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Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States. It is a member of the Ivy League...

Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is a fictional nuclear power plant in the television animated cartoon series The Simpsons. The plant, owned by Charles Montgomery Burns, is located at 100 Industrial Way. The plant has a monopoly on the city of Springfield's energy...

The Daily Planet is a fictional broadsheet newspaper that appears in Superman stories published by DC Comics. The Daily Planet is based in Metropolis and employs Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen; its chief editor is Perry White. Within the Superman comics, the...

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Lord Voldemort is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written by British author J. K. Rowling. Voldemort first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was released in 1997. Voldemort appeared either in...

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a setting in J. K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series. It is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in the United Kingdom. Six of the seven books in the Harry Potter...

Jabba the Hutt is a fictional character in George Lucas' science fiction saga Star Wars. He first appeared on film in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) as an obese, slug-like alien. Jabba was originally portrayed by an immense latex puppet, but in other...

The Galactic Empire is one of the main factions in the Star Wars universe. It is a tyrannical, galaxy-spanning regime established by the series' lead villain, Palpatine, to replace the Galactic Republic in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The Galactic Empire...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) (French: Gendarmerie Royale du Canada [GRC], literally Royal Gendarmerie of Canada; colloquially known as Mounties, and internally as The Force) is the federal, national, and paramilitary police force of Canada, and one of the...

The Joker is a fictional character and supervillain that appears in the comic book published by DC Comics. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, the Joker is the archenemy of the superhero Batman and first appeared in Batman #1 (Spring 1940). The...

The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. Since 1976, it has been owned by Australia-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 largest...

Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizard in Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards.The official motto of UU is "Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides", loosely translated as "Now you...

The DB, originally the Daily Bugle, is a fiction New York City newspaper that is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, most prominently in Spider-Man and its derivative media. The company first appeared in Fantastic Four #2. The Daily Bugle features prominently...

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6) is the United Kingdom's external intelligence agency. Under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), it works alongside the Security Service (MI5),...

The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a fictional setting, a psychiatric hospital in the DC Universe. It is located on the outskirts of Gotham City, and is where those of Batman's foes considered to be legally insane are incarcerated (other foes...

For the Australian cricketer with the same nickname, see Shane Watson. Watto is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, featured in the films The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. He is computer-generated and voiced by Andy Secombe. A mean-tempered,...

Sirius Black is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Sirius Black was first mentioned briefly in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as a wizard who lent Hagrid a flying motorbike shortly after Lord Voldemort killed James and Lily Potter....

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), which was established in 1845, is currently the largest police force in North America, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. The NYPD is considered to be...

In J.K. Rowling's fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain. The government is first mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and makes its first actual appearance in Harry Potter and...

Bartemius "Barty" Crouch, the elder, (d. May 1995) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of books. Barty Crouch was played by British actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, in the screen adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. When Lord Voldemort first came...

Londo Mollari is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Peter Jurasik. Although Londo began as a supporting player in the early episodes, his actions and character development as the series progressed had...

The Earth Alliance is the name of a fiction alliance of the nations of Earth in the television series Babylon 5. The transition of Earth government from a democratic, elected government to an authoritarian, militaristic one and back to a democracy again is a major...

In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps is an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for all humans with telepathic or other para-psychological abilities anywhere within Earth controlled space. All persons with Psi abilities are required to either join...

Weyland-Yutani is a fictional corporation in the motion picture Alien and its sequels, often referred to simply as "The Company". It is one of the corporations that runs the human colonies outside the solar system through the Extrasolar Colonization Administration, has...

Stargate Command (abbreviated to SGC), is a fictional top-secret military organization tasked with operating the Stargate device and all matters pertaining to things offworld, such as threats to Earth or missions to procure new technology from extraterrestrial...

In the video game Final Fantasy VII, the , or simply the is a ruthless mega-corporation which controls most of the world . Shin-Ra is named after the family that runs the corporation. Originally a small weapons development company, Shin-Ra grew into a multi...

Harry James Potter is the eponymous title character and the mainprotagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter fantasyseries. The books cover seven years in the life of the lonelyorphan who, on his 11th birthday, learns he is a wizard. He attends Hogwarts School of...

The Jedi High Council is an institution from the Star Wars series of films. The Jedi Council are the strongest members of the Jedi Order and elected to lead the Jedi. The High Council was a group of twelve wise and powerful Jedi Master elected to guide the Jedi Order...

Yoyodyne is the name of several companies, both in fiction and real life. Yoyodyne is a fictional defense contractor introduced in Thomas Pynchon's V. (1963) and featured prominently in his novel The Crying of Lot 49 (1966). Described in the latter book as "a giant...

Umbrella Corporation is a fictional bioengineering pharmaceutical company appearing in the Resident Evil series of survival horror game and films. It is a major international player in a number of markets including pharmaceuticals, medical hardware, defense, and...