x, "(B h w) t C -> B C t h w", B=B, h=H, w=W)
 
 
 class AttentionBlock(nn.Module):
@@ -321,8 +319,7 @@ class CausalUpsampleBlock(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x):
         x = self.blocks(x)
         x = self.proj(x)
-        x = self.d2st(x)
-        return x
+        return self.d2st(x)
 
 
 def block_fn(channels, *, affine: bool = True, has_attention: bool = False, **block_kwargs):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/hunyuan_video/model.py b/comfy/ldm/hunyuan_video/model.py
index d6d85408..99ff96c3 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/hunyuan_video/model.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/hunyuan_video/model.py
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ class TokenRefinerBlock(nn.Module):
         attn = optimized_attention(q, k, v, self.heads, mask=mask, skip_reshape=True)
 
         x = x + self.self_attn.proj(attn) * mod1.unsqueeze(1)
-        x = x + self.mlp(self.norm2(x)) * mod2.unsqueeze(1)
-        return x
+        return x + self.mlp(self.norm2(x)) * mod2.unsqueeze(1)
 
 
 class IndividualTokenRefiner(nn.Module):
@@ -157,8 +156,7 @@ class TokenRefiner(nn.Module):
 
         c = t + self.c_embedder(c.to(x.dtype))
         x = self.input_embedder(x)
-        x = self.individual_token_refiner(x, c, mask)
-        return x
+        return self.individual_token_refiner(x, c, mask)
 
 class HunyuanVideo(nn.Module):
     """
@@ -311,8 +309,7 @@ class HunyuanVideo(nn.Module):
             shape[i] = shape[i] // self.patch_size[i]
         img = img.reshape([img.shape[0]] + shape + [self.out_channels] + self.patch_size)
         img = img.permute(0, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7)
-        img = img.reshape(initial_shape)
-        return img
+        return img.reshape(initial_shape)
 
     def forward(self, x, timestep, context, y, guidance, attention_mask=None, control=None, transformer_options={}, **kwargs):
         bs, c, t, h, w = x.shape
@@ -326,5 +323,4 @@ class HunyuanVideo(nn.Module):
         img_ids[:, :, :, 2] = img_ids[:, :, :, 2] + torch.linspace(0, w_len - 1, steps=w_len, device=x.device, dtype=x.dtype).reshape(1, 1, -1)
         img_ids = repeat(img_ids, "t h w c -> b (t h w) c", b=bs)
         txt_ids = torch.zeros((bs, context.shape[1], 3), device=x.device, dtype=x.dtype)
-        out = self.forward_orig(x, img_ids, context, txt_ids, attention_mask, timestep, y, guidance, control, transformer_options)
-        return out
+        return self.forward_orig(x, img_ids, context, txt_ids, attention_mask, timestep, y, guidance, control, transformer_options)
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/hydit/attn_layers.py b/comfy/ldm/hydit/attn_layers.py
index 3ca25a5d..4b31f731 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/hydit/attn_layers.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/hydit/attn_layers.py
@@ -166,9 +166,8 @@ class CrossAttention(nn.Module):
         out = self.out_proj(context)  # context.reshape - B, L1, -1
         out = self.proj_drop(out)
 
-        out_tuple = (out,)
+        return (out,)
 
-        return out_tuple
 
 
 class Attention(nn.Module):
@@ -213,6 +212,5 @@ class Attention(nn.Module):
         x = self.out_proj(x)
         x = self.proj_drop(x)
 
-        out_tuple = (x,)
+        return (x,)
 
-        return out_tuple
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/hydit/models.py b/comfy/ldm/hydit/models.py
index 359f6a96..0b724fa7 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/hydit/models.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/hydit/models.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ def calc_rope(x, patch_size, head_size):
     sub_args = [start, stop, (th, tw)]
     # head_size = HUNYUAN_DIT_CONFIG['DiT-g/2']['hidden_size'] // HUNYUAN_DIT_CONFIG['DiT-g/2']['num_heads']
     rope = get_2d_rotary_pos_embed(head_size, *sub_args)
-    rope = (rope[0].to(x), rope[1].to(x))
-    return rope
+    return (rope[0].to(x), rope[1].to(x))
 
 
 def modulate(x, shift, scale):
@@ -110,9 +109,8 @@ class HunYuanDiTBlock(nn.Module):
 
         # FFN Layer
         mlp_inputs = self.norm2(x)
-        x = x + self.mlp(mlp_inputs)
+        return x + self.mlp(mlp_inputs)
 
-        return x
 
     def forward(self, x, c=None, text_states=None, freq_cis_img=None, skip=None):
         if self.gradient_checkpointing and self.training:
@@ -136,8 +134,7 @@ class FinalLayer(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x, c):
         shift, scale = self.adaLN_modulation(c).chunk(2, dim=1)
         x = modulate(self.norm_final(x), shift, scale)
-        x = self.linear(x)
-        return x
+        return self.linear(x)
 
 
 class HunYuanDiT(nn.Module):
@@ -413,5 +410,4 @@ class HunYuanDiT(nn.Module):
 
         x = x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], h, w, p, p, c))
         x = torch.einsum('nhwpqc->nchpwq', x)
-        imgs = x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], c, h * p, w * p))
-        return imgs
+        return x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], c, h * p, w * p))
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/hydit/posemb_layers.py b/comfy/ldm/hydit/posemb_layers.py
index dcb41a71..bff7813f 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/hydit/posemb_layers.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/hydit/posemb_layers.py
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ def get_meshgrid(start, *args):
     grid_h = np.linspace(start[0], stop[0], num[0], endpoint=False, dtype=np.float32)
     grid_w = np.linspace(start[1], stop[1], num[1], endpoint=False, dtype=np.float32)
     grid = np.meshgrid(grid_w, grid_h)  # here w goes first
-    grid = np.stack(grid, axis=0)   # [2, W, H]
-    return grid
+    return np.stack(grid, axis=0)   # [2, W, H]
 
 #################################################################################
 #                   Sine/Cosine Positional Embedding Functions                  #
@@ -87,8 +86,7 @@ def get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, grid):
     emb_h = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim // 2, grid[0])  # (H*W, D/2)
     emb_w = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim // 2, grid[1])  # (H*W, D/2)
 
-    emb = np.concatenate([emb_h, emb_w], axis=1)    # (H*W, D)
-    return emb
+    return np.concatenate([emb_h, emb_w], axis=1)    # (H*W, D)
 
 
 def get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, pos):
@@ -108,8 +106,7 @@ def get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, pos):
     emb_sin = np.sin(out)   # (M, D/2)
     emb_cos = np.cos(out)   # (M, D/2)
 
-    emb = np.concatenate([emb_sin, emb_cos], axis=1)  # (M, D)
-    return emb
+    return np.concatenate([emb_sin, emb_cos], axis=1)  # (M, D)
 
 
 #################################################################################
@@ -138,8 +135,7 @@ def get_2d_rotary_pos_embed(embed_dim, start, *args, use_real=True):
     """
     grid = get_meshgrid(start, *args)   # [2, H, w]
     grid = grid.reshape([2, 1, *grid.shape[1:]])   # Returns a sampling matrix with the same resolution as the target resolution
-    pos_embed = get_2d_rotary_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, grid, use_real=use_real)
-    return pos_embed
+    return get_2d_rotary_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, grid, use_real=use_real)
 
 
 def get_2d_rotary_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, grid, use_real=False):
@@ -154,8 +150,7 @@ def get_2d_rotary_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, grid, use_real=False):
         sin = torch.cat([emb_h[1], emb_w[1]], dim=1)    # (H*W, D/2)
         return cos, sin
     else:
-        emb = torch.cat([emb_h, emb_w], dim=1)    # (H*W, D/2)
-        return emb
+        return torch.cat([emb_h, emb_w], dim=1)    # (H*W, D/2)
 
 
 def get_1d_rotary_pos_embed(dim: int, pos: Union[np.ndarray, int], theta: float = 10000.0, use_real=False):
@@ -187,8 +182,7 @@ def get_1d_rotary_pos_embed(dim: int, pos: Union[np.ndarray, int], theta: float
         freqs_sin = freqs.sin().repeat_interleave(2, dim=1)  # [S, D]
         return freqs_cos, freqs_sin
     else:
-        freqs_cis = torch.polar(torch.ones_like(freqs), freqs)  # complex64     # [S, D/2]
-        return freqs_cis
+        return torch.polar(torch.ones_like(freqs), freqs)  # complex64     # [S, D/2]
 
 
 
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/model.py b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/model.py
index eeeeaea0..aed22013 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/model.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/model.py
@@ -122,14 +122,13 @@ class Timesteps(nn.Module):
         self.scale = scale
 
     def forward(self, timesteps):
-        t_emb = get_timestep_embedding(
+        return get_timestep_embedding(
             timesteps,
             self.num_channels,
             flip_sin_to_cos=self.flip_sin_to_cos,
             downscale_freq_shift=self.downscale_freq_shift,
             scale=self.scale,
         )
-        return t_emb
 
 
 class PixArtAlphaCombinedTimestepSizeEmbeddings(nn.Module):
@@ -149,8 +148,7 @@ class PixArtAlphaCombinedTimestepSizeEmbeddings(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, timestep, resolution, aspect_ratio, batch_size, hidden_dtype):
         timesteps_proj = self.time_proj(timestep)
-        timesteps_emb = self.timestep_embedder(timesteps_proj.to(dtype=hidden_dtype))  # (N, D)
-        return timesteps_emb
+        return self.timestep_embedder(timesteps_proj.to(dtype=hidden_dtype))  # (N, D)
 
 
 class AdaLayerNormSingle(nn.Module):
@@ -209,8 +207,7 @@ class PixArtAlphaTextProjection(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, caption):
         hidden_states = self.linear_1(caption)
         hidden_states = self.act_1(hidden_states)
-        hidden_states = self.linear_2(hidden_states)
-        return hidden_states
+        return self.linear_2(hidden_states)
 
 
 class GELU_approx(nn.Module):
@@ -247,9 +244,8 @@ def apply_rotary_emb(input_tensor, freqs_cis): #TODO: remove duplicate funcs and
     t_dup = torch.stack((-t2, t1), dim=-1)
     input_tensor_rot = rearrange(t_dup, "... d r -> ... (d r)")
 
