But my absolute favorite fictional quacker is John D. Roderduck, "an antagonist duck from Donald Duck's Duck universe." I'm convinced that musician John Roderick is a distant cousin of this fictional duck.
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This one is self-explanatory, though the tagline at the top curtly notes: "This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness." The list includes columns for "Victim" and "Perpetrator," among others. Among the (allegedly) pied:
There's also a whole string of New York Yankees who were pied by fellow Yankee A.J. Burnett during various 2009 winning home games. It's a tradition!
3. Premature obituaries
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This list begins with a surprisingly detailed discussion of the difference between a spin-off, a crossover, and a remake. Here are a few notable spin-offs along with their parent series:
It's an extremely long list of fascinating spin-offs. The number of shows spawned by Popstars is insane.
The summary of Manos: The Hands of Fate begins: "A low-budget horror film made by an El Paso insurance and fertilizer salesman Hal P. Warren, the plot concerns a vacationing family that is kidnapped by a polygamous cult of pagans." But it gets way better worse!
8. Sesame Street Muppets
Learn the history behind some of your favorite Muppets! Including this poor professor, who was canceled for being overly boring:
9. Fictional universes in film and TV
Hey everybody, let's visit my favorite fictional universe, the Fringe universe. No, no, the otherFringe universe. Wait, are the parallel universes considered just one universe? I'm confused now. See also:
Cryptids are animals presumed to exist, but their "existence has often been derived from anecdotal or other evidence, considered insufficient by mainstream science." Here are a few to haunt your dreams, along with Wikipedia's brief notes: