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1. They were already in production when someone noticed that Gerrold's

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:39 PM

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tribbles were lifted from the Martian flat cats in Robert A Heinlein’s The Rolling Stones. Heinlein authorized the use of his work — for free — but regretted doing after seeing the response to the episode.

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