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Talk:Lawnchair Larry flight

Dubious facts
The sentence about Larry first getting the idea when sitting in his backyard in a lawn chair is dubious, and I have marked it as such. It is in conflict with facts known to his biographer, Mark Barry, who has reported that Larry first got the idea to use balloons at age 13. I will do some more checking and may come back and remove those sentences. paul klenk 16:28, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

How is it contradictory that (1) he first got the idea to use balloons at 13 and (2) he sat in a lawnchair and thought that would be a good way to fulfull his childhood dream? Answer: It isn't contradictory. Are you still smoking crack when you write this stuff?

Sears ad
There is no mention of him doing the Sears for allegedly the same model of patio chair he flew, complimenting its sturdy design. I don't think that one's a hoax, I've seen scans of the ad on the net.
 * If you can send me a link, I'd be happy to work it into the article.   paul klenk 05:42, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

My bad, it was a Timex magazine ad. Allegedly he launched with a Timex wristwatch. Snopes sez 'Timex paid him $1,000 in 1992 to appear in print advertisements featuring "adventurous individuals wearing Timex watches"'. It was part of a campaign.

 * A scan of the Timex ad is visible on this webpage Check-Six 07:57, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

http://www.markbarry.com/lawnchairman.html is the most official source. It does not discuss the ad nor corroborate that he took off with one but under "Appearances" it does mention a Timex magazine ad. I was unable to track down a scan of that ad, I'm not sure if I ever saw it so it's questionable if a scan exists. Given the history of unsubstantiated additions to the story it's worth questioning, but Mark Barry does mention it and perhaps he would be the best person to verify that with.

Also there is a hilarious audio tape from the CB's emergency "REACTS" system he called on his CB. This covers talk between himself and his ground crew and later talk with an extremely confused air traffic control. That tape is quoted on Mark Barry's page and he supplies the audio file so I believe it to be authentic. It is found nowhere on the web but his site.

In the recording he mentions altitude several times, it appears his launch equipment must have also included an altimeter (as well as a Timex). At one point in the recording he says "my altimeter reads ..." so he does seem to have brought one.

 * Yeah, I know about Mark Barry.com, I've corresponded with Barry himself. This subject is a doozy.  We can definitely work more material into the piece.

 * I have been inspired to appear as Walters in New York's Village Halloween Parade. I will put my body through a lawn chair, with fake legs hanging over the front, and large clusters of white helium balloons tied to the chair.  If I have time and money, I would really like to walk on 3 to 4 foot stilts -- I'm looking for a stilter instructor in one of NYC's circuses -- to make it appear that I'm really floating above the crowd.    paul klenk 06:42, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Contradictory facts in article
The middle of the article claims that Larry planned to just hover for a little while, but the bottom of the article, about the Myths, says that he planned for a long flight and that that was his intentions all along. This needs to be resolved- both sentences can't be right.Andrewdt85 04:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC) 04:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC

Comment on "Contradictory facts in article": Mark Berry's online biography notes that a primary strap was intentionally cut, and a secondary strap accidentally snapped. This implies that he may have wanted 1) hover at some height, tethered to the ground, in which case he might still have wanted to spend a long time up in the air; or 2) he wanted to stick his toe in the water, so to speak, before actually being launched; or 3) he wanted a controlled ascent to a certain height to ensure he was free of obstacles before being cut loose. Therefore, both sentences may actually be correct.

The introduction claims Larry reached an altitude of 11,000 ft. Under the heading, Preparation and Launch, the altitude is claimed as 15,000 ft. The numbers need to be reconciled.

More poor logic:
 * What's the point of a parachute at 100ft? It's not going to open in time.  Strapping on a parachute would seem to indicate an intention to go a lot higher.
 * It's possible he just showed more foresight than you give him credit for.
 * What was Larry's experience with parachutes in the first place? An experienced skydiver wouldn't hesitate to bail out of a balloon floating above 2000ft (or less for some).  We consider that sort of thing fun.
 * At 16,000 feet, many folks would black out from hypoxia - not to mention it's near freezing at 16k. Anything above 14k puts most people at risk of hypoxia, and the time it would take a balloon to go from 14k to 16k and then back to 14k has to be more than a few minutes.
 * What is the source of 16,000 feet and how did they know? Touchdown Turnaround 05:23, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I still thing there's a good bit of myth and misinformation in this article. In short, we must consider the likelihood that Larry lied about his intentions to escape prosecution. Rklawton 07:35, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't think most people would black out from hypoxia at 16K. People go to Everest base camp all the time without supplemental oxygen, and that's 17K. Not doubting that hypoxia will knock you out, just questioning the height at which that happens for most people. Jrhoadley 13:01 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Bullet #9, under myths dispelled, stats that "Larry's chair was a piece of patio furniture, not a folding lawn chair." However Bullet #11, just below it, makes reference to "his lawn chair".

I just checked Wikipedia's entry on Hypoxia, and it says that Altitude Sickness onset occurs in 6 to 10 hours. There certainly is enough oxygen at 16K feet to stay conscious, so I think 16K feet is definitely possible. It wouldn't be pleasant, and he might have a bad headache and racing heartbeat, but it is highly unlikely he would black out. Jrhoadley 16:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The myths dispelled section says that it was not a folding lawn chair but that is contrary to the pictures here http://www.markbarry.com/tvshows.html. Mkshbeck 19:52, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

The movie?
Wasn't there a fictionalized version of Mr. Walters' story released last year. It featured the basic element of the balloons on a chair, but then had him land far away where he fell in love. While certainly not an exact adaptation, it must've been influenced by his story and deserves some mention.

The movie is called Danny Deckchair. It's on the TV right now as I type this. The chair with the balloons is probably based on Larry's flight, but the rest of the story is totally unrelated. I'd heard the Larry story, so the movie prompted me to look him up on the net. For information on Danny Deckchair, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337960/.

I'm glad the real Lawnchair Larry didn't live to see that movie. It was so sitcom-ish. Not that a good film couldn't have been made of his exploits, but Danny Deckchair wasn't it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.166.50.79 (talk) 22:06, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Urban legend status
The phrase "often mistaken as an urban legend" is a little inaccurate. "Urban legend" does not always mean false; it simply means it's a bit of folklore that is claimed to be true by the person telling it. What passes it from a news story into folklore is the changing of details. For example, every time the Darwin Award e-mail comes around, it claims this happened "last year" or some such (but I highly doubt that e-mail has been circulating since 1983). It's also often told that the man (with no name given) died, thus he was a candidate for that year's Darwin Award. Or sometimes we never hear what happened to him afterward, the story ending with Walters floating above LAX or JFK or the ocean but presumably having plummeted to his death. It's these exaggerations and mutations that make it an urban legend. --Birdhombre 16:47, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Distance?
Approximately what distance did Larry cover? According to Mapquest the distance San Pedro-Long Beach is about 7 miles / 11.5 km by road—maybe someone could come up with more accurate info. Thanks. Maikel 15:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Girlfriend?
I have to say that Larry's girlfriend Carol van Deusen appears to be the unsung hero of this epic. The way she stood by her man makes Tammy Wynette look like a pushover, a fair-weather friend and a quitter rolled into one. Is there any more information we could more information get on her, especially on her motivation? Maikel 15:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Tammy always was a pushover. That's why she was married five times!  It's Carol van Deusen (and Hillary Clinton) who really  knows how to stand by her man!  Rlquall 01:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Carol just loved Larry I guess. A couple years after the lawnchair incident, she got on a daytime NBC show of the period called "Wishes" I believe.  The premise of the show was to find some worthy person and fulfill their wish.  Carol's was to marry Larry.  They basically built it up over the course of the program offering him/them various prize-based incentives to tie the knot, doing a nice sales job on her, etc., and at the end of the show, he just turned it down.  --98.206.188.62 (talk) 07:54, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The play?
In 2003, Bridget Carpenter wrote a play, "UP", centered around a fictionalized version of Larry and his (also fictional) family. The play has since been performed at major regional theaters, including the 2006 season of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. This seems worth noting in the article. PavelCurtis 18:38, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, Walters is also mentioned in Robert Fulghum's book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, which was also turned into a play. --Birdhombre 21:43, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Earlier flight on a tiny seat: Garret Cashman in 1954
I was always confused about this lawn-chair stunt. I'd heard it described as happening in upstate New York, not LA. I finally found the cause: an earlier effort! Garret (Gary) Cashman, age 27, took off from Albany, NY, using 70 weather balloons filled with natural gas and attached to a tiny seat. He rose to 6,000ft and drifted over 25 miles. And this occurred ...on September 9, 1954! Photos of his rig and his flight are in "Illustrated Current News Inc.," 9/13/54 no. 6408, New Haven, CT, as "Former dancing teacher flies aloft in 70 balloons."
 * Any chance the "Illustrated Current News" of 1954 was anything like the contemporary Weekly World News? Rlquall 01:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No, it appears to be more like "UPI wirephoto" with large-format B&W photos of major news events. Cashman also made it to several upstate-NY newspapers as well as Life Magazine  Before posting my above comment, I searched on Cashman's name and found it in the "history" section of clusterballoon.org.  That site says that the first one to try the idea was professional balloonist Jean Piccard in 1937, with 98 weather balloons, and his son did the same in 1957 and 1962.  So it appears that the first crazy amateur DIY cluster balloon was Cashman's.  But he used a tiny wooden seat, not a big comfortable lawn chair.--Wjbeaty 03:17, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Number of weather balloons.
According to both The Straight Dope and another article, Walters used 42 balloons, not 45.
 * Even more confusing, one place in the article, it says he used 45. Another place, it says he bought 45, but used 43. SlowJog (talk) 09:25, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
 * If you listen to the David Letterman interview he clearly states there were 43 balloons. Is is possible he purchased 45 (I think I read that somewhere) but it seems that only 43 were ultimately required. He discusses the weight calculation in the interview. Verne Equinox (talk) 01:23, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Was he arrested?
The article claims he was arrested by the LAPD, but this is not mentioned in what appear to be the most accurate accounts of the story. - furrykef (Talk at me)

