| A.I. (2 Listings) A.I. - Artificial Intelligence, released in 2001 and starring Haley Joel Osment, details an artificial boy's quest to become truly human. |
| Mecha (2) Orga (2) |
| Advance Wars (3
Listings) Series of strategy video games released for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. Advance Wars was released in 2001, and the sequel Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising was released in 2003. The original games had been popular in Japan on the Super Famicom and later systems for many years since the early 1990s. |
| Kanbei Neotank Sturm |
| Adventures of the Gummi Bears (6 Listings) Disney animated series first broadcast on NBC in 1985, and later imported to the Disney Afternoon syndicated block, where it continued until 1991. The series ran for six seasons in all. |
| Cubbi
Gummi Drekmore Great Book of Gummi Gummi Berries Gummi Juice Toadwart |
| Alice In
Wonderland (3 Listings) Actually a pair of novels written by Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland, published in 1865, and Through the Looking Glass, published in 1871. Modern audiences are probably more familiar with the Disney animated film. |
| King
of Hearts (2) Magic Mushroom (2) Queen of Hearts (3) |
| Amalgam (5
Listings) Comic book universe published jointly by Marvel and DC Comics that combined their two continuities. One wave was published during the DC vs. Marvel event in 1996, which featured Amazon, Assassins, Bruce Wayne: Agent of SHIELD, Bullets and Bracelets, Doctor Strangefate, JLX, Legends of the Dark Claw, Magneto and the Magnetic Men, Speed Demon, Spider-Boy, Super-Soldier, and X-Patrol. A sequel series was produced the following year (1997), featuring Bat-Thing, Challengers of the Fantastic, Dark Claw Adventures, Exciting X-Patrol, Generation Hex, Iron Lantern, JLX Unleashed, Lobo the Duck, Magnetic Men featuring Magneto, Spider-Boy Team-Up, Super-Soldier: Man of War, and Thorion and the New Asgods. |
| Antimony
Kalibak (3) Lobo the Duck Scavulture Skulk (2) |
| Antarctic Press (9 Listings) Comic book universe publishing since 1984, centered around the Ninja High School comic and publishing other popular titles such as Gold Digger. Most of their material is in the style of Japanese manga. |
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| Cheetah
(5) Diggers, Brianna Diggers, Brittany Diggers, Gina Ichinohei, Ichi-kun |
Master
Leep Salusian Stripe (2) Tirant |
| Awesome (2
Listings) Comic book universe owned by Rob Liefeld, originally Maximum Studios (formerly the Extreme Studios portion of Image Comics). It became Awesome Comics in 1996, and soon handed over the reins of most of their superhero titles to Alan Moore, who developed the universe into one paying homage to DC and Marvel Comics of the Silver Age. Its main title was Supreme. Awesome Comics still publishes, but Supreme and its related titles are now out of print, recently collected in a series of trade paperbacks from Checker Books. |
| Dax,
Darius Optilux |
| Babylon 5 (33 Listings) Science-fiction series airing in syndication from 1994 to 1997 before being picked up by TNT for its fifth and final season in 1998. There were also four TNT TV-movies (In the Beginning, Thirdspace, The River of Souls, and Call to Arms), a spin-off series entitled Crusade (one season in 1999), a DC Comics series, numerous novels, a handful of short stories from Amazing Stories magazine, and a Sci-Fi Channel pilot called Legend of the Rangers released in 2002. |
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Babylon
1 |
Edgars,
William First Ones Foundation, The Fresh Air G'Lan Grey Council Keffer, Warren Kelsey Legions of Fire Li Lorien (2) |
Mass
Drivers (2) Mogath N'Grath Na'ka'leen Feeder Refa, Lord Sebastian Shiv'kala Sigma 957 Thirdspace Venzan Z'ha'dum |
| Back to the Future (4 Listings) Trilogy of films, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd and directed by Robert Zemeckis, featuring a 1980s teenager's adventures in time. The films were Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), and Back to the Future Part III (1990). An animated series followed, airing on CBS from 1991-1993, as well as a comic book from Harvey based on the cartoon. The canonicity of these later items has not yet been decided. |
|
Biff Tannen Museum |
| Batman (1960s TV) (1 Listing) Campy live-action series, starring Adam West and Burt Ward and based on the DC comic book, that aired from 1966 to 1968, and represented one of the iconic series of the era. A film was released in 1966. |
| Clock King (2) |
| Beetlejuice
(Movie) (2 Listings) Film directed by Tim Burton, released in 1988. Spawned an animated series, not included as canon here. |
| Deitz,
Lydia Otho |
| Berserk (1 Listing) Japanese animated series with dark themes that originally aired in 1997. |
| Griffith |
| The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Animated) (9 Listings)
Animated series aired on Fox Kids from 1999 to 2001, based on the Dark Horse comic book. |
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| BGY-11
Gilder, Dr. Legion ex Machina Number One (5) Number Two (2) |
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| The Big O (5 Listings)
Japanese animated series that aired in 1999, reminiscent of both classic "giant robot" anime and Batman: The Animated Series. It was more popular in the U.S. after its airing on Cartoon Network's Toonami block than it had been in Japan , leading to the unprecedented production of a second season that aired in both countries in 2003. A manga has been based on the show, but it developed into its own continuity. |
| Constanze Eumenides Heaven's Day Megadeus R. D. |
| Birds of Prey (1
Listing) Live-action series airing from 2002-2003 on the WB Network, combining the DC comic book with elements of the Batman Beyond animated series. |
| Breath of Fire
(1 Listing) Long-running role-playing video game series beginning with Breath of Fire, released for the Super NES in 1993, and continuing through today on numerous systems, including the Playstation, Playstation 2, and Game Boy Advance. |
| Buzz Lightyear
of Star Command (3 Listings) Disney animated series aired in syndication from 2000 to 2001, designed to be the series watched by people in the Toy Story universe from which the Buzz Lightyear character originated. |
| Captain N (20 Listings) Actually part of three related animated series aired on the NBC network from 1989-1991: Captain N - The Game Master (1989-1990), Captain N and the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990-1991), and Captain N and the New Super Mario World (1991-1992). Edited Captain N episodes were also aired as part of the short-lived syndicated Captain N and the Video Game Masters series. A Captain N comic book was also produced by Valiant Comics, and lasted less than six issues; its continuity was much different, and it is not included under this heading. |
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Burger Time |
Ganon
(2) Goriya Guts Man (2) Ironknuckle (2) Link (4) Power Pad Squaresly, Mayor |
Triforce
of
Courage Triforce of Power Triforce of Wisdom Ungrateful Undead Wombatman Wood Man (2) |
| Castlevania (12 Listings) Long-running series of video games produced for multiple systems since the first game, Castlevania, premiered on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. Other games have been produced for nearly every other video game system since, including the Sega Genesis, Nintendo Game Boy, Playstation, and more, the most recent being Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, released in 2003 for the Playstation 2. |
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| Akmodan II Belnades, Sypha DaNasty, Grant Dracula (4) |
Flea Men Necronomicon (5) Nova Skeleton Olrox |
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| Chrono Cross (2
Listings) Sequel game to Chrono Trigger released for the Playstation in 2000. |
| Fireball
(2) Pip (2) |
| Chrono Trigger
(1 Listing) Role-playing video game released for the Super NES in 1995, later re-released for the Playstation in 2001 along with Final Fantasy IV as Final Fantasy Chronicles. |
| Dalton (1) |
| Conan (All) (4
Listings) Set of universes focusing on the adventures of the Cimmerian barbarian Conan, including novels, comic books, films, and animated series. |
| Cimmerians
Crom Hyborian Age Mu (3) |
| Conan (Animated)
(8 Listings) Includes the syndicated Conan the Adventurer (1992-1993) as well as the one-time CBS pilot Conan and the Young Warriors (1993). |
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| Hyborian
Age Spell of Living Stone Star Metal (1) Wrath-Amon |
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| Conan (Comics)
(5 Listings) Primarily the various Marvel comics published since the 1970s, but also a few other titles such as the newest series. |
| Cimmerians
Crom Hyborian Age Mu (3) Xuthl |
| Conan (Novels)
(5 Listings) The original novels written by Robert E. Howard in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as the numerous pastiches written by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, Robert Jordan, and others in the years since. |
| Cowboy Bebop (8
Listings) Acclaimed Japanese animated series which originally ran from 1998 to 1999. More recently, it aired on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block beginning in 2001, where it has been a semi-regular fixture. An animated film, Knocking on Heaven's Door, was released in 2002 in Japan and 2003 in the U.S., and takes place before the end of the original series. A manga has also been produced, although it is not (yet) considered canon here. |
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| Vicious
Volaju, Vincent Woolong Yenrai, Mao |
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| Cthulhu Mythos (40 Listings) The vast multi-writer universe which began with the writings of H.P. Lovecraft in the 1910s to 1930s, and has since grown to encompass the writings of many others, including Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, Robert Bloch, Lin Carter, Brian Lumley, and numerous others. Also incorporates the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game, first released by Chaosium in 1981 and currently entering the third revision of its fifth edition. |
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| Al-Azif
Alhazred, Abdul (1) B'Moth Barrier of Naach-Tith Bordighera, Benvento Chieti Byagoona Corsi, Bartolomeo Crom Crom-Ya Cthugha Cthulhu Cykranosh Elder Gods (1) Fist of Yog-Sothoth |
Ghroth
Gods of Eld Great Old Ones Gulf of S'lghuo Hyborian Age Kitab Al-Azif Lemuria (4) Liber Damnatus Damnationum M'nagalah Mhu Thulan Mu (3) Mylakhrion Nameless City Necronomicon (1) |
Nyogtha Occult Foundation, The Pherkard Shub-Niggurath Squamous Blast Summanus (2) Vulthoom Yad-Thaddag Yaddith Yog-Sothoth Yomagn'tho Zon Mezzamalech |
| D&D (Al-Qadim) (37 Listings) Sub-setting of the Forgotten Realms released in 1992 as a campaign setting for Advanced D&D 2nd Edition. Al-Qadim (the word means "ancient") was designed in the spirit of the Arabian Nights tales, and focused on the continent of Zakhara. Not currently an officially supported setting. |
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| Artifact
Domination Brotherhood of True Flame Chaotic Evil Chaotic Good Chaotic Neutral Fiend (2) Fireball (1) Gen Ignan Illusionist (2) Imp (2) Intermediate Power Lawful Evil |
Lawful
Good Lawful Neutral Lich (2) Limbo (5) Lower Planes Lycanthrope Negative Energy Plane Negative Material Plane Neutral Evil Neutral Good Paraelemental Paraelemental Plane of Ice Paraelemental Plane of Magma |
Paraelemental
Plane of Ooze Paraelemental Plane of Smoke Paraplane Positive Energy Plane Positive Material Plane Quasielemental Plane of Mineral True Neutral Undercommon Undead Underdark, The Upper Planes |
| D&D (Dark Sun) (35 Listings) A departure from D&D's more "traditional" fantasy worlds, Dark Sun borrowed from Edgar Rice Burroughs and ancient Babylon to produce a harsh desert campaign world, where sorcerer-kings and elementals are venerated rather than gods and magic can drain the land of life. Debuting in 1991, Dark Sun spawned a series of novels and many modules. The campaign was defunct until recently, but now a conversion is planned for 2004 by Paizo Publishing, through its official Dragon and Dungeon magazines. |
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| Aarakocra
Aquan Artifact Domination Auran Chaotic Evil Chaotic Good Chaotic Neutral Chronomancer (1) Chronomancy Daemon (3) Fireball (1) Fiend (2) |
Ignan
Illusionist (2) Imp (2) Lawful Evil Lawful Good Lawful Neutral Mul Nature-Benders Negative Energy Plane Negative Material Plane Neutral Evil Neutral Good |
Paraelemental Paraelemental Plane of Magma Paraplane Positive Energy Plane Positive Material Plane Rajaat Tanar'ri Temporal Prime True Neutral Undead Ur Draxa |
| D&D (Dragonlance) (38 Listings) One of D&D's most popular settings, based on the best-selling novel series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (starting with Dragons of Autumn Twilight, published in 1984). Recently became supported by D&D 3rd Edition. |
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| Abyss (4) Aquan Artifact Domination Auran Black Rose, The Chaos (6) Chaotic Evil Chaotic Good Chaotic Neutral Chronomancer (1) Death Knight (1) Demilich Dimensional Mine (2) |
