At GameSpot's " Best and Worst of 2005 " awards, the game was nominated for Best Story, Best GameCube Game, Most Outrageous Game, Most Gratuitous Use of F ------ Swearing, and won Best New Character ( Harman Smith ) and Most Innovative Game.

* Manning, Jo, August 2005, My Lady Scandalous: The Amazing Life and Outrageous Times of Grace Dalrymple Elliot, Royal Courtesan, Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, ISBN 0-7432-6262-X

Successful examples would be: Mädchen in Uniform, Germany ( 1931 ); The Leather Boys, UK ( 1964 ); Scorpio Rising, U. S. A. ( 1964 ); The Naked Civil Servant, UK ( 1975 ); Outrageous !, Canada ( 1977 ); My Beautiful Laundrette, UK ( 1985 ); Maurice, UK ( 1985 ); Summer Vacation 1999, Japan, ( 1988 ); Germany, New Zealand and the U. S. A., ( 2003 ), Brokeback Mountain, U. S. A. ( 2005 ); and most recently Black Swan, U. S. A. ( 2010 ).

She played the role of Tracy Hong in seasons 1 and 2 of the New Zealand TV series Outrageous Fortune in 2005 and 2006.

* Outrageous Fortune ( 2005 )

Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3.

In GameSpot's Best & Worst of 2005 awards, Amped 3 won Most Outrageous Game, and was nominated for Best Licensed Music, Best Story, Best New Character ( for Buck Wad ), Funniest Game and Best Alternative Sports Game.

By 2004 and 2005, major buyouts were once again becoming common, including the acquisitions of Toys " R " Us, The Hertz Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and SunGard in 2005.

By 2004 and 2005, major buyouts were once again becoming common, including the acquisitions of Toys " R " Us, The Hertz Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and SunGard in 2005.

Reiche is currently the CEO and Director of Development of Toys For Bob, which was acquired by Activision in 2005.

At the 2005 Comic-Con in San Diego, a series of deluxe Life in Hell vinyl figurines manufactured by CritterBox Toys was announced.

From 2005, AGE gave permission for State of the Art Toys to produce redesigned Micronauts action figures as Micronauts Evolution, with concept art by Randy Queen.

Toys Went Berserk have since regrouped twice for reunion shows ; firstly in 1997 and for the second time in 2005, to promote the release of a new " best of " double album.

Prosecution witness Chris Carter, who had been Jackson's bodyguard from August 2002 – August 2003, was arrested in Las Vegas on February 19, 2005, after police searched his mother's house and found a handgun, and had been accused of robbing a RadioShack in October 2003, Subway sandwich shop in August 2004, a KB Toys store in January 2005, and a Jack in the Box restaurant in February 2005.

In 2005 Backpack Toys announced a fourth version of Teddy Ruxpin, which replaced the audio tapes with digital cartridges.

Additionally, in the 2005 edition, certain foods always came with one coupon which could be used at either Best Buy, Toys R Us, or Foot Locker ( including online stores ).

The opening ceremony of Summer Sourcing Show for Gifts, Houseware and Toys at the HKCEC, July 2005.

McFarlane's Dragons are a line of action figures that was launched in 2005 under the " Horror, Fantasy and Sci-Fi Action Figures section of McFarlane Toys.

In 2005, McFarlane acquired the rights ( previously held by rival manufacturer Playmates Toys ) to produce figures based on the popular Fox TV series The Simpsons.

: This toy was repackaged as Vector Prime vs. Starscream in 2005 exclusive to Toys R Us.

Peterson is a donor for the Marine's Toys for Tots Christmas drive, and from 1997 – 2005, he produced a comedy bits CD, donating all the proceeds to the drive.

John Atkinson ( editor ), current editor of Stereophile, stated ( in a 2005 July editorial named Blind Tests & Bus Stops ) that he once purchased a solid-state amplifier, the Quad 405, in 1978 after blind tests, but came to realize months later that " the magic was gone " until he replaced it with a tube amp.

