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** The naming pattern of the stories ("Biggles does something") is parodied with several ''fake'' Biggles stories referenced in other books or media. For example, Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus has a sketch called "Biggles writes a letter" which at the end includes a commercial for the ''upcoming'' "Biggles Flies Undone" (Read aloud!)

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** The naming pattern of the stories ("Biggles does something") is parodied with several ''fake'' Biggles stories referenced in other books or media. For example, Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus has a sketch called "Biggles writes a letter" which at the end includes a commercial for the ''upcoming'' "Biggles Flies Undone" (Read aloud!)aloud!)
** In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Marooned", Rimmer protests about the death of culture and art as Lister burns books to keep from freezing to death. He allows ''Biggles' Big Adventure'' to be sacrificed with little argument.
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** The famous Spanish Inquisition sketch in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' features Cardinal Biggles, who wear a pilot's leather hood and googles with his cardinal robes.

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** The famous Spanish Inquisition sketch in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' features Cardinal Biggles, who wear wears a pilot's leather hood and googles with his cardinal robes.
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* DiedDuringProduction: A very literal example; Captain Johns died while writing ''Biggles Does Some Homework'', and lost consciousness at his desk ''mid-sentence''.

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* DiedDuringProduction: A very literal example; Captain Johns died while writing ''Biggles Does Some Homework'', and lost consciousness at his desk ''mid-sentence''.''mid-sentence''.
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** The famous Spanish Inquisition sketch in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' features Cardinal Biggles, who wear a pilot's leather hood and googles with his cardinal robes.
** The naming pattern of the stories ("Biggles does something") is parodied with several ''fake'' Biggles stories referenced in other books or media. For example, Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus has a sketch called "Biggles writes a letter" which at the end includes a commercial for the ''upcoming'' "Biggles Flies Undone" (Read aloud!)
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TRS has renamed Author Existence Failure to Died During Production. Entry changed accordingly. Also, epic is strange way to refer to someone's death.


* AuthorExistenceFailure: An ''epic'' example; Captain Johns died while writing ''Biggles Does Some Homework'', and lost consciousness at his desk ''mid-sentence''.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: An ''epic'' DiedDuringProduction: A very literal example; Captain Johns died while writing ''Biggles Does Some Homework'', and lost consciousness at his desk ''mid-sentence''.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: An ''epic'' example; Captain Johns died while writing ''Biggles Does Some Homework'', and lost consciousness at his desk ''mid-sentence''.

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