Questions tagged [character-identification]
For questions asking for help identifying a character in a TV series/episode, comic-book issue/story arc, movie, book, or other story. For questions looking to identify a story please use [story-identification] instead.
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Can anyone identify this reposted artwork of a Grey alien?
I love spooky paranormal stuff (though I don't believe a lick of it) and am curious to know the origins of this eerie illustration of a Grey alien. I've seen it reposted online a lot, but with no ...
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"Meanest Superhero" -- who was being discussed?
I recall long ago a video or even television show that discussed a superhero who was either a contemporary of early Superman or predated him. I believe he was in 1930s or 40s serials.
What was ...
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Toy from a story about a boy and his friends who are very small and live in a tree
As a kid I had this action figure/toy of a boy with short red hair, wristbands and ankle bands. Made of leaves, as so is the rest of the clothing with a bandana on his head made of leaves with two ...
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Who or what is this Martian creature?
Thomas Alva Edison's short silent film A Trip to Mars (1910) shows what is thought to be the first cinematic Martian. The film, which was most likely inspired by Georges Méliès, depicts a big Martian ...
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Who is Agent Merril Brears in "real life"?
Which actress/model served as the basis/inspiration for the appearance of agent Merril Brears in Alan Moore's Neonomicon?
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What is the maximum number of Star Trek TOS characters to appear in one shot in a Star Trek property?
A (correctly) deleted answer by @EatMe to this question was interesting enough in its own right for me to ask this new question.
The deleted answer contained this photo:
The photo shows a courtroom ...
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Who are the villains that Spider-Man fights in his self-introduction scene in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?
In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, we see Miles Morales / Spider-Man fighting several villains in his self-introduction scene:
A villain with a white mask and a green costume with a four-leaf ...
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What Spider-Man suits are in Peter Parker's secret hideout in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Miles Morales, Peter B. Parker, and Gwen Stacy visit Aunt May’s home. She leads them to Peter Parker’s secret hideout, where they see several Spider-Man ...
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Who is this 1980s character?
Who is this character. It’s not Emmet Brown from Back to the Future but an 80s cartoon / film character?
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Identify a Justice League character that can control glass
I vaguely remember sporadically watching episodes of the Justice League cartoon in the early to mid 2000s. And I think in one of the episodes I watched, I vaguely remember seeing a female character (...
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Who are the characters on the cover of the Boys vol4, We gotta go now?
The below image is the cover of the Boys Volume 4, We gotta go now.
Who are all the individual characters on the front cover.
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Who are the video game dogs in this GIF by animator Paul Robertson?
Who are all the dogs in the GIF below by Paul Robertson (an animator involved in various video games and animated shows)? I believe they are all from various video games, but please correct me if I am ...
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Which superhero wears red, white, and blue, and works as a furniture mover?
I'm searching for a comic super hero, that is not from DC or Marvel universe.
I once read a collection book (in German) some 20+ years ago. It was not originally German, but translated.
The hero in ...
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Who are the blond boys in Marvel Meow Infinity Comic #10?
Marvel Meow is all about cat hijinx, and the Infinity run stars Loki as a cat starting around the middle of the 12-issue run. In #10, there's something going on in the park with Ogeode (they brawl, ...
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Who's the alien in the Mel and Kim Christmas song?
In 1987 Mel Smith and Kim Wilde released a cover version of "Rockin around the Christmas tree"
In the video of this song there is a scene (about the 1 minute 15 seconds mark) where Mel Smith ...
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Is Spider-Man the only Marvel character that has been represented as multiple non-human characters?
Spider-Man has been represented as multiple non-human creatures:
Pter Ptarker - A Pteranodon in a Tyrannosaurus rex body.
Peter Porker (Spider-Ham) - A Spider, that was bitten by an irradiated ...
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Who is Mario trying to rescue in Donkey Kong?
I've been watching playthroughs of the more primitive Donkey Kong games on YouTube and it occurred to me, if these games predate Super Mario Bros., the Mushroom Kingdom and Princess Peach, then who is ...
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Who is this 90s Marvel comic character that has three bodies?
I was an avid comic reader in the 90s and distinctly recall a hero/side character that appeared in an Avengers comic who appeared to have three bodies. The bodies looked very different with one having ...
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Who played the creature in Creature from the Haunted Sea?
In the 1961 Roger Corman film Creature from the Haunted Sea who played the creature? Neither Wikipedia nor IMDb give any details. It is plausible that the actor is trying to keep this quiet.
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Who is this female soldier?
The March of the Machine prerelease kit flyer depicts several famous but one unknown humanoid. I can't find her on any Battle card in Gatherer. Who is she?
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Who is the woman next to Palpatine during his speech?
In Revenge of the Sith, when Palpatine is making his speech about transitioning the Republic to an Empire, there is a bald woman (which I think is from a non-human species) standing to his left on his ...
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What is the name of this droid?
In the offices where Pershing works there is a very grumpy droid. We also see the same droid in episode 5 of season 3.
Is this droid in some way related to C1-10P from Rebels? They seem to have the ...
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who was the real-life model for Artem Ivanoff in Detroit: Become Human
Trying to find out who is the model of the Russian president Artem Ivanoff in the video game Detroit: Become Human
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What’s this gundam?
Some time between 2005-2008, I watched a movie involving big gundam robots (my parents had a DVD if it, so it could be a good deal older). I do not recall much, I’m mainly going off a picture I drew ...
