Questions tagged [object-identification]
For questions asking for identification of a science fiction or fantasy object. Please include an image of the object, or a link to the object, with the question, For identification of a character use [character-identification] instead and for identification of a story use [story-identification instead.
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What are these weapons in My Adventures with Superman s1e7 "Kiss kiss fall in portal"?
Without getting to specific on spoilers, we see a rack of weapons and arms in My Adventures with Superman s1e7. I recognize a few of these, and from that I can assume most if not all reference ...
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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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What is the ship called that transports Yoda and the clones into the arena in Episode II?
It is open on the sides and Yoda looks out of it and stands in front of clones. They are coming to rescue Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padmé.
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What is the palace on the floor of the great sea Haloisi Velike in Tolkien's early drawing "I vene kemen"
J.R.R. Tolkien's early (1916-1920) drawing I Vene Kemen is a depiction of Arda (not called that yet) in the form of a ship:
Christopher Tolkien included this drawing in The Book of Lost Tales, Part I,...
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Which Marvel Superhero does this logo belong to?
A colleague has an accessory with a collection of Marvel Character logos and we haven't been able to identify one, with Google not yielding anything helpful, It has a Hydra and an Avengers logo so ...
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What are these symbols in the corridors of star destroyers?
I was watching the star destroyer flythrough and noticed these odd symbols all over the corridors.
What are they?
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Why were some fleet troopers wearing a beige baseball cap?
During the Royal Award Ceremony in the final scene of the film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977), some fleet troopers can be seen wearing a beige baseball cap.
A behind-the-scenes photo allows ...
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What fluid was the Rebel ground crew pumping into the starfighters?
At the end of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), I noticed one ground tech closing a plastic true union ball valve and disconnecting a plastic flexible corrugated hose from a side port of one of the X-...
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Italian dust jacket with Harry without his glasses
This excerpt from an article which is a biography of JK Rowling says that there exists an Italian dust jacket featuring Harry without his glasses. Can anybody confirm its existence and show it here?
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What does the logo on Luke's Skyhopper mean?
In the garage scene of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), we see Luke Skywalker playing with a model of his grounded T-16 Skyhopper. There is a tiny logo on the model that is difficult to notice.
The logo ...
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Are these plush dolls based on a fantastical character or creature?
There's a picture of a plush doll that's making the rounds on Twitter:
The tweet wonders whether they are antisemitic caricatures of Jews, which it definitely can be, based on the hats and long noses....
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What film are these medical beds from?
I've seen some pretty wild conspiracy theories about magical "med-beds" that can cure any disease but are being suppressed by governments.
These pictures were posted claiming to be photos of ...
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What's the little black box on Nedry's Desk in Jurassic Park?
Do you have any idea what this little black box is on Nedry's desk? I think it's a computer peripheral, but I can't identify what it is. It opens with a glazed part on top. In another part of the film,...
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What is the toroidal device that Cassian is carrying to Jedha?
In Rogue One, while Cassian and Jyn try to contact someone who could take them to Saw Gerrera, we can notice that Cassian is carrying a backpack with a big round device with a hose tied to it. The ...
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What is C-3PO working on in this video?
This awesome PSA from the 70’s is super cool to watch. I love the retro-feel of all the electronics in the room and it kinda makes me think of Andor.
It’s driving me crazy but I can’t figure out what ...
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What story do "Flits", tiny, highly magical beings, come from?
What story do "Flits", tiny, highly magical beings, come from?
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Pixies sort of remind me of Flits from a book I once read, tiny but with extreme magic powers, not to be messed ...
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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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Language in the Jinx fantasy series
In the Jinx series by Sage Blackwood, there is a language where to speak a sentence, you open the first word in half, insert the second and split in half. Repeat till your sentence is finished. I ...
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Need help in identifying this action figure
I was going through my old toys when i came across this -
I remember getting this around 2016-2017 from London, can somebody please help me in identifying this character?
I am pretty sure we can ...
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Where is this logo seen in the Witcher franchise?
I found this necklace online which says it's from the Witcher franchise.
Could someone verify where exactly was this logo portrayed in the games?
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Do we know who owned the lightsabers that The Path had?
In episode 5 of Obi-Wan Kenobi we land at the Jabiim and the headquarters of The Path. There's a bit of downtime and Obi-Wan has a look about. He notices some Aurebesh writing on the wall with Jedi ...
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What's the green toy set besides Yondu's bed in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"...?
What's the green toy set besides Yondu's bed, during his farewell ceremony in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2...? From what I can tell, it was placed there by Gamora.
This video shows the whole scene.
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Identify this Star Trek badge with gamma-like symbol
I have looked and looked on Google images, eBay, Amazon, Star Trek shop, Memory Alpha... There are no references whatsoever to this badge design yet I obtained this commercially available example 20+ ...
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How did Christine Palmer protect Doctor Strange?
In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Doctor Strange uses the dreamwalking technique in a surprising way and consequently comes under attack from the spirits of the damned.
Christine Palmer ...
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Whose derelict ship do Boimler and Mariner find?
In LD: Where Pleasant Fountains Lie, Ensigns Boimler and Mariner find a crashed starship that AGIMUS tries to influence them to salvage.
