| Radioactive fossil | Tray of non-diagnostic bone shards lovingly numbered and cradled in archival foam | Fish cranial element misidentified as theropod bone | Fossil in curator's office | White-out used to label specimen |
| Caught singing in a loud voice when you thought you were alone | Green cyanoacrylate glue | Plaster panel mount | Fossil located in collection only after they find out who your graduate advisor was | Plaster obscures important anatomy |
| Holotype on loan | Fossil away on tour | MUSEUM COLLECTION VISIT BINGO (free square) | Accidentally break a holotype | In display case and inaccessible |
| Gel capsule congealed around microfossil | Tray of paratypes | Sharpie writing on fossil | Accidentally locked out of collection after going to the restroom | Theropod bone misidentified as fish cranial element |
| Accidentally drop a whole drawer | Fossil unavailable to researchers because it is perpetually "under study" | Fossil not in collection, no loan tag | In display case and inaccessible until they find out who your graduate advisor was | Fossil suddenly inaccessible when they find out who your collaborators are |