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Encyclopedia > Cyborgs in fiction

Cyborgs are a prominent staple in the science fiction genre. This article summarizes notable usage of cyborgs in fiction. Seven of Nine, a Borg in Star Trek: Voyager The term cyborg, a portmanteau of cybernetic organism, is used to designate an organism which is a mixture of organic and mechanical (synthetic) parts. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

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In written fiction

  • The Tin Woodman from L. Frank Baum's Oz books (at least before he became entirely metal).
  • Deirdre, a famous dancer who was burned nearly completely and whose brain was placed in a faceless but beautiful mechanical body, in C. L. Moore's short story of 1944, "No Woman Born". Collected in "The Best of C. L. Moore" in 1975
  • Jonas the (star) sailor in Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun novels. His near light speed ship had been gone so long that on its return to Urth, there were no space port facilities any more, and it crashed. Other crew members patched him up from available parts. (However, he started out as fully robotic, and was repaired with human parts, rather than the more usual reverse).
  • Molly Millions who appears in several of William Gibson's stories.
  • Professor Jameson, a cyborg pulp hero by Neil R. Jones, and his allies and benefactors, the Zoromes.
  • Marge Piercy's He, She and It presents a rather feminist view on the cyborg issue with Yod who, however, is provided with some male attributes.
  • Anne McCaffrey wrote short stories and novels known as The Ship Series where otherwise crippled humans live on as the brains of starships and large space stations.
  • The genetically engineered and prosthetics-ready warriors of the planet Sauron in the CoDominium series of short stories and novels initiated by Jerry Pournelle and also written by guest authors.

Cover of The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum. ... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, and the creator with illustrator W. W. Denslow of one of the most popular books ever written in American childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and that relates the history of the Land of Oz. ... Catherine Lucille Moore (January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ... Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ... The first two books of The Book of the New Sun, 2000 omnibus printing. ... Molly Millions (a. ... William Ford Gibson (March 17, 1948, Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born Canadian science fiction author. ... Flynns Detective Fiction from 1941. ... Neil R(onald) Jones (29 May 1909 - 15 Feb 1988) was an American author who worked for the state of New York. ... Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American poet, novelist, and social activist. ... He, She and It is a feminist science fiction novel by Marge Piercy, published in 1991. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. ... The fictional CoDominium universe is a future history (now alternate history) setting for the books in the CoDominium Series by Jerry Pournelle. ... Jerry Pournelle, (born August 7, 1933) is an American essayist, journalist and science fiction author who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. ...

In comics and manga

  • 8 Man, a manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by writer Kazumasa Hirai and artist Jiro Kuwata. He is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, before even Kamen Rider (the same year, Shotaro Ishinomori created Cyborg 009), and was the inspiration for RoboCop.
  • Many of the members of Section 9 in the Ghost in the Shell universe, specifically the main characters Major Motoko Kusanagi and Batou, are cyborgs dependent on regular maintence; there are several manga (or graphic novel) and artbooks set in the GitS universe, as well as two feature-length anime, two television series and three video games.
  • Masamune Shirow's other major work, Appleseed also contains a multitude of cyborg characters, with one of the main characters, Briareos Hecatonchires, the mercenary Sokaku Tatara and his war buddies, and the Mumna Holy Republic diplomat Kainisu, from the fourth chapter, are just a few.
  • Vash the Stampede from Trigun has a prosthetic left arm, which he acquired after his brother Millions Knives shot it off. The arm has an automatic weapon inside.
  • Cyborg of the Teen Titans comic book series is a superhero with massive implants and prothestics.
  • Many of the characters of Battle Angel Alita (also known in Japan as GUNNM) are cyborgs, including the lead, Alita (Gally, Yoko). Cyborgs are a major way of life in the GUNNM universe, with sports, such as Motorball (and crimes, such as spine-stealing), contributing to a culture of cyborgs.
  • The Metabarons.
  • In WE3, a group of animals are turned into sentient living weapons.
  • Cyborg 009 features a group of humans unwillingly turned into cyborg weapons by a crime syndicate.
  • The Reavers, a group of villains that regularly clashes with the X-Men. They are led by Donald Pierce.
  • Deathlok, the Demolisher, a seies of military cyborgs in Marvel Comics. The original Deathlok was a former soldier in a dystopian future.
  • All members of The Authority have a networking implant that allows for radio-telepathy, head-mail and other communication functions.
  • Android 17 and Android 18, along with Android 20 from the anime-manga series Dragonball Z. Despite their confusing English dub names, they are indeed cyborgs. In the original Japanese version, these three (along with the rest of Dr. Gero's artificial creations) are referred to as jinzouningen, which is a blanket term in Japanese science fiction applying to robots and androids, as well as cyborgs. Jinzouningen is usually translated by fans to "artificial human."
  • Franky (also known as Cutty Flam), of the manga One Piece by Eiichiro Oda, rebuilt most of his body with scrap metal after sustaining serious injuries. Giving him abilities ranging from (but not limited to) air cannons in his hands and rear end, guns in his wrists, and the ability to extend the front part of his lower body outward, making him look like a backwards centaur. However, as Franky did these adjustments to himself, only the front part of his body is cyborg. His backside (which he couldn't reach) is as vulnerable as any human back, rendering this his weak point. His cyborg abilities are powered by cola, stored in a refrigeration unit in Franky's stomach.

