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That's so derivative

◆ · By woozy · Published 2024-12-03T05:00:33.843Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a seven letter word. I could say it is what you have to look for to solve but that's probably stretching it a bit.
What to you call an eight-legged mollusk that performs in movies? AN ACTOPUS!
That... has nothing to do with this meta. Nothing at all.
This is a specialized knowledge/trivia/themed meta that will require extra knowledge (and it isn't calculus) to solve. I imagine it will either play as 5 or a 2 in difficulty with nothing in between. And you will probably require some googling. But if you get what I'm going for it should be straight forward
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  • Mr Tex solved 2024-12-03T15:31:46.879Z
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  • ELSavage solved 2024-12-04T09:46:26.143Z

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  • Mr Tex 🤓9:40 · 2024-12-03T15:32:26.992Z
    I am so smart. S-M-R-T!
    • Hector 🤓16:25 · 2024-12-03T18:21:58.682Z
      Lion King isn't Hamlet? What am I missing? Thanks!
      • woozy constructor · 2024-12-03T21:57:16.610Z
        Well, one big difference is Simba's mother isn't in the picture (and doesn't marry Scar). Other difference is there's a happy ending.
        [Actually my original clue mentioned the lack of the mother, but I removed it as I figured my objective was to draw attention to the similarities and not draw attention to the differences]
        But yeah, it's essentially a retelling of Hamlet.
        • Hector 🤓16:25 · 2024-12-03T22:33:13.322Z
          Sorry, I meant that because I thought Lion King is a retelling of Hamlet, the first letters seemed to spell DOUBLEH, not DOUBLES.
        • woozy constructor · 2024-12-03T23:50:39.720Z
          Oh... you meant... I see.
          Okay. The production team responsible of "The Lion King" is Disney. And the production team responsible for "Hamlet" is SHAKESPEARE for the S.
          Replace the entries of the derived material to the equivalent of the original. If it asks for the name of character, we give the name of a character (Everett/Odysseus, Larry Cook/Lear). If it asks for an author we give the author (Kingsolver/Dickens). If it asks for a title well we give the title (Clueless/Emma, The Mere Wife/Beowolf, Ulysses/The Sixteenth of June). Okay maybe "producer"= Disney and "producer"=Shakespeare isn't too tight a fit but I figured as no-one ever knows who writes movies.
        • ELSavage 🤓10:54 · 2024-12-04T09:49:43.198Z
          I think I did pretty well for a math person (and now I'm curious how you might work calculus into a meta). Only had a to Google a couple of things, though I am still trying to figure out where the S comes from.
          Play today's daily mini crossword
          1A
          "Help! I need to be rescued!"
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          Across
          1. 1A
            "Help! I need to be rescued!"
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            Approves
          3. 10A
            Belonging to that man
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            Protagonist of the 2000 movie "O, Brother Where Art Thou" whose adventurous journey ends with reconnecting with his long lost wife, Penny
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            Like "Diner customer" or "Wedding guest" in the credits of a movie
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            Adornment, such as a sprig of parsley
          7. 18A
            Right away (and at your call)
          8. 19A
            Toward the front
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            You should also check this for meta themer order. I'm not saying you have to do it for this meta. But I not saying you don't have to either.
          10. 22A
            Three-letter-acronym that doesn't mean "Lift That Elephant" but I don't actually know what it does mean but I see it on phone ads all the time.
          11. 23A
            Actress Rene
          12. 25A
            Its birth stne. is opal
          13. 28A
            (with 32A) Maya Lang's 2014 stream of consciousness novel about a single day in the lives of Leopold Portman, his fiancee Nora, and perpetual doctorate student Stephen (with "The")
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            (See 28A)
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            "Oh, calm down" is not an appropriate or helpful response to this anxiety-related condition
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            Earth's star
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            Ways to go
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            They have a beat beat beat when the jungle shadows fall
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            Soupy Sales, RuPaul, Rachel Maddow, Alex Trebek, and Jerry Springer
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            Away from the wind
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            Objective
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            Consume
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            Occupation of 49A
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            Father in Jane Smiley's 1991 novel "A Thousand Acres" who becomes increasingly unstable after disowning his youngest daughter when she questions his plan to incorporate his land into joint ownership among the three sisters
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            Rope chain that passes through a mast
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            One cubic decimetre
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            In many countries nedical coverage provided by the state; unless you're an American in which case it's a private massage therapy school
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            Slowly reduce dependence upon
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            1995 film starring Alicia Silverstone as a head-strong and self-satisfied protagonist who overestimates her match-making abilities and is oblivious to the consequences of her meddling
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            19th Century Spanish Schooner that was a site of a slave rebellion
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            Everyone's favorite eight-legged cephalopod
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            Kitchen devices for de-clumping flour, sugar, or other dry powdered ingredients
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            "Got enough blankets over there?"
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            Consumed
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            Harvey Comic girl is is obsessed with small decorative circles
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            Creator of the 1994 movie "The Lion King". Young prince, Simba, ponders his course of action after his treacherous uncle murders his father
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            Belonging to the author of "Love Story"
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            New Zealand bicycle manufacturer (from the Italian for "Foreward")
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            Point where the two rays of an angle meet
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            Sea eagle
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            Golda of Israel
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            Institute that produces Telecommunications Standards for Europe (not to be confused with that Internet site for selling handmade items)
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            Kimono sash
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            Author of "Demon Copperhead", 2022 a novel of a young boy coming of age set against a backdrop of acute social observation. Whether he shall turn out to be the hero of his own life, remains in question.
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            ______ Stage and Screen (not likely to have just a 15A in a movie)
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            Classroom lesson accompaniments
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            Gershwin who must have phoned it in for "Rhapsody in Blue"
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            Not a three-letter acronym for "Stop The Presses" (unless they are really creaky and need oiling)
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            That I can never remember the name of the runic fricative is a really a _____ in my side
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            Penultimate Greek letter
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            Breeding seasons for deer and pigs
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            Hit by a bullet
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            Tech news website
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            Dick Tracy's wife
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            Tribal symbol
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            Earth-friendly prefix
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            Football player turned actor (anagram of MAIN ROADER)
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            High-school military prog.
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            "____ I saw; Was it fat!" Palindrome about a former president and supreme court justice
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            Skin care product that has a corrida cheer homophone. (No that is not the metanism; not this time and not for one of mine)
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            (with "The") 2018 novel by Maria Dahvana Headley. A homeless women takes revenge on the affluent suburb of Herot Hall and its police officer, Ben Woolf, for what she believes was the murder of her son, Gren
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            Riverbank deposit
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            It's for horses
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            Artist Chagall
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            Made extremely happy
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            Cast a new actress in the role of Nora Charles making sure she retains all of Myrna's original charm and attributes?
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            Quantitative requirement to make an omelet
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            "Yeah, I bet...."
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            "____ __ grits!" Obnoxious catch phrase of the waitress, Flo. If you are too young to remember this seventies TV show, you aren't missing anything
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            UTC−05:00
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            Result of seeing too many California university campuses in one weekend? Alma mater where one earned a degree in becoming an Atlantic food fish?... In all seriousness, it's the Los Angeles school's committee on diversity but where's the fun in that?
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            I think I once actually did see one of these sewing cases.
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            Nadirs
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            Hungry ___ bear; light ___ feather; opaque ___ week 5 meta
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            School with 35 letters
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            When UTC-05:00 is in Chicago
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