"protective enchantments placed around the school. The cabinets allow Voldemort's Death Eaters to enter Hogwarts, where battle commences and Dumbledore is cornered. Hogwarts professor (and re-doubled agent) Severus Snape uses the Killing Curse against Dumbledore when Draco could not force himself to do so. In ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", Voldemort furthers his quest for ultimate power. He disposes of the Minister for Magic and replaces him with Pius Thicknesse, who is under the Imperius Curse. Establishing a totalitarian police state, he has Muggle-borns persecuted and arrested for ""stealing magic"" from the ""pure blood"" wizards. After failing to kill"
"Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer and director, particularly known for his portrayal of the villainous Lord Voldemort in the ""Harry Potter"" film series. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in ""Schindler's List"" (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in ""The English Patient"""
"""Main article:"" List of awards and nominations received by Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer and director, particularly known for his portrayal of the villainous Lord Voldemort in the ""Harry Potter"" film series. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in ""Schindler's List"" (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a"
"as the main role Hardin Scott in the movie ""After"". Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Hero Beauregard Fiennes Tiffin (born 6 November 1997) is an English actor and model best known for his role as the 11-year-old Tom Riddle, the young version of antagonist Lord Voldemort (played in the films by his uncle, Ralph Fiennes), in ""Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"", the sixth installment of the ""Harry Potter"" films. He also played the role of ""younger Charlie"" in the war based film ""Private Peaceful"". Hero will portray bad-boy heartthrob Hardin Scott in the upcoming movie ""After"", an adaptation of the novel"
"for pointed and satiric effect. Pseudonyms adopted by authors are sometimes transposed forms of their names; thus ""Calvinus"" becomes ""Alcuinus"" (here V = U) or ""François Rabelais"" = ""Alcofribas Nasier"". The name ""Voltaire"" of François Marie Arouet fits this pattern, and is allowed to be an anagram of ""Arouet, l[e] j[eune]"" (U = V, J = I) that is, ""Arouet the younger"". Other examples include Several of these are ""imperfect anagrams"", letters having been left out in some cases for the sake of easy pronunciation. Anagrams used for titles afford scope for some types of wit. Examples: In Hebrew, the"
"very proud of his honest and kind-hearted son. Sometimes he is shown trying to teach his son lessons, as presumably Adam will one day become King. Although Skeletor, the line's main villain, is initially said to be ""from another dimension"", late on in the original line it is heavily implied, but never officially confirmed, that Randor's long-lost brother Keldor became Skeletor. However, the writer of ""The Search for Keldor"", the minicomic in question, has since confirmed that this was the intent. In the 2002 series, Keldor also becomes Skeletor, although through different circumstances, and there is no acknowledgement that Keldor"
"he expanded into paragraphs and chapters and rearranged to form the structure of his novels, a process that has been adopted by many screenplay writers in subsequent years. Nabokov published under the pseudonym ""Vladimir Sirin"" in the 1920s to 1940s, occasionally to mask his identity from critics. He also makes cameo appearances in some of his novels, such as the character ""Vivian Darkbloom"" (an anagram of ""Vladimir Nabokov""), who appears in both ""Lolita"" and ""Ada, or Ardor"", and the character Blavdak Vinomori (another anagram of Nabokov's name) in ""King, Queen, Knave"". Nabokov is noted for his complex plots, clever word"
"IT department; and Robert Patrick as Waldron, the parking lot head security guard. Many of the study group members are revealed to be fans of a fantasy series called ""Bloodlines of Conquest"", which seems to parody the series ""Game of Thrones"" in its context. Other references include a shot of ""Rick and Morty"" (an animated show co-created by Dan Harmon) when Abed and Rachel are watching television, the Jim Henson film ""Labyrinth"", as well as Gary Oldman's performance in """". In a nod to the previous episode, when Professor Hickey is watching the news, the ticker at the bottom of"
"tribute to him. Without explanation, the character was soon resurrected. In the same series, the Gruntfuttocks appeared as King Louis XIII and his queen in a spoof of ""The Three Musketeers"". Starting series 1, episode 9 (May 1965), Agent Horne's adversary in many James Bond parodies was the Oriental criminal mastermind (and Fu Manchu parody) Dr Chu En Ginsberg MA (failed) (Williams, accompanied by his common-as-muck concubine Lotus Blossom, played by Paddick with a gruff voice). Took, while on holiday in India, had noticed that many lawyers practised without qualification but, to cover themselves, had signs made bearing their name"
