Oscar

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Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:

People

  • Oscar (given name), including the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms
  • Oscar (Irish mythology), legendary figure, son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall

Places

United States

  • Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, a civil township
  • Lake Oscar (disambiguation)

Animals

  • Oscar (bionic cat), a cat that had implants after losing both hind paws
  • Oscar (bull), #16, (d. 1983) a ProRodeo Hall of Fame bucking bull
  • Oscar (fish), Astronotus ocellatus
  • Oscar (therapy cat), cat purported to predict the deaths of hospice patients
  • Oscar, a nickname for Beast of Busco, a North American cryptid turtle
  • Oscar, a nickname for Unsinkable Sam, a World War II ship's cat that survived three ships sinking

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Oscar, another name for an Academy Award

Characters

  • Oscar, a character in the video game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
  • Oscar, the main character fish from the animated film Shark Tale
  • Oscar, a main character fish from the animated television series Fish Hooks
  • Oscar, an infant character in the film Ghostbusters II
  • Oscar, a page in Verdi's opera Un ballo in maschera
  • Oscar the Grouch, a Muppet on Sesame Street
  • Old Oscar, a character in Jay Jay the Jet Plane
  • Oscar Madison, the sloppy roommate in The Odd Couple media franchise
  • Oscar Martinez (The Office), a character in the American TV series The Office

Films and manga

  • The Oscar (film), starring Stephen Boyd
  • Oscar (1967 film), starring Louis de Funès
  • Oscar (1991 film), starring Sylvester Stallone
  • Lady Oscar or La Rose de Versailles, a Japanese manga series by Riyoko Ikeda
    • Lady Oscar (film), a 1979 English-language Japanese-French romantic drama film based on La Rose de Versailles

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Oscar (opera), a 2013 opera about Oscar Wilde, by Theodore Morrison
  • Oscar (video game), a 1993 platform game
  • Oscar (TV serial), a 1985 British TV serial
  • OSCAR Radio, a school FM radio station in Northamptonshire, England

Military

  • Oscar (paradummy), American nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy
  • Oscar, an Allies codename for Nakajima Ki-43, a World War II Japanese aircraft
  • Oscar, the letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet (NATO phonetic alphabet)
  • Oscar-class submarine, a Soviet/Russian Navy submarine class

Organizations and enterprises

Science

  • OSCAR (gene), short for Osteoclast-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor
  • Ocean Surface Current Analysis – Real time, a website that provides data on ocean currents

Technology and transport

  • OSC OSCar, a synthesizer manufactured by the Oxford Synthesizer Company
  • OScar, a project aiming to design an open source vehicle
  • OScar (Danish automobile), a Danish sports car
  • OSCAR (Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio), a designation for Amateur radio satellites
  • MSC Oscar, container ship
  • Outer Suburban CAR, a name for NSW TrainLink H set, a type of electric train in Australia
  • Oscar, a a whaling ship sunk off Aberdeen in 1813

Computing

Other uses

See also

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  • All pages with titles beginning with Oscar
  • All pages with titles containing Oscar
  • Student Oscars (Student Academy Awards), the Student Film Awards
  • King Oscar (disambiguation)
  • Oskar (disambiguation)
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