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* ''VisualNovel/UshinawaretaMiraiOMotomete'', whose title translates to "In search of the lost future" (''À la recherche du temps perdu'', novel series)
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* "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E12ParadiseLost Paradise Lost]]," episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
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* "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E07MagicToMakeTheSanestManGoMad Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad]]," episode of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' (''Literature/TheIliad'', in Robert Fagles' translation)
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* The ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse'' sequence ''Literature/StarTrekMereAnarchy'', and all six books within the series (''Things Fall Apart''; ''The Centre Cannot Hold''; ''Shadows of the Indignant''; ''The Darkness Drops Again''; ''The Blood-Dimmed Tide''; and ''Its Hour Come Round'').

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* The ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse'' sequence ''Literature/StarTrekMereAnarchy'', and all six books within the series (''Things Fall Apart''; ''The Centre Cannot Hold''; ''Shadows of the Indignant''; ''The Darkness Drops Again''; ''The Blood-Dimmed Tide''; and ''Its Hour Come Round''). Separately, the short story compilation ''Tales of the Dominion War'' has an entry entitled "The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned."
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* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', an installment in the ''Franchise/SuperMario'' franchise.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' episode "The Smurf Odyssey" (''Literature/TheOdyssey'')

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* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', an installment in the ''Franchise/SuperMario'' ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "The Smurf Odyssey" (''Literature/TheOdyssey'')
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* “A Tale Of Two Tells”, ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' episode.
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* ''Film/ThereWasALittleGirl'', a 1981 horror film, takes it title from a poem by Longfellow.
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* ''Some Buried Caesar'', Literature/NeroWolfe novel by Rex Stout (Quatrain XVIII)

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* ''Some Buried Caesar'', ''Literature/SomeBuriedCaesar'', Literature/NeroWolfe novel by Rex Stout (Quatrain XVIII)
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** ''Radio/AbsolutePower'', radio show

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** ''Radio/AbsolutePower'', ''Radio/AbsolutePowerBBC'', radio show



** ''Absolute Power'', novel by Creator/DavidBaldacci, later made into [[Film/AbsolutePower a movie]] starring Creator/ClintEastwood

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** ''Absolute Power'', ''Literature/AbsolutePower1996'', novel by Creator/DavidBaldacci, later made into [[Film/AbsolutePower [[Film/AbsolutePower1997 a movie]] starring Creator/ClintEastwood
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* The Swedish PowerMetal band Music/{{Civil War|Band}} named their first three studio albums after the Shaaras' novel trilogy about UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: ''Literature/TheKillerAngels'', ''Literature/GodsAndGenerals'', and ''Literature/TheLastFullMeasure''.

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* The Swedish PowerMetal band Music/{{Civil War|Band}} named their first three studio albums after the Shaaras' novel trilogy about UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: ''Literature/TheKillerAngels'', ''Literature/GodsAndGenerals'', and ''Literature/TheLastFullMeasure''. (And the title of the novel ''The Last Full Measure'' is itself a Literary Allusion Title to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.)
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* ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'', film (''Literature/TheBlueLagoon'', novel)
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* ''Fanfic/HeWhoFightsMonsters'', a ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/521293/hawker_748 Hawker 748]].


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* "Animo Farm", an episode from ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016''.


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** "The Prince and the Pinhead", episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''.


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* "Around The World in 80 Pieces", a ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' episode.

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* ''Persistence of Memory'', novel by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (title of painting)
* "The Persistence of Memory", episode of ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage''

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* His "Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory" names several works, such as:
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''Persistence of Memory'', a novel by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (title of painting)
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"The Persistence of Memory", episode of ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage''
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* ''Literature/BloodsARover'' by Creator/JamesEllroy (from a line in "A Shropshire Lad": "Clay lies still, but blood's a rover").
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* ''Sweetheart of the Sun'', album by Music/TheBangles ("Ruth", poem)
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* "Xanadu", [[Music/{{Rush}} Rush]] song from ''A Farewell to Kings'' (''Kubla Khan'')

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* "Xanadu", [[Music/{{Rush}} Rush]] Music/{{Rush|Band}} song from ''A Farewell to Kings'' (''Kubla Khan'')
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-->-- '''Gaheris''', ''Literature/TheSandman1989''

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->''"I call this tale, in deference to another, longer story...'Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'."''
-->-- '''Gaheris''', ''Literature/TheSandman1989''



* "A Tale of Two Cities", ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'' issue (title of [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities novel]])