"the original line such as Lizard-Man, the Royal Archeologist Melaktha, Trollans Dree-Elle and Montork, Avion bird-people Delora and Hawke, Adam's grandfather King Miro, Squinch and the Widgets and the wise and ancient dragon, Granamyr. He-Man's nemesis, the evil wizard Skeletor (now famously portrayed by voice actor Alan Oppenheimer as a cackling and more comedic villain), still wishes to conquer Castle Grayskull and learn of its secrets, but also now desires to take over the royal palace and rule Eternia; often seeking ancient and mysterious beasts and artifacts to try and stop He-man and his allies. Skeletor often hosts his rogues"
"which he never stops telling. His Russian name ""Begemot"" means hippopotamus, but also refers to the legendary Biblical monster. Behemoth (Master and Margarita) Behemoth () is a character from the novel ""The Master and Margarita"" by the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. He is an enormous (said to be as large as a hog) demonic black cat who speaks, walks on two legs, and can even transform to human shape for brief periods. He has a penchant for chess, vodka, pistols, and obnoxious sarcasm. He is evidently the least-respected member of Woland's entourage; Margarita boldly takes to slapping Behemoth on the"
"all over Great Britain are hacked to broadcast a loop of a static image of Jim Moriarty asking ""Did you miss me?"" A post-credits scene shows a very much alive Moriarty asking if the audience missed him as well. The plot is primarily drawn from the original short story ""The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton"", the eponymous Milverton being a blackmailer adapted into the character of Magnussen. In both stories, ""Appledore"" is the name of the antagonist's vaults, and, in both, Holmes becomes engaged to an employee of the villain to gain access. Both stories culminate with Milverton/Magnussen's death, although"
"Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Hero Beauregard Fiennes Tiffin (born 6 November 1997) is an English actor and model best known for his role as the 11-year-old Tom Riddle, the young version of antagonist Lord Voldemort (played in the films by his uncle, Ralph Fiennes), in ""Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"", the sixth installment of the ""Harry Potter"" films. He also played the role of ""younger Charlie"" in the war based film ""Private Peaceful"". Hero will portray bad-boy heartthrob Hardin Scott in the upcoming movie ""After"", an adaptation of the novel by Anna Todd. Fiennes Tiffin was born in London to"
"Lord Voldemort, the internationally feared Dark Wizard and murderer of his parents, Lily and James. The film and book series revolve around Harry's struggle to adapt to the wizarding world and defeat Voldemort. Harry is considered a fictional icon and has been described by many critics, readers, and audiences as one of the greatest literary and film characters of all time. According to Rowling, the idea for both the Harry Potter books and its eponymous character came while waiting for a delayed train from Manchester, England to London in 1990. She stated that the idea of ""this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled"
"protagonist of Umberto Eco's novel ""The Name of the Rose"". Friar William of Baskerville and his novice Adso (who, like Watson, is the narrator), are patterned on Holmes and Watson. William of Baskerville is physically similar to Holmes, has the habit of addressing his companion with ""My dear Adso"" and the story itself is about a strictly rational brain following a path of investigation of a seemingly inexplicable chain of violent deaths. Poul Anderson wrote several stories in which characters modelled themselves on Holmes, including ""The Martian Crown Jewels"", ""The Queen of Air and Darkness"", and ""The Adventure of the"
"variety of ways in different versions of the lyrics. With respect to the title character, his last name appears as both ""Ameer"" and ""Amir"", and the syllable break between his first and middle names varies from version to version (originally ""Abdulla Bulbul"", as seen below, but often rendered as ""Abdul Abulbul""). His Russian opponent's name has been more drastically modified over time. First given as ""Ivan Potschjinksi Skidar"", the character is perhaps best known today as ""Ivan Skavinsky Skivar"", with considerable variation in the spelling of both the middle and last names. A great many versions of the lyrics exist,"
"word games. The character frequently delights in over-stating his ""intellectual superiority"" and on forewarning both Batman and the police of his capers by sending them complex clues. His name is a pun itself, Enigma (Edward Nygma) which means a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand. With this self-conscious use of a gimmick, Riddler's crimes are flamboyant and ostentatious. The character is depicted as wearing a domino mask either with a green suit and bowler hat, or a green unitard with question mark prints. A black, green, or purple question mark serves as his visual motif. The"