After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost £ 800 million.

In Spring 2004, Lukoil purchased 779 Mobil gas stations throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and in 2005 began converting them to the Lukoil brand.

Media conglomerate Viacom purchased Neopets, Inc. on 20 June 2005 for $ 160 million and announced plans to focus more on the use of banner ads over the site's existing immersive advertising.

On December 11, 2005, The Paramount Motion Pictures Group announced that it had purchased DreamWorks SKG ( which was co-founded by former Paramount executive Jeffrey Katzenberg ) in a deal worth $ 1. 6 billion.

* Redwood City: in 2005, the university purchased a small, campus in Midpoint Technology Park intended for staff offices, although it remains undeveloped.

The remaining of the island were purchased from the U. S. Department of the Interior in May 2005 for $ 10, a transaction which marked the official change in jurisdiction.

In 2004, Harrah's Entertainment ( now Caesars Entertainment ) purchased Binion's Horseshoe, retained the rights to the Horseshoe and World Series of Poker brands, sold the hotel and casino to MTR Gaming Group, and announced that the 2005 Series events would be held at the Harrah's-owned Rio Hotel and Casino, located just off the Las Vegas Strip.

Over 18 million Sesame Street books and magazines were purchased in 2005.

In May 2005, palmOne purchased PalmSource's share of the Palm trademark and two months later renamed itself Palm, Inc. As part of the agreement, palmOne granted certain rights to Palm trademarks to PalmSource and licensees for a four-year transition period.

In 2005, Ericsson purchased the bulk of Marconi Corporation plc, along with its principal subsidiary, Marconi Communications.

In January 2005, McFarlane announced that he was set to produce a half-hour anthology television series for Fox called Twisted Tales, based on the Bruce Jones ' comic book to which McFarlane had purchased the rights.

In 2005, a local development company purchased Santa's Candy Castle and other buildings that comprised Santa Claus Town and announced plans to restore and re-open them to the public.

The ranch was purchased in January, 2005 by the Gerald Lyda family and La Escalera Limited Partnership and is managed by partner Jo Lyda Granberg and her husband K. G. Granberg of Seymour.

The ranch was purchased in January, 2005 by the Gerald Lyda family and La Escalera Limited Partnership and is managed by partner Jo Lyda Granberg and her husband K. G. Granberg of Seymour.

In 1929, Newton Steel opened a manufacturing plant on Lake Erie in Monroe, and this plant would later be purchased by Alcoa in 1942, Kelsey-Hayes in 1947, the Ford Motor Company in 1949 and subsequently under their Visteon division in 2000 and later as the Automotive Components Holdings in 2005.

In 2005, Brown purchased the rights to her Trapped album back from the record label and reissued it herself.

The dinosaurs were purchased in 2005 from the Bell family for $ 1. 2 million USD by Christian developers.

The Butler Bulletin, serving eastern DeKalb County, Ind., was purchased by KPC Media Group Inc. in December 2005, from publisher Joe Shelton, who founded the newspaper in 1976.

It was purchased in 1924 by Swiss Oil Corporation ( then parent company of Ashland Inc .) and became fully owned by Marathon in 2005.

In the fall of 2005, the Center purchased the building housing the program ( 2219 Providence Road, Northbridge ).

The station was purchased by Bill Caralis in 2005.

The ranch was purchased in January 2005 by the Gerald Lyda family and La Escalera Limited Partnership and is managed by partner Jo Lyda Granberg and her husband K. G. Granberg of Seymour.

In March 2005 Corel announced that the United States Justice Department purchased 50, 000 licenses of WordPerfect ( adding to the worldwide user base of 20 million ) and that WordPerfect was adding 4 million new users per year thanks to bundling deals with Dell Computer.

In 2005, it disbursed over $ 10 billion and purchased over $ 3 billion in foreign currency.