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unusual facts about plot point



Paraphernalia

The legal concept of paraphernalia in this sense is an important plot point in Anthony Trollope's novel The Eustace Diamonds.


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Cel-Ray

Cel-Ray was also mentioned in the Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention record albumI, "The Mothers at the Fillmore-1971. The character of Billy Rose (played by James Caan) in the 1975 film Funny Lady also habitually drank celery tonic, as an alternative to alcohol. Finally, it was used as a plot point joining assistant Harriet Smith and senator James Elton in the popular web series Emma Approved, written and directed by the makers of "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries".

Don't Mug Yourself

The song featured as a plot point in the 2005 Doctor Who episode "Father's Day", playing briefly and anachronistically on a car radio in 1987.

Getroud met rugby

Cast members Ivan Botha and Altus Theart appeared in the film Bakgat in 2008 in which rugby was also the integral plot point.

Goodwin Sands

Ian Fleming refers to the Goodwin Sands in Moonraker, one of the James Bond novels, as well as making them a major plot point in his children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Great Attractor

It is also a major plot point in the Xeelee Sequence series of books by Stephen Baxter, specifically in the book Ring where it is described as a cosmic string, artificially made into a loop creating the phenomenon of the Great Attractor.

Green flash

The 2007 movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, another film that features green flashes as a plot point

Hong Kong 1967 Leftist riots

In the play/film I Have a Date with Spring, the riots (although only briefly referenced) are a key plot point.

Ightham Mote

Anya Seton's novel Green Darkness also features Ightham Mote as a main setting, using the legend of the walled-up skeleton as a significant plot point.

Jacques de Reinach

More recently, Reinach's suicide is a plot point in Eric Zencey's novel Panama.

King Matt the First

Port of Gdynia A significant plot point is the desire for a sea port, which is granted by the first kingdom (i.e. Germany).

Manly Palmer Hall

He appears in the introduction to the 1938 film When Were You Born, a murder mystery that uses astrology as a key plot point.

Maria Antonietta Beluzzi

In a minor plot point, her performance in Amarcord is discussed fondly by the characters in John Irving's Until I Find You (2005).

Miss Suwanna of Siam

While research and discussion about Miss Suwanna has long been the province of film historians and scholars, the subject of the film received mainstream attention as a major plot point in the 2006 Thai comedy, Nong Teng Nakleng-pukaotong (literally, Nong and Teng, the Golden Mount Gangsters).

MONIAC Computer

The Terry Pratchett novel Making Money contains a similar device as a major plot point.

Oecanthus fultoni

It is a major plot point in the The Big Bang Theory episode "The Jiminy Conjecture", where Sheldon wrongly believes that a common field cricket, Gryllus assimilis, found in the apartment, is a snowy tree cricket.

Oprichnik

Author W. E. B. Griffin's novel Black Ops claims as a plot point that all subsequent Russian secret police agencies such as the SVR are descendants of the Oprichniki.

Pelvic splanchnic nerves

The pelvic splanchnic nerves are featured as a key plot point in "Parasites Lost", a 2001 episode of the American animated TV comedy Futurama.

Quarantine

The UK's anti-rabies quarantine regulations were a major plot point in "A Diplomatic Incident", a 1987 episode of Yes, Prime Minister.

Sheldrake Island

Kathy Reichs' novel Bones to Ashes involves Sheldrake Island and its history as a plot point.

The Legend of Kyrandia

For example one major plot point is to reach a volcanic island named "Volcania," which involves an extensive side quest with many different objectives, to reach the center of the Earth (where more tasks await Zanthia, such as playing fetch with a Stegosaurus or riding a T-Rex, retrieving items to be used to make potions — a major part of the game — before she can advance).

Titanium ring

A titanium wedding-ring is used as a minor plot-point in the 1989 science fiction film and novel The Abyss.

Unnai Thedi

The original plot point was recommended by Singampuli, one of Sundar C's assistant director and Sundar wrote the script of the film within a week, before discussing the line with actor Ajith Kumar.

Venus with Pistol

A major plot point near the end of the novel turns on a painting by the Renaissance Venetian artist Giorgione, "Venus with Pistol".

Vidocq Society

The Society was chronicled in a 2002 episode of The New Detectives entitled "Collective Justice", and was also a plot point in the finale of the 2007–08 season of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

Wandering Sun

This series was itself a ground-breaker in that it was perhaps the first anime series to depict the entertainment industry - specifically popular music, which would be a major plot point in many anime to come from Creamy Mami to Perfect Blue.

Zero Hour: Crisis in Time

Finally, contributing to a plot point not fully explored in Batman: Year Three, Dick Grayson was legally adopted by Wayne.