Looks Like Walters' Feat was Repeated
A man from Bend, Oregon just accomplished a similar feat. If the 1954 flight could be confirmed, maybe a Category: Lawn-Chair Aviators should be created to house 3 articles about these individuals. --Thirdmoon 17:45, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Couch, in interviews, is apparently trying trying to claim solo credit, calling Walters' feat "an urban myth" and implying it did not really happen. CFLeon 04:14, 12 July 2007 (UT)

 * Cashman made it to Life magazine (see ref above.) Newspapers mention he carried sandbags but controlled altitude by releasing individual balloons.  He stayed up for hours drifting along the Hudson, but fortunately he carried a meatloaf sandwich.  This first flight was followed by police after they received hundreds of reports and Cashman was immediately jailed for flying wo/licesnse, then released and fined $50 by the CAA (Civil Aero Authority.)  He went on to start a cluster-balloon career at state fairs and advertising stunts.  Here's a bit from 2010 Air & Space magazine  Here's 1954 newsreel footage on YT, showing Cashman in a failed attempt to apparently loft a huge ad banner. Wjbeaty (talk) 04:52, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Myths dispelled
This section was moved here from the article and was tagged as unreferenced and POV. It is more appropriate here: Many exaggerated or simply inaccurate stories have circulated around the Web regarding Walters' flight. The following facts have been confirmed from interviews with his friends and family, and by analyzing a recording of his CB radio transmissions.
 * Larry was launched from his girlfriend's backyard in San Pedro, California with the assistance of another friend, Ron Richlin.
 * Larry dropped his glasses during lift-off, but had a spare pair with him, and radioed his "ground crew," saying, "I can see perfectly — don't worry." (Later in the flight, when his girlfriend reported she had found his glasses, he replied "Well, that's good news.")
 * Larry did not pass near LAX, but rather Long Beach airport, where TWA and Delta Airlines pilots sighted him and reported him to the tower.
 * Larry came down in a residential area north-east of Long Beach airport.
 * Larry did not drop his BB gun during lift-off. However, later in the flight, after using it to pop balloons to begin a descent, he did drop the gun.
 * Larry did float over Long Beach harbor but did not float out to sea.
 * Larry did not, as some newspapers reported, purchase the balloons from a military surplus store, but from a balloon supplier.
 * Larry was not rescued by a helicopter, but rather came down on his own intent while possibly trying to land in an open field.
 * Larry's chair was a piece of patio furniture, not a folding lawn chair.
 * Larry gave the patio furniture away to a neighborhood kid, later regretting this generosity when the Smithsonian asked to place the chair in its archives. Today that same person still has the chair (with ballast water jugs and tethers still attached), and has said he intends to donate it to Larry's mother.
 * Larry was also contemplating taking his pet cat with him on the flight, but acted against it when his girlfriend was hesitant about the cats health in the air.
 * Larry paid $1,500 after battling the FAA. Of 4 total charges, some were dropped (it was decided that his lawn chair did not need an airworthiness certificate) and Larry admitted to one other (not establishing and maintaining two-way contact with the airport control tower). According to the FAA, "The flight was potentially unsafe, but Walters had not intended to endanger anyone." The original poster was Special Contributor 4.12.124.255 on January 5, 2005, usinf the heading "The Truth". Verne Equinox (talk) 03:59, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Darwin Award Date
The Larry Walters article claims that Walters received an "honorable mention in 1982's Darwin Awards" but the Darwin Awards article says "The Awards have circulated since 1985...". Something sounds wrong there? --Asianartfan (talk) 13:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Trivia cleanup notice
I removed this, as it's not a list of trivia but a list of valid pop culture references. Anyone going around marking pop culture lists with trivia cleanup note is going to have a lot of work on their hands.  PacificBoy  05:24, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Numerous Imitators Of Larry Walters?
Like Who? Who else besides those two mentioned above I googled it but i couldn't find any? Can you guys show me any others?24.7.204.215 (talk) 04:18, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Can we add David Blaine's latest stunt to the list of imitator?

Intended height?
This article says,
 * "His intention was to ... float above his backyard at a height of about 30 feet (9.1 m) for several hours."

But Cluster ballooning says,
 * "[Walters] intended to rise just a few hundred feet (about 100 metres),"

Which is it, if anyone knows? —WWoods (talk) 17:57, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

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Site coordinates
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One-event person
Is Walters a one-event person? WP:BLP1E and all that. Maybe we could rename this article to "Lawnchair Larry flight" and make the appropriate adjustments.--Sa57arc (talk) 03:46, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Possible youtube channel advertising?
It looks like the last line of the "In Popular Culture" section is just advertising some clickbait. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viperfan7 (talk • contribs) 01:22, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

More details and discrepancies
There's already a cite to "Video", which is a YouTube video of Larry's appearance on David Letterman's complete show of July 12, 1982, with more details of his flight than are mentioned in the article; he is on from ~10.45 to ~21.10, of a total 43 minutes (with ads cut). Before Larry is called onto the stage set, Letterman shows a brief video clip of the initial takeoff, and the arrangement of three vertically separate clusters of balloons.

I've also found an extensive article by George Plimpton dated May 24, 1998, in The New Yorker issue of June 1, 1998, titled The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair. Plimpton had interviewed Larry at length not long after his flight; and then after the suicide, he talked to Carol and her mother Margaret Van Deusen, and separately to Larry's mother Hazel Dunham and his sister Kathy. This article also includes far more details not in WP's article, or in the Letterman show.

There are several discrepancies between the Letterman and Plimpton interviews and other reports in WP's article, including the number of balloons, and the tilt angle of the chair (Letterman 40 or 45 degrees, but Plimpton only 10 degrees). However, in both of these two interviews Larry says that he was not strapped into his chair with a safety belt, because with the tilt he could not fall out. Milkunderwood (talk) 09:27, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I have made no edits to the article here, and do not plan to -- I leave to other interested editors to review both Letterman and Plimpton to expand the article with data, which I personally feel is more important and useful than the huge and apparently still growing list of "Imitators". At least an earlier section of "In Popular Culture" is no longer included. Milkunderwood (talk) 09:40, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Musical
Soon to be a musical apparently: https://42balloons.com/ EzraJones (talk) 12:52, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

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Etrigan the Demon

Etrigan the Demon is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jack Kirby, Etrigan is a demon from Hell who, despite his violent tendencies, usually finds himself allied with the forces of good, mainly because of the alliance between the heroic characters of the DC Universe and Jason Blood, a human to whom Etrigan is bound. Etrigan is commonly depicted as a muscular humanoid creature with orange or yellow skin, horns, red eyes, and pointed, webbed ears, who frequently speaks in rhymes. The character was originally based in Gotham City, leading to numerous team-ups with Batman.

Since his conception, Etrigan has been adapted into several forms of media outside of comics, including animated series, films, and video games.

Creation
Kirby's former assistant, Mark Evanier, said that Carmine Infantino asked Jack Kirby to create a new monster hero. Kirby or Infantino mentioned a demon, and Kirby from that point worked on creating a demonic character. Evanier said that he was with Kirby and several others during a dinner at a restaurant, and Kirby came up with Etrigan's name, back story, and motivations on the spot. Kirby intended to create the character but pass him off to others to write and draw. However, Infantino convinced him to make the first issue, suspended Kirby's Fourth World comics series, and moved Kirby to the Etrigan comics.

Publication history
Etrigan first appeared in The Demon #1 (September 1972) and was created by Jack Kirby. He created him at the behest of DC, who saw it as likely to be more commercially successful than the Fourth World and cancelled New Gods and Forever People to facilitate work on the new title. According to Evanier, Kirby had no interest in horror comics, but created Etrigan in response to DC's demand for a horror character. Kirby was annoyed that Etrigan's popularity forced him to abandon the Fourth World titles before he was done with them.

Etrigan returned for a four-issue miniseries in 1987, written and illustrated by Grendel creator Matt Wagner. Alan Grant followed this with an Etrigan feature in Action Comics Weekly #636-641 and a second ongoing title in 1990. The 1990 series lasted 58 issues, two Annuals and one #0 issue. Garth Ennis took over the title beginning with issue #40. Ennis' run included the first appearance of his character Hitman. This series was followed by a miniseries, Driven Out. Following this, John Byrne's Blood of the Demon lasted 17 issues, and ignored much of the continuity (i.e. Harry Matthews is human, and not a pillow with human facial features) that took place after Kirby's initial run.

While his first monthly comic book series was short-lived, and his second was canceled after five years, Etrigan remains a popular supporting character with occasional additional miniseries. Popular series in which Etrigan has appeared include Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Kevin Smith's Green Arrow and Batman: The Widening Gyre, Garth Ennis's Hitman, and Cosmic Odyssey by Jim Starlin and Mike Mignola.

The New 52
In The New 52 rebooted continuity, DC Comics launched a new series featuring Etrigan titled Demon Knights, with issue #1 on September 14, 2011. It was written by Paul Cornell and drawn by Diógenes Neves.

Pre/Post-Crisis
Etrigan, son of the demon Belial, is summoned by the wizard Merlin, his half-brother. Unable to gain the creature's secrets, he bonds the demon with Jason Blood, a knight in King Arthur's Camelot. This renders Jason immortal, which he alternately considers either a penance or a curse.

In modern times, Jason Blood resurfaces as a prominent demonologist in Gotham City. Jason is called to the crypt of Merlin and discovers a poem that causes him to switch places with Etrigan (appearing to transform him into Etrigan). To his misfortune, he is followed by the long-lived Morgaine le Fey, who lusts for Merlin's secrets. That leads to Etrigan's first major battle. Over the years, Etrigan both clashes with and occasionally aids Earth's heroes, guided by his own whims and Jason's attempts to turn his infernal power to good use.

Some time after his first appearance, Etrigan begins speaking in rhyme due to a promotion in Hell, though he is not limited to rhyme. He leads the forces of Hell in the great battle against the Great Evil Beast and is in brief contact with the entity in its questions about its nature - he barely survives the attempt. His high rank would also see him guide Dream of the Endless from Hell's gates to Lucifer. Some time after this, Jason Blood and Glenda Mark attempt to separate him and Etrigan, an event which leads to Blood's ally, Harry Matthews, being devoured, and later turned into a pillow, by Belial. At the end of these events, Etrigan and Blood are separated. Both began to age and during the event known as Cosmic Odyssey, they are reunited.

After the remerging, the relationship between Blood and Etrigan becomes even more contentious. Drawn to Hell by the Archfiend Asteroth, Etrigan stops Asteroth's attempt to sacrifice Glenda Mark, Randu Singh, Merlin and Blood himself (in Hell, Blood and Etrigan were, at the time, separated). Etrigan followed these events by overthrowing the triumvirate of leaders in Hell (Lucifer, Belial and Beezlebub) and taking the symbol of authority in Hell, the Crown of Horns, for himself. Separated from Blood via the Crown's power and about to destroy him, Merlin reminded Blood of his own power. Jason Blood spoke the incantation and remerged with Etrigan and they were drawn back to Earth. There, he fought Lobo, Klarion the Witch Boy and his gang and was drawn into the Realm Beyond, where he met the Thing-That-Cannot-Die and was reunited with his older brother, Lord Scapegoat.

Upon escape from the Realm Beyond, Etrigan and Blood agreed to work together and teamed with Batman and Robin against the Howler. Soon after, Etrigan was chosen as a political candidate for President of the United States and nearly succeeded in securing the Republican nomination from George H. W. Bush. During his political run, he attempted to gain Superman's endorsement, but was denied it.

When Jason Blood's daughter was born, he decided to destroy Etrigan and hired hitman Tommy Monaghan to help him. After a battle against both Merlin and Etrigan, the two of them rescued the baby and Blood was able to steal Etrigan's heart, essentially neutralizing him and binding him to Jason's will. At the end of the battle, Jason Blood left the child, Kathryn Mark, with her mother, Glenda Mark. Jason told Glenda before he had left: "Take care of our daughter, Glenda. I think it would be best if she never knew about her father". Blood then skipped out on paying Monaghan the $2,000,000 he had promised. Etrigan became listless and ceased to rhyme. When Monaghan needed an edge against the demon Mawzir, he conned Blood into returning to Gotham and using Etrigan to retrieve the Ace of Winchesters, an anti-demon rifle, from Hell, all while preparing to force the demonologist to let the monster onto Earth again. Despite the real risk that Etrigan would kill him in vengeance, Monahgan traded Etrigan his heart for the Ace of Winchesters, once more forcing Blood to have the full burden of their merging and returning Etrigan to his full strength (though Etrigan reneged on the deal and tried to kill Monaghan anyway).

Despite Blood's own doubts about himself, when the Justice League vanished during their attempt to rescue Aquaman from the past, Batman's emergency program — designed to assemble a substitute Justice League in the event that the originals were killed — selected Blood as the team's magic expert, a pre-recorded message Batman had left for Blood assuring the sorcerer that he would not give Etrigan the keys to the Watchtower unless he was certain that he could be controlled. While working with the team, Jason spent some time reinforcing the Watchtower's magical defences. During the subsequent fight with Gamemnae, Jason sacrificed himself to free Zatanna from her control, although he later escaped Gamemnae's quagmire spell thanks to the Martian Manhunter telepathically prompting his transformation into Etrigan. The crisis resolved, Jason handed his duties as the League's magic expert over to Manitou Raven, newly arrived in the present, before departing.

The series Blood of the Demon, plotted and drawn by John Byrne and scripted by Will Pfeifer, began in May 2005. Etrigan apparently loses the restrictions imposed upon him by the wizard Merlin which turned him from evil, caused by his "murder" at the exact moment he was transforming from his human self, Jason Blood, into his demon self. It turns out that the incident has resulted in Jason Blood being able to exert some will over Etrigan's violent nature, whereas previously the two remained separate, only one existing at a time. Blood of the Demon ended with issue #17 in July 2006.

Etrigan later attempts to use the Trident of Lucifer to take control of Hell. A makeshift Shadowpact team successfully takes the Trident from him and flees to the supernatural Oblivion Bar. Etrigan follows and battles the team inside the bar. He is petrified with magical pistols and used as a hat rack before being returned to normal by sunrise.

Etrigan takes part in the war for control of Hell on behalf of Neron, duelling Blue Devil. Later, due to the effects of a magical drug Satanus had infested Hell with, he was transformed into a soulless physical human, a perfect duplicate of Jason Blood. Blood, meanwhile, has taken steps as to interfere with any possible attempts of Etrigan's to re-merge.

During the Blackest Night event, Blood's body is possessed by Deadman, who invokes Etrigan's transformation, using his flames to hold back the Black Lanterns.

Etrigan briefly appears in the prelude to the JLA/JSA crossover during the Brightest Day event. Etrigan travels to Germany to find a crashed meteorite that contains an unconscious Jade and confronts the Justice League after attacking a squad of German superheroes. He mocks the League by claiming they are an inferior team of substitutes, but is ultimately defeated when Donna Troy uses her Lasso of Persuasion to force him back into his Jason Blood form. Jason apologizes for the trouble he caused and departs from the scene, but not before warning Batman and his teammates that the meteorite possesses supernatural qualities. The meteor is later revealed to be the Starheart, a legendary entity that has the power to possess metahumans with magical or elemental abilities.

Etrigan is shown aiding the JLA during their mission into Hell, where he helps Hawkman defeat a demonic beast. He also was the guide to the Secret Six in their trip to Hell and led Catman to see the fate of his father, all the while amused by the confusion and pain they were suffering as a result of their visit.

The New 52
In The New 52, the 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe, his past and origins are largely changed. Before the Dark Ages, Etrigan was a Rhyming Demon who served Lucifer before leading a rebellion against him. Jason of Norwich had been sent to Camelot as a scribe to Merlin and was growing frustrated with life, believing he was meant for greater things and suffering from rages. A prophecy showed that if Jason did not have some sort of quest to force him to heal himself, his rage would grow and cause him to kill his love, Madame Xanadu. During the fall of Camelot, Merlin bonded Etrigan to Jason in an attempt to provide this quest.

Now immortal, Jason and Etrigan came to an agreement and shared their existence. Madame Xanadu began traveling with Jason, only to find Etrigan had now begun falling for her as well and would slaughter innocents if he thought she and Jason were happy together. To placate the demon, she pretended to be in love with him and cuckolding Jason.

