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=== In popular fiction, drama, and [[motion picture|cinema]] ===
 
=== In popular fiction, drama, and [[motion picture|cinema]] ===
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The most popular reference to Nebuchadnezzar today is in a [[motion picture]] titled ''The Matrix''. In it, a rebel force builds a hovercraft that they use as a pirate [[television]] station. They name their craft after Nebuchadnezzar, on the theory that Nebuchadnezzar had a "great awakening," which they hope to achieve.<ref name=Matrix>Authors unknown. "[http://www.angelfire.com/mt/matrix/neb.html Entry for a ship named ''Nebuchadnezzar'']." ''[http://www.angelfire.com/mt/matrix/mai.html The Matrix],'' November 21, 1999. Retrieved July 15, 2007. This is an unofficial fan site devoted to the [[motion picture]] of that title.</ref>
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The most popular reference to Nebuchadnezzar today is in a [[motion picture]] titled ''The Matrix''. In it, a rebel force builds a hovercraft that they use to elude their robot conquerers and tap into the internet-like virtual reality "Matrix". They name their craft after Nebuchadnezzar, on the theory that Nebuchadnezzar had a "great awakening," which they hope to achieve.<ref name=Matrix>Authors unknown. "[http://www.angelfire.com/mt/matrix/neb.html Entry for a ship named ''Nebuchadnezzar'']." ''[http://www.angelfire.com/mt/matrix/mai.html The Matrix],'' November 21, 1999. Retrieved July 15, 2007. This is an unofficial fan site devoted to the [[motion picture]] of that title.</ref>
    
Nebuchadnezzar also figures often in [[Christian]] [[fiction]], usually in reference to his "statuary dream," the place of Babylon in ancient prophecy, and the alleged place of Babylon in prophecies said to be yet-unfulfilled.
 
Nebuchadnezzar also figures often in [[Christian]] [[fiction]], usually in reference to his "statuary dream," the place of Babylon in ancient prophecy, and the alleged place of Babylon in prophecies said to be yet-unfulfilled.

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