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Sometimes, an episode of a series may involve a character discovering an egg of some sort which later hatches. Occasionally, the protagonists may save the egg from a terrible fate: either from being smashed or from [[Eaten the MacGuffin|being something or someone's lunch]]. The egg eventually hatches and the character gains a [[Pet Baby Wild Animal]]. |
Sometimes, an episode of a series may involve a character discovering an egg of some sort which later hatches. Occasionally, the protagonists may save the egg from a terrible fate: either from being smashed or from [[Eaten the MacGuffin|being something or someone's lunch]]. The egg eventually hatches and the character gains a [[Pet Baby Wild Animal]]. |
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* In the [[Dr. Seuss]] book (and ''[[Bob Clampett]]'' cartoon adaptation) ''Horton Hatches the Egg'', an elephant takes on the task of hatching the egg of a irresponsible bird. [[Lamarck Was Right|The offspring ends up being a bird with the head of an elephant.]] |
* In the [[Dr. Seuss]] book (and ''[[Bob Clampett]]'' cartoon adaptation) ''Horton Hatches the Egg'', an elephant takes on the task of hatching the egg of a irresponsible bird. [[Lamarck Was Right|The offspring ends up being a bird with the head of an elephant.]] |
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* The Daenerys subplot in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire|A Game of Thrones]]'' features three ''fossilized'' dragon eggs. {{spoiler|Once Dany figures out the meaning of her family's motto and its origins in Valyrian sorcery, it turns out her eggs are not so much dead as dormant -- which is why in the subsequent books she's called Daenerys the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons.}} |
* The Daenerys subplot in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire|A Game of Thrones]]'' features three ''fossilized'' dragon eggs. {{spoiler|Once Dany figures out the meaning of her family's motto and its origins in Valyrian sorcery, it turns out her eggs are not so much dead as dormant -- which is why in the subsequent books she's called Daenerys the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons.}} |
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* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', Hagrid gets ahold of a dragon egg, which hatches into Norwegian Ridgeback which Hagrid dubs Norbert. Little Norbert, with his vicious, fire-breathing ways, quickly becomes a liability (especially as keeping dragons is illegal), and he is dispatched to Romania, much to Hagrid's distress. |
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* In the ''[[Leviathan (novel)|Leviathan]]'' trilogy, there is a veeeeeeery mysterious Egg MacGuffin in the first book. {{spoiler|In Behemoth, the sequel, the egg hatches, and a [[Small Annoying Creature]] is introduced in the form of Bovril. Bovril latches onto Alek and they become [[A Boy and His X|A Boy and His Rapidly Learning Skunk Thing.]]}} |
* In the ''[[Leviathan (novel)|Leviathan]]'' trilogy, there is a veeeeeeery mysterious Egg MacGuffin in the first book. {{spoiler|In Behemoth, the sequel, the egg hatches, and a [[Small Annoying Creature]] is introduced in the form of Bovril. Bovril latches onto Alek and they become [[A Boy and His X|A Boy and His Rapidly Learning Skunk Thing.]]}} |
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* In ''[[Dragaera|Taltos]]'', young Vlad takes care of the jhereg egg that he'd obtained from its mother in ''Jhereg''. When Loiosh hatches, he calls Vlad "Mama", although he switches to "Boss" once he's grown some. |
* In ''[[Dragaera|Taltos]]'', young Vlad takes care of the jhereg egg that he'd obtained from its mother in ''Jhereg''. When Loiosh hatches, he calls Vlad "Mama", although he switches to "Boss" once he's grown some. |
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