8 Man (8マン) or Eightman (エイトマン) is a fictional manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by writer Kazumasa Hirai and artist Jiro Kuwata. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jiro Kuwata (桑田二郎, alternatively 桑田次郎), born on April 17, 1935, is a mangaka (manga artist). ... Kamen Riders One (right) and Two (left), the heroes of the original Kamen Rider series Kamen Raidaa ) was a popular and successful Japanese tokusatsu television series created by Shotaro Ishinomori. ... Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森章太郎 Ishinomori Shôtarô), (January 25, 1938- January 28, 1998) was an influential figure in manga, anime and tokusatsu who created several long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and Kamen Rider (Japans answer to Spider-Man). ... Cyborg 009 (サイボーグ009) is a manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori and serialized in the manga magazine Shonen Magazine and Shōjo Comic in Japan. ... RoboCop is a 1987 science fiction action movie, directed by Paul Verhoeven. ... Public Security Section 9 is a fictional organization from Masamune Shirows Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. ... For other uses, see Ghost in the Shell (disambiguation). ... Major Motoko Kusanagi (草薙素子 Kusanagi Motoko) is a fictional character in Masamune Shirows Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. ... Batou in the movie Ghost in the Shell (1995) Batou (バトー Batō) is a main male character in the Ghost in the Shell series, the second best melee fighter in Section 9 and is the second in command under Major Motoko Kusanagi. ... For other uses, see Manga (disambiguation). ... Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... // A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime ), which is short for the English word animation, in the western world most popularly refers to the medium of animation originating in Japan, with distinctive character and background aesthetics that visually set it apart from other forms of animation (e. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗 Shirō Masamune) is a manga artist of international renown. ... For the Aesop Rock album, see Appleseed (album). ... Trigun manga, volume 1 (English version) Trigun (トライガン) is a 26-episode Anime series which originally aired in 1998 in Japan. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Spoiler warning: // Vash the Stampede (The Humanoid Typhoon) The main character. ... M2 machine gun An automatic firearm is a firearm that will continue to load and fire rounds of ammunition as long as the trigger (or equivalent) is activated or until it runs out of ammunition. ... Cyborg (Victor Stone) is a DC Comics superhero, best known as a member of the Teen Titans. ... Teen Titans redirects here. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... Battle Angel Alita, called GUNNM (銃夢, Gun-Mu) in Japan, is a manga (or graphic novel) series created by Yukito Kishiro in 1991. ... A cover of Metabarons. ... Cover artwork to the WE3 trade paperback. ... Cyborg 009 (サイボーグ009) is a manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori and serialized in the manga magazine Shonen Magazine and Shōjo Comic in Japan. ... In the fictional X-Men universe the Reavers are a team of criminal cyborgs. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Donald Pierce (The White King) is a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Deathlok (sometimes also referred to as The Demolisher) is a Marvel Comics character, a cyborg, created by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench. ... A dystopia (alternatively, cacotopia[1], kakotopia or anti-utopia) is a fictional society that is the antithesis of utopia. ... The Authority is a superhero comic book. ... Jinzōningen #17 (FUNimations dub: Android #17, also known as Cyborg #17 or Artificial Human #17) is a fictional character from the Japanese manga Dragon Ball (US only: Dragon Ball Z) and anime Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. He is a black-haired cyborg created by Dr... Jinzōningen #18 (FUNimations dub: Android #18, also known as Cyborg #18 or Artificial Human #18) is a fictional character in the manga Dragon Ball (US only: Dragon Ball Z) and the anime Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. Her seiyuu is Miki Itou. ... Doctor Gero is a fictional character from the manga Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z and the anime Dragonball Z. He is the head scientist of the Red Ribbon Army. ... Dragon Ball Z logo (English manga). ... Franky is a fictional character from the anime and manga One Piece. ... One Piece ) is a manga and anime series created by artist Eiichiro Oda. ... Eiichiro Oda (尾田栄一郎 Oda Eiichirō, born January 1, 1975) is the creator of the manga and anime One Piece. ...

