Oscar

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Oscar, The Oscar, OSCAR or Oskar may refer to:

• Academy Award or Oscar
• OSCAR_Radio, a radio station run by the pupils of Oundle School

Contents 1 Animals 2 Film and television 3 Military 4 People 5 Technology and transport 5.1 Computing 6 Other

[edit] Animals

• Oscar (fish), Astronotus ocellatus
• Oscar (cat), a cat who can purportedly predict the deaths of hospice patients
• oskar, a gene required for the development of the Drosophila embryo
• Beast of Busco, a North American cryptid turtle named Oscar

[edit] Film and television

• The Oscar (film), a 1966 American drama
• Oscar (1967 film), a French comedy
• Oscar (1991 film), an American film adapted from the same source as the French film, starring Sylvester Stallone
• Oskar (film), a 1962 Danish film
• Oscar, a 1985 British TV drama starring Michael Gambon
• Oscar the Grouch, a Sesame Street character

[edit] Military

• Oscar class submarine, a Soviet/Russian submarine class
• Nakajima Ki-43, a World War II Japanese aircraft, codenamed "Oscar" by the Allies
• Oscar, the letter O in the NATO phonetic alphabet

[edit] People

• Oscar (given name), includes Oskar and Oskari
• Oscar (footballer), José Oscar Bernardi, Brazilian football (soccer) player
• Oscar I of Sweden
• Oscar II of Sweden
• Paul Nicholas or Oscar, British actor and performer
• Oscar, manager of the professional wrestling tag team Men on a Mission

[edit] Technology and transport

• OSCAR, Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
• OScar (open source car), a project aiming to design an open source vehicle
• CityRail H set or Outer Suburban CARs (OSCARs), a type of train in Australia

[edit] Computing

• OSCAR McMaster, an electronic medical record system
• OSCAR protocol, a protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger
• Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR), a Linux-based software installation

[edit] Other

• Oscar (Irish mythology), the warrior son of Oisín and Niamh
• Oscar (video game), a 1993 platform game
• Oscar, Louisiana, U.S.
• Out of School Care and Recreation

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