# The Hell is it with Christmas penguins?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 23, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963 "2012-12-23T22:32:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/41 "2012-12-26T00:52:17Z")

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> [@DrFidelius](#):
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> Silly question. Since the Fortress of Solitude was built using Kryptonian technology, it is impervious to Earthly ice movement. It stays where it wants to stay.

Even if the ice melts under it?  
I guess Superman doesn’t give a shit if it is underwater, but still…

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**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/42 "2012-12-26T01:05:44Z")

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MMMMMMM Christmas Penguins Tasty Goodness

**Capt**

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/43 "2012-12-26T01:14:44Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> That does make me wonder–I remember reading Superman comics back in the long-ago, and the FoS was built into the side of a mountain, with the giant key the size of a winnebago and a door made of metal. I realize that in the Donner movies & Smallville, the Fortress is a big boat o’ icicles, but is that now canon? Or am I completely misremembering this?
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> Meaning, if it’s built into the side of a mountain, then no, it’s not gonna move anywhere near that fast.

[Doc Savage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_of_Solitude) built his first.  
Supe is a wuss.

Oh, Doc Savage’s FOS was under a dome.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/44 "2012-12-26T12:55:21Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> That does make me wonder–I remember reading Superman comics back in the long-ago, and the FoS was built into the side of a mountain, with the giant key the size of a winnebago and a door made of metal. I realize that in the Donner movies & Smallville, the Fortress is a big boat o’ icicles, but is that now canon? Or am I completely misremembering this?
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> Meaning, if it’s built into the side of a mountain, then no, it’s not gonna move anywhere near that fast.

Yes, and the big key was “disguised” as an aircraft route marker. One time an oil exploration helicopter followed it and discovered Kal’s Fortress of Solitude. Hijinks ensued.

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