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Street-level characters of The Wire
Street-level characters of The Wire: the drug dealers, stick-up men, addicts, and corner kids of HBO's Baltimore series (2002–2008), including Avon Barksdale, Stringer Bell, Omar Little, Marlo Stanfield, and Bubbles, their organizations and real-life models.
Stringer Bell
Russell "Stringer" Bell, fictional character in HBO's The Wire played by Idris Elba; second-in-command of the Barksdale drug organization who takes economics classes, invests in real estate, and is killed by Omar Little and Brother Mouzone in season three.
Suletta Mercury (スレッタ・マーキュリー)
Suletta Mercury (スレッタ・マーキュリー) is the female protagonist of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022), voiced by Kana Ichinose. A timid transfer student from Mercury and Earth House member, she pilots the Gundam Aerial.
Sung Jin-woo (성진우)
Sung Jin-woo (성진우), Shun Mizushino in the Japanese anime, is the protagonist of Solo Leveling: an E-rank Hunter called humanity's weakest who gains the System, levels up alone, and becomes the Shadow Monarch.
Supa Strikas
Supa Strikas is a South African soccer-themed comic and animated television series about the world's greatest fictional football team, led by striker Shakes; the comic launched in 2000 and the series ran from 2008 to 2020.
Superhuman strength
Superhuman strength, also called super strength or enhanced strength, is the fictional ability to exert force beyond human limits. Key facts: Marvel's 1-100 ton class scale, fixed vs scaling vs unbounded strength architectures, and required secondary powers like durability.
Superpower (ability)
Superpower (ability): the popular-culture term for a superhuman ability in fiction, the defining trait of superheroes and supervillains; common examples are superhuman strength, flight, and telekinesis, usually paired with limitations.
Susan Foreman
Susan Foreman is the Doctor's granddaughter and first companion in Doctor Who, introduced at Coal Hill School in 1963, played by Carole Ann Ford, departing in The Dalek Invasion of Earth and returning in anniversary appearances through 2025.
Susan Lewis
Susan Lewis is a fictional ER doctor on NBC's ER (1994-2009), played by Sherry Stringfield. An original cast member, she left in 'Union Station' (1996) for Phoenix, returned in 2001, and appeared through the 2009 finale.
Susan Mayer
Susan Mayer (Susan Delfino, née Bremmer) is the Teri Hatcher-played lead character of ABC's Desperate Housewives (2004–2012): a clumsy, romantic divorced mother of Julie and M.J., twice married to Karl Mayer and Mike Delfino, widowed in the finale.
Sydney Fox
Sydney Fox is the fictional professor and relic hunter played by Tia Carrere in Relic Hunter (1999–2002), a 66-episode series created by Gil Grant, alongside assistant Nigel Bailey.
Sylar
Sylar, born Gabriel Gray, is the main antagonist of the NBC superhero drama Heroes (2006–2010), played by Zachary Quinto, a serial killer who steals powers from people with superhuman abilities.
Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Sylvie (Sylvie Laufeydottir) is a female Loki variant played by Sophia Di Martino in the Disney+ MCU series Loki (2021-2023). Kidnapped as a child by the TVA, she hides in apocalypses, kills He Who Remains, and opens the multiverse.
T'Pol
T'Pol, Vulcan science officer of Enterprise NX-01 in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005), played by Jolene Blalock; assigned by the Vulcan High Command via Ambassador Soval, later Starfleet, and returned in Lower Decks.
Tane Parata
Tane Parata is a fictional character in the Australian soap Home and Away, played by Ethan Browne since 2020. A member of the show's first Māori family, the Paratas, known for storylines with Felicity Newman, Harper Matheson, and son Archie.
Tara Knowles
Tara Knowles, played by Maggie Siff, is a neonatal surgeon at St. Thomas Hospital and Jax Teller's wife in FX's Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014); she dies in season 6 at the hands of Gemma Teller Morrow.
TARDIS
The TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) is Doctor Who's time machine disguised as a blue British police box; bigger inside than out, a stolen Type 40, semi-sentient, with the BBC's 2026 tender planning its return.
Tasha Yar
Tasha Yar (Natasha Yar) is the Enterprise-D security chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation season one, played by Denise Crosby, killed in "Skin of Evil", later returning in "Yesterday's Enterprise" as mother of the half-Romulan Sela.
Technology in Star Trek
Technology in Star Trek covers the franchise's fictional devices (warp drive, transporter, replicator, communicator, tricorder, holodeck), their in-universe operation, and their documented influence on real inventions such as cell phones, tablets, and 3D printing.
Teddy Altman
Teddy Altman is a fictional cardiothoracic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by Kim Raver from season 6 (2009). Also known as a former US Army doctor and Cristina Yang's mentor; later Chief of Surgery at Grey Sloan, exiting in the season 22 finale before a move to Paris.
Teddy Mitchell
Teddy Mitchell (Edward Mitchell), fictional EastEnders character played by Roland Manookian, introduced 26 June 2024 by Chris Clenshaw as Stevie Mitchell's secret son and Billy's half-brother; exited 11 December 2025 with a 20-year life sentence.
Temperance "Bones" Brennan
Temperance "Bones" Brennan, also called Tempe, is Kathy Reichs's fictional forensic anthropologist from the 1997 novel Déjà Dead and, in a distinct younger version played by Emily Deschanel, the Fox series Bones (2005–2017).
Tenth Doctor
The Tenth Doctor is David Tennant's incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, lead from 2005 to 2010. Known for companions Rose, Martha, and Donna, reluctant regeneration, the Fourteenth Doctor return, and new Big Finish audio adventures from 2027.
Tenzin (The Legend of Korra)
Tenzin is the airbending master who trains Avatar Korra in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), Nickelodeon's sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender by Konietzko and DiMartino; his training conflicts with Korra's probending ambitions.
Teresa Lisbon
Teresa Lisbon, fictional CBI senior agent and later FBI agent in The Mentalist (2008-2015), played by Robin Tunney; deuteragonist to Patrick Jane, raised three brothers after their mother's death, and marries Jane in the finale "White Orchids".
Thanos (Squid Game)
Thanos (타노스), born Choi Su-bong, is Player 230 in Squid Game season 2, a debt-ridden rapper played by T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyun), killed by Myung-gi in a bathroom fight.
The Flash
The Flash is DC Comics' Scarlet Speedster, a title held by Jay Garrick (1940), Barry Allen (1956), and Wally West (1986). Super-speed hero powered by the Speed Force, base Central City, member of the Justice Society and Justice League.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (H2G2) is Douglas Adams's comedy science fiction franchise that began as a 1978 BBC Radio 4 series, became a five-book "trilogy" from 1979, and spawned a 1981 BBC TV series, a 1984 game, and the 2005 film; its canceled 2019 Hulu adaptation died in 2026.
The Itchy & Scratchy Show
The Itchy & Scratchy Show is The Simpsons' fictional ultra-violent cat-and-mouse cartoon, aired within Krusty's show. Itchy kills Scratchy each short; inspired by Herman and Katnip and Tom and Jerry, it satirizes cartoon violence and TV censorship debates.
The Lone Gunmen
The Lone Gunmen: 2001 Fox comedy-drama spin-off of The X-Files following hackers Byers, Frohike, and Langly; 13 episodes, 13-million-viewer pilot, canceled after a move to Fridays, famous for its World Trade Center pilot plot.