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[[File:Wodka Disney on Ice.jpg|thumb|Wodka Disney on Ice.]]'''Wodka Disney on Ice''' is a satirical re-imagining of Disney on Ice.
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File:Karl Jones as Santa Claus.jpg|I wish you well on Christmas Eve.  —Karl "Santa" Jones.


File:Color Tools.jpg|link=Color Tools|[[Color Tools]].
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: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: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: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:On Her Majesty's Secret Santa.jpg|link=On Her Majesty's Secret Santa|'''''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Santa]]''''' is a 1969 spy film about the grinch Blofeld (Telly Savalas), who threatens to destroy the world's entire stockpile of Christmas presents.
 
File:A_Better_Panopticon.png|link=A Better Panopticon|Early publicity poster for ''[[A Better Panopticon]]''.
 
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: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: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: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: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: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: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:Alien vs. Betty and Keith.jpg|link=Alien vs. Betty and Keith|Poster for ''[[Alien vs. Betty and Keith]]''.
 
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: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: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:All Your Pepsi Are Belong To Us.png|link=All your Pepsi are belong to us|[[All your Pepsi are belong to us]].
 
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: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: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: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:Unexpected Moscow Visitor.jpg|link=Unexpected Moscow Visitor|''[[Unexpected Moscow Visitor]]'' unexpectedly visits Moscow.
 
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:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'', the unofficial symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematicians]].
 
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: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:Blue Flower.jpg|link=Blue Flower (nonfiction)|''[[Blue Flower (nonfiction)|Blue Flower]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
 
File:Companion of Asclepius Myrmidon.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|[[Asclepius Myrmidon]] converts Fabergé egg into field surgery robot.
 
File:Carnevale Tenebre vise 600x800.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|[[Carnevale Tenebre]] uses vise to clamp souls.
File:Do_Not_Tease_Monster_by_Karl_Jones_800x600.jpg|link=Do Not Tease Monster (nonfiction)|''[[Do Not Tease Monster]]''.
 
File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1946: [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] pledge drive meets goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the [[Tunguska event (nonfiction)|original event]].


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