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Phantom

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Phantom can refer to any of the following.

Paranormal

Technology

  • CCI Phantom (or "The Phantom"), a paintball marker developed and marketed by Mike Casedy and his company CCI
  • FH Phantom and F-4 Phantom II, two McDonnell Douglas military jet fighter aircraft developed for the United States Navy
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom, a line of luxury automobiles
  • Gillig Phantom, a high-floor transit bus
  • The Phantom (game system), a canceled video game console which never reached production
  • Phantom power, a method for supplying current to devices over signaling cables
  • A device that simulates the human body or part of the human body and is used to calibrate a detector that measures radiation emanating from within the body. For example, the BOMAB phantom

Popular culture

In literature & theatre:

  • The Phantom of the Opera, a 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux, adapted many times for stage and film
  • Phantom (novel) by Susan Kay is a more recent retelling of The Phantom of the Opera
  • see also The Phantom of the Opera (adaptations) (a disambiguating list)
  • The Phantom, a comic strip/book hero created by Lee Falk
  • Phantom (musical), a 1991 musical stage play by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston
  • Phantom (Sword of Truth), the 10th novel in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series
  • Danny Phantom, a Nickelodeon cartoon about a boy named Danny Fenton, who fights evil ghosts as a superhero named Danny Phantom aka Ghost Boy
  • an inhabitant of the Phantom Zone, a fictional dimension in Superman comic books and related media
  • "Ectoplasmic Phantom", monster #61 in the Monster in My Pocket toy and book franchise
  • "Phantom (manhwa)", a manga published by TokyoPop
  • The "Phantom Stranger" is a fictional character who battles mysterious and occult forces in various titles published by DC Comics, sometimes under their Vertigo imprint.
  • Phantoms (novel), a thriller/mystery novel by Dean Koontz.

In film:

  • Phantom (1922 film), a dramatic silent film directed by F. W. Murnau
  • Phantom (1979 film), an experimental short film
  • Phantom (1992 film), a telefilm
  • Phantoms (1998 film), a thriller/mystery film adapted from the Dean Koontz novel
  • Phantom (2001 film), a short art film
  • Phantom (2002 film), an Indian film
  • Phantom (documentary), a 2001 German documentary
  • The Phantom (film), 1996 film, based on Lee Falk's character The Phantom
  • O Fantasma (English: The Phantom), a 2000 Portuguese dramatic film
  • Yuryeong (English: Phantom), a 1999 Korean action thriller
  • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, a 1999 science fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas
    • The Phantom Edit, a fan edit of the movie Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

In television:

In music:

In video games:

  • Phantom, a spider-like boss of the Devil May Cry video game series
  • Phantom (Mega Man Zero), a character in the Mega Man Zero video game series
  • The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, a video game for the Nintendo DS console
  • Phantom Ganon, a character in the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time video game
  • TIE Phantom, a fictional prototype TIE fighter, from the Star Wars Expanded Universe
  • Phantom, a unit that requires 36 Division Influence to purchase in Shattered Galaxy, the massive online game
  • Covenant Phantom, alien dropship in Halo 2 and Halo 3
  • Phantom is the fastest speed class in futuristic racing series WipEout

In other areas:

  • The Phantom (horse), a former New Zealand-trained race horse who competed in Australian events in 1990's
  • Phantom Killer, an unidentified serial killer believed to have killed five people in Texarkana in 1946

Military

  • The Phantom Regiment, the British Army's Secret Intelligence and Communication Regiment of World War II
  • FH Phantom and F-4 Phantom II, two McDonnell Douglas military jet aircraft developed for the United States Navy

Other

  • Phantom Fireworks, a manufacturer of consumer fireworks
  • Phantom limb, the sensation that a missing limb is still attached to the body and functioning normally
  • Phantom quartz, a type of quartz that appears to have 'phantom' crystals inside of crystals, formed as a result of interrupted crystal growth
  • USS Phantom (starship), A simmulation within Bravofleet

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