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Pipe dream, a phrase describing a wild or unattainable plan, may refer to:
Books
edit- 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
edit- Pipedream (toolkit), a hacking toolkit targeting programmable logic controllers
- PipeDream, a built-in applications package for the Cambridge Z88 portable computer
Film and television
edit- Pipe Dream (film), a 2002 American romantic comedy
- Pipe Dream, a 1938 Disney cartoon written by Ralph Wright
- Pipe Dream, a 2001 animated short made by Animusic
- 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
edit- Pipe Dream (musical), a 1955 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
- Pipedreams, an American radio program featuring organ music
Albums
edit- 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 Mark Salling, 2010
- Pipedreams, by Davy Spillane, 1991
Songs
edit- "Pipe Dreams" (Nelly Furtado song), 2016
- "Pipe Dream", by the Blues Magoos from Electric Comic Book, 1967
- "Pipe Dream", by Jeff Watson from Lone Ranger, 1992
- "Pipe-Dream", by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from Oddments, 2014
- "Pipe Dream", by Project 86 from Project 86, 1998
- "Pipe Dreams", by Travis from The Invisible Band, 2001
Video games
edit- Pipe Dream (video game), or Pipe Mania, a 1989 puzzle game
- Pipedream, an unlockable track in the 2001 snowboarding game SSX Tricky
Other uses
edit- 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