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Fictional Universe, Comic Book Fictional Universe, Fictional CharacterThe Adventures of Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French comic book by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). Uderzo has continued the series since the death of Goscinny in 1977. The series follows the exploits of a...
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TV Program, Fictional Universe, Work of FictionBabylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on the Babylon 5 space station: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict in the late 2250s and early 2260s. With...
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Fictional UniverseThe Cthulhu Mythos is the ongoing setting of several of H. P. Lovecraft's novels and short stories. It is not a series per se, but it encompasses the shared elements, characters, settings, and themes found in Lovecraft's works and associated horror fiction writers....
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Comic Strip, Fictional UniverseCalvin and Hobbes is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative six-year old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic—albeit stuffed—tiger. The pair are named after John Calvin, a 16th century...
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Fictional Universe, Fictional SettingCamelot is the most famous fictional castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Later romance depicts it as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm, from which he fought many of the battles and quests that made up his life. Camelot as a place is...
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Game, Roleplaying Game, Fictional UniverseDungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D; or DnD) is a tabletop fantasy role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by the Gygax-owned company Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). The game is currently...
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Fictional Universe, Literary SeriesDiscworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin whose sex is yet to be determined. The books...
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TV Program, Fictional UniverseEastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 and continuing to date.EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in Albert Square,...
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Mythological System, Fictional Universe, Organization in fiction, ReligionGreek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and hero, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars refer to the myth and study them in an attempt to...
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Fictional UniverseHighlander is a film and television franchise that began with a 1986 fantasy movie starring Christopher Lambert, who plays Connor MacLeod, the Highlander. Born in Glenfinnan, in the Scottish Highlands in the 16th century, MacLeod is one of a number of Immortals. Over...
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Film series, Fictional Universe, Computer Game Series, Literary SeriesJames Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1952 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in 12 novel and two collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and second most successful film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr. No....
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Poem, Published Work, Written Work, Fictional Universe, Work of Fiction"Jabberwocky" is a poem of nonsense verse written by Lewis Carroll, originally featured as a part of his novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). It is often considered to be the greatest nonsense poem written in the English language. The...
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Fictional UniverseKnown Space is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. It has been also in part been used as a shared universe in the Man-Kzin Wars spin-off anthologies sub-series. It is the name given by humans to an...
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Computer Game Series, Fictional UniverseMonkey Island is the collective name given to a series of four graphical adventure game produced and published by LucasArts, originally known as LucasFilm Games through the development of the first two games in the series. The games follow the misadventures of the...
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Film, Fictional UniverseMonty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin), and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was initially conceived during a gap...
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Roleplaying Game, Game, Fictional UniverseMage: The Ascension is a Role-playing game based in the old World of Darkness, and was published by White Wolf Game Studio. The characters portrayed in the game are referred to as mages, and are capable of feats of magic. The idea of magic in Mage is broadly inclusive...
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Film, Fictional Universe, Anime Titleis a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network between April 7, 1979 and January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes. It was the very first Gundam series, which has subsequently...
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Comic Book Fictional Universe, Fictional Universe, Fictional Character CreatorThe Marvel Universe is the fictional shared universe where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place. The Marvel Universe actually exists within a multiverse consisting of thousands of separate universes, all of which are the creations of Marvel...
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TV Program, Fictional Universe, Work of FictionRed Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy franchise, primarily comprising eight series of a television sitcom that ran on BBC2 between 1988 and 1999 and subsequently achieved a global cult following. It was created and written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. The show...
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Film series, Fictional Universe, Website Category, Book SubjectStar Wars is an epic space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded since that time. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars, but later had the subtitle A New Hope added to distinguish it from...
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Film series, Fictional UniverseStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek, in addition to ten feature films (with an...
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TV Program, Fictional UniverseSouth Park is a double Emmy Award-winning, animated American television comedy series, created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central. The show is set in the fictional town of South Park, Colorado. The series has been distributed and aired by...
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Computer Game Series, Fictional Universe, or commonly abbreviated as SF, is a popular series of fighting game in which the players pit combatants from around the world, each with his or her own special moves, against one another. Capcom released the first game in the series in August 1987. Street Fighter...
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TV Program, Fictional Universe, Film subject, Quotation Source, Work of Fiction, Musical Artist, Musical GroupThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a satirical parody of the middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its titular family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is...
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Fictional UniverseThe Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 in the BBC Home Service and sometimes rebroadcast on the BBC Light Programme. The first series, aired between May and September...
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Computer Game Series, Fictional UniverseThe Legend of Zelda is a high fantasy action-adventure video game series created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and developed and published by Nintendo. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, puzzle solving, role-playing and occasional platforming,...
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TV Program, Fictional UniverseThe X-Files is an American Peabody, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on 10 September 1993, and ended on 19 May 2002. The show was one of the American FOX network's first major hits, and its...
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Fictional Universe, Literary SeriesThe Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 41 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949...
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TV Program, Fictional UniverseThunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation". The series followed the adventures of International Rescue, an organisation created to help those in grave...
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Fictional Universe, Literary SeriesThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media...
