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"Fictional universe", as used here, applies to the settings and characters of a fictional work or works.  The main purpose of the type is to gather characters, locations, and fictional works that belong to a common setting.    Therefore, stand-alone works may not need to use this type. Note that a... more
   
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x Buffyverse Buffy the Vampire Slayer Coverart Joss Whedon Sunnydale Angel
"Buffyverse" is a term coined by fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel to refer to the shared fictional universe in which they are set. The term has since been used in the titles of published works, and been adopted by Joss Whedon, the creator...
Hellmouth Rupert Giles
Pylea Willow Rosenberg
Hyperion Hotel Xander Harris
Illyria
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x Whoniverse     Gallifrey The Doctor
The Whoniverse is the fictional universe in which Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and other related stories take place. The term is used most widely to link characters, ideas or items which are seen across multiple productions, such...
First Doctor
Second Doctor
Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
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x Xenaverse       Ares
Fictional setting for the stories and characters that were created for the TV and Book series for Hercules: Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. A historical fantasy mostly taking place in Ancient Greece.
Gabrielle
Xena
Callisto
x Star Trek The current Star Trek franchise logo Gene Roddenberry Milky Way Jonathan Archer
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series. The original Star Trek was an American television series, created by Gene Roddenberry, which debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons, following the interstellar adventures of Captain...
Alpha Quadrant Worf
Beta Quadrant Data
Delta Quadrant Jean-Luc Picard
Gamma Quadrant Benjamin Sisko
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x Middle-earth A map of the north-western part of Tolkien's Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age J. R. R. Tolkien Sauron
Middle-earth is a fictional place which is the setting for most of the stories of author J. R. R. Tolkien. These stories include The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien's stories chronicle the struggle to control the world (called Arda) and...
Arda Saruman
Bree Aragorn
Númenor Aragorn I
Mordor Galadriel
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x Earthsea Cover to 1991 Bantam Books paperback edition of A Wizard of Earthsea, illustrated by John Jude Palencar   Atuan Tehanu
Earthsea is a fictional realm originally created by Ursula K. Le Guin for her short story "The Word of Unbinding", published in 1964, that became more famous in her fantasy novel A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968. A Wizard of Earthsea is...
Roke Tenar
Havnor Ogion
Gont Erreth-Akbe
Éa Ged
x Harry Potter Universe Harry potter stamps J. K. Rowling Quality Quidditch Supplies Nagini
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at...
Flourish & Blotts Grawp
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes Luna Lovegood
Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour Seamus Finnigan
Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions Fleur Delacour Weasley
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x Austin Powers series       Doctor Evil
The Austin Powers series is a series of action-comedy films written, produced by and starring Mike Myers as the title character, directed by Jay Roach and distributed by New Line Cinema. The films mainly spoof the James Bond, Derek Flint, Jason King...
Nigel Powers
Austin Powers
Scott Evil
Frau Farbissina
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x Sherlock Holmes Universe     221B Baker Street Professor Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes lives on for us all in current fiction and in the works of the originating author Arthur Conan Doyle. Almost every genre of fiction writing/films/tv has been graced by a visit from the penultimate deductive detective superstar...
Mary Russell
Doctor Watson
Mycroft Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
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x Monsters, Inc. /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000f528215     James P. Sullivan
Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and was written by Jack W. Bunting, Jill Culton,...
Mike Wazowski
Randall Boggs
x The Chronicles of Prydain Cover art of a single-volume edition of The Chronicles of Prydain     Fflewddur Fflam
The Chronicles of Prydain (sometimes given as The Prydain Chronicles) is a five-volume series of children's fantasy novels by author Lloyd Alexander. First published from 1964–1968, the stories detail the adventures of a young man named Taran, who...
Hen Wen
Princess Eilonwy
Taran
Dallben
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x The Space Odyssey series Space-Odyssey-Baby.jpg Arthur C. Clarke Saturn Heywood R. Floyd
The Space Odyssey series is a science fiction series of four novels and two films created from 1948 to 1997, primarily by the writer Arthur C. Clarke. Two early short stories by Clarke may also be considered part of the series. Motives Features The...
Ganymede Walter Curnow
Europa Dr. Chandra
Jupiter Frank Poole
Tycho HAL 9000
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x The Riddle-Master Trilogy     Hed Raederle  
Morgon
x The Tortall Universe   Tamora Pierce Copper Isles Rebakah Cooper
Tortall is a major country in the universe in which the Song of the Lioness, Immortals, Protector of the Small, Trickster and the Provost's Dog books take place. Its capital is Corus, located near the western coast on the Emerald Ocean. To the north...
Galla Alianne of Pirate's Swoop
Tortall Keladry of Mindelan
Scanra Veralidaine Sarrasri
Carthak Alanna of Trebond
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x The Circle Universe     Emelan Sandrilene fa Toren
Both the 'Circle of Magic' and the 'Circle Opens' series are set in the land of Emelan. The story of four children, Sandrilene fa Toren, Trisana Chandler, Daja Kisubo and Briar Moss, who are discovered by a powerful mage Niko and told that they are ...
Trisana Chandler
Daja Kisubo
Briar Moss
x Known Space Cover of January 1975 Analog for The Borderland of Sol showing Jinx (artist: John Schoenherr) Larry Niven We Made It Gil Hamilton
Known Space is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. It has also in part been used as a shared universe in the Man-Kzin Wars spin-off anthologies sub-series. The epithet "Known Space...
Wunderland Roy Truesdale
Jinx Lit Shaeffer
Alice Jordan
Speaker-to-Animals
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x Alliance-Union universe   C. J. Cherryh   Ariane Emory
The Alliance-Union universe is a fictional universe created by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. It is the setting for an epic future history series extending from the 21st century out into the far future. To date, the corpus of the...
Ariane Emory PR
x Lovecraft Mythos CthulhumythosShrefflerchart H. P. Lovecraft Arkham Yog-Sothoth
The Lovecraft Mythos is the term coined by the scholar S. T. Joshi to describe the imaginary mythical backdrop, settings, and themes employed by the American weird fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's mythos is the foundation of a fictional...
Cthulhu
Randolph Carter
x Cthulhu Mythos Cthulhu and R'lyeh H. P. Lovecraft Arkham Cthulhu
The Cthulhu Mythos, also known as the Lovecraft Mythos, is a shared universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by Lovecraft's associate August Derleth, and named after Cthulhu, a powerful fictional...
K'n-yan Shoggoth
R'lyeh Francis Wayland Thurston
x Stratemeyer Syndicate Universe       Tom Swift  
Nancy Drew
The Hardy Boys
x Charles M. Schulz Peanuts Universe       Olaf  
Franklin
Marcie
Violet
Frieda
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x Terminator series /guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000fd8ce18     Skynet
The Terminator series is a science fiction franchise encompassing a series of films and ancillary media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race....
T-X
T-800
T-1000
John Connor
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x Battlestar Galactica 2003     New Caprica Lee Adama
Battlestar Galactica refers to a "re-imagined" science fiction universe debuting in 2003 and based on the 1970s Universal Studios movie and television franchise of the same name. It is not simply a remake, but a new direction taken from the same...
Caprica Kara Thrace
Kobol Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Zak Adama
William Adama
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x Battlestar Galactica Title card from the original Battlestar Galactica series     Baltar
Battlestar Galactica is a franchise of science fiction television series and films. The franchise started with a 1978 TV show created by Glen A. Larson, followed by a sequel TV series, a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books and...
Boxey
Lords of Kobol
Count Iblis
x Oz Universe   L. Frank Baum Land of Oz Wicked Witch of the West  
Yellow brick road Glinda
Quadling Country Tin Man
Munchkin Country Cowardly Lion
Winkie Country Scarecrow
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x Star Trek Expanded Universe        
The Star Trek Expanded Universe is an unofficial, fan-created term to describe an extrapolation of events which occur in the Star Trek Universe outside the scope of the television series and feature films. Information from the Star Trek "Expanded...
x Expanded Universe Splinter of the Mind's Eye, 1978     Luuke Skywalker
The Star Wars Expanded Universe encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional background of the Star Wars universe, outside of the six feature films produced by George Lucas. The expanded universe includes books, comic books, video games,...
x Future History Some listeners to Robert Heinlein's "Universe" had previously read the story in Dell's 1951 paperback edition     Jubal Harshaw
The Future History, by Robert A. Heinlein, describes a projected future of the human race from the middle of the 20th century through the early 23rd century. The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell, Jr. in the February 1941 issue of...
Hazel Stone
Lazarus Long
x The Foundation Universe Second Foundation (1953), 1973 Panther paperback edition with cover art by Chris Foss. Isaac Asimov Trantor Gaal Dornick
The Foundation Series is a science fiction series by Isaac Asimov which covers a span of about 500 years. It consists of seven volumes that are closely linked to each other, although they can be read separately. The term "Foundation Series" is often...
Terminus Hari Seldon
Anacreon Salvor Hardin
Smyrno Hober Mallow
Comporellon Mule
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x Dune universe The Bene Gesserit (as seen in the prologue of an alternate version of the David Lynch Dune film.) Frank Herbert Giedi Prime Leto Atreides I
The Dune universe, or Duniverse, is the political, scientific, and social fictional setting of author Frank Herbert's series of six science fiction novels which began with 1965's Dune. Dune itself is considered by many to be the greatest science...
Arrakis Paul Atreides
Salusa Secundus Gurney Halleck
Caladan Ghanima
Kaitain Shaddam Corrino IV
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x Uplift Universe        
The Uplift Universe is a fictional universe created by science fiction writer David Brin. A central feature in this universe is the process of biological uplift. His books which take place in this universe: There is also a short story Aficionado ...
x Humanx Commonwealth        
The Humanx Commonwealth is a fictional interstellar ethical/political entity featured in the science fiction novels of Alan Dean Foster. The Commonwealth takes its name from its two major sapient species, who jointly inhabit Commonwealth planets and...
x Honorverse Map of the Honorverse     Honor Harrington
The Honorverse is a military science fiction series created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The series is set primarily after Honor Harrington's October 1, 3961, birth; although she is the protagonist in most of the stories, more recent...
Shannon Foraker
Michelle Henke
Alice Truman
Esther McQueen
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x Dragonriders of Pern        
The Dragonriders of Pern is an extensive science fiction/fantasy series of novels and short stories primarily written by Anne McCaffrey. Since 2004, McCaffrey's son Todd McCaffrey has also published Pern novels, both in collaboration with Anne and...
x CoDominium CoDominium      
The CoDominium universe is a fictional setting for the books in the CoDominium series by Jerry Pournelle. The point of departure of Pournelle's history is the establishment of the CoDominium (CD), a political alliance and union between the United...
x Stargate Sg1stargatefront Dean Devlin Destiny Richard Woolsey
Stargate is a military science fiction franchise, initially conceived by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Stargate. It was originally released on October 28, 1994 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco,...
Roland Emmerich Prometheus Teal'c
Daedalus Jack O'Neill
Chulak Samantha Carter
Chulak Jacob Carter
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x Marvel Universe Various characters of the Marvel Universe. Promotional Art for the Civil War event by Steve McNiven   Baxter Building Captain America
The Marvel Universe is the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles published by Marvel Comics take place, including those featuring Marvel's most familiar characters, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and Captain America. The...
Olympia Tina Minoru
Robert Minoru
Frank Dean
Leslie Dean
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x Farscape Farscape   Moya Talyn
Farscape is an Australian-American dark science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced for the Nine Network then for later seasons Sci-Fi Channel. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson...
Qujaga Moya
Arnessk John Crichton
Uncharted Territories Aeryn Sun
Acquara Ka D'Argo
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x The West Wing TheWestWing Aaron Sorkin Washington Josiah Bartlet
The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006. The series is set in the West Wing of the White House—where the Oval Office and offices of...
Joshua Lyman
Sam Seaborn
Toby Ziegler
Donnatella Moss
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x Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Studio 60 Logo     Jack Rudolph
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is an American dramedy television series created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show (also called Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip or Studio 60) on the...
Simon Stiles
Tom Jeter
Cal Shanley
Matt Albie
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x The Simpsons Simpsons FamilyPicture   Shelbyville Moe Szyslak
The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a working class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer,...
Capital City Carl Carlson
742 Evergreen Terrace Lenny Leonard
Kwik-E-Mart Herbert Powell
Moe's Tavern Selma Bouvier
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x Futurama An opening title for Futurama   Vergon 4 Philip J. Fry
Futurama is an animated American sci-fi sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who...
Omicron Persei 8 Bender Bending Rodríguez
Amphibios 9 Turanga Leela
Decapod 10 Professor Hubert Farnsworth
New New York Doctor John Zoidberg
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x Dragonlance The current edition Dragonlance logo, as seen on all books published in the more recent times     Raistlin Majere
Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans devised the concept that became Dragonlance...
Laurana Kanan
Kitiara Uth Matar
Lord Soth
Goldmoon
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x Metal Gear Metal Gear     Solid Snake
Metal Gear (メタルギア) is a critically acclaimed series of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. In the series, the player takes control of a Special Forces Operative (Solid Snake in most games) repeatedly facing...
Liquid Snake
Raiden
Big Boss
x Calvin and Hobbes Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson Midwestern United States Spaceman Spiff
Calvin and Hobbes is a syndicated comic strip written and illustrated by American cartoonist Bill Watterson. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic stuffed...
Hobbes
Calvin
x Mushroom Kingdom Super Mario RPG world map     Mario
The is a setting in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series where most of the games take place. The Mushroom Kingdom is a monarchy and its heir is Princess Peach in the games. The Chancellor of the kingdom is its head of government in Super Mario RPG:...
Luigi
x Blade Runner Universe     Los Angeles Roy Batty  
Rick Deckard
Pris
Rachael
Zhora
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x Forgotten Realms The Forgotten Realms third edition logo   Abeir-Toril Sarevok
The Forgotten Realms (commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as simply "The Realms") is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D;) fantasy role-playing game, created by game designer Ed Greenwood, around 1967 as a setting...
Imoen
Jarlaxle
Jon Irenicus
Drizzt Do'Urden
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x Paratime     Hos-Harphax Kalvan
The Paratime series written by H. Beam Piper consists of several short stories, one novella, and one novel; they deal with an advanced civilization that is able to travel between parallel universes with alternate histories, and uses that ability to...
Hos-Hostigos
x Terro-Human Future History        
The Terrohuman Future History (TFH) chronicles the expansion of the human race from its origins on Terra (Earth) out into the galaxy.  Consisting of the novels of the famous Fuzzy trilogy (plus the authorized sequels Fuzzy Bones by Bill Tuning...
x Invader Zim Invader Zim   Earth Zim
Invader Zim, branded as Invader ZIM, is an American animated television series that was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. The series is centered on an alien invader named Zim from the planet Irk who is attempting to conquer or...
Irk Dib
GIR
Gaz
Tak
x Alien vs. Predator Aliens vs. Predator - Prey - cover      
Alien vs. Predator, or Aliens versus Predator (both titles abbreviated AvP), is a science fiction-horror fiction series spanning several media. The series is a crossover between two film franchises about extraterrestrial beings: the Aliens and the...
x TimeSplitters TimeSplitters Coverart      
TimeSplitters is a 2000 first-person shooter developed by Free Radical Design and published by Eidos, and the first game in the TimeSplitters series. It was released 26 October 2000 as a PlayStation 2 launch game. The game revolves around the...
x Monkey Island Monkey Island Logo   Monkey Island Largo LaGrande
Monkey Island is the collective name given to a series of five graphical adventure games produced and published by LucasArts, originally known as LucasFilm Games through the development of the first game in the series. The fifth installment of the...
Otis
Carla the Swordmaster
Captain Smirk
Captain Dread
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x World of Warcraft World of Warcraft   Azeroth  
World of Warcraft (commonly known as WoW) is a pay-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It is Blizzard Entertainment's fourth game set in the fantasy Warcraft Universe, first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. World of...
Outland
x Bewitched Bewitched     Samantha Stephens
Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York (1964–1969), Dick Sargent (1969–1972), Agnes Moorehead and David White. It is about a witch who...
Darrin Stephens
x Mobile Suit Gundam Title screen      
Mobile Suit Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム, Kidō Senshi Gandamu, lit. Mobile Soldier Gundam, also known as First Gundam, Gundam 0079 or simply 0079) is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan...
x Millennium Millennium opening titles   Seattle  
Millennium is an American television series created by Chris Carter following the success of his previous show The X-Files. Millennium aired on the Fox Network from 1996 to 1999. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though most...
x Aud Torvingen Series       Aud Torvingen  
x Greyhawk WotC Greyhawk     Yolande
Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game . Although not the first campaign world developed for Dungeons & Dragons—Dave Arneson's Blackmoor...
Obmi
Nerof Gasgal
Edralve
Eclavdra
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