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episode "Greece Lightning" features a restaurant called Paul Bunyan's Pancake House, which has decorative fiberglass statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox outside. When Norm the robot crashes into the Babe statue and gets the statue's head stuck onto his own head, Phineas mistakes him for the
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The City of Fort Bragg, California, has been celebrating "Paul Bunyan Days" since 1939. Taking place on Labor Day Weekend, it includes rock shows, ugly dog contests, tricycle races, a logging show, and a Labor Day
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The unincorporated town of Union Lake, Michigan, previously held an annual Paul Bunyan Festival every year in July. The festival was sponsored and run by several local charitable and civic groups, including the
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There are 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) Paul Bunyan statues at Paul Bunyan's Northwoods Cook Shanty locations in Minocqua, Wisconsin, and in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
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in Bloomington, Minnesota, features large animatronic Paul Bunyan and Babe statues, as well as associated characters from the legends.
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is said to be the home of Lucette, Paul Bunyan's sweetheart. The park downtown has the statue of Lucette and their son, Paul Jr.
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features Paul Bunyan in its title sequence as well as his statue being in the season 2 episode Roadside Attraction.
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A statue of Paul Bunyan along with Babe appears in the level Roadside Destruction from the 2009 video game
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features a disease called "Paul Bunyan's disease", which causes people to grow into axe-wielding giants.
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flume ride (formerly known as 'Paul Bunyan's Log Chute') at the Nickelodeon Universe Park (formerly
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A giant Paul Bunyan statue is brought to life and attacks the character Richie in the film
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Paul Bunyan is the subject of a story featured in the "Big Boys Don't Cry" episode of
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lodges have their original roots tied into the fable of Paul Bunyan. OA Lodge 196,
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Two college football trophies have a connection to the legendary lumberjack. The
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starts with a trailer for a fictional movie "Paul Bunyan New York City", starring
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Bunyan is depicted on the world's largest wood carving, at the entrance to
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video game series, there is a recurring woodcutter character named Bunyan.
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Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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is an operetta composed of two acts and a prologue composed in 1941 by
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pinball manufacturer made a 2 players machine based on this theme:
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The character of Paul Bunyan features prominently in Jon Ludwig's
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A gender-bend version of Paul Bunyan appears in the mobile game,
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and the Chamber of Commerce, but was discontinued in the 1990s.
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play a football game, famously known as the "Battle for the
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Bunyan is referenced in the chapter of the second volume of
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The story of Paul Bunyan is told in the season 5 episode
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recorded a song called "Paul Bunyan Love" in the 1950s.
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30-foot (9 m) tall statue of Babe the Blue Ox at
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animated "The Ballad of Paul Bunyan" as part of their
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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill
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Index

Paul Bunyan
lumberjack
popular culture
University of Wisconsin
University of Minnesota
Paul Bunyan Axe
John Dos Passos
U.S.A.
Paul Bunyan
Benjamin Britten
W. H. Auden
Maddox Brothers and Rose
Disney
Paul Bunyan
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill
The Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs
Simpsons
Simpsons Tall Tales
Homer Simpson
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
professional Wrestling
The Puzzle Place
Great Salt Lake
Tornado Outbreak
achievement
Civilization V
chopping down the in-game forest
Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega
extreme metal

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