Fireball
(1) Fiend (2) Gnome, Mad Gremlin (2) Ignan Illusionist (2) Imp (2) Intermediate Power Lawful Evil Lawful Good Lawful Neutral Lich (2) Lycanthrope |
Manual
of Golems Negative Energy Plane Negative Material Plane Neutral Evil Neutral Good Nightmare (2) Positive Energy Plane Positive Material Plane Star Metal (2) True Neutral Undead Vampire |
| D&D (Masque of the Red Death) (23
Listings) Sub-setting of Ravenloft which brings the elements of that campaign setting to a "Gothic Earth" of the late Victorian era. Only supported by a few products ( Masque of the Red Death Campaign Expansion, Gothic Earth Gazetteer, and Guide to Transylvania) in Advanced D&D 2nd Edition, Masque of the Red Death was also part of the D&D 3rd Edition "Living Death" campaign from the RPGA. A revised edition is due to be released as a 3rd Edition sourcebook later this year by Arthaus. |
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| Artifact
Domination Chaotic Evil Chaotic Good Chaotic Neutral Daemon (3) Death Knight (1) Demilich Enlightened, The Fiend (2) Fireball (1) Gothic Italy Gremlin (2) |
Imp
(2) Lawful Evil Lawful Good Lawful Neutral Lich (2) Neutral Evil Neutral Good Nightmare (2) Odiare True Neutral Will o'Wisp (2) |
| D&D (Mystara) (42 Listings) Developed gradually over time for the original D&D game, the Mystara setting (also called "the Known World") is a culturally diverse world with somewhat different cosmology than the rest of D&D; for example, law and chaos are more important than good and evil. First formalized in the D&D Gazetteer series (1987-1989), Mystara was unsuccessfully revised for 2nd Edition Advanced D&D, but is due now for release by KenzerCo as the "Mystaros" setting for their semi-satiric HackMaster game. |
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| Artifact
Domination Chaotic Evil Chaotic Good Chaotic Neutral Fiend (2) Fireball (1) Frost Salamander Gremlin (2) Horde, The (5) Hsiao Huptzeen Ignan Imp (2) Lawful Evil |
Lawful
Good Lawful Neutral Lich (2) Limbo (5) Lower Planes Mystara Negative Energy Plane Negative Material Plane Neutral Evil Neutral Good Nightmare (2) Oard Positive Energy Plane Positive Material Plane |
Sphere
of Energy Sphere of Entropy Sphere of Matter Sphere of Power Sphere of Thought Sphere of Time Thoul True Neutral Undercommon Underdark, The Upper Planes Velya Will o'Wisp (2) Zombie-Minotaur |
| DC (39 Listings) The world's longest-running comic book company, DC Comics basically introduced the comic book with its publication of New Fun Comics in 1935. They also introduced the first single-theme comic, Detective Comics, in 1937, and the first superhero comic, Action Comics, in 1938. Responsible for creating many of the world's most famous comic book characters, including Superman, Batman, and the Justice League, DC Comics continues to publish today. |
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| Amazo
(1) Americommando (1) Asmodeus (8) Awesome Threesome Cartomancer Clock King (1) Dawn of Time Electrocutioner Hera (3) Huntress (1) Inertron J586 Kalibak (1) |
M'nagalah
Magneto (5) Master, The (4) Metron (2) Okrtzy RRR Pandora's Box (3) Power Ring (1) Psycho-Pirate Quicksilver (2) Qward Qwsp Ra's al Ghul (1) Rhyming Demon |
Rogues,
The Sector 674 Sector 2813 Sector 2814 Shockwave (6) Society of Shadows Stel Superman Time Trapper, The Vandal Savage (1) Vandar Adg (1, 2) Ysmault Zeus (3) |
| DC (Pre-Crisis, Earth-2) (10 Listings) Earth-2 contained the Golden Age version of DC Comics, and ceased to exist during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. For more specifics, check the Earth-2 entry. |
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| Americommando
(1) Cheetah (1) Earth-2 (1) Huntress (1, 2) Mr. Mxyztplk |
Power
Ring (1) Psycho-Pirate Quicksilver (2) Superman (1) Vandal Savage (1) |
| DC (Pre-Crisis,
Earth-3) (2 Listings) Earth-3 was a reversed universe where good was evil and vice versa. It ceased to exist during the Crisis. |
| Power
Ring (2) Volthoom (1) |
| DC (Pre-Crisis,
Earth-6) (2 Listings) Earth-6 was an Earth introduced during the Crisis and quickly destroyed. |
| Earth-6
Princess Fern |
| DC (Pre-Crisis,
Earth-X) (1 Listing) Earth-X was an Earth where World War II lasted until the 1970s. It ceased to exist during the Crisis. |
| Americommando (3) |
| DC (Post-Crisis,
Pocket Universe) (3 Listings) The Pocket Universe was one of DC's early attempts to address a continuity issue after Crisis. After Superman was "rebooted" with The Man of Steel, there never was a Superboy; so who was the Superboy with the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th Century? The solution was to create the Pocket Universe, a dimension created by the Legion villain known as the Time Trapper which retained elements of the pre-Crisis Superman mythos. |
| Kryptonite
(1) Quex-Ul (3) Time Trapper, The |
| DC (The Kingdom)
(8 Listings) One of the more famous of DC's "Elseworlds" titles, this universe includes the three-part Kingdom Come mini-series (1996), the sequel New Year's Evil: Gog (1997), and the follow-up "Kingdom" event (including The Kingdom #1 and 2, The Kingdom: Kid Flash, The Kingdom: Nightstar, The Kingdom: Offspring, The Kingdom: Son of the Bat, and The Kingdom: Planet Krypton) from 1998. It exists in an alternate future of the post-Zero Hour universe. |
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| Amazo 2025 Americommando (2) Justice Battalion Power Woman | Quintessence (3) Red Arrow 666 Slaughter Brigade |
| DC (Vertigo) (3
Listings) Line of DC Comics which shares some continuity with the mainstream DC Comics, with a focus on more mature and (often) supernatural-oriented titles. Among its better known titles (past and present) are Sandman, Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, and Lucifer. |
| Asmodeus
(8) Lucifer Morningstar (2) Un-Men (1) |
| DC Animated (22 Listings) The animated DC universe began with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992, continuing through several further series ( The Adventures of Batman and Robin, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman/Superman Adventures, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, Static Shock, Justice League, and Teen Titans) and films ( Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman: Sub-Zero, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman). |
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| Brainiac (4) Cheetah (6) Clock King (3) Draaga (2) H.A.R.D.A.C. Ichthultu Jokerz, The Justice League Unlimited |
Kalibak
(2) Karkull Kryptonite (5) Lexo-Skel Suit 5000 Metamen Metron (3) Power Ring (1) Ra's al Ghul (2) |
Red
Claw Society of Shadows Superman (6) Unity Vandal Savage (2) Zucco, Tony |
| DC Animated (Comics) (23 Listings) Several comics have been based on the DC Animated universe, which have formed a continuity of their own. These include The Batman Adventures, Batman and Robin Adventures, Adventures in the DC Universe, Superman Adventures, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, Justice League Adventures, and Teen Titans Go! Note that this continuity is very fluid, and incarnations of characters introduced before they appeared in the animated series change are often "overwritten" with their televised versions. |
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| Amazo
(2) Brainiac (4) Cheetah (6) Clock King (3) Draaga (2) H.A.R.D.A.C. Ichthultu Jokerz, The |
Justice League Unlimited Kalibak (2) Karkull Kryptonite (5) Lexo-Skel Suit 5000 Metamen Metron (3) Power Ring (1) |
Ra's
al Ghul (2) Red Claw Society of Shadows Superman (6) Unity Vandal Savage (2) Zucco, Tony |
| Defenders of the
Earth (1 Listing) Syndicated animated series that aired for one season (1986-1987). Based in the year 2015, it banded together numerous classic comic-strip heroes to battle the threat of classic comic-strip villain Ming the Merciless. A comic book was also produced by Marvel, adapting stories from the series. |
| Defenders of the Earth |
| Devil's Advocate
(1 Listing) Film released in 1997 by Warner Bros. starring Keanu Reaves and Al Pacino, featuring a young lawyer whose recruitment by a law firm may lead him towards a literal damnation. |
| Milton, John |
| Digimon (21 Listings) Japanese animated series developed from the Digimon game, a small handheld electronic pet in the style of Tamagotchi. The animated series first aired in the United States in 1999 on Fox Kids, and has gone through several incarnations since then, the most recent being Digimon Trainers. A series of Playstation video games (Digimon World) and a collectible card game were spun off from the series. |
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| Agumon
Andromon Apocalymon Black Gears Dark Masters Dolphmon Drimogemon |
Etemon Gabumon Kimeramon MegaSeadramon MetalEtemon MetalSeadramon Myotismon |
Ogremon Omnimon Patamon Seadramon SkullGreymon Tyrannomon VenomMyotismon |
| Disney's Aladdin (8 Listings) Beginning with the Disney animated film Aladdin (1992), and continuing through the direct-to-video The Return of Jafar (1994), the syndicated and CBS animated series (1994-1996), and the final direct-to-video film Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996). This was revealed to be in the same universe as Disney's Hercules in the episode "Hercules and the Arabian Night." This does not include the Disney Comics series Return of Aladdin, the Disney Adventures comic strips, or Marvel's Disney's Aladdin comic as canon. |
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| Imp
(5) Jafar Mechanicles Mood Stones Nefir Hassenuf |
Scooter
(2) Shamash (2) Xerxes |
| Disney's
Hercules (6 Listings) Includes the Disney animated film Hercules (1997), and the syndicated and ABC animated series (1998-1999). This was revealed to be in the same universe as Disney's Aladdin in the episode "Hercules and the Arabian Night." This does not include the few Disney Adventures comic strips. |
| Chronos
Stone (3) Hera (5) Icarus (2) Imp (3) Jafar Zeus (5) |
| Disney's The
Jungle Book (1 Listing) Disney animated film, released in 1967, based on the works of Rudyard Kipling. This does not include the syndicated Jungle Cubs series, although it does include the 2003 direct-to-video feature Jungle Book 2. The animated series TaleSpin shared a few character concepts with these films, although the continuities are quite different. |
| Bagheera |
| Disney's
Sleeping Beauty (1 Listing) Disney animated film based on the classic fairy tale, released in 1959. |
| Maleficent |
| Don't Look Under
The Bed (1 Listing) 1999 TV-movie released on the Disney Channel. |
| Boogeyman (2) |
| Dracula (2
Listings) Classic horror novel written by Bram Stoker and released in 1897, it has been adapted numerous times as stage plays, films, and comic books. |
| Dracula
(2) Harker, Jonathan (1) |
| Dragon Ball (64 Listings) Popular Japanese manga (1984-1995) which was adapted into a pair of even more popular animated series ( Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z). It spun off 16 animated films (3 for Dragon Ball and 13 for Dragon Ball Z), three television specials, a direct-to-video movie, video games, and a sequel series, Dragon Ball GT. Dragon Ball Z originally aired in American syndication from 1996-1997, and was dropped for a year before Cartoon Network picked it up and began dubbing new episodes, airing them from 1999 to 2003. Dragon Ball began airing on Cartoon Network in 2001, and is ongoing. (A previous dub had been released direct to video.) Dragon Ball GT only began airing in 2003, and is also ongoing. One of the Dragon Ball films, eight of the Dragon Ball Z films, and two of the television specials are all available on video. Dragon Ball is in the same universe as another series from creator Akira Toriyama, Dr. Slump. |
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| Android 18 Android 19 Arlia Artificial 17 Bibidi Big Bang Attack Black Water Mist Brute Waves Burning Attack Cell Cell Games Cell Juniors Cultivars Freeza Freezer (2) Frieza Furiza Fusion Dance Ginyu Force Ginyu Tokusentai Gohan (1, 2) Goku |
Guldo Hell's Flash Hercule HFIL Hyperbolic Time Chamber Icarus (3) Jeice Kai Earrings Kaio-Ken Kakarot Kakarotto Kanass Kanassa Kibito King Cold Krillin Kuririn Lookout, The Mr. Satan Oolong Other World Tournament Potara Earrings |
Raditz Recoome Room of Spirit and Time Saibamen Saiyans Satan, Hercule Senzu Bean Son Gokou Son Goku Super Saiyan 1 Level 3 Super Saiyan 2 Super Saiyan 3 Super Saiyan 4 Tartans Ultimate Super Saiyan Ultimate Super Saiyan Stage 3 Ultra Saiyan Ultra Super Saiyan Yamcha Z Warriors |
| Dragon Warrior
(2 Listings) Video game series beginning with Dragon Warrior for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989. |
| Dragonlord
(1) Drakee |
| DuckTales/Darkwing Duck (12 Listings) Began with the syndicated DuckTales series, which ran from 1987 to 1990, continued through the animated movie DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) and the ABC and syndicated Darkwing Duck series (1991-1993). The DuckTales series was largely based on the classic Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks, while Darkwing Duck satirized superheroes. This does not include the Gladstone or Disney Comics DuckTales series, or the comic strips of DuckTales and Darkwing Duck in Disney Adventures. Currently, the series Quack Pack is being treated as separate from this, as the adventure themes are largely gone and it has no literal links to the older series. |
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| Canardium Eye of Quackzecoatl F.O.W.L. Friendly Four |
Glomgold,
Flintheart Gooney Golf Liquidator (2) Negaduck | Negatron
Posiduck Tron-Splitter Waddlemeyer Ramrod |
| Dune (Movie) (1
Listing) Film adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel, released in 1984. This should not be confused with the more recent Sci-Fi Channel mini-series. |
| Weirding Way, The |
| Dungeons and
Dragons (Cartoon) (3 Listings) Animated series that aired from 1983-1986, based on the popular role-playing game. The series was re-aired by Fox Kids in 2000 to coincide with the release of the film. |
| Shadow
Demon (1) Tiamat (2) Venger |
| Earthbound (1
Listing) Role-playing video game released for the Super NES in 1995. |
| Ness |
| Earthworm Jim (3
Listings) Satiric animated series that aired in syndication from 1995-1997, based on the series of video games. |
| Evil
the Cat Orb of Quite Remarkable Power Sword of Righteousness |
| Elfquest (5
Listings) Independent fantasy comic book created by Richard and Wendy Pini and produced by their company, Warp Graphics, since 1978. Elfquest has been distributed by a variety of publishers, and has gained quite a following. |
| Dewshine
Leetah One-Eye Recognition Winnowill |
| Everquest (1 Listing) Popular online multi-player computer fantasy role-playing game released by Sony Online Entertainment in 1996. Numerous expansions have been released in the years since, as well as stand-alone video games for the Playstation 2 and a print role-playing game from Sword and Sorcery Studios. |
| Crushbone |
| Evil Dead/Army
of Darkness (5 Listings) Series of cult-favorite horror/comedy films created by Sam Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell, beginning with The Evil Dead in 1981, continuing through Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn in 1987, and concluding with Army of Darkness in 1993. A video game, Evil Dead: Hail to the King, was released in 2000 for the Playstation, followed by a sequel, Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, in 2003. |
| Dark
Spirit, The Deadite Necronomicon (2) Necronomicon ex Mortis S-Mart |
| Exo-Squad (10
Listings) Animated series aired in syndication from 1993-1995, based on the Playmates toy line and designed to emulate the complex style found in certain Japanese animated series. The toy line crossed over with Robotech in 1995, and there are rumors that the same was intended for the series. |
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| Chaos
(4) Livia (2) Neo Lords Neosapien Neosapien Empire | Phaeton City Pirate Clans (1) Thrax (1) Tyree, Nick Winfield, Admiral |
| Faxanadu (1
Listing) Fantasy-based video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989. |
| Evil One, The (1) |
| Final Fantasy
(All) (1 Listing) Arguably the best-known line of video role-playing games, beginning with Final Fantasy (1990) for the NES and continuing through Final Fantasy XI (2003) for the Playstation 2, as well as numerous spin-off games. However, very few of the games are connected, most taking place in their own unique fantasy universes. |
| Imp (4) |
| Final Fantasy 1
(2 Listings) The original Final Fantasy game, released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. |
| Imp
(4) Tiamat (4) |
| Final Fantasy 6
(Final Fantasy 3 US) (2 Listings) Although this was the sixth Final Fantasy game in Japan, it was released for the Super NES in America as the third game in the series in 1994 (FF3, FF4, and FF5 not being released here). Final Fantasy 6 was the last of the main series to be released on a Nintendo system, although it was re-released as Final Fantasy VI for the Playstation. |
| Imp
(4) Kefka |
| Final Fantasy 8
(2 Listings) Sequel to Final Fantasy 7, which vastly improved on the excellent graphics and gameplay of its predecessor. Released for the Playstation in 1999. |
| Imp
(4) Garden (2) |
| Final Fantasy
Legend 1 (2 Listings) Spin-off of the Final Fantasy series, released for the Nintendo Game Boy in (apparently) 1989. |
| Imp
(4) Tiamat (5) |
| Gargoyles (37 Listings) Disney animated series which ran in syndication from 1994-1996, and was then replaced by Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles on ABC (1996-1997). A major departure from the other Disney animated series, Gargoyles is serious and mature, occasionally even dark, with a complex storyline that grew with each episode. As per the wishes of series creator Greg Weisman, only the first episode of the Goliath Chronicles, "The Journey," is considered canon for the main series. This does not include the Marvel Comic, the comic strips in Disney Adventures, or the unofficial Gargoyles Saga fan series. A live-action film has been rumored since 1996, and although no progress has been made, Touchstone Pictures is still trying to make it. |
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| Archmage's
Lair Captain of the Guard Clone Clan Cyberbiotics Demona Fang Fulfillment Spell Gabriel (2) Grey Goo Scenario Grimorum Arcanorum Hakon Hollywood (3) Jackal (2) |
Labyrinth
(3) Leo (3) Luna (4) Maza, Derek Maza, Elisa Medici Tablet Mind-Cleansing Mutate (3) New Olympus (2) Nightstone Unlimited Nokkar Oberati Ophelia (2) |
Proteus
(5) Quarrymen, The Space-Spawn Spell of Humility Talon (2) Thailog Shock Troops Titania (5) Weird Sisters (2) Will o'Wisp (4) Xanatos, Petros Xanatos Enterprises |
| Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (37 Listings) Spin-off series of Gargoyles which aired on ABC from 1996-1997. With the exception of the first episode, "The Journey," the show suffered from a shift in creative direction (among other factors). The latter 12 episodes of the series are not considered canon by series creator Greg Weisman and many fans. |
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| Archmage's
Lair Captain of the Guard Clone Clan Cyberbiotics Demona Fang Fulfillment Spell Gabriel (2) Grey Goo Scenario Grimorum Arcanorum Hakon Hollywood (3) Jackal (2) |
Labyrinth
(3) Leo (3) Luna (4) Maza, Derek Maza, Elisa Medici Tablet Mind-Cleansing Mutate (3) New Olympus (2) Nightstone Unlimited Nokkar Oberati Ophelia (2) |
Proteus
(5) Quarrymen, The Space-Spawn Spell of Humility Talon (2) Thailog Shock Troops Titania (5) Weird Sisters (2) Will o'Wisp (4) Xanatos, Petros Xanatos Enterprises |
| GoBots (8 Listings) Toy line that spawned a successful animated series, Challenge of the GoBots, that ran from 1984 to 1985. A spin-off line, the Rock Lords, led to an animated film, GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, released in 1986. |
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| Astrobeam
Blaster (4) Braxis, Dr. Cy-Kill Fitor |
GoBotron Herr Fiend Scooter (1) |
| G.I. Joe (All)
(4 Listings) Series deriving from the original G.I. Joe figures released in the 1960s, which evolved into a line of smaller action figures released in the 1980s to 1990s. (Currently, both the original doll-size figures and the smaller action figures are being produced.) The main commonality between the various media versions of G.I. Joe is a conflict between the heroic G.I. Joe and the terrorist organization COBRA. |
| Air
Chariot Destro Serpentor Shockwave (5) |
| G.I. Joe (Comic)
(4 Listings) Began with the long-running Marvel Comics series (1982-1994) and its spin-off titles, G.I. Joe Special Missions and G.I. Joe European Missions (which reprinted Marvel UK's Action Force). The mini-series G.I. Joe and the Transformers established that the Marvel Comics of G.I. Joe and Transformers were in the same universe, reinforced by Transformer appearances in G.I. Joe #138-142 and Joe appearances in Transformers: Generation 2. Devil's Due Productions, then operating as an imprint of Image Comics, began publishing a new G.I. Joe comic in 2001, which has shown many ties to the previous series. G.I. Joe in 3D, a comic published by Blackthorne Productions between 1987 and 1989, is of questionable canonicity, and the Image Comics mini-series G.I. Joe vs. Transformers (2003-2004) is set in an alternate universe. |
| Air
Chariot Destro (2) Serpentor (2) Shockwave (5) |
| G.I. Joe
(Series) (4 Listings) Animated series based on the toy line, airing in syndication from 1983 to 1987, which also spawned a TV movie, G.I. Joe the Movie, in 1987. It was shown to share the same universe as Transformers in that series' episode "Only Human." A second, sequel series began in 1989 with the miniseries Operation: Dragonfire, and continued until 1992; however, it is not considered canon. |
| Air
Chariot Destro (1) Pythona Serpentor (1) |
| Godzilla (Showa)
(12 Listings) The "Showa" era of Godzilla films (named for the emperor reigning at the time the series began) runs from Godzilla (1954) to Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975). It is characterized by an increasing heroic Godzilla and numerous alien invasions. The Showa era films are those most familiar to American audiences. |
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| Anguirus
(1) Gigan (1) Hedorah (1) Jet-Jaguar | Kilaaks
Kumonga Megalon (1) Mu (5) |
Red Bamboo Spigas Varan (1) Xians |
| Godzilla (Heisei)
(2 Listings) The "Heisei" era of Godzilla films (name for the current emperor as well) begins with Godzilla 1985 (1985), a direct sequel to the original Godzilla in 1954, and continues through Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995), featuring the death of Godzilla. The era is characterized by (generally) more serious plots and a much more destructive, anti-heroic Godzilla. Most of the films of the Heisei era were not readily shown in the United States, due to perceived anti-Western sentiment in 1991's Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, and found their way into wide release only in the late 1990s. |
| Godzillasaurus Shiragami, Erika |
| Godzilla (Millennium)
(2 Listings) The "Millennium" series is a loosely-connected ongoing series of Godzilla films beginning with Godzilla 2000 in 1999. Each film since seems to be set in a slightly different continuity, including Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000), Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), Godzilla X. Mechagodzilla (2002), and Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003). All begin with the original 1954 film, then take different paths from that point. |
| Guardian Monsters Orga (1) |
| Godzilla
(Novels) (5 Listings) Series of novels written by Marc Cerasini and released around the time of the American Godzilla film in 1998. Following the 1954 film, they take a path echoing both the Showa and Heisei eras. The novels are Godzilla Returns, Godzilla 2000, Godzilla at World's End, and Godzilla vs. the Robot Monsters. |
| Anguirus
(2) Gigan (2) Hedorah (2) Megalon (2) Varan (2) |
| Great
Expectations (1 Listing) Novel by Charles Dickens originally published in installments in the magazine All the Year Round from 1860-1861. |
| Pip (1) |
| Gremlins (4
Listings) Pair of darkly humorous films directed by Joe Dante: Gremlins in 1984 and Gremlins 2: The New Batch in 1990. |
| Gremlin
(4) Mr. Glasses Mohawk (3) Stripe (1) |
| Gulliver's Travels (1
Listing) Famous political satire/fantasyl novel by Jonathan Swift published in 1726. |
| Brobdingnag |
| Gundam (All) (2
Listings) Long-running Japanese animated franchise focusing on wars fought by humans using gigantic robot battlesuits. The franchise began with Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) and has continued through Gundam Seed (2002), with numerous sequel series, films, and spin-offs (including "alternate universe" series, video games, amusement park rides, manga, and more). The Gundam phenomenon only recently entered the U.S. mainstream with the release of Gundam Wing on the Cartoon Network in 2000. |
| Gundam
(1) Gundanium |
| Gundam
(G-Gundam) (5 Listings) Gundam series aired in Japan in 1994, and released to the U.S. Cartoon Network in 2002, featuring a tournament for control of the Earth fought with giant "mobile fighter" robots. |
| DG
Cells Gundam (1) Gundanium King of Hearts (3) Rising Gundam |
| Gundam
(Universal Century) (4 Listings) The main universe of the Gundam franchise, featured in Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), Z Gundam (1985), ZZ Gundam (1986), Char's Counterattack (1988), Gundam 0080 (1989), Gundam 0083 (1991), Gundam F91 (1991), Victory Gundam (1993), The 08th MS Team (1996), and most recently the live-action G-Savior (2000). |
| Gundam
(1, 2) Gundanium Principality of Zeon Republic of Zeon |
| Gundam Wing (10 Listings) One of the most popular Gundam series, and the one that introduced the franchise to American audiences when it first aired on the Cartoon Network in 2000. Originally released in Japan in 1995, Gundam Wing retells the themes of the original Mobile Suit Gundam with a few new twists. Followed by a direct-to-video trilogy, Endless Waltz (1997 (Japan); 2001 (U.S.)), and several manga series. |
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| After
Colony Altron Gundam (1) Gundanium Leo (4) |
Mercurius
Mobile Doll Vayeate Winner, Quatre Reberba Zero System |
| He-Man/She-Ra (2
Listings) One of the iconic animated series of the 80s, this pair of syndicated series- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985) and She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985-1986)- were based on the popular Mattel toy line. There was also a series of DC Comics inserts and a Marvel comic published under their Star Comics imprint, which had slightly different continuities from the show. A live-action film, Masters of the Universe, was released in 1987, which also had a different continuity. The original animated series was continued by the syndicated The New Adventures of He-Man (1989-1990). Most recently, a revived and revised version of Masters of the Universe has been aired on Cartoon Network since 2002, along with a new comic book series. |
| Cringer
Horde, The (1) |
| Hercules/Xena (9 Listings) A pair of series created by Sam Raimi for syndication, which grew out of a series of TV movies: Hercules and the Amazon Women, Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, Hercules and the Circle of Fire, Hercules in the Underworld, and Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur, all released in 1994. The success of these TV-films led to a series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, which aired from early 1995 to 1999. A spin-off, Xena: Warrior Princess, soon eclipsed the original series in popularity, running from late 1995 to 2001. A non-canon direct-to-video animated film, Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus was released in 1998. Another spin-off, Young Hercules, aired for a short time on Fox Kids in 1998 after a successful syndicated TV-movie pilot. There were also several comic book series produced by Topps Comics. |
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| Chronos
Stone (1) Hera (4) Horde, The (2) Jet Joxer the Mighty |
Necronomicon
(4) Pandora's Box (2) Proteus (6) Zeus (4) |
| Hercules/Xena
Animated (3 Listings) The direct-to-video animated film Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus was released in 1998. Hercules, Iolaus, Xena, and Gabrielle join forces to stop Hera's plan to free the Titans and conquer the universe. Despite having nearly the entire casts of the two live-action series, the plot and animation failed to garner much success. |
| Chronos
Stone (2) Hera (4) Joxer the Mighty |
| Image (1 Listing) One of the most influential comic book companies of the modern era, Image Comics was a creator-owned company that consisted of six smaller studios- Jim Lee's Wildstorm, Rob Liefeld's Extreme, Mark Silvestri's Top Cow, Todd McFarlane Productions, and two others owned by Jim Valentino and Erik Larsen. They were originally distributed by Malibu Comics, then went fully on their own. Image Comics produced some of the best-selling comic books of the 1990s, including WildC.A.T.S., Stormwatch, Youngblood, Cyber Force, Spawn, Witchblade, The Savage Dragon, The Maxx, and more. They even collaborated with Marvel Comics in the short-lived Heroes Reborn event, with Wildstorm taking on Iron Man and Fantastic Four and Extreme taking on Captain America and Avengers. However, internal pressures led to the fractionalizing of the company, so that first Extreme Studios, and later Wildstorm, broke off to form their own fully independent companies. (This was represented in comic books by Kurt Busiek's Shattered Image mini-series.) Image Comics now produces a handful of core titles, along with numerous licensed titles. |
| Omniverse |
| Infra-Man (2
Listings) Hong Kong giant-monster film released in 1975, featuring the heroic Infra-Man's battles against the forces of the evil Princess Dragon Mom. |
| Infra-Man Science Central |
| Inhumanoids (1
Listing) Short-lived animated series (1986-1987) based on the toy line, featuring a band of armored heroes battling against vaguely Cthulhu Mythos-esque ancient monsters. A Marvel comic, adapting the first few episodes, was also released. |
| Liquidator (1) |
| James Bond (4
Listings) British super-spy created by Ian Fleming, the focus of a long-running series of novels beginning with Casino Royale (1953) and continuing to the present day under other authors. The character became even more famous with the long-running series of films, particularly with Sean Connery's iconic performance in Dr. No (1962) and continuing through 2002's Die Another Day starring Pierce Brosnan. |
| Janus
(2) Jaws (1) Oddjob R |
| James Bond Jr.
(2 Listings) Syndicated animated series running 1991 to 1992 featuring the adventures of James Bond's nephew and his friends (who happen to be related to Q and Moneypenny). |
| Jaws
(1) Oddjob |
| Jonny Quest (2
Listings) Begins with the original Hanna-Barbera animated series (1964-1965), continuing through a revived series in 1986-1987 and the TV-movie Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects (1995) which introduced new character Jessie Bannon. The universe was most recently seen in the TNT/TBS/Cartoon Network series The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996-1997). There was also a comic book based on the original from Comico, and a more recent one based on The Real Adventures from Dark Horse Comics. |
| Book
of
Rage, The Zinja |
| The Journeyman
Project (2 Listings) Series of time-travel-based computer games beginning with The Journeyman Project (1992), continuing through Buried in Time: The Journeyman Project 2 (1995), and concluding with Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (1998). |
| Journeyman
Temporal Security Agency |
| Jumanji (Movie)
(1 Listing) 1995 film based on the children's book by Chris van Allsburg, starring Robin Williams, featuring a dark and mystical jungle-based board game that can change reality. |
| Jumanji |
| Jumanji (Series)
(1 Listing) 1996 animated series, aired on UPN, based conceptually on the 1995 film. |
| Jumanji |
| The Jungle Book
(1 Listing) 1894 serialized novel written by Rudyard Kipling, focusing on the wild boy Mowgli and his adventures among the animals of the Indian jungle. Made into numerous films, comic books, and other adaptations. |
| Bagheera |
| Kirby (2
Listings) Series of video games released by Nintendo, beginning with Kirby's Dream Land (1992, Game Boy) and continuing through 2003's Kirby Air Ride for the Gamecube. |
| Fanto
Nightmare (3) |
| Labyrinth (2
Listings) Dark 1986 fantasy film, starring David Bowie, about a teenage girl who must complete a bizarre otherdimensional maze to save her baby brother from the Goblin King. |
| Labyrinth
(4) Worm (3) |
| League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Comic) (3
Listings) Acclaimed comic book from America's Best Comics (an imprint of Wildstorm) by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. Derived from the concepts of the Wold-Newton Universe (see below), it features an alternate Victorian era where the heroes of literary fiction are real, and a group of them has been assembled by the British Secret Service to deal with extraordinary threats. Two mini-series have been produced so far, with a third pending. |
| Bond, Campion Brobdingnag League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (1) |
| League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) (1
Listing) 2003 film starring Sean Connery, based loosely on the Alan Moore comic book. |
| The Legend of Zelda (8 Listings) Long-running adventure video game series on the various Nintendo systems, from The Legend of Zelda (1986, Nintendo Entertainment System) to the recent Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002, Gamecube). Also inspired a comic book from Valiant, a manga series serialized in Nintendo Power (based on the Super NES game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past), and an animated series that was part of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, all of which are different continuities. |
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| Ganon
(1) Gibdo Goriya Ironknuckle (1) Link (1, 2, 3) |
Triforce
of
Courage Triforce of Power Triforce of Wisdom |
| The Legend of Zelda (Animated) (8 Listings) A weekly series of animated shorts that were part of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show (1989-1990), and later reshown as part of Club Mario and Captain N and the Video Game Masters, based on the first two Zelda games ( The Legend of Zelda and Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link). Revealed to share the same continuity as Captain N in the Captain N episode "Quest for the Potion of Power," and these versions of the Zelda characters made several further appearances on that series. |
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| Ganon
(2) Gibdo Goriya Ironknuckle (2) Link (4) |
Triforce
of
Courage Triforce of Power Triforce of Wisdom |
| Lois & Clark
(2 Listings) Prime-time live-action series based on the Superman mythos, which aired on ABC from 1993-1997 and starred Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. It emphasized romance and drama over superheroism. |
| Kryptonite
(4) Superman (7) |
| Lord of the Rings (30 Listings) One of the most influential works of fantasy in the 20th century, the Lord of the Rings comprises numerous literary works by British author J.R.R. Tolkien set in the world of Middle-Earth. The universe comprises the original The Hobbit, the three core novels (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King), and numerous short stories and incomplete works collected in anthologies such as the Book of Lost Tales series. The novels were adapted as animated films (The Hobbit (1977), The Lord of the Rings (1978), and The Return of the King (1980)), radio plays, video games, role-playing games, and most recently, a trilogy of live-action films (2001-2003) directed by Peter Jackson. |
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| Annatar Barad-dur Black Riders, The Boromir Castamir Cracks of Doom Eye of Sauron Flies of Mordor Gollum Gothnaur |
Hobbits Lorien (1) Lothlorien Minas Ithil Minas Morgul Mordor Narsil Nazgul Palantir Rings of Power |
Ringwraiths Sammath Naur Saruman Sauron (1) Sharkey Shelob Shire, The Smeagol Witch-King of Angmar Worm (2) |
| Mad Max (1
Listing) A trilogy of post-apocalyptic films starring Mel Gibson: Mad Max (1979), The Road Warrior (1981), and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). |
| Humungus, The |
| The Man From
U.N.C.L.E. (11 Listings) Iconic spy-action show airing for four seasons (1964-1969) featuring secret agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin's efforts to stop the evil organization THRUSH from taking over the world. The show initially took on a straight but witty tone, that rapidly became out-and-out campy to match the success of Batman. The final fourth season was far more serious, even more so than the original, but failed to save the show. Led to a short-lived spin-off series, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966-1967), and sequelled by a TV-movie, Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E., in 1983. Rumors have gone around about a remake film in production, but little is known of it at this time. |
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| Channel D Count Zark Hemingway, Mr. Kittridge, Kitt Morton, Brian Raleigh, Sir John | Satine Slate, Mark T.H.R.U.S.H. U.N.C.L.E. Waverly, Alexander |
| Marvel (82 Listings) One of the best-known comic book companies in the world, Marvel Comics began as Timely Comics in 1939, producing Motion Picture Funnies Weekly and introducing the Sub-Mariner. Later that year, Marvel Comics #1, featuring the original Human Torch, was released, and numerous other heroes, such as Captain America, emerged over the next few years. Marvel became Atlas in the 1950s, shifting away from superheroes to romance, horror/monster, and western comics. In 1961, however, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made a shot at superheroes again, inspired by the recent character revivals at competitor DC Comics. The Fantastic Four was born, and soon many new heroes were introduced, including Iron Man, the Mighty Thor, the Incredible Hulk, the Amazing Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many more. Marvel's mix of action with humanized, even troubled characters made them very appealing to young people, particularly teenagers. Marvel is now one of the top two comic book companies, its characters spun off into animated series, video games, and most recently, a series of popular live-action films (beginning with 2000's X-Men). |
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| Abyss (6) Age of Apocalypse Alhazred, Abdul (2) Alpha (2, 3) Asmodeus (4, 5, 6, 7) Bancroft, Bruce Captain Airstrip-One Captain Albion Colonel Tusker Darkhawk Dracula (3) Earth-616 Elder Gods (2) Entity, The Eternity Fantastic Five (1, 2) Fantasticar Gestalt (2) Godlike Ones Green Goblin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Gremlin (3) Hellfire Club Hera (2) Horde (3) Infinity Gems Infinity War Inner Circle Jackal (1) |
Jester
(3) Krakoa Lady Burning Fish Law Enforcement Squad Lemuria (2) Leo (2) Limbo (2, 3, 4) Limbo-Belasco Limbo-Rom Living Tribunal Lord Chaos (1) Luna (5) Lycanthrope Maddicks, Artie Magneto (1) Master, The (2) Master Order Mind Gem Mistress Death Mutate (2) Nightmare (1) Number One (4) Overmind (1) Pip the Troll Power Fist Proteus (2, 3) Quicksilver (3) Rama-Tut |
Sauron
(2) Sorcerer Supreme Soul Gem Soul World Super-Adaptoid (1) Techno-Wizards Technovore Time Gem Titania (3, 4) Tom Rosetta Ultron-13 U.N.I.T. Vampire Vibrational Attunement X-Man (1, 2) X-Terminators Xenos (2) X.S.E. Xuthl Yellow Claw Yellowjacket Zabu Zenn-La (1) Zenn-Lavian (1, 2) Zeus (2) Zzzax (1) |