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Is The Artilleryman the same person as The Curate?
We learn from H. G. Wells' novel "The War of the Worlds" that The Narrator meets, separately, The Curate and The Artilleryman after the Weybridge attack. The Artilleryman attempted to enter ...
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Who is this robot from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction?
While attempting to Google antennaed aliens for this question, I came across the image of a robot from several different covers of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Source: ISFDB
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What events, characters, or settings are shown on this album cover?
I picked this up at a thrift shop over the weekend. I found it very neat to see what a reader may have imagined the characters and world of LOTR to look like. I read the book in a Post-Jackson world, ...
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Who are the Spider-Man incarnations shown in this Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie poster?
Who* are the Spider-Man incarnations shown in this Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) movie poster? The poster features some of the Spider-Man variations from the previous installment, Spider-...
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Black panther’s martial arts skills
In marvel comics when or In what comics issue was black panther first depicted as a master of martial arts? His initial abilities included cat like reflexes and agility he performed acrobatic movement ...
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Where's this Japanese-student-looking winged girl from?
Google Images is no help, while Tineye reveals that this image of a non-human girl with dragon wings, blue skin, red eyes, horns and a tail, wearing what looks like a Japanese school uniform, given ...
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What Magic: The Gathering novel/character involves removing someone's memories through a hole in their skull?
There's a plotline in a Magic: The Gathering novel I'm having trouble remembering, and I'd like to find what book it's in. Basically, there's a Phyrexian (possibly was a human before?) who loves ...
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Can you identify this green fish-like humanoid warrior with a stick (spear?)?
I am trying to identify this fantasy creature. It was used in an article about "D'N'D" in a polish magazine "Top Secret" #14 (February 1993)
After hours of googling I found a few ...
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Who is the top-hatted person in the new Doctor Who trailer?
Who is this person in the Doctor Who trailer released on 23rd October 2022?
My family are convinced it's Matt Smith/Eleventh Doctor, and it looks like him to me too.
But as I can't find anything about ...
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Was Roodown in Ferrix?
While watching "Kassa", the first episode of the Star Wars TV series Andor (2022), I noticed, at least, two familiar species from the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). There are two ...
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Whose superhero-themed shoes are the shoes shown in the S01E05 end credits?
In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law S01E05 "Mean, Green, and Straight Poured into These Jeans", Pug is looking to buy the new "Iron Man Three" shoes. In the end credits, Pug is showing (...
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Help identifying the various series in the Toonami 'Advanced Robotics' commercial
This classic Toonami commercial for 'Advanced Robotics' contains a mashup of a few different robot/mecha-centric franchises but I don't recognize them all.
Toonami Advanced Robotics
Can I get some ...
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Who is this character associated with the Bat-family?
Who is the superhero in red and white with blonde hair in the following picture? When i do a reverse image search i just get articles referencing the Bat Family/Gotham Knights/Batman Inc, but nothing ...
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In E. J. Patten’s book Return to Exile, what is the tree like thing
In the book, Solomon Rose fought one of these things. The tree thing was described as having white eyes and mouth and eyes looked like they were cut out.
Also, which identification would be correct?
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Sci-fi TV show sexy villainess 70s-80s
I'm trying to remember the name of a TV actress who played a sexy villainess in a popular sci-fi TV show of probably late 1970s to 1980s.
I'm thinking of something in the original Battlestar ...
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Golden-haired comic book villain who could perform mass-hypnosis with his voice
I'm looking for a comic book story about a golden-haired villain who could perform mass-hypnosis with his voice. He wore a suit and tried to get a crowd to attack a government building. Our heroes ...
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What species is this orc in Star Wars?
This brute shows up in Legends Star Wars: Republic: Emissaries to Malastare and I could never find the name of his species.
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Who are these villains named 'Control' in Captain America and the Avengers?
At one point in the final level of the arcade game, Captain America and the Avengers (1991), the player/s encounter two "boss" villains -- either robot or cyborg characters -- both named '...
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Who are these villains in Spider-Man: Freshman Year?
Who are these characters in the newly announced Marvel series Spider-Man: Freshman Year?
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What are the statues at the Eternity gate?
At the Eternity gate there are a few statues lining the chamber. I assume they are all known Marvel characters. Who were all the ones we saw?
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Who are these two of Thor's love interests (blue-haired "swashbuckling Passionista" woman and "wolf woman") and where are they from?
In Thor: Love and Thunder, Korg narrates that Thor had two love interests aside from Jane Foster: a blue-haired (pirate?) woman (described by Korg as a "swashbuckling Passionista") who Thor ...
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Who are the gods and goddesses that appear in Thor: Love and Thunder?
In Thor: Love and Thunder, there were a lot of gods and goddesses shown at Omnipotence City, but several of them are unidentified or not clearly identified in the film. Who are they? Do they have ...
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Need help with an identification of a Marvel character
Some time ago I read a short fanart comic with a superhero that I don't recognize. I've tried to find him by description, by Google search, but all in vain.
I was going to write about him but even ...
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Which Terry Pratchett character said something like "It doesn't matter if you are right or wrong, so long as you are certain"?
Which Terry Pratchett character said something like "It doesn't matter if you are right or wrong, so long as you are certain"?
I'm almost certain this isn't a Discworld character; in fact, I ...
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