-    out = input_tensor * cos_freqs + input_tensor_rot * sin_freqs
+    return input_tensor * cos_freqs + input_tensor_rot * sin_freqs
 
-    return out
 
 
 class CrossAttention(nn.Module):
@@ -316,14 +312,13 @@ class BasicTransformerBlock(nn.Module):
         return x
 
 def get_fractional_positions(indices_grid, max_pos):
-    fractional_positions = torch.stack(
+    return torch.stack(
         [
             indices_grid[:, i] / max_pos[i]
             for i in range(3)
         ],
         dim=-1,
     )
-    return fractional_positions
 
 
 def precompute_freqs_cis(indices_grid, dim, out_dtype, theta=10000.0, max_pos=[20, 2048, 2048]):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/symmetric_patchifier.py b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/symmetric_patchifier.py
index c58dfb20..c946b312 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/symmetric_patchifier.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/symmetric_patchifier.py
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ class Patchifier(ABC):
                     scale = scale_grid[i]
                 grid[:, i, ...] = grid[:, i, ...] * scale * self._patch_size[i]
 
-        grid = rearrange(grid, "b c f h w -> b c (f h w)", b=batch_size)
-        return grid
+        return rearrange(grid, "b c f h w -> b c (f h w)", b=batch_size)
 
 
 class SymmetricPatchifier(Patchifier):
@@ -74,14 +73,13 @@ class SymmetricPatchifier(Patchifier):
         self,
         latents: Tensor,
     ) -> Tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
-        latents = rearrange(
+        return rearrange(
             latents,
             "b c (f p1) (h p2) (w p3) -> b (f h w) (c p1 p2 p3)",
             p1=self._patch_size[0],
             p2=self._patch_size[1],
             p3=self._patch_size[2],
         )
-        return latents
 
     def unpatchify(
         self,
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ class SymmetricPatchifier(Patchifier):
     ) -> Tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
         output_height = output_height // self._patch_size[1]
         output_width = output_width // self._patch_size[2]
-        latents = rearrange(
+        return rearrange(
             latents,
             "b (f h w) (c p q) -> b c f (h p) (w q) ",
             f=output_num_frames,
@@ -102,4 +100,3 @@ class SymmetricPatchifier(Patchifier):
             p=self._patch_size[1],
             q=self._patch_size[2],
         )
-        return latents
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/causal_conv3d.py b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/causal_conv3d.py
index c572e7e8..fe48c309 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/causal_conv3d.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/causal_conv3d.py
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ class CausalConv3d(nn.Module):
                 (1, 1, (self.time_kernel_size - 1) // 2, 1, 1)
             )
             x = torch.concatenate((first_frame_pad, x, last_frame_pad), dim=2)
-        x = self.conv(x)
-        return x
+        return self.conv(x)
 
     @property
     def weight(self):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/causal_video_autoencoder.py b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/causal_video_autoencoder.py
index e0344dee..6570b33c 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/causal_video_autoencoder.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/causal_video_autoencoder.py
@@ -417,9 +417,8 @@ class Decoder(nn.Module):
         sample = self.conv_act(sample)
         sample = self.conv_out(sample, causal=self.causal)
 
-        sample = unpatchify(sample, patch_size_hw=self.patch_size, patch_size_t=1)
+        return unpatchify(sample, patch_size_hw=self.patch_size, patch_size_t=1)
 
-        return sample
 
 
 class UNetMidBlock3D(nn.Module):
@@ -563,8 +562,7 @@ class LayerNorm(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x):
         x = rearrange(x, "b c d h w -> b d h w c")
         x = self.norm(x)
-        x = rearrange(x, "b d h w c -> b c d h w")
-        return x
+        return rearrange(x, "b d h w c -> b c d h w")
 
 
 class ResnetBlock3D(nn.Module):
@@ -677,9 +675,8 @@ class ResnetBlock3D(nn.Module):
         # similar to the "explicit noise inputs" method in style-gan
         spatial_noise = torch.randn(spatial_shape, device=device, dtype=dtype)[None]
         scaled_noise = (spatial_noise * per_channel_scale)[None, :, None, ...]
-        hidden_states = hidden_states + scaled_noise
+        return hidden_states + scaled_noise
 
-        return hidden_states
 
     def forward(
         self,
@@ -740,9 +737,8 @@ class ResnetBlock3D(nn.Module):
 
         input_tensor = self.conv_shortcut(input_tensor)
 
-        output_tensor = input_tensor + hidden_states
+        return input_tensor + hidden_states
 
-        return output_tensor
 
 
 def patchify(x, patch_size_hw, patch_size_t=1):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/dual_conv3d.py b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/dual_conv3d.py
index 6bd54c0a..7ad55e84 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/dual_conv3d.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/lightricks/vae/dual_conv3d.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class DualConv3d(nn.Module):
             return x
 
         # Second convolution
-        x = F.conv3d(
+        return F.conv3d(
             x,
             self.weight2,
             self.bias2,
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ class DualConv3d(nn.Module):
             self.groups,
         )
 
-        return x
 
     def forward_with_2d(self, x, skip_time_conv):
         b, c, d, h, w = x.shape
@@ -142,8 +141,7 @@ class DualConv3d(nn.Module):
         _, _, h, w = x.shape
 
         if skip_time_conv:
-            x = rearrange(x, "(b d) c h w -> b c d h w", b=b)
-            return x
+            return rearrange(x, "(b d) c h w -> b c d h w", b=b)
 
         # Second convolution which is essentially treated as a 1D convolution across the 'd' dimension
         x = rearrange(x, "(b d) c h w -> (b h w) c d", b=b)
@@ -155,9 +153,8 @@ class DualConv3d(nn.Module):
         padding2 = self.padding2[0]
         dilation2 = self.dilation2[0]
         x = F.conv1d(x, weight2, self.bias2, stride2, padding2, dilation2, self.groups)
-        x = rearrange(x, "(b h w) c d -> b c d h w", b=b, h=h, w=w)
+        return rearrange(x, "(b h w) c d -> b c d h w", b=b, h=h, w=w)
 
-        return x
 
     @property
     def weight(self):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/models/autoencoder.py b/comfy/ldm/models/autoencoder.py
index e6493155..6fa57652 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/models/autoencoder.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/models/autoencoder.py
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ class AutoencodingEngine(AbstractAutoencoder):
         return z
 
     def decode(self, z: torch.Tensor, **kwargs) -> torch.Tensor:
-        x = self.decoder(z, **kwargs)
-        return x
+        return self.decoder(z, **kwargs)
 
     def forward(
         self, x: torch.Tensor, **additional_decode_kwargs
@@ -178,8 +177,7 @@ class AutoencodingEngineLegacy(AutoencodingEngine):
         self.embed_dim = embed_dim
 
     def get_autoencoder_params(self) -> list:
-        params = super().get_autoencoder_params()
-        return params
+        return super().get_autoencoder_params()
 
     def encode(
         self, x: torch.Tensor, return_reg_log: bool = False
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py
index 0d54e6be..4de6370f 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py
@@ -142,13 +142,12 @@ def attention_basic(q, k, v, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None, skip_reshape
     sim = sim.softmax(dim=-1)
 
     out = einsum('b i j, b j d -> b i d', sim.to(v.dtype), v)
-    out = (
+    return (
         out.unsqueeze(0)
         .reshape(b, heads, -1, dim_head)
         .permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
         .reshape(b, -1, heads * dim_head)
     )
-    return out
 
 
 def attention_sub_quad(query, key, value, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None, skip_reshape=False):
@@ -216,8 +215,7 @@ def attention_sub_quad(query, key, value, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None,
 
     hidden_states = hidden_states.to(dtype)
 
-    hidden_states = hidden_states.unflatten(0, (-1, heads)).transpose(1,2).flatten(start_dim=2)
-    return hidden_states
+    return hidden_states.unflatten(0, (-1, heads)).transpose(1,2).flatten(start_dim=2)
 
 def attention_split(q, k, v, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None, skip_reshape=False):
     attn_precision = get_attn_precision(attn_precision)
@@ -326,13 +324,12 @@ def attention_split(q, k, v, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None, skip_reshape
 
     del q, k, v
 
-    r1 = (
+    return (
         r1.unsqueeze(0)
         .reshape(b, heads, -1, dim_head)
         .permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
         .reshape(b, -1, heads * dim_head)
     )
-    return r1
 
 BROKEN_XFORMERS = False
 try:
@@ -395,11 +392,10 @@ def attention_xformers(q, k, v, heads, mask=None, attn_precision=None, skip_resh
 
     out = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention(q, k, v, attn_bias=mask)
 
-    out = (
+    return (
         out.reshape(b, -1, heads * dim_head)
     )
 
-    return out
 
 if model_management.is_nvidia(): #pytorch 2.3 and up seem to have this issue.
     SDP_BATCH_LIMIT = 2**15
@@ -932,7 +928,6 @@ class SpatialVideoTransformer(SpatialTransformer):
         x = rearrange(x, "b (h w) c -> b c h w", h=h, w=w)
         if not self.use_linear:
             x = self.proj_out(x)
-        out = x + x_in
-        return out
+        return x + x_in
 