| Marvel (Earth-S)
(1 Listing) Universe of the Squadron Supreme, a team of homages to the DC superheroes, and a popular area of focus for the late Marvel writer and editor Mark Gruenwald. Squadron Supreme was the main title featuring this universe, although the characters have appeared in other titles like Avengers, Defenders, and Quasar. |
| Nuke (2) |
| Marvel (Heroes Reborn)
(1 Listing) Revised version of the Marvel Universe, produced by the Wildstorm and Extreme Studios branches of Image Comics from 1996 to 1997. Its four titles were Avengers, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Iron Man. The saga concluded with a crossover with the Wildstorm universe. A sequel series of titles in 2000 returned to the universe, sans its main heroes, with seven titles: Heroes Reborn: Ashema, Heroes Reborn: Doom, Heroes Reborn: Doomsday, Heroes Reborn: Masters of Evil, Heroes Reborn: Rebel, Heroes Reborn: Remnants, and Heroes Reborn: Young Allies. |
| Super-Adaptoid (3) |
| Marvel 2 (2
Listings) Line of Marvel comics led by the title Spider-Girl, and formerly including Fantastic Five, J2, and A-Next. Set in the Marvel Universe of the near future, it deals with a new generation of heroes and villains taking over from the old. |
| Fantastic Five (3) Green Goblin (6) |
| Marvel 3000 (9 Listings) Line of Marvel comics focusing on the title Guardians of the Galaxy, focusing on the Marvel Universe of an alternate 31st century. |
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| Eternity
Hollywood (2) Living Tribunal Lord Chaos (1) Master Order |
Sorcerer
Supreme Stark, The Talon (3) Ubiquitor Yellowjacket (2) |
| Marvel Animated (14 Listings) A line of inter-connected Marvel Comics-based animated series airing throughout the 1990s, including X-Men, Marvel Action Hour (featuring Fantastic Four and Iron Man), Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Silver Surfer. This does not include any series before X-Men (such as Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends) or any after Silver Surfer (such as Spider-Man Unlimited, Avengers, or X-Men Evolution). Most of these series had comic books based on them, which eventually developed into their own continuity. |
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| Fantasticar
Green Goblin (7, 8) Hellfire Club Inner Circle Magneto (2) |
Pip
the Troll Proteus (4) Quicksilver (3) Sauron (2) Super-Adaptoid (2) |
Zabu Zenn-La (2) Zenn-Lavian (1, 2) Zzzax (2) |
| The Mask (Movie)
(1 Listing) 1994 film based on the Dark Horse comics, starring Jim Carrey. The films were noticeably less violent than the comics they were based on. An animated series was produced, airing 1995-1996, which is not canon for the film. A sequel, The Mask is Back, is due out in 2004. |
| Edge City |
| Mega Man (Games)
(5 Listings) Long-running series of video games that began with Mega Man (1987) for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and continued through 1997's Mega Man 8 for the Playstation. The X, Legends, and Battle Network series all take place in different continuities from these games, which have a lighter and more superheroic tone. |
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Break
Man |
| Mega Man
(Series) (1 Listing) Animated series aired in syndication from 1995-1996, based on the video game series. One episode featured Mega Man X. |
| Guts Man (3) |
| Mega Man X (3
Listings) Spin-off series of video games from the main Mega Man series, apparently taking place in the future of the original games. Beginning with Mega Man X (Super NES, 1993), the series is ongoing, with Mega Man X7 released for the Playstation 2 in 2003. A spin-off series, Mega Man Zero, focuses on the character Zero, 100 years after the original X games. The X games are progressively darker in tone than the original Mega Man games. |
| Maverick
Hunters Vile X-Hunters |
| Men In Black
(All) Variety of different universes deriving from the original Malibu comic, all focusing on a secret pseudo-government organization devoted to suppressing paranormal activity on Earth. |
| Men
In Black (2, 4, 6, 7) |
| Men In Black
(Game) (3 Listing) 1997 computer game based on the popular film. |
| Men
In Black (6) Noisy Cricket X, Agent |
| Men In Black
(Movie) (2 Listings) Blockbuster 1997 film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as agents of a secret organization devoted to keeping the peace between humans and a secret extraterrestrial population on the planet. Spun off an animated series (set in a slightly different continuity), Men in Black: The Series, a series of novels, a role-playing game, and a sequel, Men in Black II, in 2002. A third film is said to be in production. |
| Men
In Black (4) Noisy Cricket |
| Men In Black
(Malibu Comic) (1 Listing) Black-and-white comic book, beginning in 1992, featuring a pair of agents of an organization whose job is to conceal supernatural activity from the general public. The comic was adapted into the film Men in Black in 1997, although the particulars had changed quite a bit. |
| Men In Black (2) |
| Men In Black
(Marvel Comic) (1 Listing) Comic book published by Marvel that combined elements of the film and original Malibu continuities. |
| Men In Black (7) |
| Men In Black
(Series) (5 Listings) Animated series based on the popular 1997 film, which ran on Kids WB from 1997-2001. The show deviated from the film in that Agent Kay remained active (although one of the Marvel comics bridged this gap), and the character of Agent Elle was somewhat different as well. The show went along its own path through its four seasons. |
| Alpha
(1) Baltians Edwin Men In Black (5) Noisy Cricket |
| Metal Gear (1
Listing) Video game series that began with the Nintendo Entertainment System game Metal Gear (1987) and its sequel Snake's Revenge: Metal Gear II (1990). The series was revived with the Playstation game Metal Gear Solid in 1998, and has continued since then on the Playstation systems. |
| Liquid Snake |
| Mighty Max (11 Listings) Syndicated animated series based on the toy line, which ran from 1993 to 1995. The series added a fair amount of depth to the fairly thin backstory of the toys. |
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| Blood of the Dragon Capbearer Demon of Violence Doom Dragon |
Lemuria
(3) Lemurian Arcana Skullmaster Spike (1) |
Talon
(1) Warmonger Zygote, Dr. |
| Monster Rancher
(All) Group of universes centered around monsters trained for battle which are forged from spinning discs. |
| Worm (4) |
| Monster Rancher
(Series) Animated series based on the video games, which aired in syndication from 1999 to 2000, and on Fox Family Channel from 2000-2002. |
| Mu
(4) Worm (4) |
| Monster Rancher
(Video Game) Video game series that began with Monster Rancher for the Playstation in 1997. Interest was revitalized in the game in the aftermath of the Pokémon craze, leading to sequel games and an animated series. |
| Gabriel
(3) Worm (4) |
| Mortal Kombat
(All) Franchise popular in the 1990s based on a series of arcade fighting video games, which led to films and animated and live-action series. |
| Jax |
| Neon Genesis
Evangelion (2 Listings) Influential Japanese animated series which aired from 1995 to 1996, garnering much attention with its mix of graphic violence and complex philosophical concepts. Its final two episodes were re-edited into films, Death and Rebirth and End of Evangelion, and a manga was also created based on the show. |
| Evangelion
Kensuke |
| Outer Limits
(2nd Series) (1 Listing) Remake of the classic series with improved special effects and more mature content which aired on Showtime from 1994 to 2002. Unlike the original series, many of the episodes have been tied together into a semi-coherent continuity by various flashback-based episodes. |
| Introns (3) |
| Oz (5 Listings) Fantasy world created by L. Frank Baum, beginning with the 1900 book The Wizard of Oz, and continuing through 13 more books by Baum, 18 by Ruth Plumly Thompson, three by John R. Neill, two by Jack Snow, one by Rachel Cosgrove, and a final book, The Merry-Go-Round of Oz (1963) by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw Wagner. Assorted short stories by Baum and others have also been written. Of these, the original 14 books by Baum are the ones considered most official, with the others more questionable. Numerous stage plays, films, animated series, and comic books have been based on the Oz universe, most notably the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, 1978's The Wiz, and 1985's darker Return to Oz. |
| Deadly
Desert Nomes Toto Wheelers Yellow Brick Road |
| Pokémon (All) (25 Listings) Series derived originally from the video games, all of which focus on trainers who teach evolving creatures to battle one another. |
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| Abra
Chansey Dugtrio Eevee Ekans Elekid Farfetch'd Flareon Gengar |
Haunter
Ivysaur Jolteon Kadabra Nidoking Pallet Town Poké Ball Pokémon Pokémon League |
Raichu
Rhyhorn Starmie Team Rocket Thunder Stone Voltorb Weedle |
| Pokémon (Card Game) (25 Listings) The Pokémon Collectible Card Game touched off a whole new craze for CCGs after its release in 1996 (Japan) and 1998 (U.S.). It has a few differences from the other versions of Pokémon, but is overall much the same. The Pokémon CCG was recently discontinued by its U.S. distributor, Wizards of the Coast. |
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| Abra
Chansey (1) Dugtrio Eevee Ekans Elekid Farfetch'd (1) Flareon Gengar |
Haunter
Ivysaur Jolteon Kadabra Nidoking Poké Ball Pokémon Pokémon League Porygon (2) |
Raichu
Rhyhorn Starmie Team Rocket Thunder Stone Voltorb Weedle |
| Pokémon (Series) (27 Listings) The Pokémon animated series was imported from Japan into syndication in 1998, but its popularity led to its being picked up quickly by Kids WB in 1999. The show has gone through several incarnations in Japan and the U.S. since, and several theatrical and direct-to-video films have also been released derived from it. The importation of these animated series is the event that began the introduction of Japanese animation for a more mainstream audience. |
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| Abra
Chansey Dugtrio Eevee Ekans Elekid Farfetch'd Flareon Gengar |
Haunter
Ivysaur Jolteon Kadabra Nidoking Pallet Town Poké Ball Pokémon Pokémon League |
Pokénip Porygon (2) Raichu Rhyhorn Starmie Team Rocket Thunder Stone Voltorb Weedle |
| Pokémon (Video Game) (28 Listings) The original three Pokémon games were released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Red, Blue, and Green for the Game Boy in 1996. Their popularity led to the release of the Red and Blue versions in the U.S. in 1998. Several further versions have been released in both countries since then, as well as a number of spin-off games. The Pokémon games' release to the U.S. was the event largely responsible for the revitalization of portable gaming systems. |
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| Abra
Agatha Chansey (1) Dugtrio Eevee Ekans Elekid Farfetch'd (1) Flareon Gengar |
Great
Ball Haunter Ivysaur Jolteon Kadabra Nidoking Pallet Town Poké Ball Pokémon Pokémon League |
Porygon
(1) Raichu Rhyhorn Starmie Team Rocket Thunder Stone Voltorb Weedle |
| Poltergeist: The
Legacy (1 Listing) Showtime series (1996-1999) with no relation to the Poltergeist films save in name, focusing on a secret society's efforts to battle the forces of supernatural evil. |
| Legacy, The |
| Power Rangers (4
Listings) Long-running live-action series based on Japanese sentai series, where uniformed and uniquely colored soldier-like superheroes battle giant monsters with giant robots. Created by Saban, the series integrates American actors with a vast library of stock sentai series footage to create a series that not only dominates kids' imaginations in the 1990s, but continues to endure today. The first series was Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1996), which alone spawned an original theatrical film (1995), and many others have followed since, from Power Rangers Zeo (1996-1997) to Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003- ). A sort-of spin-off, Masked Rider (actually based on a classic sentai franchise running since 1971), aired 1995-1996. Comic books have also been produced, although their canonicity is hard to determine. |
| Finster
Mega Dragonzord Putty Patrol Zords |
| The Prisoner (3
Listings) Cult-classic 1967 series focusing on an ex-secret agent's attempts to escape a surreal Village, whose masters are bent on breaking him to their will. |
| Number
One (3) Number Two (1) Number Six (1) |
| The Prisoner of
Zenda (1 Listing) 1894 novel by Anthony Hope, later made into a better-known 1937 film. |
| Zenda |
| Quest for Glory
(1 Listing) Role-playing computer game series beginning with 1989's Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero, and concluding with Quest for Glory V in 1997. |
| Will o'Wisp (3) |
| Quest for Glory
4 (1 Listing) Game in the Quest for Glory series released in 1993, with a distinctly more horrorific theme. |
| Titania (6) |
| Ranma (7 Listings) Popular Japanese manga series by Rumiko Takahashi, released as Ranma 1/2 in 1987 and continuing until 1996. It was adapted as an animated series, and a few films were also created based on it. |
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| Furikan
High Happosai Jusenkyo P-Chan Tendo, Akane |
Tendo,
Nabiki Ukyo |
| The Real Ghostbusters/Extreme Ghostbusters (12 Listings) Iconic 1980s phenomenon that began with the film Ghostbusters in 1984, which was followed by an animated series, The Real Ghostbusters, which ran in syndication and on ABC from 1986-1988. The show gained quite a following due to its high production values and intelligent writing, keeping the tongue-in-cheek style established in the film. In 1988, the show became Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters, capitalizing on the Ghostbusters' sidekick's popularity, but was back to being simply The Real Ghostbusters by the series' end in 1991. A second film, Ghostbusters II, was released in 1989. In 1997, a new syndicated animated series, Extreme Ghostbusters, attempted to revive the franchise, and despite its being produced by some of the same creators who worked on Men in Black - The Series, it was only marginally successful. A third Ghostbusters movie has been rumored for some time. Now Comics produced Real Ghostbusters and Slimer comics, but their continuity was slightly different. |
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| Bogeyman
(2) Count von Bluchenworten Cthulhu Ghost Trap |
Lochmoor's
Guide to the Lower Regions Mee-Krah Necronomicon (1) PKE Meter |
Tiamat
(3) Turlock Wereaardvark Werechicken |
| Reboot (4
Listings) Pioneering computer-animated series produced by the Canadian studio Mainframe Entertainment. First airing on ABC from 1994 to 1995, the series moved to syndication for its second season. The third season initially only aired in Canada, finally airing on the Cartoon Network in 1999. A fourth season was created partly at the behest of the Cartoon Network, which ran in 2001, concluding the series. |
| Glitch
(2) Mainframe (3) Null (4) Scuzzy |
| Redwall (3
Listings) Series of novels written by Brian Jacques, beginning with 1986's Redwall, and continuing to the present, with 2003's Loamhedge the most recent addition. Animated adaptations of the first three books were created for Canadian television and recently aired on PBS. |
| Asmodeus
(2) Guosim, The Vallug |
| Robotech (2
Listings) Animated series assembled by Harmony Gold from three Japanese animated series - Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada. Aired in syndication from 1985-1986, the intertwined stories contained enough complexity to create a fan following, leading to a failed attempt at an original series, Robotech II: The Sentinels in 1986. The universe was imbellished with a long-running series of novels, as well as a role-playing game produced by Palladium. Comico published a series of comic books in the 80s, and a new comic series has recently been started. |
| Biomechanical
(2) Genesis Pits |
| The Rocketeer
(Movie) (2 Listings) 1991 film based on the Dave Stevens comic books, which has no overt ties to the Wold-Newton Universe. |
| Rocketeer,
The Sinclair, Neville |
| Sailor Moon (1
Listings) Popular Japanese animated series aired in syndication in the U.S. (1994-1996), then taken up by the Cartoon Network (1998-2001), featuring a group of teenage girls who can transform into superheroic foes of invading alien and otherdimensional villains. Also includes a handful of animated films; based on the original manga. |
| Luna (3) |
| The Savage
Dragon (2 Listings) Animated series based on the Image comic book, which ran on USA Network from 1996-1997. It was significantly toned-down from the comic. |
| Horde
(4) Overlord (2) |
| Secret of
Evermore (1 Listing) Adventure video game released for the Super NES in 1995. |
| Thrax (2) |
| Seiken Densetsu
(Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret of
Mana
1, 2, Legend of Mana) (1 Listing) Japanese video game series that was transformed into various differently-named games in the U.S. |
| Mana Tree, The |
| Seiken Densetsu
3 (Secret of Mana 2) (1 Listing) Role-playing video game released for the Super Famicom in Japan in 1995. |
| Labyrinth (5) |
| Semic (16 Listings) French comic book company which, in addition to printing French editions of Marvel comics, developed its own stable of superheroic characters. A number were recently revived in the publication Fantask, and others were gathered together for the series The Strangers, which is being published in America by Image Comics. |
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| Alpha
(5) Aster Bolt, Archie Council of Five Fl@mbo Homicron (1, 2) |
Invariants
Mu (6) Phenix Photonik Stanley, Bob Thumb |
Time
Squad Wampus Zapo Zolt Zam |
| The Shadow
(Movie) (2 Listings) 1994 film starring Alec Baldwin adapting the classic pulp and radio vigilante. |
| Tulku
(2) Yin Ko |
| Shakespeare (7
Listings) Inarguably one of the most enduring influences on English language and literature, whose plays continue to touch audiences four centuries after their first presentations. |
| Bottom
Hamlet, King Hamlet, Prince Macbeth, Lady Ophelia (1) Titania (2) Weird Sisters (1) |
| Short Circuit (3
Listings) Pair of films featuring a military robot who develops a friendly artificial intelligence in a freak accident: Short Circuit (1986) and Short Circuit 2 (1988). |
| Johnny
Five Nova Laboratories Number Five (1) |
| Silence of the
Lambs/Hannibal (1 Listing) Trilogy of novels by Thomas Harris: Red Dragon (1981), The Silence of the Lambs (1988), and Hannibal (1999), which were also made into three successful films starring Anthony Hopkins. |
| Lecter,
Hannibal |
| Silverhawks (1
Listing) Syndicated animated series by the creators of Thundercats, based on the toy line, which ran from 1986 to 1987. A short-lived Marvel comic did little more than adapt a few episodes. |
| Limbo (6) |
| Skies of Arcadia
(1 Listing) Video game series beginning with Skies of Arcadia in 2000 for the now-defunct Sega Dreamcast. |
| Pirate Clans (2) |
| Slayers (1
Listing) Japanese animated fantasy series which premiered in Japan in 1995, and has since spawned several further series as well as direct-to-video and theatrical films. Slayers aired for a very short time on ABC Family Channel in 2002. |
| Xellos |
| Smallville (1
Listing) Live-action series on the WB which reinvents the Superman mythos by focusing on Clark Kent's growth from well-meaning but troubled teen to superhero. Began airing in 2001. |
| Kryptonite (6) |
| Sonic the
Hedgehog (All) (6 Listings) Set of universes centered around Sonic the Hedgehog's conflicts with the evil Dr. Robotnik and his plans to conquer the planet Mobius with machines. |
| Kintobor,
Dr. Prower, Miles "Tails" Roboticizer Sonic the Hedgehog Super Emeralds Tails |
| Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comic) (11 Listings) Long-running comic series, the last surviving title in the Archie Adventure Series line, based on the video game series. A spin-off title, Knuckles, ran for several years before being merged into the main title. |
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| Chaos
(5) Feist Jaws (3) Marvelous Queen, The |
Overlander Prower, Miles "Tails" Roboticizer Sonic the Hedgehog |
Stryker,
General Tails Zone of Silence |
| Sonic the Hedgehog (Games) (8 Listings) Series of video games that have been the flagship titles of Sega since Sonic the Hedgehog was released in 1991. Many games have been released since then, mostly for Sega systems, with Sonic Advance 2 for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2003. |
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| Chaos
(5) Jaws (2) Marvelous Queen, The Prower, Miles "Tails" Roboticizer |
Sonic
the
Hedgehog Super Emeralds Tails |
| Soulblazer (1
Listing) 1992 fantasy adventure video game released for the Super NES. |
| Jackal (3) |
| Spider-Man
(Movie) (1 Listing) 2002 film based on the Marvel comic book character, and directed by Sam Raimi. A sequel, Spider-Man 2, is due out in 2004. |
| Green Goblin (9) |
| Star Trek (57 Listings) Long-running science-fiction franchise that began with the original Star Trek (1966-1969), which was cancelled after being given two stays of execution due to fan response. The show gained even more of a following in syndication, creating many conventions and fan works, as well as encouraging an animated series (1973-1975), until finally Star Trek became a movie franchise with Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Six more movies followed with the original series cast, while 1987 brought Star Trek: The Next Generation to television, ushering in a new set of fans. After the original series films ended, four Next Generation films followed, beginning with 1995's Star Trek Generations. Three more series have followed since: Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and the prequel Enterprise. In addition to the televised and theatrical material, there have been hundreds of novels, radio plays, comic books from three different companies (Marvel, DC, and Malibu), video and computer games, role-playing games, and much more. |
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| Annorax
Archon (2, 3) Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome Beratis Blower Breen Chang, General Chroniton Torpedo Daemon (4) Doctor, The (2) Dominion, The Emulator Module Fabrina Farpoint Station Ferenginar Fleming, U.S.S. Gagh Genesis Planet Gre'thor |
Grissom, U.S.S. (1, 2) Intermix Formula Introns (2) Ion Storm Janus VI Jerrado Kling Klingon High Council Kesla La Forge, Silva Lore Maryland, U.S.S. McGivers, Lt. Marla Metreon Cascade Metron (1) Neutronium Number One (1, 2) Praxis Protomatter (1) |
Qo'noS Quantum Reality Quantum Signature Quark (3) Raktajino Ready Room Redjac Republic, U.S.S. Temporal Core Temporal Shield Tesokine Thrax (3) Transwarp (1) Transwarp Conduit Tripoli, U.S.S. Vault of Eternal Destitution Vorta Yonada Zhian'tara |
| Star Wars (39 Listings) Critical series of science fiction/fantasy films in the modern era, beginning with the original trilogy: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). Numerous novels, animated series (1985's Droids and Ewoks, and 2003's Clone Wars), and comic books (Marvel and Dark Horse) followed over the years afterwards, forming what has been dubbed the Expanded Universe. "Special editions" of the original films added/changed scenes and improved the special effects. Beginning in 1999, a prequel trilogy began being released, with two of the films (The Phantom Menace in 1999 and Attack of the Clones in 2002) currently released, and the third pending. |
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| Alderaan
Ardos Bafforr Tree Darth Maul Darth Sidious Death Star Dying Slowly Effrikim Worm Empire, The Force Lightning 4-LOM Galactic Empire Great Hyperspace War HC-100 |
Hssiss
Hutt IG-88 Imperial Information Center Interdiction Field Jawas Jedgar, High Prophet Jedi Holocron Jinn, Qui-Gon Lightsaber Midi-Chlorian Nano-Destroyer Nightmare Machine Nightsisters |
Palpatine Counterinsurgency Front Proton Torpedo Qel-Droma, Ulic Sarlacc Shi'ido Thermal Detonator Turbolaser Ugnaught Warlug Y-Wing Ziost |
| Starcraft (19 Listings) Strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998, with the expansion Brood War released later that year. A sequel game, Starcraft: Ghost, was released for the XBox in 2003. There has also been a Starcraft role-playing game released by Wizards of the Coast for its Alternity system, and a trilogy of novels. |
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| Aiur
Archon (5) Cerebrate Char Confederacy, The (2) Duke, General Gantrithor |
Infested
Terran Mutalisks Overmind (2) Protoss Psi Disruptor Shakuras Tassadar |
Warp
Gate (2) Xel'Naga Zealot (3) Zerg Zergling |
| The Strange Case
of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1 Listing) Novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886 where a scientist discovers a means to split apart his good and evil aspects, with dire results. Adapted into numerous stage plays and films since, and its themes have often been repeated. |
| Hyde, Mr. |
| Super Friends (5
Listings) Series of animated shows featuring the DC superheroes, beginning with 1973's Super Friends and continuing to grow more detailed and serious up to 1985's final Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians. The best-known incarnation was Challenge of the Superfriends (1978), which pitted the heroes against the Legion of Doom. |
| Brainiac (2) Cheetah (3) Legion of Doom (1) Qward Superman (4) |
| Super Mario
Bros. (6 Listings) Long-running video game series produced by Nintendo, stretching back to 1983's Mario Bros. and continuing through 1985's Super Mario Bros., the game that ushered in Nintendo's era of greatest success. Many sequels and spin-offs followed, most recently 2003's Mario Kart Double Dash. The Super Mario Bros. games are linked to the Donkey Kong series through the original game, where Mario was the hero. There were also animated series, a theatrical live-action film, comic books from Valiant and manga serialized in Nintendo Power. |
| Culex
Fanto Fire Flower Magic Mushroom (3) Subcon Wart |
| Superman
(Movies) (2 Listings) Series of live-action films based on the Superman mythos, and starring Christopher Reeve as the title character. Includes Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). |
| Kryptonite
(3) Superman (5) |
| Superman (Other
