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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Count Dante was actually a real person. His real name was John Keehan, and he ran a dojo in Chicago in the '70s. He was famous for being one of the few masters willing to train black and Hispanic students, producing scarily competent fighters, running self-aggrandizing ads in comic books (probably where Rankin got the idea) and being... how to put this politely... completely nuts.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Count Dante was actually a real person. His real name was John Keehan, and he ran a dojo in Chicago in the '70s. While it is unknown if he knew the art of the Death Touch, he was famous for being one of the few masters willing to train black and Hispanic students, as well as for producing scarily competent fighters.

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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Count Dante was actually a real person. His real name was John Keehan, and he ran a dojo in Chicago in the '70s. While it is unknown if he knew the art of the Death Touch, he He was famous for being one of the few masters willing to train black and Hispanic students, as well as for producing scarily competent fighters.fighters, running self-aggrandizing ads in comic books (probably where Rankin got the idea) and being... how to put this politely... completely nuts.
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** ''Raiders Of The Lost Car Park -> ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''

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** ''Raiders Of The Lost Car Park Park'' -> ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Count Dante was actually a real person. His real name was John Keehan, and he ran a dojo in Chicago in the '70s. While it is unknown if he knew the art of the Death Touch, he was famous for being one of the few masters willing to train black and Hispanic students, as well as for producing scarily competent fighters.
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** ''The Brentford Chainstore Massacre'' -> ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''

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** ''The Brentford Chainstore Massacre'' -> ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''
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** ''Waiting For Godalming'' -> Theatre/WaitingForGodot''

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** ''Waiting For Godalming'' -> Theatre/WaitingForGodot''''Theatre/WaitingForGodot''
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** ''The Brentford Chainstore Massacre'' -> ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''

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** ''The Brentford Chainstore Massacre'' -> ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''
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** ''The Brightonomicon'' -> ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft The Necronomicon]]
** ''Waiting For Godalming'' -> Theatre/WaitingForGodot
** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''Music/TroutMaskReplica

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** ''The Brightonomicon'' -> ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft The Necronomicon]]
Necronomicon]]''
** ''Waiting For Godalming'' -> Theatre/WaitingForGodot
Theatre/WaitingForGodot''
** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''Music/TroutMaskReplica''Music/TroutMaskReplica''
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** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''[[Music/TroutMaskReplica]]

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** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''[[Music/TroutMaskReplica]]''Music/TroutMaskReplica
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** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''[[Music/FrankZappa Trout Mask Replica]]

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** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''[[Music/FrankZappa Trout Mask Replica]]''[[Music/TroutMaskReplica]]
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** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''[[Creator/FrankZappa Trout Mask Replica]]

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** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''[[Creator/FrankZappa ''[[Music/FrankZappa Trout Mask Replica]]



** ''The Fandom Of The Operator'' -> ''Theater/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''

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** ''The Fandom Of The Operator'' -> ''Theater/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''



** ''Web Site Story'' -> ''Theater/WestSideStory''

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** ''Web Site Story'' -> ''Theater/WestSideStory'' ''Theatre/WestSideStory''
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* ShoutOut: Most of Rankin's titles are references of one form or another.
** ''The Brentford Chainstore Massacre'' -> ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''
** ''East Of Ealing'' -> ''Literature/EastOfEden''
** ''The Brightonomicon'' -> ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft The Necronomicon]]
** ''Waiting For Godalming'' -> Theatre/WaitingForGodot
** ''Sprout Mask Replica'' -> ''[[Creator/FrankZappa Trout Mask Replica]]
** ''The Sprouts Of Wrath'' -> ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''
** ''Raiders Of The Lost Car Park -> ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''
** ''Sex And Drugs And Sausage Rolls'' -> ''SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll''
** ''The Fandom Of The Operator'' -> ''Theater/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''
** ''The Witches Of Chiswick'' -> ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick''
** ''The Toyminator'' -> ''Franchise/TheTerminator''
** ''The Greatest Show Off Earth'' -> ''Film/TheGreatestShowOnEarth''
** ''Web Site Story'' -> ''Theater/WestSideStory''
** ''Snuff Fiction'' -''Film/PulpFiction''

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