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{{quote|''"You know, this is the part of the day that I look forward to most... when I know there's something bizarre out there. I just don't know what it is. It's like a grab bag of disturbing events, don't you think?"''
|'''Walter Bishop''', |''[[Fringe]]''}}
 
[[The Dreaded]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Killemall]] rises from the deep and stomps through Manhattan, squishing everything in its path! [[The Hero|Alice]] starts to panic. [[The Lancer|Charlie]] braces himself for a futile last stand. And [[The Smart Guy|Bob]] is.... grinning like a loon?
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* In ''[[Blood of Elves]]'' by Linus Pitt, "Master Tutor and Lecturer in Natural History at the Oxenfurt Academy" during a river cruise spontaneously turned into field trip for him. He offers to name the creature "...geraltia pitti", but Geralt tells him to name it after an annoying brat that traveled with them and almost got devoured.
{{quote|"What a specimen, what a specimen," Pitt quickly noted, thrilled no end. "Prehensile cephalic limbs, four pairs of chelae... Strong tail-fan... Sharp claws..."}}
* Dragon expert Lady Sybil has this reaction to the Noble Dragon in ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]''.
{{quote|'''Sybil''': Do you realise we're very probably seeing something no-one has seen for centuries?
'''Vimes''': Yes, it's a bloody flying alligator setting fire to my city! }}
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