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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* In ''[[Good Omens]]'', Shadwell's instructions to Newt are to search for: |
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{{quote| 1. [[Burn the Witch|Witches.]]<br /> |
{{quote| 1. [[Burn the Witch|Witches.]]<br /> |
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2. Unexplainable Phenomenons. Phenomenatrices. Phenomenice. Things, ye ken well what I mean. }} |
2. Unexplainable Phenomenons. Phenomenatrices. Phenomenice. Things, ye ken well what I mean. }} |
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* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Riley comments that, after falling in with the main characters, he suddenly finds himself needing to know the plural of "apocalypse". |
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Riley comments that, after falling in with the main characters, he suddenly finds himself needing to know the plural of "apocalypse". |
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** In another episode the Trio kept stumbling over the plural of "nemesis." Became a [[Brick Joke]] when a vampire the next season said it was "nemeses," which Buffy noted. |
** In another episode the Trio kept stumbling over the plural of "nemesis." Became a [[Brick Joke]] when a vampire the next season said it was "nemeses," which Buffy noted. |
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* The girls of ''[[ |
* The girls of ''[[ICarly]]'' spend a fairly large amount of "iGo to Japan" arguing of the current plural of the word "possum". |
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* There is a variant of this in ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'' (subverted maybe?). GOB is dense enough that he think he can avoid using an "S" by switching to a different plural noun. GOB has just chipped a tooth and is now whistling his S's: |
* There is a variant of this in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' (subverted maybe?). GOB is dense enough that he think he can avoid using an "S" by switching to a different plural noun. GOB has just chipped a tooth and is now whistling his S's: |
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{{quote| GOB: I have a few terms(whistle)... I mean conditions(whistle)... I have one term and one condition.}} |
{{quote| GOB: I have a few terms(whistle)... I mean conditions(whistle)... I have one term and one condition.}} |
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== [[Tabletop Games]] == |
== [[Tabletop Games]] == |
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* The Tyranids in [[Warhammer |
* The Tyranids in [[Warhammer 40000]] have the Carnifex. Good luck getting the fans to agree on a plural. |
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** ...[[Completely Missing the Point|Bad news]]? |
** ...[[Completely Missing the Point|Bad news]]? |
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* In [[Magic |
* In [[Magic: The Gathering]], a powerful mana-generating card is the Mox (Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, and so forth). Traditionally, the plural is "Moxen". |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |