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Homer Jay Simpson  is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated television series  The Simpsons  as the patriarch of the  eponymous family . He is voiced by  Dan Castellaneta  and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in  The Tracey Ullman Show   short  " Good Night " on April 19, 1987. Homer was created and designed by cartoonist  Matt Groening  while he was waiting in the lobby of  James L. Brooks ' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip  Life in Hell  but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He named the character after his father, Homer Groening. After appearing for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, the Simpson family got their own series on  Fox  that debuted December 17, 1989. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons ----...

Maleficent is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures ' 16th animated feature film Sleeping Beauty (1959). She is an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday. Maleficent is based on the evil fairy godmother character in Charles Perrault 's fairy tale " Sleeping Beauty ", as well as the villainess who appears in the Brothers Grimm 's retelling of the story, " Little Briar Rose ". She was voiced by Eleanor Audley , who earlier voiced Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's evil stepmother, in Cinderella (1950). Maleficent was animated by Marc Davis . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maleficent ------------------------------ A Sticker is a type of label : a piece of printed paper or plastic wit...

Venom , or the Venom Symbiote, is a  fictional character  appearing in  American comic books  published by  Marvel Comics , commonly in association with  Spider-Man . Venom made his first appearance in  The Amazing Spider-Man  #300 (May 1988). Venom was originally conceived as a supervillain, but has since become more of an  antihero . Venom is a  Symbiote , a sentient alien, with a gooey, almost liquid-like form. As with real-world symbiotes, it requires a host, usually human, to bond with for its survival. After bonding, the Symbiote endows its enhanced powers upon the host. When the Venom Symbiote bonds with a human, that new dual-life form refers to itself as "Venom". The Venom Symbiote's first known host was Spider-Man, who eventually separated himself from the creature when he discovered its true nature. The Symbiote went on to merge with other hosts, most notably  Eddie Brock , its second and most infamous host, with who...

The dark side of the Force , called Bogan or Boga by ancient Force-sensitives on Tython , was an aspect of the Force . Those who used the dark side were known as either Darksiders , Dark Side Adepts , or Dark Jedi when unaffiliated with a dark side organization such as the Sith . Unlike the Jedi , who were famous for using the light side of the Force , darksiders drew power from raw emotions and feelings such as anger, hatred, greed, jealousy, fear, aggression, megalomania, and unrestrained passion. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_side_of_the_Force/Legends ------------------------------ Darth Vader , also known by his birth name Anakin Skywalker, is a fictional character in the  Star Wars  franchise. Vader appears in the  original film trilogy  as a pivotal antagonist whose actions drive the plot, while his past as Anakin Skywalker and the story of his corruption are central to narrative of the  prequel trilogy . The character was created ...

Groot  is a  fictional superhero  appearing in  American comic books  published by  Marvel Comics . Created by  Stan Lee ,  Jack Kirby ,  Larry Lieber , and  Dick Ayers , the character first appeared in  Tales to Astonish  #13 (November 1960). An  extraterrestrial , sentient  tree -like creature, the original Groot first appeared as an  invader  that intended to capture humans for experimentation. Vin Diesel again voices Groot in  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , released in May 2017. Still a small child in the film, Baby Groot continues to travel with the Guardians, but genuinely acts like a child, such as dancing to music while the rest of the team are trying to defeat a multi-dimensional monster. He is briefly captured by the Ravagers, along with Rocket and Yondu, while Quill, Drax and Gamora are visiting Quill's father  Ego , but when the Ravagers mockingly decide to make him their ma...

A  stormtrooper  is a fictional  soldier  in the  Star Wars  franchise  created by  George Lucas . Introduced in  Star Wars  (1977), the stormtroopers are the main ground force of the  Galactic Empire , under the leadership of  Emperor Palpatine  and his commanders, most notably  Darth Vader  and  Grand Moff Tarkin . In  The Force Awakens  (2015), the upgraded stormtroopers serve the  First Order , under the leadership of  Supreme Leader Snoke  and his commanders, most notably  Kylo Ren ,  General Hux , and  Captain Phasma . The  order of battle  of the Stormtrooper Corps is unspecified in the Star Wars universe. Accompanying the Imperial Navy, stormtroopers are able to be deployed swiftly and respond to states of civil unrest or insurrection, act as a planetary garrison, and police areas within the Galactic Empire. They are shown in collective groups of...

Death troopers  were an elite variant of the  Galactic Empire 's  stormtroopers . They served as protective details and bodyguards for important  Imperial officers  and members of the  Tarkin Initiative . They wore  black  suits of  armor  and specialized helmets that scrambled verbal communications. Death troopers were trained in unarmed combat, heavy weapons, and sniping. Specializing in commando missions, the troopers were experts at covering their tracks, leaving little evidence of their missions. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Death_trooper ------------------------------- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , or simply Rogue One, is a 2016 American  epic   space opera  film directed by  Gareth Edwards  and written by  Chris Weitz  and  Tony Gilroy , based on a story by  John Knoll  and  Gary Whitta . It was produced by  Lucasfilm  and distributed by  Walt Disn...

A number of fictional mobile space stations and galactic superweapons called Death Star featured in the Star Wars science-fiction franchise. The first Death Star was stated to be more than 100 km to 160 km in diameter, depending on source . It was crewed by an estimated 1.7 million military personnel and 400,000 droids. Its superweapon delivered enough energies on a scale equivalent to all the energy released by the Sun in an entire week.[ citation needed ] The second Death Star was significantly larger, between 200 km to 400 km in diameter depending on source , and technologically more advanced than its predecessor. Both versions of these dwarf planet -sized fortresses were designed for massive power projection capabilities, capable of destroying an entire planet with one blast from their superlasers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Star ------------------------------ Star Wars  is an American  epic   space opera  franchise, centered on a ...