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Old stop motion short film about a doll left at playground and the journey to return home

I was born in 1953 and I remember a short stop motion film about a doll left at playground and she tries to return home and has to go through rain stormes gutters and gets help from other toys along the way. When she gets back home she sees the little girl has a new doll to replace her and she leaves and I think the little girl finds her and is very happy to have her back. Not sure if the people were real or animated...seems that they were real . The doll is tattered and dirty — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.21.192.105 (talk) 00:22, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a really great story (aren't we all that doll at some point in our life lol?). No idea what film it could be but you may have luck here, also try the "short film" filter at the top left, yes those are all the possible answers but its a start in your search, best of luck! ^{Market St.⧏}_{⧐ Diamond Way} 07:14, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

While it rings a bell I am not sure about the specific one you are looking for but it sure feels like the writers of "Rosebud (The Simpsons)" must have seen it. The idea isn't completely original as precursors to the short include HCA's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier". Hopefully other editors might remember the one you are looking for. MarnetteD | Talk 19:52, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Script search

I am looking for a script of the drama production One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Can you help or direct me to the correct place? Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ogipam (talk • contribs) 09:02, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you search for "script One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", the first two links appear to have what they claim to be scripts. The first looks more complete. I'm not going to link them because I have no idea if this is a copyright problem or not. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:53, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like such an insulated elitist having used Google now, who knows maybe wikipedia is overtaking them!^{Market St.⧏}_{⧐ Diamond Way} 10:41, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just in case the OP is asking for the script to the play rather than the film you can type "script one flew over the cuckoo's nest play" and the first website that comes up is samuelfrench.com. You can purchase the script from them or you can check to see if any library in your area has a copy available. MarnetteD | Talk 19:28, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clarityfriend and other respondents, please don't forget that search results are highly dependent not only of your choice of search engine, but of your personal search bubble. Your two first hits may be way down the list that the OP receives using the same search phrase with the same search engine. --NorwegianBlue^talk 23:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pokemon Species by Popularity

Hey, all! So we all know that there are many (649) species of pokemon. In order of popularity, what would be, say, the top 20? For example, can someone find an official list, or perhaps see which one has the most hits on Google (the latter method may be inaccurate, and besides, there are 649 to look up...)? I ask because I can't find out for myself, due to my restricted network only allowing Wikipedia access (it's not here, either. Perhaps someone can create a list of this sort?). Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.79.50.132 (talk) 16:45, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How are you defining popular? The one that gets caught most? The one that gets talked about most? It's hard to give an answer without some kind of definition. --Viennese Waltz 18:25, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Popular, as in: Everyone's heard of pikachu, but only fans will know about shaymin... So yes, one that is talked about most and shows up in popular culture the most. Like I said earlier, seeing how many hits one gets on google might help... --174.79.50.132 (talk) 18:27, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately that's nebulous enough that it likely wouldn't pass Wikipedia muster. The best you're likely to get by using Wikipedia only is to look at the list of Pokemon and separate out those which have their own article. (Pikachu and Bulbasaur do, Shaymin doesn't.) If that gets you more than 20, you could do a Wikipedia search and see how many different articles mention each - more mentions likely means bigger mindshare. -- 205.175.124.30 (talk) 23:51, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that if they have an article of their own, there is where you can start. If it's more than 20, you'd have to pare it down some. If less than 20, you'll have to fill in the last few yourself. But that should cut your work down from 649. Dismas|^(talk) 02:46, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

IGN did a poll. Mingmingla (talk) 20:05, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]