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List Of Fictional Buses
The following is a list of fictional vehicles. List of lists * List of fictional aircraft * List of fictional cars * List of fictional ships * List of fictional spacecraft Buses Buses often appear as settings, or sometimes even characters, in works of fiction. This is a list of named buses which were important story elements in notable works of fiction, including books, films and television series. * The Battle Bus, from Fortnite * Bus 25/25, from the 1994 film ''Speed'' * the magic school bus from the animated tv show the magic school bus. * Catbus, a sentient bus from the 1988 film ''My Neighbor Totoro'' * "Cyclops", a nucelar-powered bus from the 1976 film ''The Big Bus'' * "Bertie the Bus" and "Bulgy the Double-Decker Bus", from The Railway Series and ''Thomas & Friends''. * "Doris", the fictional band's tour bus in the 2000 film ''Almost Famous''. * The Knight Bus, which appears in several of the '' Harry Potter'' books and films * The Magic School Bus * "Priscilla", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sortie De L'opéra En L'an 2000-2
A sortie (from the French word meaning ''exit'' or from Latin root ''surgere'' meaning to "rise up") is a deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops, from a strongpoint. The term originated in siege warfare. In aviation In military aviation, a sortie is a combat mission of an individual aircraft, starting when the aircraft takes off. For example, one mission involving six aircraft would tally six sorties. The sortie rate is the number of sorties that a given unit can support in a given time. In siege warfare In siege warfare, the word ''sortie'' refers specifically to a sudden issuing of troops against the enemy from a defensive position—that is, an attack launched against the besiegers by the defenders. If the sortie is through a sally port, the verb ''to sally'' may be used interchangeably with ''to sortie''. Purposes of sorties include harassment of enemy troops, destruction of siege weaponry and engineering works, joining the relief f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic School Bus
''The Magic School Bus'' is an American edutainment media franchise that includes a book series, a TV series, a streaming series, and video games. Each of the stories within the franchise centers on the antics of a fictional elementary school teacher, Ms. Frizzle, and her class, who board a "magic school bus", which takes them on field trips to unusual times and locations, such as the Cretaceous Period, outer space, and inside a human body. History The first media in which this franchise was developed was the ''Magic School Bus'' book series. Craig Walker, vice-president and senior editorial director at Scholastic Co., stated that the concept began with the idea of combining science with fictional stories, and Joanna Cole (who had written both science and humor before) and Bruce Degen were then approached with creating such a series. Walker also states that his own memories of school field trips and of a teacher he had once, served as further inspiration. The first book, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Slippers
The ruby slippers are the magic pair of shoes worn by Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film '' The Wizard of Oz''. Because of their iconic stature, the ruby slippers are among the most valuable items of film memorabilia. A number of pairs were made for the film, though the exact number is unknown. Five pairs are known to have survived; one pair was stolen from a museum in 2005 and recovered in 2018. In L. Frank Baum's original 1900 novel, ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', on which the film is based, Dorothy wears Silver Shoes. However, the color of the shoes was changed to red to take advantage of the new Technicolor film process used in big-budget Hollywood films of the era. Film screenwriter Noel Langley is credited with the idea. The slippers ''The Wizard of Oz'' (1939) In the MGM film, an adolescent farm girl named Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland), her dog Toto, and their farmhouse are swept away from Kansas by a tornado an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven-league Boots
Seven-league boots are an element in European folklore. The boots allow the person wearing them to take strides of seven leagues per step, resulting in great speed. The boots are often presented by a magical character to the protagonist to aid in the completion of a significant task. Mention of the legendary boots are found in: * Germany – Sweetheart Roland, Adelbert von Chamisso's ''Peter Schlemiel'', Goethe's Faust (Mephistopheles uses them at the start of Part Two, Act Four ), Wilhelm Hauff's "Der Kleine Muck" * France – Charles Perrault's - ''Hop o' My Thumb'', Madame d'Aulnoy's ''The Bee and the Orange Tree'', Marcel Proust’s ''In Search of Lost Time''. * Norway – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe - ''Soria Moria Castle'' * Britain – Jack the Giant Killer, John Masefield's ''The Midnight Folk'', C.S. Lewis's ''The Pilgrim's Regress'', Wizardoligy, ''A Guide to Wizards of the World'', Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jenny N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Carpet
A magic carpet, also called a flying carpet, is a legendary carpet and common trope in fantasy fiction. It is typically used as a form of transportation and can quickly or instantaneously carry its users to their destination. In literature One of the stories in the ''One Thousand and One Nights'' relates how Prince Husain, the eldest son of Sultan of the Indies, travels to Bisnagar (Vijayanagara) in India and buys a magic carpet. This carpet is described as follows: "Whoever sitteth on this carpet and willeth in thought to be taken up and set down upon other site will, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne thither, be that place nearhand or distant many a day's journey and difficult to reach." The literary traditions of several other cultures also feature magical carpets, in most cases literally flying rather than instantly transporting their passengers from place to place. Solomon's carpet was reportedly made of green silk with a golden weft, long and wide: "when Solomon sat u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killdozer! (story)
"Killdozer!" is a science fiction/ horror novella by American writer Theodore Sturgeon, originally published in the magazine ''Astounding'' (November 1944) and revised for the 1959 collection ''Aliens 4''. This story represents Sturgeon's sole output between the years 1941 and 1945. Everything else that was published during this time had been written before. Sturgeon suffered from long bouts of writer's block, but was somehow able to produce this story in 9 days. It is one of his most famous stories, and was his most financially successful during the first decade of his career.The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Vol. 3, notes by Paul Williams, pages 341-348. The story inspired a 1974 TV-movie and a Marvel Comics adaptation by Gerry Conway and Richard Ayers in ''Worlds Unknown'' #6 (April 1974). Plot summary The story opens with a short explanation of Earth's ancient history. The Earth was once populated by a great empire that was at war with an alien race of pure energy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirteen Treasures Of The Island Of Britain
The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain (Welsh: ''Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain'') are a series of items in late-medieval Welsh tradition. Lists of the items appear in texts dating to the 15th and 16th centuries.Jones, Mary"Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain" From maryjones.us. Retrieved June 16, 2009. The number of treasures is always given as thirteen, but some later versions list different items, replacing or combining entries to maintain the number. List The various treasures (''tlws'') include vessels or utensils for food and drink (hamper, cauldron, crock and dish, horn and knife), objects relating to weaponry (sword, whetstone) and to transport (halter, chariot), clothing (coat, mantle) and still other items (stone and ring, chessboard). Most of the items are placed in the ''Hen Ogledd'' or "Old North", the Brittonic-speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and Northern England; some early manuscripts refer to the whole list specifically as treasures "that w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broom
A broom (also known in some forms as a broomstick) is a cleaning tool consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a variety of brush with a long handle. It is commonly used in combination with a dustpan. A distinction is made between a "hard broom" and a "soft broom" and a spectrum in between. Soft brooms are used in some cultures chiefly for sweeping walls of cobwebs and spiders, like a "feather duster", while hard brooms are for rougher tasks like sweeping dirt off sidewalks or concrete floors, or even smoothing and texturing wet concrete. The majority of brooms are somewhere in between, suitable for sweeping the floors of homes and businesses, soft enough to be flexible and to move even light dust, but stiff enough to achieve a firm sweeping action. The broom is also a symbolic object associated with witchcraft and ceremonial magic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speeder Bike
Speeder bikes (also known as "jumpspeeders" or "hover bikes") and swoop bikes (or just "swoops") are small, fast transports that use repulsorlift engines in the fictional ''Star Wars'' universe. ''Return of the Jedi'' includes a prominent speeder bike chase; speeders and swoops also appear in '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'', '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'', '' Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope'' (added in the 1997 Special Edition, but absent on every earlier print), the animated TV series ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and ''Star Wars Rebels'', and the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe's books, comics, and games. In real life a one-person, or an unmanned cargo, flying vehicle with four jet motors at the corners using artificial intelligence to maintain stability that has been described as a "flying motorbike" and named "Speeder" was under development in 2022, an idea that emerged from work with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Star Wars Air, Aquatic, And Ground Vehicles
The following is a list of fictional ''Star Wars'' terrestrial vehicles, including armoured fighting vehicles, military aircraft, and naval ships. Vehicles appearing in the Original Trilogy All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) The All Terrain Armored Transport, or walker, is a quadruped mechanized infantry combat vehicle used by the Imperial ground forces. Standing over tall with blast-impervious armour plating, these massive constructs are used as much for psychological effect as they are for tactical advantage. The AT-AT (pronounced either casually as 'at at', or using only the letters '') was first introduced in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (as the Galactic Empire's main units against Rebel Alliance infantry during the Battle of Hoth) and also appears in ''Return of the Jedi'' (as the vehicle used to transport Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader to their shuttle on the forest moon of Endor) and in ''Rogue One'' (in the AT-ACT variant, used to respond to the attacks of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoverboard
A hoverboard (or hover board) is a levitating board used for personal transportation, first described in science-fiction, and made famous by the appearance of a skateboard-like hoverboard in the film ''Back to the Future Part II''. Many attempts have been made to invent a functioning hoverboard. In fiction Hoverboards were first described by author M. K. Joseph in a 1967 science fiction novel. In 1984, a hoverboard appeared in the shoot 'em up arcade video game ''SWAT'', developed by Coreland and distributed by Sega in Japan and Bally Midway in North America. The hoverboard was popularized by the ''Back to the Future'' film franchise, with its appearance in ''Back to the Future Part II'' (1989). During the 1990s there were rumors, fueled by the film's director Robert Zemeckis, that hoverboards were in fact real, but not marketed because they were deemed too dangerous by parents' groups. These rumors have been conclusively debunked. Hoverboards have appeared in various other med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tayo The Little Bus
''Tayo the Little Bus'' () is a South Korean computer-animated television series created by Iconix Entertainment, Educational Broadcasting System and the Metropolitan Government of Seoul. The show was produced with the help of Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon's administration. It began airing in South Korea on EBS in 2010 and an English-dubbed version of the series began airing on Disney Junior (Asia) in 2012, with Disney Junior (Australia and New Zealand) following in 2013. In the United States and Canada, Hulu is the exclusive distributor of the series, though the third and fourth seasons are on Netflix. In Indonesia, the series is distributed by RTV, Indosiar and Mentari TV. The series is about four buses in a city populated with anthropomorphic vehicles: Tayo (Bus 120), Rogi (Bus 1000), Lani (Bus 02), and Gani (Bus 1339). Each episode in the start, middle, and end features a brief narration and it has six seasons. A spin-off series to Tayo, known as ''Titipo Titipo'', premiered betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