Media) (3 Listings) Superman has made non-canon appearances in other media, such as choose-your-own-adventure books, toys and games, and children's books, many of which seem to share a pseudo-continuity of their own. |
| Kalibak
(1) Kryptonite (1) Quex-Ul (2) |
| Swamp Thing
(Animated) (1 Listing) Extremely short-lived 1990 animated series based on the DC/Vertigo comics character and a related toy line, and given a distinctly environmental-superhero aspect without the more mature themes of the comic book. |
| Un-Men (2) |
| Swat Kats (5
Listings) Anime-styled (and sometimes dark) Hanna-Barbera series that aired in syndication from 1993-1995, featuring a world of anthropomorphic cats where a pair of pilots battle against larger-than-life menaces with their high-tech aircraft. |
| Doctor
Viper Glovatrix MegaKat Labs Razor Zyme, Dr. N. |
| Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles (Animated) (3 Listings) Arguably the most popular animated series of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and one of the longest-running animated action series ever, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was based on the much darker Mirage comic. The series aired from 1987 to 1990 in syndication, then moved to CBS until its final season ended in 1997. It led to a toy line, another comic series, theatrical films and a live-action sequel series, video games, and more. A remake series, closer to the original Mirage comics, began airing on Fox Kids in 2003. |
| Grybyx
Neutrinos Star of Hoboken |
| Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles Adventures (5 Listings) Comic book produced by Archie Comics, based on the animated series but quickly establishing its own route based in part on the toy line and in part on original characters. Led to two spin-offs, The Mighty Mutanimals and Conservation Corps, as well as numerous special issues. |
| Cudley the Cowlick Glublub Grem Morbus Null (3) |
| Terminator (2
Listings) Series of dark science-fiction films: The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), and the recent Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), featuring time-travelers' increasingly futile attempts to stop machines from destroying mankind. There were also numerous comic books from Now, Marvel, Dark Horse, and Beckett, a series of novels, a movie-ride at Universal Studios, and video games to add to the universe. The low-budget Terminator II (1989) has nothing to do with this series. |
| Liquid
Metal Terminator (1) |
| Terranigma (1
Listing) 1996 video adventure game released for the Super NES. |
| Pandora's Box (4) |
| The 13th Warrior
(1 Listing) Film adaptation of Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead, released in 1999 and starring Antonio Banderas. |
| Wendol |
| The Three
Musketeers (2 Listings) Series of novels written by Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers (1844), Twenty Years Later (1845), and a serialized novel that included The Man in the Iron Mask (1848-1850). They have since been adapted into comic books, films, animated series, and many other media. |
| D'Artagnan
Porthos |
| The Tick
(Cartoon) (2 Listings) Satiric animated series airing on Fox Kids from 1994 to 1997, based on the New England Comics series. |
| Little
Wooden Boy Terror, The |
| The Time Ships
(1 Listing) Authorized sequel to The Time Machine (1895), written by Stephen Baxter and published on the 100th anniversary of the original, which details the further adventures of the Time Traveller. |
| Plattnerite (2) |
| Toy Story (1
Listing) Series of computer-animated films, created by Pixar and released by Disney, detailing the secret misadventures of sentient toys in the real world: Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999). |
| Zurg (1) |
| Transformers (All) (19 Listings) Group of series based on the conflict between two races of transforming robots, ultimately derived from the Hasbro toy line. |
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| Abominus
Autobots Decepticons Energon Headstrong Hun-grrr Inferno |
Null
Ray Predacons (1, 2) Rippersnapper Roller Shockwave Stunticons Terrorcons |
Transformers Transmetal Transmetal 2 Unicron Vortex |
| Transformers/Beast
Wars (US Toy Line) (31 Listings) Long-running toy line, formed from transforming robot toys garnered from several toy lines and companies from Japan, most notably the Microman and Diaclone lines from Takara. Unlike the Japanese originals, it was decided that the Transformers were independently intelligent machines. The toy line ran until 1990, eventually disintegrating into gimmick-driven figures, but produced many that were never written into the comic or series. The toy line was revived in 1992 as "Generation 2," but only lasted a few years before the line was changed into the much more successful Beast Wars in 1995. Transformers have been regularly produced in various incarnations since then. |
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| Abominus
Aerodrone Autobots Beast Wars Blaster (2, 3) Cyclonus Decepticons Duocons Energon Headstrong Highbrow (1) |
Inferno
(1, 2) Hun-grrr Mainframe (4) Null Ray Predacons (1, 2) Prowl (1, 3, 4) Quantum Surge Retrax Rippersnapper Roller Scorponok (1, 4) |
Stunticons Tarantulas Terrorcons Thunderwing Transformers Transmetal Transmetal 2 Vehicons Vortex |
| Transformers (Japan) (83 Listings) Transformers first aired in Japan as Fight! Super Robot Life Form Transformers, followed by an original direct-to-video production, Scramble City, which filled in for the U.S. movie (shown in Japan in 1988 as Matrix Forever). The U.S. third season aired as Transformers 2010. It is after the third season that the Japanese continuty begins to seriously differ (aside from particulars such as names). The Japanese "fourth season" was Transformers Headmasters, followed by Masterforce, Victory, and finally the direct-to-video Transformers Zone. ( Headmasters was actually dubbed into English by an Australian company, but that dub never saw release in the U.S.) Zone was followed by a manga that completed the storyline, followed by two further manga series ( Battlestars and The Return of Convoy). Beast Wars Transformers was aired as Beast Wars Cho Seimeitai Transformers for its first season, and two original Japanese series followed it while the series finished in the U.S. - Beast Wars 2nd and Beast Wars Neo. An animated film combined the final episode of the U.S. series with a crossover where Optimus Primal met his Beast Wars 2nd counterpart, Lioconvoy. After the final two seasons of Beast Wars aired as Beast Wars Metals, another original series, Car Robots, was aired. Currently Japan is airing Transformers Armada, which is in a new continuity. The Beast Wars mangas also occurred in their own timeline. |
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| A3
Abominus Alpha Trion Ancient Autobots Autobot Matrix of Leadership Beast Wars Beta Four Chaar Chaos (3) Covenant of Primus Cybertonium Cybertronian War, First Cybertronian War, Second Cybertronian War, Third Cyclonus (4) Dai Atlas Dark Guardian Darkside Devil Gigatron Earth Defense Command Energon Galvatron (4, 5) Gigastorm |
Gigatron
Headstrong Hun-grrr Iacon (1) Ick Yak Inferno (1, 2) Io (4) Key to Vector Sigma, The (2) Kranix Lioconvoy Lithone Lithones Megatron (4, 6) Mimic Dust Negative Universe Null Ray Outpost 1 Overlord (1) Predacons (1, 2) Prowl (1) Quantum Surge Quintessa Quintesson (1) |
Ratbat
(1) Rippersnapper Roller Scorponok (3, 4) Second Cybertronian War Shockwave (1) Spark Stunticons Tarantulas Terrorcons Thrull Tornitron Trans-Organics Transformers Transmetal Transmetal 2 Transwarp (2) Unicron (4) Violenjiger Vortex Warp Gate (1) White Hole (2) |
| Transformers
(Machine Wars) (1 Listing) Toy line released in 1997 as a Kay-Bee Toys exclusive, which used re-modeled molds from the European Transformers toy line and unused Generation 2 figures in a revival of more traditional Transformers. A new continuity was created for this line. |
| Megatron (7) |
| Transformers (Dreamwave) (11 Listings) Dreamwave began publishing its Transformers comics in 2002, and has produced two mainstream mini-series, two mini-series of the flashback line The War Within, an ongoing series, and a series of guides called Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye. Dreamwave's continuity is strongly tied to the U.S. series' first two seasons, but sharply changes course from there, incorporating some elements from the Marvel comics, theatrical film, Japanese series and toy line. |
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| Autobots
Decepticons Energon Inferno (1) |
Null
Ray Roller Shockwave (4) Stunticons |
Transformers Unicron Vortex |
| Transformers (UK Comic) (44 Listings) The Marvel UK Transformers comic consisted of half reprints of the American issues, and half original stories. It was published weekly, rather than monthly, and focused on multi-part stories. The original issues, mostly written by Simon Furman, brought the theatrical film into continuity as well as elaborating on the situation on Cybertron. G.I. Joe was not in-continuity (G.I. Joe and the Transformers was published very late into the UK series' run), but their Marvel UK equivalent, Action Force, was. The UK series ended only a short time after its US counterpart. While all of US was canon in UK, only a scattered amount of UK was canon in US. Transformers: Generation 2 is canon in the UK, although the ties to G.I. Joe were downplayed significantly. The UK storylines are currently being reprinted as a series of oversized trade paperbacks by Titan Books. |
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| Abominus
Autobase Autobots (3) Bio-Morphic Reproduction Blaster (3) Boltax, Circuitmaster Cyclonus (3, 5) Decepticons (3) Duocons Energon Galvatron (3) Headstrong Highbrow (1) Hun-grrr Iacon (2) |
Inferno
(1) Klo Klud Kranix Last Autobot, The Liege Maximo Lithone Lithones Megatron (3) Nucleon Null Ray Prowl (2) Quintessa Quintesson (2) Ratbat (2) |
Rippersnapper Roller Scorponok (2) Shockwave (3) Straxus, Lord Stunticons Terrorcons Thunderwing Trans-Time Dimensional Portal Underbase, The Unicron (3) Unspace Vortex VsQs |
| Transformers (US Comic) (40 Listings) The Transformers comic book was published by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991, lasting 80 issues in all. There was also the crossover mini-series G.I. Joe and the Transformers as well as a second mini-series, Transformers: Head Masters. After Generation 2 was released, Marvel started an ongoing Transformers: Generation 2 series in 1992 which ended after 12 issues. The current Dreamwave series borrows from Marvel's continuity to some light degree, but is not a direct continuation (following the animated series more closely). Infamously, Transformers #3 guest-starred Spider-Man, but (aside from an appearance by Circuit Breaker in Secret Wars II), Transformers was editorially separated from mainstream Marvel. |
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| Abominus
Autobase Autobots (2) Bio-Morphic Reproduction Blaster (3) Bludgeon Boltax, Circuitmaster Cyclonus (2, 5) Decepticons (2) Energon Galvatron (2) Headstrong Highbrow (1) Hun-grrr |
Iacon
(2) Inferno (1) Klo Klud Last Autobot, The Liege Maximo Megatron (2) Nucleon Null Ray Prowl (2) Ratbat (2) Rippersnapper Roller Scorponok (2) |
Shockwave (2) Straxus, Lord Stunticons Terrorcons Thunderwing Trans-Time Dimensional Portal Transformers Underbase, The Unicron (2) Unspace Vortex VsQs |
| Transformers
Armada (2 Listing) Animated series based on the toy line, airing on Cartoon Network since 2002, set in a continuity separate from previous Transformers media. A comic book, which also has its own distinct continuity, has been published by Dreamwave. Currently the animated series is due to switch to Transformers Energon. |
| Cyclonus
(6) Megatron (9) |
| Trigun (1
Listing) Popular Japanese animated series with sci-fi and western elements, based on a manga, airing in 1998 in Japan and 2003 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Block. |
| Grey the Ninelives |
| Utopia (1
Listing) Semi-satiric novel written by Thomas More in 1516, detailing the first utopian society (he invented the term, in fact, with this novel's title). |
| Utopia |
| VectorMan (1
Listing) Series of video games for the Sega Genesis system: VectorMan (1995) and VectorMan 2 (1996). A new game is due to be released for the Playstation 2. |
| VectorMan |
| Voltron (2
Listings) Popular animated series that aired in syndication from 1983 to 1986, based on several Japanese series. A sequel computer-animated series, Voltron: The Third Dimension, aired in syndication from 1998 to 2000. A comic book based on the series is currently being released by Image Comics. |
| Haggar
Zarkon |
| Warcraft (3
Listings) Series of computer strategy games created by Blizzard Entertainment, from 1994's Warcraft to 1995's Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness to 2002's Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. A series of novels and a role-playing game have both been based on the series. |
| Azeroth (2, 3) Death Knight (2) Horde, The (7) |
| Watchmen (1
Listing) 12-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and released by DC Comics which deconstructed the superhero genre and defined a whole new generation of comic books. |
| Moloch (4) |
| Who Framed Roger
