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In the Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger the lion tamer, Ronder is described thus: " Ronder, of course, was a household word.

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Bonewits, in his article " My Satanic Adventure ", asserts that the rituals in Satanis were staged for the movie at the behest of the filmmakers and were not authentic ceremonies.
The Ringworld role-playing game box set was titled " Larry Niven's Ringworld: Roleplaying Adventure Beneath the Great Arch ", referring to the way the Ringworld looked from its interior surface.
In " The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter ", Holmes claims that his great-uncle was Vernet, the French artist.
For instance, in " The Adventure of the Three Garridebs ", Watson is wounded in a confrontation with a villain ; although the bullet wound proves to be " quite superficial ", Watson is moved by Holmes's reaction:
Only one adventure, " The Adventure of the Lion's Mane ", which is narrated by Holmes as he pursues the case as a civilian, takes place during the detective's retirement.
The detective is often described as starving himself at times of intense intellectual activity, such as during " The Adventure of the Norwood Builder ", wherein, according to Watson:
Holmes himself references Watson's moderation in " The Adventure of the Devil's Foot ", saying, " I think, Watson, that I shall resume that course of tobacco-poisoning which you have so often and so justly condemned ".
Although he initially needed Watson to share the rent of his comfortable residence at 221B Baker Street, Watson reveals in " The Adventure of the Dying Detective ", when Holmes was living alone, that " I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms ," suggesting he had developed a good income from his practice, although it is seldom revealed exactly how much he charges for his services.
For example, in " The Final Problem ", Holmes states that his services to the government of France and the royal house of Scandinavia had left him with enough money to retire comfortably, while in " The Adventure of Black Peter ", Watson notes that Holmes would refuse to help the wealthy and powerful if their cases did not interest him, while he could devote weeks at a time to the cases of the most humble clients.
Holmes also tells Watson, in " A Case of Identity ", of a golden snuff box received from the King of Bohemia after " A Scandal in Bohemia " and a fabulous ring from the Dutch royal family ; in " The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans ", Holmes receives an emerald tie-pin from Queen Victoria.
In " The Adventure of the Priory School ", Holmes rubs his hands with glee when the Duke of Holdernesse notes the 6, 000 pound sterling sum, which surprises even Watson, and then pats the cheque, saying, " I am a poor man ", an incident that could be dismissed as representative of Holmes's tendency toward sarcastic humour.
In several stories, he adopts disguises to gather evidence while ' under cover ' so convincing that even Watson fails to penetrate them, such as in " The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton ", " The Man with the Twisted Lip ", " The Adventure of the Empty House " and " A Scandal in Bohemia ".
* Super Adventure Club, a fictional organization in " The Return of Chef ", a South Park episode
:* " A Strange Adventure in the Life of Miss Laura Mildmay ", incorporating the story " Madam Crowl's Ghost ".
Four Swords Adventures includes two gameplay modes: " Hyrulean Adventure ", with a plot and gameplay similar to other Zelda games, and " Shadow Battle ", in which multiple Links, played by multiple players, battle each other.
For example, " Wardan the Butcher's Adventure With the Lady and the Bear " is paralleled by " The King's Daughter and the Ape ", " Harun al-Rashid and the Two Slave-Girls " by " Harun al-Rashid and the Three Slave-Girls ", and " The Angel of Death With the Proud King and the Devout Man " by " The Angel of Death and the Rich King ".

