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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', a carnivorous dinosaur spontaneously "evolves" into a chicken, in an effort to make itself useful enough for the Unseen University faculty not to blast it with fireballs. They end up roasting and eating it instead of just roasting it.
** In ''[[The Last Continent]]'', a carnivorous dinosaur spontaneously "evolves" into a chicken, in an effort to make itself useful enough for the Unseen University faculty not to blast it with fireballs. They end up roasting and eating it instead of just roasting it.
** Earlier, ''[[Discworld/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' in its parodies of movie tropes included a wheelchair crashing into a barn and emerging surrounded by clucking chickens... much to the farmers' surprise, since the last time they looked it was full of cabbages.
** Earlier, ''[[Moving Pictures]]'' in its parodies of movie tropes included a wheelchair crashing into a barn and emerging surrounded by clucking chickens... much to the farmers' surprise, since the last time they looked it was full of cabbages.
** And in ''[[Discworld/Wintersmith|Wintersmith]]'', a mishap with a cornucopia leads to Nanny Ogg's house being filled with hundreds of live chickens. ''Werk...''
** And in ''[[Wintersmith]]'', a mishap with a cornucopia leads to Nanny Ogg's house being filled with hundreds of live chickens. ''Werk...''
*** Not a bad thing, as Rincewind in ''The Science Of Discworld II'' has accurately observed that the chicken is Lancre's standard unit of currency.
*** Not a bad thing, as Rincewind in ''[[The Science Of Discworld]] II'' has accurately observed that the chicken is Lancre's standard unit of currency.
** Methodia Rascal, the [[Mad Artist]] appearing in flashbacks in ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]!'' thought he was being stalked by a giant chicken. And that he was the giant chicken himself. He was found dead, mouth full of chicken feathers, with the paint of his greatest work, "Battle Of Koom Valley" still wet.
** Methodia Rascal, the [[Mad Artist]] appearing in flashbacks in ''[[Thud]]!'' thought he was being stalked by a giant chicken. And that he was the giant chicken himself. He was found dead, mouth full of chicken feathers, with the paint of his greatest work, "Battle Of Koom Valley" still wet.
** Quetzovercoatl, the Feathered Boa, is, or rather ''was'', a demon worshiped by the Tezumen, described by Rincewind as half man, [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking|half chicken]], half jaguar, half serpent, half scorpion and half mad.
** Quetzovercoatl, the Feathered Boa, is, or rather ''was'', a demon worshiped by the Tezumen, described in ''[[Eric]]'' as half man, [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking|half chicken]], half jaguar, half serpent, half scorpion and half mad.
* In later ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' novels, the Weasleys create fake wands that turn into other objects when you try to use them. Among the alternatives: rubber chickens.
* In later ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' novels, the Weasleys create fake wands that turn into other objects when you try to use them. Among the alternatives: rubber chickens.
** And let's not forget that in addition to the gnomes, the Weasleys have chickens in their garden. It's a pretty funny coexistence.
** And let's not forget that in addition to the gnomes, the Weasleys have chickens in their garden. It's a pretty funny coexistence.
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[[Heh Heh, You Said "X"|Heh heh,]] [[Double Entendre|Cock]].
[[Heh Heh, You Said "X"|Heh heh,]] [[Double Entendre|Cock]].


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