In film

RoboCop is a 1987 science fiction action movie, directed by Paul Verhoeven. ... The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction-action film which became the break-through role for former body-builder Arnold Schwarzenegger. ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born on July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor and Republican politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. ... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Endoskeleton of a swordfish An endoskeleton is an internal support structure of an animal. ... Look up life, living in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Biological tissue is any substance made up of cells that perform a similar function within an organism. ... Darth Vader (occasionally referred to as Lord Vader or simply Vader) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, and has a principal role in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Revenge of the Sith. ... The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the modified original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Luke Skywalker (b. ... This is a list of minor characters in the fictional Star Wars universe who are part of the Rebel Alliance. ... General Grievous (born Qymaen jai Sheelal) is a villain from the fictional Star Wars universe. ... Star Wars: Clone Wars (November 7, 2003 - present) is an animated Star Wars television series that chronicles the Clone Wars between the Republic under Chancellor Palpatine and the Confederacy of Independent Systems under Count Dooku. ... Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ... The Stepford Wives is a 2004 comedy/science fiction film based on the Ira Levin novel The Stepford Wives. ... The android Data, portrayed by Brent Spiner, from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behaviour. ... Gynoid (from Greek gyneka - woman) is a term used to describe a robot designed to look like a human female, as compared to an android modeled after a male. ...

In television

  • The inhabitants of Cyberspace in the math mystery cartoon Cyberchase, including Digit played by Gilbert Gottfried, Hacker voiced by Christopher Lloyd, Motherboard, and all other characters in the show except the Earth kids: Matt, Jackie, and Inez.
  • Steve Austin, The Six Million Dollar Man. Originally based on Martin Caidin's novel, Cyborg. The series was very successful, spawning followups The Bionic Woman, and Max, the bionic dog.
  • The Daleks and Cybermen from Doctor Who. Daleks are a marginal case, in that they are actually vehicles for small and physically degenerate aliens.
  • The Borg from Star Trek, including Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager, a human who was assimilated into a drone and later severed from the collective.
  • Inspector Gadget.
  • Geordi La Forge from Star Trek: The Next Generation, who was born blind and uses optical implants combined with a removable unit called a VISOR, to see. In the films, the VISOR was replaced with permanent optical implants, and later by regenerated biological eyes.
  • Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation, whose natural heart was irreparably damaged in a bar fight when he was younger and replaced with an artificial heart, which was later replaced twice due to defect or damage. However, the artificial heart is not a major part of his identity and is seldom mentioned, so that most viewers would not consider him a cyborg. He is also at one point briefly conscripted into the Borg (see above) after which he is fitted with an android arm to replace the arm taken over by Borg cybernetics.
  • A cyborg secret agent was featured in the "Fumble on the One" episode of The Misfits of Science.
  • Adam in the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who is part human, part demon and part robot.
  • In Neon Genesis Evangelion the Evangelion mecha are not robots but clones of aliens outfitted with cybernetics to allow their human pilots (or a backup computer, as in the Mass Production Eva series) to control them.
  • Cyborg, a film featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme, tells the story of a post-apocalyptic Earth due to a nuclear disaster, and has a female cyborg as a central character. The sequel, Cyborg 2, stars Angelina Jolie as another cyborg.
  • Edward Elric (anime series and manga Fullmetal Alchemist) has two prosthetic limbs - the right arm and the left leg - although the technology used to create them (called automail) cannot really be counted to cyberpunk.
  • Similar to above mentioned Edward Elric, Folken Fanel from the anime series The Vision of Escaflowne has a prosthetic right arm based on an unnamed technology of the Zaibach Empire.
  • Kidou Keiji Jiban, a metal hero show in Japan, was influenced by Robocop. The main difference is that Naoto Tamura can transform between his detective identity and his Jiban/Perfect Jiban identity on his own.