 
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/mmdit.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/mmdit.py
index e70f4431..5f520197 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/mmdit.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/mmdit.py
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class Mlp(nn.Module):
         x = self.drop1(x)
         x = self.norm(x)
         x = self.fc2(x)
-        x = self.drop2(x)
-        return x
+        return self.drop2(x)
 
 class PatchEmbed(nn.Module):
     """ 2D Image to Patch Embedding
@@ -103,8 +102,7 @@ class PatchEmbed(nn.Module):
         x = self.proj(x)
         if self.flatten:
             x = x.flatten(2).transpose(1, 2)  # NCHW -> NLC
-        x = self.norm(x)
-        return x
+        return self.norm(x)
 
 def modulate(x, shift, scale):
     if shift is None:
@@ -155,8 +153,7 @@ def get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, grid):
     emb_h = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim // 2, grid[0])  # (H*W, D/2)
     emb_w = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim // 2, grid[1])  # (H*W, D/2)
 
-    emb = np.concatenate([emb_h, emb_w], axis=1)  # (H*W, D)
-    return emb
+    return np.concatenate([emb_h, emb_w], axis=1)  # (H*W, D)
 
 
 def get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, pos):
@@ -176,8 +173,7 @@ def get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, pos):
     emb_sin = np.sin(out)  # (M, D/2)
     emb_cos = np.cos(out)  # (M, D/2)
 
-    emb = np.concatenate([emb_sin, emb_cos], axis=1)  # (M, D)
-    return emb
+    return np.concatenate([emb_sin, emb_cos], axis=1)  # (M, D)
 
 def get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid_torch(embed_dim, pos, device=None, dtype=torch.float32):
     omega = torch.arange(embed_dim // 2, device=device, dtype=dtype)
@@ -187,8 +183,7 @@ def get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid_torch(embed_dim, pos, device=None, dtype=t
     out = torch.einsum("m,d->md", pos, omega)  # (M, D/2), outer product
     emb_sin = torch.sin(out)  # (M, D/2)
     emb_cos = torch.cos(out)  # (M, D/2)
-    emb = torch.cat([emb_sin, emb_cos], dim=1)  # (M, D)
-    return emb
+    return torch.cat([emb_sin, emb_cos], dim=1)  # (M, D)
 
 def get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_torch(embed_dim, w, h, val_center=7.5, val_magnitude=7.5, device=None, dtype=torch.float32):
     small = min(h, w)
@@ -197,8 +192,7 @@ def get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_torch(embed_dim, w, h, val_center=7.5, val_magnitude
     grid_h, grid_w = torch.meshgrid(torch.linspace(-val_h + val_center, val_h + val_center, h, device=device, dtype=dtype), torch.linspace(-val_w + val_center, val_w + val_center, w, device=device, dtype=dtype), indexing='ij')
     emb_h = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid_torch(embed_dim // 2, grid_h, device=device, dtype=dtype)
     emb_w = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid_torch(embed_dim // 2, grid_w, device=device, dtype=dtype)
-    emb = torch.cat([emb_w, emb_h], dim=1)  # (H*W, D)
-    return emb
+    return torch.cat([emb_w, emb_h], dim=1)  # (H*W, D)
 
 
 #################################################################################
@@ -222,8 +216,7 @@ class TimestepEmbedder(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, t, dtype, **kwargs):
         t_freq = timestep_embedding(t, self.frequency_embedding_size).to(dtype)
-        t_emb = self.mlp(t_freq)
-        return t_emb
+        return self.mlp(t_freq)
 
 
 class VectorEmbedder(nn.Module):
@@ -240,8 +233,7 @@ class VectorEmbedder(nn.Module):
         )
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
-        emb = self.mlp(x)
-        return emb
+        return self.mlp(x)
 
 
 #################################################################################
@@ -307,16 +299,14 @@ class SelfAttention(nn.Module):
     def post_attention(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         assert not self.pre_only
         x = self.proj(x)
-        x = self.proj_drop(x)
-        return x
+        return self.proj_drop(x)
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         q, k, v = self.pre_attention(x)
         x = optimized_attention(
             q, k, v, heads=self.num_heads
         )
-        x = self.post_attention(x)
-        return x
+        return self.post_attention(x)
 
 
 class RMSNorm(torch.nn.Module):
@@ -530,10 +520,9 @@ class DismantledBlock(nn.Module):
     def post_attention(self, attn, x, gate_msa, shift_mlp, scale_mlp, gate_mlp):
         assert not self.pre_only
         x = x + gate_msa.unsqueeze(1) * self.attn.post_attention(attn)
-        x = x + gate_mlp.unsqueeze(1) * self.mlp(
+        return x + gate_mlp.unsqueeze(1) * self.mlp(
             modulate(self.norm2(x), shift_mlp, scale_mlp)
         )
-        return x
 
     def pre_attention_x(self, x: torch.Tensor, c: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         assert self.x_block_self_attn
@@ -568,10 +557,9 @@ class DismantledBlock(nn.Module):
         out2 = gate_msa2.unsqueeze(1) * attn2
         x = x + out1
         x = x + out2
-        x = x + gate_mlp.unsqueeze(1) * self.mlp(
+        return x + gate_mlp.unsqueeze(1) * self.mlp(
             modulate(self.norm2(x), shift_mlp, scale_mlp)
         )
-        return x
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, c: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         assert not self.pre_only
@@ -696,8 +684,7 @@ class FinalLayer(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, c: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         shift, scale = self.adaLN_modulation(c).chunk(2, dim=1)
         x = modulate(self.norm_final(x), shift, scale)
-        x = self.linear(x)
-        return x
+        return self.linear(x)
 
 class SelfAttentionContext(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, dim, heads=8, dim_head=64, dtype=None, device=None, operations=None):
@@ -902,13 +889,12 @@ class MMDiT(nn.Module):
             w=self.pos_embed_max_size,
         )
         spatial_pos_embed = spatial_pos_embed[:, top : top + h, left : left + w, :]
-        spatial_pos_embed = rearrange(spatial_pos_embed, "1 h w c -> 1 (h w) c")
+        return rearrange(spatial_pos_embed, "1 h w c -> 1 (h w) c")
         # print(spatial_pos_embed, top, left, h, w)
         # # t = get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_torch(self.hidden_size, w, h, 7.875, 7.875, device=device) #matches exactly for 1024 res
         # t = get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_torch(self.hidden_size, w, h, 7.5, 7.5, device=device) #scales better
         # # print(t)
         # return t
-        return spatial_pos_embed
 
     def unpatchify(self, x, hw=None):
         """
@@ -927,8 +913,7 @@ class MMDiT(nn.Module):
 
         x = x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], h, w, p, p, c))
         x = torch.einsum("nhwpqc->nchpwq", x)
-        imgs = x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], c, h * p, w * p))
-        return imgs
+        return x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], c, h * p, w * p))
 
     def forward_core_with_concat(
         self,
@@ -976,8 +961,7 @@ class MMDiT(nn.Module):
                     if add is not None:
                         x += add
 
-        x = self.final_layer(x, c_mod)  # (N, T, patch_size ** 2 * out_channels)
-        return x
+        return self.final_layer(x, c_mod)  # (N, T, patch_size ** 2 * out_channels)
 
     def forward(
         self,
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/model.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/model.py
index ed1e8821..aa2a85b9 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/model.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/model.py
@@ -493,8 +493,7 @@ class Model(nn.Module):
         # end
         h = self.norm_out(h)
         h = nonlinearity(h)
-        h = self.conv_out(h)
-        return h
+        return self.conv_out(h)
 
     def get_last_layer(self):
         return self.conv_out.weight
@@ -602,8 +601,7 @@ class Encoder(nn.Module):
         # end
         h = self.norm_out(h)
         h = nonlinearity(h)
-        h = self.conv_out(h)
-        return h
+        return self.conv_out(h)
 
 
 class Decoder(nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/openaimodel.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/openaimodel.py
index 4c8d53ca..12967243 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/openaimodel.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/openaimodel.py
@@ -350,8 +350,7 @@ class VideoResBlock(ResBlock):
         x = self.time_mixer(
             x_spatial=x_mix, x_temporal=x, image_only_indicator=image_only_indicator
         )
-        x = rearrange(x, "b c t h w -> (b t) c h w")
-        return x
+        return rearrange(x, "b c t h w -> (b t) c h w")
 
 
 class Timestep(nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/util.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/util.py
index 233011dc..38b2cd3f 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/util.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/util.py
@@ -79,11 +79,10 @@ class AlphaBlender(nn.Module):
         image_only_indicator=None,
     ) -> torch.Tensor:
         alpha = self.get_alpha(image_only_indicator, x_spatial.device)
-        x = (
+        return (
             alpha.to(x_spatial.dtype) * x_spatial
             + (1.0 - alpha).to(x_spatial.dtype) * x_temporal
         )
-        return x
 
 
 def make_beta_schedule(schedule, n_timestep, linear_start=1e-4, linear_end=2e-2, cosine_s=8e-3):
@@ -201,8 +200,7 @@ class CheckpointFunction(torch.autograd.Function):
                                    "dtype": torch.get_autocast_gpu_dtype(),
                                    "cache_enabled": torch.is_autocast_cache_enabled()}
         with torch.no_grad():
-            output_tensors = ctx.run_function(*ctx.input_tensors)
-        return output_tensors
+            return ctx.run_function(*ctx.input_tensors)
 
