Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:

People and fictional and mythical characters

* Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer José Oscar Bernardi * Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior * Oscar (Irish mythology), son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall

Places in the United States

* Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community * Oscar, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, a civil township * Lake Oscar (disambiguation)

Animals

* Oscar (bionic cat), a cat that had implants after losing both hind paws * Oscar (bull) (died 1983) a ProRodeo Hall of Fame bucking bull * Oscar (fish), ''Astronotus ocellatus'' * Oscar (therapy cat), a cat purported to predict the deaths of hospice patients * Oscar, a nickname for Beast of Busco, a North American cryptid turtle * Oscar, a nickname for Unsinkable Sam, a World War II ship's cat that survived three ships sinking

Arts and entertainment

Film

* Oscar, another name for an Academy Awards, Academy Award * The Oscar (film), ''The Oscar'' (film), starring Stephen Boyd * Oscar (1967 film), ''Oscar'' (1967 film), starring Louis de Funès * Oscar (1991 film), ''Oscar'' (1991 film), starring Sylvester Stallone

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Oscar (opera), ''Oscar'' (opera), a 2013 opera about Oscar Wilde, by Theodore Morrison * Oscar (video game), ''Oscar'' (video game), a 1993 platform game * Oscar (TV serial), ''Oscar'' (TV serial), a 1985 British TV serial * OSC OSCar, a music synthesizer manufactured by the Oxford Synthesizer Company

Military

* Oscar, the letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet (NATO phonetic alphabet) * Oscar, Allied codename for the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a World War II Japanese fighter aircraft * Oscar-class submarine, a Soviet/Russian Navy submarine class * Oscar (paradummy), American nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy * OSCAR (Optimum Survival Containment and Recovery), an escape pod project for the Vought F-8 Crusader fighter aircraft

Science and technology

* OSCAR McMaster, an electronic medical record system * OSCAR protocol, a protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger * Open Source Cluster Application Resources, a Linux-based software installation * OSCAR (gene), short for Osteoclast-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor * Ocean Surface Current Analysis – Real time, a Ocean current#OSCAR: Near-realtime global ocean surface current data set, website that provides data on ocean currents * OSCAR (Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio), a designation for amateur radio satellites

Transport

* OScar, a project aiming to design an open source vehicle * OScar (Danish automobile), a Danish sports car * ''MSC Oscar'', container ship * ''Oscar'', a The Wreck of the Oscar (1 April 1813), a whaling ship sunk off Aberdeen in 1813 * Outer Suburban CAR, a name for the NSW TrainLink H set, a type of electric train in Australia

Other uses

* List of storms named Oscar, storms bearing this name * Oscar Health, a U.S. health insurance company * Out of School Care and Recreation * OSCAR Radio, a school FM radio station in Northamptonshire, England