Cyberspace, a metaphoric abstraction used in philosophy and computing, is a (virtual) reality which represents the Noosphere/Popperian cosmology#Worlds 1, 2 and 3 both inside computers and on computer networks. ... Cyberchase is a childrens American animated television series on PBS Kids and PBS Kids GO!, produced by Thirteen/WNET New York and Nelvana. ... Digit is a bird-like Cyborg in the cartoon Cyberchase voiced by actor Gilbert Gottfried. ... Gilbert Gottfried (born February 28, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York) is a Jewish American stand-up comedian and actor noted for his grating voice, his squint, his Brooklyn accent and his tendency to shout. ... The Hacker (also known as Hieronymus Hacker) is a fictional villain in the childrens television show Cyberchase, voiced by the actor Christopher Lloyd. ... Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) from the movie Back to the Future. ... This is a list of characters that have appeared on the PBS Kids GO! series Cyberchase Spoiler warning: // Major Protagonists Cyberspace Leaders (Control Central) Motherboard Motherboard is a character in the math-mystery cartoon Cyberchase. ... Matt is a fictional character from the cartoon Cyberchase. ... This is a list of characters that have appeared on the PBS Kids GO! series Cyberchase // Major Protagonists Cyberspace Leaders (Control Central) Motherboard Motherboard is a character in math-mystery cartoon Cyberchase voiced by actor Kristina Nicoll. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Part of The Bionic series The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the novel Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. ... Part of The Bionic series The Bionic Woman was a television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. ... The Daleks (pronounced DAH-lecks; IPA: ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Borg or Borg Collective is a race of cybernetic organisms in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Star Trek is an American science-fiction franchise spanning six television series and ten feature films (with an eleventh film currently in the early stages of development as of 2006), in addition to hundreds of novels, computer and video games, fan stories, and other works of fiction. ... Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One, or Seven of Nine (often referred to as simply Seven), is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, played by Jeri Ryan in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... Inspector Gadget is an animated television series about a clumsy, absent-minded, and oblivious detective, Inspector Gadget, who is a cyborg with various gadgets built into his anatomy. ... Geordi La Forge is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard was the main character on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the four films which followed. ... The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ... An artificial heart is a device that is implanted into the body to replace the original biological heart. ... Mark Thomas Miller and Courteney Cox in Misfits of Science Misfits of Science was a short-lived American superhero fantasy TV series from 1985, lasting for only 16 episodes. ... Adam is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by George Hertzberg. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American television series based upon the 1992 film of the same name. ... Neon Genesis Evangelion ) is a controversial and extraordinarily popular Japanese animated television series, begun in 1995, directed and written by Hideaki Anno, and produced by Gainax. ... Unit 01 runs through Tokyo-3; the buildings in the background give a frame of reference for the size of the Eva. ... MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán), is an organization that seeks to promote an awareness of Chicano history by education and political action. ... Cyborg was a 1989 science fiction film based in a post-apocalyptic future. ... Jean Claude Van Damme (born October 18, 1960), born Jean-Claude Camille Fran ois Van Varenberg, is a Belgian-born action movie actor whos most known for martial arts films. ... Cyborg II is a 1993 film directed by Michael Schroeder. ... Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, a former fashion model, and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. ... This page lists the main characters from the anime series and manga Fullmetal Alchemist, covering the characters who are widely considered to be primary to the plot of the story; while the Elric Brothers are the heroes of the story, there are also those who are greatly affected by their... Fullmetal Alchemist ), commonly abbreviated FMA or Hagaren by fans, is a manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa and serialized in Monthly Shonen Gangan. ... Edward Elrics Automail arm Automail is a type of prosthetic limb present in the series Fullmetal Alchemist that is used by various characters in the series as a replacement for lost or damaged body parts. ... The Vision of Escaflowne (Japanese: 天空のエスカフローネ;Tenkū no Esukafurōne or Escaflowne of the Heavens) is a 26-episode anime television series by Sunrise, directed by Kazuki Akane. ... Mobile Detective Jiban (機動刑事ジバン kidou keiji jiban) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei, aired by TV Asahi in Japan from January 29, 1989 to January 28, 1990 with 52 episodes and a feature movie. ...

