Marinette Dupain-Cheng is an average girl. Her French and Chinese parents own a bakery. She dreams of becoming a fashion designer. She is average, that is, until she passes a test and is given a pair of earrings known as the Ladybug Miraculous... Read more
A cape is a sleeveless garment that fastens at the neck. It often drapes over the shoulders, back, chest, and arms. Long capes are called cloaks and capes with hoods are known as chaperons... Read more
Thirteen years after the release of the animated film Finding Nemo, Disney and Pixar provided fans with a sequel - Finding Dory. This film expounds on the backstory of one of the franchise's most beloved characters... Read more
Natsu “Salamander” Dragneel is the protagonist of a popular shonen anime. He is a carefree and reckless young man, often wishing to prove his strength in fights. He is fiercely loyal to his friends, however, and quite forgiving, never holding a grudge... Read more
Oogie Boogie is a boogeyman, a "mythical creature used by adults to frighten children into good behavior." He resembles a large burlap potato sack; on the inside, he is a colony of bugs. He lives in an underground lair full of torture devices. Unlike the other inhabitants of Halloween Town, Oogie Boogie is truly evil... Read more
Tom and Jerry was introduced in 1940. The cartoon shorts feature a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry. Games of "cat and mouse" are, of course, the order of the day... Read more
Tweety Bird first appeared onscreen in 1941. By 1949, Tweety's backstory was complete. He was owned by the protective Granny, along with a bulldog named Hector or Spike. Tweety was no longer a wild bird living in a tree. Tweety often faces off against Sylvester the cat, who desires to eat the small bird... Read more
Imagine a desolate planet, destroyed by mankind. Humans fled Earth to live on spaceships 700 years earlier. No vegetation grows. Garbage is everywhere. This is the world of Disney and Pixar's post apocalyptic animated film, WALL-E... Read more
Thomas the Train, also known as Thomas the Tank Engine, is an old-fashioned steam engine with a human face... Read more
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and the author of the Declaration of Independence. He was also responsible for the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the nation... Read more
George Washington was the first president of the United States. Prior to his presidency, he commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and served as chairman to the Constitutional Convention, the body that wrote the American Constitution... Read more
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, published in 1818, was among the first works of the science fiction genre. The story tells of an archetypal mad scientist who builds a living creature from hands, feet, and other parts stolen from corpses. The title character, is not, in fact, the monster, but the scientist who brings him to life... Read more
Beast Boy, also known as Garfield Logan or Gar for short, is a member of the young superhero league called the Teen Titans. Beast Boy's superpower is that he is able to take on the form of almost any animal... Read more
Once known by the name Koriand'r or Kori for short, Starfire was heir to the throne of the planet Tamaran. Ousted during a coup, Starfire then became a slave to alien scientists... Read more
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss was published in 1957. The title character from this tale of mayhem has since become one of the most recognizable of children's story characters in one of the all-time best-selling children's books... Read more
Jessica Rabbit may not be what you'd expect. This cartoon diva is not a rabbit at all. Rather, she is an animated woman, the wife of furry and long-eared comic strip character Roger Rabbit... Read more
Bambi is the title character of a cherished children's book and a 1942 Disney animated film. We first meet Bambi as a newborn fawn. During his first year of life, he befriends a rabbit named Thumper and a skunk named Flower. He avoids the attention of a female fawn called Faline. He also learns of the dangers of the meadow and the need for caution... Read more
Historians agree that Jesus was a real historical figure. According to the Bible, his mother conceived him while still a virgin by means of the holy spirit. Before his birth, she was married to the carpenter Joseph, who raised Jesus as his own son. Mary and Joseph then went on to have at least six other children. Upon his death, Jesus entrusted the care of his mother to the Apostle John. She was present in the upper room at Pentecost 33 C.E. when the first Christians were anointed with the holy spirit... Read more
R2-D2, sometimes spelled Artoo-Detoo or R2 for short, is a Second Generation Robotic Droid Series-2. He is classed as an astromech droid, a "versatile utility robot...generally used for the maintenance and repair of starships."... Read more
There are many fictional allusions to mockingbirds in literature. Perhaps the most famous is the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and its subsequent 1962 film adaptation. The novel, often read by American junior high and high school students, broaches the subjects of rape, racial inequality, and lost innocence. The mockingbird that should not be killed is thought to represent the idea of innocence that can be destroyed by evil... Read more