In short, the fictional private eye is a specialized version of Adam Smith's ideal entrepreneur, the man whose private ambitions must always and everywhere promote the public welfare.

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is yet another example of fictional autobiography, as noted on the front page of the original version.

Joey gets cast in a part in a fictional version of the soap opera Days of our Lives, but his character is killed off after conflicts with the show ’ s writers, claiming that he writes many of his own lines.

* Author William Goldman claims in his book The Princess Bride that the story he tells is an abridged version of the Florinese literary masterpiece by the great ( and fictional ) S. Morgenstern.

A fictional version of Lulach appeared in the animated television series Gargoyles under the name Luach.

In the very first version of PGP, an encryption algorithm was given the humorous name BassOmatic ( after a skit on Saturday Night Live ) and Pretty Good Privacy itself is named after a Lake Wobegon fictional grocery store named " Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery ".

Pulp fiction author Robert E. Howard wrote extensively about his romanticized version of the Picts, especially in his short stories revolving around the fictional character Bran Mak Morn, but also in many other of his stories.

Also notable are the 1995 film version starring Sir Ian McKellen, set in a fictional 1930s fascist England, and Looking for Richard, a 1996 documentary film directed by Al Pacino, who plays the title character as well as himself.

A fictional version of the game, wherein the Dolphins lose by one point to the 49ers due to a missed field goal in the closing seconds, is also referenced in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

* SAS ( Action Force ), a fictional military unit that features in the Action Force universe, a European version of the G. I.

* Thule, a fictional version of Greenland in the Kinderen van Moeder Aarde novels by Thea Beckman

First, instead of playing a completely fictional character, players were encouraged to start the character-creation process with a version of themselves ( presumably as the superhero's " secret identity.

A fictional crime-fighting version of him served as one of the main characters in the cartoon ProStars in 1991.

Bogdanovich is also frequently featured in introductions to movies on Criterion Collection DVDs, and has had a supporting role as a fictional version of himself in the Showtime comedy series Out of Order.

In the Assassin's Creed series of historical action-adventure video games, the first game followed a fictional version of the Syrian wing of the sect, while subsequent games and Assassin's Creed media would depict its successor organizations opposed to a Templar conspiracy.

In fact the case studies were fictional and, in one version of the experiment, had been constructed so that the homosexual men were less likely to report this imagery.

A third example showing a different version of metonymy is the fictional character Scrooge McDuck's " money bin " or indeed Scrooge himself, often used in Disney works and parody works as metonymous with wealth-most currency in the modern era is now stored electronically, but the money bin is still drawn in comics and persists as a pop culture metonym for any financial holding of great value.

Justinian, a 1998 novel by science fiction author, and Byzantine scholar, Harry Turtledove, writing under the name HN Turtletaub, gives a fictionalized version of Justinian's life as retold by a fictional lifelong companion the soldier Myakes.

The film version contained some changes to the novel, with the leading villains switching from SMERSH to SPECTRE, a fictional terrorist organisation.

Snicket is the subject of a fictional autobiography, Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography ( which contains an introduction from a fictionalized version of Daniel Handler ).

* Solar System in fiction: Real planets of the Solar System have that have been utilized or characterized in a variety of fictional ways ( e. g. Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Barsoom, a fictional version of Mars ).

* The events described by a fictional version of Evel Knievel in the Midnight Brown song 2084.

In a long and varied career, which began with an advert for Mackeson Stout and a bit part in Dad's Army, his most famous roles were as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in the television series Yes Minister ( and Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister ), for which he won four BAFTA awards, and as King George III in Alan Bennett's stage play The Madness of George III ( Olivier Award ) and the film version entitled The Madness of King George, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

In the same book, a fictional version of L. Ron Hubbard appears as a character named D. Vance Wimpole.

In method as well as in theme this little anecdote with its details selected as much for expressiveness and allegory as for `` realism '', anticipates a kind of musical composition, as well as a kind of fictional composition, in which, as Leverkuhn says, `` there shall be nothing unthematic ''.

Now time is also the concern of the fictional narrative, which is, at its simplest, the story of an action with, usually, a beginning, a middle, and an end -- elements which demand time as the first condition for their existence.

Writer Will Murray noted that while Lovecraft often used his fictional pantheon in the stories he ghostwrote for other authors, he reserved Arkham and its environs exclusively for those tales he wrote under his own name.

Most scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, its geography being perfect for romance writers ; Arthurian scholar Norris J.

The track was featured in The Comic Strip's movie The Supergrass and on its soundtrack, as well as in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the fictional radio station " Wave 103 ".

This film was considered the most controversial in the series, mostly because of its fictional World War II sequence.

Much of the play's Protestantism derives from its location in Denmark — both then and now a predominantly Protestant country, though it is unclear whether the fictional Denmark of the play is intended to mirror this fact.

The Journal of the Travellers Aid Society takes its name from the fictional Travellers ' Aid Society ( TAS ) that was first mentioned in the original incarnation of the Traveller game published by Game Designers Workshop.

Dark Jedi is the name given in the Star Wars universe to fictional characters attuned to the Force and adept in its dark side.

The series has been criticized for its poor depiction of pantheist and universalist beliefs via its fictional Enigma Babylon One World Faith, which has overtones of Hinduism and Buddhism.

On distribution, derivative works that elaborate on a game's fictional universe or story are automatically licensed to Microsoft and its business partners.

The Marvel Universe was also notable for setting its central titles in New York City ; by contrast, many DC heroes live in fictional cities.

Nevertheless, it is both fictional and comical, and though it offers a pragmatic opposition to the destructiveness of war, its message seems to stem from frustration with the existing conflict ( then in its twentieth year ) rather than from a philosophical position against violence or war.

He appears in many other fictional accounts of the Third Crusade and its sequel, for example Graham Shelby's The Kings of Vain Intent and The Devil is Loose.

The programme is set in a fictional village called Ros Na Rún, located outside Galway, and near Spiddal, and centres around the domestic and professional lives of its residents.

( born Beverly Cheryl Howard ), played by actress Gates McFadden, is a fictional character on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its subsequent spinoff films.

This uses a national IT system developed for major crime enquiries by all UK forces, called Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, more commonly referred to by its acronym, HOLMES ( which recognises the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes ).

The first science fiction show for adults, was also its first fully science fictional anthology Tales of Tomorrow by ABC on August 3, 1951 lasting until 1953, as there were already similar shows for children.

The sonic screwdriver is a fictional tool in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spinoffs.

In recognition of its fictional namesake, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and most of the principal cast of the original series of Star Trek were on hand at the dedication ceremony.

Although it was marketed as a true story to attract a wider audience and as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate, its plot is entirely fictional ; however the character of Leatherface and minor plot details were inspired by the crimes of real-life murderer Ed Gein.

This down-to-earth style, also found in later fantasy such as Richard Adams ' Watership Down and Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn, accepts readers into the fictional world, rather than cajoling or attempting to convince them of its reality.

The show's name came from its setting, a small, fictional Washington town.