Phantom
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Phantom can refer to any of the following.
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[edit] Paranormal
- A ghost or other apparition
- Phantom kangaroo, a type of legendary creature
[edit] 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 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
- In database terminology, a Phantom read happens when new rows added by a transaction are visible from another transaction. This can eventually be solved by serializing the transactions, but this lowers the degree of concurrency. See also Concurrency control.
- PHANToM, a machine/computer software created by Thomas Massie which allows the user tactile interaction with a virtual scene
- Name given to material(s) used to simulate body tissue for experimenting different effects by outside sources.
[edit] Popular culture
In literature & theatre (broadly interpreted):
- The Phantom of the Opera, a 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux, adapted many times for stage and film
- Phantom Pyromusical, a 2005 Pyromusical set to the score of the 1986 stage musical The Phantom of the Opera
- 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, created by Lee Falk, one of the most successful and influential comic strip/book heroes ever
- 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 fourteen year old boy named Danny Fenton, who obtained ghostly superpowers and 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
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
- Phantom (2001 film), a short art film
- Phantom (2002 film), an Indian film
- Phantom 2040, 1994–1996 animated television series based on a descendant of The Phantom comic character created by Lee Falk
- Phantom (documentary), a 2001 German documentary
- The Phantom (film), 1996 film, starring Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, 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:
- Phantom (horse), Zorro's white stallion in the 1950s television series
- Phantom Gourmet, a popular New England food critic and television program
- Phantom Ranger, a character in the Power Rangers (television series) universe
In music:
- The Phantom (musician) (aka Jerry Lott, 1938–1983), a rockabilly singer known for the hit single "Love Me"
- Phantoms (album), a 2005 music album by Acceptance
- Phantom FM, an alternative rock radio station broadcasting from Dublin, Ireland
- Phantom Phorce, a 2003 Super Furry Animals album
- Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps competing in Drum Corps International based out of Rockford, Illinois, United States
- Phantom Records, a record label
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
- 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
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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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