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'''''Highlander''''' is a movie, television, comic, and video game franchise involving immortals who fight to the death (via beheading), which results in the victor taking the power of the loser (called the quickening). The initial movie debuted in 1986, and the primary lead characters for the franchise are fellow clansmen Connor |
'''''Highlander''''' is a movie, television, comic, and video game franchise involving immortals who fight to the death (via beheading), which results in the victor taking the power of the loser (called the quickening). The initial movie debuted in 1986, and the primary lead characters for the franchise are fellow clansmen Connor MacLeod and Duncan MacLeod (portrayed by Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul, respectively). |
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==References== |
==References== |
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===[[Upon This Rock]]=== |
===[[Upon This Rock]]=== |
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[[Hiro]] intervenes to stop a [[Tokyo robber|purse-snatcher]] |
[[Hiro]] intervenes to stop a [[Tokyo robber|purse-snatcher]] by yielding a large Usuba bocho knife and making the traditional Highlander victory slash to sever the strap of a [[Tokyo woman|woman's]] purse. |
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===[[Graphic Novel:The Trip, Part 1]]=== |
===[[Graphic Novel:The Trip, Part 1]]=== |
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After [[Hiro Nakamura]] mind is "scrambled up" into "fanboy soup" by [[Damien]], he sees Highlander Duncan MacLeod ascending a staircase in his trademark black trench coat. |
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==Memorable Quotes== |
==Memorable Quotes== |
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"''There can be only one!''" |
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: -[[Hiro Nakamura]] |
: -[[Hiro Nakamura]] |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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* Graphic novelist [[J. T. Krul]] was a writer for the comic ''Highlander: Way of the Sword (2007)''. |
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* The manner in which immortals must decapitate the heads of their rivals to stop them, is similar to how [[Brain penetration| |
* The manner in which immortals must decapitate the heads of their rivals to stop them, is similar to how [[Sylar]]'s method of [[Brain penetration|examining brains]] stops the [[abilities]] of [[evolved humans]]. |
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Highlander is a movie, television, comic, and video game franchise involving immortals who fight to the death (via beheading), which results in the victor taking the power of the loser (called the quickening). The initial movie debuted in 1986, and the primary lead characters for the franchise are fellow clansmen Connor MacLeod and Duncan MacLeod (portrayed by Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul, respectively).
References
Upon This Rock
Hiro intervenes to stop a purse-snatcher by yielding a large Usuba bocho knife and making the traditional Highlander victory slash to sever the strap of a woman's purse.
Graphic Novel:The Trip, Part 1
After Hiro Nakamura mind is "scrambled up" into "fanboy soup" by Damien, he sees Highlander Duncan MacLeod ascending a staircase in his trademark black trench coat.
Memorable Quotes
"There can be only one!"
Notes
- Graphic novelist J. T. Krul was a writer for the comic Highlander: Way of the Sword (2007).
- The manner in which immortals must decapitate the heads of their rivals to stop them, is similar to how Sylar's method of examining brains stops the abilities of evolved humans.