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  2. List of real-life superheroes - Wikipedia

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    The Rain City Superhero Movement, a former group of real life super heroes in Seattle. The group includes Buster Doe, No Name, Troop, Penelope, and Phoenix Jones. [97] [98] Real-life superheroes Captain Prospect, Justice, and Sparks [99] are members of the Capital City Super Squad in Washington D.C. [100] [clarification needed]

  3. Category:Fictional characters based on real people - Wikipedia

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    A fictional characters basis on actual historical figures must be documented in their articles. This category is for fictional characters in film, literature, graphic novel, theater, music, television, webisode, anime and manga, etc., whom their creators have said are based, at least in part, upon real people.

  4. Character (arts) - Wikipedia

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    In fiction, a character is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). [1] [2] [3] The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. [2]

  5. ‘Wicked’ Characters vs. the Actors Who Play Them in Real Life ...

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    Theater lovers and movie goers alike have been counting down the days until the film adaptation of Broadway’s Wicked premieres. Wicked made its stage debut in 2003, with Idina Menzel and Kristin ...

  6. Contemporary fantasy - Wikipedia

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    The contemporary fantasy and low fantasy genres can overlap as both are set in the real world. There are differences, however. Low fantasies are set in the real world but not necessarily in the modern age, in which case they would not be contemporary fantasy. There is a considerable overlap between contemporary fantasy and urban fantasy. [3]

  7. Composite character - Wikipedia

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    The latter character was actually a composite derived from a plethora of interviews with anonymous real-life transgender AIDS patients. Further embellishments were made in creating Dr. Eve Saks ( Jennifer Garner ), who was another composite comprised from several doctors—with one, Dr. Linda Laubenstein , being the main source of inspiration ...

  8. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    Max and Moritz - Principal characters of the book of the same name written by Wilhelm Busch in 1865. Famous for their tricks, Max and Moritz quickly became famous characters in Germany. The Mask - Wears a mask imbued with Loki's powers and lack of inhibition. Mister Mxyzptlk - An imp from the fifth dimension featured in the Superman comics.

  9. List of fictional monarchs of real countries - Wikipedia

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    While the character is described as being quite physically similar to the then-real-life Prince of Wales, the fictional Charles III is actually descended from Edward VIII. After the novel's protagonists, Thomas Bushell and Samuel Stanley of the Royal American Mounted Police, save King Charles from two assassination attempts by the nativist ...