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*** [[Wild Mass Guessing|So he travelled back in time and fathered Hagrid!]]
* There's a particularly bad 6teen fic where the author states that Niki's mary sue twin is such because doctor's put her dad's '''eggs''' in Niki's mother.
* Though this was mentioned in the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperTales/YouFailBiologyForever Troper Tales] section of this page, [[http://captainbobbin.deviantart.com/art/XemSai-Blind-157728596?q=gallery<!-- 3Acaptainbobbin2F10188217%3Acaptainbobbin%2F10188217&qo=24 this]] fanfiction deserves special recognition for [[WhoWritesThisCrapWho Writes This Crap|logic-defying]] injuries. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. -->
* There are a few fanfics having a girl who just had sex wakes up then instantly knows that she's pregnant.
* The Fan Fic "[[Full Metal]] Dragon" doesn't even have to start before this happens:
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* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', during V1 in particular, there were examples of writers who decided to eschew any pretence of realism in their kills. Later versions have done their best to avert this. A particularly...[http://z10.invisionfree.com/SurvivalOfTheFittest/index.php?showtopic=425 interesting example.]
* [[Rule of Funny|Played for laughs]] by [[Cracked]]: " It's like every single AC/DC album cover came to life and punched your eyeballs right in the dick." Read more: [http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-images-too-badass-to-be-real-that-totally-are/#ixzz1OqUf7vGr 7 Images Too Badass To Be Real (That Totally Are)]
* Keith Thompson's [http://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/ghoul.html Ghoul] seems to depict [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_<!-- 28disease29%28disease%29 Kuru]] as the complete opposite of what it really is: rather than slowly turning destroying the physical and mental capabilities of its victims as it does in RealLife[[Real Life]], Keith Thompson's Kuru [[OurZombiesAreDifferentOur Zombies Are Different|zombifies]] them. However, he has ShownHisWork[[Shown His Work]] in that both versions of the disease are transmitted by eating infected corpses. -->
 
 
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* Done in one ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents (Animation)|Fairly OddParents]]'' episode where Timmy Turner's Dad's first time on the [[Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?]] spoof, "Are You Brighter Than A 6th Grader" had him answer "Sea Cucumber" to nearly all the questions until the last one, "What Kind of Cucumber Lives In The Sea" prompting him to say the wrong answer. Forcing himself to re-attend school, Timmy's dad retakes the competition and goes on a roll until the last question, "which sea vegetable would suit perfectly on an undersea salad", causes him to hesitate until he find it in himself to say the right answer. In spite of the name, sea cucumbers are NOT cucumbers or vegetables in general, but animals - specifically echinoderms, like starfish.
** REGULAR Cucumbers aren't technically vegetables, even.
* Combine that with [[Artistic License History]]: In [[Rankin/ Bass Productions]]' ''The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town'', one music segment has the [[Everything'sEverythings Better With Chickens|chickens]] tell a story [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|in a song]] that makes fun of the riddle of "chicken or the egg": They explain that "the chicken came first" by retelling [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] story of [[The Great Flood|Noah's Ark]], and comparing the riddle to who came first: "[[Mother Goose|the pussycat or the fiddle]]", "the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_of_Youth Fountain] or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le<!-- C3B3n%C3%B3n Ponce de León]]", and "[[BreadEggsMilkSquickBread Eggs Milk Squick|the cow or]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_O%27Leary Mrs. O'Leary]]". -->
* 1973/74 ''[[Super Friends]]'' episode "The Watermen''. When the title aliens extract silicon from sea water, it causes the sea water to immediately turn into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tide red tide]. Just one problem: red tide is caused by microorganisms, not a lack of silicon. This is Lampshaded when Professor Matey notes that it should be impossible.
* Among the many errors regarding animal physiology and behavior, one the more minor in [[Hero 108]] is the Deer King and his men, who neigh, grunt, and whinny like horses even though deer in real life make noises more like they have kazoos stuck in their throats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Xa Ph Vc Ldz 4 M]]&feature=fvwrel or barking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EWzg4eiJnM&feature=related
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