     @staticmethod
     def backward(ctx, *output_grads):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/distributions/distributions.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/distributions/distributions.py
index df987c5e..80155006 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/distributions/distributions.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/distributions/distributions.py
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ class DiagonalGaussianDistribution(object):
             self.var = self.std = torch.zeros_like(self.mean, device=self.parameters.device)
 
     def sample(self):
-        x = self.mean + self.std * torch.randn(self.mean.shape, device=self.parameters.device)
-        return x
+        return self.mean + self.std * torch.randn(self.mean.shape, device=self.parameters.device)
 
     def kl(self, other=None):
         if self.deterministic:
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/encoders/noise_aug_modules.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/encoders/noise_aug_modules.py
index a5d86603..c41c77ee 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/encoders/noise_aug_modules.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/encoders/noise_aug_modules.py
@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@ class CLIPEmbeddingNoiseAugmentation(ImageConcatWithNoiseAugmentation):
 
     def scale(self, x):
         # re-normalize to centered mean and unit variance
-        x = (x - self.data_mean.to(x.device)) * 1. / self.data_std.to(x.device)
-        return x
+        return (x - self.data_mean.to(x.device)) * 1. / self.data_std.to(x.device)
 
     def unscale(self, x):
         # back to original data stats
-        x = (x * self.data_std.to(x.device)) + self.data_mean.to(x.device)
-        return x
+        return (x * self.data_std.to(x.device)) + self.data_mean.to(x.device)
 
     def forward(self, x, noise_level=None, seed=None):
         if noise_level is None:
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/modules/sub_quadratic_attention.py b/comfy/ldm/modules/sub_quadratic_attention.py
index 21c72373..08bb7c96 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/modules/sub_quadratic_attention.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/modules/sub_quadratic_attention.py
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ def _get_attention_scores_no_kv_chunking(
         attn_scores /= summed
         attn_probs = attn_scores
 
-    hidden_states_slice = torch.bmm(attn_probs.to(value.dtype), value)
-    return hidden_states_slice
+    return torch.bmm(attn_probs.to(value.dtype), value)
 
 class ScannedChunk(NamedTuple):
     chunk_idx: int
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@ def efficient_dot_product_attention(
 
     # TODO: maybe we should use torch.empty_like(query) to allocate storage in-advance,
     # and pass slices to be mutated, instead of torch.cat()ing the returned slices
-    res = torch.cat([
+    return torch.cat([
         compute_query_chunk_attn(
             query=get_query_chunk(i * query_chunk_size),
             key_t=key_t,
@@ -272,4 +271,3 @@ def efficient_dot_product_attention(
             mask=get_mask_chunk(i * query_chunk_size)
         ) for i in range(math.ceil(q_tokens / query_chunk_size))
     ], dim=1)
-    return res
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/pixart/blocks.py b/comfy/ldm/pixart/blocks.py
index 2225076e..390f7c26 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/pixart/blocks.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/pixart/blocks.py
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ class MultiHeadCrossAttention(nn.Module):
 
         x = optimized_attention(q.view(B, -1, C), k.view(B, -1, C), v.view(B, -1, C), self.num_heads, mask=None)
         x = self.proj(x)
-        x = self.proj_drop(x)
-        return x
+        return self.proj_drop(x)
 
 
 class AttentionKVCompress(nn.Module):
@@ -172,8 +171,7 @@ class AttentionKVCompress(nn.Module):
         x = optimized_attention(q, k, v, self.num_heads, mask=None, skip_reshape=True)
 
         x = x.view(B, N, C)
-        x = self.proj(x)
-        return x
+        return self.proj(x)
 
 
 class FinalLayer(nn.Module):
@@ -192,8 +190,7 @@ class FinalLayer(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x, c):
         shift, scale = self.adaLN_modulation(c).chunk(2, dim=1)
         x = modulate(self.norm_final(x), shift, scale)
-        x = self.linear(x)
-        return x
+        return self.linear(x)
 
 class T2IFinalLayer(nn.Module):
     """
@@ -209,8 +206,7 @@ class T2IFinalLayer(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x, t):
         shift, scale = (self.scale_shift_table[None].to(dtype=x.dtype, device=x.device) + t[:, None]).chunk(2, dim=1)
         x = t2i_modulate(self.norm_final(x), shift, scale)
-        x = self.linear(x)
-        return x
+        return self.linear(x)
 
 
 class MaskFinalLayer(nn.Module):
@@ -228,8 +224,7 @@ class MaskFinalLayer(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x, t):
         shift, scale = self.adaLN_modulation(t).chunk(2, dim=1)
         x = modulate(self.norm_final(x), shift, scale)
-        x = self.linear(x)
-        return x
+        return self.linear(x)
 
 
 class DecoderLayer(nn.Module):
@@ -247,8 +242,7 @@ class DecoderLayer(nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x, t):
         shift, scale = self.adaLN_modulation(t).chunk(2, dim=1)
         x = modulate(self.norm_decoder(x), shift, scale)
-        x = self.linear(x)
-        return x
+        return self.linear(x)
 
 
 class SizeEmbedder(TimestepEmbedder):
@@ -276,8 +270,7 @@ class SizeEmbedder(TimestepEmbedder):
         s = rearrange(s, "b d -> (b d)")
         s_freq = timestep_embedding(s, self.frequency_embedding_size)
         s_emb = self.mlp(s_freq.to(s.dtype))
-        s_emb = rearrange(s_emb, "(b d) d2 -> b (d d2)", b=b, d=dims, d2=self.outdim)
-        return s_emb
+        return rearrange(s_emb, "(b d) d2 -> b (d d2)", b=b, d=dims, d2=self.outdim)
 
 
 class LabelEmbedder(nn.Module):
@@ -299,15 +292,13 @@ class LabelEmbedder(nn.Module):
             drop_ids = torch.rand(labels.shape[0]).cuda() < self.dropout_prob
         else:
             drop_ids = force_drop_ids == 1
-        labels = torch.where(drop_ids, self.num_classes, labels)
-        return labels
+        return torch.where(drop_ids, self.num_classes, labels)
 
     def forward(self, labels, train, force_drop_ids=None):
         use_dropout = self.dropout_prob > 0
         if (train and use_dropout) or (force_drop_ids is not None):
             labels = self.token_drop(labels, force_drop_ids)
-        embeddings = self.embedding_table(labels)
-        return embeddings
+        return self.embedding_table(labels)
 
 
 class CaptionEmbedder(nn.Module):
@@ -331,8 +322,7 @@ class CaptionEmbedder(nn.Module):
             drop_ids = torch.rand(caption.shape[0]).cuda() < self.uncond_prob
         else:
             drop_ids = force_drop_ids == 1
-        caption = torch.where(drop_ids[:, None, None, None], self.y_embedding, caption)
-        return caption
+        return torch.where(drop_ids[:, None, None, None], self.y_embedding, caption)
 
     def forward(self, caption, train, force_drop_ids=None):
         if train:
@@ -340,8 +330,7 @@ class CaptionEmbedder(nn.Module):
         use_dropout = self.uncond_prob > 0
         if (train and use_dropout) or (force_drop_ids is not None):
             caption = self.token_drop(caption, force_drop_ids)
-        caption = self.y_proj(caption)
-        return caption
+        return self.y_proj(caption)
 
 
 class CaptionEmbedderDoubleBr(nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/pixart/pixartms.py b/comfy/ldm/pixart/pixartms.py
index 7d4eebdc..78a472f7 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/pixart/pixartms.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/pixart/pixartms.py
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ def get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_torch(embed_dim, w, h, pe_interpolation=1.0, base_si
     )
     emb_h = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid_torch(embed_dim // 2, grid_h, device=device, dtype=dtype)
     emb_w = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid_torch(embed_dim // 2, grid_w, device=device, dtype=dtype)
-    emb = torch.cat([emb_w, emb_h], dim=1)  # (H*W, D)
-    return emb
+    return torch.cat([emb_w, emb_h], dim=1)  # (H*W, D)
 
 class PixArtMSBlock(nn.Module):
     """
@@ -57,9 +56,8 @@ class PixArtMSBlock(nn.Module):
         shift_msa, scale_msa, gate_msa, shift_mlp, scale_mlp, gate_mlp = (self.scale_shift_table[None].to(dtype=x.dtype, device=x.device) + t.reshape(B, 6, -1)).chunk(6, dim=1)
         x = x + (gate_msa * self.attn(t2i_modulate(self.norm1(x), shift_msa, scale_msa), HW=HW))
         x = x + self.cross_attn(x, y, mask)
-        x = x + (gate_mlp * self.mlp(t2i_modulate(self.norm2(x), shift_mlp, scale_mlp)))
+        return x + (gate_mlp * self.mlp(t2i_modulate(self.norm2(x), shift_mlp, scale_mlp)))
 
-        return x
 
 
 ### Core PixArt Model ###
@@ -212,9 +210,8 @@ class PixArtMS(nn.Module):
             x = block(x, y, t0, y_lens, (H, W), **kwargs)  # (N, T, D)
 
         x = self.final_layer(x, t)  # (N, T, patch_size ** 2 * out_channels)
-        x = self.unpatchify(x, H, W)  # (N, out_channels, H, W)
+        return self.unpatchify(x, H, W)  # (N, out_channels, H, W)
 
-        return x
 
     def forward(self, x, timesteps, context, c_size=None, c_ar=None, **kwargs):
         B, C, H, W = x.shape
@@ -252,5 +249,4 @@ class PixArtMS(nn.Module):
 
         x = x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], h, w, p, p, c))
         x = torch.einsum('nhwpqc->nchpwq', x)
-        imgs = x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], c, h * p, w * p))
-        return imgs
+        return x.reshape(shape=(x.shape[0], c, h * p, w * p))
diff --git a/comfy/ldm/util.py b/comfy/ldm/util.py
index 30b4b472..4f1ac703 100644
--- a/comfy/ldm/util.py
+++ b/comfy/ldm/util.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ def log_txt_as_img(wh, xc, size=10):
         txt = np.array(txt).transpose(2, 0, 1) / 127.5 - 1.0
         txts.append(txt)
     txts = np.stack(txts)
-    txts = torch.tensor(txts)
-    return txts
+    return torch.tensor(txts)
 
 
 def ismap(x):
diff --git a/comfy/model_base.py b/comfy/model_base.py
index 141f3f40..61d0209c 100644
--- a/comfy/model_base.py
+++ b/comfy/model_base.py
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ class BaseModel(torch.nn.Module):
                         cond_concat.append(torch.ones_like(noise)[:,:1])
                     elif ck == "masked_image":
                         cond_concat.append(self.blank_inpaint_image_like(noise))
-            data = torch.cat(cond_concat, dim=1)
-            return data
+            return torch.cat(cond_concat, dim=1)
         return None
 
     def extra_conds(self, **kwargs):
@@ -418,8 +417,7 @@ class SVD_img2vid(BaseModel):
         out.append(self.embedder(torch.Tensor([motion_bucket_id])))
         out.append(self.embedder(torch.Tensor([augmentation])))
 
