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Space Ghost
Space Ghost is a Hanna-Barbera superhero created by Alex Toth, debuting on CBS in 1966, best known for his power bands and for being recast in 1994 as the host of Cartoon Network's surreal talk show Space Ghost: Coast to Coast.
Species 8472
Species 8472, later named the Undine, is a fictional telepathic Star Trek species from fluidic space, immune to Borg assimilation, nearly destroying the Collective before Voyager's nanoprobe warheads forced their retreat.
Speedster (fiction)
Speedster (fiction): characters whose defining trait is super speed, from DC's Flash (Jay Garrick, 1940) to Marvel's Quicksilver; marked by secondary powers, the Speed Force, and physical limits.
Spencer Hastings
Spencer Jill Hastings is the overachieving protagonist of Pretty Little Liars, played by Troian Bellisario; daughter of Veronica and Peter Hastings, birth daughter of Mary Drake, twin of Alex Drake, and Toby Cavanaugh's endgame.
Spider-Slayer
Spider-Slayer: Marvel Comics robots built to capture or kill Spider-Man, debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #25 (1965), built by Spencer Smythe for J. Jonah Jameson; the name later belongs to his son Alistair Smythe.
Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Spike is a fictional vampire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by James Marsters. Also known as William the Bloody, he developed from an antagonist intended for a short role into a.
Spiritual successor
A spiritual successor, also called a spiritual sequel, is a new work resembling an earlier one under a separate brand, most commonly in video games.
Spock
Spock, often called Mr Spock, is a fictional Star Trek character, the half-Vulcan, half-human science officer and first officer of the starship Enterprise, played by Leonard Nimoy.
SpongeBob SquarePants (character)
SpongeBob SquarePants is the title sea sponge of Nickelodeon's 1999 animated series, voiced by Tom Kenny, created by marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg from his 1989 comic character Bob the Sponge, living in a Bikini Bottom pineapple and frying Krabby Patties at the Krusty Krab.
Sportacus
Sportacus (Íþróttaálfurinn, the Athletic Elf) is the health-hero of the Icelandic children's show LazyTown, created and played by Magnús Scheving from the 1995 book Áfram Latibær through the 2004–2014 TV series, with real stunts, the number 10, and a sugar allergy.
Springfield (The Simpsons)
Springfield is the fictional, state-unnamed town setting of The Simpsons, home of the Simpson family at 742 Evergreen Terrace since 1989; Matt Groening named it after Springfield, Oregon, though he later said the show is not set there.
Stan Marsh
Stan Marsh (Stanley Marsh) is a fictional fourth-grade character in South Park, one of four main boys alongside Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny. Voiced by and based on co-creator Trey Parker, he is the group's grounded voice of reason.
Star Destroyer
The Star Destroyer is a dagger-shaped capital ship used by the Galactic Empire and the Galactic Republic. It comes in various classes, including the massive Super Star Destroyer.
Star Trek uniforms
Star Trek uniforms: the costume designs worn by Starfleet and other factions across the Star Trek series and films, covering TOS velour tunics, Fletcher's monster maroons, TNG spandex jumpsuits, DS9 utility wear, and Discovery's grey redesigns.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is an American science fiction television series, the third live-action Star Trek series, which ran from 1993 to 1999.
Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Discovery is a Star Trek TV series created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman, premiering 2017 on CBS All Access. Five seasons led by Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham; set a decade before The Original Series, later the 32nd century; ended 2024.
Star Trek: Khan
Star Trek: Khan is a nine-episode CBS Studios scripted audio drama (podcast) by Kirsten Beyer and David Mack from a Nicholas Meyer story, released weekly from September 8, 2025, telling Khan Noonien Singh's exile on Ceti Alpha V between "Space Seed" and The Wrath of Khan, starring Naveen Andrews, Wrenn Schmidt, George Takei, and Tim Russ.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a Paramount+ series (premiered January 15, 2026) following cadets including Caleb Mir under Chancellor Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) in the 32nd century after Discovery; canceled, ending with season 2 in March 2027.
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS), Filmation's 1973-1974 NBC cartoon continuing the Original Series with the original cast's voices, 22 episodes, first Trek series to win an Emmy, now on Paramount+.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is Gene Roddenberry's 1987–1994 syndicated science fiction series, 178 episodes over 7 seasons, starring Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard; it became the highest-rated syndicated drama and inspired Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise.
Star Wars opening crawl
The Star Wars opening crawl is the yellow scrolling text introducing the nine Skywalker saga films, an homage to Flash Gordon serials, rewritten with Brian De Palma's help, filmed over black paper in 1977, and reserved for saga films only.
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Star Wars: Dark Forces is LucasArts' 1995 first-person shooter and the first Star Wars FPS, starring mercenary Kyle Katarn against the Dark Trooper Project on the in-house Jedi engine, remastered by Nightdive in 2024.
Stardate
Stardate: the fictional Starfleet timekeeping system in Star Trek, heard in captain's logs since 1966. Invented by Gene Roddenberry to avoid naming a century; TNG-era stardates run about 1000 units per Earth year; Kelvin films use year.day format.
Stargate
Stargate is a military science fiction franchise begun by the 1994 Emmerich-Devlin film and expanded through Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007, 214 episodes), Atlantis, Universe, films, and novels; Amazon's 2025 revival series was canceled in June 2026.
Stargate: Continuum
Stargate: Continuum is a 2008 direct-to-DVD Stargate SG-1 film written by Brad Wright, directed by Martin Wood, released July 29, 2008, in which Ba'al's 1939 time travel erases the Stargate program.
Starlight Glimmer
Starlight Glimmer is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic unicorn, introduced in the Season 5 premiere The Cutie Map as an equality cult leader, redeemed in The Cutie Re-Mark, later Twilight's student and School of Friendship guidance counselor.
Starship Troopers (franchise)
Starship Troopers is a science fiction franchise based on Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel, spanning Paul Verhoeven's 1997 film, sequels, animation, video games, and wargames.
Statler and Waldorf
Statler and Waldorf, also known as Waldorf & Statler, are two grumpy old Muppets who heckle the acts from their balcony box on The Muppet Show.
Stephanie (LazyTown)
Stephanie (Solla Stirða) is the 8-year-old pink-haired protagonist of LazyTown, created by Magnús Scheving for the stage play Áfram Latibær, played on TV by Julianna Rose Mauriello and Chloe Lang.
Stephanie Edwards (Grey's Anatomy)
Stephanie Edwards (Grey's Anatomy): fictional surgical resident played by Jerrika Hinton, seasons 9 to 13. Intern at Seattle Grace Mercy West, sickle-cell backstory, exits in the season 13 finale after a fire and quits to travel.