Over the centuries, Jason became known as Jason o' the Blood and Etrigan continued to practice his rhymes. By the Dark Ages, he and Etrigan became the centre of a rag-tag team of adventurers, the "Demon Knights": Jason/Etrigan, Xanadu, Vandal Savage, Shining Knight, the Horsewoman, Saracen inventor Al Jabr (The Numbers in Arabic) and the Amazon Exoristos (The Exile in Greek). They first fought Mordru and the Questing Queen's army to a standstill before being tasked by the city of Alba Sarum to return Merlin to life at Avalon. Etrigan plotted to betray his teammates' souls and Avalon itself to Lucifer to curry his favour. While he successfully manipulated the Knights into letting Hell invade Avalon (and secretly felt guilty about his treatment of Xanadu), he was himself captured and used by the Questing Queen to gain access as well. Lucifer believed Etrigan had done this deliberately and condemned him; outraged, the demon refused to serve anyone again. At the end of the battle, Jason was tasked as a member of Avalon's Stormwatch, but neither he nor Xanadu wanted to serve Merlin after having Etrigan forced on them again. Jason vowed to not let the demon out so often.

In the present, Etrigan's body lies buried in London; it is explained that he was sealed there by his own friends because of his betrayal of them, but magic emanating from it is able to possess persons above, eventually freeing the demon, who promptly attacks Midnighter and Apollo. The entire Stormwatch then battles Etrigan, but after being defeated, he is able to possess a host and flees.

During the "Trinity War" storyline, Etrigan is among the superheroes who feel the disturbance in the magical plane when Shazam picks up Pandora's Box. In the timeline of The New 52: Futures End, Zatanna is romantically involved with Etrigan.

Transformation incantation
To transform into Etrigan, Blood must recite the poem from Merlin's crypt (though usually he only recites the last two lines). The poem does not have to be spoken for it to work. For instance, in one adventure, Blood is magically transformed into a fly by the warlock Shahn-Zi. Unable to speak, Blood triggers the change by writing out the poem in the dust. "Change! Change! O form of man! Free the prince forever damned! Free the might from fleshy mire! Boil the blood in the heart for fire! Gone! Gone! O form of man [And] rise the demon Etrigan!!"

To return to human form, a couplet must be recited, either by Etrigan or someone else in his hearing, but there are several versions of it:

"Begone, begone, O Etrigan Resume once more the form of man!"

"Gone now, O Etrigan And rise again (or rise once more) the form of man!"

In other media such as Justice League Dark, a different poem is used to return Etrigan to human form:

"Since the battle's fought and won. Jason Blood with me is done."

Etrigan
Even among demons, Etrigan is considered to be extremely powerful. He has mystically enhanced superhuman strength, to the degree that he can stand against other powerhouses such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Lobo. He has a high degree of resistance to injury and can project hellfire from his body, usually from his mouth. He has a very high command of magic. Other powers include mystically enhanced fangs and claws, enhanced senses, super speed, agility, telepathy, energy blasts, and precognition. His sadomasochistic nature allows him to enjoy pain as if it were pleasure, making him generally fearless in the face of combat and torture. His healing factor can handle an incredible amount of damage, allowing him to recover from wounds that have removed large sections of his body. He also has pyrokinesis and cryokinesis enabling him to manipulate fire and ice.

Jason Blood
Jason Blood is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, including mastery in swordsmanship. Jason is adept at magic, and is often called upon to act as an advisor or investigator in occultic matters. He has limited precognition and telepathy. Jason is technically immortal due to his connection to the demon Etrigan. He has the combined experiences of Etrigan since he was bonded to the demon. Jason Blood shares all of Etrigan's weaknesses.

Weaknesses
Etrigan has all the limitations usually associated with a demon, including a weakness towards holy powers, holy water and iron. While his command of magic is strong, it is considered to be less than his father, Belial, and half-brother, Merlin. Additionally, Belial granted the "power of Etrigan" to both Merlin and another son, Lord Scapegoat. He is also helpless against those with magic strong enough to control him, such as Morgaine le Fey. He is also said to have a strong frailty for certain sounds as well.

Other versions

 * In an alternate timeline depicted in Justice League Europe Annual #2, Etrigan kills a time-displaced Rocket Red before Waverider undoes the timeline.
 * Blaze Allen, a fusion of Etrigan, the Flash, and Ghost Rider, appears in the Amalgam Comics universe.
 * Etrigan appears in Batman/Demon: A Tragedy. This version was bonded to Bruce Wayne one thousand years prior and primarily takes over his body at night, targeting and killing criminals due to being influenced by his personality. Additionally, Merlin adopted the identity of Alfred Pennyworth to serve Bruce and atone for his actions, continually erasing his memories via magic.
 * Etrigan appears in the Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves storyline.
 * An alternate version of Etrigan from Earth-9 appears in Tangent: Superman's Reign #3. This version is a human necromancer and member of the Dark Circle.
 * An alternate version of Etrigan from Earth-17 called "Superdemon" appears in Final Crisis: Secret Files #1. This version was originally from the planet Kamelot before being sent to Earth by Merlin shortly before its destruction and bonding with Jason Blood.
 * An alternate version of Etrigan appears in the Flashpoint storyline. This version is a member of the Grifter's resistance movement against the Amazons.
 * Etrigan appears in "Devil's Play", written by Joe Kubert and Brandon Vietti and published in Joe Kubert Presents #6.
 * Jason Blood appears in Batman: Damned. This version is an underground rap artist.
 * Jason Blood appears in Batman: Curse of the White Knight. This version is a priest and member of the Order of St. Dumas.
 * Alternate timeline versions of Etrigan and Jason Blood appear in Future State. These versions were separated by Merlin amidst his movement to eradicate magic, with the latter joining his cause as the Blood Knight while the former bonded with Detective Chimp.

Television

 * Jason Blood and Etrigan appear in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, both voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. This version of Etrigan previously served Merlin and worked with him to seal Astaroth in the Underworld.
 * Jason Blood and Etrigan appear in Justice League Action, both voiced by Patrick Seitz. This version is a member of the Justice League who is able to summon Merlin by speaking his name.
 * Jason Blood and Etrigan appear in Young Justice, both voiced by David Shaughnessy. This version of the duo are associates of Zatanna, with Blood having been born around the year 500.
 * Etrigan appears in the Harley Quinn special episode "A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special", voiced by John Stamos. This version owns a sex shop.

DC Animated Universe
Jason Blood / Etrigan appears in TV series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU):
 * They first appear in The New Batman Adventures, both voiced by Billy Zane.
 * Blood and Etrigan appear in the Justice League two-part episode "A Knight of Shadows", both voiced by Michael T. Weiss. Here, it is revealed that Merlin bound Blood to Etrigan and gave him immortality as punishment for betraying Camelot to his secret lover Morgaine Le Fey.
 * Blood and Etrigan appear in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker as a child in the episode "Kid's Stuff", Kevin Conroy as an adult in "Kid's Stuff", and again by Michael T. Weiss in the episode "The Balance". As of this series, they have joined the Justice League.

Film

 * Etrigan appears in films set in the DC Animated Movie Universe:
 * The Flashpoint incarnation of Etrigan appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, voiced again by Dee Bradley Baker.
 * Jason Blood and Etrigan appears in Justice League Dark, both voiced by Ray Chase. In flashbacks to the medieval period, it is revealed that Merlin bound the two to save Blood's life after he was mortally wounded fighting Destiny. In the present, Etrigan and Blood help found the titular Justice League Dark to defeat Destiny, during which he separates them and Blood dies from old wounds.
 * Etrigan appears in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, voiced again by Ray Chase. Following Blood's death, Etrigan lapsed into severe depression, causing him to no longer speak in rhyme. Out of boredom, he joins Raven, John Constantine, Superman, and other survivors of Darkseid's invasion of Earth to stop him, during which he is killed by a brainwashed Wonder Woman.
 * Etrigan appears in DC Showcase: Constantine - The House of Mystery, voiced again by Ray Chase.
 * Jason Blood and Etrigan appear in Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, both voiced by Matthew Waterson.

Video games

 * Etrigan appears as a boss in DC Universe Online's villain campaign, voiced by Christopher S. Field.
 * Etrigan and Jason Blood appear as character summons in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
 * Etrigan appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Liam O'Brien.
 * Etrigan makes a cameo appearance in Raiden's ending in Injustice 2 as a member of the Justice League Dark.
 * Etrigan appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains via the "Justice League Dark" DLC pack.

Miscellaneous

 * In Super Friends #28 (January 1980), Felix Faust enchants a costume party guest dressed as Etrigan, granting him the real demon's powers, to battle Wonder Woman. However, she uses her Lasso of Truth to break the spell.
 * Jason Blood and Etrigan appear in The Batman Adventures Annual #2.
 * Jason Blood and Etrigan appear in the Batman Beyond tie-in comic book.
 * Etrigan appears in The Batman Strikes! #50.
 * Etrigan appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. Following Jason Blood's death, Etrigan makes a deal with Batman to make the latter his new host before attacking High Councilor Superman and putting him into an enchanted coma.

