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A wand (sometimes magic wand) is a thin, hand-held stick or rod made of wood , stone , ivory , or metals like gold or silver . Generally, in modern language, wands are ceremonial and/or have associations with magic but there have been other uses, all stemming from the original meaning as a synonym of rod and virge , both of which had a similar development. A stick giving length and leverage is perhaps the earliest and simplest of tools. Long versions of the magic wand are usually styled in forms of staves or sceptres , often with designs or an orb of a gemstone forged on the top. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wand ------------------------------ A  Dementor  is a gliding, wraith-like  Dark   creature , widely considered to be one of the foulest to inhabit the world. Dementors feed on human happiness and thus generate feelings of depression and despair in any person in close proximity to them. They can also  consume a person's soul , leaving their victims in a...

Toxic Morty (aka Gunk Morty ) was an extracted manifestation of what Morty Smith considered to be all his "toxic" attributes at the time of Rest and Ricklaxation , the counter part of Healthy Morty. Toxic Morty first appears when Rick and Morty visit an intergalactic day spa and go through a machine that "removes cognitive toxins," according to the alien at the spa. Toxic Morty, along with Toxic Rick , awaken within the toxin tank of the machine, which appears to them as a toxic wasteland. Toxic Rick is able to utilize the scarce resources inside the tank to contact Healthy Rick , who eventually releases both Toxic Rick and Toxic Morty. Toxic Morty aids in Toxic Rick's escape from the Smith Residence and subsequent scheme to "toxify the whole world." To put a stop to Toxic Rick's over-the-top villainy, Healthy Rick shoots Toxic Morty with a slow-kill device, soliciting an emotional response from Toxic Rick's "irrational attachments,...

Harley Quinn   (Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel) is a   fictional character   appearing in   media   published by   DC Entertainment . The character was created by   Paul Dini   and   Bruce Timm , and first appeared in   Batman: The Animated Series   in September 1992. She later appeared in   DC Comics '   Batman   comic books, with the character's first comic book appearance in   The Batman Adventures   #12 (September 1993). The character is also referred to by such epithets as the Cupid of Crime and the Maiden of Mischief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn ------------------------------ Suicide Squad  is a 2016 American  superhero film  based on the  DC Comics antihero  team of the same name , distributed by  Warner Bros. Pictures . It is the third installment in the  DC Extended Universe  (DCEU). The film is written and directed by  David Ayer  and st...

Judge  Joseph  Dredd  is a fictional character who appears in British comic books published by  Rebellion Developments , as well as in a number of movie and video game adaptations. He was created by writer  John Wagner  and artist  Carlos Ezquerra , and first appeared in the second issue of  2000 AD  (1977), a weekly science-fiction anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running character. Joseph Dredd is a law enforcement officer in the dystopian future city of  Mega-City One  in North America. He is a " street judge ", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of  police states ,  authoritarianism , and the  rule of law . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd ------------------------------ 2000 AD  is a weekly British science fiction-oriented  comic  magazine. As a ...

Boos , known in Japan as Teresa, are ghosts from the  Mario  and  Yoshi  series of  video games . They first appeared as a  common enemy  in  1988 's  Super Mario Bros. 3 , in which they were called Boo Diddleys (a reference to the American  blues  singer  Bo Diddley ). Since then, they have been a mainstay in the Mario series, usually appearing as enemies, but occasionally appearing as playable characters in the Mario  spin-off  games, or even as allies of  Mario . They are named after the sound that one might make when trying to frighten someone ("boo!"), whereas their Japanese name comes from the verb 'tereru', meaning 'to be  shy '. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_(character) ------------------------------ Super Mario is a series of  platform video games  created by  Nintendo  featuring their mascot,  Mario . Alternatively called the  Super Mario Bros . se...