Phantom

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Contents 1 Paranormal 2 Technology 3 Military 4 Trademarks and product names 5 Popular culture 6 Other 7 See also

Phantom can refer to any of the following.

[edit] Paranormal

• A ghost or other apparition
• Phantom kangaroo, a type of legendary creature

[edit] Technology

• Phantom power, a method that sends a DC electrical voltage through microphone cables.
• BOMAB phantom, a device for calibrating radiation absorbed by the human body

[edit] Military

• Phantom Regiment, a name for the British World War II GHQ Liaison Regiment
• FH Phantom, an early jet fighter, introduced 1947
• F-4 Phantom II, a supersonic fighter-bomber, introduced 1960

[edit] Trademarks and product names

In transportation:

• Rolls-Royce Phantom, a line of luxury automobiles
• Gillig Phantom, a high-floor transit bus

In gaming:

• CCI Phantom (or "The Phantom"), a paintball marker developed and marketed by Mike Casedy and his company CCI
• The Phantom (game system), a canceled video game console which never reached production

Other:

• BASF pesticide chlorfenapyr marketed under the registered trademark Phantom

[edit] Popular culture

In literature & theatre:

• The Phantom of the Opera, a 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux
  • The Phantom of the Opera (adaptations), works based on the novel
• Phantom (novel) by Susan Kay is a more recent retelling of The Phantom of the Opera
• The Phantom, a comic strip/book hero created by Lee Falk
• Phantom (musical), a 1991 musical stage play by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston
• Phantom (Sword of Truth), the 10th novel in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series
• Danny Phantom, a Nickelodeon cartoon about a boy named Danny Fenton, who fights evil ghosts as a superhero named Danny Phantom
• An inhabitant of the Phantom Zone, a fictional dimension in Superman comic books and related media. Also a name/title for Smallville's Bizarro.
• The "Phantom Stranger" is a fictional character who battles mysterious and occult forces in various titles published by DC Comics, sometimes under their Vertigo imprint.
• Phantoms (novel), a thriller/mystery novel by Dean Koontz.

In film:

• The Phantom (1943 serial), a Saturday matinee movie serial based on Lee Falk's comic strip hero The Phantom
• Phantom (1922 film), a dramatic silent film directed by F. W. Murnau
• The Phantom (film), 1996 film, based on Lee Falk's character The Phantom
• Phantoms (1998 film), a thriller/mystery film adapted from the Dean Koontz novel
• O Fantasma (English: The Phantom), a 2000 Portuguese dramatic film
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, a 1999 science fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas
  • The Phantom Edit, a fan edit of the movie Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• Sir Charles Lytton aka The Phantom, a character from the original Pink Panther

In television:

• Phantom (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode), an episode of the series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• Phantom 2040, 1994–1996 animated television series based on a descendant of The Phantom comic character created by Lee Falk
• Phantom Gourmet, a popular New England food critic and television program
• Phantom Ranger, a character in the Power Rangers (television series) universe
• Phantom (MÄR), a main character in the popular manga and anime series MÄR
• Phantom of Inferno, an anime and video game.

In music:

• The Phantom (musician) (aka Jerry Lott, 1938–1983), a rockabilly singer known for the hit single "Love Me"
• Phantoms (album), a 2005 music album by Acceptance
• Phantom FM, an alternative rock radio station broadcasting from Dublin, Ireland
• Phantom Phorce, a 2003 Super Furry Animals album
• Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps based out of Rockford, Illinois, United States
• Phantom Records, a record label
• Vox Phantom, an electric guitar model
• Phantom (song) and Phantom Pt. II are tracks on Justice's debut album, †

In video games:

• Phantom, a spider-like boss of the Devil May Cry video game series
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, a video game for the Nintendo DS console
• TIE Phantom, a fictional prototype TIE fighter, from the Star Wars Expanded Universe
• Covenant (Halo) Phantom, alien dropship in Halo 2 and Halo 3
• The Phantom, Infinium Labs' never-released video game console intended to be used without cartridges or discs
• Phantom of Inferno, a visual novel game created by Nitroplus

In other areas:

• The Phantom (horse), a former New Zealand-trained race horse who competed in Australian events in 1990's
• Phantom Killer, an unidentified serial killer believed to have killed five people in Texarkana in 1946

[edit] Other

• Phantom limb, the sensation that a missing limb is still attached to the body and functioning normally
• Phantom, an alias given to Col.Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr., an Filipino war hero
• Phantom Stock

[edit] See also

• Phantasm
• Phantasmagoria

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