-        flat = torch.flatten(torch.cat(out)).unsqueeze(dim=0)
-        return flat
+        return torch.flatten(torch.cat(out)).unsqueeze(dim=0)
 
     def extra_conds(self, **kwargs):
         out = {}
@@ -457,8 +455,7 @@ class SV3D_u(SVD_img2vid):
         out = []
         out.append(self.embedder(torch.flatten(torch.Tensor([augmentation]))))
 
-        flat = torch.flatten(torch.cat(out)).unsqueeze(dim=0)
-        return flat
+        return torch.flatten(torch.cat(out)).unsqueeze(dim=0)
 
 class SV3D_p(SVD_img2vid):
     def __init__(self, model_config, model_type=ModelType.V_PREDICTION_EDM, device=None):
diff --git a/comfy/model_patcher.py b/comfy/model_patcher.py
index 4597ce11..77d2d84f 100644
--- a/comfy/model_patcher.py
+++ b/comfy/model_patcher.py
@@ -874,8 +874,7 @@ class ModelPatcher:
 
         all_models = self.get_additional_models()
         models_set = set(all_models)
-        real_all_models = _evaluate_sub_additional_models(prev_models=all_models, cache_set=models_set)
-        return real_all_models
+        return _evaluate_sub_additional_models(prev_models=all_models, cache_set=models_set)
 
     def use_ejected(self, skip_and_inject_on_exit_only=False):
         return AutoPatcherEjector(self, skip_and_inject_on_exit_only=skip_and_inject_on_exit_only)
diff --git a/comfy/model_sampling.py b/comfy/model_sampling.py
index 4370516b..5bdd359a 100644
--- a/comfy/model_sampling.py
+++ b/comfy/model_sampling.py
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ class StableCascadeSampling(ModelSamplingDiscrete):
         var = 1 / ((sigma * sigma) + 1)
         var = var.clamp(0, 1.0)
         s, min_var = self.cosine_s.to(var.device), self._init_alpha_cumprod.to(var.device)
-        t = (((var * min_var) ** 0.5).acos() / (torch.pi * 0.5)) * (1 + s) - s
-        return t
+        return (((var * min_var) ** 0.5).acos() / (torch.pi * 0.5)) * (1 + s) - s
 
     def percent_to_sigma(self, percent):
         if percent <= 0.0:
diff --git a/comfy/sample.py b/comfy/sample.py
index be5a7e24..50258958 100644
--- a/comfy/sample.py
+++ b/comfy/sample.py
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ def prepare_noise(latent_image, seed, noise_inds=None):
         if i in unique_inds:
             noises.append(noise)
     noises = [noises[i] for i in inverse]
-    noises = torch.cat(noises, axis=0)
-    return noises
+    return torch.cat(noises, axis=0)
 
 def fix_empty_latent_channels(model, latent_image):
     latent_format = model.get_model_object("latent_format") #Resize the empty latent image so it has the right number of channels
@@ -43,10 +42,8 @@ def sample(model, noise, steps, cfg, sampler_name, scheduler, positive, negative
     sampler = comfy.samplers.KSampler(model, steps=steps, device=model.load_device, sampler=sampler_name, scheduler=scheduler, denoise=denoise, model_options=model.model_options)
 
     samples = sampler.sample(noise, positive, negative, cfg=cfg, latent_image=latent_image, start_step=start_step, last_step=last_step, force_full_denoise=force_full_denoise, denoise_mask=noise_mask, sigmas=sigmas, callback=callback, disable_pbar=disable_pbar, seed=seed)
-    samples = samples.to(comfy.model_management.intermediate_device())
-    return samples
+    return samples.to(comfy.model_management.intermediate_device())
 
 def sample_custom(model, noise, cfg, sampler, sigmas, positive, negative, latent_image, noise_mask=None, callback=None, disable_pbar=False, seed=None):
     samples = comfy.samplers.sample(model, noise, positive, negative, cfg, model.load_device, sampler, sigmas, model_options=model.model_options, latent_image=latent_image, denoise_mask=noise_mask, callback=callback, disable_pbar=disable_pbar, seed=seed)
-    samples = samples.to(comfy.model_management.intermediate_device())
-    return samples
+    return samples.to(comfy.model_management.intermediate_device())
diff --git a/comfy/samplers.py b/comfy/samplers.py
index 89464a42..1ccf0ca3 100644
--- a/comfy/samplers.py
+++ b/comfy/samplers.py
@@ -713,8 +713,7 @@ class KSAMPLER(Sampler):
             k_callback = lambda x: callback(x["i"], x["denoised"], x["x"], total_steps)
 
         samples = self.sampler_function(model_k, noise, sigmas, extra_args=extra_args, callback=k_callback, disable=disable_pbar, **self.extra_options)
-        samples = model_wrap.inner_model.model_sampling.inverse_noise_scaling(sigmas[-1], samples)
-        return samples
+        return model_wrap.inner_model.model_sampling.inverse_noise_scaling(sigmas[-1], samples)
 
 
 def ksampler(sampler_name, extra_options={}, inpaint_options={}):
diff --git a/comfy/sd.py b/comfy/sd.py
index c6d6236b..cd311678 100644
--- a/comfy/sd.py
+++ b/comfy/sd.py
@@ -422,12 +422,11 @@ class VAE:
         pbar = comfy.utils.ProgressBar(steps)
 
         decode_fn = lambda a: self.first_stage_model.decode(a.to(self.vae_dtype).to(self.device)).float()
-        output = self.process_output(
+        return self.process_output(
             (comfy.utils.tiled_scale(samples, decode_fn, tile_x // 2, tile_y * 2, overlap, upscale_amount = self.upscale_ratio, output_device=self.output_device, pbar = pbar) +
             comfy.utils.tiled_scale(samples, decode_fn, tile_x * 2, tile_y // 2, overlap, upscale_amount = self.upscale_ratio, output_device=self.output_device, pbar = pbar) +
              comfy.utils.tiled_scale(samples, decode_fn, tile_x, tile_y, overlap, upscale_amount = self.upscale_ratio, output_device=self.output_device, pbar = pbar))
             / 3.0)
-        return output
 
     def decode_tiled_1d(self, samples, tile_x=128, overlap=32):
         decode_fn = lambda a: self.first_stage_model.decode(a.to(self.vae_dtype).to(self.device)).float()
@@ -485,8 +484,7 @@ class VAE:
                 overlap = tile // 4
                 pixel_samples = self.decode_tiled_3d(samples_in, tile_x=tile, tile_y=tile, overlap=(1, overlap, overlap))
 
-        pixel_samples = pixel_samples.to(self.output_device).movedim(1,-1)
-        return pixel_samples
+        return pixel_samples.to(self.output_device).movedim(1,-1)
 
     def decode_tiled(self, samples, tile_x=None, tile_y=None, overlap=None, tile_t=None, overlap_t=None):
         memory_used = self.memory_used_decode(samples.shape, self.vae_dtype) #TODO: calculate mem required for tile
diff --git a/comfy/sd1_clip.py b/comfy/sd1_clip.py
index 95d41c30..5c546e16 100644
--- a/comfy/sd1_clip.py
+++ b/comfy/sd1_clip.py
@@ -304,13 +304,11 @@ def token_weights(string, current_weight):
 
 def escape_important(text):
     text = text.replace("\\)", "\0\1")
-    text = text.replace("\\(", "\0\2")
-    return text
+    return text.replace("\\(", "\0\2")
 
 def unescape_important(text):
     text = text.replace("\0\1", ")")
-    text = text.replace("\0\2", "(")
-    return text
+    return text.replace("\0\2", "(")
 
 def safe_load_embed_zip(embed_path):
     with zipfile.ZipFile(embed_path) as myzip:
@@ -635,8 +633,7 @@ class SD1ClipModel(torch.nn.Module):
 
     def encode_token_weights(self, token_weight_pairs):
         token_weight_pairs = token_weight_pairs[self.clip_name]
-        out = getattr(self, self.clip).encode_token_weights(token_weight_pairs)
-        return out
+        return getattr(self, self.clip).encode_token_weights(token_weight_pairs)
 
     def load_sd(self, sd):
         return getattr(self, self.clip).load_sd(sd)
diff --git a/comfy/supported_models.py b/comfy/supported_models.py
index 6a2cc75a..540cfe72 100644
--- a/comfy/supported_models.py
+++ b/comfy/supported_models.py
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class SD15(supported_models_base.BASE):
 
         replace_prefix = {}
         replace_prefix["cond_stage_model."] = "clip_l."
-        state_dict = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, replace_prefix, filter_keys=True)
-        return state_dict
+        return utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, replace_prefix, filter_keys=True)
 
     def process_clip_state_dict_for_saving(self, state_dict):
         pop_keys = ["clip_l.transformer.text_projection.weight", "clip_l.logit_scale"]
@@ -97,15 +96,13 @@ class SD20(supported_models_base.BASE):
         replace_prefix["conditioner.embedders.0.model."] = "clip_h." #SD2 in sgm format
         replace_prefix["cond_stage_model.model."] = "clip_h."
         state_dict = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, replace_prefix, filter_keys=True)
-        state_dict = utils.clip_text_transformers_convert(state_dict, "clip_h.", "clip_h.transformer.")
-        return state_dict
+        return utils.clip_text_transformers_convert(state_dict, "clip_h.", "clip_h.transformer.")
 
