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Fictional currency is the currency used in works of fiction. It may be used in alternative worlds, eras, or realities. The use of "credits" is particularly common in futuristic settings, so much so that Sam Humphries has pointed it out as a cliché: "In any science-fiction movie, anywhere in the galaxy, currency is referred to as 'credits.'"[1] Credits are frequently envisioned as a form of electronic money.[2]
Contents
Video games[edit]
| Work | Currency unit | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| A Hat in Time | Pons | |
| Animal Crossing series | Bell | |
| Asheron's Call | Pyreal | |
| Aion | Kinah | Q |
| Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden | Neo-Shekel[3] | ✡ (the Star of David) |
| Alex Kidd | Baum | |
| Bayonetta | Halo | |
| BioShock, BioShock 2 | Dollars | |
| ADAM | ||
| BioShock Infinite | Silver Eagles | |
| Blade Runner | Chin-Yen | |
| Blades of Time | Souls | |
| Bloodborne | Blood Echoes | |
| Cabal Online | Alz | |
| Cabals:The Card Game | Influence | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | CoDP (Call of Duty Points)[4] | ¢ |
| Various Capcom games | Zenny | |
| Chronicles of Riddick series | UD (Universal Denomination) | |
| Dark Souls | Souls | |
| Danganronpa | Monocoins | |
| DC Universe Online | Cash | |
| Marks (PvP & PvE Gear) | ||
| Influence (PvP Gear) | ||
| Tokens (Seasonal Events) | ||
| Deadly Rooms of Death series | Greckle | |
| Destiny | Glimmer | |
| Deus Ex series | Credit | ¢ in Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War. |
| Devil May Cry series | Red Orbs | |
| Dofus | Kama | K with two horizontal lines |
| Drakensang: The Dark Eye | Ducat (gold), Thaler (silver), Farthing (copper) | |
| Dungeons and Dragons Online | Platinum, Shard | |
| Dungeons and Dragons | Copper piece, Silver piece, Gold piece, Electrum piece, Platinum piece | cp, sp, gp, ep, pp |
| The Elder Scrolls | Septim, Drake (pre 3rd Era) | |
| Elite: Dangerous | Credit | CR |
| Enter the Gungeon | Casings | |
| Entropia Universe | PED | |
| EVE Online | Interstellar Kredit | ISK |
| Aurum | AUR | |
| Fable series | Gold | |
| Fallen London | Echo | € (similar to the Euro symbol, but italicised and with a single stroke across the centre to look more like a regular E ) |
| Fallout series | Bottle Cap, NCR dollar, Legion Denari, Legion Aureus, Pre-War money | |
| Final Fantasy series | Gil | G |
| Flyff | Penya | |
| Fragoria | Emeralds, Gold, Signs | |
| Fortnite | Vinder-bucks | v (similar to a v, but with a blue and white circle around it) |
| Ghost of a Tale | Florins | The official currency of the five Rat Provinces. |
| Gladius | Dinari | |
| God of War series | Red Orbs | |
| Golden Axe Warrior | Horns | |
| Gran Turismo series | Credits | Cr |
| Halo series | Credit | cR |
| Requisition Point (Currency used in the online multiplayer modes, not in the narrative) | RP | |
| Honor Harrington | (Manticoran) Dollar, Austin | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | Metal Shard | |
| Story of Seasons series | Gold | |
| Killing Floor 2 | Dosh | Letter D with 2 horizontal lines |
| Kingdom Hearts series | Munny | |
| Kingdom of Loathing | Meat | |
| Mr. Accessory | ||
| Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning | Gold | |
| Mother 3 | Dragon Power | DP |
| Metin2 | Yang | |
| Legend of Zelda series | Rupee | |
| Lineage II | Adena | |
| Maple Story | Meso | |
| Mega Man series | Zenny | Ƶ |
| Metro series | Cartridges | Soviet 5.45x39mm rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridges |
| Mia's Big Adventure Collection | Sparklies | Diamond-like pieces of cut glass and plastic |
| Minecraft | Emeralds (formerly Rubies; used to trade with villagers) | |
| Monster Hunter series | Zenny | z |
| The Ocean Hunter | unknown |  |
| Phantasy Star series | Meseta | A yellow diamond (a yellow triangle in earlier games) |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice | Dahma | Letter D with two horizontal lines |
| Pokémon series | Yen (Poke-Dollar in English releases) | ₱ |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series | Poké | |
| Ragnarok Online | Zeny | Z |
| Ratchet & Clank series | Bolts | |
| Real Racing 3 | Real Dollars | R$ |
| Rift | Platinum | |
