Wizard 991766 224595241 2008-07-09T16:02:41Z Aesopos 3138216 {{wiktionarypar|wizard}} {{TOCright}} '''Wizard''' may refer to: ==Fictional characters== {{Seealso|List of magicians in fantasy}} *[[The Wizard (Archie)]], a superhero in Archie Comics with great physical and mental abilities *[[Wizard (DC Comics)]], a supervillain and enemy of the Justice Society of America *[[Wizard (fantasy)]], in fantasy and mythology, a person who has studied and practices magic. Specific instances include: **[[Wizard (Middle-earth)]], powerful entities from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien **[[Wizard (Oz)]], a character in L. Frank Baum’s novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its movie adaptations **[[Wizards (Discworld)]], as featured in the ''Discworld'' novels by Terry Pratchett *[[Wizard (Marvel Comics)]], a supervillain and enemy of the Fantastic Four, also known as "The Wingless Wizard" ==Film and television== *[[The Wizard (film)|''The Wizard'' (film)]], a 1989 American film about a skilled video game player *[[The Wizard (TV series)|''The Wizard'' (TV series)]], a short-lived 1980s CBS television series *[[The Wizard (Seinfeld episode)|"The Wizard" (''Seinfeld'' episode)]], an episode of the television show ''Seinfeld'' *"Mr. Wizard", the stage name of [[Don Herbert]], who developed and starred in two children's television shows about science: **''[[Watch Mr. Wizard]]'', first aired in 1951 **''[[Mr. Wizard's World]]'', first aired in 1983 *[[Wizards (film)|''Wizards'' (film)]], a 1977 animated post-apocalyptic fantasy/science fiction film by Ralph Bakshi *''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', first aired in 2007 ==Games== *[[Wizard (board game)]], a 1978 board game released by Metagaming, companion game to Melee *[[Wizard (card game)]], a trick-taking card game *[[Wizard (character class)]], magic-wielding character types in many role-playing games **[[Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons)|Wizard (''Dungeons & Dragons'')]], the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' character class *[[Wizard (computer game)|''Wizard'' (computer game)]], a 1983 Commodore 64 game that was later re-released in 1986 as ''Ultimate Wizard'' *[[Wizard (video game)|''Wizard'' (video game)]], a game designed by Chris Crawford for the Atari 2600 and released in 2005 *''[[Wizardry]]'', a series of "dungeon crawl" computer games from the 1980s *[[Wizards (board game)|''Wizards'' (board game)]], a board game produced in 1982 by Avalon Hill *[[Wizards of the Coast]], a Seattle-based games publisher known for ''Magic: The Gathering'' and ''Dungeons & Dragons'' ==Music== *[[Electric Wizard]], Stoner doom metal band from UK *"[[Pinball Wizard]]", a song from The Who's rock opera ''Tommy'' *[[The Wizzard]], a calypso singer from Dominica *[[The Wizard (Black Sabbath song)|"The Wizard" (Black Sabbath song)]] a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1970 *[[The Wizard (Uriah Heep song)|"The Wizard" (Uriah Heep song)]], a song by Uriah Heep, released in 1972 *"The Wizard", one of the theme tunes of the TV show [[Top of the Pops]] *"The Wizard", the second track from Albert Ayler's album ''[[Spiritual Unity (album)|Spiritual Unity]]'' *[[Wizzard]], a 1970s British glam rock band **[[Wizzo Band]], formed by Roy Wood after Wizzard split in 1975 *[[Wizard (EP)|''Wizard'' (EP)]], an EP from the Argentinian band Beto Vázquez Infinity *[[Wizard (German band)]], a German power metal/speed metal band *Wizard (record label), an Australian record label created by [[Robie Porter]] *[[Wizardzz]], a noise pop duo featuring Brian Gibson ==People== *[[Ozzie Smith]], a baseball player nicknamed "The Wizard" *[[Grand Wizard]] and Imperial Wizard, titles in the [[Ku Klux Klan]] *[[Juan Quarterone]], a soccer player nicknamed "El Brujo" or "The Wizard" *[[The Wizard (footballer)]] or Jeff Farmer *The [[Wizard of New Zealand]] (formerly Ian Brackenbury Channell), an orator and eccentric *[[Thomas Edison]], an inventor nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park" ==Publications== *''Wizard'' ([[D. C. Thomson]]), a British comic paper. It consisted of adventure stories for boys. In 1963 it was merged with ''Rover'', and ceased publication in 1978 after nearly 56 years. *[[Wizard (magazine)|''Wizard'' (magazine)]], a monthly magazine that spawned successful spinoffs in other areas of interest *[[Wizard (novel)|''Wizard'' (novel)]], a science fiction novel by John Varley *Wizards, an anthology of fantasy short fiction edited by [[Jack Dann]] and [[Gardner Dozois]] ==Sports== *[[Fort Wayne Wizards]], a team in the Midwest League of professional baseball *[[Kansas City Wizards]], a team in Major League Soccer (Football) *[[NAB Cup]], known as the Wizard Cup from 2002-2005 *[[Washington Wizards]], a team in the National Basketball Association ==Technology== *[[HTC Wizard]], a QWERTY-keyboard pocket PC *[[Sharp Wizard]], a personal organizer released in 1988 *[[Wizard Robotics]], a robotics engineering institute from New Zealand *[[Wizard (software)]], a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps *[[Wizard Video]] , A defunct home video company ==Transportation== * ''Wizard'', a [[GWR Iron Duke Class]] steam locomotive ==See also== *[[Magician]] *[[Sorcerer]] *[[Warlock]] *[[Witch]] *[[Wiz (disambiguation)]] {{disambig-cleanup}} [[ko:마법사]] [[it:Wizard]] [[nl:Wizard]] [[ja:ウィザード]] [[pt:Wizard]] [[fi:Velho (täsmennyssivu)]] [[th:พ่อมด]]