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2abc60bce29a4cd384bb1affcafdbf26 | Mickey Mouse | Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white gloves. He is often depicted alongside his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, his pet do... |
d9c41af9ffb0455e9ad79152872dc2be | Superman | Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book "Action Comics" #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and published April 18, 1938). Superman has been adapted to several other media including r... |
352f8280327c48b78aee53c2cb9e77a0 | Batman | Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book "Detective Comics" on March 30, 1939. In the DC Universe, Batman is the alias of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American playboy, ph... |
8ae3d43327db4cd08e3dd5e2fdb72538 | Mario | is a character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the "Mario" franchise, a recurring character in the "Donkey Kong" franchise, and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is an Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom with his younger twin brother, ... |
409a02f411f84b60b1f701acc499259c | Bugs Bunny | Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger Productions) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Earlier iterat... |
106b2e6f843c4e348e811e58b0d7d764 | Pikachu | Pikachu (; Japanese: , Hepburn: ) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's "Pokémon" media franchise, and the franchise's mascot. First introduced in the video games "Pokémon Red" and "Blue", it was created by Atsuko Nishida at the request of lead designer Ken Sugimori, with the design finalized by Sugimori. S... |
47c2c2487ff2461494c353bcaf260fc5 | Darth Vader | Darth Vader () is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. He was first introduced in the original film trilogy as one of the leaders of the Galactic Empire. The prequel trilogy chronicles his transformation from the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker into the Sith Lord Darth Vader. His metamorphosis begins when h... |
a887ed7a268f45cd88b0d5124ef5c597 | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It was revealed as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999, and officially premiered on July 17, 1999. It chronicles the adventures of the titular ch... |
50299c9f4c944578a88d5d782f4ac3e7 | James Bond | The James Bond series focuses on the titular character, a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: Kingsley Ami... |
bfbdabaaf22041509e9d51df773105ae | Spider-Man | Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He has been featured in comic books, television shows, films, video ... |
7bdcaa19003e4166ae208a89ea154211 | Tom and Jerry | Tom and Jerry is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the enmity between the titular characters of a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry. Ma... |
4b56a65ebed14b21a8bedb333d7bcb31 | Peter Griffin | Peter Löwenbräu Griffin Sr. (born Justin Peter Griffin) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American animated sitcom "Family Guy". He is voiced by the series' creator, Seth MacFarlane, and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the episode "Death Has a Shadow" on Jan... |
3c2c402b10f5494ea2176950b4d145c1 | Peter Pan | Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairie... |
b97d6df4e902489eabef10d962587b34 | Indiana Jones | Indiana Jones is an American media franchise consisting of five films and a prequel television series, along with games, comics, and tie-in novels, that depicts the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Jr. (portrayed in all films by Harrison Ford), a fictional professor of archaeology.
The series began in 19... |
4e8692d5dbf340b288e2549b690b96ab | Mary Poppins | Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the eponymous protagonist of P. L. Travers' books of the same name along with all of their adaptations. A magical English nanny, she blows in on the east wind and arrives at the Banks home at Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, where she is given charge of the Banks children an... |
5e731629d24444968f08b91dabe071a8 | Harry Potter | Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's conflic... |
fe9fd644ccc749ff9f9ef54a50b54c62 | Dorothy Gale | Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by the American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his "Oz" novels. She first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and reappears in most of its sequels. She is also the main character in various adaptations, notably th... |
abc0a5b45f8d4c22b29d745ed7e62854 | Rocky Balboa | Robert "Rocky" Balboa (born July 6, 1945) (also known by his ring name the Italian Stallion) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the "Rocky" film series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in eight of the nine films in the franchise. He is depicted as a worki... |
37bc0dc6c53340c8b904f8fbc1785047 | Vito Corleone | Vito Corleone (born Vito Andolini) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather" and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's film trilogy. Vito is originally portrayed by Marlon Brando in the 1972 film "The Godfather", and later by Oreste Baldini as a boy and by Robert De Niro as a young man in... |