In computer and video games

Gray Fox is a fictional character in the Metal Gear videogame franchise. ... Ninja (忍者) has two meanings. ... Metal Gear Solid ), commonly abbreviated as MGS, is a stealth-based game developed by Konami and first published for the PlayStation video game console in 1998. ... Dr. Crygor is a very intelligent mad scientist from the Wario Ware games. ... WarioWare, Inc. ... The Strogg are a fictional alien race who are the enemies in the first-person shooters Quake II and Quake 4, and a playable faction in the upcoming Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. ... Quake II, released on December 6, 1997, is a first person shooter game developed by id Software and distributed by Activision. ... Quake 4 is the fourth title in the series of Quake FPS computer games. ... Cyrax is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. ... Sektor is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. ... Smoke also known as Unit LK7T2, is a video game character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. ... Mortal Kombat has multiple meanings. ... Dr. N-Gin Production Painting (Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back). ... // Crash Bandicoot, or simply Crash, is a popular video game character created by Naughty Dog, who stars in a video game franchise of the same name. ... Bunnie Rabbot is a cyborg (half robot) rabbit with a thick Southern accent, who featured prominently in the Sonic animated series, Sonic the Hedgehog. ... Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega Genesis The Sonic the Hedgehog series is a franchise of video games released by Sega (usually developed by their Sonic Team division) and starring their mascot character Sonic the Hedgehog. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... The cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #1, published by Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog is an ongoing series of comic books published by Archie Comics, featuring Segas mascot video game character Sonic. ... Final Fantasy Legend III is a Game Boy video game. ... Look up life, living in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cybernetics is a theory of the communication and control of regulatory feedback. ... In practical usage, a robot is a mechanical device which performs automated tasks, either according to direct human supervision, a pre-defined program or, a set of general guidelines, using artificial intelligence techniques. ... The Combine is a powerful alien race and empire from Valve Corporations 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2. ... Half-Life 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game and the sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Corporation. ... Transhuman is a term that refers to an intermediary form between the human and the posthuman. ... Deus Ex (commonly abbreviated DX) is a first-person shooter/role-playing computer game developed by Ion Storm Inc. ... Deux Ex: Invisible War is a computer game. ... Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan John-117 (alternatively known by his rank, Master Chief or John-117; to the Covenant, as the Demon) is a fictional character featured in the video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and in a fan made free download game Halo Zero. ... Supersoldier is a fictional term often used to describe a soldier that operates beyond normal physical human limits. ... Halo: Combat Evolved, or simply Halo, is a video game in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre, created by the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios. ... It has been suggested that List of vehicles in Halo 2 be merged into this article or section. ... A player character or playable character (PC) is a fictional character in a game who is controlled or controllable by the player. ... System Shock is a computer game developed by Looking Glass Technologies (later Looking Glass Studios). ... Grobyc is a fictional, playable character from the SquareSoft RPG Chrono Cross. ... Chrono Cross ) is a PlayStation RPG created by Square Co. ... Emerl Emerl is a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game Sonic Battle. ... Sonic Battle is a fighting game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Dimps (under the guise of Sonic Team) and published by THQ for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. ... Megaman. ... North American box art of the first game. ... Derived from the term InterNet Navigator, a NetNavi (ネットナビ Nettonabi) is a key concept in the MegaMan Battle Network series of video games, developed by Capcom. ... Samus Aran ), alternatively referred to by the Space Pirates as the Hunter and by the Chozo as the Hatchling and the Newborn, is a video game character created by Nintendo, and is the main protagonist in the Metroid series. ...

Other

  • Metro Man, mascot for Metro North Railroad.
  • Oil-Fired Stanley Price, in the filk of that title by Zander Nyrond.
  • The Phyrexians, from Magic: The Gathering.
  • The Rifts role-playing game makes extensive use of cybernetics in many Occupational Character Classes. Cybernetics are divided into normal cybernetics, realistic-looking bio-systems, and deadly, combat-oriented bionics. It also organizes Cyborgs into two categories: Partial Conversion, where most of a person's limbs are all that are replaced, and Full Conversion, where the entire body, save for the brain, spinal cord, and a few other organs are replaced by bionics.

Metro-North (officially MTA Metro-North Railroad) is a suburban commuter railroad running service from New York City to the northern suburbs in New York State and Connecticut. ... Filk is a form of music created from within fandom, and performed generally late at night at science fiction conventions. ... Phyrexia is one of several planes featured in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. ... Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ... Rifts is a multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in 1990 and published continuously by Palladium Books since then. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ... A character class represents a characters archetype and career in some role-playing games (RPGs). ...

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