     def process_clip_state_dict_for_saving(self, state_dict):
         replace_prefix = {}
         replace_prefix["clip_h"] = "cond_stage_model.model"
         state_dict = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, replace_prefix)
-        state_dict = diffusers_convert.convert_text_enc_state_dict_v20(state_dict)
-        return state_dict
+        return diffusers_convert.convert_text_enc_state_dict_v20(state_dict)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         return supported_models_base.ClipTarget(comfy.text_encoders.sd2_clip.SD2Tokenizer, comfy.text_encoders.sd2_clip.SD2ClipModel)
@@ -158,8 +155,7 @@ class SDXLRefiner(supported_models_base.BASE):
         state_dict = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, replace_prefix, filter_keys=True)
 
         state_dict = utils.clip_text_transformers_convert(state_dict, "clip_g.", "clip_g.transformer.")
-        state_dict = utils.state_dict_key_replace(state_dict, keys_to_replace)
-        return state_dict
+        return utils.state_dict_key_replace(state_dict, keys_to_replace)
 
     def process_clip_state_dict_for_saving(self, state_dict):
         replace_prefix = {}
@@ -167,8 +163,7 @@ class SDXLRefiner(supported_models_base.BASE):
         if "clip_g.transformer.text_model.embeddings.position_ids" in state_dict_g:
             state_dict_g.pop("clip_g.transformer.text_model.embeddings.position_ids")
         replace_prefix["clip_g"] = "conditioner.embedders.0.model"
-        state_dict_g = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict_g, replace_prefix)
-        return state_dict_g
+        return utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict_g, replace_prefix)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         return supported_models_base.ClipTarget(sdxl_clip.SDXLTokenizer, sdxl_clip.SDXLRefinerClipModel)
@@ -221,8 +216,7 @@ class SDXL(supported_models_base.BASE):
         state_dict = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, replace_prefix, filter_keys=True)
 
         state_dict = utils.state_dict_key_replace(state_dict, keys_to_replace)
-        state_dict = utils.clip_text_transformers_convert(state_dict, "clip_g.", "clip_g.transformer.")
-        return state_dict
+        return utils.clip_text_transformers_convert(state_dict, "clip_g.", "clip_g.transformer.")
 
     def process_clip_state_dict_for_saving(self, state_dict):
         replace_prefix = {}
@@ -239,8 +233,7 @@ class SDXL(supported_models_base.BASE):
 
         replace_prefix["clip_g"] = "conditioner.embedders.1.model"
         replace_prefix["clip_l"] = "conditioner.embedders.0"
-        state_dict_g = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict_g, replace_prefix)
-        return state_dict_g
+        return utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict_g, replace_prefix)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         return supported_models_base.ClipTarget(sdxl_clip.SDXLTokenizer, sdxl_clip.SDXLClipModel)
@@ -310,8 +303,7 @@ class SVD_img2vid(supported_models_base.BASE):
     sampling_settings = {"sigma_max": 700.0, "sigma_min": 0.002}
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.SVD_img2vid(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.SVD_img2vid(self, device=device)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         return None
@@ -331,8 +323,7 @@ class SV3D_u(SVD_img2vid):
     vae_key_prefix = ["conditioner.embedders.1.encoder."]
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.SV3D_u(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.SV3D_u(self, device=device)
 
 class SV3D_p(SV3D_u):
     unet_config = {
@@ -348,8 +339,7 @@ class SV3D_p(SV3D_u):
 
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.SV3D_p(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.SV3D_p(self, device=device)
 
 class Stable_Zero123(supported_models_base.BASE):
     unet_config = {
@@ -376,8 +366,7 @@ class Stable_Zero123(supported_models_base.BASE):
     latent_format = latent_formats.SD15
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.Stable_Zero123(self, device=device, cc_projection_weight=state_dict["cc_projection.weight"], cc_projection_bias=state_dict["cc_projection.bias"])
-        return out
+        return model_base.Stable_Zero123(self, device=device, cc_projection_weight=state_dict["cc_projection.weight"], cc_projection_bias=state_dict["cc_projection.bias"])
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         return None
@@ -407,8 +396,7 @@ class SD_X4Upscaler(SD20):
     }
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.SD_X4Upscaler(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.SD_X4Upscaler(self, device=device)
 
 class Stable_Cascade_C(supported_models_base.BASE):
     unet_config = {
@@ -450,8 +438,7 @@ class Stable_Cascade_C(supported_models_base.BASE):
         return state_dict
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.StableCascade_C(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.StableCascade_C(self, device=device)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         return supported_models_base.ClipTarget(sdxl_clip.StableCascadeTokenizer, sdxl_clip.StableCascadeClipModel)
@@ -473,8 +460,7 @@ class Stable_Cascade_B(Stable_Cascade_C):
     clip_vision_prefix = None
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.StableCascade_B(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.StableCascade_B(self, device=device)
 
 class SD15_instructpix2pix(SD15):
     unet_config = {
@@ -521,8 +507,7 @@ class SD3(supported_models_base.BASE):
     text_encoder_key_prefix = ["text_encoders."]
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.SD3(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.SD3(self, device=device)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         clip_l = False
@@ -587,8 +572,7 @@ class AuraFlow(supported_models_base.BASE):
     text_encoder_key_prefix = ["text_encoders."]
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.AuraFlow(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.AuraFlow(self, device=device)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         return supported_models_base.ClipTarget(comfy.text_encoders.aura_t5.AuraT5Tokenizer, comfy.text_encoders.aura_t5.AuraT5Model)
@@ -648,8 +632,7 @@ class HunyuanDiT(supported_models_base.BASE):
     text_encoder_key_prefix = ["text_encoders."]
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.HunyuanDiT(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.HunyuanDiT(self, device=device)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         return supported_models_base.ClipTarget(comfy.text_encoders.hydit.HyditTokenizer, comfy.text_encoders.hydit.HyditModel)
@@ -686,8 +669,7 @@ class Flux(supported_models_base.BASE):
     text_encoder_key_prefix = ["text_encoders."]
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.Flux(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.Flux(self, device=device)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         pref = self.text_encoder_key_prefix[0]
@@ -715,8 +697,7 @@ class FluxSchnell(Flux):
     }
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.Flux(self, model_type=model_base.ModelType.FLOW, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.Flux(self, model_type=model_base.ModelType.FLOW, device=device)
 
 class GenmoMochi(supported_models_base.BASE):
     unet_config = {
@@ -739,8 +720,7 @@ class GenmoMochi(supported_models_base.BASE):
     text_encoder_key_prefix = ["text_encoders."]
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.GenmoMochi(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.GenmoMochi(self, device=device)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         pref = self.text_encoder_key_prefix[0]
@@ -767,8 +747,7 @@ class LTXV(supported_models_base.BASE):
     text_encoder_key_prefix = ["text_encoders."]
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.LTXV(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.LTXV(self, device=device)
 
     def clip_target(self, state_dict={}):
         pref = self.text_encoder_key_prefix[0]
@@ -795,8 +774,7 @@ class HunyuanVideo(supported_models_base.BASE):
     text_encoder_key_prefix = ["text_encoders."]
 
     def get_model(self, state_dict, prefix="", device=None):
-        out = model_base.HunyuanVideo(self, device=device)
-        return out
+        return model_base.HunyuanVideo(self, device=device)
 
     def process_unet_state_dict(self, state_dict):
         out_sd = {}
diff --git a/comfy/supported_models_base.py b/comfy/supported_models_base.py
index 54573abb..0743157a 100644
--- a/comfy/supported_models_base.py
+++ b/comfy/supported_models_base.py
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ class BASE:
         return out
 
     def process_clip_state_dict(self, state_dict):
-        state_dict = utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, {k: "" for k in self.text_encoder_key_prefix}, filter_keys=True)
-        return state_dict
+        return utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(state_dict, {k: "" for k in self.text_encoder_key_prefix}, filter_keys=True)
 
     def process_unet_state_dict(self, state_dict):
         return state_dict
diff --git a/comfy/t2i_adapter/adapter.py b/comfy/t2i_adapter/adapter.py
index 10ea18e3..4364249b 100644
--- a/comfy/t2i_adapter/adapter.py
+++ b/comfy/t2i_adapter/adapter.py
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ class Downsample(nn.Module):
             padding = [x.shape[2] % 2, x.shape[3] % 2]
             self.op.padding = padding
 
-        x = self.op(x)
-        return x
+        return self.op(x)
 
 
 class ResnetBlock(nn.Module):
@@ -196,8 +195,7 @@ class ResidualAttentionBlock(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor):
         x = x + self.attention(self.ln_1(x))
-        x = x + self.mlp(self.ln_2(x))
-        return x
+        return x + self.mlp(self.ln_2(x))
 
 
 class StyleAdapter(nn.Module):
@@ -224,9 +222,8 @@ class StyleAdapter(nn.Module):
         x = x.permute(1, 0, 2)  # LND -> NLD
 
         x = self.ln_post(x[:, -self.num_token:, :])
-        x = x @ self.proj
+        return x @ self.proj
 
-        return x
 
 
 class ResnetBlock_light(nn.Module):
@@ -262,9 +259,8 @@ class extractor(nn.Module):
             x = self.down_opt(x)
         x = self.in_conv(x)
         x = self.body(x)
-        x = self.out_conv(x)
+        return self.out_conv(x)
 
