Wizard

Look up wizard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wizard, the wizard, or wizards may refer to:

• Wizard (fantasy), a fictional practitioner of magic
• Wizard (supernatural), a practitioner of magic

Art, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

• Wizard (Archie Comics), a comic book superhero
• Wizard (character class), magic-wielding character types in many role-playing games
• Wizard (DC Comics), a comic book villain
• Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons), the Dungeons & Dragons character class
• Wizard (Marvel Comics), a comic book villain
• Wizard (Middle-earth), powerful beings in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
• "The Wizard", the villain of the serial Batman and Robin
• Wizard of Oz (character), in L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its movie adaptations
• Wizards (Discworld), major characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series

Film

• The Wizard (1927 film), a 1927 American silent horror film
• The Wizard (1989 film), a 1989 American film about a skilled video gamer
• Wizards (film), a 1977 animated post-apocalyptic fantasy/science fiction film by Ralph Bakshi

Gaming

• Wizard (1983 video game), a 1983 Commodore 64 game that was later re-released in 1986 as Ultimate Wizard
• Wizard (2005 video game), a game designed by Chris Crawford for the Atari 2600 and released in 2005
• Wizard (board game), a 1978 board game released by Metagaming
• Wizard (card game), a trick-taking card game

• Wizard (MUD), a developer or administrator in a MUD
• Wizards (board game), a board game produced in 1982 by Avalon Hill
• Wizards of the Coast or Wizards, a Seattle-based games publisher

Literature

• Wizard (novel), a 1980 science fiction novel by John Varley
• The Wizard (novel), an 1896 Adventure novel by Henry Rider Haggard
• The Wizard, a novel by Gene Wolfe in the series The Wizard Knight
• Wizards (Ace anthology), 2008, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Wizards (Asimov anthology), 1983, edited by Isaac Asimov

Music

Groups

• Wizard (German band), a German power metal/speed metal band
• Wizard (American band), a short-lived American psychedelic/hard rock band
• WZRD (band), alternative rock duo formerly known as Wizard

Albums

• Wizard (EP), an EP by Beto Vázquez Infinity
• The Wizard (album), the second album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown
• WZRD (album), the eponymous debut album by American alternative rock duo WZRD
• The Wizrd, the seventh studio album by American rapper Future
• Oṣó (Yoruba: The Wizard), the sixth studio album by Nigerian singer Brymo

Songs

• "The Wizard" (Black Sabbath song), 1970
• "The Wizard" (Paul Hardcastle song), 1986
• "The Wizard" (Uriah Heep song), 1972
• "Wizard" (Martin Garrix and Jay Hardway song), 2013
• "The Wizard", a song by Bat for Lashes from Fur and Gold
• "The Wizard", a song by Albert Ayler from Spiritual Unity
• "The Wizard", a single by Marc Bolan
• "The Wizard", a song by Paul Espinoza of Golden Bough
• "The Wizard", a song by Al Di Meola from Land of the Midnight Sun
• "The Wizard", a song by Madness from Wonderful

Other uses in music

• Wizard, an Australian record label created by Robie Porter

Television

• "Wizard" (Adventure Time episode)
• Wizards (TV series), an upcoming sequel of Wizards of Waverly Place
• The Wizard (TV series), a short-lived 1980s CBS television series
• "The Wizard" (Seinfeld), the 171st episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld
• "The Wizard", an episode of She-Ra: Princess of Power
• Wizards: Tales of Arcadia, a 2020 TV series

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

• Wizard (magazine), a magazine about comic books
• The Wizard (DC Thomson), a British comic that featured Wilson of the Wizard and was merged to Rover

People

• The Wizard (nickname), shared by several notable people
• Wizard of New Zealand, also known as The Wizard, New Zealand educator, comedian and politician Ian Brackenbury Channell (born 1932)

Science and technology

• HTC Wizard, a QWERTY-keyboard pocket PC
• Sharp Wizard, a personal organizer released in 1988
• Wizard (software), a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps
• Wizard butterfly, the brush-footed or Bardic wizard butterfly Rhinopalpa polynice
• Wizard Nebula, an open cluster located in Cepheus constellation

Sports

• Wizard (horse) (1806–1813), Thoroughbred racehorse
• Canterbury cricket team, known as the Wizards
• Dakota Wizards, a team in the NBA Development League
• Fort Wayne Wizards, a team in the Midwest League of professional baseball
• Kansas City Wizards, the former name of Sporting Kansas City, a Major League Soccer team
• Washington Wizards, a National Basketball Association (NBA) team
• Yomiuri Open, a golf tournament in Japan known as the Wizard between 1970 and 1978

Transport

• Wizard, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
• FV Wizard, a crab fishing boat in the TV show Deadliest Catch
• Hillman Wizard, an American six-cylinder car
• HMS Wizard, a list of ships bearing the name
• Isuzu Wizard, a Japanese mid-size SUV
• Laron Wizard, an American homebuilt aircraft design

Other uses

• Comp wizard, also known as a Comp hustler, is a gambler who maximizes complementary perqs from casinos
• Grand Wizard or Imperial Wizard, a leader of the Ku Klux Klan
• Wizard Video, a defunct home video company

See also

• The Wizzard, Dominican calypso singer
• Wizzard, a 1970s British glam rock band
• Wiz (disambiguation)
• Wizard Cup (disambiguation)
• WZRD (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Wizard
• All pages with titles containing Wizard

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wizard.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.