WIZARD

A 'wizard' is a person with magical powers, or exceptional / extraordinary abilities.
'Wizard' may also refer to:

Contents

Literature

Film and television

Comics, anime and manga

Games

Technology

Music

Sports

Transportation

People

Real

Fictional

See also

Literature

★ Wizard (fantasy), in fantasy and mythology, a man who has studied and practices magic. Specific instances include:

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★ Wizard (Middle-earth), powerful entities from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien

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★ Wizard (Oz), a character in L. Frank Baum’s novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its movie adaptations

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★ A Wizard of Earthsea, the featured character in the series of Earthsea novels by Ursula K. Le Guin.

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★ Wizards (Discworld), as featured in the ''Discworld'' novels by Terry Pratchett

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★ A male user of magic in the ''Harry Potter'' novels by J. K. Rowling

★ Wizarding world, the setting of 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 Knight'', a fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe

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 video game 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:

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★ ''Watch Mr. Wizard'', first aired in 1951

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★ ''Mr. Wizard's World'', first aired in 1983

Comics, anime and manga

★ ''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"

★ 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

★ A personal device featured in ''Phil of the Future''

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

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★ Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons), the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' character class

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★ 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

★ ''Wizards'' (board game), a board game produced in 1982 by Avalon Hill

★ In some MUD games, a ''wizard'' is a member of the world-building staff.

★ Wizard (card game), a trick-taking card game

Technology

★ Sharp Wizard, a personal organizer released in 1998, and which was once featured prominently in an episode of ''Seinfeld''

★ Wizard (software), a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps

★ HTC Wizard, a QWERTY-keyboard pocket PC

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''

★ "The Wizard", the second track from Albert Ayler's album ''Spiritual Unity''

★ Wizard (record label), an Australian record label

★ Electric Wizard, Stoner doom metal band from UK

★ Wizardzz, noise pop duo featuring Brian Gibson or Lightning Bolt.

Sports

★ Fort Wayne Wizards, a team in the Midwest League of professional baseball

★ Kansas City Wizards, a team in Major League Soccer (Football)

★ Washington Wizards, a team in the National Basketball Association

★ 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.

Transportation

★ ''Wizard'', a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive

People

Real

★ Ian Brackenbury Channell, known as The Wizard of New Zealand, an eccentric named as a "living work of art".

★ Thomas Edison, an inventor nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park".

★ Ozzie Smith, a baseball player nicknamed "The Wizard".

★ Grand Wizard and Imperial Wizard, titles in the Ku Klux Klan

★ Jeff Farmer, an Australian rules footballer nicknamed "The Wizard" or "Wiz"

Fictional

★ Merlin, a wizard associate of King Arthur and the knights of the round table

★ 'Wizard' is the call sign of one of the main characters in Matthew Reilly's book Seven Deadly Wonders.

See also

★ Magician

★ Sorcerer

★ Warlock

★ Witch