d8457aca491f47a8b1c305d78d3180e2 | King Kong | King Kong, also referred to simply as Kong, is a fictional giant monster, or "kaiju", resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. Kong has been dubbed the King of the Beasts, and over time, it would also be bestowed the title of the Eighth Wonder of the World, a widely recognized expression with... |
5643c76f6afa467aae37a807104a2691 | Barbie | Barbie is a fashion doll created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler, manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel and introduced on March 9, 1959. The toy was based on the German Bild Lilli doll which Handler had purchased while in Europe. The figurehead of an eponymous brand that includes a range ... |
89dacdee7895459cbd049ec41e7dd785 | Godzilla | is a fictional monster, or "kaiju", that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda. The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho Co., Ltd., five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic ... |
bfb5c454a3c34aacb2df7a7982a56f6c | Homer Simpson | Homer Jay Simpson is the protagonist of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared, along with the rest of the Simpsons, in "The Tracey Ullman Show" short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Homer was created by the cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the l... |
22bfd0f28a10469bbe1e2ac78763eac2 | Bart Simpson | Bartholomew Jojo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series "The Simpsons" and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in "The Tracey Ullman Show" short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and desi... |
21c21cc5299c4758970d9597dd53984b | Winnie-the-Pooh | Winnie-the-Pooh (also known as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear or simply Pooh) is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's "Evening News" for Christmas Eve 1925. The ch... |
1093df1dc4d0443f9f6c0c08350ff3c3 | Popeye | Popeye the Sailor is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. The character first appeared on January 17, 1929, in the daily King Features comic strip "Thimble Theatre". The strip was in its tenth year when Popeye made his debut, but the one-eyed sailor quickly became the lead character, and "Thimb... |
3fe34493334a4aafa09b59eeeba4ae40 | Tarzan | Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer.
Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel "Tarzan of ... |
3cf9e367e4c341c79a4ec3468c5f0220 | Big Bird | Big Bird is a Muppet character designed by Jim Henson and built by Kermit Love for the children's television show "Sesame Street". An bright yellow anthropomorphic bird, he can roller skate, ice skate, dance, swim, sing, write poetry, draw, and ride a unicycle. Despite this wide array of talents, he is prone to frequen... |
62d578db0d154badac4da7c3d79ad3b9 | Holden Caulfield | Holden Caulfield (identified as "Holden Morrisey Caulfield" in the story "Slight Rebellion Off Madison", and "Holden V. Caulfield" in "The Catcher in the Rye") is a fictional character in the works of author J. D. Salinger. He is most famous for his appearance as the lead character and narrator of the 1951 novel "The C... |
918f59bebfa443f0a6d8398c4a234808 | Laurel and Hardy | Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy team during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo in the silent film era, they later successfully transitioned to "talkies". From the lat... |
4e33dc7f065c4b4688d08f9938b4ef09 | Tony Montana | Antonio "Tony" Montana is a fictional character and the villain protagonist of the 1983 film "Scarface". This character is portrayed by Al Pacino in the film and is voiced by André Sogliuzzo in the 2006 video game "". Embodying the possibility of a person rising from the bottom of society to the top, Tony Montana has b... |
556f4ff4ee73487d88c3bb5869d5af8e | Tony Soprano | Anthony "Tony" John Soprano, portrayed by James Gandolfini, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the HBO crime drama television series "The Sopranos". He is a member of the Italian-American Mafia and, later in the series, acts as the boss of the fictional DiMeo crime family of North Jersey. The character was... |
588eff390dd24221b97930d92b343bcc | The Terminator | The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd and produced by Hurd. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cybernetic assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn son will on... |
cfddd8ba60bf40cc8b55b230a4026662 | Jon Snow | Jon Snow is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones, in which he is portrayed by Kit Harington. In the novels, he is a prominent point of view character. He is one of the most popular char... |
29870c20a9e14d768e4dccd1d4c98192 | Norman Bates | Norman Bates is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch as the main protagonist in his 1959 horror novel "Psycho". He has an alter, Mother, who takes from the form of his abusive mother, and later victim, Norma, who in his daily life runs the Bates Motel.
He was portrayed by Anthony Perkins in the... |
99c615051b854145ae8680024dfaeab2 | Charles Foster Kane | Charles Foster Kane is a fictional character who is the subject of Orson Welles' 1941 film "Citizen Kane". Welles played Kane (receiving an Academy Award nomination), with Buddy Swan playing Kane as a child. Welles also produced, co-wrote and directed the film, winning an Oscar for writing the film.
