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Captain Lights wants to “harvest the sounds of the universe” while avenging the destruction of her planet by the evil sound-stealing Lotar when she crash-lands on a planet with no music.
Captain Lights’ Audio Quest: The Return of Dazzler? » Comics Worth Reading 2009
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Back then, a crew of astronauts crash-lands in the distant future on a planet where intelligent apes dominate humans.
Lab Chimp Leads Revolt Against Humans in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' 2011
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When you are young and your hero crash-lands in the Sahara or treks through the snows of Tibet, you do, too.
Tintin & Co. Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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Smallville started with a story known 'round the world: An alien crash-lands on Earth, where he's found by a couple who have been desperate, but unable to have a child.
From Clark Kent to Superman: A Look Back at 10 Years of Smallville 2011
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Back then, a crew of astronauts crash-lands in the distant future on a planet where intelligent apes dominate humans.
Lab Chimp Leads Revolt Against Humans in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' 2011
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Runaway tells the story of a phoenix (played by model Selita Ebanks) who crash-lands on Kanye's sports car in a Czech forest.
Kanye West's Runaway: Purple Rain or bird brains? Will Dean 2010
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Planet of the ApesPlot: Charlton Heston crash-lands on a distant planet ruled by apes.
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When Galactica made its last jump and wound up crippled in orbit around the Moon, I thought this was exactly what we were going to get: Galactica crash-lands on primitive Earth while the rest of the fleet is just left out there, never to be heard from again.
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When Galactica made its last jump and wound up crippled in orbit around the Moon, I thought this was exactly what we were going to get: Galactica crash-lands on primitive Earth while the rest of the fleet is just left out there, never to be heard from again.
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Planetfall cast you as a lowly ensign in a space fleet whose escape pod crash-lands on a deserted planet.
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