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RIM-2 Terrier

The Convair RIM-2 Terrier was a two-stage medium-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), among the earliest SAMs to equip United States Navy ships. It underwent significant upgrades while in service, starting with beam-riding guidance with a 10 nmi range at a speed of Mach 1.8 and ending as a semi-active radar homing (SARH) system with a range of 40 nmi at speeds as high as Mach 3. It was replaced in service by the RIM-67 Standard ER (SM-1ER).

Terrier has also been used as the base stage for a family of sounding rockets, beginning with the Terrier Malemute.

History
The Terrier was a development of the Bumblebee Project, the United States Navy's effort to develop a surface-to-air missile to provide a middle layer of defense against air attack (between carrier fighters and antiaircraft guns). It was test launched from USS Mississippi (BB-41) on January 28, 1953, and first deployed operationally on the Boston-class cruisers, USS Boston (CA-69) and USS Canberra (CA-70), in the mid-1950s, with Canberra being the first to achieve operational status on June 15, 1956. Its US Navy designation was SAM-N-7 until 1963, when it was redesignated RIM-2.

For a brief time during the mid-1950s, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) had two Terrier battalions equipped with specially modified twin sea launchers for land use that fired the SAM-N-7. The Terrier was the first surface-to-air missile operational with the USMC. The launchers were reloaded by a special vehicle that carried two Terrier reloads.

Initially, the Terrier used radar beam-riding guidance, forward aerodynamic controls, and a conventional warhead. It had a top speed of Mach 1.8, a range of only 10 nmi, and was only effective against subsonic targets. Originally, the Terrier had a launch thrust of 23 kN and weight of 1392 kg. Its original dimensions were a diameter of 340 mm, a length of 8.08 m, and a fin span of 1.59 m. The cost per missile in 1957 was an estimated $60,000.

Even before it was in widespread service, the Terrier saw major improvements. The RIM-2C, named the Terrier BT-3 (Beam-riding, Tail control, series 3), was introduced in 1958. The forward control fins were replaced with fixed strakes, and the tail became the control surface. The BT-3 also had a new motor and featured an extended range, Mach 3 speed, and better maneuverability. The RIM-2D Terrier BT-3A(N) entered service in 1962 with a W30 1kt nuclear warhead, but all other variants used a 218 lb (99 kg) controlled-fragmentation warhead. The Terrier had 2 versions: BT-3(N) and HT-3. Only the BT-3A carried the nuclear warhead, BT-3A(N).

When fired, and after booster separation, its corkscrew contrail progressed to the center of the beam. Reception of its location in the beam was accomplished by a small "Turn-style" antenna at the rear of the missile; this antenna also received the commands for detonation and self-destruct. The self destruct-command was sent a few milliseconds after the detonation command. The HT-3 was a SARH missile; it followed the reflected energy from the target. However, if jamming were encountered, it would passively home in on the jamming signal.

The Belknap class of DLG, redesignated CG, also carried the ASROC (Anti Submarine Rocket), which was launched from the same launcher as the Terrier. The Belknap class had 3 circular magazines in a triangle pattern. The bottom magazine contained the nuclear BT-3A(N) missiles and the Nuclear Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC). This was an additional safety feature in that it involved transferring the Nuclear Missile from the bottom ring to the upper ring and then to the launcher rails, which entailed many moving steps and time, preventing the accidental loading of a Nuclear Missile from one of the top two magazines.

The RIM-2E introduced SARH for greater effectiveness against low-flying targets. The final version, the RIM-2F, used a new motor that doubled effective range to 40 nmi.

The Terrier was the primary missile system of most US Navy cruisers and guided missile frigates built during the 1960s. It could be installed on much smaller ships than the much larger and longer-ranged RIM-8 Talos. A Terrier installation typically consisted of the Mk 10 twin-arm launcher with a 40-round rear-loading magazine, Some ships had extended magazines with 60 or 80 rounds, and the installation in Boston and Canberra used a bottom-loading magazine of 72 rounds.

The French Navy's Masurca missile was developed with some technology provided by the USN from Terrier.

The Terrier was replaced by the extended range RIM-67 Standard missile. The RIM-67 offered the range of the much larger RIM-8 Talos in a missile the size of the Terrier.

The system was decommissioned in USN service in 1995 and by the last foreign user, the Italian Navy, in 2006.

Combat service
On April 19, 1972, a Terrier missile fired by USS Sterett (CG-31) claimed by US to shot down a North Vietnamese Air Force MiG-17F in the Battle of Dong Hoi.

Research use
Terrier has also been used, typically as a first stage in a sounding rocket, for conducting high-altitude research. The Terrier can be equipped with various upper stages, like the Asp, the TE-416 Tomahawk (not to be confused with the similarly named BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile), the Orion, or any of a variety of purpose-built second stages such as Oriole or Malemute. The booster also served as the basis for the MIM-3 Nike Ajax booster, which was slightly larger but otherwise similar, and has also seen widespread use in sounding rockets.

Operators

 * ITALIAN CRUISER Giuseppe Garibaldi – after 1957 refit
 * Andrea Doria-class cruiser
 * Italian cruiser Andrea Doria (C 553)
 * Italian cruiser Caio Duilio (C 554)
 * ITALIAN CRUISER Vittorio Veneto
 * HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802)
 * USS Gyatt
 * Boston-class cruiser
 * Farragut-class destroyer
 * Providence-class cruiser
 * Long Beach-class cruiser
 * Leahy-class cruiser
 * Belknap-class cruiser
 * Long Beach-class cruiser
 * Leahy-class cruiser
 * Belknap-class cruiser

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Centaurus (disambiguation)

Centaurus is a bright constellation in the southern sky.

Centaurus may also refer to:

 * Centaurus (Greek mythology), father of the race of mythological beasts
 * Centaurus (journal), of the European Society for the History of Science
 * Centaurus (spacecraft mission), a proposed NASA program
 * Centaurus (virus), a subvariant of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2
 * Bristol Centaurus, a 1938 aircraft engine
 * SS Centaurus, a cargo ship, later SS Portmar
 * USS Centaurus, the named of two ships of the U.S. Navy
 * Centaurus Advisors, a hedge fund run by John D. Arnold
 * The Centaurus, a building complex in Islamabad, Pakistan
 * Centaurus High School, in Lafayette, Colorado, U.S.
 * Centaurus Secondary School, in Windhoek, Namibia

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Romance film

Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage is featured. These films make the search for romantic love the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films.

Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two leads finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience their "happily ever after", often implied by a reunion and final kiss. In romantic television series, the development of such romantic relationships may play out over many episodes or different characters may become intertwined in different romantic arcs.

Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies Romance Films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy, claiming that all feature length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, crime, fantasy, horror, science fiction, comedy, sports, thriller, war and western.

Chick flick
'Chick flick' is a term associated with romance films mostly targeted to a female audience. Although many romance films may be targeted at women, it is not a defining characteristic of a romance film and a chick flick does not necessarily have a romance as a central theme, revolve around the romantic involvement of characters or even include a romantic relationship. As such, the terms cannot be used interchangeably. Films of this genre include Gilda, The Red Shoes, Sense and Sensibility, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Dirty Dancing, The Notebook, Dear John, A Walk to Remember, Thelma & Louise, Fifty Shades of Grey, Sleepless in Seattle,You've Got Mail and Romeo + Juliet.

Historical romance
Also known as epic romance, this is a romantic story with a historical period setting, normally with a turbulent backdrop of war, revolution, or tragedy. This includes films such as Gone with the Wind, Doctor Zhivago, Reds, Titanic, A Very Long Engagement, Atonement, and Cold War.

Paranormal romance
Paranormal romance is a popular genre of film which features romantic relationships between humans and supernatural creatures. Popular tropes include vampirism, time travel, ghosts and psychic or telekinetic abilities – i.e. things that cannot be explained by science. The genre originated in literature and moved on to the screen in the early 2000s, following the success of the Twilight Saga adaptations from Stephenie Meyer's books. By 2007–08, film studios were producing various paranormal romance films, many adapted from novels.

Examples of paranormal romance films include The Exterminating Angel, The Twilight Saga, Warm Bodies, Vampire Academy, I Am Dragon, and The Shape of Water.

Romantic comedy
Romantic comedies are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. Humour in such films tends to be of a verbal, low-key variety or situational, as opposed to slapstick. Films within this genre include City Lights, A Night at the Opera, It Happened One Night, His Girl Friday, My Wife's Goblin, The Philadelphia Story, Intolerable Cruelty, Roman Holiday, Good Morning, My Dear Wife, The Big Sick, Enough Said, Lost In Translation, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Dave, Say Anything..., Moonstruck, In Summer We Must Love, As Good as It Gets, Something's Gotta Give, When Harry Met Sally..., Annie Hall, Manhattan, The Apartment and Pablo and Carolina.

