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File:Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule.jpg|link=Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule|''[[Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule]]'' by Anonymous. (See "[[What book did we least expect for Christmas?]]".)
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:Bald Santa.jpg|link=Bald Santa|'''''[[Bald Santa]]''''' is a 2003 Christmas crime drama film about a New York police detective (Telly Savalas) who goes undercover as a department store Santa Claus in order to flush out a ruthless shoplifter (Billy Bob Thornton).


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: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: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: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:Santa Santa Claus video BG.jpg|"[[Santa Santa Claus (nonfiction)|Santa Santa Claus]]" by [[Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)|Howard Ashby Kranz]].
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: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.
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: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:Sativa Claus.jpg|link=Sativa Claus|'''[[Sativa Claus]]''', also known as Father Weed, Saint Highness, Saint Herb, Kris Kannabis, or simply Sativa, is a legendary plant originating in Western Christian culture which is said to bring gifts on Christmas Eve of dried flower buds and edibles to well-behaved adults, and either coal tar or nothing to naughty adults. He is said to accomplish this with the aid of Christmas elves, who grow the plants in his greenhouse at the North Pole, and flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air.


File:A_Better_Panopticon.png|link=A Better Panopticon|Early publicity poster for ''[[A Better Panopticon]]''.
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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.
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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]]". 
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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.
 
File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'', the unofficial symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematicians]].
 
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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