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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic is a reference to the recently released {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie}}. It is a list of Wikipedia article titles that are in the the same syllable-stress pattern as the first line of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-qFdw-v_o theme song] of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}.
  
This comic is a reference to the recently released {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie}}. It is a list of Wikipedia article titles that are in the same syllable-stress pattern as the first line of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-qFdw-v_o theme song] of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}.
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The list is compiled in alphabetical order from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of the items on this list (e.g. ''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'') are drawn as headlines in the same style as the logo from that series. These articles are not in alphabetical order with the surrounding small face text, but these headlines are in alphabetical order with the other headlines from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of these phrases are not actually the titles of Wikipedia articles, but rather the full names given in articles' lead sentences. For instance, the article on {{w|Woody Guthrie|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}} appears under the title Woody Guthrie.
  
The list is compiled in alphabetical order from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of the items on this list (e.g. ''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'') are drawn as headlines in the same style as the logo from that series. These articles are not in alphabetical order with the surrounding small face text, but these headlines are in alphabetical order with the other headlines from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of these phrases are not actually the titles of Wikipedia articles, but are redirects. For instance, the article on {{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}} redirects to {{w|Woody Guthrie}}, and {{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}} at one time redirected to {{w|Andy Nicholson}}.
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The syllable-stress pattern of this line is long-short-long-short-long-short-long-short, known in poetry as trochaic tetrameter.
  
The syllable-stress pattern of this line is long-short-long-short-long-short-long-short, known in poetry as {{w|trochaic tetrameter}}. Randall has previously authored comics dealing with {{w|trochees}}, namely [[856: Trochee Fixation]] and [[1383: Magic Words]].
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The title text suggests an album of songs (''{{w|The Purple People Eater}}'', the aforementioned ''Ninja Turtles'' theme, ''{{w|Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini}}'' and the ''{{W|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}'' theme), the title or primary refrain of which have a large number of verses in {{w|trochee|trochaic}} {{w|meter (poetry)|meter}}. Randall suggests that these refrains are so interchangeable that the lyrics of each could be sung to the melody of the song following it in the tracklist. Randall would title the album ''{{w|Linked List}}'' as each song would melodically reference the next song. The refrains of the songs, respectively are:
 
 
A similar idea was performed by {{w|Jimmy Fallon}} in 2001 at a [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jimmy+fallon+80s+medley concert for New York city] where he demonstrated singing "any 80's song" over the tune of {{w|MC Hammer}}'s song "{{w|U Can't Touch This}}".
 
 
 
The title text suggests an album of songs (''{{w|The Purple People Eater}}'', the aforementioned ''Ninja Turtles'' theme, ''{{w|Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini}}'' and the ''{{w|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}'' theme), the title or primary refrain of which have a large number of verses in {{w|trochee|trochaic}} {{w|meter (poetry)|meter}}. Randall suggests that these refrains are so interchangeable that the lyrics of each could be sung to the melody of the song following it in the tracklist. Randall would title the album ''{{w|Linked List}}'' as each song would melodically reference the next song. The refrains of the songs, respectively are:
 
 
*"One-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater"
 
*"One-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater"
 
*"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
 
*"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
 
*"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
 
*"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
 
*"Go go Power Rangers"
 
*"Go go Power Rangers"
 
In 2019 a [https://twitter.com/wiki_tmnt Twitter feed was created] which identifies Wikipedia articles with this stress pattern and creates a matching graphic.
 
 
==The Wikipedia links==
 
 
There are 6 headlines and 9 other article links in each block next to a headline for a total of 60 wiki links:
 
 
;{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}
 
:{{w|Biggest Loser: Second Chances}}
 
:{{w|Cayman Island blue iguana}}
 
:{{w|Central Texas pocket gopher}}
 
:{{w|Church of Jesus Christ Creator}}
 
:{{w|Climate change and meat production}}
 
:{{w|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon}}
 
:{{w|Daylight saving time in China}}
 
:{{w|Denver Airport People Mover}}
 
:{{w|Easter Island spiny lobster}}
 
 
;{{w|Asian Human Rights Commission}}
 
 
:{{w|Edgar Allan Poe Museum}}
 
:{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}
 
:{{w|English as a second language}}
 
:<s>{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}}</s> (deleted)
 
:{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}}
 
:{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}
 
:{{w|Golden-mantled howler monkey}}
 
:{{w|Greater Cleveland Film Commission}}
 
:{{w|Hairy flower chafer beetle}}
 
 
;{{w|San Diego City Council}}
 
 
:{{w|Harland David "Colonel" Sanders}}
 
:{{w|Human Tissue Resource Network}}
 
:{{w|Klondike-class destroyer tender|Klondike class destroyer tender}}
 
:{{w|Legal code of North Dakota}}
 
:{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}
 
:{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}
 
:{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}} (now renamed)
 