| Gold | ||
| Silver | ||
| Credits | ||
| Roblox | Robux (pegged at an exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 400 Robux) | R$ |
| Rose Online | Zulie | |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | Energy | |
| RuneScape | Coins, chimes, pieces of eight, Runecoins, rusty coins, tokkul, trading sticks and others[5] | gp (for coins only - initialism for "gold piece") |
| The Sims series SimCity series (since SimCity 3000) |
Simoleon |  |
| Space Quest series | Buckazoid | bz |
| SPORE | Sporebuck | |
| Starflight | Monetary Unit | M.U. |
| Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula | Shyneum Pennie | S.P. |
| Mass Effect | Credit | |
| Megami Tensei series | Macca | ћ |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Republic Credits | |
| Star Wars: Force Unleashed series | FP (Force Points) | |
| Suikoden series | Potch | |
| Tales series | Gald | |
| Terraria | Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum | Coins |
| Trails series | Mira | |
| Undertale | G | |
| Wakfu | Kama | K with two horizontal lines |
| The Witcher series | Crown, Floren, Oren and others | |
| World of Warcraft | Gold | |
| Silver | ||
| Copper | ||
| War Thunder | Silver Lions | |
| Golden Eagles | ||
| Warframe | Credits | |
| Platinum | ||
| X-Blades | Souls | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Aim to be Duel King! | DP (Duel Points) | |
| Zork | Zorkmid |
Literature[edit]
| Work | Currency Unit | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| The Foundation Series | Credit, Kalganids (second book) | |
| Metro series | Cartridges | |
| Ender's Game (series) | Credit | |
| Tunnel in the Sky | Pluton | |
| Graustark | Gavvo | |
| Mistborn | Imperials (boxons) > clips | |
| Discworld | Ankh-Morpork dollar (other regional currencies include the Lancre shilling, the Omnian obol, the Agatean rhinu, and the Ephebean talent)[6] | AM$ |
| Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Whuffie[7] | |
| The Demon Princes | Standard Value Unit (SVU) | |
| Inheritance Cycle | Crown | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia (Calormen) | Crescent | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia (Narnia) | Lion | |
| Crosstime Traffic | Benjamin, equal to 100 Dollars - a Dollar being a virtually worthless aluminium coin | |
| Left Behind | Nick | |
| Alastor | Ozol | |
| Lyonesse Trilogy | Copper Penny, Silver Florin (= 10 pennies), Gold Crown (= 10 florins) | |
| Dread Empire's Fall[8] | Zenith | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Altairian Dollar, Flanian Pobble Bead, Triganic Pu (subunit: Ningi (1/8))[9]; Leaf[10] | |
| Harry Potter series | Galleon (subunits: Sickle (1/17), Knut (1/493)). | |
| The Kingkiller Chronicle: Vintas | Halfpenny/Penny (2 Halfpennies)/Bit (2.5 Pennies)/Quarter Bit (2 Bits)/Round (8 Quarter Bits)/Royal (10 Rounds)/Haft (10 Bits)/Noble (2 Hafts)/Reel (2.5 Nobles)/Five Reel Piece (5 Reels) | |
| The Kingkiller Chronicle: Ceald | Shim/Iron Drab (11 Shims)/Copper Jot (10 Drabs)/Silver Talent (10 Jots)/Gold Mark (10 Talents) | |
| The Kingkiller Chronicle: Commonwealth | Iron Penny (3 Shims)/Ha'Penny (3 Iron Pennies)/Copper Penny (2 Ha'Pennies)/Silver Penny (10 Copper Pennies)/Common (12 Silver Pennies) | |
| Shardik, Maia | Meld | |
| The Great Explosion and And Then There Were None | Ob (obligation) | |
| Peter F. Hamilton: Night's Dawn Trilogy and other novels set in Confederation Space | Jovian credit | |
| Sprawl trilogy | New Yen | |
| A Song of Ice and Fire (Westeros) | Gold Dragon (denominations: 1 Gold Dragon = 210 Silver Stags; 1 Silver Stag = 56 Copper Pennies; thus 1 Gold Dragon = 11,760 Copper Pennies) |
|
| Various Andre Norton SF novels | Credit | |
| Vorkosiverse (Lois McMaster Bujold).[11] | Barrayaran Marks, Betan Dollars, Felician Millipfennigs | |
| Various World of Krynn Fantasy Novels | Steel Piece | |
| World of Greyhawk Novels and RPG system by Gary Gygax | Iron Drab, Brass Bit, Bronze Zee, Copper Common, Silver Noble, Electrum Lucky, Gold Orb, Platinum Plate | |
| The Wheel of Time | Penny, mark and crown[10] | |
| Jame Retief Novels by Keith Laumer | Galactic Unified Credits (GUC) | |
| Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor | Wishes/Teeth | |