Romantic drama
Romantic dramas usually revolve around an obstacle that prevents deep and true love between two people. Music is often employed to indicate the emotional mood, creating an atmosphere of greater insulation for the couple. The conclusion of a romantic drama typically does not indicate whether a final romantic union between the two main characters will occur.

Some examples of romantic drama films and shows before 2000 are Man's Way with Women, Casablanca, María Candelaria, Pride & Prejudice, Appointment with Happiness, Wakeful Eyes, Among the Ruins, The River of Love, Dearer than my Life, Love Story, Paris and Love, Featureless Men, Coming Home, Daughters of the Dust, Like Water for Chocolate, Sommersby, The Bridges of Madison County, The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, An Officer and a Gentleman,  Saptapadi and Cinema Paradiso.

21st century examples include Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Sideways, Memoirs of a Geisha, Slumdog Millionaire, Up in the Air, The Artist, Gloria Bell, and Malcolm & Marie.

Director Richard Linklater helmed the prominent Before trilogy, consisting of Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight.

Kasautii Zindagii Kay is a popular Indian romantic drama television series of the 2000s.

Same-sex romantic dramas that tackle LGBT issues include Brokeback Mountain, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Carol, Moonlight, and Call Me by Your Name.

Romantic fantasy
Romantic fantasies describe fantasy stories using many of the elements and conventions of the romance genre. Some examples include The Lady Eve, Top Hat, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg), Singin' in the Rain, Groundhog Day, Enchanted, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Knowing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Midnight in Paris, Her, and The Shape of Water.

Romantic musical
Romantic musical (alternatively musical romance) is a genre of film which features romantic relationships and whose story is partially explained through song and/or dance numbers. This genre originated on Broadway and moved to the silver screen thanks in part to the popularity of the Rodgers and Hammerstein productions.

Some examples include South Pacific, West Side Story and its 2021 remake, Grease, High School Musical, Across the Universe, Moulin Rouge!, the Mamma Mia! franchise, Sunshine on Leith, and La La Land.

Romantic thriller
Romantic thriller is a genre of film which has a storyline combining elements of the romance film and the thriller genre. Some examples of romantic thriller films are Desire, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, The Crying Game, The Bodyguard, Unfaithful, Wicker Park, The Phantom of the Opera, The Tourist, and The Adjustment Bureau.

Film types, macro genres and the filmmaker's voice
The screenwriters taxonomy creates additional categories beyond "subgenre" when discussing films, making the argument that all narrative Hollywood films can be delineated into comedies or dramas (identified as a "film type"). The taxonomy also identifies fifty "macro genres", which can be paired with the romance super genre. Using this approach, films like Gone with the Wind (noted above) would be classified as a dramatic (type) historical/family (macro genres) romance (genre) rather than simply a historical romance; while The Notebook would be identified at dramatic (type) disease (macro genre) romance (genre) rather than simply a romantic drama.

Similarly, musicals are categorized as one option for a filmmaker's "voice" because the artistic choice to have the characters sing does not affect the story or the characters – it simply alters how the story and characters are conveyed. Therefore, a romance film like Grease would be categorized as a dramatic (type), romance (super genre), high school / coming of age (macro genres), musical (voice) – rather than simply as a "musical romance".

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List of Major League Baseball attendance records

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Most attended game in history
The all-time attendance record of 115,300 was set at a preseason game between the defending champions Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 29, 2008, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. According to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, this is the only baseball game where the 100,000 figure has been definitively exceeded.

Least attended game in history
The record was set on September 28, 1882, in game between the Troy Trojans and the Worcesters in Worcester, Massachusetts, which some reports had only six spectators attend. As both clubs had been notified that they were being dropped from the National League, fans had very little interest in watching the lame-duck teams, especially on a day which the Boston Globe described as "bleak, cold and windy".

This record does not count games played behind closed doors by governmental authority. Games that were played as such included the April 29, 2015 game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which was closed because of safety concerns surrounding the 2015 Baltimore protests, and the majority of the 2020 season (only the NLCS and World Series had spectators) which was closed to fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Highest and lowest season home totals, by team
The following shows the highest and lowest season home totals by team since 1903, excluding the 1918, 1981, 2020, and 2021 seasons.

The highest per game attendance average is held by the Colorado Rockies in 1994 with 57,570 for 57 home games at Mile High Stadium during the strike shortened season.

The 1918 season is excluded as it was shortened due to travel restrictions caused by World War I.

The 1981 season is excluded due to the players' strike that cancelled almost two months' worth of games.

The 2020 and 2021 seasons are excluded due to the COVID-19 pandemic that caused restrictions on public gatherings.

4 million or more home attendance totals
Toronto Blue Jays became the first team in baseball history to draw 4 million mark in attendance in 1991 season.


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User talk:Arne List

Hello Arne List, welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Drop us a note at the new user log so that we can meet you and help you get started. If you need editing help, visit How does one edit a page. For format questions, visit our manual of style. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Help or add a question to the village pump.

Again, welcome! ugen64 01:15, Mar 13, 2004 (UTC)

Danke sehr!
Thanks for the help with Helena Patursson. I was trying to translate it through de, but I'm a bit slow with that so contented myself with a stub. The attention en usually spends on topics like that are really disappointing, but you've definitely brought this one to life. Sarge Baldy 11:21, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This was just a case of honour after I have seen you putting the link in the fo-Wikipedia. I like Faroese items, but mostly I write in Danish and German. However, I will cover the historical meaning of Kirkjubøur today, so the english readers get a glimpse of the glory of that. :-) Arne List 11:35, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

User fo-1
Just wanted to let you know that I copied Template:User fo-1 from the German Wikipedia, so you can use that in your Babel box here also, if you like. I was also wondering if you could help me create the other missing templates: fo-2, fo-3, and fo-4? Krun 00:40, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, the problem is, that I don't know enough Faroese for the right spelling, but there are suggestions here: fo:Wikipedia:Undirhúsið

 * fo-2 : Hesin brúkarin dugir hampuligt føroyskt (Eller rettere: Hesin brúkarin dugir føroyskt hampuliga væl)
 * fo-3 : Hesin brúkarin dugir sera væl føroyskt

 * But fo-4 - isn't that mother tongue? However, nobody answered to my suggestion I got from a Faroese friend. So I was waiting, before I distribute it. But now, where you are asking, just take them, they sound good. :-) Arne List 12:39, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, fo-4 is not exactly mother-tongue but meaning as fluent as a native speaker. In example, English is not my native language but I speak/write it at En-4. Thus the "4" level is something a little different as it can denote a non-native with native-level fluency.--Mike 09:57, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, this is possible, ofcourse. I guess, those foreigners who live in the Faroes and have special interest in the language may be on an fo-4 level. By the way could there also be an fo-m1 level: Those, who have it as mother tongue but got no lessons in grammar. And I am not talking about illiterate people, but those, who were born abroad and had no chance to learn it (cause it is a very little language and also relatively young in writing). But this is, however, not so relevant for writers at Wikipedia. They would classify themselves between fo-1 and fo-3, in that certain case. -- Arne List 00:30, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

How to make keyboard layout?
I want to make my own keyboard layout as you did in Image:Keyboard_Layout_Faroese.png, can you explain how did you do that? --202.45.53.173 11:53, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

 * There are two possibilities (I just know it with Windows):
 * Select in your control panel at "country settings" (or was it "language settings"? - sorry have only German Windows) Faroese as second keyboard layout. Then you'll find the same letters as illustrated at your keys. You can switch between both lay-outs witch ALT+Shift
 * Much better is in my personal case to create an individual keyboard-driver with the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator. This has the advantage, that you don't have to switch between two keyboard layouts, but can put the needed characters just under the existing keys. E.g. do I have ð,Ð at ALT+d and ALT+Shift+d now(ø,Ø under my ö,Ö and Æ,æ under my Ä,ä), and some more characters and signs, I often need. This is most intuitive to use, while the first variant is quicker to install without learning to use the MS Keyboard Layout Generator (and "forget" the "foreign" layout). -- Arne List 16:02, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Faroese
I am very impressed with the time and effort that you have dedicated to the Faroese language page. However, I find it to too wordy and I think that we can cut down the length a little by discussing the sounds of Faroese in terms of phonology rather than using the alphabet and how it represents them.

There are some things that I am unsure of:
 * From the page I have ascertained that all consonants except for /h/ /m/ /s/ /v/ and /j/ have geminate or long forms. Am I wrong about any of these five consonants or is this correct?
 * What is "Verschärfung" or "Faroese Verschärfung"? I know that Verschärfung can translate as "intensification" but this doesn't help me understand the process.
 * Are there any minimal pairs with  ?
 * What is pathetic?