"Inspector Lestrade Inspector G. Lestrade, or Mr. Lestrade ( ), is a fictional character appearing in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle used the name of a friend from his days at the University of Edinburgh, a Saint Lucian medical student, Joseph Alexandre Lestrade. In ""The Adventure of the Cardboard Box"", Lestrade's first initial is revealed to be G. He is described as “a little sallow rat-faced, dark-eyed fellow” in ""A Study in Scarlet"" and “a lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking”,"" in ""The Boscombe Valley Mystery"". In the popular London media, Lestrade"
"is the first man in the dynasty to refer to himself as 'the Black Adder'. The first Blackadder is named after the treacherous Edmond from Shakespeare's ""King Lear"". He appears in the first series, ""The Black Adder"", set shortly after The Wars of the Roses. He is the second son of the fictional King Richard IV of England, who, we are told at the beginning, was cast from all historical references by his successor, Henry Tudor. Prince Edmund is a very different character from his descendants: he is slow-witted, cowardly, and the butt of the other characters' jokes. While he"
"Behemoth (Master and Margarita) Behemoth () is a character from the novel ""The Master and Margarita"" by the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. He is an enormous (said to be as large as a hog) demonic black cat who speaks, walks on two legs, and can even transform to human shape for brief periods. He has a penchant for chess, vodka, pistols, and obnoxious sarcasm. He is evidently the least-respected member of Woland's entourage; Margarita boldly takes to slapping Behemoth on the head after one of his many ill-timed jokes, without the fear of retribution. He is known for his jokes,"
"Schneider's publication of his most recent findings. Each segment shows a different case study that is presented as observational fly on the wall footage in a lab room, narrated by Schneider, in which the male behavior is often greatly exaggerated for comic effect. The series includes an animated intro and a background musical theme. Debuted Season 2, Episode 2. There have been four V.I.S.C.I.P.A.M. segments. Voldemort<br> Played by Matt Meese, the sassy character of Voldemort from the Harry Potter series has made repeated appearances in Studio C's productions. Worst... Ever<br> A miniseries showing someone who is the worst at their"
"Wormtongue and Rowling's Wormtail, Tolkien's Shelob and Rowling's Aragog, Tolkien's Gandalf and Rowling's Dumbledore, Tolkien's Nazgûl and Rowling's Dementors, Old Man Willow and the Whomping Willow and the similarities between both authors' antagonists, Tolkien's Dark Lord Sauron and Rowling's Lord Voldemort (both of whom are sometimes within their respective continuities unnamed due to intense fear surrounding their names; both often referred to as 'The Dark Lord'; and both of whom are, during the time when the main action takes place, seeking to recover their lost power after having been considered dead or at least no longer a threat). Several reviews"
"Roger Allam Roger William Allam (born 26 October 1953) is an English actor, known primarily for his stage career, although he has performed in film, television and radio. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical ""Les Misérables"", First Officer Douglas Richardson in the award-winning radio series ""Cabin Pressure"", and DI Fred Thursday in the TV series ""Endeavour"". He is also known for his roles as Illyrio Mopatis in the HBO series ""Game of Thrones"", Royalton in ""Speed Racer"", Lewis Prothero in the 2005 adaptation of ""V for Vendetta"" and as Peter Mannion MP in"
"Scottish alchemist of the same name. Michael uses an enchanted stone helmet to see across great distances. William McTaggart (David McKay) is Michael's manservant, imprisoned and tortured for eleven years after helping in the theft of the book, and then made immortal until it was recovered. In the first season, he serves as the sycophantic chauffeur for Toledo, though is actually spying on him for Michael. The series' main antagonist is Toledo (Tony Donaldson), a shapeshifting homunculus created by Michael using the power of the book. Rejected by his master, Toledo turned to evil and desires the book's power above"
"takes him to his office, and reveals himself to be Voldemort's 'faithful servant'; he was the one who put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire, and has been guiding him through the tournament from behind the scenes to ensure that he would grab the Portkey first. Before Moody can kill Harry, Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape intervene. They learn that Moody is in fact Barty Crouch Jr., Mr. Crouch's son, disguised by Polyjuice Potion. Crouch had sentenced Crouch Jr. to life imprisonment in Azkaban over alleged ties to the Death Eaters but smuggled him out as a last favour to"
