* A fictional name for Jesus originally used by Homer Simpson in the Simpsons episode " Missionary: Impossible "

Some scholars argue that Arthur was originally a fictional hero of folklore — or even a half-forgotten Celtic deity — who became credited with real deeds in the distant past.

Naturally this tendency is purely due to story conveniences ( or a somewhat haphazardly shifting patchwork pattern of authors ), and mainly that the fictional " continuity " has been maintained and expanded far beyond what Stan Lee and others originally planned or hoped for.

In addition, Jefferson Swycaffer has written several novels set in the " Concordat " fictional universe he originally developed for his Traveller campaign.

The novel was originally published by the U. S. Naval Institute Press — one of their first fictional works ever published, and still their most successful.

Tigger is a fictional tiger-like character originally introduced in A.

At the suggestion of August Derleth, he rewrote many of his earliest stories, which he had originally set in the Massachusetts locales of Arkham, Dunwich and Innsmouth, and relocated them to English settings in and around the fictional Gloucestershire city of Brichester, near the River Severn, creating his own Severn Valley milieu for Lovecraftian horrors.

While Tolkien originally described Middle-earth as a fictional early history of the real Earth he later adjusted this slightly to describe it as a mythical time within the history of Earth.

Robby the Robot is a tall fictional robot originally created in the mid-1950s by MGM's prop department.

Similar to the whereabouts of other fictional DC Universe cities, the actual location of Smallville was, originally, never specifically stated in the comics.

Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman.

* Proteus ( Marvel Comics ), a Marvel Comics fictional character, originally known as ' Mutant X ' but unrelated to the series of the same name and publisher

, the titular Anpanman is the most popular fictional character among people age 0 to 12 years in Japan in 10 consecutive years, according to 2chan the show was originally going to premiere in 1987 and it was originally going to end with 24 episodes, according to research by Bandai.

Parts of Philip K Dick's novel Lies, Inc ( originally titled The Unteleported Man ) are set on the fictional planet Fomalhaut IX.

Minas Tirith (; Sindarin: ), originally named Minas Anor, is a fictional city and castle in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings.

Mämmilä is a fictional small country municipality, supposedly in the Häme region, and was originally modeled on the municipality of Orivesi.

Earthsea is a fictional realm originally created by Ursula K. Le Guin for her short story " The Word of Unbinding ", published in 1964.

The Real McCoys revolves around the lives of a mountain family who originally hailed from the fictional community of Smoky Corners, West Virginia.

The film begins with a disclaimer noting the inclusion of " time compression and composite and fictionalized characters and incidents ," and takes dramatic license with both the historical timeline and events, as well as the fictional storylines originally presented on Dynasty.

The serial originally focused on the Hart and Gates family and some of their friends and close associates living in the fictional outer London suburb of Charnham.

A positronic brain is a fictional technological device, originally conceived by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.

Worzel Gummidge is a British children's fictional character who originally appeared in a series of books by the novelist Barbara Euphan Todd.

The fictional town of Santa Mira was originally the setting of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and named as such in Halloween III as an homage to Siegel's film.

Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.

The band continued to write and perform new material during this time, which would appear on their next album ( some of these early performances can be seen in the Live at DMPO's on Broadway video, originally released by Dirk Dirksen and later reissued on Rhino ).

In 1972 Richard Elfman founded the American New Wave band / performance art group, originally called The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.

It is not unheard-of, however, for a band to redo old tracks that originally left them displeased for an album re-release on a major label or a second edition.

Sweetheart of the Rodeo was originally conceived by band leader Roger McGuinn as a sprawling, double album history of American popular music.

Hanover's own band, Scorpions ( band ) | ScorpionsThe rock bands Scorpions and Fury in the Slaughterhouse are originally from Hanover.

* Opprobrium ( band ), American death metal band from Louisiana originally known as Incubus

* Mullet Fever, the fifth album by Canadian grindcore band Fuck the Facts originally released in 2001

Manetho for instance in a distorted account reported in Josephus, states that Moses was originally Osarseph a renegade priest, who led a band of lepers out of Avaris ( referred to as Raamses in the Bible ).

Secret Theatre 1994 compiled rare tracks and demos, while Orange and Blue 1996 contained previously unreleased material including a flower-power cover of Kurt Cobain's song " Lithium " originally recorded by Cobain's grunge band of the same name, Nirvana.

In early May 2007, bassist Peter Hook was interviewed by British radio station XFM – originally to talk about his contribution to the debut album of former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell's new band Satellite Party saying that "[...] me and Bernard aren't working together.

* Old Man Gloom, a band originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Sex Pistols, originally scheduled to play, were dropped by the organizers who said the band had gone " too far " in demanding top billing and certain amenities ; The Clash backed out in solidarity.

* Rock band Aerosmith canceled three shows originally scheduled for September 11th, 13th, and 15th, all on the Eastern Seaboard, during their Just Push Play Tour.

The Bangles ' full-length debut album on Columbia, All Over the Place ( 1984 ), captured their power-pop roots, featuring the singles " Hero Takes a Fall " and the Kimberley Rew-penned Beatlesque " Going Down to Liverpool " ( originally recorded by Rew's band Katrina and the Waves ).

The band had originally spent time in Looe writing Suite XVI.

The band members were five friends from Creggan and the Bogside, who originally drew inspiration from such artists as the Beatles, Small Faces and Lindisfarne.

The Germs are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1977 to 1980.

Westerberg originally handed in the tape to see if the band could perform at the Longhorn, a local venue where Jesperson disc jockeyed.

* Pepper ( band ), a rock-reggae band originally from Hawaii

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of the late Freddie Mercury ( lead vocals, piano ), Brian May ( guitar, vocals ), John Deacon ( bass guitar ), and Roger Taylor ( drums, vocals ).

Former Easterhouse guitarist Ivor Perry was brought in to replace Marr, and the band recorded some new material with him which was never completed, including an early version of " Bengali in Platforms " that was originally intended as the B-side of " Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before ".