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Destiel
Destiel is the slash ship name for Dean Winchester and Castiel of Supernatural, coined around 2008-2011, AO3's most popular ship, partially canonized in the 2020 episode "Despair" when Castiel confesses his love.
Dexter Morgan
Dexter Morgan, played by Michael C. Hall, is an antihero of the novel series Dexter and Showtime series, portrayed as a Miami-based forensic blood spatter analyst and vigilante serial killer.
Dharma Initiative
The DHARMA Initiative (Department of Heuristics And Research on Material Applications) is the fictional Lost research project founded in 1970 by the DeGroots with Hanso Foundation funding, built island stations like the Swan, and ended in the Purge.
Diane Lloyd
Diane Lloyd is a fictional consultant surgeon from BBC's Holby City, played by Patricia Potter from "High Risk" (2 July 2002) to her 2007 death, with a 2019 dream-sequence return in "Promise".
Digimon (デジモン)
Digimon (デジモン, short for Digital Monster) is Bandai's media franchise of digital lifeforms in the Digital World, begun with the June 1997 virtual pet that sold over eight million units, spanning ten Toei anime TV series since 1999 and over $1.3 billion in sales.
Dipper Pines
Dipper Pines (Mason "Dipper" Pines) is the boy protagonist of Disney's animated Gravity Falls, twin of Mabel, voiced by Jason Ritter, who solves the Oregon town's paranormal mysteries using Journal 3.
Discord (My Little Pony)
Discord is the draconequus spirit of chaos in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, debuting in the 2011 season 2 premiere, voiced by John de Lancie as a Q-inspired trickster, reformed via Fluttershy, distinct from the chat app Discord.
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) is a Marvel Comics sorcerer and former surgeon created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Strange Tales #110 (July 1963); he serves as the Sorcerer Supreme and stars in the MCU films with Benedict Cumberbatch.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: long-running BBC British science fiction TV series (first aired 23 November 1963), starring the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels in the TARDIS and recasts through regeneration; ran 1963–1989, revived 2005, now in competitive tender for 2028/29.
Doctor Who spinoffs
Doctor Who spinoffs are licensed TV, audio, and mixed-media series spun from the BBC's Doctor Who, from K9 and Company (1981) and Torchwood to The War Between the Land and the Sea, plus unlicensed Reeltime and BBV productions.
Dollars Trilogy
The Dollars Trilogy, also called the Man with No Name Trilogy, is a series of three Sergio Leone Westerns starring Clint Eastwood, released from 1964 to 1966.
Don Draper
Don Draper (real name Dick Whitman, born 1926) is the protagonist of AMC's Mad Men (2007-2015), played by Jon Hamm. A Korean War identity swap made him Sterling Cooper's brilliant, secretive creative director and later agency founding partner.
Donald Cragen
Captain Donald "Don" Cragen, fictional NYPD captain in the Law & Order franchise played by Dann Florek; commanded the 27th Precinct (1990–1993) and SVU (1999–2014), appeared in Organized Crime, and was killed off in SVU's 2025 season 27 premiere.
Donna Berzatto
Donna Berzatto is the alcoholic, volatile matriarch of the Berzatto family in FX's The Bear, mother of Carmy, Natalie, and Mikey, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, who debuted in "Fishes" and won an Emmy for the role.
Donna Noble
Donna Noble, also called the DoctorDonna, is a Doctor Who companion played by Catherine Tate: a temp from Chiswick who traveled with the Tenth Doctor in Series 4, gained his knowledge in a metacrisis, had her memory wiped, and returned in the 2023 60th anniversary specials.
Doug Ross
Doug Ross, also known as Douglas Ross, was a fictional pediatric fellow in the emergency room of County General on the TV series ER, played by George Clooney.
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz is the mad scientist antagonist of Phineas and Ferb, voiced by co-creator Dan Povenmire, who builds -inator devices to take over the Tri-State Area and is foiled daily by Agent P, Perry the Platypus.
Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Drusilla (Dru) is a fictional psychic vampire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, played by Juliet Landau; tortured to madness and sired by Angelus in 1860 London, she sired Spike in 1880, appears in 24 episodes, and debuts in "School Hard."
Dudley Do-Right
Dudley Do-Right is a dim-witted, conscientious Canadian Mountie cartoon character created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, a Rocky and Bullwinkle Show segment (1961) later given its own 1969–70 ABC show and a poorly received 1999 Brendan Fraser live-action film.
Dune (franchise)
Dune franchise: science fiction saga begun by Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune, set on desert planet Arrakis with Paul Atreides and spice melange; spans six original novels, Brian Herbert prequels, Lynch 1984 and Villeneuve films, miniseries, and games.
Dungeons & Dragons (film series)
Dungeons & Dragons film series: four live-action adaptations of the tabletop RPG, from the panned 2000 theatrical film (9% Rotten Tomatoes) through two direct-to-video sequels to the critically acclaimed 2023 Honor Among Thieves.
Ebra
Ebra, full name Ebraheim, is a fictional line cook on the FX series The Bear, played by Edwin Lee Gibson and created by Christopher Storer.
Edna Krabappel
Edna Krabappel is Bart Simpson's cynical fourth-grade teacher at Springfield Elementary in The Simpsons, voiced by Marcia Wallace from 1990 until Wallace's 2013 death, after which the character was retired, killed off in canon, and later replaced by a teacher voiced by Kerry Washington.
Eighth Doctor
The Eighth Doctor is Paul McGann's incarnation of Doctor Who's Doctor, debuting in the 1996 TV movie and regenerating in 2013's The Night of the Doctor; between those two screen appearances he was the franchise's incumbent for nine years across novels, comics, and Big Finish audio dramas.
Elements of Harmony
Elements of Harmony: six magical artifacts in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Honesty, Loyalty, Generosity, Laughter, Kindness, Magic), worn by the Mane 6, kept at the Tree of Harmony, used against Nightmare Moon and Discord.
Elena Fisher
Elena Fisher is a fictional journalist and deuteragonist of Naughty Dog's Uncharted series, played by Emily Rose; Nathan Drake's on-off partner, wife between Uncharted 2 and 3, and mother of Cassie in Uncharted 4's epilogue.
Eleven (Stranger Things)
Eleven (Jane Ives, later Jane Hopper), called El, is the telekinetic protagonist of Netflix's Stranger Things (2016–2025), played by Millie Bobby Brown; born to MKUltra subject Terry Ives, raised in Hawkins Lab as 011, and left with an ambiguous fate in the series finale.
Eleventh Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor is the Doctor Who incarnation played by Matt Smith (2010-2013) under showrunner Steven Moffat, debuting in The Eleventh Hour and regenerating in The Time of the Doctor after receiving a new regeneration cycle on Trenzalore.
Eli Thompson (Boardwalk Empire)
Elias "Eli" Thompson, played by Shea Whigham, is Nucky Thompson's younger brother and Atlantic City's sheriff in HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014), who betrays Nucky in season 2, serves 18 months in prison, and later confesses to being an informant.
Elim Garak
Elim Garak is the Cardassian tailor and exiled Obsidian Order spy portrayed by Andrew J. Robinson on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (first appearance "Past Prologue," 1993, 33 episodes), later the subject of Robinson's 2000 novel A Stitch in Time and one of the franchise's most acclaimed supporting characters.