-        return x
 
 
 class Adapter_light(nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/taesd/taesd.py b/comfy/taesd/taesd.py
index ce36f1a8..9077f6e6 100644
--- a/comfy/taesd/taesd.py
+++ b/comfy/taesd/taesd.py
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ class TAESD(nn.Module):
 
     def decode(self, x):
         x_sample = self.taesd_decoder((x - self.vae_shift) * self.vae_scale)
-        x_sample = x_sample.sub(0.5).mul(2)
-        return x_sample
+        return x_sample.sub(0.5).mul(2)
 
     def encode(self, x):
         return (self.taesd_encoder(x * 0.5 + 0.5) / self.vae_scale) + self.vae_shift
diff --git a/comfy/text_encoders/bert.py b/comfy/text_encoders/bert.py
index fc9bac1d..7be2b367 100644
--- a/comfy/text_encoders/bert.py
+++ b/comfy/text_encoders/bert.py
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ class BertAttention(torch.nn.Module):
         k = self.key(x)
         v = self.value(x)
 
-        out = optimized_attention(q, k, v, self.heads, mask)
-        return out
+        return optimized_attention(q, k, v, self.heads, mask)
 
 class BertOutput(torch.nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, input_dim, output_dim, layer_norm_eps, dtype, device, operations):
@@ -30,8 +29,7 @@ class BertOutput(torch.nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x, y):
         x = self.dense(x)
         # hidden_states = self.dropout(hidden_states)
-        x = self.LayerNorm(x + y)
-        return x
+        return self.LayerNorm(x + y)
 
 class BertAttentionBlock(torch.nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, embed_dim, heads, layer_norm_eps, dtype, device, operations):
@@ -100,8 +98,7 @@ class BertEmbeddings(torch.nn.Module):
             x += self.token_type_embeddings(token_type_ids, out_dtype=x.dtype)
         else:
             x += comfy.ops.cast_to_input(self.token_type_embeddings.weight[0], x)
-        x = self.LayerNorm(x)
-        return x
+        return self.LayerNorm(x)
 
 
 class BertModel_(torch.nn.Module):
diff --git a/comfy/text_encoders/llama.py b/comfy/text_encoders/llama.py
index ad4b4623..0d1ef277 100644
--- a/comfy/text_encoders/llama.py
+++ b/comfy/text_encoders/llama.py
@@ -142,9 +142,8 @@ class TransformerBlock(nn.Module):
         residual = x
         x = self.post_attention_layernorm(x)
         x = self.mlp(x)
-        x = residual + x
+        return residual + x
 
-        return x
 
 class Llama2_(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, config, device=None, dtype=None, ops=None):
diff --git a/comfy/text_encoders/t5.py b/comfy/text_encoders/t5.py
index 38d8d523..942dc5a1 100644
--- a/comfy/text_encoders/t5.py
+++ b/comfy/text_encoders/t5.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ class T5DenseActDense(torch.nn.Module):
     def forward(self, x):
         x = self.act(self.wi(x))
         # x = self.dropout(x)
-        x = self.wo(x)
-        return x
+        return self.wo(x)
 
 class T5DenseGatedActDense(torch.nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, model_dim, ff_dim, ff_activation, dtype, device, operations):
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ class T5DenseGatedActDense(torch.nn.Module):
         hidden_linear = self.wi_1(x)
         x = hidden_gelu * hidden_linear
         # x = self.dropout(x)
-        x = self.wo(x)
-        return x
+        return self.wo(x)
 
 class T5LayerFF(torch.nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, model_dim, ff_dim, ff_activation, gated_act, dtype, device, operations):
@@ -145,8 +143,7 @@ class T5Attention(torch.nn.Module):
             max_distance=self.relative_attention_max_distance,
         )
         values = self.relative_attention_bias(relative_position_bucket, out_dtype=dtype)  # shape (query_length, key_length, num_heads)
-        values = values.permute([2, 0, 1]).unsqueeze(0)  # shape (1, num_heads, query_length, key_length)
-        return values
+        return values.permute([2, 0, 1]).unsqueeze(0)  # shape (1, num_heads, query_length, key_length)
 
     def forward(self, x, mask=None, past_bias=None, optimized_attention=None):
         q = self.q(x)
diff --git a/comfy/utils.py b/comfy/utils.py
index 8e64dbe0..9cc291f2 100644
--- a/comfy/utils.py
+++ b/comfy/utils.py
@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ def unet_to_diffusers(unet_config):
 
 def swap_scale_shift(weight):
     shift, scale = weight.chunk(2, dim=0)
-    new_weight = torch.cat([scale, shift], dim=0)
-    return new_weight
+    return torch.cat([scale, shift], dim=0)
 
 MMDIT_MAP_BASIC = {
     ("context_embedder.bias", "context_embedder.bias"),
@@ -982,8 +981,7 @@ def reshape_mask(input_mask, output_shape):
     mask = torch.nn.functional.interpolate(input_mask, size=output_shape[2:], mode=scale_mode)
     if mask.shape[1] < output_shape[1]:
         mask = mask.repeat((1, output_shape[1]) + (1,) * dims)[:,:output_shape[1]]
-    mask = repeat_to_batch_size(mask, output_shape[0])
-    return mask
+    return repeat_to_batch_size(mask, output_shape[0])
 
 def upscale_dit_mask(mask: torch.Tensor, img_size_in, img_size_out):
         hi, wi = img_size_in
@@ -1019,9 +1017,8 @@ def upscale_dit_mask(mask: torch.Tensor, img_size_in, img_size_out):
         img_to_txt = rearrange  (img_to_txt, "b t h w -> b (h w) t")
 
         # reassemble the mask from blocks
-        out = torch.cat([
+        return torch.cat([
             torch.cat([txt_to_txt, txt_to_img], dim=2),
             torch.cat([img_to_txt, img_to_img], dim=2)],
             dim=1
         )
-        return out
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_align_your_steps.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_align_your_steps.py
index 8d856d0e..85f128b1 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_align_your_steps.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_align_your_steps.py
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ def loglinear_interp(t_steps, num_steps):
     new_xs = np.linspace(0, 1, num_steps)
     new_ys = np.interp(new_xs, xs, ys)
 
-    interped_ys = np.exp(new_ys)[::-1].copy()
-    return interped_ys
+    return np.exp(new_ys)[::-1].copy()
 
 NOISE_LEVELS = {"SD1": [14.6146412293, 6.4745760956,  3.8636745985,  2.6946151520, 1.8841921177,  1.3943805092,  0.9642583904,  0.6523686016, 0.3977456272,  0.1515232662,  0.0291671582],
                 "SDXL":[14.6146412293, 6.3184485287,  3.7681790315,  2.1811480769, 1.3405244945,  0.8620721141,  0.5550693289,  0.3798540708, 0.2332364134,  0.1114188177,  0.0291671582],
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py
index 3cb918e0..e01a63d6 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_audio.py
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ def create_vorbis_comment_block(comment_dict, last_block):
         id = b'\x84'
     else:
         id = b'\x04'
-    comment_block = id + struct.pack('>I', len(comment_data))[1:] + comment_data
+    return id + struct.pack('>I', len(comment_data))[1:] + comment_data
 
-    return comment_block
 
 def insert_or_replace_vorbis_comment(flac_io, comment_dict):
     if len(comment_dict) == 0:
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_compositing.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_compositing.py
index 2f994fa1..8246bc23 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_compositing.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_compositing.py
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ class PorterDuffImageComposite:
             out_images.append(out_image)
             out_alphas.append(out_alpha.squeeze(2))
 
-        result = (torch.stack(out_images), torch.stack(out_alphas))
-        return result
+        return (torch.stack(out_images), torch.stack(out_alphas))
 
 
 class SplitImageWithAlpha:
@@ -170,8 +169,7 @@ class SplitImageWithAlpha:
     def split_image_with_alpha(self, image: torch.Tensor):
         out_images = [i[:,:,:3] for i in image]
         out_alphas = [i[:,:,3] if i.shape[2] > 3 else torch.ones_like(i[:,:,0]) for i in image]
-        result = (torch.stack(out_images), 1.0 - torch.stack(out_alphas))
-        return result
+        return (torch.stack(out_images), 1.0 - torch.stack(out_alphas))
 
 
 class JoinImageWithAlpha:
@@ -196,8 +194,7 @@ class JoinImageWithAlpha:
         for i in range(batch_size):
            out_images.append(torch.cat((image[i][:,:,:3], alpha[i].unsqueeze(2)), dim=2))
 
-        result = (torch.stack(out_images),)
-        return result
+        return (torch.stack(out_images),)
 
 
 NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_gits.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_gits.py
index 47b1dd04..72f82c02 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_gits.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_gits.py
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ def loglinear_interp(t_steps, num_steps):
     new_xs = np.linspace(0, 1, num_steps)
     new_ys = np.interp(new_xs, xs, ys)
 
-    interped_ys = np.exp(new_ys)[::-1].copy()
-    return interped_ys
+    return np.exp(new_ys)[::-1].copy()
 
 NOISE_LEVELS = {
     0.80: [
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_mahiro.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_mahiro.py
index 8fcdfba7..2db7cc40 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_mahiro.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_mahiro.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ class Mahiro:
             normm = torch.sqrt(merge.abs()) * merge.sign()
             sim = F.cosine_similarity(normu, normm).mean()
             simsc = 2 * (sim+1)
-            wm = (simsc*cfg + (4-simsc)*leap) / 4
-            return wm
+            return (simsc*cfg + (4-simsc)*leap) / 4
         m.set_model_sampler_post_cfg_function(mahiro_normd)
         return (m, )
 
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_perpneg.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_perpneg.py
index 6c6f7176..7bee271f 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_perpneg.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_perpneg.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ def perp_neg(x, noise_pred_pos, noise_pred_neg, noise_pred_nocond, neg_scale, co
 
     perp = neg - ((torch.mul(neg, pos).sum())/(torch.norm(pos)**2)) * pos
     perp_neg = perp * neg_scale
-    cfg_result = noise_pred_nocond + cond_scale*(pos - perp_neg)
-    return cfg_result
+    return noise_pred_nocond + cond_scale*(pos - perp_neg)
 
