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  2. Extraterrestrials in fiction - Wikipedia

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    It was the first recorded claim of an alien abduction, soon followed by others. The description of the aliens made by the Hills, with oversized heads, big eyes, pale grey skin, and small noses captivated the public imagination and was later used by TV shows and films. This started the grey alien archetype. According to Wade Roush, a science and ...

  3. List of eponymous adjectives in English - Wikipedia

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    An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms. [1] Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.

  4. List of humanoid aliens - Wikipedia

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    An alien from the planet Ork who befriends a woman named Mindy on earth after being sent by his own kind to study humanity. The Alien Girl Super Deluxe: One of the lead characters, Gaaji, falls for The Alien Girl, played by Mirnalini Ravi, while he was stealing money with the help of his friends in her house. She reveals that she doesn't know ...

  5. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    A pejorative character in English literature and especially comic drama, as well as satirical prints, the fop is a foolish "man of fashion" who overdresses, aspires to wit, and puts on airs. He may also overdo being fashionably French by wearing French clothes and using French words.

  6. Damsel in distress - Wikipedia

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    Damsels in distress have been cited as an example of differential treatment of genders in literature, film, and works of art. Feminist criticism of art, film, and literature has often examined gender-oriented characterisation and plot, including the common "damsel in distress" trope, as perpetrating regressive and patronizing myths about women.

  7. Like almost every Alien entry before it, Alien: Romulus scored an R rating, this time for "bloody violent content and language." (Alien vs. Predator from 2004 is the franchise's only PG-13 offering.)

  8. Category:Female characters in literature - Wikipedia

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    A. A Story of Oki Islands; Hannah Abbott; Vanessa Abrams; Kay Adams-Corleone; Irene Adler; Aunt Agatha; Akivasha; Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) Cathy Ames

  9. Noun - Wikipedia

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    In English, prototypical nouns are common nouns or proper nouns that can occur with determiners, articles and attributive adjectives, and can function as the head of a noun phrase. According to traditional and popular classification, pronouns are distinct from nouns, but in much modern theory they are considered a subclass of nouns. [ 2 ]