Posts by Tom

Bill & Ted

In Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, William “Bill” Preston Esquire (Alex Winter) and Theodore “Ted” Logan (Keanu Reeves) are two metalhead slackers trying to write a history report when they encounter a traveler from the future who gives them access to a time travel machine.

Ash from Evil Dead

In the Evil Dead, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) must face off against his loved ones as they’re possessed by evil souls of the dead called deadites. To defeat them, he arms himself, quite literally, with a chainsaw and a sawed off shotty.

Jasper from Steven Universe

In Steven Universe, Jasper, once the superior of Peridot and Lapis Lazuli, is one of the most formidable antagonists. She is serious and headstrong, with a fierce hatred for the concept of fusion, until she goes on to fuse with Lapis.

Soldier: 76

In Overwatch, Soldier: 76 (real name Jack Morrison) is the archetypal soldier hero with a military background and a pulse rifle as his primary weapon. He is the product of a top-secret soldier enhancement program that has gifted him with superhuman speed, strength, and agility.

John Marston

In Red Dead Redemption, John Marston started out as an outlaw gunslinger and gang member. After being left to die in a botched robbery by his outlaw friends, he decides to reform his life and live a quiet life. John is a fairly unimaginative and serious person who has little patience for the eccentricities of others.

John Ruth

In The Hateful Eight, John Ruth (Kurt Russell) is a bounty hunter nicknamed the Hangman. Whether fugitives are wanted dead or alive, he chooses the extra labor of bringing them to justice alive, so that executioners can also continue to earn a pay. His latest bounty as Daisy Domergue, who he’s escorting to Red Rock, Wyoming.

Power Girl

In the DC Comics, Power Girl (real name Kara Zor-L) is the cousin of Superman and shares similar superpowers. Like him, she was sent away to escape the destruction of Krypton, but somehow ended up on a planet called Earth-Two instead.

Black Panther

In Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther is the superhero identity of T’Challa, the King of Wakanda, a fictional African nation. After eating a mysterious plant poisonous to many non-Wakandans, he gained the peak of human strength and agility on the same level as Captain America. Black Panther is Marvel’s answer to Batman, and cousins with Killmonger.

Tracer

In Overwatch, Tracer (real name Lena Oxton) is a young ace pilot from the UK. When a flight experiment goes wrong, her molecules become desynchronized from the flow of time. Fortunately, Winston designs a device that anchors her to the present and even gives her the power to control her own time.

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novel The Little Prince tells the tale of a young pilot stranded in the desert who meets a young prince fallen from his home planet, an asteroid not bigger than a house. While the pilot spends days repairing his plane, the young prince recounts stories about his own otherworldly life .

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