 #TODO: This node should be removed, it has been replaced with PerpNegGuider
 class PerpNeg:
@@ -44,8 +43,7 @@ class PerpNeg:
 
             (noise_pred_nocond,) = comfy.samplers.calc_cond_batch(model, [nocond_processed], x, sigma, model_options)
 
-            cfg_result = x - perp_neg(x, noise_pred_pos, noise_pred_neg, noise_pred_nocond, neg_scale, cond_scale)
-            return cfg_result
+            return x - perp_neg(x, noise_pred_pos, noise_pred_neg, noise_pred_nocond, neg_scale, cond_scale)
 
         m.set_model_sampler_cfg_function(cfg_function)
 
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_photomaker.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_photomaker.py
index d358ed6d..ffb90a6b 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_photomaker.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_photomaker.py
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ class FuseModule(nn.Module):
         stacked_id_embeds = torch.cat([prompt_embeds, id_embeds], dim=-1)
         stacked_id_embeds = self.mlp1(stacked_id_embeds) + prompt_embeds
         stacked_id_embeds = self.mlp2(stacked_id_embeds)
-        stacked_id_embeds = self.layer_norm(stacked_id_embeds)
-        return stacked_id_embeds
+        return self.layer_norm(stacked_id_embeds)
 
     def forward(
         self,
@@ -86,8 +85,7 @@ class FuseModule(nn.Module):
         stacked_id_embeds = self.fuse_fn(image_token_embeds, valid_id_embeds)
         assert class_tokens_mask.sum() == stacked_id_embeds.shape[0], f"{class_tokens_mask.sum()} != {stacked_id_embeds.shape[0]}"
         prompt_embeds.masked_scatter_(class_tokens_mask[:, None], stacked_id_embeds.to(prompt_embeds.dtype))
-        updated_prompt_embeds = prompt_embeds.view(batch_size, seq_length, -1)
-        return updated_prompt_embeds
+        return prompt_embeds.view(batch_size, seq_length, -1)
 
 class PhotoMakerIDEncoder(comfy.clip_model.CLIPVisionModelProjection):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -111,9 +109,8 @@ class PhotoMakerIDEncoder(comfy.clip_model.CLIPVisionModelProjection):
         id_embeds_2 = id_embeds_2.view(b, num_inputs, 1, -1)
 
         id_embeds = torch.cat((id_embeds, id_embeds_2), dim=-1)
-        updated_prompt_embeds = self.fuse_module(prompt_embeds, id_embeds, class_tokens_mask)
+        return self.fuse_module(prompt_embeds, id_embeds, class_tokens_mask)
 
-        return updated_prompt_embeds
 
 
 class PhotoMakerLoader:
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_post_processing.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_post_processing.py
index 68f6ef51..f48a0c11 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_post_processing.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_post_processing.py
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ class Quantize:
         result = result.to(dtype=torch.uint8)
 
         im = Image.fromarray(result.cpu().numpy())
-        im = im.quantize(palette=pal_im, dither=Image.Dither.NONE)
-        return im
+        return im.quantize(palette=pal_im, dither=Image.Dither.NONE)
 
     def quantize(self, image: torch.Tensor, colors: int, dither: str):
         batch_size, height, width, _ = image.shape
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_rebatch.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_rebatch.py
index e29cb9ed..cadc77fd 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_rebatch.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_rebatch.py
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ class LatentRebatch:
     def cat_batch(batch1, batch2):
         if batch1[0] is None:
             return batch2
-        result = [torch.cat((b1, b2)) if torch.is_tensor(b1) else b1 + b2 for b1, b2 in zip(batch1, batch2)]
-        return result
+        return [torch.cat((b1, b2)) if torch.is_tensor(b1) else b1 + b2 for b1, b2 in zip(batch1, batch2)]
 
     def rebatch(self, latents, batch_size):
         batch_size = batch_size[0]
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_sag.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_sag.py
index 1bd8d736..5c9bbdc1 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_sag.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_sag.py
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ def create_blur_map(x0, attn, sigma=3.0, threshold=1.0):
     mask = F.interpolate(mask, (lh, lw))
 
     blurred = gaussian_blur_2d(x0, kernel_size=9, sigma=sigma)
-    blurred = blurred * mask + x0 * (1 - mask)
-    return blurred
+    return blurred * mask + x0 * (1 - mask)
 
 def gaussian_blur_2d(img, kernel_size, sigma):
     ksize_half = (kernel_size - 1) * 0.5
@@ -101,8 +100,7 @@ def gaussian_blur_2d(img, kernel_size, sigma):
     padding = [kernel_size // 2, kernel_size // 2, kernel_size // 2, kernel_size // 2]
 
     img = F.pad(img, padding, mode="reflect")
-    img = F.conv2d(img, kernel2d, groups=img.shape[-3])
-    return img
+    return F.conv2d(img, kernel2d, groups=img.shape[-3])
 
 class SelfAttentionGuidance:
     @classmethod
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_stable3d.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_stable3d.py
index be2e34c2..02430a0b 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_stable3d.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_stable3d.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import comfy.utils
 def camera_embeddings(elevation, azimuth):
     elevation = torch.as_tensor([elevation])
     azimuth = torch.as_tensor([azimuth])
-    embeddings = torch.stack(
+    return torch.stack(
         [
                 torch.deg2rad(
                     (90 - elevation) - (90)
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ def camera_embeddings(elevation, azimuth):
                 ),
         ], dim=-1).unsqueeze(1)
 
-    return embeddings
 
 
 class StableZero123_Conditioning:
diff --git a/execution.py b/execution.py
index 2c979205..4ce174fd 100644
--- a/execution.py
+++ b/execution.py
@@ -81,11 +81,10 @@ class CacheSet:
         self.objects = HierarchicalCache(CacheKeySetID)
 
     def recursive_debug_dump(self):
-        result = {
+        return {
             "outputs": self.outputs.recursive_debug_dump(),
             "ui": self.ui.recursive_debug_dump(),
         }
-        return result
 
 def get_input_data(inputs, class_def, unique_id, outputs=None, dynprompt=None, extra_data={}):
     valid_inputs = class_def.INPUT_TYPES()
diff --git a/folder_paths.py b/folder_paths.py
index 3542d2ed..d9712ac3 100644
--- a/folder_paths.py
+++ b/folder_paths.py
@@ -356,8 +356,7 @@ def get_save_image_path(filename_prefix: str, output_dir: str, image_width=0, im
         input = input.replace("%day%", str(now.tm_mday).zfill(2))
         input = input.replace("%hour%", str(now.tm_hour).zfill(2))
         input = input.replace("%minute%", str(now.tm_min).zfill(2))
-        input = input.replace("%second%", str(now.tm_sec).zfill(2))
-        return input
+        return input.replace("%second%", str(now.tm_sec).zfill(2))
 
     if "%" in filename_prefix:
         filename_prefix = compute_vars(filename_prefix, image_width, image_height)
diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index 45686fc7..3de5b1c6 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -607,8 +607,7 @@ class unCLIPCheckpointLoader:
 
     def load_checkpoint(self, ckpt_name, output_vae=True, output_clip=True):
         ckpt_path = folder_paths.get_full_path_or_raise("checkpoints", ckpt_name)
-        out = comfy.sd.load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, output_clipvision=True, embedding_directory=folder_paths.get_folder_paths("embeddings"))
-        return out
+        return comfy.sd.load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, output_clipvision=True, embedding_directory=folder_paths.get_folder_paths("embeddings"))
 
 class CLIPSetLastLayer:
     @classmethod
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 660831f2..017f1203 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ lint.select = [
     # The "F" series in Ruff stands for "Pyflakes" rules, which catch various Python syntax errors and undefined names.
     # See all rules here: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#pyflakes-f
     "F",
+    "RET504",
 ]
 
 exclude = ["*.ipynb"]
diff --git a/tests/compare/test_quality.py b/tests/compare/test_quality.py
index 01c19054..115916d9 100644
--- a/tests/compare/test_quality.py
+++ b/tests/compare/test_quality.py
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ class TestCompareImageMetrics:
 
     def read_img(self, filename: str) -> np.ndarray:
         cvImg = imread(filename)
-        cvImg = cvtColor(cvImg, COLOR_BGR2RGB)
-        return cvImg
+        return cvtColor(cvImg, COLOR_BGR2RGB)
 
     def image_grid(self, img_list: list[list[Image.Image]]):
         # imgs is a 2D list of images
@@ -154,8 +153,7 @@ class TestCompareImageMetrics:
         with open(metrics_output_file, 'r') as f:
             for line in f:
                 if fname_basestr in line:
-                    score = float(line.split('|')[5])
-                    return score
+                    return float(line.split('|')[5])
         raise ValueError(f"Could not find score for {fname} in {metrics_output_file}")
 
     def gather_file_basenames(self, directory: str):
diff --git a/tests/inference/testing_nodes/testing-pack/flow_control.py b/tests/inference/testing_nodes/testing-pack/flow_control.py
index ba943be6..f590ab86 100644
--- a/tests/inference/testing_nodes/testing-pack/flow_control.py
+++ b/tests/inference/testing_nodes/testing-pack/flow_control.py
@@ -141,14 +141,13 @@ class TestExecutionBlockerNode:
 
     @classmethod
     def INPUT_TYPES(cls):
-        inputs = {
+        return {
             "required": {
                 "input": ("*",),
                 "block": ("BOOLEAN",),
                 "verbose": ("BOOLEAN", {"default": False}),
             },
         }
-        return inputs
 
     RETURN_TYPES = ("*",)
     RETURN_NAMES = ("output",)