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The Going Merry was the first ship of the Straw Hat Pirates that they used as their main mode of transportation through the East Blue all the way to Water 7 . It is a caravel class ship designed by Merry and given by Kaya to the Straw Hats as a reward for saving her. Over time, the ship came to be loved by the crew as a home and as a friend, so much so that she literally took on a life of her own and became just as much a part of the crew as any of them. Unfortunately, the Going Merry took an inordinate amount of damage during her "lifetime", being blown up, impaled, sliced up multiple times, and partially eaten by Wapol . Eventually, the Going Merry could no longer continue and after helping the Straw Hats escape Enies Lobby , it received a Viking funeral, and was later replaced by the Thousand Sunny . https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Going_Merry ------------------------------ One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda . ...

Iron Man  (Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark) is a fictional  superhero  appearing in  American comic books  published by  Marvel Comics . The character was created by writer and editor  Stan Lee , developed by scripter  Larry Lieber , and designed by artists  Don Heck  and  Jack Kirby . The character made his  first appearance  in  Tales of Suspense  #39 ( cover dated  March 1963). A wealthy American  business magnate ,  playboy , and ingenious  engineer , Tony Stark suffers a severe chest injury during a kidnapping in which his captors attempt to force him to build a  weapon of mass destruction . He instead creates a  powered suit of armor  to save his life and escape captivity. Later, Stark augments his suit with weapons and other technological devices he designed through his company,  Stark Industries . He uses the suit and successive versions to protect the world as Iro...

Iron Patriot is a fictional powered exoskeleton combat suit used by several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The alias is an amalgam of Iron Man 's armor and Captain America 's patriotism . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Patriot ------------------------------ Iron Man 3 is a 2013 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . [N 1] It is the sequel to 2008's Iron Man and 2010's Iron Man 2 , and the seventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Shane Black from a screenplay he co-wrote with Drew Pearce , and stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man , alongside Gwyneth Paltrow , Don Cheadle , Guy Pearce , Rebecca Hall , Stéphanie Szostak , James Badge Dale , Jon Favreau , and Ben Kingsley . In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark wrestles with the ramifications of th...

The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick's Cathedral) is a Decorated Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States and a prominent landmark of New York City . It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York as well as parish church , located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan , directly across the street from Rockefeller Center , facing the Atlas statue and the International Building . It is considered one of the most visible symbols of Roman Catholicism in New York City and the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral_(Manhattan)

Humayun's tomb ( Hindustani : Maqbara-i Humayun) is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife and chief consort, Empress Bega Begum (also known as Haji Begum), in 1569-70, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas and his son, Sayyid Muhammad, Persian architects chosen by her. It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent , and is located in Nizamuddin East , Delhi, India, close to the Dina-panah Citadel, also known as Purana Qila (Old Fort), that Humayun found in 1533. It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale. The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and since then has undergone extensive restoration work, which is complete. Besides the main tomb enclosure of Humayun, several smaller monuments dot the pathway leading up to it, from the main entrance in the West, including one that even pre-dates the main tomb itself, by twenty years; it is the tomb complex o...

Tokyo Station is a railway station in Chiyoda-ku , Tokyo , Japan . The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza commercial district. Due to its large area covered, the station is divided into Marunouchi and Yaesu sides in its directional signage. Served by Shinkansen high-speed rail lines, Tokyo Station is the main inter-city rail terminal in Tokyo. It is the busiest station in Japan in terms of number of trains per day (over 3,000), and the fifth-busiest in Eastern Japan in terms of passenger throughput. It is also served by many regional commuter lines of Japan Railways , as well as the Tokyo Metro network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Station

The Batplane,  Batwing , Batjet or Batgyro is the fictional aircraft for the DC Comics superhero Batman. The vehicle was introduced in "Batman Versus The Vampire, I", published in Detective Comics #31 in 1939, a story which saw Batman travel to continental Europe. In this issue it was referred to as the "Batgyro", and according to Les Daniels was "apparently inspired by Igor Sikorsky's first successful helicopter flight" of the same year. Initially based upon either an autogyro or helicopter, with a rotor, the Batgyro featured a bat motif at the front. The writers gave the Batgyro the ability to be "parked" in the air by Batman, hovering in such a way as to maintain its position and allow Batman to return. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batplane http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Batplane ------------------------------- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice  is a 2016 American  superhero film  featuring the  DC Comics  characters  Batm...