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* "A Tale of Two Cities", ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'' issue (title of [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities novel]])novel]]), which is lampshaded by the storyteller as a reference.
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* ''Series/{{Dickinson}}'': Appropriately, the real Emily Dickinson's poems are used as the basis of episode titles, along with being quoted frequently. Emily is seen writing many of them during the series.
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* "There Ain't No Sanity Clause", song by Music/TheDamned (''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', film)

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* "There Ain't No Sanity Clause", song by Music/TheDamned Music/{{The Damned|Band}} (''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', film)
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* “Secret Barrage: And Then Will There Be None?”, ''VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil'' Spell Card (''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'')
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Despite the name, the quote need not come from literature ''per se''. Common non-literary sources for titles include political speeches, and songs (but see TitledAfterTheSong for examples of the latter). Many of these quotes will be StockQuotes. A subtrope of ShoutOut, and often accompanied by an InspirationNod. Also see StockEpisodeTitles.

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Despite the name, the quote need not come from literature ''per se''. Common non-literary sources for titles include political speeches, and songs (but see TitledAfterTheSong for examples of the latter). Many of these quotes will be StockQuotes. A subtrope of ShoutOut, and often accompanied by an InspirationNod. Also see StockEpisodeTitles.



* This is also the source of the traditional English wedding service, so a lot of StockEpisodeTitles (e.g. "To Have and to Hold", "In Sickness and in Health"), originate here.

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* This is also the source of the traditional English wedding service, so a lot of StockEpisodeTitles stock titles (e.g. "To Have and to Hold", "In Sickness and in Health"), originate here.

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* "The Prince And The Peewit", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (''The Princess And The Pea''). Also doubles as one for the Mark Twain story ''The Prince And The Pauper'' (see below).

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* "The Prince And The Peewit", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' (''The Princess And The Pea''). Also doubles as one for the Mark Twain story ''The Prince And The Pauper'' (see below).



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* ''Film/TheyShallNotGrowOld'', UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne documentary by Creator/PeterJackson ("For the Fallen", poem)

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* ''Film/TheyShallNotGrowOld'', UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne UsefulNotes/WorldWarI documentary by Creator/PeterJackson ("For the Fallen", poem)



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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'', "Vanity Fare" (play on placename in Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress, novel)

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'', "Vanity Fare" (play on placename in Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress, novel)



* ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'' episodes:

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* ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' episodes:



* ''Preludes and Nocturnes'', one-volume collection of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' issues (characteristic, frequently collected musical forms)

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* ''Preludes and Nocturnes'', one-volume collection of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'' issues (characteristic, frequently collected musical forms)



* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' English dub episode titled "[[Recap/PokemonS19E43FormingAMorePerfectUnion Forming A More Perfect Union]]" (preamble)

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' English dub episode titled "[[Recap/PokemonS19E43FormingAMorePerfectUnion Forming A More Perfect Union]]" (preamble)



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Mummy Dearest" (''Literature/MommieDearest'')

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Mommie Beerest" (''Literature/MommieDearest'')
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}''
episode "Mummy Dearest" (''Literature/MommieDearest'')



* A Japanese ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode is "Do Magnemite Dream of [[{{Mascot}} Electric Mice]]" (in English, "Sparks Fly From the Magnemite").

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* A Japanese ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' episode is "Do Magnemite Dream of [[{{Mascot}} Electric Mice]]" (in English, "Sparks Fly From the Magnemite").



* "A Tale of Two Cities", ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' issue (title of [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities novel]])

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* "A Tale of Two Cities", ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'' issue (title of [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities novel]])



** ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "To Smurf A Thief" (''Film/ToCatchAThief'')

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** ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' episode "To Smurf A Thief" (''Film/ToCatchAThief'')



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "The Smurf Odyssey" {''Literature/TheOdyssey'')

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' episode "The Smurf Odyssey" {''Literature/TheOdyssey'')(''Literature/TheOdyssey'')



* ''Fat Like Me'', a ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode

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* ''Fat "Fat Like Me'', Me", a ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode



* ''Season of Mists'', multi-issue arc in ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' by Creator/NeilGaiman, and subsequent single-volume collection ("Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness", sonnet)

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* ''Season of Mists'', multi-issue arc in ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'' by Creator/NeilGaiman, and subsequent single-volume collection ("Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness", sonnet)



* "The Ned Zone" (''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' segment on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'') (''Literature/TheDeadZone'')



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': "The Smurf Who Would Be King" (''Literature/TheManWhoWouldBeKing'')

