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I am looking for a YouTube Poop based on the Rockos Modern Life epsiode "Fortune Cookie" (it wasn't this one)
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I am looking for a Justice Friends YouTube Poop (the Dexter's lab series) with this quote "Val Halen Fucking god of cocks!"
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This was a fairly recent novel, last ten years or so. The cover was marked with the "Sci Fi Essential Books" logo, but I can't seem to find it using that. The main character was one of a set of brothers (probably seven, I forget) whose father was a mountain and mother was a washing machine. He befriended a group of young people living in a boarding house or some such, but mostly one girl who had wings constantly trying to grow from her back. I seem to remember this led to a But Your Wings Are Beautiful situation between them. One or more of the main character's brothers were evil, and I think he was the only one remotely "normal" in his family. This ringing a bell for anyone?
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Swedish novel, which I believe I read for school. The characters were school children, probably early teenagers. The main character was named Erik, he was in love with a girl named Pia but she didn't like him at all. He admired some Swedish athlete, might have been a skier but unsure about that, who had a famous catchprase I cannot recall (wasn't Stenmark, though). He once got said athlete's autograph with a dedication to Pia, who in response took it and burned it to show she wasn't interested. Took place not quite in the modern day, but at least in the later half of the 1900's, probably 70's-80's.
Not that I especially want to read it again, but not being able to remember the name of the book or said athlete and his catchphrase is driving me absolute nuts...
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I remember reading this book when I was very young. It was about this cat, and he was watching this astronaut go through training to go to the Moon. The cat ended up going to the moon with the astronaut. So, on the moon, he found this mountain filled with these alien plants, and had his suit ruptured. The alien plant was able to be used to patch it, merging completely with the suit. There was something about a spider. I remember this book was fairly old and worn-looking. I'm sorry if this is too vague/incorrect.
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There was a picture book I used to have about a little boy whose grandparents accidentally left him with the aardvark at the zoo because they had really bad eyesight. The momma aardvark was also confused about why the boy wasn't eating ants or anything, and eventually they got them switched back.
Sound familiar to anyone? I'd like to know the title, as this was one of the picture books I really remember.
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A Harry Potter Sailor Moon crossover fanfic that had Rei raised with Harry at the Dursley's. This Troper doesn't remember it as particularly good, but it's been bugging her for awhile.
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I recall a ring of Sprite Comics (most or all of them Sonic The Hedgehog themed; and one or more was drawn, or otherwise partly drawn for a short arc) from the early 2000s called Dirty Power, or something similar. Most of them had No Fourth Wall and Author Avatars. I remember two of them, "That's My Sonic" by Psyguy and "Final Fantasy Sonic" by Squeeks (or something like that). Can someone tell me what the rest of the comic series were (and their basic premise, including FFS)?
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I think I remember this show (I'm pretty sure it was an animated short film) that had no talking in it, just music. It seemed pretty old when I saw it seven years ago. The characters were a female violin and a male...other musical instrument (maybe a percussion?). The violin was somewhat coquettish and the male was in love with her (I'm not sure if it was returned. He was a Dogged Nice Guy). Their own "families" of instruments were at war with each other, so their own pieces conflicted. When the male's father (who might have been a tuba) discovered his son's feelings, he got very angry. I think he tried to lock him away somewhere.
That's all I remember. If anyone can help out, I'd be very appreciative.
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Okay this was actually a board game but I figure asking here isn't too taboo. I was a horror themed board game, your pieces were gravestones, and you had to watch a tape that came with it to play. The guy on the tape was kinda like a dungeon master. I remember there was something about black holes which I think worked like jail in monopoly. You also had a coin to flip with a demon/gargoyle head and tail for...well heads and tails.
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I recall seeing this in the library when I was a kid; it's a children's book or at least a part of a children's anthology book. I don't remember any words, and each page has one picture on it. It shows how one village/town finds a giant egg, and how they worked together to open it, pour out the insides on a giant frying pan, cook the contents into a giant omellete and have a feast. As they did all this they get to have some fun, like, if I recall correctly, skating along the giant frying pan as if it was a frozen lake or an ice skating rink. I also remember after eating the omellete they turned the shell into a condo. This story really made me crave for eggs!
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Here's an odd one: I'm looking for an article. The article talked about how fictional characters may compensate for one's lack of real-life friends or social life, and went into how viewers/readers bond with characters and resulting emotional effects. It's not just identifying with them, but that people think of them as friends.
And I'm pretty sure this effect has been featured on a Cracked countdown before, but I can't seem to remember which article. I also think it might have had a page on The Other Wiki (or at least was mentioned as a subtopic).
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I seem to recall a very obscure Fairy tale (I think). It was about a young girl who was kidnapped by an old witch, and Every day the witch would test the girl by sending her to a stream. She told her that if she could fill a bucket with water using only a fork, that she would release her back to her parents.
Any ideas.
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There was a film I watched a while ago with a plot similar to Bedtime Stories. There was a father and an estranged son (who I believe were both black), and the father was competing with a guy who claims to be a Native American. He gets the upper hand by interpreting his son's drawings, whose results actually carry out into real life. Near the end, the Native guy figures it out and hypes his son on Red Bull to level the playing field.
Anyone remember this? The actor portraying the "Native American"'s name was Thomas [something].
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I watched a cartoon when I was a kid that had...a fairy that granted wishes? But she needed a helper or something and so she (made a wish? asked a...mountain genie? it's vague in my memory) for one that had all these traits "sugar, spice, sweetness, whatever" and ended up getting one helper that represented each. Hi-jinks ensued as they went to earth to grant wishes.
I think it was a stand-alone movie thing, but I might be wrong. I rented a bunch of random stuff from the family area when I was a kid.
Any ideas?
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I watched a cartoon years ago set around Baker Street. It was centered around a group of street urchins, two in particular (a boy and girl) who lived in a boat moored to a dock. They went around solving some crimes or other peoples troubles. They caught and sold rats for some money. It had a catchy theme song. (something about "How do they munch?/How do they munch?/How./do./they./munch?") - word might be different it was years ago. Any ideas?
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There's SF series of stories or novels or whatever, where there are loads of other worlds accessible via some sort of a portal planet, and by entering each world you are being changer into one of the inhabitants.
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Video game (Why isn't that an option on the medium?):
For some reason I can't remember anything except the soundtrack, but I'm pretty sure it was a fighter. All I remember is some guy going "Round One...Fight fight fight fight!" and then "Round Two...Fight fight fight fight!"
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I am looking for an American Dad YouTube Poop with the song "Weird Science" in it