Pipe dream, a phrase describing a wild or unattainable plan, may refer to:

Books

* '' Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron'', a 2002 book by Robert Bryce * '' Pipe Dreams: Water and Empire in Central Asia's Aral Sea Basin'', a 2019 book by Maya K. Peterson

Computing

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, a hacking toolkit targeting programmable logic controllers * ''PipeDream'', a built-in applications package for the

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portable computer

Film and television

* ''Pipe Dream'' (film), a 2002 American romantic comedy * ''Pipe Dream'', a 1938 MGM cartoon written by

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* ''Pipe Dream'', a 2001 animated short made by

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* ''Pipe Dreams'' (1916 film), an American comedy short starring Oliver Hardy * ''Pipe Dreams'' (1976 film), an American romantic comedy * "Pipe Dreams" (''The Loud House''), a 2018 TV episode * "Pipe Dreams" (''Rocko's Modern Life''), a 1994 TV episode

Music

* ''Pipe Dream'' (musical), a 1955 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical * '' Pipedreams'', an American radio program featuring organ music

Albums

* ''Pipe Dream'' (John Williamson album) or the title song, 1997 * ''Pipedream'' (Alan Hull album), 1973 * ''Pipe Dreams'' (Murray Head album), 1995 * ''Pipe Dreams'' (Potluck album), 2009 * ''Pipe Dreams'' (Whirr album), 2012 * ''Pipe Dreams'', by

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, 2010 * ''Pipedreams'', by

Davy Spillane Davy Spillane (born 1959 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician, songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle. Biography Irish music At the age of 12, Spillane started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him ...

, 1991

Songs

* "Pipe Dreams" (Nelly Furtado song), 2016 * "Pipe Dream", by the Blues Magoos from '' Electric Comic Book'', 1967 * "Pipe Dream", by Jeff Watson from ''

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'', 1992 * "Pipe-Dream", by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from '' Oddments'', 2014 * "Pipe Dream", by Project 86 from ''

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'', 1998 * "Pipe Dreams", by Travis from ''

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'', 2001

Video games

* ''Pipe Dream'' (video game), or ''Pipe Mania'', a 1989 puzzle game * Pipedream, an unlockable track in the 2001 snowboarding game ''

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Other uses

* ''Pipe Dream'' (newspaper), a student newspaper at Binghamton University in New York * Operation Pipe Dreams, a 2003 U.S. investigation of businesses selling drug paraphernalia * "Pipe Dream", a 1959 short story by

Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Along with Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery. Life ...

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