"identifies it correctly. Later Franz sees them again and feels they are talking about him and know ""everything about his predicament"". Dreyer reads a list of people in their hotel. The strange name Blavdak Vinomori strikes him; presumably this is the name of the male of this couple; it is an anagram of Vladimir Nabokov. The name Mr. Vivian Badlook also appears in the text, a ""fellow skier and teacher of English,"" who photographs Dreyer in Davos, another anagram of Vladimir Nabokov. In the book, there is also a reference to a fictional movie ""King, Queen, Knave"", based on a"
"one of the Caesars. Auguste is the name of a Roman emperor and Lupa means ""wolf."" Other aliases he has used include Julius Adler and Cesar Mycroft. The latter surname indicates a connection to Mycroft Holmes, the brother of Sherlock Holmes. In ""Rasputin's Revenge"" it is revealed that his real name is John Hamish Adler Holmes, combining the names of Dr. John Hamish Watson, the best friend of Sherlock Holmes, and Irene Adler's surname with the surname Holmes. Lupa also shares several of Wolfe's attributes, including a tendency to be overweight, a love for fine cooking, orchids, and beer, distaste"
"Lips and Blabbermouth and could fire Beams of Bitterness from her fingers. She was destroyed when she was hit by Bibleman's sword. Luxor Spawndroth (Brian Lemmons) A villain who takes on different persons after defeat. These incarnations include: ""The Shadow of Doubt"", ""Master of Misery"", ""Dr. Fear"", ""El Furioso"", ""The Prince of Pride"", Himself, and lastly ""Temptation"". Ludicrous The evil sidekick of Luxor Spawndroth. L.U.C.I. (The Link to Underhanded Computer Influences) is the evil counterpart to U.N.I.C.E and computer to all the villains starting with Dr. Fear. Primordius Drool/The Wacky Protestor (Jef Scott) was a goofy, blue-skinned demon scientist who"
"Rohmer, he is not directly named as such in the work and is only referred to as 'the Devil Doctor'. Something similar occurs in """", wherein a character named ""Jimmy"" is clearly intended to be Ian Fleming's character James Bond, though here he is satirized as being an inept and unfavorable antagonist, likely to parody Sean Connery's appearance in the 2003 film adaptation. Another example in ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"" is when a character is named to be the Anti-Christ, yet, despite never being named, is shown to be an evil Harry Potter. The TV show ""Once Upon a"
"usually Eccles (the third Goon, Harry Secombe, usually stayed in his alter-ego of Neddie Seagoon throughout the show). Bluebottle is also prone to humorous misnaming of characters, including himself. For example, he has referred to himself as ""Bluebontle"" and ""Blatbottle"" on occasion. Other characters are often misnamed as well, including ""Count Morinanty"" for Count Jim Moriarty, ""Robin Chood"" for Robin Hood and ""Miss Balustrade"" for Minnie Bannister. Neddie is always ""My Captain"", pronounced with four syllables [ma-cap-i-tain]. In ""The Yehti"" he reads his own name as ""Blunbintle"". According to ""The Goon Show Companion"", Bluebottle was originally known as Ernie Splutmuscle."
"puppet made of wood who wants to eat Billy's flesh to become a real boy; Lord Moldybutt, a parody of the main and primary ""Harry Potter"" villain, Lord Voldemort; and Boogey Man, the Boogeyman himself and a longtime adversary and rival of Grim. Other recurring characters that feature prominently include Billy's ""son"", Jeff the Spider; Billy's neglected pet fish, Little Porkchop; Billy and Mandy's school teacher, Miss Butterbean; Billy's first cousin, Nergal Junior, and his shapeshifting abilities. The stories presented are varied, including Billy helping out dwarves in their war against the elves. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The Grim Adventures of Billy &"
"""Are You My Neighbor?"") and ""Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier"" which serves as a sequel to the other. The character Scooter is based on Montgomery Scott. There are many other parodies in comic strips, music and computer games, such as Eminem's song ""We Made You"". In the music video, Eminem was dressed as Mr. Spock and Dr. Dre as Captain Kirk. In 1995, MTV's animated series ""Beavis and Butt-Head"" parodied the series with Beavis as Captain Picard and Butt-Head as Commander Riker. An entire Finnish parody series ""Star Wreck"" was produced starting in 1992, culminating with """" in 2005,"
"(أنا لورد فولدمورت). These changes to the name created problems in later books however; in the English edition, a line of dialogue mentions that Tom Riddle shares his given name with the bartender of the Leaky Cauldron, and this becomes a plot point. However, this is not the case in all translations. Rowling invented a great number of words and phrases for the books such as spells, incantations, magical words, items, and place names. Many of these words involve wordplay, rhyming, and historical references that are difficult to translate. A large number of spells are drawn from or inspired by"