Tick, The
Created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in the mid-1980s, The Tick spawned an independent comic book series, an animated TV series on Fox, a live-action TV series, a video game, and various theme merchandise. The Tick, a hulking well-meaning muscular oaf, seemed to have no memory of his life before being The Tick. His seemingly superhuman strength and mass inflicted greater damage on his surroundings than on any villains. Claiming that he was “nigh-invulnerable” and bellowing the battle cry “Spooooooooooon!” The Tick sought out evil to quell with his sidekick, Arthur and fellow crime fighters such as Der Fledermaus and American Maid (who appeared on the live-action series as Batmanuel and Captain Liberty).
Time And Relative Dimension In Space
See TARDIS.
Timelord
A member of the race of time travelers who are the central characters of the Doctor Who franchise.
Titans
The powerful race of beings in Greek mythology that ruled the world during the Golden Age of men, before the Olympian gods. The Titans were immortal giants of incredible strength and knowledge of old religious rituals and of magic. Also known as the Elder Gods, their dwelling place was Mount Othrys. In Greek culture, they were interpreted as personifications of the earth (Gaea) and the sky or heavens (Uranus). The first generation of Titans were descendants of Gaea and Uranus, who originally gave birth to twelve Titans. The six males were: Coeus, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus and Oceanus. Their sisters were Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Theia, Themis and Tethys. Some of the siblings consorted with each other, while others consorted with the sons and daughters of their relatives, and these couplings produced the second generation of titans. Hyperion and Theia gave birth to Eos, Helios and Selene, while Coeus and Phoebe gave birth to Leto and Asteria. Oceanus and Tethys gave birth to the Oceanids and Potamoi (who are in general not referred as Titans). However, the oceanid Clymene, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, helped Iapetus to continue the next generation of Titans and bore him Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius. Crius and his half-sister Eurybia, the daughter of Gaea and Pontus, gave birth to Astraeus, Pallas and Perses. Finally, in the later ages, Cronus and Rhea gave birth to the younger gods Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia and Demeter, who rebelled against Cronus to become the Olympian Gods, named for their home, Mt. Olympus.
Titus Andronicus
Considered to be Shakespeare’s first tragedy, Titus Andronicus features the highest body count of all of his plays, with 14 killed (including nine onstage) in just five acts. It is also at the top of the list for crime. The drama, which debuted onstage on January 24, 1594 and tells the tale of aging Roman general Titus, enemy queen Tamora, and new emperor Saturninus, includes executions, assassinations, rape, cannibalism, murder, dismemberment and revenge upon revenge upon revenge. The 1999 feature film version, entitled Titus, starred Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange and Alan Cumming.
Tmolus
As mentioned in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Tmolus was the god of Mt. Tmolus in Lydia (now modern-day Turkey) and the mythical king of Lydia, who judged the musical contest between Apollo and Pan. Depending on the source, Tmolus is reported to be the son of either Sipylus and Chthonia or Ares and Theogone, but as a mountain god, he has also been described as the son of Gaea (Mother Earth). In Greek mythology, Tmolus was husband to Plouto (also known as Omphale) and the father or stepfather of Tantalus, who would grow to succeed him as king after Tmolus is killed by a bull on the mountain that bears his name.
Todd, Jason
The second youth (after Dick Grayson) to take on the persona of Robin under the guidance of Bruce Wayne/Batman, Jason Peter Todd is a DC Comics antihero/antivillain who first appeared in Batman #357 (March 1983). Though initially popular, the character written by Jim Starlin was not well received by fans following a revamping of his origin by Max Allan Collins. For 1988’s “A Death in the Family” storyline, DC held a call-in poll to determine whether or not the character would die at the hands of The Joker. By a margin of 72 votes (5,343 to 5,271), Todd was killed off. Subsequent Batman stories dealt with Batman’s guilt over his failure to prevent Jason Todd’s death, but in the “Under the Hood” story arc (2005-06), the character was resurrected, following the revelation in Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985-86) that Superboy-Prime’s attempts to punch his way out of the extra-dimensional space triggered “ripples” in the fabric of reality, causing events in the present to become undone and replaced by different versions of events. Todd would eventually become the second character to take up The Joker’s former Red Hood alias, then go on to assemble a team of anti-heroes known as the Outlaws.
Tolkien, J.R.R.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) published The Hobbit in 1937, The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), and the posthumously published The Silmarillion (1977), all set in and around the mythical land of Middle-earth, a well-mapped territory populated with Men, the Elf race, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (also known as Goblins) and Hobbits. He also collaborated with E.V. Gordon on the famous edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. While simultaneously being regularly condemned by the English Literature establishment, Tolkien was and is loved by millions of readers worldwide.
Topology
- The study of a specific geographical location, and specifically the history of the region.
- A branch of mathematics that concentrates on the properties of geometric configurations that are not altered by elastic deformations such as stretching or twisting.
- The arrangement of various elements of a computer network, either physically or logically.
Touchpad
A built-in pointing device on all laptop and netbook computers, the touchpad is a small, flat surface with which a user can control the activity on the computer screen by sliding and tapping his finger.
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