Heroes & Villains
This brilliant scientist became the Hulk after being exposed to gamma radiation.
Who is Bruce Banner?
This sole female Smurf in the village was originally created by Gargamel out of clay to cause drama.
Who is Smurfette?
Mutants Charles Xavier, Jean Grey, and Scott Summers are founding members of this superhero team.
Who are the X-Men?
This legendary writer co-created Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and The X-Men, and made cameo appearances in dozens of films.
Who is Stan Lee?
Optimus Prime leads this faction of heroic shape-shifting robots against the Decepticons.
Who are the Autobots?
In Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader reveals he is the father of this aspiring Jedi.
Who is Luke Skywalker?
This fictional, radioactive home planet of Superman was destroyed just before he was sent to Earth.
What is Krypton?
Before he became a famous plumber, this iconic character made his 1981 debut as a carpenter rescuing a damsel named Pauline from a giant ape under the name "Jumpman".
Who is Mario?
This metal-masked leader of the Foot Clan is the sworn enemy of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Who is Shredder?
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What is the Smurfs?
Players in this fighting game series choose from warriors like Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Subzero, and Sonia Blade.
What is Mortal Combat?
This 1980s animated series followed a team of colorful bears who used the power of the "Stare" from their bellies to defeat villains.
What are the Care Bears?
This 1982 Steven Spielberg film about a stranded, Reese's Pieces-loving alien became the highest-grossing movie of the decade.
What is E.T.?
Created by Jim Davis in 1978, this character constantly bullies a neurotic dog named Odie.
Who is Garfield?
Regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time, what 1981 arcade game features the titular amphibian trying to cross a road without getting squashed by cars?
What is Frogger?
This elite military team fought against Cobra Commander and his ruthless terrorist organization.
What is G.I. Joe?
In The Goonies, this deformed but kind-hearted character loves Baby Ruth candy bars and rescues the kids.
Who is Sloth?
This iconic superhero made his comic book debut in the May issue of Detective Comics in 1939.
Who is Batman?
Set in the mythical military installation known as Camp Swampy, this iconic strip by Mort Walker features a perpetually lazy, sleepy private.
Who is Beetle Bailey?
This Will Wright created video game series, released in 2000, saw players watching and directing characters to do mundane things like eating, sleeping, and cleaning their houses?
What is The Sims?
This team of humanoid felines battles Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living on Third Earth.
Who are the ThunderCats?
Wakanda is the highly advanced, fictional African nation protected by this Marvel superhero.
Who is the Black Panther?
This comic book artist co-created Captain America with Joe Simon in 1941 and later revolutionized Marvel alongside Stan Lee.
Who is Jack Kirby?
Releasing in North America in 1991, this 16-bit console from Sega featured a blast-processing capability and a super-fast blue hedgehog.
What is the Sega Genesis?
Before leading the Autobots, this iconic giant robot held a data-archiving job on Cybertron, essentially serving as a librarian.
Who is Optimus Prime?
This superhero movie was the first major motion picture to be filmed with high-resolution IMAX cameras and was filmed in secret under the title: Rory's First Kiss.
What is The Dark Knight?
Her secret identity is Diana Prince.
Who is Wonder Woman?
This is the term for the distinct rectangular boxes used in comic strips to frame illustrations and advance the story.
What are panels?
This Microsoft console made its debut in 2001 with a built-in Ethernet port for online multiplayer and a famous first-person shooter named Halo: Combat Evolved.
What is the Xbox?
This recurring villain in Inspector Gadget is never fully seen on screen, only showing his metallic gloved hand.
Who is Dr. Claw?
In 1984's The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killer cyborg travels back in time to target this specific woman.
Who is Sarah Connor?
Before she became a fan-favorite supervillain, Harleen Quinzel was an intern psychiatrist at this notorious DC facility.
What is Arkham Asylum?
This artist is responsible for this 1991 comic, which holds the Guinness World Record for bestselling comic of all time.
Who is Jim Lee?
The first Star Wars video game, made for the Atari 2600, was based on this film in the original trilogy.
What is The Empire Strikes Back?
Prince Adam’s cowardly green pet tiger, Cringer, transforms into this brave, armored beast.
Who is Battle Cat?
This Schenectady-based illustrator, colorist, and letterer won a 2022 Eisner Award for his cinematic artwork in The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History.
Who is Marcus Kwame Anderson?
Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman,” this 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game," had one of the 1st examples of a non-interactive video game “cutscene” & one of the 1st examples of a “power up” in video game history.
What is Pac Man?
This is Lion-O's powerful weapon that extends in length and features the iconic "Cat's Eye" jewel.
What is the Sword of Omens?
Established in 1954, this strict regulatory body effectively barred positive LGBTQ+ representation from mainstream comic books for decades.
What is the Comics Code Authority?
This was the name of the first Saturday Morning Cartoon block.
What is the Mighty Mouse Playhouse?
This iconic comic creator debuted Blondie in 1930 and built the highest-syndicated comic strip in the world.
Who is Murat Bernard "Chic" Young?
Set in the open-world fantasy land of Hyrule, the 2023 masterpiece Tears of the Kingdom is a major entry in this legendary Nintendo franchise.
What is the Legend of Zelda?
This is how many solo cartoon series Batman has starred in.
What is 10?
This Alpha Flight member made Marvel Comics history in 1992 as the first major comic book superhero to officially come out as gay.
Who is Northstar?
Released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment and set in the fictional universe of Azeroth, this computer game became the world's most popular "MMORPG" (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) within a few years.
What is World Of Warcraft?
This is the literary term used in comic strips to describe a sound effect drawn out in the panels, such as "POW" or "BAM."