The supervillain Carnage was once a man known as Cletus Kasady. Kasady was a serial killer, and he encountered the offspring of the alien symbiote Venus while escaping from prison. The symbiote bonded to him in a singular way, entering his bloodstream, and creating Carnage... Read more
The Corpse Bride is a stop-motion animated film released in 2005. It was directed by Tim Burton, famous for using a similar aesthetic in films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach... Read more
Pocahontas was the first Disney film based on a real-life story. Pocahontas was born around 1595, the daughter of the Chief Powhatan. But for the children's film, that's where history ends and fiction begins... Read more
Peter Griffin is the star of the adult animated sitcom, Family Guy. He has a wife named Lois, a dog named Brian, and three children - Meg, Chris, and Stewie... Read more
Stewie Griffin is the one-year-old star of the adult cartoon comedy Family Guy, which premiered in 1999... Read more
Who or what are the Trolls? Unlike the original fairytale creatures, these Trolls are not ugly, slow-witted, or dangerous. The Trolls are exuberantly happy creatures. They love to spend all day singing, dancing, and hugging one another. Poppy is the happiest of all... Read more
Cheerleading has been around since at least the 1880s, when college football first became popular at America's Ivy League schools. Participants were then called "yell leaders." Cheerleading combines dance, acrobatics, and flashy attire to encourage the team and stir up the crowd... Read more
Princess Peach, formerly known as Princess Toadstool, first appeared in Super Mario Bros. in 1985... Read more
Luigi is Mario's twin brother. He is younger, thinner, and a bit taller than his brother. Luigi debuted in Mario Bros. in 1983. Luigi was originally created to give the game a multiplayer option... Read more
The Simpsons debuted in 1989, and went on to become the longest-running cartoon in history. The satirical comedy captured the hearts of the American public through its depictions of real-world issues and events... Read more
The Simpsons is the "longest-running animated television series in U.S. history," having been on the air since 1989. Short animated clips appeared as early as 1987... Read more
Cyclops, also known as Scott Summers or Slim, first appeared in the X-Men comic books in 1963. He is a human mutant able to emit energy beams called optic blasts from his eyes. He wears special goggles that allow him to control these beams... Read more
Wolverine, also known as James Howlett, Logan, or Weapon X, is a Marvel Comics character and member of the X-Men. He is a mutant with superhuman strength, retractable claws, animal-like senses, and a rapid healing factor. His is considered an antihero, brooding and capable of deadly force... Read more
Vegeta is a Saiyan, part of a humanoid warrior race from the destroyed planet Vegeta. Only a few Saiyans exist - primarily Vegeta, Goku, and their offspring. Vegeta is... Read more
Ash Ketchum. Goku. Lelouch Lamperouge. "Kirito" Kazuto Kirigaya. Takeya Ikuhara. Junpei Kousaka. Rin Okumura. Gray Fullbuster. The list could go on as we consider the "classic" male anime or manga character. With piercing eyes and unruly locks of dark hair, these anime look-alikes often steal the show... Read more
Disney's version of Snow White may be the most universally known, but the story itself is much older. The German fairy tale was first published by the Brothers Grimm in... Read more
Steven Quartz Universe is a young boy in his early teens. But he's not your average human boy. He's actually a hybrid of an alien known as a "Gem" and a normal human. The Gems are aliens who project a body made of light around a... Read more
Princess Zelda is the title character of the Zelda video game series, which debuted in 1986. She is often a "damsel in distress" who must be rescued by the game's protagonist, Link. At times, she takes on a more active role. She was named after the American novelist Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of the famed novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.... Read more
The Power Rangers are a long-running children's entertainment franchise. The series debuted in 1993 with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. This live-action superhero show drew from several popular Japanese series, and spawned a long line of action figures... Read more
In the popular Halo video game series, protagonist Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 is a Spartan-II commando in the United Nations Space Command's Naval Special Warfare Command. At the present point in the game, this fictional character has over thirty years of... Read more