Wizard

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A wizard is a person with magical, or at least exceptional, abilities.

Wizard may also refer to:

Contents 1 Literature 2 Film and television 3 Anime and manga 4 Comics 5 Games 6 Technology 7 Music 8 Sports 9 Transportation 10 People 11 See also

[edit] Literature

• 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
• Wizarding world inhabitants, wizards and witches in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling
• Wizard (Sword of Truth), a type of person featured in the Sword of Truth series of novels by Terry Goodkind.
• Wizard (novel), a science fiction novel by John Varley.
• The Wizard (novel), a fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe

[edit] Film and television

• Wizards (film), a 1977 animated post-apocalyptic fantasy/science fiction film by Ralph Bakshi
• The Wizard (film), a 1989 American film about a skilled Nintendo player
• The Wizard (TV series), a short-lived 1980s CBS television series
• "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
• The Wizard (sometimes spelled Wzrd), a device in the Disney Channel Original Series Phil of the Future

[edit] Anime and manga

• Wizard, Ohjiro Mihara’s angel in the anime and manga series Angelic Layer
• Wizard pack, a weapon system in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
• Wizardmon, a Wizard Digimon from Digimon
• Wizard, a type of pilot in the Zegapain anime series
• Wizard, the call sign for two JASDF fighters in the anime Patlabor 2: The Movie

[edit] Comics

• Wizard (magazine), a monthly magazine that spawned successful spinoffs in other areas of interest
• Wizard (DC Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Justice Society of America
• Wizard (Marvel Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Fantastic Four, also known as "The Wingless Wizard"

[edit] Games

• Wizards of the Coast, a Seattle-based games publisher known for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons
• Wizard (character class), magic-wielding character types in many role-playing games
  • Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons), the Dungeons & Dragons character class
    • Wizards of High Sorcery, a type of wizard specifically in the Dragonlance setting of Dungeons & Dragons
• Wizardry, a series of "dungeon crawl" computer games from the 1980s
• Wizard (computer game), a 1983 Commodore 64 game that was later re-released in 1986 as "Ultimate Wizard"
• Wizard (video game), a game designed by Chris Crawford for the Atari 2600 and released in 2005
• In some MUD games, a wizard is a member of the world-building staff.
• Wizard card game, a trick-taking card game

[edit] Technology

• Wizard (software), a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps
• HTC Wizard, a QWERTY-keyboard pocket PC

[edit] Music

• Wizard (German band), a power metal/speed metal band
• Wizards (band), a power metal band from Brazil
• Wizzard, a 1970s British glam rock band
• Wizzard (band), a Finnish heavy metal band
• The Wizzard, a calypso singer from Dominica
• "The Wizard" (Black Sabbath song) a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1970
• "The Wizard" (Uriah Heep song), a song by Uriah Heep, released in 1972
• Wizard (EP), an EP from the Argentinian band Beto Vázquez Infinity
• "Pinball Wizard", a song from The Who's rock opera Tommy
• Wizard (record label), an Australian record label

[edit] Sports

• Washington Wizards, a team in the National Basketball Association
• Kansas City Wizards, a team in Major League Soccer (Football)
• The NAB Cup, known as the Wizard Cup from 2002-2005, an Australian-rules football competition that was previously sponsored by Wizard Home Loans, an Australian financial organisation.

[edit] Transportation

• Wizard, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive

[edit] People

• Grand Wizard and Imperial Wizard, titles in the Klu Klux Klan
• The Wizard of New Zealand (Ian Brackenbury Channell): an eccentric called a "living work of art"
• Thomas Edison, an inventor nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park"
• Ozzie Smith, a baseball player nicknamed "The Wizard"

[edit] See also

• Magician (disambiguation) - Wizards are typically seen as types of magicians.