Inspiration.
The ge... |
414da7b440294515b074728420503047 | Marty McFly | Marty McFly is a fictional character and the protagonist of the "Back to the Future" franchise. He is a high school student living in the fictional town of Hill Valley, California, who accidentally becomes a time traveler and alters history after his scientist friend Emmett Brown invents a DeLorean time machine. He was... |
3e22ff5dc0a14b19a01bceaab051f8fa | Spock | Spock is a fictional character in the "Star Trek" media franchise. He first appeared in the serving aboard the starship USS "Enterprise" as science officer and first officer (and Kirk's second-in-command) and later as commanding officer of the vessel. Spock's mixed human–Vulcan heritage serves as an important plot elem... |
9d96d4dc406f4fdba46d0f5e4c902396 | Charlie Brown | Charles "Charlie" Brown is the principal character of the comic strip "Peanuts", syndicated in daily and Sunday newspapers in numerous countries all over the world. Depicted as a "lovable loser", Charlie Brown is one of the great American archetypes and a popular and widely recognized cartoon character. Charlie Brown i... |
efe5f6523cd24f218bb43e6caf20ef91 | Thomas the Tank Engine | Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British "Railway Series" books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, published from 1945. He became the most popular and famous character in the series, and is the titular protagonist in the accompanying television adaptation series "Th... |
5151547de4ba459890b99a5ec77734af | Wonder Woman | Wonder Woman is a superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941 for DC Comics. Marston's wife, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, are credited as being his inspiration for the character's appearance.
Wonde... |
f5a5f6f74d704019bfc4fb455b754adf | Jay Gatsby | Jay Gatsby (originally named James Gatz) is the titular fictional character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby". The character is an enigmatic "nouveau riche" millionaire who lives in a luxurious mansion on Long Island where he often hosts extravagant parties and who allegedly gained his fortune by i... |
4b4a4da20f8a42f99ec420a60770838e | Daffy Duck | Daffy Duck is a cartoon character created by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies", in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig or Speed... |
920f8dffd16b48e0a1a3fe80ebe71384 | Lassie | Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a 1938 short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a 1940 full-length novel, "Lassie Come-Home". Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with another fictional female collie of the same name, featured in the British writer Eli... |
dfddd5b0923c4c8c87226441147d9487 | Fred Flintstone | Fred Flintstone is the main character of the animated sitcom "The Flintstones", which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966. Fred is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone and together the family live in their homely cave in the town of Bedrock. His b... |
75e38805c59f43d98e60678922fd4f6f | Rooster Cogburn | Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1968 Charles Portis novel True Grit.
Biography
Reuben Cogburn was born on July 15, 1825, according to the tombstone in the John Wayne adaptation, though the character in the novel is about 39 . Cogburn was a veteran of the American Civil Wa... |
0da21ee2863744d892ae292f8d28d8a5 | Atticus Finch | Atticus Finch is a fictional character and the protagonist of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird". A preliminary version of the character also appears in the novel "Go Set a Watchman", written in the mid-1950s but not published until 2015. Atticus is a lawyer and resident of the f... |
932fcc3c24234ca5bb2404276223fc57 | Kermit the Frog | Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character created in 1955 and originally performed by Jim Henson. An anthropomorphic green frog, Kermit is the pragmatic everyman protagonist of numerous Muppet productions, most notably as the showrunner and host of the sketch comedy television series "The Muppet Show" and a featured role o... |
eba590c572374f8496ce37bed0dc9aa1 | George Bailey | George Bailey is a fictional character and the protagonist in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. The character is a building and loan banker who sacrifices his dreams in order to help his community of Bedford Falls to the point where he feels life has passed him by. Eventually, due to difficulties in keepin... |
e8ce6d3f101d431b9f1e754b28bd6f54 | Yoda | Yoda () is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. He is a small, green humanoid alien who is powerful with the Force. He first appeared in the 1980 film "The Empire Strikes Back", in which he is voiced and puppeteered by Frank Oz, who reprised the role in "Return of the Jedi" (1983), the prequel trilogy, t... |
337ffe9d05b64834b3fa673a227379c2 | Zorro | Zorro ( , Spanish for "fox") is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and Indigenous peoples of California against corrupt,... |
ea6280ebe6994036954de6580688bf18 | Holly Golightly | Breakfast at Tiffany's is a novella by Truman Capote published in 1958. In it, a contemporary writer recalls his early days in New York City, when he makes the acquaintance of his remarkable neighbor, Holly Golightly. In 1961 it was adapted into a major motion picture of the same name.
