In the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, four companions and a little black dog travel the yellow brick road to the Emerald City to ask the titular wizard for various boons. Despite the fact that he has no magic powers and is actually a circus performer from Kansas, Oz still attempts to grant their wishes.

In Red Dead Redemption 2 you play as Arthur Morgan, lead enforcer for the Van der Linde gang — except in the epilogue, when you control John Marston. This echoes the first Red Dead game where you mostly play as John Marston, but then as his son Jack for the epilogue.

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Many evil teams in Pokémon are in it for money, like Rocket or Snagem, yet others have loftier goals. For example, Aqua wants to expand the ocean and Magma wants to expand the land. Plasma tries to freeze the region, while Galactic aims to make a new universe where their leader is a god.
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Cabaret is an interesting musical. Instead of characters bursting into chorerography in the streets of 1930's Berlin, the songs are diegetic and all take place at the Kit Kat Club. This is intercut with the story to explore ideas like poverty, polyamory, and the rise of fascism.
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Game designer Toby Fox got his start hacking a Halloween-themed version of the SNES title Earthbound, so it's no surprise that his 2015 indie darling Undertale bears some striking similarities to Earthbound.

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Season 3 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure introduces both a new protagonist, Kujo Jotaro, and stands, which are psychical manifestations of the user's life force. For example, Jotaro's stand Star Platinum acts as a projection of his will and can manipulate objects with great speed, precision, and power.

Freaking out that the word acknowledges is just "Ack! Now? LEDGES?!"

Syfy's fantasy show The Magicians has an interesting take on modern day magic users. In the first episode, a gifted young man named Quentin is recruited into Brakebills University, a school for magicians, after he passes their entrance exam.

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The Legend of Zelda is well-known for its music, so it is fitting that the protagonist Link has played a number of instruments throughout the series. For example, in the NES games he plays magic flutes, although they are sometimes referred to as whistles or recorders.

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In 1968's Barbarella, the titular astronavagatrix crash lands on the planet Tau Ceti on a mission to find the Earth scientist Durand Durand. In her adventures she learns the pleasure of sex from the Catchman, befriends an angel named Pygar, and helps overthrow the tyrannical Dark Queen.

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In the 2017 hit indie metroidvania Hollow Knight, you play as an intrepid insectoid warrior of the same name. After arriving in the fallen kingdom of Hallownest, this hero discovers the Temple of the Black Egg, the source of a terrible infection plaguing the land.

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Love Pokémon but find the games too easy? Try a Nuzlocke! Started by a 2010 webcomic and named by combining Nuzleaf and John Locke from Lost, the challenge has a few core rules. First, you may only use one ball per area to catch Pokémon, and breeding and trading are not allowed.

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1984's The Terminator is the source of some of cinema's most famous quotes. There's Kyle Reese's heroic "come with me if you want to live", Sarah Connor's climactic "you're terminated, fucker", and the ominous "I'll be back" from the T-800, just before it's crushed in a hydraulic press.

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Characters from the Hunger Games have apt names, often relating which of Panem's 12 Districts they call home. For example, Wiress is from 3 where electronics are made, while Bobbin is from textile-producing 8. Lastly, Katniss and her sister Primrose live in 12, known for its agriculture.
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While most Zelda games stand on their own, there have been some direct sequels. Perhaps the most famous is the N64 title 'the Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask', which sees the young hero from the previous game tackle a new adventure in the land of Termina.

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