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Super Stars (also parsed as Superstars and alternatively referred to as Starmen, Star Bonuses[2], Invincible Starmen, Invincibility Stars, Stars, or Star-Man) are items used in many Mario games, including the Super Mario series and the Mario Kart series. It generally appears as a five-pointed star with eyes, most consistently yellow in color. If the player gets a Star, they will become invincible. The user becomes temporarily invulnerable to all damage, being able to defeat any enemy. However, hazards that would be fatal regardless of power-ups (lava, pits, time running out, getting crushed, etc.) will still defeat the user, even with the Super Star. In addition, the black goo in the Bowser's Fury mode in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury will cause the player to lose their invincibility if touched while also taking damage, as if they took damage without the power-up. The projectiles or enemies that come into contact with the user of the Star while it is activated are destro...

Donnie " Ruin " Walsh is a character and playable Specialist featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops III , Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Call of Duty: Mobile . https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Donnie_%22Ruin%22_Walsh ------------------------------ Erin " Battery " Baker is a character and playable Specialist featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer. She is also a playable character in Call of Duty: Mobile . https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Erin_%22Battery%22_Baker ------------------------------ Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game franchise published by Activision . Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II . Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold War , futuristic worlds, and outer space. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward , then also by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games . Several spin-off and handheld games were made by other developers. Th...

The USS Rhode Island (NCC-72701) was a 25th century refit Nova-class Federation starship operated by Starfleet in an alternate timeline . Whereas the original Nova-class from the 2370s was limited to a maximum warp factor of warp 8 and was considered a planetary research vessel, the Rhode Island was designed for long term deep space assignments . The Rhode Island was commanded by Captain Harry Kim , and assigned to a four-year exploration mission . In 2404 , the Rhode Island defended Admiral Janeway 's shuttlecraft when it came under attack by two Negh'Var warships . https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Rhode_Island -------------------------------- Star Trek  is an American  space opera   media franchise  based on the  science fiction television series  created by  Gene Roddenberry . The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as " The Original Series ", debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on  ...

Frankenstein ; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley . Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein , a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821. Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815 along the river Rhine in Germany, stopping in Gernsheim , 17 kilometres (11 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle , where two centuries before, an alchemist engaged in experiments. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva , Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. Galvanism and occult ideas were topics of conversation among her companions, particularly her lover and future husband Percy B. Shelley . In 1816, Mary, Percy and Lord Byron had a competition to see who coul...

The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert , the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (cover date January 1940/release month November 1939). Nicknamed the "Scarlet Speedster", all incarnations of the Flash possess "super speed", which includes the ability to run, move, and think extremely fast, use superhuman reflexes, and seemingly violate certain laws of physics . Thus far, at least four different characters —each of whom somehow gained the power of "the speed force "—have assumed the mantle of the Flash in DC's history: college athlete Jay Garrick (1940–1951, 1961–2011, 2017–present), forensic scientist Barry Allen (1956–1985, 2008–present), Barry's nephew Wally West (1986–2011, 2016–present), and Barry's grandson Bart Allen (2006–2007). Each incarnation of the Flash has been a key member ...