Setting
The novella is set in 19... |
6ac7362e6c6044b48603b045032c2511 | Gandalf | Gandalf is a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". He is a wizard, one of the Istari order, and the leader of the Company of the Ring. Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Norse "Catalogue of Dwarves" ("Dvergatal") in the "Völuspá".
As a wizard and the bearer of one ... |
eb09968ca8444eddb565c34eab3adbc2 | Grinch | The Grinch is a character created by children's author and cartoonist Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the 1957 children's book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" He has been portrayed and voiced by many actors, including Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Bob Holt, Walter Matthau, Anthony Asbury, Jim Carr... |
d0f26aff66fc4e94973cf72c0ac7803e | Willy Wonka | Willy Wonka is a fictional character appearing in British author Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", its 1972 sequel "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" and several films based on those books. He is the eccentric founder and proprietor of the Wonka Chocolate Factory.
Wonka has bee... |
0b5acdd685af4999a6368bf9441d3d42 | Hulk | The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of "The Incredible Hulk" (May 1962). In his comic book appearances, the character, who has dissociative identity disorder (DID), is prim... |
cca700b9b3744dbf96ba06dd99bc1f3e | Scooby-Doo | Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment and created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!", for Hanna-Barbera (which was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001). The series features four teenagers: Fred Jones, Da... |
3eeae18dd18c4f3ab4db92762d2bd26d | Sam Malone | Samuel "Mayday" Malone is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television show "Cheers", portrayed by Ted Danson and created by Glen and Les Charles. Sam is a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox baseball team who owns and tends the bar called "Cheers". He is also a recovering alcoholic and... |
054f76a80f2e4098af0577a3fc40f4fe | George Costanza | George Louis Costanza is a fictional character in the American television sitcom "Seinfeld" (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. He is a short, stocky, balding man who struggles with numerous insecurities, often dooming his romantic relationships through his own fear of being dumped. He is also relatively lazy; duri... |
cb8d6ee5c8364e06ad77c7fd7fa6d0a4 | John McClane | John McClane Sr. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the "Die Hard" film series, based on Joe Leland from Roderick Thorp's action novel "Nothing Lasts Forever". McClane was portrayed in all five films by actor Bruce Willis, and he is known for his sardonic one-liners, including the famous catchphrase in eve... |
e1847507ea95484ab5736d7733855143 | Ellen Ripley | Ellen Louise Ripley is a fictional character and the original protagonist of the "Alien" film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. Considered one of the greatest characters in science fiction film history, the character earned Weaver worldwide recognition, and remains her most famous role to date. Altho... |
5bdfb033938d495e828c4d24e12d05ff | Edward Scissorhands | Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 American gothic romantic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton. It was produced by Burton and Denise Di Novi, written by Caroline Thompson from a story by her and Burton, and starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, and Alan Arkin. I... |
a4ed34ed1d8946908429950cc1c57d08 | Randy Marsh | Randy S. Marsh is a fictional character in the American adult animated sitcom South Park and serves as the series' comic relief. He is the most prominent parent on the series and a married father who raises his son Stan and daughter Shelley along with his wife Sharon in the fictional town of South Park, Colorado. Randy... |
577aab8ef2304bf8ab25814fba25e189 | Walter White | Walter Hartwell White Sr., also known by his alias Heisenberg, is the fictional antihero[a] turned villain protagonist of the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad. He is portrayed by Bryan Cranston.