I understand that English is not your first language. Don't be afraid to tell me if you don't understand something I've said. AEuSoes1 06:05, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your comments. Ofcourse could one cut the article down or split it in two or more parts. To your questions:

-- Arne List 11:34, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Long forms don't exist of /h/ /v/ and /j/, but ofcourse of /m/ (mamma, dimma, etc.) and /s/ (trýss, etc.).
 * 2) The Faroese Verschärfung is explained in a German article. This term is used in the Book "Faroese: An Overview and Reference Grammar", and i thought, that they had no English word for it (like "umlaut" maybe ;-). It is a phenomenon with ó /ou/ and ú /uu/ before -gv and ey /ei/, í, ý /ui/, ei /ai/, oy /oi/ before -ggj at the end of a word or before a second vowel. It's a phonetic alternation, and somehow typical for Faroese: nýggj [] (new f.) but nýtt [] (new n.).
 * 3) The preaspiration before  pp, tt, kk, kkj long /p, t, k/ is typical, but maybe not consequently noted in the article. However there are no minimal pairs: takk [] (thank you) and tak! [] (take!) can be distinguished by the preceding vowel (short, long according to the rule, that a vowel before a double consonant is always short). There is also a postaspiration after initial /p, t, k/ but this seems somehow "natural" to me, so its not noted.
 * 4) pathetic (German "pathetisch") = ceremonial

 * PS: What I write about aspiration was only that, what can be observed in all dialects. There can also be a preaspiration before /p, t, k/ after a long non-high vowel. However, the words are distinguished by the vowel quality and the double consonant. Arne List 11:53, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I should mention here that also the swedish dialect in the Rågö islands at the coast of Estonia, had the "verschärfung", working very similar to the Faroese system. For example, in Rågö dialect, häggi ='the hay' (Far. hoyggið) and sjogvin ='the sea' (Far. acc. sjógvin).

 * Unfortunately, the Rågö dialect is extincted today since the Estonia-swede fled to Sweden during WW2 and got scattered all over the country.

 * Jens Persson (130.242.128.85 01:18, 1 May 2006 (UTC))

 * Very interesting. Why not discussing this in the biggest Faroese forum? Its here: http://www.kjak.fo and the category "Mál og mentan" (language and culture) is the right corner for exact this. -- Arne List 08:35, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

New Jutland map requested
Hello Arne. First, I would like to commend you for all that outstanding work of your on Faroese-related topics! And also, you might be interested in this map request which I have just lodged with my favourite amateur cartographer here on WP. Perhaps you would even consider creating the map yourself? BigAdamsky | TALK | EDITS | 16:01, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

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WikiProject Germany Invitation
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 * Danke :-) -- Arne List (talk) 13:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Guten Tag!
Is the German on this page correct? Could you please also add a Danish translation, too? Runningfridgesrule (talk) 17:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Faroese runestones
Greetings, mr. List! I have currently caught an interest for the runestones of the western islands, and I thought I'd start with creating articles for all the Faroese runestones (and inscriptions). So far I have made those that already exist on the German wikipedia, apparently the most important ones, but with some differences in layout and information. I generally do not add information if I can not come up with a source, so I have not added information from the German wikipedia that I could not find the source for, or that I did not fully understand. Anyhow, are you interested in collaborating with me to complete the list of stones and inscriptions? My goal is to fill up the runestone category with all the runestones we have information about.

You will see in the "Material/Föremål" category that some are of wood (trä) and some of stone (sten). I am hoping your basic knowledge of Swedish helps you understand the rest, if not, just ask me. The stones are those that are important for the "Runestones on the Faroe Islands" category, but when that one is finished, a new category called "Runic inscriptions on the Faroe Islands" (or something like that, I will look for similar categories) can be created, where the wood inscriptions can be added. Alternatively one article that sums up all the Faroese wood inscriptions because they are so few.

I am hoping you want to contribute to my little scope, and through eachother's research we can find new information that we can add on the separate wikis, I'll let you improve the German articles, and I can take the main responsibility for the English wikipedia and perhaps create some Nordic translations.

As a sidenote, have you got any contacts on the Faroe Islands who can contribute with images of the different runestones and inscriptions? I dreadfully discovered that there is not a single image of the Fámjin stone on the net, and I really wish to see how it looks and put it into the article.

Best regards, –Holt T•C 12:00, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Holt, thanks for your request. First of all, you may call me Arne :-) The problem with Faroese rune stones is, that there are only two or three. My main approach to this subject is linguistics, and thus do I recommend "Faroese. An Overview and Reference Grammar" as source for these very first writings in Faroe. From that point of view are only the Kirkjubö-stone and the Sandavágs-stone of interest. The Fámjin-stone is only an evidence, that the Runic alphabet was still known after the Reformation. I must furthermore admit, that although I just have been in the Faroes and was taking thousands of photos there (I will publish some of them at Wikipedia in the next months), I had almost no time in historical research (I was there with a group of wildlife photographers, and they were rather interested in puffins than in vikings :-). So I have no photos of any remains of the Vikings and later inscriptions. -- Arne List (talk) 12:44, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, that is surprising. After all Rundata lists more than the three main stones. Maybe they are only inscriptions in stone, not actual runestones erected in commemoration or alike. I understand your linguistic approach, and I will see if I can get a hold of that book, it can be of interest. But I am also interested in documentation, just getting a broad overview of what is to know up on Wikipedia for general informative purposes. All of the entries save one are in the Føroya Fornminnissavn in Tórshavn, thus they are easy to trace to see what type of objects they are. I would be so incredibly grateful for a gallery of these items, and any other items of interest in the museum. Hopefully I will visit the Faroes one day myself. I will try to expand my basic knowledge in Faroese and continue my search for sources, join me if you'd like :} –Holt T•C 21:23, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe they can help you: http://www.natmus.fo I will also look, what I find in my copy of "Færøerne - Fra Vikingetiden til Reformationen" by G.V.C. Young, Copenhagen 1982 (or "From the Vikings to the Reformation. A Chronicle of the Faroe Islands up to 1583") -- Arne List (talk) 08:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Arne. The only problem I see with Young's book is that it is printed in 1982, while most of the publications about the other inscriptions are released after this date, this may cause implications. –Holt T•C 09:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Interesting, that you mention it. I have also learned in some cases regarding the Viking Age, that Young was a pioneer and many things uncertain at his time. -- Arne List (talk) 10:26, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello !
Hello Arne,

I'm Alkingur from Kjak. I send you this message because I saw Dimma owns the forum and they chose to sell it. Do you know if the forum will be back one day ?

Have a nice day ! Fiskeren (talk) 12:10, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, see http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kjak#References :-) -- Arne List (talk) 13:23, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Kaldbaksbotnur
Hello Arne. I wonder if you can help to resolve a problem with the Kaldbaksbotnur article.

I tried to expand this little article during December. It was actually quite difficult to find any information about such a small place with only 6 inhabitants. I quoted two verses from Teitur Lassen's song Útsetin on Káta Hornið which mentions the place. I found the lyrics with a translation on lyricwiki - and I'm guessing that you might be the person who put them there (a user called Arne List).

User Muchness has just commented on the article's talk page that I have contravened two WP policies by (1) citing an open wiki, and (2) infringing copyright by copying the English translation verbatim. I wondered if a solution might be for me to cite Teitur Lassen's official website for the official lyrics, and whether you could then add your translation as an original contribution (instead of me copying it from lyricwiki). I cannot translate it as I don't know Faroese.

What do you think? An easier way would be to simply delete the whole section, but it seems a shame to remove one of the village's few claims to fame! Regards -- Euchiasmus (talk) 07:17, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your request. I replied on the discussion page of the article :-) The "fame" is just a result of the tunnel entrance there. It's like any village elswhere, which is mostly known by a traffic sign -- Arne List (talk) 02:17, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Faroese politician parties
Hi! I am writing about the Faroe Islands on Polish Wikipedia and I saw on German version, that you put some informations about politicians who were in Løgting since 2004 to 2008. Do you know anything about current squad of Faroese parliament? I mean names, not only numbers, because numbers I already have. :>

Please answer in my Polish Wikipedian site.