| Perdido Street Station by China Miéville | Stivers, Shekels, Guineas and Nobles | |
| Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey | Pernese Marks | |
| Valérian and Laureline by Pierre Christin | Bloutarks |
Anime/Manga/Cartoons[edit]
| Work | Currency Unit | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Water Tribe Money (Water Tribes) and Gold, Silver, and Copper Pieces (Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation) | |
| Batman Beyond | Credit | |
| Bleach (Soul Society) | Kan | |
| The Adventures of Blinky Bill | Gumnuts | |
| Cowboy Bebop[12] | Woolongs | ₩ |
| C | Midas Money | |
| Deadman Wonderland | Cast Points | |
| Dragon Ball | Zeni | |
| Fairy Tail[13] | Jewel |  |
| The Flintstones | Clam | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist | Sen | |
| Groo the Wanderer | Kopins | |
| Hunter × Hunter | Jenny | |
| Invader Zim | Monies | |
| Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | Vals[10] | |
| Kaiji | Perica | |
| Kirby: Right Back At Ya! | D-Bill | |
| KonoSuba | Eris | |
| The Legend of Korra | Yuan | |
| My Little Pony Tales | Jangles | |
| My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Bits | |
| Naruto | Ryõ | |
| One Piece[14] | Belly (Beri) |  |
| One Piece (Sky Island)[14] | Extol | |
| Outlaw Star | Wong | |
| Rick and Morty | Shmeckles | |
| Blemflarks | ||
| Flurbos | ||
| RWBY | Lien | |
| Space Dandy | Woolongs | ₩ |
| Sugar Sugar Rune | Ecure | |
| Sword Art Online | Col or Yul | |
| Trigun[15] | Double dollars | $$ |
| Zero no Tsukaima | Ecu |
Television[edit]
| Work | Currency Unit | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Star Trek (Ferengi)[16] | Latinum (Bricks, bars, strips, slips)[17] | |
| Star Trek (United Federation of Planets)[18] | Federation credit | |
| Star Trek (Klingons)[19] | Darsek | |
| Star Trek (Karemma)[20] | Dirak | |
| Star Trek (Takar)[21] | Frang | |
| Star Trek (Cardassians)[22] | Lek | |
| Star Trek (Bajor)[23] | Lita | |
| Star Trek (Triskelion)[24] | Quatloo | |
| Star Trek (Mari)[25] | Renn | |
| Babylon 5[26] | Credit | |
| Battlestar Galactica | Cubit | cb |
| seaQuest DSV (United Earth Oceans) | UEO Credits | |
| South Park[27] | Parsohn (of space cash) | |
| Firefly | Credits | |
| Farscape[28][29] | Credits, Brandar Tiles | |
| Farscape (Scarren)[30] | Crindars | |
| Farscape (Uncharted Territories)[31][32] | Fennik, Kretmas | |
| Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy | Zanibitar | |
| Red Dwarf[33] | Dollarpound | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Dimension X Dollar[34] | |
| Terra Nova | Terra | |
| Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (Zangyack) | Zagin | Z with two horizontal lines |
| Herman's Head | Brain buck | |
| Killjoys | Joy[35] | |
| Regular Show (Season 8) | Space Credits | |
| The Office | Schrute Bucks, Stanley Nickels | |
| The Adventure Game | Drogna |
Movies[edit]
| Work | Currency Unit | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| In Time | Time | |
| Total Recall | Credit | |
| Demolition Man | Credit[36] | |
| Judge Dredd | Cred | |
| Stake Land | Vampire Teeth[37] | |
| Escape from L.A. | Blueback | |
| Street Fighter | Bison Dollars (pegged at an exchange rate of 1 Bison Dollar to 5 UK pounds sterling) | |
| Spaceballs[38] | Space buck | |
| The Sword and the Sorcerer | Talons[10] | |
| The Flintstones | Sand dollars | |
| Star Wars[39] | Galactic credit standard | .png){kind=small} |
| Absolon | Time | |
| The Chronicles of Riddick (franchise) | UD (Universal Denomination) | |
| Heavy Metal | Chronodollars ("Harry Canyon" segment); Zulacks ("Captain Sternn" segment) | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Units | |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | simoleons[10] | |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Hilliarys | |
| Zootopia | Z... | Z |
Role playing games[edit]
| Work | Currency unit | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Cyberpunk 2020 | EuroDollar | Eb |
| Shadowrun | Nuyen | ¥ |
| Warhammer 40k | Throne gelt | tg |
| Dungeons & Dragons | copper/silver/electrum/gold/platinum pieces | cp/sp/ep/gp/pp |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1999). Ebert's bigger little movie glossary. Andrews McMeel. p. 172. ISBN 0-8362-8289-2.
