Oscar

Oscar or OSCAR may refer to:

• Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name; the article includes the names Osgar, Oskar, and Oskari
• Oscars, a nickname for the Academy Awards, presented by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for cinematic film achievements. The awarded statue is called an Oscar.
• OSCAR, Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
• OScar, a project aiming to design an open source vehicle
• oskar, a gene required for the development of the Drosophila embryo

Food brand

• King Oscar sardines, a brand of canned fish

Animals and biology

• Oscar (bionic cat), a cat which had implants after losing both hind paws
• Oscar (fish), Astronotus ocellatus
• OSCAR (gene), short for Osteoclast-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor
• Oscar (therapy cat), cat who can purportedly predict the deaths of hospice patients
• Oscar, a nickname for Beast of Busco, a North American cryptid turtle
• Oscar, a nickname for Unsinkable Sam, a World War II ship's cat

Places

• Oscar, Kentucky, U.S.
• Oscar, Louisiana, U.S.
• Oscar, Oklahoma, U.S.
• Oscar, West Virginia, U.S.
• Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, U.S.
• Lake Oscar (Douglas County, Minnesota)
• Lake Oscar (Otter Tail County, Minnesota)

Fictional characters

• Oscar (Irish mythology), the warrior son of Oisín and Niamh
• Oscar the Grouch, a Muppet on Sesame Street
• Oscar, a character in the video game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
• Oscar, a fictional knight in the video game Dark Souls
• Oscar, the main character fish from the animated film Shark Tale
• Oscar, a main character fish from the animated television series Fish Hooks
• Oscar, an infant character in the film Ghostbusters II
• Oscar, a page in Verdi's opera Un ballo in maschera

Media

• Oscar (opera), a 2013 opera about Oscar Wilde, by Theodore Morrison
• Oscar (1967 film), starring Louis de Funès
• Oscar (1991 film), starring Sylvester Stallone
• Oscar (video game), a 1993 platform game
• Psycho-Nics Oscar, a 1987 American scrolling-shooter arcade video game

Military

• Oscar, an Allies codename for Nakajima Ki-43, a World War II Japanese aircraft.
• Oscar, the letter O in the NATO phonetic alphabet
• Oscar-class submarine, a Soviet/Russian submarine class

Technology and transport

• OSCAR Radio, a school FM radio station in Northamptonshire, England
• Outer Suburban CAR, a name for NSW TrainLink H set, a type of electric train in Australia
• Ocean Surface Current Analysis - Real time, a website that provides data on ocean currents

Computing

• 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

Other

• Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)
• OSC OSCar, a synthesizer manufactured by the Oxford Synthesizer Company
• Out of School Care and Recreation
• Oscar Health, a U.S. health insurance company

See also

• Veal Oscar, a culinary creation