The One

The One may refer to:

• in Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, monotheistic God.
• An alternate name for the Monad or Absolute in Greek philosophy and Gnosticism
• An alternate name for The All in Hermeticism
• Eru Iluvatar

Contents 1 Books, magazines and comics 2 Music 2.1 Albums 2.2 Songs 2.3 Other 3 Film 4 Television 5 See also

Books, magazines and comics

• The One (magazine)
• The One (comic book)
• The One (manhua)
• A character in the Animorphs book series
• A concept in the Young Wizards book series
• A poem written by Felicia K. Snyder, published....
• Both the One Ring, and the one God Eru aka Ilúvatar, were referred to as “The One” in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and related works. Ilúvatar is the only true God in that fictional setting (thus His title), though the Valar can be considered as great demigods or higher angels, with the Maiar as lesser angels or demigods.

Music

Albums

• The One, a 1992 album by Elton John
• The One, a 2004 album by Frankie J
• The One, a 2006 album by Jane Zhang
• A 1991 album by Chubb Rock
• A 2004 EP by Annihilator

Songs

• "The One" (Elton John song), a 1992 single
• "The One" (Tracy Bonham song) a 1996 song
• "The One" (White Zombie song), a 1996 single
• "The One" (Backstreet Boys song), a 2000 single
• "The One" (Gary Allan song), a 2002 single
• "The One" (Foo Fighters song), a 2002 single
• "The One" (Mariah Carey song), a 2002 single
• "The One" (Shakira song), a 2003 single
• "The One", a 2007 song by Kylie Minogue

Other

• The One (DVD), a recording of Michael Jackson's 2004 CBS special
• Another name for the downbeat in music theory

Film

• The One (film), a 2001 film starring Jet Li
• "The One," an alternate name for Neo in The Matrix trilogy
• "The Chosen One," a mythical character in the Star Wars universe generally believed to be Anakin Skywalker
• "There can be only one," a rule in the Highlander universe referring to Connor MacLeod
• "The Chosen One," title for Liu Kang in "Mortal Kombat"

Television

Often a title given to a character with a great destiny such as:

• A strange character named Zathras who appeared on the mysteriously vanished space station Babylon 4 refers to “The One” as being his leader on the 1990s science fiction TV series Babylon 5. The end of that episode revealed that One to be an older, time-traveling version of B5 Commander Jeffrey Sinclair. A subsequent episode expounded on this, and revealed that there were three with that title: The One Who Was (Sinclair), the One Who Is, and The One Who Will Be.
• Melinda Gordon from "The One" (Ghost Whisperer Episode)
• Buffy summer the vampire slayer also referred to as the chosen one from the self titles series Buffy the vampire slayer
• Sydney Bristow from Alias is referred to as the chosen one in a Rambaldi script
• Sam Wincester from Supernatural has been referred to as the one by the Yellow eyed demon

Other ones:

• The One: Making a Music Star, a reality series
• The One (2003 film), a 2003 made-for-TV-Movie starring Richard Ruccolo
• A nickname for the UK television network BBC One

See also

• Soulmate
• The Great One
• The Next One
• 1 (disambiguation)