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# Digimon Adventure ( Part one of Digimon: The Movie )
That title evolved into Adventure Comics, which continued through issue # 503 in 1983, becoming one of the longest-running comic book series.
* In Cyberflix's PC game, Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, the object is to save three important items, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, one of Adolf Hitler's paintings, and a notebook that proves German officials were attempting to gain geo-political advantage by instigating communist revolution.
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle was the only third party game on the GameCube to sell over one million copies in the United States alone.
In The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, he tells Watson that during two years at college, he made only one friend, Victor Trevor.
In one story, " The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton ," Holmes is engaged to be married, but only to gain information for his case.
Although Holmes appears to show initial interest in some female clients ( in particular, Violet Hunter in " The Adventure of the Copper Beeches "), Watson says he inevitably " manifested no further interest in the client when once she had ceased to be the centre of one of his problems ".
One such tale is Echtra Nerai (' The Adventure of Nera ') concerning one Nera from Connacht who undergoes a test of bravery put forth by King Ailill.
Poe had complained for a decade that the paper's Great Moon Hoax had plagiarized ( by way of Locke ) the basic idea from The Unparalleled Adventure Of One Hans Pfaall, one of Poe's less successful stories which also involved similar inhabitants on the moon.
Modern usage derives primarily from one of the earliest computer games, Colossal Cave Adventure, in which the idea is to explore an underground cave with many rooms, collecting the treasures found there.
Zork was one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, with roots drawn from the original genre game, Colossal Cave Adventure.
Originally stemmed from ideas of Sierra's adventure game Softporn Adventure created by designer Chuck Benton, the " Larry " games were one of Sierra's most popular game series during the genre's heyday when it was first released in the mid 1980s.
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote in his 1904 novel The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, " It seemed to be one of those senseless acts of Hooliganism which occur from time to time, and it was reported to the constable on the beat as such ".
GamesRadar listed Final Fantasy Adventure as one of the titles they want in the 3DS Virtual Console.
The stories were: " Dougal's Experiment ", " A Starry Night ", " The Moody Concerto ", " Dougal's Adventure ", " The Stiff Necked Heliotropes " on side one and " The Birds School ", " The Piano Carrier ", " Banana Skin ", " The Musical Box ", " The Announcer " on side two.
Bowser appears as a playable character in the Mario Kart series and various Mario sport titles, such as Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games with its sequels Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games where he is one of the two main villains ( with Dr. Eggman ) in the Adventure Mode ( handheld versions only ).
* Finn the Human, one of the main protagonists in the 2010 animated series Adventure Time with Finn and Jake
* Tschai — The sole planet of Carina 4269, 212 light-years from Earth, slightly larger than Terra and populated by three alien races, one sentient native species and various human races, as described in " Planet of Adventure " by Jack Vance.
There is one High Adventure Scouting Event in Arkansas
Visitors to Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California can be treated to a brief glimpse of the foothills in one of the park's attractions: Soarin ' Over California.
Hilton returned in 1667 with the support of backers from Barbados, the " Barbados Adventurers ", aboard a ship, the " Adventure " ( now the name of one of the Bald Head Island ferries ).
A replica of the little boy's toy telephone is on display in one of the gift shop windows at the Hollywood Tower Hotel in Disney's California Adventure park.
* E-105 Zeta, one of the E-100 Series robots from the video game Sonic Adventure
During the 1960s, he continued his television career, with guest appearances on such series as The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Route 66 ( a moving portrayal of a doomed pilot in the two-part episode " Fly Away Home "); Alfred Hitchcock Presents ; Perry Mason ( one of four actors in four consecutive episodes substituting for series star Raymond Burr, who was recovering from surgery ); Wagon Train ( a 90-minute colour episode as an English big game hunter who, in a display of amazing marksmanship, is able to kill an Indian chief from a great distance ); The Great Adventure ( in an installment of this anthology series about remarkable events in American history, he portrayed Confederate president Jefferson Davis ); Daniel Boone, ( in episodes " The Sound of Wings " and " First in War, First in Peace "); Lost in Space ( another two-part episode — as an all-powerful alien zookeeper, " The Keeper ", he worked one last time with his Third Man costar Jonathan Harris ); The Time Tunnel ( as Captain Smith of The Titanic, in the series ' 9 September 1966 premiere episode ); Batman ( as the villainous Sandman, in league with Julie Newmar's Catwoman ); three episodes of The Invaders ( as a malign variation of the Klaatu persona, culminating in a parallel plot also involving an assembly of world leaders ); an episode of I Spy (" Lana "); and two episodes of The F. B. I.

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