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The Jolly Roger, also known as a Pirate Flag is a flag that bears the symbol of a pirate crew. Flying it signifies that a person, group, or location is affiliated with or controlled by the pirate crew whom the flag belongs to. A few characters sport their own personal Jolly Roger. The reasons for that differ, as do the sources of the flags. While some are exclusively shown in the SBS (members of the Straw Hat Pirates ), others appear in the series without further information (like Perona 's) or are part of a "what if" scenario ( Igaram 's nightmare picturing Nefertari Vivi as a pirate). https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Jolly_Roger#Straw_Hat_Pirates ------------------------------ One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda . It has been serialized in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 22, 1997, and has been collected in 87 tankōbon volumes. The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy , a boy whose body ...

Jurassic Park  is a 1993 American  science-fiction   adventure film  directed by  Steven Spielberg  and produced by  Kathleen Kennedy and  Gerald R. Molen . The first installment in the  Jurassic Park  franchise, it is based on the 1990  novel of the same name  by  Michael Crichton  and a screenplay written by Crichton and  David Koepp . The film is set on the fictional island of  Isla Nublar , located off  Central America 's Pacific Coast near  Costa Rica , where a billionaire philanthropist and a small team of genetic scientists have created a  wildlife park  of  cloned   dinosaurs . Before Crichton's novel was published, four studios put in bids for its film rights. With the backing of  Universal Studios , Spielberg acquired the rights for $1.5 million before its publication in 1990; Crichton was hired for an additional $500,000 to adapt the novel for the screen. Koepp w...

House Stark  is one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms and the principal house of  the North . Its seat is at  Winterfell , one of the oldest castles in the Seven Kingdoms. Its coat of arms displays a grey  direwolf  running on a white field, and its  words , Winter is Coming. Bastards born to North men are given the surname "Snow". House Stark had ruled as the Kings in the North for thousands of years until  House Targaryen  conquered Westeros, whereafter the Starks are the Lords of Winterfell and Wardens of the North. For prizing honor and devotion to duty, House Stark is the closest of the noble houses to heroism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones ------------------------------ Game of Thrones  is an American  fantasy   drama  television series created by  David Benioff  and  D. B. Weiss . It is an adaptation of  A Song of Ice and Fire ,  George R. R. Martin 's series of fantasy no...

Call of Duty: Black Ops is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision . It was released worldwide in November 2010 for Microsoft Windows , the PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , and Wii , with a separate version for Nintendo DS developed by n-Space . Aspyr later released the game for OS X in September 2012. It is the seventh title in the Call of Duty series and the third to be developed by Treyarch. It serves as the sequel to Call of Duty: World at War . Set in the 1960s during the Cold War , the game's campaign follows CIA operative Alex Mason as he attempts to recall certain memories in combat in order to locate a numbers station . This station is due to transmit broadcasts to sleeper agents who are bound to use chemical weapons across the United States. Mason and CIA operative Jason Hudson are the game's main playable characters, as well as Red Army soldier Viktor Reznov in only one mission. Locations featured in the game includ...

Grogu  was a   male   Force-sensitive   Mandalorian   foundling   that belonged to the same   species   as   Jedi   Grand Master   Yoda   and   Jedi Master   Yaddle . Grogu was   born   in the year   41 BBY , and was raised at the   Jedi Temple   on   Coruscant . Grogu was eventually held at an  encampment  run by  Nikto   mercenaries  on  Arvala-7  during the  New Republic Era . While still an infant at the age of fifty  years  old, he was  sought  by an  Imperial  who hired a Mandalorian  bounty hunter  named  Din Djarin  to  retrieve  him. However, Djarin chose not to leave Grogu with the  Imperials  and saved him from the  Imperial remnant facility . After attempting to hide with Grogu along the fringes of  the galaxy , Djarin returned to  Nevarro  to deal ...

  Batman  is a fictional  superhero  appearing in  American comic books  published by  DC Comics . The character was created by artist  Bob Kane  and writer  Bill Finger , and first appeared in  Detective Comics  #27 in 1939. Originally named the "Bat-Man," the character is also referred to by such epithets as the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and the World's Greatest Detective. Batman's  secret identity  is Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American  playboy ,  philanthropist , and owner of  Wayne Enterprises .  Batman originated  from an incident in Bruce's childhood; after witnessing the murder of his parents  Dr. Thomas Wayne  and  Martha Wayne , he swore vengeance against criminals, an oath tempered by a sense of justice. Bruce trains himself physically and intellectually and crafts a  bat-inspired  persona to fight crime. Batman operates in the fictional  Gotham Cit...