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'''Christmas'''
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File:My_God,_it's_full_of_pants.jpg|link=My God, it's full of pants|"[[My God, it's full of pants]]."
File:A Christmas Stingray.jpg|link=A Christmas Stingray|'''''[[A Christmas Stingray]]''''' is a 1983 American Christmas ichthyology film based on marine biologist Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book ''In God We Trawl: All Others Pay Out Lines''.


File:Color Tools.jpg|link=Color Tools|"[[Color Tools]]" declared Photograph of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
File:Scroogebusters.jpg|link=Scroogebusters|'''''[[Scroogebusters]]''''' is a 1984 American supernatural Christmas film about a cynical and selfish parapsychologist who is haunted by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on possessing Santa Claus.  


File:Cretaceous Office Supplies 2.png|link=Cretaceous Office Supplies|Children around the world receive gift certificates from [[Cretaceous Office Supplies]] thanks to [[Phanerozoics Anonymous]], an unlicensed but charitable and widely respected [[transdimensional corporation]].
File:Hangman's Christmas Tree - Hellmark Channel.jpg|link=The Hangman's Christmas Tree|'''''[[The Hangman's Christmas Tree]]''''' is a made-for-television film produced by the Hellmark Channel, a family feel-good horror show series.


File:Reindeer Games (Jeopardy).jpg|link=Reindeer games|[[Reindeer games|What are those which all of the other reindeer wouldn't let poor Rudolph join in any of?]].
File:Pine Angel.jpg|link=Pine Angel|"'''[[Pine Angel]]'''" is a teen tragedy Christmas song about a Pine tree than has been cut down in its prime, only to be thrown away after the holidays.


File:Santa Santa Claus video BG.jpg|"[[Santa Santa Claus (nonfiction)|Santa Santa Claus]]" by [[Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)|Howard Ashby Kranz]].
File:I Saw Three Likes.jpg|link=I Saw Three Likes|"'''[[I Saw Three Likes]]'''" is an American Christmas carol, listed as number [REDACTED] in the Roud Folk Song Index. The earliest printed version of "I Saw Three Ships" is from the 21st century, possibly Ely, Minnesota.


File:Andromeda Galaxy robbery.jpg|link=Andromeda Galaxy robbery|The '''[[Andromeda Galaxy robbery]]''' (also known as the '''Great Andromeda Galaxy robbery''') was a coordinated attack upon the Andromeda Galaxy.  The robbery was committed by parties as yet unidentified (December 2020) using hijacked laser guide stars.
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File:City on the Edge of Flower Power.jpg|link=City on the Edge of Flower Power|Publicity still for ''[[City on the Edge of Flower Power]]'', one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek.
 
File:A_Better_Panopticon.png|link=A Better Panopticon|Early publicity poster for ''[[A Better Panopticon]]''.
 
File:Welcome to the Squadron.jpg|link=Welcome to the Squadron|Public relations officer Karl Jones calls the [[Flying Diner]] his "favorite short-order chow anywhere on or above the surface of this planet."
 
File:Worcester Lunch Car Company (Research Division).jpg|link=Flying Diner|The [[Flying Diner]] announces twice-daily breakfast flights between [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] and [[Ely, Minnesota (nonfiction)|Ely, Minnesota]].
 
File:Traveller.jpg|link=Traveller (nonfiction)|Signed first edition of ''[[Traveller (nonfiction)|Traveller]]'' used in otherwise routine [[high-energy literature]] experiment unexpectedly develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]].
 
File:Spiral Rings 2.jpg|link=Spiral Rings 2 (nonfiction)|''[[Spiral Rings 2 (nonfiction)|Spiral Rings 2]]'' declared Picture of the Day by the mayor of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] on behalf of the city and province of New Minneapolis, and in celebration of the Winter Solstice.
 
File:A_Field_Guide_to_Edible_Theropods.jpg|link=A Field Guide to Edible Theropods|''[[A Field Guide to Edible Theropods]]'' is a book about preparing, cooking, serving, and eating various theropods.
 
File:Frondo_Ediacar_and_his_Mighty_Mighty_Rangeomorphs.jpg|link=Frondo Ediacar|[[Frondo Ediacar]] is the stage name of paleontologist and musician [REDACTED]. Ediacar is known for his elaborate stage productions, including hermetically sealed performance spaces which replicate environmental conditions of the pre-Cambrian era.
 
File:Alien vs. Betty and Keith.jpg|link=Alien vs. Betty and Keith|Poster for ''[[Alien vs. Betty and Keith]]''.
 
File:Keith Richards or Betty White (Who Would Win in a Fight).jpg|link=Keith or Betty (Who Would Win in a Fight?)|[[Keith or Betty (Who Would Win in a Fight?)]]
 
File:T-Rex and Triceratops poster.jpg|link=T-Rex and Triceratops|''[[T-Rex and Triceratops]]'' is a short dramatic film about unlikely copulation by disparate species employing postures of dubious grace and efficacy.
 
File:T-Rex and Triceratops - The Answer Is No.jpg|link=The Answer is No: T-Rex and Triceratops|Publicity still for "[[The Answer is No: T-Rex and Triceratops]]". 
 
File:All Your Pepsi Are Belong To Us.png|link=All your Pepsi are belong to us|[[All your Pepsi are belong to us]].
 
File:The Gift of Pepsi.jpg|link=The Gift of Pepsi|"[[The Gift of Pepsi]]" is a get-well card published by the Gnomon Chronicles Institute for Extradimensional Pepsi Activities.
 
File:Juke_Hal_-_some_very_poor_playlists.jpg|link=HAL 9000 (nonfiction)|"I know I've made some very poor playlists recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal." — "Jukebox" [[HAL 9000 (nonfiction)|HAL 9000]]
 
File:2001_A_Species_Odyssey_infographic.jpg|link=2001: A Species Odyssey|''[[2001: A Species Odyssey]]''  is a short documentary film about the ethical dilemma faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when they discover an alien-human hybrid child stowed away on their spaceship.
 
File:Better_Than_the_Book_-_2001_A_Space_Odyssey.jpg|link=Better Than the Book|The movie is better than the book: ''2001 A Space Odyssey''.
 
File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|[[Diagramaceous soil]] yields new variety of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|Bingo algorithm]], useful as clarifying agent in wager-based scrying engines.
 
File:Unexpected Moscow Visitor.jpg|link=Unexpected Moscow Visitor|''[[Unexpected Moscow Visitor]]'' unexpectedly visits Moscow.


File:Straight Outta Pleistocene.jpg|link=Straight Outta Pleistocene (song)|"[[Straight Outta Pleistocene (song)|Straight Outta Pleistocene]]" is a song by American hip hop plant bioscience group Phytologists With Attitude.
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File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'', the unofficial symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematicians]].
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File:Homeopathic Sociopathy advertisement.jpg|link=Homeopathic Sociopath|[[Homeopathic Sociopath]] is a [[transdimensional corporation]] which manifests itself as sociopathy-related soft drinks and other consumer oral vectors.
 
File:San Pietro scrying engine.png|link=San Pietro scrying engine|July 12, 2017: The [[San Pietro scrying engine]], among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process [[Spirograph (nonfiction)|Spirograph]] data after hours "on a lark". Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing.
 
File:Galileo Galilei.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter|1607: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Galileo Galilei]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to detect and counteract [[geometry solvent]].
 
File:Companion of Asclepius Myrmidon.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|[[Asclepius Myrmidon]] converts Fabergé egg into field surgery robot.
 
File:Blue Flower.jpg|link=Blue Flower (nonfiction)|''[[Blue Flower (nonfiction)|Blue Flower]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
 
 
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