:{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}
 
:{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}
 
 
;{{w|Single payer health insurance}}
 
 
:{{w|Neo Geo Pocket Color}}
 
:{{w|New Year's Eve with Carson Daly}}
 
:{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}
 
:{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}
 
:<s>{{w|Orange County Business Council}}</s> (deleted)
 
:{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}
 
:{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}
 
:{{w|Places named for Adolf Hitler}}
 
:{{w|Proton-proton chain reaction}}
 
 
;{{w|Spotted giant flying squirrel}}
 
 
:{{w|Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo}}
 
:{{w|Quantum vacuum plasma thruster|Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster}}<ref>See also [[1404: Quantum Vacuum Virtual Plasma]].</ref>
 
:{{w|Rocky Mountain spotted fever}}
 
:{{w|Royal Flying Doctor Service}}
 
:{{w|Russian Women's Fascist Movement}}
 
:{{w|Semi-active laser guidance}}
 
:{{w|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers}}
 
:{{w|Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows}}
 
:{{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}
 
 
;{{w|Women science fiction authors}}
 
 
:{{w|Trailing suction hopper dredger}}
 
:{{w|Vector graphics markup language}}
 
:{{w|Viti Levu giant pigeon}}
 
:{{w|Voting rights in Puerto Rico}}
 
:{{w|William Henry, Duke of Gloucester}}<ref>Gloucester is pronounced /ˈglɒstər/ (gloster).</ref>
 
:{{w|Windows Vista startup process}}
 
:{{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}}
 
:{{w|Yaba monkey tumor virus}}
 
:{{w|Zack and Miri Make a Porno}}
 
  
 
===Notes===
 
===Notes===
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See also [[856: Trochee Fixation]] and [[1383: Magic Words]] - other comics dealing with Trochees.
  
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See also [[1404: Quantum Vacuum Virtual Plasma]] - other comics dealing with Quantum vacuum plasma thrusters
 
 
==Transcript==
 
  
:[Caption above comic]
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Gloucester from "William Henry, Duke of Gloucester" is pronounced /ˈglɒstər/ (gloster).
:;WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE TITLES
 
::With the right syllable stress pattern to be sung to the tune of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' theme song
 
  
:[Six groups of Wikipedia article titles are written out. Each group contains ten titles. The first title of each group is drawn in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo, where the final word of each title is drawn in bulbous green text in the shape of an arch, with the remaining words in white text on a red banner above the green text. The remainder of the titles in each group are arranged as a list in standard font next to the larger titles, alternating from right to left hand side going down the comic.]
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==The Wikipedia links==
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There are 6 headlines and 9 other article links in each block next to a headline for a total of 60 wiki links:
  
:;''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''
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{| class="wikitable"
::''Biggest Loser: Second Chances''
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|-
::Cayman Island blue iguana
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|
::Central Texas pocket gopher
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{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}
::Church of Jesus Christ Creator
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|
::Climate change and meat production
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#{{w|Biggest Loser: Second Chances}}
::''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''
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#{{w|Cayman Island blue iguana}}
::Daylight saving time in China
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#{{w|Central Texas pocket gopher}}
::Denver Airport People Mover
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#{{w|Church of Jesus Christ Creator}}
::Easter Island spiny lobster
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#{{w|Climate change and meat production}}
 
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#{{w|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon}}
:;''Asian Human Rights Commission''
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#{{w|Daylight saving time in China}}
::Edgar Allan Poe Museum
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#{{w|Denver Airport People Mover}}
::Engine failure after take-off
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#{{w|Easter Island spiny lobster}}
::English as a second language
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|-
::Former ''Arctic Monkeys'' members
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::''Fowler's Modern English Usage''
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#{{w|Edgar Allan Poe Museum}}
::Georgia Game and Fish Department
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#{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}
::Golden-mantled howler monkey
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#{{w|English as a second language}}
::Greater Cleveland Film Commission
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#{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}}
::Hairy flower chafer beetle
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#{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}}
 
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#{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}
:;''San Diego City Council''
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#{{w|Golden-mantled howler monkey}}
::Harland David "Colonel" Sanders
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#{{w|Greater Cleveland Film Commission}}
::Human Tissue Resource Network
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#{{w|Hairy flower chafer beetle}}
::''Klondike''-class destroyer tender
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::Legal code of North Dakota
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{{w|Asian Human Rights Commission}}
::Lesser knapweed flower weevil
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|-
::Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket
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::Maple syrup urine syndrome
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{{w|San Diego City Council}}
::''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''
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|
::Nablus mask-like facial syndrome
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#{{w|Harland David "Colonel" Sanders}}
 
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#{{w|Human Tissue Resource Network}}
:;''Single payer health insurance''
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#{{w|Klondike-class destroyer tender|Klondike class destroyer tender}}
::Neo Geo Pocket Color
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#{{w|Legal code of North Dakota}}
::''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly''
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#{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}
::Newton's second law of motion
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#{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}
::North Korean Workers Party
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#{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}}
::Orange County Business Council
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#{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}
::Over/under cable coiling
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#{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}
::Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
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|-
::Places named for Adolf Hitler
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|
::Proton-proton chain reaction
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#{{w|Neo Geo Pocket Color}}
 