- ^ Gliddon, Gerald (2005). The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy, Volume 2. Greenwood. p. 532. ISBN 0-313-32950-8.
- ^ "Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (Video Game) - TV Tropes". tvtropes.org. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ This virtual currency is used solely with the online multiplayer mode.
- ^ Many other currencies exist. The listed items have the function of currency in the story of the game world, except Runecoins which are a semi-in-game currency that can be bought with real world money. Many of the in-game currencies have limited uses and are not interchangeable. Similarly due to game limitations certain fixed value items are used as currency proxies.
- ^ http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Rhinu
- ^ A Handy Currency Converter For Alien Money, iO9
- ^ "Walter Jon Williams, Dread Empire'S Fall, "The Sundering"". Stamnes.com. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Acc.umu.se. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ a b c d e http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FictionalCurrency
- ^ Lillian Stewart Carl and John Helfers, The Vorkosigan Companion, Baen Books 2008, ISBN 978-1-4391-3379-8
- ^ Keiko Nobumoto, COWBOY BEBOP - SESSION #1 - ASTEROID BLUES, SUNRISE · BONES · BANDAI VISUAL, 1998 (transcript)
- ^ Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 103, Page 4
- ^ a b One Piece HQ - Glossary, retrieved 19 June 2011
- ^ Trigun Encyclopedia, retrieved 19 June 2011
- ^ Drexler, Doug; & Sternbach, Rick; & Zimmerman, Herman (1998). Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-01563-X. p. 63
- ^ In the fourth season DS9 episode Body Parts it is stated that 500 bars = 10,000 strips = 1,000,000 slips (or 1 bar = 20 strips = 2,000 slips). The conversion rate between bricks and bars, however, was never definitively established.
- ^ Star Trek, "The Trouble with Tribbles", Season 2, episode 13 (transcript)
- ^ Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Firstborn" (transcript)
- ^ Star Trek: Deep Space 9, "The Search, Part I" (transcript)
- ^ Star Trek: Voyager, "False Profits" (transcript)
- ^ Star Trek: Voyager, "Caretaker" (transcript Archived 2013-03-27 at the Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Star Trek: Deep Space 9, "Necessary Evil" (transcript)
- ^ Star Trek, "The Gamesters of Triskelion" (transcript)
- ^ Star Trek: Voyager, "Random Thoughts" (transcript)
- ^ B5TECH - Glossary, accessed 10 Nov 2011
- ^ South Park, "Pinewood Derby", Season 13, Episode 6 (transcript)
- ^ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Credits, 11 Oct 07
- ^ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Brandar Tiles, 11 Oct 07
- ^ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Crindars, 11 Oct 07
- ^ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Fennik, 11 Oct 07
- ^ Archived: http://www.farscape-1.com - Kretmas, 11 Oct 07
- ^ "Red Dwarf series I Writing". www.reddwarf.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ "Attack of Big MACC". TV.com. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Welcome to the World of Killjoys". Syfy International. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ http://www.technologytell.com/entertainment/39218/from-bitcoin-to-schrute-bucks-the-greatest-fictional-currencies/
- ^ http://filmjunkieconfessions.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-review-of-stake-land.html
- ^ "Spaceballs transcript". Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ "Star Wars - Standard Units". Theforce.net. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