Rabbit? (2 Listings) 1988 film based on the 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. The film was noted for its innovative combination of cartoon and live-action characters on screen. The universe went on to feature in a series of animated shorts, a Marvel graphic novel, and two Disney Comics series (as well as strips in Disney Adventures). |
| Dip Judge Doom |
| Wild Wild West
(Movie) (1 Listing) 1999 film starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline based (loosely) on the 1960s series. |
| McGrath, General "Bloodbath" |
| WildC.A.T.S. (2
Listings) Animated series that aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995, based on the Image (now Wildstorm) comic book. |
| Orb
(2) Zealot (2) |
| Wildstorm (1
Listing) Comic book studio founded by Jim Lee that once existed as part of Image Comics, producing many of their most popular titles (including WildC.A.T.S. and Stormwatch). The company later split off on its own, and was not long afterwards acquired by DC Comics, who now publish its titles. Continuity-wise, its early history shares much with that of Image's other companies, but it was never so strongly tied to create major continuity errors in its split. |
| Orb
(2) Zealot (2) |
| Wold-Newton
Universe (3 Listings) Shared-universe concept derived originally from the works of Philip Jose Farmer, where characters of classic and contemporary fiction are tied together by crossover and other referential appearances in various media. The core event of this universe was supposedly the fall of a meteor at Wold Newton, England in 1795, whose radiations altered the genes of many locals to produce superior, heroic individuals in the generations to come. The list of all the characters and universes tied into Wold-Newton is too long to describe here, but the following universes in the MOA are connected to it to some extent: Alice in Wonderland, Buffy/Angel, Conan (Novels), Cthulhu Mythos, DC (Pre-Crisis, Earth-2), Doctor Who (Novels), Dracula, Godzilla (Novels), Gulliver's Travels, Hercules/Xena, James Bond, The Man from UNCLE, Marvel, Oz, The Prisoner, The Real Ghostbusters/Extreme Ghostbusters, Star Trek, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Three Musketeers, The Time Ships, Wild Wild West (Movie), Wildstorm, X-Files. |
| Brobdingnag City of Brass (1) Hyde, Mr. |
| Worldwar (1
Listing) Alternate-universe novel series by Harry Turtledove focusing on an alien invasion that changes the course of World War II: Worldwar: In the Balance (1994), Worldwar: Tilting the Balance (1995), Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance (1996), and Worldwar: Striking the Balance (1996). A sequel series, Colonization, deals with the aftermath of the war and its effect on world history through the 1960s: Colonization: Second Contact (1999), Colonization: Down to Earth (2000), and Colonization: Aftershocks (2001). |
| Tosev 3 |
| X-Files (2
Listings) Long-running conspiracy-based series on Fox starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, focusing on two FBI agents' efforts to find the truth about the paranormal hidden by a web of conspiracies. The series ran from 1993 to 2002, and spawned a theatrical film, X-Files: Fight the Future in 1998. One episode of the series shows that X-Files shares the same universe as Homicide: Life in the Street; another, the same universe as Millenium. A lighter spin-off series, The Lone Gunmen, ran on Fox from 2001-2002. Topps Comics produced an X-Files comic book series, and there was also a series of novels. |
| Men
In Black (3) X-Files, The |
| X-Men (Movies)
(1 Listing) Series of live-action films based on the Marvel comics character, beginning with X-Men in 2000 and followed by X-Men 2: X-Men United in 2003. A third film is in production. A series of comic books added to the continuity of the films. |
| Magneto (3) |
| X-Men Evolution
(2 Listings) Animated series, airing on Kids WB beginning in 2000, based on both the Marvel comic book and the live-action films, with a dose of the Ultimate X-Men continuity thrown in. |
| Magneto
(4) Quicksilver (4) |
| World Mythologies |
| Aztec Myth (3
Listings) The Aztec culture, situated around modern-day Mexico, lasted from around AD 1100 to 1522, when their capital city of Tenochtitlan was destroyed by the invading Spanish. Their religious rites were often based on blood sacrifice. |
| Babylonian Myth
(2 Listings) Babylonian culture, located around modern Iraq, first emerged around 1763 BC with the rise of Hammurabi to power, and continued until around 1400 BC. Babylonian myth holds many strong ties to the myths of their Sumerian predecessors. |
| Shamash
(1) Tiamat (1) |
| Celtic Myth
(1 Listing) The Celts were a diverse people spread across the British Isles and parts of France and Spain during the time of ancient Rome. They were largely conquered by the Roman Empire, but many modern-day Europeans have some Celtic blood. |
| Belatu-Cadros |
| Egyptian Myth (3
Listing) The ancient Egyptian culture lasted from around 3000 BC to around AD 395, when the Byzantine Empire took it over and the last hieroglyphs fell into disuse. It remains one of the most recognized ancient cultures, with such elements as pyramid, mummies, and the Sphinix in its history. |
| Bes
Manjet Sobek |
| Greek Myth (19 Listings) The ancient Greek culture lasted from around 1100 BC to around 146 BC, when Greece was conquered by Rome and assimilated into their culture. Its myths are among some of the most enduring in the world, with the tales of their pantheon of gods and legendary heroes retold many times. |
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| Achelois Alectryon Archon (1) Chaos (2) Charybdis Epimetheus Hera (1) |
Iacchus Icarus (1) Io (2) Labyrinth (2) Luna (2) Mnemosyne Nemean Lion |
Pandora's
Box (1) Polyidus Proteus (1) Thespia (1) Zeus (1) |
| Inca Myth (1
Listing) The Inca civilization, based in modern-day Peru, lasted from around 1438 to 1538, when they were conquered by the Spanish. |
| Yllapa |
| Mayan Myth (1
Listing) The Maya civilization, known for its astronomical and mathematical achievements, lasted from around AD 219 to 1697, when the last independent Maya kingdom fell before the Spanish. |
| House of Gloom |
| Norse Myth (4
Listings) The ancient Norse culture lasted for much of the first millenium AD, and is best known for the Viking raiders. Although its specific myths are not as well known as those of ancient Greece and Egypt, many specific characters and concepts (such as Thor, Loki, and Ragnarok) are familiar to modern audiences. |
| Brono Garm (1) Ran Valhalla |
| Persian Myth (1
Listing) The Persians were a major power in the Arabian peninsula from the 500s BC to Roman days. |
| Simurgh |
| Roman Myth (5
Listings) The mythology of ancient Rome owed much to ancient Greece and other neighboring cultures; the Romans often assimilated rather than replace local religions of those they conquered. The root deities of ancient Rome were largely local gods combined with their rough Greek equivalents. |
| Janus
(1) Jupiter (2) Quirinus Suadela Summanus (1) |
| Sumerian Myth (1
Listing) One of the world's first recorded civilizations, based near modern-day Iraq, which began around 5000 to 4000 BC and lasted until the Akkadian era in 1595 BC. The mythology of the Sumerians influenced many that came after. |
| Tiamat (1) |
| Syrian Myth (2
Listings) The ancient Syrians' empire flourished around the time of ancient Egypt, in the 2000s - 1000s B.C. |
| Azeroth (1) Qetesh |
| Legends and Folklore |
| Folklore (7 Listings) Folklore, as opposed to myths and legends, are derived from traditions passed down by peoples, rather than formalized religions or mythologies (although there are exceptions). Often, they focus on superstitions. |
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| Boogeyman
(1) Gremlin (1) Imp (1) Jenny Greenteeth Jersey Devil |
Quicksilver
(1) Will o'Wisp (1) |
| Faerie Folklore
(3 Listings) Most of faerie folklore is derived from the tales of the "little people" of Ireland and the British Isles, although some of the lore has been carried into other regions (such as the United States). Faerie folklore often features alternate, mystical planes of existence alongside our own. |
| Maeve
Magic Mushroom (1) Titania (1) |
| Pseudoscience (6
Listings) Pseudoscience is the term for paranormal phenomena which are described using scientific fact and speculation, which is often not sufficiently convincing to sway skeptics and mainstream scientists. Most modern research into the paranormal is deemed pseudoscience, including parapsychology (study of paranormal phenomena, usually ghosts and psychics), cryptozoology (study of unusual animals, such as Bigfoot or the various lake monsters), and ufology (study of UFOs and UFO-related phenomena such as crop circles). Conspiracy theories often cross into pseudoscience as well. |
| Cold
Spot Lemuria (1) Men In Black (1) Mu (2) Nahuelito Skunk Ape |
| Arabian Legend
(3 Listings) Arabian legends include the "1001 Arabian Nights" stories by Scheherazade, and the tales of Sinbad the Sailor. Arabian legend includes the magical djinni, powerful sorcerors, and dangerous monsters such as ghuls. Most of the legends are post-Muslim, although some involve pre-Islam religions, and others were taken from the distant edges of the Arabian world. |
| City
of Brass (1) Qaynan Quzah |
| Japanese Legend
(1 Listing) The legends of the Japanese, frequently tied to Shinto or Buddhism. |
| Yofune-Nushi |
| Medieval Legend (2
Listings) Many nations of medieval Europe developed unique legends, often tinged with Christian overtones. Mystical systems such as those of alchemy also abounded. Some overlap with Christian Religion and Arthurian Legend. |
| Gargouille (1) Quintessence (2) |
| Slavic Legend (1
Listing) The Slavic peoples of the world include the Polish and the Russians, as well as many other eastern European peoples. |
| Lechebnik |
| Tibetan Legend
(1 Listing) Tibetan legends are not quite the same as Tibetan religion (that is, Buddhism), often derived from long-held traditions. |
| Shangri-La |
| World Religions |
| Christian Religion (9 Listings) Christianity is tied to the life of Jesus Christ (c. 6 BC to AD 30), and is an expansion and refinement of the Jewish religion, based largely on gospels from the New Testament. Much lore was added to Christianity during the Middle Ages, including detailed cosmologies of Heaven and Hell and more. |
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| Asmodeus
(1) Dantalian Gabriel (1) Limbo (1) Lucifer Morningstar (1) |
Metatron,
The Moloch (1) Seera Vepar |
| Hindu Religion
(3 Listings) Hinduism is the major religion of the Indian people, derived from ancient traditions stretching back thousands of years. A religion of many gods, the Hindus view life and the universe as cyclical. |
| Adityas Chamunda Thataka |
| Inuit Religion
(3 Listings) The Inuits are a Native American people living in the Arctic regions of North America, and are more colloquially (but inaccurately) known as Eskimos. |
| Akna Arnakuagsak Qiqirn |
| Islamic Religion
(1 Listing) Islam is one of the three major Abrahamic faiths on the planet, centered in the Middle East but found all over the world. The religion originated with the prophet Mohammed, who wrote the Koran and established much of the beliefs and traditions held by its adherents. Islam taps into the roots of Judaism and Christianity, but develops their ideas further along more structured lines. |
| Qusur |
| Jewish Religion
(2 Listings) Judaism is the religion of the Hebrews, a people spread across the planet and centered in the nation of Israel in the Middle East. The Jewish religion is the baseline for both Christianity and Islam, and is derived from ancient traditions dating to the days of ancient Egypt. Jewish lore was expanded by legends and mystical works like the Qabbalah during the Middle Ages. |
| Maori Religion
(1 Listing) The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, whose belief system continues to endure today. |
| Io (3) |
| Shinto Religion
(1 Listing) The national religion of Japan, derived from ancient traditions that link the emperor's line to that of the sun god. |
| Bishamon |
| Shoshone
Religion (1 Listing) Native American people currently living in Wyoming. |
| Dzoavits |
| Miscellaneous |
| Terminology (21 Listings) Terms in common use among fans of fantastic fiction, but which may be less familiar to novices and those less interested in such things. |
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| Abyss (3) Android Biomechanical (1) Blaster (1) Chaos (1) Furre Gestalt (1) |
Glitch
(1) Grey Goo Scenario Lich (2) Lycanthrope Mass Drivers (1) Mecha (1) Mutate (1) |
Null
(1) Quintessence (1) Toon Tulku (1) Vampyr (1) Worm (1) White Hole (1) |
| Reality (35 Listings) Things in reality that are less commonly known, related to names, and/or have pertinence to fans of fantastic fiction. |
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| Abyss (1) Anti-Matter Archon (1) Beast Wars (2) Chaos (1) Confederacy, The (1) Daemon (1) Daffy Duck (1) Dracula (1) Fiend (1) Freezer (1) Hollywood (1) |
Illusionist
(1) Introns (1) Io (1) Jester (1) Jupiter (1) King of Hearts (1) Labyrinth (1) Leo (1) Lich (1) Livia (1) Luna (1) Mainframe (1, 2) |
Mohawk
(1, 2) Mu (1) Nuke (1) Null (2) Plattnerite (1) Primus (1) Quark (1) Queen of Hearts (1) Speed Metal (1) White Hole (1) Zealot (1) |