I've watched and rewatched this scene and can't quite figure ...
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What do the colors in the ID plates worn by the Rebel Alliance mean?
We can observe in the movie Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) that rebel soldiers, snowspeeder pilots and sensor controllers, stationed at Echo Base on Hoth, wore uniforms with distinguishing ...
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What are these two superhero(?) images that potentially look like the James Webb Space Telescope?
This Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope tweet says:
I wonder if they will let me hang up my favorite superhero posters in the @NASAGoddard cleanroom? I cannot wait to join these fantastic telescopes! ...
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What are these creatures on the cover of Kane Chronicles: The Throne of Fire?
What are these two creatures?
I feel that they could be either tjesu heru,
Sure enough, Menshikov's staff began to writhe and grow.
Great, I thought. Another serpent.
But something was wrong with ...
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What object is Dr. Boyce holding in the briefing room?
In the scene from "The Cage" where the officers agree to use the ship's power to destroy the entrance to the Talosians' underground complex, Dr. Boyce can be seen holding an object that ...
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What creature did Boba encounter while digging for water?
In S01E01 of the The Book of Boba Fett, "Stranger in a Strange Land", during a flashback scene Boba is tasked by a Tusken villager to dig for water pods with another captive.
During this ...
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What is a tabukuk?
Near the beginning of Keith Laumer's A Plague of Demons,* two spies are meeting in a restaurant in North Africa, and one sweeps their table for surveillance devices.
We went through a ritual of hand ...
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What is the name of this grenade used in the Jedha ambush in Rogue One?
I can't find any pictures or information on this grenade. It was used by one of the Partisans to indicate the start of the ambush.
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What is this item in the movie Aliens?
There is a well-known image from James Cameron's science-fiction movie Aliens (1986) showing Ripley and Newt escaping from the queen and her xenomorphic fellows (see below). One of the two heroines (I ...
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What is this red thing on a Jurassic Park poster?
I came across this Jurassic Park poster and I was puzzled by something I didn’t recognize. In the top right there’s a red shape peeking out from behind the Jurassic Park gate.
What is this red thing?
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What are these birds in episode 5 of Loki?
In season 1 episode 5 of Loki, we see a species of birds. What are these birds and what is special about them?
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Bridge lights dimming or changing color after "battle stations!" was declared on some ship in Star Trek TOS?
I seem to remember the lighting on the bridge of some ship1 in Star Trek TOS2 changing by design from normal to something attention-getting when "battle stations!" was announced. Changes in ...
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What else is in the TVA's junk drawer?
In episode 1 of Loki when Loki visits the TVA he sees:
From this question Whose photo is this? we can see that the TVA put multiple items of value (in our reality) into the drawer.
Can anybody ...
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In Loki, who is in this photo at the bottom of this box?
In season 1 episode 1 of Loki series when Loki visits the TVA he sees
I would like to know whose photo is present in the drawer.
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What is the source of this lighting bolt shaped wand movement for Avada Kedavra?
On the Harry Potter wikia's page for Killing Curse, the following lightning bolt shaped icon is displayed as the wand movement.
This icon is stylized like the ones that appeared on the old, pre-2015 ...
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Is there a Canon/Legend explanation of the symbols on two vessels inside the Tantive IV?
All these years I've been wondering about the meaning of these two polygonal symbols painted on the vessels or tanks located in the room where Vader chokes Captain Antilles, at the beginning of Star ...
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Which type of cannon does this housing in the remains of the Death Star II belong to?
In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, during the fight between Kylo Ren and Rey on an almost-submerged wreckage of the second Death Star, visible in the background is what appears to be the sole ...
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Looking for details on this 'creation': Monod with his Ego-Puppet
Graphic artist Wayne Barlowe published a book Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy, wherein he depicts various creatures and characters from a wide range of fantasy works by different writers including Clive ...
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Can you identify this spaceship?
This is a picture from "Top Secret", a games magazine from Poland published in 1989.
Some of the pictures in the magazine they drew themselves. But many others were just cropped pictures ...
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Jigsaw puzzle with astronaut and alien city
I'm trying to find an image from a jigsaw puzzle I had in the early-mid 1970s. I think I may have seen it on a poster some time later, too.
A space-suited astronaut has climbed to the rim of a crater,...
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What are these things on the top of Palpatine's throne and what is their function?
What are these things referred to in the Emperor Palpatine throne chair?
What is their function/job?
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What does this Metal Gear Solid boot-screen depict?
This boot screen is seen at the start of the Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection: PS Vita edition.
I can't make out what the picture is supposed to be.
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Triceratops head action figure?
In the early 80s, there was a series of toys that I recall were similar to Masters of the Universe (although probably lower quality). I think that many of them were based on Greek mythology. The one ...
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Do any images exist of Moff Gideon's combat helmet?
It is notable that Moff Gideon's dark-colored battle armor and cape resemble the style of Darth Vader/Kylo Ren. As an Imperial officer equipped for hand-to-hand combat, I can't imagine Moff Gideon ...
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What is the source of this image of the Batcomputer?
What is the source of this image of the Batcomputer, and who is the artist that designed it?
Note that it's not from Justice League: Doom as an earlier comment suggested.
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