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Super Mario is a platform game series created by Nintendo based on and starring the fictional plumber Mario . Alternatively called the Super Mario Bros. series or simply the Mario series, it is the central series of the greater Mario franchise . At least one Super Mario game has been released for every major Nintendo video game console . There are twenty-one similar games in the series and one cross-series game, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island , which may or may not be included as part of the series (see Super Mario World games ). The Super Mario games are typically set in the fictional  Mushroom Kingdom  with Mario as the  player character . He is often joined by his brother,  Luigi , and occasionally by other members of the Mario cast. As a platform game, the player runs and jumps across platforms and atop enemies in themed  levels . The games have simple plots, typically with Mario  rescuing the kidnapped   Princess Peach  from the primar...

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 ...

" Toss a Coin to Your Witcher " is an original song from the   Netflix   TV series   The Witcher , composed by   Sonya Belousova   and   Giona Ostinelli , and sung by   Joey Batey   (as   Jaskier ) in the second episode. It became a   viral hit   shortly after the series' release in late December 2019. The song was remixed by fans in   YouTube   videos and received new covers within days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toss_a_Coin_to_Your_Witcher ------------------------------- The Witcher  is an  American   fantasy   drama   series  produced by  Lauren Schmidt Hissrich . It is based on the  book series of the same name  by Polish writer  Andrzej Sapkowski . Set on a fictional,  medieval -inspired landmass known as "the Continent", The Witcher explores the legend of  Geralt of Rivia  and princess Ciri, who are linked by destiny to each other. It stars  He...

Cubone , known in Japan as Karakara, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak 's Pokémon franchise. Designed by Ken Sugimori and first introduced in Pokémon Red and Blue , it is referred to as the "Lonely Pokémon", as it is a Pokémon that used its mother's skull as a helmet after her death. In Pokémon Origins , Cubone is a child of a dead Marowak that died while defending it from Team Rocket. Numerous reviewers of the Pokemon franchise have commented that this background story makes Cubone one of the most memorable Pokémon, with reviewers placing its backstory on design on a spectrum ranging from touching but sad to depressing and creepy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubone ------------------------------- Pokémon (an abbreviation for Pocket Monsters in Japan ) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company , a company founded by Nintendo , Game Freak , and Creatures . The franchise was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, and is centered on...

Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The character was created by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and is portrayed by Johnny Depp . The characterization of Sparrow is based on a combination of The Rolling Stones ' guitarist Keith Richards and Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew . He first appears in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . He later appears in the sequels Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007), On Stranger Tides (2011), and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). In the films, Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. He can be treacherous and survives mostly by using wit and negotiation rather than by force, opting to flee most dangerous situations and to fight only when necessary. Sparrow is introduced seeking to regain his ship, the Black Pearl , from his mutinous ...

Charizard , known in Japan as Lizardon, is a Pokémon in Nintendo and Game Freak 's Pokémon franchise. Created by Atsuko Nishida , Charizard first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue ( Pokémon Red and Green in Japan) and subsequent sequels. They have later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. It is known as the Flame Pokémon. Shin-ichiro Miki , the actor who voices James in the original Japanese version of the Pokémon anime, voices Charizard in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the anime. An orange, draconic Pokémon, Charizard is the evolved form of Charmeleon and the final evolution of Charmander . It also has two Mega Evolved forms, Mega Charizard X and Y, that were likely both designed by Tomohiro Kitakaze, the designer of Mega Charizard X, and are not permanent and always revert to the normal Charizard form once a battle is complete. It also has a Gigantamax form in Pokémo...