Wizard

Wizard(s) may refer to:

Fictional characters

• Wizard (fantasy) are panzies and they like men
  • Wizard (Oz), a character in L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its movie adaptations
  • Wizards (Discworld), major characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
  • Wizard (Middle-earth), powerful entities from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien

Comics

• Wizard (Archie Comics), an Archie comic book superhero
• Wizard (DC Comics), a DC comic book supervillain
• Wizard (Marvel Comics), a Marvel comic book supervillain
• The Wizard of Id, a daily newspaper comic created by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart

Film and television

• The Wizard (film), a 1989 American film about a skilled video game player
• The Wizard (TV series), a short-lived 1980s CBS television series
• "The Wizard" (Seinfeld episode)
• Wizards (film), a 1977 animated post-apocalyptic fantasy/science fiction film by Ralph Bakshi
• Mr. Wizard, the stage name of Don Herbert as the host of two popular television shows about science for children

Games

• Wizard (board game), a 1978 board game released by Metagaming, companion game to Melee
• Wizard (card game), a trick-taking card game
• Wizard (character class), magic-wielding character types in many role-playing games
  • Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons), the Dungeons & Dragons character class
• Wizard (computer game), a 1983 Commodore 64 game that was later re-released in 1986 as Ultimate Wizard
• Wizard (video game), a game designed by Chris Crawford for the Atari 2600 and released in 2005
• Wizard (MUD), a developer or administrator in a MUD
• Wizards (board game), a board game produced in 1982 by Avalon Hill
• Wizards of the Coast or Wizards, a Seattle-based games publisher
• Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard or Wizard, a 1994 PC role-playing game
• Wizard, a piece in Omega Chess

Music

• Wizard (band), a German power metal/speed metal band
• Wizzard, a 1970s British glam rock band
• Wizardzz, a noise pop duo featuring Brian Gibson
• The Wizzard or Merlin St. Hilaire, Dominican calypso singer
• Wizard (EP), an EP by Beto Vázquez Infinity
• "The Wizard" (Black Sabbath song)
• "The Wizard" (Uriah Heep song)
  • "The Wizard", a cover by Blind Guardian from The Forgotten Tales
• "The Wizard", one of the theme tunes of the television show Top of the Pops
• "The Wizard", the second track from Albert Ayler's Spiritual Unity
• "The Wizard", a song by Bat for Lashes on the album Fur and Gold
• Wizard (record label), an Australian record label created by Robie Porter

Publications

• Wizard (novel), a science fiction novel by John Varley
• Wizard (magazine), a magazine about comic books
• Wizards (anthology), an anthology of fantasy short fiction edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Wizard (DC Thomson), a British comic that featured Wilson of the Wizard and was merged to Rover
• The Wizard, a novel by Gene Wolfe in the series The Wizard Knight

Sports

• Dakota Wizards, a team in the NBA Development League
• Fort Wayne Wizards, a team in the Midwest League of professional baseball
• Kansas City Wizards, a team in Major League Soccer (Football)
• Washington Wizards, a team in the National Basketball Association

Technology

• Wizard (software), a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps
• Wizard Video, a defunct home video company
• HTC Wizard, a QWERTY-keyboard pocket PC
• Sharp Wizard, a personal organizer released in 1988

Nicknames

• Ozzie Smith, baseball player nicknamed "The Wizard"
• Juan Quarterone, soccer player nicknamed "El Brujo" or "The Wizard"
• Jeff Farmer (footballer), nicknamed "The Wizard"
• Wizard of Menlo Park, nickame for American inventor Thomas Edison
• Wizard of New Zealand, born Ian Brackenbury Channell, orator and eccentric

Other uses

• Wizard (paranormal) or magician
• FV Wizard, an Alaskan crab fishing boat featured on Deadliest Catch
• The Wizard or Rhinopalpa polynice
• Wizard, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Wizard
• All pages with titles containing Wizard
• Electric Wizard, a British stoner/doom metal band
• Grand Wizard and Imperial Wizard, titles in the Ku Klux Klan
• Magician (disambiguation)
• Pinball Wizard, a song from The Who's rock opera Tommy
• Sorcerer (disambiguation)
• Warlock (disambiguation)
• Witch (disambiguation)
• Wiz (disambiguation)
• Wizard Cup (disambiguation)
• Wizardry, a series of "dungeon crawl" computer games from the 1980s