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Brains are sizzling in the seventh grade...The first day of seventh grade is probably the worst day of Duncan Dougal's life. He knows that things are really bad when he finds an alien's hand in a Dumpster and then gets plugged into an alien brain fryer! Can Duncan find out which of the four new teachers in his school is an alien before his brains get fried to a pulp-or before the aliens try to fry the whole planet? Starring Ayre Gross as Duncan Dougal...
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We can't escape them; aliens are everywhere. They sell us soft drinks and star in their own sitcoms. But to the many people who believe they have been abducted aboard strange crafts, aliens are a very serious reality. Stories of these encounters, taken from investigators' files, have been vividly depicted in television specials and motion pictures. Despite their predominance as a cultural phenomenon, experts offer drastically conflicting opinions:...
3) Spock Vs Q
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As the end of the twentieth century nears, an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. When it hits, the impact will result in the end of all life on the planet. Ambassador Spock travels back in time to subtly warn Earth's inhabitants of impending doom while calling into question humanity's priorities. However, before the truth is told, the all-powerful being Q appears and reminds Spock that he is prohibited from interfering in Earth's history. Besides,...
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Alien volume 4
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Ellen Ripley died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred and eight horrific experiments later, she's back. A group of scientists had cloned her--along with the alien queen inside her--hoping to breed the ultimate weapon.
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The story begins when Susan Simmons returns to school from spring vacation. Susan has been looking forward to the big class play her teacher has been planning. But to her dismay Ms. Schwartz is gone . . . replaced by tall, handsome Mr. Smith, a strictly "by the book teacher" with some very strange habits. Investigating her new teacher, Susan makes a shocking discovery: "Mr. Smith" is actually an alien named Broxholm who is planning to abduct five...
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Pet Alien volume 8
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Show #1: When Tommy stays up all night playing with his friends, he needs to take a quick nap to stay awake during school. Unfortunately, thanks to Dinko's help, Tommy's short nap lasts all day.
Show #2: Gumpers plays Cyrano for Granville and helps him win the love of Melba. But when Gumpers gets sick on the night of Granville's big date, Tommy must step in with tragic results.
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Pet Alien volume 9
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Show #1: Embarrassed at school, Tommy wishes he was invisible. Unfortunately, he makes that wish in front of Dinko who makes Tommy's wish come true!
Show #2: After Dinko alters Tommy's TV remote, the device is able to affect time as if it were a TV. Tommy tries to use the remote to win his school track meet, with comically tragic results.
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Pet Alien volume 21
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Show #1: Gabby's identical cousin Jabby is in town and Tommy will do anything to spend time with her, even bailing on his day with Dinko. But when Jabby doesn't want to spend time with Tommy, he needs Dinko's help to try to impress her.
Show #2: When Tommy is grounded for the weekend, Dinko promises to stay with him. But then Dinko remembers the Screaming Eel Festival is happening on Uranus that weekend.
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Pet Alien volume 3
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Show #1: When Tommy breaks his arm playing soccer, Dinko is heartbroken that he let his best friend get hurt. To protect Tommy from any further harm, Dinko develops the Tommy Defense System.
Show #2: When Dinko learns that great humans are honored with statues, he vows that Tommy of Earth shall have his own.
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Pet Alien volume 17
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Show #1: When Gumpers has trouble sleeping, Tommy suggests his "magic" pillow will make him feel like he's slept for 100 years. When he awakes, Gumpers actually believes he's 100 years in the future and he's never felt better.
Show #2: Tommy, Dinko and Gumpers are transported to an alternate dimension populated by primitive Granvilles and a giant Melba.
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Pet Alien volume 24
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Show #1: When Swanky dares to eat his first potato chip, he goes from cranky to super-happy. Unfortunately, a happy Swanky is more annoying than a cranky one and Tommy and Dinko must figure out a way to bring back the original!Show #2: When Flip stands still and hibernates, he's mistaken as a rare statue by both Spangley and Granville, who will stop at nothing to obtain him.
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Pet Alien volume 2
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Show #1: Dinko decides to give up junk food and eat healthy. Hilarity ensues.
Show #2: Tommy is the only kid at school without the latest high-tech fad shoe. Dinko helps his best friend by radioactively modifying Tommy’s shoes.
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Pet Alien volume 16
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Show #1: When Tommy becomes allergic to Dinko, Dinko decides he must leave the lighthouse forever.
Show #2: Following a 100-course meal celebrating the Conforma Festival of Feastivus, Gumpers discovers that he can't burp. And until he does burp, he's going to keep inflating and may even explode!
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Pet Alien volume 13
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Show #1: Dinko helps Tommy capture an asteroid for a school science project, but the radiation causes his hand to increase in size!
Show #2: When Tommy pulls a sea urchin's spine from Gumpers' foot, he inadvertently becomes Gumpers' best friend, much to the dismay of Tommy's other best friend, Dinko!
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Pet Alien volume 6
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Show #1: When Gumpers sees Gingerbread Man cookies for sale at the local bakery, he mistakenly believes the baker is turning real people into cookies.
Show #2: A horrible sea monster, Klattou, is slowly making his way to DeSpray Bay. He's out to settle an old score with Captain Spangley.
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Pet Alien volume 11
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Show #1: Captain Spangley hides a special "aluminum ticket" in one of his taffy bars and the kid who finds it gets to go on a tour of his secret taffy factory.
Show #2: Swanky raises snails in order to eat them, but slowly grows attached to them and can't bring himself to cook his new friends.
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Pet Alien volume 26
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Show #1: When Tommy is too sick to work, Dinko fills in for him at the taffy shop with tragic results.
Show #2: Dinko's fear of thunder leads him to take up the world's weirdest security blanket--a 15 pound smoked ham. But when the ham begins to go bad, Tommy must help Dinko overcome his fears and his dependency.
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Pet Alien volume 20
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Show #1: When Tommy of Earth hurts his back, Dinko devises a special fitness program designed to make his best friend stronger. Unfortunately, it also wears Tommy out
Show #2: When Dinko breaks gravity, everything and everyone in DeSpray becomes weightless. Dinko and Tommy must fix gravity before it's too late and the whole town floats away!
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Pet Alien volume 14
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Show #1: Dinko's Conforma Camera of Destiny reveals that Tommy of Earth will soon have a black eye. A paranoid Dinko suspects that any one of Tommy's friends will be the future culprit and he will stop at nothing to stop them!
Show #2: While playing cowboys, Gumpers takes the job of sheriff a little too seriously and arrests Dinko. Then Gumpers brings his own brand of alien law to DeSpray Bay.
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