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'': "The Smurf Who Would Be King" (''Literature/TheManWhoWouldBeKing'')



* ''LiteratureStarTrekPrey: Book 1 Hell's Heart'' (''Moby-Dick'', Ahab's last words)

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* ''LiteratureStarTrekPrey: ''Literature/StarTrekPrey: Book 1 Hell's Heart'' (''Moby-Dick'', Ahab's last words)



* "Paradise Smurfed", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''

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* "Paradise Smurfed", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}''



* ''Fables and Reflections'', single-volume collection of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' issues (''[[LongTitle A Father's Instructions; Consisting of Moral Tales, Fables, and Reflections; Designed to Promote The Love of Virtue, a Taste for Knowledge, And an Early Acquaintance with the Works of Nature.]]'')

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* ''Fables and Reflections'', single-volume collection of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'' issues (''[[LongTitle A Father's Instructions; Consisting of Moral Tales, Fables, and Reflections; Designed to Promote The Love of Virtue, a Taste for Knowledge, And an Early Acquaintance with the Works of Nature.]]'')



* "Tattletale Heart", episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' ("Literature/TheTellTaleHeart", short story)

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* "The Tea Tale Hart", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' ("Literature/TheTellTaleHeart", short story)
* "Tattletale Heart", episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' ("Literature/TheTellTaleHeart", ("The Tell-Tale Heart", short story)



* "Sleep of the Just", issue of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' (''Abrégé de l'histoire de Port Royal'', book)

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* "Sleep of the Just", issue of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'' (''Abrégé de l'histoire de Port Royal'', book)



* "Fear Itself", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''

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* "Fear Itself", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''



* "Where The Wild Smurfs Are", an episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'')

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* "Where The Wild Smurfs Are", an episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' (''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'')



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** "[[Recap/TheSmurfsS2E36ThePrinceAndThePeewit The Prince and the Peewit]]", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel). Also from the main series itself, "[[Recap/TheSmurfsS6E43ThePrinceAndTheHopper The Prince and the Hopper]]".

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** "[[Recap/TheSmurfsS2E36ThePrinceAndThePeewit The Prince and the Peewit]]", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel). Also from the main series itself, "[[Recap/TheSmurfsS6E43ThePrinceAndTheHopper The Prince and the Hopper]]".



These are from the film ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', starring Creator/JudyGarland, not the novel by L. Frank Baum.
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These are from the film ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', starring Creator/JudyGarland, not [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the novel novel]] by L. Frank Baum.
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** "No Place Like Homeschool", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''



* Creator/KevinSmith's Franchise/{{Batman}}: The Widening Gyre.

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* Creator/KevinSmith's Franchise/{{Batman}}: ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}: The Widening Gyre.Gyre''.
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* The title of ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'' references the first line of the poem "[[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/warning/ Warning]]"
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** "[[Recap/TheSmurfsS2E36ThePrinceAndThePeewit The Prince and the Peewit]]", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel). Also from the main series itself, "Recap/TheSmurfsS6E43ThePrinceAndTheHopper The Prince and the Hopper]]".

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** "[[Recap/TheSmurfsS2E36ThePrinceAndThePeewit The Prince and the Peewit]]", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel). Also from the main series itself, "Recap/TheSmurfsS6E43ThePrinceAndTheHopper "[[Recap/TheSmurfsS6E43ThePrinceAndTheHopper The Prince and the Hopper]]".
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** "The Principal and the Pauper", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel)
** "The Prince and the Peewit", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel). Also from the main series itself, "The Prince and the Hopper".

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** "The "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper The Principal and the Pauper", Pauper]]", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel)
** "The "[[Recap/TheSmurfsS2E36ThePrinceAndThePeewit The Prince and the Peewit", Peewit]]", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel). Also from the main series itself, "The "Recap/TheSmurfsS6E43ThePrinceAndTheHopper The Prince and the Hopper".Hopper]]".

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** "The Principal and The Pauper", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel)
** "The Prince and The Peewit", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel). Also from the main series itself, "The Prince And The Hopper".

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** "The Principal and The the Pauper", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel)
** "The Prince and The the Peewit", a ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' episode from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel). Also from the main series itself, "The Prince And and the Hopper".
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE63ThePrinceAndThePonies
The Hopper".Prince and the Ponies]]", episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' (''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', novel)
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* ''Endless Forms Most Beautiful'', album by Music/{{Nightwish}} (''On The Origin of Species'', non-fiction book; see above for the full quote.)
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* "On Human Bonding," episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''

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