Single-Specimen Species: Difference between revisions

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''"Strider, we've got to get out of this snow. Legolas, did you get a reading on that creature?"''

''"Fascinating, Captain. It appears to be an unknown creature that lurks in the pool waiting for passing strangers. [[Ecologically Implausible]], captain."''

''"Do you know what it is?" ... "I believe I said it was unknown, Dr Gimli. Logically, if I knew what it was, then it [[Captain Obvious|wouldn't be unknown]]."''

''"Cap'n, we're in some sort of temporal warp, stretching and deforming the plot. The snow should take place a day before our encounter with this beastie." ... "Boromir, put on that red armour..."'' }}

** In the ''[[Mithgar]]'' books, which started as Tolkien fanfic complete with pseudo-Moria and pseudo-Watcher, there is eventually an explanation both for the ecology and how such a huge monster got into the isolated lake - it's a kraken, they're part of a [[Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism]] with dragons, and a dragon flew by and dropped it into the lake to annoy the dwarves. {{spoiler|The dwarves manage to kill it by breaking the dam and draining the lake.}}

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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==

* In early editions of ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'', any creature with a Frequency of "Unique" was this trope, as there was only one of them. Examples included demon lords, arch devils, deities and the tarrasque.

* In early editions of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', any creature with a Frequency of "Unique" was this trope, as there was only one of them. Examples included demon lords, arch devils, deities and the tarrasque.

** The fluff indicated this for the Tarrasque in later editions, as well, with the crossover-relevant proviso that unique means ''per world'', not for the entire multiverse.

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* Just about any Kaiju in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''.

* Most imaginary friends in ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''.

* Each of the 627 genetic experiments in ''[[Lilo ~~and~~ Stitch: The Series]]'' and Leroy from ''Leroy And Stitch''

* Each of the 627 genetic experiments in ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' and Leroy from ''Leroy And Stitch''

== [[Real Life]] ==

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