Greetings. Viltharis (talk) 13:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Thank you very much, I don't know why, but I cannot find that page on Løgtingið website. Do you know someone, who could do the photo of Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen? It would be really useful. Viltharis (talk) 15:29, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You mean someone, who could take a photo of him? I will ask him. -- Arne List (talk) 10:59, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Sexed up

From VfD
Comment : Neutral. As the original author I agree that it wasn't the most informative first entry I could've made to this place. The example was meant to be sexed up as a self reference, however I realised I should've expilicitly stated this and have tried to ammend it appropriately. Bad newbieness, sorry. easilyremembered 23:47 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Wiktionary. Regardless of how "useful" the article is, it doesn't belong here. --Badharlick 15:09, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. (Has a vfd tag, but was not listed here until now.) The current content sucks, but it is a common term, and could become a useful article--how/when/where it originated would be interesting; also a reference to the phrase "sex sells".  If nothing else, it could redirect to Hyperbole, with appropriate reference added to that article. Niteowlneils 23:18, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep with above suggestions.
 * It was a key phrase in the Hutton Inquiry which is why the content is why it is. Please add/amend. Secretlondon 23:09, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: Neutral. IMO this is not a particularly useful contribution and never likely to be, but nor is there any persuasive case for deletion. Human knowledge? Borderline. A poor choice of article name at best. The material could perhaps be NPOVed and moved to an article on journalistic bias or similar by someone interested in the topic, with a redirect. Andrewa 23:20, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * This article definitely needs changing. It is becoming sexed up itself!
 * I've removed the POV content, and expanded it. Could still use some work, but is an example of what it could become. Niteowlneils 23:41, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, but needs a bit more. Dysprosia 04:26, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Common term. --Johnleemk 07:11, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Wiktionary. Common term but words, phrases and their use flow better in Wiktionary than they can here. Rossami 14:12, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Wiktionary. Encyclopedia is about facts, not about words however idiomatic or neologismic they could be. Do you really want all these "beefed up", "screwed up", "dressed up" and hundreds of other ups here? Mikkalai 18:09, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment. I would vote to delete all the ones you cite.  However, none of them have been used as commonly or specifically by the news media for such a controversial, and specific news item. Niteowlneils 18:58, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

This illustrates the danger
....................................... of using undefined terms. The contributor says make "more attractive" the dictionary says " make it seem more significant, exciting or interesting than it originally was" : something quite different. As an aging brit, I regard it as equivalent to " tarting up " and many people might think of "fuck up" (when used to mean "spoil" ). Exaggerate seems pretty close to Andrew Gilligan's probable intention. MORAL :-   BE EXPLICIT and do not try to show off or to be too clever.

77.97.161.230 08:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)mikeL

Are you folks not missing something here? For there seems a danger of over-debating the words, while totally missing the wider context. Clearly, by itself, the term Sexed-up is of little importance. And yet, set against a government attempts to make the case for war seem more significant, exciting or interesting - the term Sexed-up seems fitting. So why delete? 92.16.147.111 (talk) 17:11, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

P.S.
the allegation was not made by the BBC. It was made by Andrew Gilligan. It was broadcast by the BBC something quite different although its critics seem to like pretending otherwise. mikeL —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.238.234.172 (talk) 07:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Honestly, just what was Andrew Gilligan's crime? The impression given is that he made mis-leading allegations. And yet, if a government’s attempts to make the case for war more significant, interesting, exciting - has it not Sexed-up the evidence? 92.16.147.111 (talk) 18:23, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

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Juan Carlos (disambiguation)

Juan Carlos I of Spain (born 1938) is a former king of Spain.

Juan Carlos may also refer to:
 * Juan Carlos (footballer, born 1945) (1945–2012), Spanish footballer
 * Juan Domecq or Juan Carlos (born 1950), Cuban basketball player
 * Juan Carlos (footballer, born 1956), Spanish footballer
 * Juan Carlos (footballer, born 1965), Spanish footballer and manager
 * Juan Carlos (weightlifter) (born 1965), Spanish Olympic weightlifter
 * Juan Carlos (footballer, born 1973), Spanish footballer
 * Juan Belencoso or Juan Carlos (born 1981), Spanish footballer
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 * Jake Cuenca or Juan Carlos (born 1987), American-Filipino actor and footballer
 * Juan Carlos (footballer, born 1988), Spanish footballer
 * Juan Carlos (footballer, born 1990), Spanish footballer
 * Spanish amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos I
 * Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base
 * Juan Carlos I Park, a Madrid park

Footballers

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 * Juan Carlos Anangonó (born 1989), Ecuadorian footballer
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 * Juan Carlos Arguedas (born 1970), Costa Rican footballer and manager
 * Juan Carlos Arteche (1957–2010), Spanish footballer
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 * Juan Carlos Franco (born 1973), Paraguayan footballer
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 * Juan Carlos Oleniak (born 1942), Argentine footballer
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 * Juan Carlos Ríos Vidal (born 1964), Spanish footballer and manager
 * Juan Carlos Rojas (footballer) (born 1984), Mexican footballer
 * Juan Carlos Rojo (born 1959), Spanish footballer and manager
 * Juan Carlos Sánchez (born 1956), Argentine-Bolivian footballer
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 * Juan Carlos Valenzuela (footballer) (born 1984), Mexican footballer
 * Juan Carlos Valerón (born 1975), Spanish footballer
 * Juan Carlos Vidal (born 1954),Spanish footballer
 * Juan Carlos Villamayor (born 1969), Paraguayan footballer

Other sportspeople

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 * Juan Carlos Bianchi (born 1970), Venezuelan tennis player
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 * Juan Carlos Candelo (born 1974), Colombian boxer
 * Juan Carlos Cardona (born 1974), Colombian marathon runner
 * Juan Carlos de la Ossa (born 1976), Spanish middle-distance runner
 * Juan Carlos Domínguez (born 1971), Spanish bicycle road racer
 * Juan Carlos Fernández (born 1976), Colombian weightlifter
 * Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra (born 1960), Paraguayan boxer
 * Juan Carlos Higuero (born 1978), Spanish middle-distance runner
 * Juan Carlos Infante (born 1981), Venezuelan baseball player
 * Juan Carlos Lemus (born 1965), Cuban boxer
 * Juan Carlos Moreno (baseball) (born 1975), Cuban baseball player
 * Juan Carlos Nájera (born 1981), Guatemala triple jumper and coach
 * Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball) (born 1980), Spanish basketball player
 * Juan Carlos Oviedo (born 1982), Dominican Republic baseball player
 * Juan Carlos Payano (born 1984), Dominican Republic boxer
 * Juan Carlos Pérez (born 1981), Bolivian trap shooter
 * Juan Carlos Ramírez (born 1977), Mexican boxer
 * Juan Carlos Romero (athlete) (born 1977), Mexican long-distance runner
 * Juan Carlos Sáez (born 1991), Chilean tennis player
 * Juan Carlos Sánchez, Jr. (born 1991), Mexican boxer
 * Juan Carlos Spir (born 1990), Colombian tennis player
 * Juan Carlos Stevens (born 1968), Cuban archer
 * Juan Carlos Vallejo (born 1963), Spanish swimmer
 * Juan Carlos Zabala (1911–1983), Argentine athlete

Creative arts

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 * Juan Carlos Altavista (1929–1989), Argentine actor and comedian
 * Juan Carlos Barreto (born 1957), Mexican actor
 * Juan Carlos Calabró (1934–2013), Argentine actor and comedian
 * Juan Carlos Calderón (1938–2012), Spanish singer-songwriter
 * Juan Carlos Cobián (1888–1942), Argentine bandleader and tango composer
 * Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti (born 1961), Cuban film director
 * Juan Carlos Echeverry (singer) (born 1971), Colombian tenor
 * Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (born 1967), Spanish film director
 * Juan Carlos García (actor) (born 1971), Venezuelan actor
 * Juan Carlos Gené (1929–2012), Argentine actor and playwright
 * Juan Carlos Macías (born 1945), Argentine film editor
 * Juan Carlos Rodríguez (boxer) (born 1990), Venezuelan boxer
 * Juan Carlos Tabío (born 1942), Cuban film director
 * Juan Carlos Zaldívar, Cuban-American filmmaker

Politicians

 * Juan Carlos Blanco Fernández (1847–1910), Uruguayan politician
 * Juan Carlos Echeverry (politician) (born 1962), Colombian economist and politician
 * Juan Carlos Eguren (born 1965), Peruvian politician
 * Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero (born 1949), Colombian politician
 * Juan Carlos García Padilla (born 1968), Puerto Rican politician
 * Juan Carlos Latorre (born 1949), Chilean politician
 * Juan Carlos Marino (Argentine politician) (born 1963), Argentine politician
 * Juan Carlos Mendoza García (born 1975), Costa Rican politician
 * Juan Carlos Navarro (politician) (born 1961), Panamanian politician and businessman
 * Juan Carlos Muñoz Márquez (born 1950), Mexican politician
 * Juan Carlos Onganía (1914–1995), Argentine soldier and politician
 * Juan Carlos Pérez Góngora (born 1960), Mexican politician
 * Juan Carlos Pinzón (born 1971), Colombian politician
 * Juan Carlos Reyes (governor) (died 2007), Argentine politician
 * Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte (born 1956), Cuban politician
 * Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (born 1948), Spanish politician
 * Juan Carlos Romero (politician) (born 1950), Argentine politician
 * Juan Carlos Romero Hicks (born 1955), Mexican politician
 * Juan Carlos Varela (born 1963), Panamanian politician
 * Juan Carlos Wasmosy (born 1938), Paraguayan politician

Other people

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 * Juan Carlos de Aréizaga (died 1816), Spanish general
 * Juan Carlos Ortíz, advertising executive in the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame
 * Juan Carlos Pavía, Puerto Rican civil servant
 * Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Spanish biochemist

Fictional characters

 * Juan Carlos Bodoque, a fictional character from the Chilean television series 31 Minutos

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