Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:

People and fictional and mythical characters

Oscar (given name) Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of English and Irish origin. Etymology The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ''car'', means "loving" or "friend", thus "deer-loving one" or "f ...

, including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer José Oscar Bernardi * Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior * Oscar (Irish mythology), son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall

Places in the United States

* Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community * Oscar, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, a civil township * Lake Oscar (disambiguation)

Animals

* Oscar (bionic cat), a cat that had implants after losing both hind paws * Oscar (bull) (died 1983) a ProRodeo Hall of Fame bucking bull *

Oscar (fish) The oscar (''Astronotus ocellatus'') is a species of fish from the cichlid family (biology), family known under a variety of common names, including tiger oscar, velvet cichlid, and marble cichlid. In tropical South America, where the species nat ...

, ''Astronotus ocellatus'' * Oscar (therapy cat), a cat purported to predict the deaths of hospice patients * Oscar, a nickname for

Beast of Busco In Indiana folklore, the Beast of Busco is an enormous snapping turtle which citizens claimed to have seen in 1949. Despite a month-long hunt that briefly gained national attention, the "Beast of Busco" was never found. History In 1898, a farme ...

, a North American cryptid turtle * Oscar, a nickname for Unsinkable Sam, a World War II ship's cat that survived three ships sinking

Arts and entertainment

Film

* Oscar, another name for an Academy Award * ''The Oscar'' (film), starring Stephen Boyd * ''Oscar'' (1967 film), starring Louis de Funès * ''Oscar'' (1991 film), starring Sylvester Stallone

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Oscar'' (opera), a 2013 opera about Oscar Wilde, by Theodore Morrison * ''Oscar'' (video game), a 1993 platform game * ''Oscar'' (TV serial), a 1985 British TV serial * OSC OSCar, a music synthesizer manufactured by the Oxford Synthesizer Company

Military

* Oscar, the letter O in the ICAO spelling alphabet (NATO phonetic alphabet) * Oscar, Allied codename for the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a World War II Japanese fighter aircraft *

Oscar-class submarine The Oscar class, Soviet designations Project 949 ''Granit'' and Project 949A ''Antey'' (List of NATO reporting names for submarines, NATO reporting names Oscar I and Oscar II respectively), are a series of Nuclear submarine, nuclear-powered cruis ...

, a Soviet/Russian Navy submarine class *

Oscar (paradummy) A paradummy is a military deception device first used in World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I ...

, American nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy * OSCAR (Optimum Survival Containment and Recovery), an escape pod project for the Vought F-8 Crusader fighter aircraft

Science and technology

* OSCAR McMaster, an electronic medical record system * OSCAR protocol, a protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger * Open Source Cluster Application Resources, a Linux-based software installation * OSCAR (gene), short for Osteoclast-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor * Ocean Surface Current Analysis – Real time, a website that provides data on ocean currents * OSCAR (Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio), a designation for amateur radio satellites

Transport

* OScar, a project aiming to design an open source vehicle * OScar (Danish automobile), a Danish sports car * '' MSC Oscar'', container ship * ''Oscar'', a a whaling ship sunk off Aberdeen in 1813 * Outer Suburban CAR, a name for the NSW TrainLink H set, a type of electric train in Australia

Other uses

* List of storms named Oscar, storms bearing this name * Oscar Health, a U.S. health insurance company * Out of School Care and Recreation * OSCAR Radio, a school FM radio station in Northamptonshire, England