Highlander
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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 McCloud and Duncan McCloud (portrayed respectively by Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul).
References
Upon This Rock
Hiro intervenes to stop a purse-snatcher, by yielding a Usuba bocho knife and making the traditional Highlander victory slash to sever the strap.
Graphic Novel:The Trip, Part 1
In Jason Badower's unique graphic novel where many sci-fi and fantasy characters make cameos, highlander Duncan McCloud is seen ascending a staircase in his trademark black trenchcoat.
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 brain penetration stops the abilities of evolved humans.