Walter is a skilled chemist who co-founded a technology firm before he accepted a buy-out from his partne... |
1ed55beafdaf4a65a3520fc368c07f29 | Jerry Seinfeld | Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( ; born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. As a stand-up comedian, Seinfeld specializes in observational comedy. Seinfeld has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as we... |
f4a4753b6eda485a983846aa7e09b342 | Michael Scott | Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character in the NBC sitcom The Office, portrayed by Steve Carell. Michael is the regional manager of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of Dunder Mifflin, a paper company, for the majority of the series. Like his counterpart in the original British version of the show, David Brent, he ... |
d538f6d03c2c4792992e7dced99c6204 | Freddy Krueger | Freddy Krueger () is a fictional character and the antagonist of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" horror film franchise. Created by Wes Craven, he made his debut in Craven's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) as the malevolent spirit of a child killer who had been burned to death by his victims' parents after evading pr... |
aba6be576f6d4f349675695ae6041775 | Captain America | Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in "Captain America Comics" #1, published on December 20, 1940, by Timely Comics, a corporate predecessor to Marvel. Captain America's civilian identity is Stev... |
2a34a56b398a433f83305d0bcd35783f | Son Goku | Son Goku[nb 20] is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Gokū in Japan and the Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with influences fr... |
f83da4d2338b45979d614556060bb04a | Bambi | Bambi is a 1942 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel "Bambi, a Life in the Woods", the production was supervised by David D. Hand, and was directed by a team of sequence directors, including James Algar, Bill Robe... |
c17d0de25aa54032afc9d39d72709bf6 | Ronald McDonald | Ronald McDonald is a clown character used as the primary mascot of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain. He inhabits the fictional world of McDonaldland, with his friends Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird and The Fry Kids.
Many people work full-time making appearances as Ronald, visiti... |
170b666ecaa64c28b64a0c23545316f1 | Buffy Summers | Buffy Anne Summers is the title character of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" franchise. She first appeared in the 1992 film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" before going on to appear in The WB/UPN 1997–2003 television series and subsequent 1998–2018 Dark Horse and 2019–present Boom! Studios comic series of the same name. The ... |
1b130344379d42e6b203265add18f3ed | Frasier Crane | Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane (born ) is a fictional character who is both a supporting character on the American television sitcom "Cheers" and the titular protagonist of its spin-off "Frasier" and the latter’s 2023 sequel. In all three series, he is portrayed by Kelsey Grammer. The character debuted in the "Cheers" third... |
4acaf54cb1264d6eaa0622843d868331 | Omar Little | Omar Devone Little is a fictional character on the HBO crime drama series "The Wire", portrayed by Michael K. Williams. He is a notorious Baltimore stick-up man, who frequently robs street-level drug dealers. He is legendary around the inner city for his characteristic duster, under which he hides his shotgun, large ca... |
000bd135088e4771b0868cdee6d2042c | Wolverine | The wolverine ( , ; Gulo gulo), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, "kwiihkwahaacheew"), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The wolverine has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the do... |
8b5e6f0dc2264a208e42e78873bb8ece | Jason Voorhees | Jason Voorhees () is a character from the "Friday the 13th" series. He first appeared in "Friday the 13th" (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Pamela Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, Jason was n... |
ed204f95afe64f42ad72defe53d9431d | Betty Boop | Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character designed by Grim Natwick at the request of Dave Fleischer. She originally appeared in the "Talkartoon" and "Betty Boop" film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She was featured in 90 theatrical cartoons between 1930 and 1939. ... |
e443e96258dd4d139ae6ad3c421875f3 | Bilbo Baggins | Bilbo Baggins (Westron: "Bilba Labingi") is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel "The Hobbit", a supporting character in "The Lord of the Rings", and the fictional narrator (along with Frodo Baggins) of many of Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. The Hobbit is selected by the wizard Gandalf... |
0f8d2b40838c4d37bac5b803ce259ad0 | Tom Joad | The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award
and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.
Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the ... |
47574ffb1e5741ca9aa0fb595fc0382f | Sonic the Hedgehog | is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main "Sonic the Hedgehog" games are platformers mostly developed... |
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Biography.
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739f7c730d484aae897b688e8e93084d | Iron Man | Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in "Tales of Suspense" #39 in 1962 (cover dated March 1963) and received his o... |
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Int... |
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074d0d6026b84ab98ba3f9013dbef901 | Homelander | The Homelander (John Gillman) is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in the comic book series "The Boys" and the media franchise of the same name, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. He is depicted as a psychopathic and sadistic narcissist who serves as the extremely powerful leader of The Se... |
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