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== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
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* The "X" in the title of ''[[The X-Files]]'' is a Metasyntactic Variable referring to the unknown and possibly paranormal aspects of the cases within those files. |
* The "X" in the title of ''[[The X-Files]]'' is a Metasyntactic Variable referring to the unknown and possibly paranormal aspects of the cases within those files. |
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* "Oceanic Airlines" -- most famously seen in ''[[Lost]]'' -- is used as a "placeholder" fictional airline in films, TV program, and comic books, typically when a plane is involved in a disaster or another event with which actual airlines would prefer not to be associated. |
* "Oceanic Airlines" -- most famously seen in ''[[Lost]]'' but used as early as 1965 in ''[[flipper]]'' -- is used as a "placeholder" fictional airline in films, TV program, and comic books, typically when a plane is involved in a disaster or another event with which actual airlines would prefer not to be associated. [[The Other Wiki]] has [[w:Oceanic Airlines|a page listing uses of this name]]. |
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== [[Music]] == |
== [[Music]] == |
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