Prodigy, Prodigies or The Prodigy may refer to: *

Child prodigy A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain at the level of an adult expert. The term is also applied more broadly to young people who are extraor ...

, a child who produces meaningful output to the level of an adult expert performer **

Chess prodigy The term chess prodigy refers to a young child who possesses an aptitude for the game of chess that far exceeds what might be expected at their age. Their prodigious talent will often enable them to defeat experienced adult players and even title ...

, a child who can beat experienced adult players at chess

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Prodigy, a persona of Spider-Man in the '' Spider-Man: Identity Crisis'' storyline *

Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore) Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Prodigy first appeared in '' Slingers'' #0 (Sept. 1998), and was created by Joseph Harris and Adam Pollina. ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero *

Prodigy (David Alleyne) Prodigy (David Alleyne) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Prodigy is a student at the Xavier Institute, member of the New X-Men squad, and, for a time, a member of ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero commonly associated with the X-Men *

Franziska von Karma ''Ace Attorney'' is a series of legal thriller comedy-drama adventure/visual novel games created by Shu Takumi. Players assume the role of a defense attorney in a fictional courtroom setting in the main series. Published by Capcom, the series ...

, an ''Ace Attorney'' character also known as "The Prodigy"

Film

* ''The Prodigies'' (film), a 2011 French-British film * ''The Prodigy'' (film), a 2019 American horror thriller film

Television

* "Prodigy", a 2000 episode of ''Dark Angel'' * "Prodigy", a 2001 episode of ''Stargate SG-1'' (season 4) * ''The Prodigy'' (TV series), a proposed 2007 reality TV show that never aired * '' Star Trek: Prodigy'' (TV series), a 2021 children's science fiction TV series

Literature

* ''Prodigy'' (comics), a comic book series * ''Prodigy'' (novel), a 2013 novel by Marie Lu * ''

Beneath the Wheel ''Beneath the Wheel'' (''Unterm Rad'') is a 1906 novel written by Hermann Hesse. In 1957 it was reissued as ''The Prodigy'', in the Peter Owen Publishers translation. It severely criticizes education that focuses only on students' academic perf ...

'' or ''The Prodigy'', a 1906 novel by Hermann Hesse * '' Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Prodigy'', a 1988 novel by Arthur Byron Cover * "

The Prodigies "The Prodigies" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in ''Home Monthly'' in July 1897. Plot summary The Mackenzies are invited to the Masseys' at four in the afternoon to hear their children, Hermann and Ad, sing. Later, Mr. ...

", an 1897 short story by Willa Cather

Music

Fender Prodigy The Fender Prodigy is a discontinued model of electric guitar produced by Fender from 1991 to 1993. It is one of Fender's attempts to compete with the superstrat-style guitars produced by Ibanez, Jackson/Charvel, Carvin Corporation and Yamaha. S ...

, an electric guitar produced from 1991 to 1993 *

Moog Prodigy The Moog Prodigy was a monophonic analogue synthesizer produced by Moog Music from 1979 to 1984. Of the 11,000 produced, versions released after 1981 included a control voltage/gate input on the back that allowed the VCF to be triggered and cont ...

, a synthesiser *

The Prodigy The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band formed in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 by producer, keyboard player and songwriter Liam Howlett. The original line-up also featured dancer and singer Keith Flint and dancer and occasional l ...

, a British electronic music group, named after the Moog Prodigy synthesizer

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Prodigy'' (video game), a tactical role-playing game * ''The Prodigy'' (newspaper), the University of California, Merced student newspaper

People

Prodigy (rapper) Albert Johnson (November 2, 1974 – June 20, 2017), better known by his stage name Prodigy, was an American rapper. With Havoc, he was one half of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep. Early life Prodigy was born on November 2, 1974, in Hempstead, ...

, Albert Johnson (1974–2017), American rapper and member of Mobb Deep * Prodigy, Craig Crippen, a member of

Mindless Behavior Mindless Behavior was an American boy band who were best known for the singles " My Girl" and "Mrs. Right", produced by Walter Millsap. The band was put together in Los Angeles in 2008, by Keisha Gamble, Vincent Herbert and Walter Millsap. The ban ...

Tommaso Ciampa Tommaso Whitney (born May 8, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Tommaso Ciampa. Whitney began his career in 2005, working on several independent pro ...

(born 1985), ring name Prodigy, American professional wrestler *

B.J. Penn Jay Dee "B.J." Penn III (born December 13, 1978) is an American former professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. Penn competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and in K-1. Penn was the first American Go ...

(born 1978), known as The Prodigy, an American mixed martial artist

Science and technology

Prodigy (online service) Prodigy Communications Corporation (Prodigy Services Corp., Prodigy Services Co., Trintex) was an online service from 1984 to 2001 that offered its subscribers access to a broad range of networked services, including news, weather, shopping, bulle ...

, an early online service provider *

Ford Prodigy The Ford Prodigy was a low emission vehicle 72 mpg-US (3.3 L/100 km; 86 mpg-imp) diesel-hybrid concept car built in 2000 by Ford and aimed at establishing U.S. leadership in the development of extremely fuel-efficient (up to ) vehicles while ...

, a low emission vehicle concept car *

HTC Wizard The HTC Wizard (also known as the HTC Prodigy and the HTC P4300) is an Internet-enabled Windows Mobile Pocket PC smartphone designed by High Tech Computer Corporation of Taiwan. It has a touchscreen with a left-side slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The ...

or HTC Prodigy, a smartphone

Other uses

Prodigy Finance Prodigy Finance is a fintech platform that enables financing for international postgraduate students who attend a participating business school or postgraduate institution. Prodigy Finance's loans are collectively funded by a community of alumn ...

, a financial company lending to students