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#{{w|New Year's Eve with Carson Daly}}
:;''Spotted giant flying squirrel''
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#{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}
::Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo
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#{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}
::Quantuum [sic] vacuum plasma thruster
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#{{w|Orange County Business Council}}
::Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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#{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}
::Royal Flying Doctor Service
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#{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}
::Russian Women's Fascist Movement
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#{{w|Places named for Adolf Hitler}}
::Semi-active laser guidance
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#{{w|Proton-proton chain reaction}}
::''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''
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|
::''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''
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{{w|Single payer health insurance}}
::Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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|-
 
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:;''Women science fiction authors''
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{{w|Spotted giant flying squirrel}}
::Trailing suction hopper dredger
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|
::Vector graphics markup language
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#{{w|Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo}}
::Viti Levu giant pigeon
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#{{w|Quantum vacuum plasma thruster|Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster}}
::Voting rights in Puerto Rico
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#{{w|Rocky Mountain spotted fever}}
::William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
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#{{w|Royal Flying Doctor Service}}
::Windows Vista startup process
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#{{w|Russian Women's Fascist Movement}}
::Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie
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#{{w|Semi-active laser guidance}}
::Yaba monkey tumor virus
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#{{w|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers}}
::''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''
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#{{w|Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows}}
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#{{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}
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|-
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|
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#{{w|Trailing suction hopper dredger}}
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#{{w|Vector graphics markup language}}
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#{{w|Viti Levu giant pigeon}}
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#{{w|Voting rights in Puerto Rico}}
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#{{w|William Henry, Duke of Gloucester}}
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#{{w|Windows Vista startup process}}
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#{{w|Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie}}
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#{{w|Yaba monkey tumor virus}}
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#{{w|Zack and Miri Make a Porno}}
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|
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{{w|Women science fiction authors}}
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|}
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*Randall mistyped the word "album" as "alubm" in the original title text but it was fixed later.
 
*Randall mistyped the word "album" as "alubm" in the original title text but it was fixed later.
 
*He did not correct the word Quantum, which is mistyped Quantuum in the comic.
 
*He did not correct the word Quantum, which is mistyped Quantuum in the comic.
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==Transcript==
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:{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan="2"|
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:'''WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE TITLES'''
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:With the right syllable stress pattern
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:to be sung to the tune of the original
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:''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' theme song
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:
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| style="text-align:right;" |
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:'''''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'''''
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| style="text-align:left;" |
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:''Biggest Loser: Second Chances''
 +
:Cayman Island blue iguana
 +
:Central Texas pocket gopher
 +
:Church of Jesus Christ Creator
 +
:Climate change and meat production
 +
:''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''
 +
:Daylight saving time in China
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:Denver Airport People Mover
 +
:Easter Island spiny lobster
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| style="text-align:right;" |
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:Edgar Allan Poe Museum
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:Engine failure after take-off
 +
:English as a second language
 +
:Former ''Arctic Monkeys'' members
 +
:''Fowler's Modern English Usage''
 +
:Georgia Game and Fish Department
 +
:Golden-mantled howler monkey
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:Greater Cleveland Film Commission
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:Hairy flower chafer beetle
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| style="text-align:left;" |
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:'''Asian Human Rights Commission'''
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| style="text-align:right;" |
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:'''San Diego City Council'''
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| style="text-align:left;" |
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:Harland David "Colonel" Sanders
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:Human Tissue Resource Network
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:''Klondike''-class destroyer tender
 +
:Legal code of North Dakota
 +
:Lesser knapweed flower weevil
 +
:Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket
 +
:Maple syrup urine syndrome
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:''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''
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:Nablus mask-like facial syndrome
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| style="text-align:right;" |
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:Neo Geo Pocket Color
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:''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly''
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:Newton's second law of motion
 +
:North Korean Workers Party
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:Orange County Business Council
 +
:Over/under cable coiling
 +
:Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
 +
:Places named for Adolf Hitler
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:Proton-proton chain reaction
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| style="text-align:left;" |
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:'''Single payer health insurance'''
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| style="text-align:right;" |
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:'''Spotted giant flying squirrel'''
 +
| style="text-align:right;" |
 +
:Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo
 +
:Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster
 +
:Rocky Mountain spotted fever
 +
:Royal Flying Doctor Service
 +
:Russian Women's Fascist Movement
 +
:Semi-active laser guidance
 +
:''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''
 +
:''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''
 +
:Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| style="text-align:left;" |
 +
:Trailing suction hopper dredger
 +
:Vector graphics markup language
 +
:Viti Levu giant pigeon
 +
:Voting rights in Puerto Rico
 +
:William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
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:Windows Vista startup process
 +
:Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie
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:Yaba monkey tumor virus
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:''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''
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| style="text-align:right;" |
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:'''Women science fiction authors'''
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|}
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
 
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[[Category:Songs]]
 
[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Daylight saving time]]
 
[[Category:Climate change]]
 

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