Pipe dream explained

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

Computing

• Pipedream (toolkit), a hacking toolkit targeting programmable logic controllers
• PipeDream, a built-in applications package for the Cambridge Z88 portable computer

Film and television

• 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

• 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 Mark Salling, 2010
• Pipedreams, by Davy Spillane, 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 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

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

Other uses

• Pipe Dream (newspaper), a student newspaper at Binghamton University in New York
• , a 2002 book by Robert Bryce
• Operation Pipe Dreams, a 2003 U.S. investigation of businesses selling drug paraphernalia
• "Pipe Dream", a 1959 short story by Fritz Leiber