Fictional tricksters

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fictional character and the protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series

Warner Bros. cartoon character

fairy tale with multiple variants (ATU 545B)

1993 American comedy film directed by Chris Columbus

fictional character from German folklore

thumb|Mephistopheles by Paul Mathey, 1888 Mephistopheles ( , ), also known as Mephostophilis or Mephisto, is a demon featured in German folklore, originating as the chief devil in the Faust legend. He has since become a stock character appearing in other works of arts and popular culture. Mephistopheles never became an integral part of traditional magic.

thumb|The classical appearance of the Harlequin stock character in the commedia dell'arte of the 1670s, complete with batte or "slapstick", a magic wand used by the character to change the scenery of the play ([[Maurice Sand, 1860)]] Harlequin (, , ; , ) is the best-known of the comic servant characters (Zanni) from the Italian commedia dell'arte, associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by the Italian actor-manager Zan Ganassa in the late 16th century, was definitively popularized by the Italian actor Tristano Martinelli in Paris in 1584–

novel by Mark Twain

American action-adventure television series (1983–1987)

fictional bird

fictional character from the television series Doctor Who

character played by Charlie Chaplin

fictional character in the Star Wars universe

fictional character in Marvel Comics

character from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

fictional character in Astrid Lindgren's books

picture story by Wilhelm Busch

1970 children's book written by Roald Dahl.

novel by Daniel Defoe

stock character in the Commedia dell'Arte

cycle of Old French fables

fictional mouse from the Tom and Jerry animated series

1979-1985 American television series

Nyarlathotep is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character is a malign deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe. First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose poem "Nyarlathotep", he was later mentioned in other works by Lovecraft and by other writers, to the point of often being considered the main antagonist of the Cthulhu Mythos as a whole. He is presented as the messenger of Azathoth. He is later described by other authors as being part of the Other Gods, an alien pantheon.

, also known by his titles Sniper King and "God" Usopp, is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. The character made his first appearance in the 23rd chapter of the series, which was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on January 12, 1998. He is the fourth member of the Straw Hat Pirates and the third to join, serving as their sniper.

fictional character from Star Trek, played by John de Lancie

1980 children's book written by Roald Dahl

French play by Pierre Beaumarchais

1897–2006 American comic strip

Fictional character in the British TV series ''Doctor Who''

fictional rabbit in Uncle Remus folklore

fictional character from Yu-Gi-Oh!

fictional character from Undertale

fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Gengar (; Japanese: , Hepburn: ) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, it was created by Ken Sugimori, and has appeared in multiple games including Pokémon GO and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as various merchandise related to the franchise. In Japanese, Gengar has been voiced by multiple actors which include Kiyonobu Suzuki, Kōichi Sakaguchi, Nobutoshi Canna and Yasuhiro Mamiya. Meanwhile, in English, the species was voiced by Ted Lewis and Marc Thompson.

comic book series

French play by Pierre Beaumarchais

fictional character in DC comics

fictional character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Comic book series

folk tale by the Brothers Grimm

fictional character

character in The Walking Dead

thumb|right|Karaghiozis (toy shadow puppet)

thumb|right|Brighella, from the 16th century Brighella (Bergamasque dialect: Brighèla) is a masked comic character from the Italian theatre style commedia dell'arte. His early costume consisted of loose-fitting white smock and pants with green trim and was often equipped with a ' (also ' or '''', depending on region) or slapstick, or else with a wooden sword. Later, he took to wearing a sort of livery with a matching cape. He wore a greenish half-mask (traditionally an olive-green color) displaying a look of preternatural lust and greed. It is distinguished by a hook nose and thick lips, along

kazakh folk fairy tale

fictional character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

200px|right|thumb|Sketch of Harlequin, a popular Zanni character Zanni (), Zani or Zane is a character type of commedia dell'arte best known as an astute servant and a trickster. The Zanni comes from the countryside and is known to be a "dispossessed immigrant worker". Through time, the Zanni grew to be a popular figure who was first seen in commedia as early as the 14th century. The English word zany derives from this character. The longer the nose on the character's mask, the more foolish the character.

fairy tale by Brothers Grimm

1935-1944 American comic strip

Bat-Mite is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Bat-Mite is an imp similar to Mister Mxyzptlk. Depicted as a small, childlike man in an ill-fitting copy of Batman's costume, Bat-Mite possesses what appear to be near-infinite magical powers which could be considered nigh-omnipotence, but he actually uses highly advanced technology from the fifth dimension that cannot be understood by humans' limited three-dimensional views. Unlike Mxyzptlk, Bat-Mite idolizes his superhero target and thus he has visited Batman on various occasions, often setting up strange and r

German folktale version by the Brothers Grimm

giant from Antwerpian folklore

fictional character from Dragon Ball

fictional characters, DC Comics supervillains of the Flash

American animated television series

pair of fictional characters in Carlo Collodi's book The Adventures of Pinocchio

Slimer, originally referred to as the Onionhead and sometimes the Mean Green Ghost and the Ugly Little Spud, is a character from the Ghostbusters franchise. He appears in the films Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), the remake Ghostbusters (2016), and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), in the animated television series: The Real Ghostbusters, Slimer! and Extreme Ghostbusters, and in the video games: Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009), ''Beeline's Ghostbusters (2013), Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (2022) and Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (2024). Slimer was voiced by Ivan Re

fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm