document_title: Jason Gideon

question_text: which episode does gideon die in criminal minds

text: Jason Gideon

text: Background[edit]

text: Gideon was the protege of Max, who taught him everything he knew about profiling, but he didn't escape the hazing of being a new recruit. One of Gideon's earliest cases was a bomber case, which was supervised by Max. As a prank for the new member, Max and the other investigators involved planted a list of the FBI director's whereabouts over the next 48 hours in the bomber's car for Gideon to find. When he found it, before Max could stop him, Gideon rushed up 25 flights of stairs and interrupted a meeting between the director and the U.S. Attorney General in an attempt to save him.E115

text: While investigating the case of Adrian Bale, a.k.a. "The Boston Shrapnel Bomber", Gideon had reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown after he sent six men into a warehouse before Bale detonated a bomb inside. All six agents and a hostage were killed, and he was heavily criticized about the event. He took a six-month medical leave because he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Upon his return from medical leave, he was given the Senior Agent position, as Hotch was confirmed as Unit Chief. Not much is known about his personal life, other than he has a son named Stephen, with whom he was estranged because of his commitment to his job.

text: Characterization[edit]

text: Through the first two seasons, Gideon was portrayed to be very good at chess, winning against Reid many times (only exception being Reid's birthdayE104) and encouraging him to "think outside the box". Prior to the series, he was said to have had a "nervous breakdown" (or "major depressive episode") after he sent six agents into a warehouse with a bomb in it; all six agents & a hostage were killed, and he was heavily criticized about the event. He showed particular dislike for the practice of using religion as a defense or motivation for one's crimes. Gideon participated in some field operations during his time with the BAU and had the rest of his team "think outside the box" as well, as he made a major advancement by shouting at the top of his lungs with pleas of mercy and, when questioned by his team, he said that the victims were being threatened to be kept quiet as neighbors would have heard the pleas if they were unrestrained. He blamed himself for the torture Reid received from Tobias Hankel as he had ordered Penelope Garcia to add a virus warning to the videos Hankel posted he also blamed himself that he was the one that got Elle Greenaway shot. Gideon also had a son named Stephen.E111 The nature of their relationship has not been directly stated, but it was implied that they have not seen each other very recently. Gideon also has an obsession for birds and bird-watching.

text: The character of Jason Gideon was partially based on real-life criminal profiler John E. Douglas, one of the founders of modern Behavioral Science.[2]

text: Relationships[edit]

text: He helped Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid through their nightmares. He was shown to have a very close relationship with Reid, having hand-picked him from the FBI Academy for his team, helping Reid through many difficulties (including his implied drug use), and even leaving the good-bye letter for Reid to find. Gideon did not know Garcia well, as expressed through an episode wherein he is placed with her while he is on crutches; after they are placed, Garcia complains about him, and he doesn't know her name.

text: Storylines[edit]

text: In the show's first episode, "Extreme Aggressor", Gideon was called back to work to help profile a killer, called "The Seattle Strangler" by the media, who abducts women and holds them prisoner before strangling them and dumping their bodies. After solving the case of the Seattle Strangler, Gideon is seen at an old-fashioned gas station in Dumfries, Virginia. While inside, Gideon notices that the cashier fits his profile of the Footpath Killer, a serial killer he had been investigating prior to being called in for the Seattle Strangler case. The man notices Gideon's gun and threatens him with a shotgun, insisting that he tell him who he is. When Gideon reveals he is with the FBI, the gunman gets even more agitated. Gideon then tells the man that he can tell him the one thing no one has ever been able to tell him: why he stutters. However, Gideon did not truly know the answer but was merely trying to provoke a stutter in order to distract the killer. The killer forced Gideon down a hall and into a small room full of pictures of his many victims, an amount that was more than law enforcement had found. Gideon intentionally demeans and insults the killer, increasingly agitating him and making his stutter worse. He takes his eyes off Gideon just long enough for him to grab the gun and subdue the killer.

text: In "Won't Get Fooled Again", a copycat bomber uses the methods of serial bomber Adrian Bale (the same criminal who committed the warehouse bombing that killed his six colleagues), and Gideon has to face his past and Bale, to find out who the bomber is and stop him. After saving the lives of more agents from a suicide bombing, Gideon was forced to make a deal with Bale to have him help them get a bomb off of an innocent man. When Gideon realizes that Bale is lying about how dismantle it, he calls his bluff, saving them all from a bomb going off. He then has the pleasure of returning Bale to prison, the burden of the six agents' deaths presumably gone, even mocking him while he was being placed in a cell by using Bale's own words ("[A]n emotional release") in a sentence; he states that he finds it an emotional release in putting away criminals like Bale.

text: In "No Way Out", Gideon faces the scariest and most evil serial killer in his entire career, Frank Breitkopf (Keith Carradine). The BAU had received a call from Georgia Davis, the Sheriff of the Golconda, Nevada Sheriff's Department, who had recently found two murder victims, both missing their right rib bones, similar to a case that took place in 1996. However, Gideon realized that this unsub has been killing for thirty years. After studying one of the murder victims, he determined that the unsub has extensive medical knowledge, his victims are alive when he cut off their limbs, and that he uses Ketamine to immobilize his victims. With this information, Gideon and the team were able to build a profile of the killer. In order to find the unsub, the Sheriff's Department set up a road-block looking for an RV, truck, or trailer, which was believed was the killer's mode of transportation.

text: Gideon later noticed that something was bothering Sheriff Davis, and she told him that the profile the BAU gave them reminded her of the experience made by a local named Jane Hanratty, a.k.a. Crazy Jane. Jane had encountered the unsub thirty years ago when her car broke down, but she believed that an alien had abducted her; she survived the abduction. Gideon knew that the unsub allowed Jane to survive because she wasn't scared of him. Eventually, Gideon discovered Frank in Fat Sam's Diner and Deputy Silo told Gideon he had fifteen minutes to negotiate with the unsub. Frank tells them that he had left the schoolchildren in the middle of a desert, and that if he gets Jane, he will tell them where they are. Gideon makes a deal with Frank: he and Jane will come with him if he takes them to where the children are. Frank happily agrees to that. After they pick up Jane and deliver her to Frank, Gideon drives the two to the desert and drops them off, to which Frank tells Gideon where the children are. Frank and Jane then walk off while Gideon runs in the opposite way and finds the children, all unharmed. Gideon and Hotch try to follow Frank's tracks, but they suddenly disappear in the desert.

text: In "No Way Out II: The Evilution of Frank", while Gideon is trying to make up his mind about what flowers to buy his friend, Sarah Jacobs, he sees Jane. When he looks up again, she has disappeared. Gideon then receives a call from Frank, who is in Gideon's apartment, having murdered Sarah. He demands to have Jane back before hanging up. When the BAU begin to investigate, Gideon contacts Hotch from a payphone and tells him that Frank dumped something in the trash on the street, later revealed to be bloody clothing. During the investigation, it is deduced that Frank is hunting down people Gideon previously rescued. Frank later kills one such person, Rebecca Bryant, who was abducted by Randall Garner and held captive for two years before being rescued by the BAU. Later, Tracy Belle, the sole survivor of Jeffrey Charles, goes missing. Gideon and Garcia are later able to figure out that the only story that moved Frank the first time Gideon met him was the body of a woman who was found in an apartment on the Upper East Side of New York City because he was talking about his mother. Gideon then realizes that Frank was hiding his mother's existence from everyone. Later, the team manages to find Frank, who is calmly sitting on a bench at the Union Train Station, waiting for them to bring him Jane. The team brings in Jane, who refuses to go with Frank. Gideon shows up and tells Frank about Sarah, Frank's mother, whom Gideon claims was a whore. As Gideon and Hotch describe Frank's mother, JJ and Reid locate Tracy, who is bound and gagged but alive and unharmed. Frank convinces Jane to come back to him, and the two commit suicide. Later, Tracy calls Gideon and thanks him for saving her once again.

text: Departure and Death[edit]

text: Gideon began to lose confidence in his profiling skills after Frank Breitkopf murdered his girlfriend, Sarah Jacobs. During his final case in Arizona, he further lost faith in his abilities when his decision to release the unsub resulted in the deaths of both the unsub and a young woman. As a result of his actions, Aaron Hotchner was suspended, which was the final straw for Gideon. He then left his cabin shortly afterwards, leaving his gun and badge behind along with a letter for Reid to find as he sought to regain a belief in happy endings. He then leaves and begins traveling abroad. Gideon is last seen going into a Nevada diner to make an order. When asked by a waitress where he is going, he replies that he doesn't know where he was going or how he would know when he got there. He then leaves the diner and subsequently drives off in his vehicle.

text: In the season ten episode "Nelson's Sparrow", Gideon was murdered off-screen, having been shot dead at a close range by a serial killer named Donnie Mallick (Arye Gross), which prompts the BAU team to investigate Gideon's murder. During the flashbacks focusing on a young version of him for the episode which show him working at the BAU in 1978, he is played by Ben Savage.


document_title: Batman: The Enemy Within

question_text: batman the enemy with episode 5 release date

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text: Batman: The Enemy Within

text: Gameplay[edit]

text: Like most Telltale games, the game features a similar episodic format found in other titles (such as Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands). The player controls Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego Batman, with the game evenly split for both characters. The game features a branching narrative, similar to past Telltale games, giving the player options in approaching a situation and having that choice affect later events in the game. If the player had played the previous game, choices made, such as saving certain characters or stopping a criminal, may also be imported, though the game can be played as a standalone title. The game includes action sequences that are resolved similar to Telltale's other games, using quick time events. The series also includes investigation sequences, allowing the player to use Batman's detective skills to investigate areas. Sections of the game also present situations to the player where they may choose to approach as Bruce Wayne or as Batman. Crowd Play, a feature implemented in the predecessor, also returns for The Enemy Within, allowing streamers to let their audience interact with their session with the game.

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text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Characters[edit]

text: The player once again assumes control of Bruce Wayne/Batman (Troy Baker), a billionaire who secretly fights crime in Gotham. His butler and former legal guardian Alfred Pennyworth (Enn Reitel), Police Commissioner James Gordon (Murphy Guyer), and Wayne Enterprises Chief of Technology Lucius Fox (Dave Fennoy) return to assist Batman in the field. The game introduces "The Agency", a mysterious government organization with its own agenda led by the ruthless Amanda Waller (Debra Wilson). New supporting characters are also introduced, including Special Agent Iman Avesta (Emily O'Brien), one of the Agency's operatives, and Tiffany Fox (Valarie Rae Miller), the daughter of Lucius and an employee at Wayne Enterprises.

text: "John Doe" (Anthony Ingruber) and Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Laura Bailey) also return, now members of a group of criminals called "the Pact". Other members of the group include Riddler (Robin Atkin Downes), Bane (J. B. Blanc), Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze (Matthew Mercer) and Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn (Laura Post).

text: Detective Renee Montoya (Sumalee Montano), Reporter Jack Ryder (Robert Clotworthy) and Wayne Enterprises Chairwoman Regina Zellerbach (Lorri Holt) return with smaller roles within the series. New minor characters introduced include Police Detective Harvey Bullock (Keith Szarabajka), Agency operative Vernon Blake (Christian Lanz), international arms dealer Rumi Mori (Keone Young), Riddler's second-in-command Eli Knable (Alex Hernandez), and Stacked Deck patrons Frank Dumfree and Willy Deever (Kirk Thornton and Dave B. Mitchell respectively).

text: Setting[edit]

text: The Enemy Within is set in the same Batman continuity introduced in Batman: The Telltale Series, which took place a number of years into Batman's career. Like the previous installment, the game is set during the mid-to-late 2010s in Gotham City, primarily the Batcave, Wayne Enterprises and Gotham City Police Headquarters. The game also follows the events of the previous game, taking place between a couple of months to a year after these events.

text: Plot[edit]

text: Approximately a year after the defeat of the Children of Arkham, Batman continues to patrol Gotham while slowly regaining his reputation as Bruce Wayne. While targeting an arms dealer, he witnesses the return of the Riddler, one of Gotham's first super-criminals. Confronting the criminal with help from Gordon and the GCPD, he fails to capture him and is assisted by the Agency and their operatives. During their clean up, Batman meets Amanda Waller, the director of the Agency, who take over the investigation and offers to assist him in tracking Riddler. After returning to the Batcave with a puzzle left by Riddler, Bruce solves it, though is fazed when discovering a signal emitter. When Lucius Fox, the chief of technology at Wayne Enterprises investigates, he is mysteriously killed in an explosion. At Lucius' funeral, Bruce reunites with former Arkham patient "John Doe", who has been discharged for good behavior. John, having made a number of "friends" after his release, asks Bruce to meet and joined his group, which he refers to as "the Pact". When finding out that Bruce is searching for Riddler, John gives him a lead to investigate in Gotham's East End.

text: With Gordon, Batman follows the lead to discover Riddler's lair, where he discovers clues to his plans and a death trap to solve. Finding a radio wave guided homing missile, he deduces that the signal was actually a guide. Using further evidence he finds, Batman deduces that Riddler plans to target the Agency, having hacked the agent's phones and making them send the targeting signal to call missiles to their locations. Determined to find Riddler, he follows another lead and tracks him to a freight ship. After escaping another deadly game set up by Riddler, Batman manages to redirect the missiles and defeats the criminal. As he is interrogated by the vigilante, Riddler is shot with a poisoned dart and dies, revealing that he is also a member of the Pact. As the Agency and GCPD arrive, Waller takes over law enforcement in Gotham and reveals to Batman her knowledge of his true identity. Waller suggests that he infiltrates the Pact as Bruce Wayne and gives him an ultimatum: work with the Agency to help arrest the Pact or risk having his identity exposed.

text: Several moments later, a series of explosions go off throughout the city. Responding to an attack at the police arsenal, Batman battles another member of the Pact, Bane, who easily overpowers him with help from a steroid called Venom. Surviving thanks to help from either Gordon or Waller, Batman decides to follow the latter's advice and meets with John to accept his offer. The two meet at a bar, where he is introduced to John's former psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel, now the criminal Harley Quinn. Suspicious of Bruce, Harley gives him a chance to prove himself by stealing a prototype electrical skeleton key from Wayne Enterprises, with them joining him during the heist. Despite problems, including an unexpected encounter with Lucius' grieving daughter Tiffany, he is able to get the device to them and an EMP generator. After this show of compliance, Bruce is called to meet the other members of the Pact, Bane and Mr. Freeze, and convince them to vote him into the group. Successful, he joins them on their latest heist: a mysterious package guarded by an Agency convoy. With Waller refusing to help, Bruce is forced to assist the Pact and escapes with them. Upon returning to the group's hideout, the target is revealed to have been the Riddler's body and that his former ally Catwoman is also a member of the Pact.

text: After copying Riddler's eyes, Harley reveals one of Riddler's laptops, which he had left in their possession, and Bruce, John and Catwoman head to his hideout to find the location of their mark. After solving another death trap hidden in the lair, they discover the target to be an organization called SANCTUS, which Riddler was formerly associated with. The Pact also begin to suspect a mole, due to the time it took for the job to escalate, and suspicions fall on Bruce. After retrieving Harley's laptop through help from either Selina or John, Bruce finds that SANCTUS was one of the Agency's former divisions in charge of experimentation. The laptop contains evidence of a biological weapon called LOTUS and the location of the lab, where it is being kept. After the Pact learn of the lab's location, Bruce is forced to either give himself or Selina up as the mole, leading to the Pact attempting to execute them. Depending on the decision, Bruce either accompanies them during the heist and sabotages it or escapes from his fate and confronts the group as Batman, possibly with Catwoman's help. During the heist, Harley betrays the Pact and escapes with the virus, whilst Freeze and Bane are captured by the Agency.

text: While searching for Quinn, Bruce learns that Project LOTUS was a failed restorative agent, with Riddler being the only known survivor of the experiment. The members of the Pact have planned to use his blood to convert the virus into a healing serum to cure their own ailments. However, Waller has been aware of this plan and plotting to blackmail them into joining the Agency, with the promise of a cure. Unknown to all parties, using even the working version can cause mental problems for the user. After following another lead given by John, Bruce finds him surrounded by agents' bodies. Claiming it to be self defense, John realizes the truth about their "friendship" and reveals his knowledge of Bruce's activities as Batman. Regardless of whether he believes him, Bruce leaves to help the Agency capture a volatile Harley Quinn. During the confrontation, John arrives and attacks the Agency, escaping with LOTUS and potentially Quinn, the latter depending on the player's choices.

text: Several weeks later, John, now known as "Joker", reemerges, now either a vigilante with a twisted sense of right and wrong or a criminal collaborating with Quinn to get revenge on Bruce. The former has Batman briefly working with Joker to fights off the Agency, until he kidnaps and attempts to kill Waller. However, the latter has Joker and Harley terrorizing the city with LOTUS and forcing Bruce into a demented game, pitting him against his allies. Regardless of the path, Bruce learns that Tiffany murdered Riddler to avenge her father and he eventually defeats Joker. Following Joker's capture, Waller orders the Agency to leave Gotham and promises not to reveal Bruce's identity. As Batman, Bruce confronts Tiffany, leading to her either leaving to work for the Agency, joining him in his crusade against crime, escaping to become a fugitive, or being handed over to the authorities for murder. Returning to the manor, Bruce learns that Alfred has decided to leave Gotham to return home, having been struggling to continue since he was kidnapped by Lady Arkham. After a heated discussion, Bruce either decides to leave the life of vigilantism behind to convince Alfred to stay or allows him to leave whilst he continues to operate as Batman.

text: In a post credits scene, Joker is shown to have been returned to Arkham Asylum. If he was a vigilante, he is either visited by Bruce or decides to become the hero's archenemy. However, if he was a criminal, he is shown playing with a doll version of Bruce, which he promises to see again.

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original release date

1
1
"The Enigma"
Kent Mudle
James Windeler, Patrick Kevin Day & Shanon Ingles
August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08)

2
2
"The Pact"
Matthew Leach
Luke McMullen, Chris Hockabout, Shanon Ingles & Patrick Kevin Day
October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)

3
3
"Fractured Mask"
Sean Manning
Ross Beeley, Shanon Ingles, Lauren R. Mee & Josh R. Trujillo
November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)

4
4
"What Ails You"
Chris Rieser
Patrick Kevin Day & Lauren R. Mee
January 23, 2018 (2018-01-23)

5
5
"Same Stitch"
Kent Mudle
Meghan Thornton, Ross Beeley & Lauren R. Mee
March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27)

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text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical reception[edit]

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text: Batman: The Enemy Within received generally positive reviews from critics, some of which considered it an improvement over its predecessor, earning praise for its story, choices, action sequences, and portrayal of the Batman mythos.[3][4][5] The game won the award for "Performance in a Drama, Supporting" with Debra Wilson at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, whereas its other nomination was for "Game, Franchise Adventure".[6][7]

text: Many reviewers praised the game's unique depiction of the Joker, with the player being given the opportunity to try to prevent him from becoming a villain. For example, Scott Maslow from GQ was happily surprised by this version of the Joker and said it managed to make "Batman's most overexposed villain" interesting again: "The Joker has always said his past is multiple-choice, but this is the first time I’ve felt like I was the one checking the boxes."[8] Bradley Shankar from MobileSyrup was especially positive with a review titled "Batman: The Enemy Within offers one of the greatest Joker stories ever told". He explained: "... while there have been numerous great interpretations of the Batman-Joker relationship over the years, there has never been one quite as complex and morally grey as what Telltale has created with The Enemy Within".[9] Tamoor Hussain from GameSpot gave the final episode a 9/10, concluding: "While Telltale's first Batman season stuck a bit too close to established mythos and delivered an underwhelming ending, the second is a memorable Joker origin story that Bat-fans should make a point of playing."[10] Stephanie Chan from VentureBeat was slightly less enthusiastic but still gave the game a score of 80/100 and said: "By the end of the series, I’ll say that Batman: The Enemy Within has tentatively won me over. That’s purely on the strength of the relationship between Batman and The Joker."[11]


document_title: Ghost of Christmas Present

question_text: what does the ghost of christmas present sprinkle from his torch

text: Ghost of Christmas Present

text: Description[edit]

text: The Ghost of Christmas Present is the second of the three spirits (after the visitations by Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past) that haunt the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to prompt him to repent. When he first appears before Scrooge, he invites him to "come in and know me better, man." According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of Christmas Present appears to Scrooge as "a jolly giant" with dark brown curls. He wears a fur-lined green robe and on his head a holly wreath set with shining icicles. He carries a large torch, made to resemble a cornucopia, and appears accompanied by a great feast. He states that he has had "more than eighteen hundred" brothers and later reveals the ability to change his size to fit into any space. He also bears a scabbard with no sword in it, a representation of peace on Earth and good will toward men.

text: The spirit transports Scrooge around the city, showing him scenes of festivity and also deprivation that are happening as they watch, sprinkling a little warmth from his torch as he travels. Amongst the visits are Scrooge's nephew, and the family of his impoverished clerk, Bob Cratchit. Scrooge takes an interest in Cratchit's desperately-ill son, Tiny Tim, and asks the Ghost if Tim will live. The Ghost first states that "If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die," and then – quick to use Scrooge's past heartless comments to two charitable solicitors against him – states, "What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." The spirit then warns Scrooge to "forebear that wicked tongue until you have discovered for yourself what the surplus is, and where it is." and chillingly tells him "It may be, that in the sight of heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than MILLIONS like this poor man's child."

text: The spirit finally reveals to Scrooge two emaciated children, subhuman in appearance and loathsome to behold, clinging to his robes, and names the boy as Ignorance and the girl as Want. The spirit warns Scrooge, "Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom unless the writing be erased." The spirit once again quotes Scrooge, who asks if the grotesque children have "no refuge, no resource," and the spirit retorts with more of Scrooge's own words: "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

text: The Ghost of Christmas Present, having already aged, reveals that he will only exist on Earth for a "very brief" time, implied to be that single Christmas holiday. He finally disappears at the stroke of midnight on Twelfth Night, and leaves Scrooge to face the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, as it approaches "like a mist along the ground."

text: Appearance in various film adaptations[edit]

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In the 1935 film Scrooge he is played by Oscar Asche. Also unlike most versions he is bald and clean shaven.
In the 1938 film A Christmas Carol he is played by Lionel Braham.
In the 1951 film Scrooge he is played by Francis De Wolff.
In the 1962 TV special Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, he appears before the Ghost of Christmas Past was meant to.
In the 1970 musical adaptation Scrooge, Kenneth More portrays the main character. After a song ("I Like Life"), the ghost takes Scrooge to Cratchit's house to see a brief argument after Bob claims that the dinner is courtesy of Scrooge instead of Bob's compensation, followed by a song by Tiny Tim ("The Beautiful Day"). After questioning the ghost about Tiny Tim, the ghost takes Scrooge to his nephew's house for a round of "The Minister's Cat" before the ghost leaves Scrooge back in his home to meet the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. "Ignorance" and "Want" do not appear in this adaptation.
In the Academy Award-winning animated film A Christmas Carol (1971) he is played by Felix Felton.
In a 1979 Dutch musical De Wonderbaarlijke Genezing van (The Wonderfull Cure of) Ebenezer Scrooge, he is played by Paul van Gorcum.
In the Disney 1983 animated adaptation titled Mickey's Christmas Carol, Willie the Giant (voiced by Will Ryan) portrays the ghost. "Ignorance" and "Want" do not appear in this adaptation.
In the 1984 film starring George C. Scott, the spirit is portrayed by Edward Woodward. He appears almost exactly as described in Dickens' book.
The Jetsons episode The Jetsons Christmas Carol portrays the spirit as of course a "present", a festively wrapped gift box with enough of a sense of humor to illustrate the pun: "I'm Spirit #2!" he announces to Spacely.
In Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) Ebenezer Blackadder is visited by "the Spirit of Christmas" (played by Robbie Coltrane) who bears a close resemblance to the Ghost of Christmas Present of Dickens' version.
The 1988 film Scrooged's incarnation of the ghost is a violent, shrill fairy played by Carol Kane.
In A Flintstones Christmas Carol the spirit is portrayed by the unnamed man who was seen earlier in the cartoon disguised as Santa Claus, ringing a bell outside a department store.
The Ghost of Christmas Present is featured in The Muppet Christmas Carol. He appears as a full-bodied Muppet with the face and voice performed by Jerry Nelson and his in-suit performer is Don Austen. Like in Mickey's Christmas Carol, "Ignorance" and "Want" don't appear. As he disappears after midnight strikes, he warns Scrooge of the coming of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come before saying (in a variation of the ghost's well-known line) "Go forth and know him better, man." The Ghost of Christmas Present is featured in the "Holiday Time!" entry of The Muppets Character Encyclopedia.
In the 1993 Alvin and the Chipmunks episode, released as Alvin's Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Present is portrayed by Theodore, who dresses in a Santa Claus suit and carries a sack which Alvin presumes is full of gifts. Through his sack, he shows Alvin how his family is celebrating Christmas while coping with his desire for personal happiness, much to Alvin's surprise, and how he is Mr. Carroll's only visitor with his paper route. Ignorance and Want do not appear in this rendition.
In Ebbie the spirit is portrayed by Lorena Gale, who also played a gift wrapping employee of Dobson's.
In the 1998 animated musical television film An All Dogs Christmas Carol, Sasha becomes the spirit appearing to Carface Carruthers.
In the 1999 film starring Patrick Stewart, the spirit is portrayed by Desmond Barrit.
Roger Taylor of Duran Duran fame portrays the spirit in A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000).
In A Carol Christmas (2003), William Shatner portrayed a TV talk show host named "Dr. Bob" (who habitually spouts off cliches) appears before Carol Cartman as the spirit later in the movie.
In Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas, Yosemite Sam (Maurice LaMarche) is portrayed as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
In the 2009 film Disney's A Christmas Carol, the ghost greatly resembles the version in the novel. (Jim Carrey voices all three ghosts, and Scrooge himself.) This version is depicted dying at length when midnight strikes (to the point of dissolving into a skeleton before the twelfth strike) and his warning about Ignorance and Want is also shortened, only saying "Beware them both" as the forms of Ignorance and Want rapidly turn into adults and repeat Scrooge's unkind comments he had said to the charitable gentlemen from earlier (Ignorance appearing in a prison cell, and Want being put in a straitjacket to be taken to a workhouse).
In the Doctor Who's 2010 Christmas Special, Amy Pond dressed up as a police officer presents herself in a hologram as the Ghost of Christmas Present, eventually getting interrupted at some reprises by Rory Williams dressed up as a Roman after some remarks.
He is represented by DeStorm Power as Kanye West rapping against Scrooge in the third season of Epic Rap Battles of History where he is known as "the ghost of whats right now".
In the Thomas and Friends episode, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas, the Ghost of Christmas Present is portrayed by Paxton.
In the 2016 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "A Hearth's Warming Tail", Pinkie Pie (Andrea Libman) represents the "Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents", named such for her avocation of gift-giving. She tours Snowfall Frost across the town to Snow Dash's Hearth's Warming Party singing "Pinkie's Present".
In the Animaniacs episode "A Christmas Plotz" The Ghost of Christmas Present is played by Dot Warner dressed in Victorian clothing. After emerging from a present (Dot: "ha ha get it, it's a pun") she shows Plotz a movie about Ralph the Guard's life on Christmas Eve.

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document_title: Royal Rumble (2018)

question_text: who won the 2018 women's royal rumble match

question_tokens: who won the 2018 women 's royal rumble match

text: Royal Rumble (2018)

text: Production[edit]

text: Background[edit]

text: As is tradition, the winner of the 30-man Royal Rumble earned a world championship match at WrestleMania 34 for his choice of either Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship. The event also hosted the first-ever 30-woman Royal Rumble, in which the winner earned a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34 for her choice of either Raw's Women's Championship or SmackDown's Women's Championship.

text: After Survivor Series, several women from NXT were promoted to the main rosters of both Raw and SmackDown. On the November 20, 2017 episode of Raw, Paige, who had been out with an injury since June 2016, returned along with the debuts of NXT's Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, forming the heel group Absolution,[7] while similarly on the November 21 episode of SmackDown, NXT's Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan debuted and formed the heel group The Riott Squad.[8] On the December 18, 2017 episode of Raw, with a larger roster of women on the main rosters, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon scheduled the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match for the 2018 Royal Rumble, with the winner receiving a match at WrestleMania 34 for the top championship of their choice: Raw's Women's Championship or SmackDown's Women's Championship.[9] Both brands' respective commissioners and general managers agreed that the women's match would have all of the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants.[10] Stephanie was announced to join the commentary team for the women's match,[11] and television host Maria Menounos was announced to be the special guest ring announcer.[12][13]

text: Storylines[edit]

text: The card consisted of nine matches, including three on the pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines and had results predetermined by WWE on both the Raw and SmackDown brands.[14][15] Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive.[16][17] For the first time, the card was highlighted by two Royal Rumble matches.

text: On the October 16, 2017 episode of Raw, Kane returned from a ten-month hiatus and helped Braun Strowman to defeat Roman Reigns in a steel cage match. Kane was then added to Strowman's team at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in the 5-on-3 handicap Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.[18] During the match, Kane accidentally hit Strowman with a chair, which caused tension between the two. Later on in the match, Kane turned on Strowman and crushed him in the back of a garbage truck; their team ultimately lost.[19] The two then feuded over the next several weeks, leading to a match on the December 11 episode to determine the number one contender against Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, but the match ended in a double countout.[20] Raw General Manager Kurt Angle then decided that Lesnar would defend the title against both Kane and Strowman in a triple threat match at the event.[9] On the January 8 episode, Kane attacked Lesnar from behind, followed by an attack from Strowman. After laying Kane and Lesnar out backstage, Strowman knocked over a lighting rig and crushed both. Lesnar was taken to a medical facility while Kane refused medical attention.[1] Due to his actions, Strowman was removed from the triple threat match and fired by Angle. Strowman went on a rampage backstage, including destroying Angle's office and flipping over a tractor. Before he could do anymore damage, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon rehired Strowman, putting him back into the Universal Championship match at the Royal Rumble.[21]

text: At Clash of Champions, SmackDown's Commissioner Shane McMahon and General Manager Daniel Bryan both refereed a tag team match pitting Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn against Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura, where Owens and Zayn would have been fired from WWE had they lost. During the match, there was controversy between Shane and Bryan, which resulted in Bryan giving a fast count for Owens and Zayn to win.[22] Tensions between Shane and Bryan continued over the next couple of weeks, culminating on the final SmackDown of 2017, when Bryan scheduled Owens to face WWE Champion AJ Styles in a non-title match in the main event, much to the disapproval of Shane, who felt that Owens should not be in the main event, or facing the WWE Champion. That match ended when Zayn interfered, allowing Owens to win.[23] The next week, Zayn would also defeat Styles in a non-title match after interference from Owens. Enraged at back-to-back losses, Styles stated they might as well schedule him in a handicap match against Owens and Zayn, which Bryan took literally and scheduled for the Royal Rumble where Styles would also defend the WWE Championship against both men.[24] On the January 9 episode of SmackDown, Styles said that although it was unfair, he was confident that he would win; Owens and Zayn interrupted and claimed that they would become the first-ever co-WWE Champions.[25] On the final SmackDown before the Royal Rumble, Styles faced Owens and Zayn in back-to-back matches where Shane threatened that if one were to interfere in the other's match, that person would be fired. Styles managed to defeat Owens in the first match by submission, however, he would lose to Zayn in the second match.[26]

text: On the December 18, 2017 episode of Raw, Seth Rollins' tag team partner Dean Ambrose was injured by Samoa Joe.[9] The following week, despite both wanting to take on Joe to avenge Ambrose, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle instead had his (storyline) son, Jason Jordan, and Rollins team up to face Cesaro and Sheamus for the Raw Tag Team Championship; Jordan and Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the championship.[27] After the former champions confronted Angle about their contractual rematch, Angle scheduled it for the Royal Rumble.[1] On the January 15 episode, Jordan caused a distraction, allowing Titus Worldwide (Apollo Crews and Titus O'Neil) to again defeat Cesaro and Sheamus in a rematch from the previous week, which Rollins disapproved of as he did not like Jordan acting on his own. Cesaro and Sheamus would try and return the favor during Rollins' match against Finn Bálor, but it backfired, resulting in Rollins winning, and Cesaro and Sheamus brawling with Bálor Club members, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, at ringside.[21] On Raw 25 the next week, Jordan and Rollins were the guests on Christian's The Peep Show, which Cesaro and Sheamus interrupted and the two teams brawled where Rollins accidentally hit Jordan with a knee attack that was intended for Cesaro.[28]

text: At Clash of Champions, The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) retained the SmackDown Tag Team Championship in a fatal-four-way match against Rusev and Aiden English, The New Day's Big E and Xavier Woods, and Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin.[22] On the following episode of SmackDown, Gable and Benjamin defeated The Usos in a non-title match,[29] and they were awarded with a championship match on the first SmackDown of 2018, where they defeated The Usos to initially win the titles after pinning Jimmy Uso; however, Jimmy was not the legal man, and thus the match was restarted and The Usos retained their championship.[24] The following week, Gable and Benjamin confronted SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan over the incident. After questioning if they should have to defeat The Usos twice in the same night, Bryan decided that at the Royal Rumble, The Usos would defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against Gable and Benjamin in a two-out-of-three-falls match.[25]

text: On January 26, three matches were announced for the Royal Rumble pre-show. For SmackDown, it was announced that United States Champion Bobby Roode would have an open challenge for the title. Two tag team matches were scheduled for Raw: a rematch between Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) from Raw 25, and a six-man tag team match for the cruiserweight division with Kalisto, Gran Metalik, and Lince Dorado against Drew Gulak, TJP, and Gentleman Jack Gallagher.[12]

text: Cancellations[edit]

text: Two other matches had been promoted for the event, but were later removed.

text: The first was the tournament final for SmackDown's then-vacant United States Championship. Originally scheduled for the PPV, the finals were instead contested on the January 16 episode of SmackDown, where Bobby Roode defeated Jinder Mahal to win the title.[30]

text: The second was a championship match for the Raw brand where WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore was scheduled to defend the title against Cedric Alexander.[21] However, after Amore was suspended from WWE on January 22 due to allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, the match was cancelled. Amore was released the next day and the title was vacated.[31][32]

text: Event[edit]

text:
Other on-screen personnel

Role:
Name:

English commentators
Michael Cole (Raw/both Royal Rumble matches)

Corey Graves (all matches)

Booker T (Raw)

Tom Phillips (SmackDown)

Byron Saxton
(SmackDown/Men's Royal Rumble match/Six-man tag team match)

Vic Joseph (Six-man tag team match)

Jerry Lawler (Men's Royal Rumble match)

Stephanie McMahon (Women's Royal Rumble match)

Spanish commentators
Carlos Cabrera

Marcelo Rodríguez

German commentators
Carsten Schaefer

Tim Haber

Calvin Knie

Ring announcers
Greg Hamilton (SmackDown/Men's Royal Rumble match)

JoJo (Raw)

Maria Menounos (Women's Royal Rumble match)

Referees
Jason Ayers

Shawn Bennett

Mike Chioda

John Cone

Dan Engler

Chad Patton

Charles Robinson

Rod Zapata

Interviewer
Renee Young

Pre-show panel
Renee Young

Peter Rosenberg

David Otunga

Jerry Lawler

John "Bradshaw" Layfield

Alundra Blayze

Ric Flair

text: Pre-show[edit]

text: Three matches were contested during the pre-show:

text: In the first match - featuring Raw's cruiserweight division - Kalisto, Gran Metalik, and Lince Dorado faced TJP, Gentleman Jack Gallagher, and Drew Gulak in a six man tag team match. Kalisto performed a Salida Del Sol on TJP to score the win.[33]

text: Next, also from Raw, The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) faced Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Dawson performed a Chop Block on Anderson to score the win.[33]

text: Finally, SmackDown's United States Champion Bobby Roode issued an open challenge, which was answered by fellow SmackDown wrestler Mojo Rawley. Roode performed a Glorious DDT on Rawley to score the pinfall and retain the title.[33]

text: Preliminary matches[edit]

text: The actual pay-per-view opened with AJ Styles defending the WWE Championship against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a handicap match. In the end, Styles threw Zayn out of the ring and immediately Owens performed a Superkick on Styles. Owens - who was not the legal man - attempted a Pop Up Powerbomb on Styles, who countered into a roll up to retain the title. In a backstage segment, Owens and Zayn confronted SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon about the incident, however, after questioning if he saw what had happened, Shane smiled, replied "Yep", and walked off.[34]

text: Next, The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin in a 2-out-of-3-falls match. Jimmy and Jey performed a Double Superkick on Gable, who was kneeling, to score the first fall. Jey then pinned Benjamin with a small package to score the second fall to retain the title.[34]

text: After that, the 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 34 was contested. Rusev and Finn Bálor began the match as the first and second entrants, respectively. Baron Corbin (#4) eliminated Rhyno (#3), but was eliminated by Bálor. Corbin attacked Bálor, Rusev, and Heath Slater (#5), who just made his entrance. NXT Champion Andrade "Cien" Almas was a surprise entrant at #7. Tye Dillinger was scheduled to be #10, but was attacked backstage by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, resulting in Zayn taking Dillinger's spot. Shinsuke Nakamura entered at #14 and eliminated Zayn. John Cena entered at #20 and eliminated Elias (#6) and The Hurricane (a surprise entrant at #21). NXT's Adam Cole, another surprise entrant, entered at #23. Randy Orton (#24) performed an RKO on Almas and eliminated him after a near 30 minute run. Rey Mysterio, another surprise entrant, entered at #27 and eliminated Cole. Roman Reigns entered at #28 and eliminated Titus O'Neil (#25). Reigns and Seth Rollins (#18) teamed up and performed a Powerbomb on The Miz (#26) over the top rope to eliminate him, after which, Reigns immediately eliminated Rollins. Dolph Ziggler, making his return after vacating the United States Championship, entered at #30 and eliminated Goldust (#29), but was eliminated by Bálor. Reigns performed a Superman Punch on Orton and eliminated Orton. Mysterio performed a 619 on Cena and Reigns, but was eliminated by Bálor. Bálor, Nakamura, Cena, and Reigns were the final four. Cena eliminated Bálor (who lasted nearly an hour) and immediately afterwards fought with Nakamura, who performed a Kinshasa on Cena to eliminate him. Nakamura attacked Reigns and attempted a Kinshasa, however, Reigns countered into a Spear. As Reigns attempted to eliminate Nakamura, Nakamura countered, performed a Kinshasa on Reigns and then eliminated Reigns to win the match. Afterward, Renee Young interviewed Nakamura and asked which world championship he wanted to challenge for at WrestleMania 34. He called out WWE Champion AJ Styles, thus choosing the WWE Championship and staying on SmackDown.[34]

text: Next, Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan defended the Raw Tag Team Championship against Cesaro and Sheamus. During the match, Jordan sustained a head injury (after being thrown into the ring post by Cesaro), rendering him unable to compete. In the end, Sheamus and Cesaro performed a White Noise/Diving Neckbreaker combination on Rollins to win the title for a record-setting fourth time as a team, and a record-setting fifth time for Cesaro individually.[34]

text: In the fifth match, Brock Lesnar defended the Universal Championship against Braun Strowman and Kane in a triple threat match. Kane performed a Chokeslam on Lesnar and Strowman attacked Kane. Lesnar struck Kane with a chair, only for Strowman to attack Lesnar with a running dropkick. After Strowman performed a Chokeslam on Kane, Lesnar performed three German Suplexes on Strowman. Strowman performed a Running Powerslam on Lesnar through a table, only for Kane to break up the pinfall at a two count. Kane then threw Strowman through a table positioned in the corner, and performed a Chokeslam on Strowman, with Lesnar breaking up the pinfall at a two count. Lesnar then performed an F-5 on Strowman through an announce table and overturned another announce table on top of Strowman. Lesnar then performed an F-5 on Kane through another announce table. Strowman performed two Running Powerslams on Lesnar, but Kane returned and struck Strowman with a chair. Lesnar knocked Strowman out of the ring and performed an F-5 on Kane to retain the title. After the match, an enraged Strowman yelled at Lesnar that he did not beat him.[34]

text: Main event[edit]

text: The main event was the first-ever 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34. Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch were the first and second entrants, respectively. There were numerous surprise entrants throughout the match - including Hall of Famers Lita, Jacqueline, Beth Phoenix, and Trish Stratus; NXT wrestlers Kairi Sane and NXT Women's Champion Ember Moon; and past stars Torrie Wilson, Molly Holly, Michelle McCool (who scored the most eliminations at 5), Vickie Guerrero, and Kelly Kelly. SmackDown's Nikki Bella, who had been on hiatus since WrestleMania 33, and her free agent twin sister Brie Bella were also unannounced entrants. Banks, Asuka (#25), Nikki, and Brie were the final four. Banks, Nikki, and Brie attacked Asuka, after which, Nikki and Brie eliminated Banks (who lasted the longest at nearly 55 minutes). Asuka attacked Nikki and Brie, but Nikki performed a Rack Attack 2.0 on Asuka and then eliminated Brie. After a back-and-forth exchange, Asuka eliminated Nikki to win the match and earn a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34. After the match, Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss and SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair entered the ring. Before Asuka could make her decision for which title she wanted to challenge for, they were interrupted by the surprise appearance of former UFC star Ronda Rousey, officially confirming she had signed full-time with WWE. Rousey pointed to the WrestleMania sign and offered a handshake to Asuka, who refused. Rousey then shook hands with Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon as the event ended. The jacket which Rousey wore during this appearance belonged to life long idol Roddy Piper, whose son let her borrow it.[36][34]

text: Aftermath[edit]

text: Raw[edit]

text: On Raw the following night, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon convinced Asuka to wait until after Elimination Chamber to make her decision, as Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss was scheduled to defend her title in the first-ever women's Elimination Chamber match, and the result may affect Asuka's decision. Asuka was then confronted by Sasha Banks, who spent the longest time in the Royal Rumble match, and Banks challenged Asuka to a match that Asuka won.[37] Banks, along with Bayley, Mandy Rose, Mickie James, and Sonya Deville were announced as the other competitors in the Elimination Chamber match. Nia Jax was also scheduled to face Asuka at Elimination Chamber where if she were to win, she would be added to the Asuka's championship match at WrestleMania.[38] On the February 12 episode of Raw, it was announced that Ronda Rousey would sign her Raw contract at Elimination Chamber.[39] At SmackDown's Fastlane pay-per-view, Asuka appeared and decided to challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania.[40]

text: Since Shinsuke Nakamura decided to stay on SmackDown to challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle scheduled a number one contender's Elimination Chamber match at the namesake event to determine who would face Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania. Six qualification matches were scheduled over the next couple of weeks. Braun Strowman and Kane battled in a last man standing match, which Strowman won to qualify. After the match, Kane was taken to a local hospital.[37] Elias, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Intercontinental Champion The Miz, Finn Bálor, and Seth Rollins also qualified, marking the first seven-man Elimination Chamber match.[37][38][39]

text: New Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus defended their titles against Titus Worldwide (Apollo Crews and Titus O'Neil), as they had beaten Cesaro and Sheamus two weeks in a row prior to the Royal Rumble; Cesaro and Sheamus retained.[37] The following week, Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins were scheduled to have their contractual rematch, but after Jordan was deemed unable to compete, he was replaced by Roman Reigns. Jordan, however, accidentally caused them to be disqualified.[38]

text: On 205 Live, Drake Maverick (formerly known as Rockstar Spud in Impact Wrestling) was appointed as the 205 Live General Manager. Maverick announced that there would be a 16-man single elimination tournament to crown a new WWE Cruiserweight Champion, with the finals to occur at WrestleMania 34.[41]

text: SmackDown[edit]

text: On the following episode of SmackDown, Shinsuke Nakamura celebrated his win at the Royal Rumble, and said he would become the new WWE Champion at WrestleMania 34. He was interrupted by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, who said that they should be the co-WWE Champions, but the referee failed at his job at the Royal Rumble. WWE Champion AJ Styles came out and said that Owens and Zayn could complain all they want, but there would be a dream match at WrestleMania between him and Nakamura. Styles then suggested to have a dream team that night with him and Nakamura facing Owens and Zayn, which SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan made official for later that night in which Styles and Nakamura won. During the match, there were tensions between Owens and Zayn as Bryan had also scheduled them to face each other the following week to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at Fastlane.[42][43] The championship match at Fastlane then became a fatal five-way also involving Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler[44] and finally a six-pack challenge when free agent John Cena qualified by defeating Styles in a non-title match.

text: In the mid-card, a fatal four-way match between Kofi Kingston of The New Day, Jinder Mahal, Zack Ryder, and Rusev occurred to determine the number one contender against Bobby Roode for the United States Championship, which was won by Rusev,[42] who was unsuccessful in winning the title.[43] Also following the Royal Rumble, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan revealed the first-ever "SmackDown Top Ten List" as voted on by the SmackDown roster to see who the wrestlers thought should get a title opportunity.[42][43] This played into a storyline between Roode, who ranked 5th, Randy Orton, who ranked 9th, and Jinder Mahal, who did not rank, resulting in SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon scheduling Roode to defend the U.S. Championship against Orton at Fastlane.[45]

text: In the women's division, SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair praised the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match, but wished that she could have competed in it. She addressed Ronda Rousey's debut and questioned who her WrestleMania 34 opponent would be. The Riott Squad interrupted and Ruby Riott said Flair would not make it to WrestleMania and they attacked Flair. Carmella came out to try and cash-in her Money in the Bank briefcase on Flair, but was not able to as she accidentally knocked out the referee before the bell could ring.[42] After feuding with The Riott Squad over the next few weeks, Flair was scheduled to defend her title against Riott at Fastlane.[45]

text: Results[edit]

text:
No.
Results
Stipulations
Times[46][33][34]

1P
Kalisto, Gran Metalik, and Lince Dorado defeated TJP, Gentleman Jack Gallagher, and Drew Gulak
Six-man tag team match[47]
13:20

2P
The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) defeated Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
Tag team match[48]
9:10

3P
Bobby Roode (c) defeated Mojo Rawley
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[49]
7:45

4
AJ Styles (c) defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
Handicap match for the WWE Championship[50]
15:55

5
The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) (c) defeated Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin 2–0
2-out-of-3-falls match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship[51]
13:55

6
Shinsuke Nakamura won by last eliminating Roman Reigns
30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 34[52]
1:05:27

7
Cesaro and Sheamus defeated Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan (c)
Tag team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship[53]
12:49

8
Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated Kane and Braun Strowman
Triple threat match for the WWE Universal Championship[54]
10:55

9
Asuka won by last eliminating Nikki Bella
30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34[55]
58:57[56]

(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

text: Men's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations[edit]

text:
Draw
Entrant
Brand
Order
Eliminated by
Time[57]
Elimination(s)

01 !1
Rusev
SmackDown
12
Bray Wyatt & Matt Hardy
30:28
0

02 !2
Finn Bálor
Raw
27
John Cena
57:38
4

03 !3
Rhyno
Raw
1
Baron Corbin
02:06
0

04 !4
Baron Corbin
SmackDown
2
Finn Bálor
01:06
1

05 !5
Heath Slater
Raw
4
Bray Wyatt
00:33**
1

06 !6
Elias
Raw
15
John Cena
26:00
0

07 !7
Andrade "Cien" Almas
NXT
18
Randy Orton
29:24
1

08 !8
Bray Wyatt
Raw
13
Matt Hardy
20:38
3

09 !9
Big E
SmackDown
8
Jinder Mahal
14:14
0

10 !10
Sami Zayn*
SmackDown
5
Shinsuke Nakamura
06:57
0

11 !11
Sheamus
Raw
3
Heath Slater
00:02***
0

12 !12
Xavier Woods
SmackDown
7
Jinder Mahal
08:24
0

13 !13
Apollo Crews
Raw
6
Cesaro
05:16
0

14 !14
Shinsuke Nakamura
SmackDown
30 !—
Winner
4438 !44:38
03 !3

15 !15
Cesaro
Raw
9
Seth Rollins
05:08
1

16 !16
Kofi Kingston
SmackDown
11
Andrade "Cien" Almas
05:41
1

17 !17
Jinder Mahal
SmackDown
10
Kofi Kingston
03:48
2

18 !18
Seth Rollins
Raw
22
Roman Reigns
19:01
2

19 !19
Matt Hardy
Raw
14
Bray Wyatt
01:17
2

20 !20
John Cena
Free agent
28
Shinsuke Nakamura
29:14
3

21 !21
The Hurricane
Free agent
16
John Cena
00:45
0

22 !22
Aiden English
SmackDown
17
Finn Bálor
02:16
0

23 !23
Adam Cole
NXT
19
Rey Mysterio
06:52
0

24 !24
Randy Orton
SmackDown
25
Roman Reigns
13:55
1

25 !25
Titus O'Neil
Raw
20
Roman Reigns
06:07
0

26 !26
The Miz
Raw
21
Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins
05:20
0

27 !27
Rey Mysterio
Free agent
26
Finn Bálor
09:39
1

28 !28
Roman Reigns
Raw
29
Shinsuke Nakamura
21:52
4

29 !29
Goldust
Raw
23
Dolph Ziggler
02:43
0

30 !30
Dolph Ziggler
SmackDown
24
Finn Bálor
02:01
1

text:
(*) - Tye Dillinger was announced as the #10 entrant, but was attacked backstage by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, resulting in Zayn taking his spot.
(**) - Heath Slater spent significant time outside of the ring before officially entering the Rumble, due to being attacked by Baron Corbin and other wrestlers.
(***) - WWE.com's official website lists Sheamus' time to be 20 seconds,[58] but they have otherwise stated 2 seconds.[59][60][61][62]

text: Women's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations[edit]

text:
Draw
Entrant
Brand
Order
Eliminated by
Time[56]
Elimination(s)

01 !1
Sasha Banks
Raw
27
Brie Bella & Nikki Bella
54:46
3

02 !2
Becky Lynch
SmackDown
14
Ruby Riott
30:54
2

03 !3
Sarah Logan
SmackDown
7
Molly Holly
16:30
0

04 !4
Mandy Rose
Raw
1
Lita
03:52
0

05 !5
Lita
HOF
3
Becky Lynch
05:51
2

06 !6
Kairi Sane*
NXT
4
Dana Brooke
04:49
0

07 !7
Tamina
SmackDown
2
Lita
01:34
0

08 !8
Dana Brooke
Raw
5
Torrie Wilson
02:59
1

09 !9
Torrie Wilson
Free agent
6
Sonya Deville
03:04
1

10 !10
Sonya Deville
Raw
8
Michelle McCool
06:41
1

11 !11
Liv Morgan
SmackDown
9
Michelle McCool
05:12
0

12 !12
Molly Holly
Free agent
10
Michelle McCool
04:04
1

13 !13
Lana
SmackDown
11
Michelle McCool
02:54
0

14 !14
Michelle McCool
Free agent
13
Natalya
08:38
5

15 !15
Ruby Riott
SmackDown
17
Nia Jax
11:32
2

16 !16
Vickie Guerrero
Free agent
12
Becky Lynch, Michelle McCool, Ruby Riott, & Sasha Banks
00:57
0

17 !17
Carmella
SmackDown
21
Nikki Bella
18:45
0

18 !18
Natalya
SmackDown
25
Trish Stratus
25:34
3

19 !19
Kelly Kelly
Free agent
16
Nia Jax
05:02
0

20 !20
Naomi
SmackDown
18
Nia Jax
06:49
0

21 !21
Jacqueline
HOF
15
Nia Jax
01:52
0

22 !22
Nia Jax
Raw
23
Asuka, Bayley, Brie Bella, Natalya, Nikki Bella, & Trish Stratus
17:56
4

23 !23
Ember Moon
NXT
20
Asuka
06:14
0

24 !24
Beth Phoenix
HOF
19
Natalya
02:22
0

25 !25
Asuka
Raw
30 !—
Winner
1941 !19:41
03 !3

26 !26
Mickie James
Raw
22
Trish Stratus
08:24
0

27 !27
Nikki Bella
SmackDown
29
Asuka
16:30
4

28 !28
Brie Bella
Free agent
28
Nikki Bella
11:58
2

29 !29
Bayley
Raw
24
Sasha Banks
05:04
1

30 !30
Trish Stratus
HOF
26
Sasha Banks
05:36
3

text: (*) - Kairi Sane was a last minute replacement for Alicia Fox, who was originally scheduled to participate in the match, but got injured just prior to the event.[63]


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text: Inverted question and exclamation marks

text: Usage[edit]

text: The inverted question mark (¿) is a punctuation mark written before the first letter of an interrogative sentence or clause to indicate that a question follows. It is an inverted form of the standard symbol "?" recognized by speakers of languages written with the Latin alphabet. In most languages, a single question mark is used, and only at the end of an interrogative sentence: "How old are you?" This was once true of the Spanish language.

text: The inverted question mark was adopted long[specify] after the Real Academia's decision, published in the second edition of the Ortografía de la lengua castellana (Orthography of the Castilian language) in 1754[2] recommending it as the symbol indicating the beginning of a question in written Spanish—e.g. ¿Cuántos años tienes? ("How old are you?"). The Real Academia also ordered the same inverted-symbol system for statements of exclamation, using the symbols "¡" and "!". This helps to recognize questions and exclamations in long sentences. "Do you like summer?" and "You like summer." are translated respectively as "¿Te gusta el verano?" and "Te gusta el verano." (There is no difference between the wording of a yes–no question and the corresponding statement in Spanish as there is in English.) These new rules were slowly adopted; there exist nineteenth-century books in which the writer does not use either opening symbol, neither the "¡" nor the "¿".

text: In sentences that are both declarative and interrogative, the clause that asks a question is isolated with the starting-symbol inverted question mark, for example: Si no puedes ir con ellos, ¿quieres ir con nosotros? ("If you cannot go with them, would you like to go with us?")

text: Some writers omit the inverted question mark in the case of a short unambiguous question such as: Quién viene? ("Who comes?"). This is the criterion in Catalan.[3] Certain Catalan-language authorities, such as Joan Solà, insist that both the opening and closing question marks be used for clarity.

text: Some Spanish-language writers, among them Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda (1904–1973), refuse to use the inverted question mark.[4] It is common in Internet chat rooms and instant messaging now to use only the single "?" as an ending symbol for a question, since it saves typing time. Multiple closing symbols are used for emphasis: Por qué dices eso??, instead of the standard ¿Por qué dices eso? ("Why do you say that?"). Some may also use the ending symbol for both beginning and ending, giving ?Por qué dices eso? Given the informal setting, this might be unimportant; however, teachers see this as a problem, fearing and claiming that contemporary young people are inappropriately and incorrectly extending the practice to academic homework and essays. (See Internet linguistics: Educational perspective.)

text: History[edit]

text: This article is missing information about how inverted punctuation came about in the languages of Spain. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (October 2014)

text: In 1668, John Wilkins proposed using the inverted exclamation mark "¡" as a symbol at the end of a sentence to denote irony. He was one of many, including Desiderius Erasmus, who felt there was a need for such a punctuation mark, but Wilkins' proposal, as was true of the other attempts, failed to take hold.[5][6]

text: Mixtures[edit]

text: Although it has now become rare, it is correct usage in Spanish to begin a sentence with an opening inverted exclamation mark ("¡") and end it with a question mark ("?"), or vice versa, for statements that are questions but also have a clear sense of exclamation or surprise such as: ¡Y tú quién te crees? ("Who do you think you are?!"). Normally, four signs are used, always with one type in the outer side and the other in the inner side (nested) (¿¡Y tú quién te crees!?, ¡¿Y tú quién te crees?! [7])

text: Unicode 5.1 also includes U+2E18 ⸘ INVERTED INTERROBANG, which is an inverted version of the interrobang (also known as a "gnaborretni"), a nonstandard punctuation mark used to denote both excitement and a question in just one glyph.

text: Computer usage[edit]

text: Encodings[edit]

text: "¡" and "¿" are both located within the Unicode Common block, and are both inherited from ISO-8859-1. "¡" has Unicode codepoint U+00A1 (decimal entity reference ¡) and HTML named entity reference ¡. "¿" has Unicode codepoint U+00BF (decimal entity reference ¿) and has HTML named entity reference ¿. In both cases, the "i" in the named entity reference is an initialism for "inverted".[8]

text: Input methods[edit]

text: "¿" is available in all keyboard layouts for Spanish-speaking countries.

text: Users of English (US) keyboards under Microsoft Windows can obtain the inverted question mark "¿" using the Alt code method by holding down the Alt key and pressing 0191, 6824, or 168 on the number pad and the inverted exclamation mark "¡" with number pad code 0161 or 173. In Microsoft Word, the inverted question and exclamation marks can be typed by holding down the Ctrl, Alt, and shift keys while typing a normal question or exclamation mark, or by typing either mark at the start of the sentence whilst in the Spanish language mode.

text: Windows users with a US keyboard layout are able to switch to the US-International layout. Among other changes, this converts the Alt key to the right of the space bar into the Alt Gr (graphics) key. (The left Alt key remains unchanged.) When the right Alt key is held down and other keys are pressed, the combination produces other characters not found on the standard US keyboard. For instance, the keystroke right Alt+1 produces an inverted exclamation mark, while right Alt+/ yields the inverted question marks. Another way of inputting "¡" on Windows is to hold Alt and type 173 on the numeric keypad.

text: Input methods for macOS[edit]

text: On the macOS platform (or when using the "US International"/us-intl keyboard layout on Windows and Linux), "¡" and "¿" can be entered by pressing Alt/⌥ Option+1 and ⇧ Shift+Alt/⌥ Option+/ respectively. With a compose key, for example, <LEFT SHIFT> + <RIGHT CTRL>, they can be entered by pressing the compose key and ! or ? twice. And for AZERTY keyboards, the shortcut is: fn + alt + ! (number 8).

text: Input methods for LaTeX[edit]

text: In LaTeX documents, the "¿" is written as ?` (question mark, backtick) or \textquestiondown, and "¡" as !` (exclamation point, backtick) or \textexclamdown. (This may require including "\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}" at the top of the document.) XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX have full Unicode support, and literal ¿ and ¡ characters may be input.

text: Use in filenames[edit]

text: In Windows, an inverted question mark is valid in a file or directory name, whereas the normal is a reserved character which cannot be so used.


document_title: Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

question_text: who drafted the document of the un declaration of human rights

text: Membership of the Drafting Committee[edit]

text: The Drafting Committee[2] included

text:
Eleanor Roosevelt, United States (Chair)
Peng Chun Chang, Republic of China
Charles Habib Malik, Lebanon
William Roy Hodgson, Australia
Hernán Santa Cruz, Chile
René Cassin, France
Alexander E. Bogomolov, Soviet Union
Charles Dukes, United Kingdom
John Peters Humphrey, Canada

text: The drafting process[edit]

text: John Peters Humphrey was newly appointed as Director of the Division of Human Rights within the United Nations Secretariat.[3] In this role, he produced the first draft of a list of rights that were to form the basis of the Declaration.

text: The underlying structure of the Universal Declaration was introduced in its second draft which was prepared by René Cassin working from the Humphrey draft. The structure was influenced by the Code Napoleon, including a preamble and introductory general principles.[4]

text: Cassin compared the Declaration to the portico of a Greek temple, with a foundation, steps, four columns and a pediment. Articles 1 and 2 are the foundation blocks, with their principles of dignity, liberty, equality and brotherhood. The seven paragraphs of the preamble, setting out the reasons for the Declaration, are represented by the steps. The main body of the Declaration forms the four columns. The first column (articles 3-11) constitutes rights of the individual, such as the right to life and the prohibition of slavery. The second column (articles 12-17) constitutes the rights of the individual in civil and political society. The third column (articles 18-21) is concerned with spiritual, public and political freedoms such as freedom of religion and freedom of association. The fourth column (articles 22-27) sets out social, economic and cultural rights.

text: In Cassin's model, the last three articles of the Declaration provide the pediment which binds the structure together. These articles are concerned with the duty of the individual to society and the prohibition of use of rights in contravention of the purposes of the United Nations.[5]

text: The Cassin draft was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights and was to undergo editing in the Commission, then in further drafts considered by the Third Committee of the United Nations, and finally in a draft before the General Assembly of the United Nations, which ultimately adopted the Declaration on 10 December 1948. The vote for the declaration was 48 to 0 with eight abstentions: the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia, the People's Republic of Poland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Union of South Africa, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[6]

text: Controversies[edit]

text: The first controversy to resolve was related to the very origin of the human rights, basically the discussion between the supporters of the concepts of natural rights (which humans are endowed by God or Nature) and positive rights (which humans acquire as a result of a rational agreement).[7]

text: The second controversy was basically between the positions of the Marxist theory of the Soviet Bloc and the liberal theory of the Western World. In philosophical terms, the Soviet Bloc criticized the individualist stance of the issue, arguing in favor of the collectivism approach, where the rights of the collective dominate that of an individual. In political terms, the Soviet Union and its satellites, facing mounting accusations of human rights violations (and defending itself in the "And you are lynching Negroes" style), argued that the declaration is a mere formality if it would not consider guarantees of economic and social rights. However these objections were of surprisingly little consequence, because the Soviet Block was not very active during the seating of the Commission, perhaps indicating a preestablished decision not to sign the Declaration.[7]

text: Another issue is the legal status of the declaration. The majority considered the document to be mainly of moral character. At the same time some participants argued in favor of adding certain legal aspects in terms of international law.[7]

text: British representatives in particular were extremely frustrated that the proposal had moral but no legal obligation. (It was not until 1976 that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights came into force, giving a legal status to most of the Declaration) [8]

text: UDHR timeline[edit]

text: Source: United Nations Year Book 1948-1949, pp. 524 et seq

text: United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco

text:
15 February, Establishment of "Nuclear Committee" of Commission on Human Rights.
29 April - 20 May 1946 - First Meeting of the Nuclear Committee.
21 June 1946 - The UN Economic and Social Council adopts terms of reference of permanent Commission on Human Rights

text:
27 January - 10 February - First Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights, Lake Success, New York. Drafting Committee established.
9 June - 25 June - First Meeting of the Drafting Committee, Lake Success, New York. Draft outline of an International Bill of Human Rights prepared by the UN Secretariat ("the Humphrey Draft"). Drafting Committee splits work into two documents: preparation of a declaration of human rights and a working paper on a draft international convention on human rights.
2 December - 17 December - Second Session of the Commission on Human Rights, Geneva. Commission begins to consider work on three projects: a declaration on human rights, and international convention on human rights and measures for implementation and enforcement

text:
3 May - 21 May, Second Session of the Drafting Committee, Lake Success, New York.
24 May - 18 June, Third Session of the Commission on Human Rights, Lake Success, New York. Commission adopts a draft Declaration and transmits it to the Economic and Social Council.
26 August, Economic and Social Council transmits draft to the General Assembly.
30 September - 7 December, Third Committee of General Assembly spends 81 meetings considering the Declaration. 168 resolutions for amendments to the draft, submitted and considered.
1–4 December, Sub-committee of Third Committee charged with cross checking 5 official language versions.
10 December, Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly

text: Notes[edit]

text: Jump up ^ The Declaration was drafted during the Chinese Civil War. P.C. Chang was appointed as a representative by the Republic of China, which was recognised as the government of China at the time.

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document_title: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby

question_text: who wrote you must have been a beautiful baby

text: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby

text:
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"

Featured in the 1938 film Hard to Get

Song by Dick Powell

Published
1938

Composer(s)
Harry Warren

Lyricist(s)
Johnny Mercer

text: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, published in 1938 by Remick Music Corporation. It was featured in the Warner Brothers movie Hard to Get, released November 1938, in which it was sung by Dick Powell.[1]

text: Originally, the song was recorded by Bing Crosby for the biggest-selling hit version,[1][2] while other contemporaneous hit versions included recordings by Tommy Dorsey (with vocal by Edythe Wright) and Russ Morgan.[1] It was also revived by Bobby Darin in 1961, reaching the charts again that year.[1] The song has been recorded by many other artists (see below for a partial list) and is considered a popular standard. It was used frequently in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, also produced by Warner Brothers, under the musical direction of Carl W. Stalling.[3]

text: Recorded versions[edit]

text:
Russ Morgan and his orchestra (recorded August 26, 1938, released by Decca Records as catalog number 2125A,[1] with the flip side "This Is Madness"[4])
Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake 7 with vocal by Edythe Wright (recorded September 29, 1938, released by Victor Records as catalog number 26066,[1] with the flip side "Sailing at Midnight"[5])
Blue Barron and his orchestra (recorded October 1, 1938, released by Bluebird Records as catalog number 7886[6] and by Montgomery Ward Records as catalog number 7537,[7] both with the flip side "It's Time to Say Aloha"[6][7])
Bing Crosby (recorded October 14, 1938,[8] released by Decca Records as catalog number 2147A,[1] with the flip side "Summertime"[4])
Chick Bullock (recorded October 20, 1938, released by Conqueror Records as catalog number 9149, with the flip side "I Won't Tell a Soul"[9])
Dorothy Carless and Sam Costa ("two voices and a piano") in February 1939, released by Regal Zonophone (MR 2984).
Robert Clary (released by Capitol Records as catalog number 891, with the flip side "Alouette"[10])
Perry Como (recorded March 21, 1946, released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1916, with the flip side "A Garden in the Rain"[11])
Bobby Darin (recorded on June 19, 1961 released as Atco 6206, with the flip side "Sorrow Tomorrow";[12] the biggest hit version, reaching U.S. #5 and UK #10)
Joe Loss & his Band with vocal by Chick Henderson (recorded January 21, 1939 released on Regal Zonophone MR-2992)
The Dave Clark Five (released in 1967 as a U.S. single on Epic Records, catalog number 10179, with the flip side "Man in the Pin-Stripe Suit"). Their version peaked at number thirty-five and was their seventeenth and final Top 40 hit [13]
Johnny Mercer (recorded January, 1974, released on the album My Huckleberry Friend.)
Red Norvo and his orchestra (vocal: Mildred Bailey; released by Brunswick Records as catalog number 8240, with the flip side "Just You, Just Me"[14])
Bob Smith and the Herman Chittison Trio (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-2266, with the flip side "Where's Sam?"[15])


document_title: A Madea Christmas (film)

question_text: who plays connor's mom in madeas christmas

question_tokens: who plays connor 's mom in madeas christmas

text: A Madea Christmas (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (August 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

text: In Atlanta, Georgia Mabel "Madea" Simmons (Tyler Perry) has been talked into getting a job at a local store by her great-niece Eileen Murphy (Anna Maria Horsford). Madea gets fed up with the customers and starts speaking rudely, causing herself to get fired on her first day. She then asks for her paycheck, but her boss tells her they will mail it. Infuriated, Madea steals a dress and some money from the cash register, then leaves.

text: Meanwhile, Eileen's daughter, Lacey Williams (Tika Sumpter), who is working as a teacher at a small school in Alabama and married to a white man named Connor (Eric Lively), has many problems on her hands: the school does not have enough money to fund its annual Christmas Jubilee. This angers the townsfolk, thus pressuring Lacey to have her ex-boyfriend, Oliver (JR Lemon), fund the school through his business. Lacey also wants one of her students, Bailey McCoy (Noah Urrea) to sing in the Christmas Jubilee. Stuck with many issues to deal with, she tells her mother that she will not be able to come home for Christmas. Eileen, determined to see her daughter for Christmas, decides to pay Lacey a surprise visit. She brings Madea, who is hesitant at first, with her, and has Oliver, who is on his way with a contract for the sponsorship, as their ride, as Eileen feels that Lacey and Oliver could still be a couple. The trio then head to Alabama, where Lacey lives. Following a short run-in with the Ku Klux Klan, the trio eventually make it to Alabama. This makes things awkward, since Lacey was not expecting her mother to come see her, and Eileen has never wanted Lacey to marry a white man. Lacey has made her mother believe that Connor is the "farm help" at her house.

text: Lacey's student Bailey is the son of Tanner McCoy, who Connor has had issues with since childhood. Connor is threatened by Tanner not to plant corn, which he wants to do, saying he will beat him up, as he did frequently when they were children, if he is not coerced.

text: Lacey goes to the meeting with the school principal, Oliver, and the town mayor to go over the contract for Oliver's representatives' sponsorship of the jubilee. While she is out, Madea looks after Lacey's class. Bailey walks into the class late and begins to get bullied by the girls of his class. Madea tells the meanest of them to leave Bailey alone and that they need to learn to be nicer to people. When Madea turns around to write her name on the chalkboard, one of the students steals her purse. Madea tells the students a modern day version of the story of the first Christmas, in order to keep the class busy. When Madea realizes that her purse is missing, she tries to then tell the children the story of Easter, but then loses her temper half way through the story and demands that somebody find her purse. Meanwhile, with the contract glazed over and signed, the town and school now have the money they need. Lacey then prepares to return to her class, but is interrupted by Oliver, who gives her a kiss. While she tries to tell Oliver that she is married and is not interested in getting back together with him, her and the principal discover that Madea has tied the girl that stole her purse to the cross decoration in the classroom.

text: Connor's parents, Buddy (Larry the Cable Guy), and Kim (Kathy Najimy), arrive at Connor and Lacey's house, as they have come to visit him for Christmas and are told that they must not mention that he and Lacey are married, as they do not know that Eileen has never wanted Lacey to marry a white man. Meanwhile, Eileen decides to get a Christmas tree and cuts down one with a yellow ribbon wrapped around it in the backyard, not knowing that Kim planted the tree in memory of her deceased father. When Eileen learns of this, she expresses no remorse, upsetting Kim. That night, Eileen walks in on Buddy and Kim, seeing Buddy with a sheet over his head, convincing her that Buddy is in the KKK. Now scared, she bars the door to the room that she and Madea are sharing.

text: The next day, while helping Connor with the farm animals, Madea reveals to Connor and Buddy that she knows Connor and Lacey are together (but not that they are married). When Connor informs Madea of this, also stating that Lacey is planning to tell Eileen about their marriage on Christmas day, Madea warns that Eileen will become upset.

text: While at the school that same day, it is discovered by the mayor and several towns people - including Tanner McCoy - that Oliver's representatives require that if they are going to sponsor the jubilee, it must be a holiday jubilee. This means that there may not be any references to Jesus, God, or the Bible.

text: The company that is sponsoring the event is Sheldon Construction Company, which caused the jobs of many of the citizens in the town to shut down. Angered at these facts, Tanner and the other citizens convince the mayor to fire Lacey. This upsets Bailey, and he complains to his father, who does not take what his son says into consideration.

text: Later that day, Buddy and Kim learn of Eileen's beliefs and become offended. Kim threatens Eileen, causing Eileen to try and kick Connor's parents out of the house. Madea forces Lacey to confess the truth to her mother and reveals that Eileen despises white people because her husband left her for a white woman when Lacey was 2 years old; she has lied about the story and said that a white man killed her husband. She also reveals other truths that Eileen has hidden from her daughter. Hypocritically angered by the lies she has heard, Eileen packs her bags and sits outside of the house, hoping for a taxi to come by and pick her up. Buddy, Kim, and Madea try to convince her to come back into the house, but to no avail. The three give up on Eileen, resulting in her deciding to walk into town and take a bus back to Atlanta.

text: Connor walks into he and Lacey's bedroom and finds Lacey sitting on the bed, thinking about all that has happened to her that day. Lacey reveals that Tanner caused her to lose her job, setting Connor off. He storms out of the house in a fit of rage, gets into his truck and heads off to Tanner's house, Buddy riding along. While walking to town, Eileen discovers Tanner in his truck, which has been crashed and knocked upside down. Eileen helps Tanner out of the truck before it explodes. Connor and Buddy drive up to this. Connor punches Tanner in the face and demands that Eileen get into his truck. He tells Tanner to stay away from him and Lacey and says that he is planting the corn that Tanner told him not to plant. Connor, Buddy and Eileen then drive away, while Tanner, now with a change of heart, walks back to his house.

text: Back at Connor and Lacey's house, Eileen finally accepts Connor and Lacey's marriage. However, not everything has yet been settled, as Tanner and his wife pull up to the house. Connor at first demands that they leave his property, but Tanner apologizes for the things he has done and thanks Eileen for saving him. After the reconciliation, Connor asks Tanner if he wants to help him with the corn, to which Tanner gratefully says yes.

text: At the Christmas Jubilee, Lacey thanks the Sheldon Construction Company for helping to sponsor the event (while at the same time announcing promises to help the town that were not in the original agreement, knowing that the company would have no choice but to oblige considering the repercussions if they were to back out). Bailey sings "Mary, Did You Know", with his parents cheering him on. Lacey also reveals to Oliver that she is married to Connor as the jubilee commences.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Tyler Perry as Mabel "Madea" Simmons
Larry the Cable Guy as Buddy Williams
Kathy Najimy as Kim Williams
Chad Michael Murray as Tanner McCoy
Anna Maria Horsford as Eileen Murphy
Tika Sumpter as Lacey Williams (née Murphy)
Eric Lively as Conner Williams
JR Lemon as Oliver
Alicia Witt as Amber
Lisa Whelchel as Nancy Porter
Noah Urrea as Bailey McCoy
Ashlee Heath as Audry
Caroline Kennedy as Lucy
Sweet Brown as herself
Antoine Dodson as YouTube guy
Jonathan Chase as Alfred
Vickie Eng as Customer #6
Daniel Mann as Austin

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: The soundtrack for the film was released in stores by Motown Records November 25. This was the first soundtrack to a Tyler Perry film since 2010's For Colored Girls and the first Madea soundtrack since 2006's Madea's Family Reunion and 2008's Meet the Browns. It featured Smokey Robinson, Mariah Carey, Brian McKnight, James Brown, KEM, Boyz II Men, Kelly Rowland, Jeremih, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, Pearl Bailey, Ashanti, Mprynt & Kevin Ross.

text: Reception[edit]

text: A Madea Christmas was panned by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 18% rating, based on 33 reviews, with the consensus: "It boasts a few laughs, but overall, Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas ranks among Perry's least entertaining or substantive works."[2] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 28 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[3]

text: Home media[edit]

text: A Madea Christmas was released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 25, 2014.[4] The DVD contains a first look at the opening of the upcoming animated feature "Madea's Tough Love".

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Award
Category
Subject
Result

Golden Raspberry Award
Worst Picture
Ozzie Areu
Nominated

Matt Moore
Nominated

Tyler Perry
Nominated

Worst Director
Nominated

Worst Screenplay
Nominated

Worst Actress
Won

Worst Screen Combo
Nominated

That worn-out wig and dress
Nominated

Larry the Cable Guy
Nominated

Worst Supporting Actor
Nominated


document_title: NFL win–loss records

question_text: who has won the most games in nfl 2017

question_tokens: who has won the most games in nfl 2017

text: NFL win–loss records

text: Regular season[edit]

text: The following is a listing of all 32 current National Football League (NFL) teams ranked by their regular season win–loss record percentage, accurate as of the end of the 2017 NFL regular season.[1] For teams that previously played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), their AAFC win-loss records are not included as the NFL does not officially count AAFC statistics despite the 1950 NFL–AAFC merger.[2][a] However, for teams that played in the American Football League (AFL), their AFL win-loss records are included and officially counted by the NFL. Ties are registered as a half win and a half loss when calculating the win-loss record.

text: Best win–loss record in division

text:
Rank
Team
Won
Lost
Tied
Pct.
First NFL Season
Total Games
Division

1
Dallas Cowboys
502
374
6
.573
1960
882
NFC East

2
Green Bay Packers
737
562
37
.565
1921
1,336
NFC North

3
Chicago Bears
749
579
42
.562
1920
1,370
NFC North

4
Miami Dolphins
445
351
4
.559
1966
800
AFC East

5
New England Patriots[b]
489
386
9
.558
1960
884
AFC East

6
Minnesota Vikings
470
390
10
.546
1961
870
NFC North

7
Baltimore Ravens
190
161
1
.541
1996
352
AFC North

8
New York Giants
687
585
33
.539
1925
1,305
NFC East

9
Denver Broncos
470
404
10
.537
1960
884
AFC West

10
San Francisco 49ers
528
460
14
.534
1950
1,002
NFC West

11
Pittsburgh Steelers
614
538
20
.532
1933
1,172
AFC North

12
Oakland Raiders
462
411
11
.529
1960
884
AFC West

13
Indianapolis Colts[c]
506
453
7
.527
1953
966
AFC South

14
Kansas City Chiefs
457
415
12
.524
1960
884
AFC West

15
Seattle Seahawks
334
325
1
.507
1976
660
NFC West

16
Washington Redskins
595
581
28
.506
1932
1,202
NFC East

17
Carolina Panthers
183
184
1
.499
1995
368
NFC South

18
Los Angeles Chargers
435
438
11
.498
1960
884
AFC West

19
Los Angeles Rams
555
559
21
.498
1937
1,135
NFC West

20
Cleveland Browns
462
482
10
.490
1950
954
AFC North

21
Philadelphia Eagles
568
594
26
.489
1933
1,188
NFC East

22
Tennessee Titans
422
456
6
.481
1960
884
AFC South

23
Buffalo Bills
409
467
8
.467
1960
884
AFC East

24
Detroit Lions
553
648
32
.461
1930
1,233
NFC North

25
Cincinnati Bengals
351
417
4
.457
1968
772
AFC North

26
New York Jets
397
479
8
.454
1960
884
AFC East

27
Jacksonville Jaguars
165
203
0
.448
1995
368
AFC South

28
New Orleans Saints
349
432
5
.447
1967
786
NFC South

29
Atlanta Falcons
351
443
6
.443
1966
790
NFC South

30
Houston Texans
110
146
0
.430
2002
256
AFC South

31
Arizona Cardinals
550
740
40
.429
1920
1,330
NFC West

32
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
255
404
1
.387
1976
660
NFC South

text: Playoffs[edit]

text: The following is a listing of all 32 current National Football League (NFL) teams ranked by their playoff win-loss record percentage, accurate as of the end of 2017–18 NFL Wild Card round.

text:
Best win–loss record in division

Team active in playoffs

text:
Rank
Team
Games
Won
Lost
Pct.
Last playoff
appearance
Division

1
Baltimore Ravens
23
15
8
.652
2014
AFC North

2
New England Patriots
53
34
19
.642
2017
AFC East

3
Green Bay Packers
56
34
22
.607
2016
NFC North

4
San Francisco 49ers
50
30
20
.600
2013
NFC West

5
Pittsburgh Steelers
61
36
25
.590
2017
AFC North

6
Oakland Raiders
44
25
19
.568
2016
AFC West

7
Dallas Cowboys
61
34
27
.557
2016
NFC East

8 (tie)
Denver Broncos
42
23
19
.548
2015
AFC West

8 (tie)
Washington Redskins
42
23
19
.548
2015
NFC East

10
Carolina Panthers
17
9
8
.529
2017
NFC South

11
Seattle Seahawks
31
16
15
.516
2016
NFC West

12 (tie)
Philadelphia Eagles
42
21
21
.500
2017
NFC East

12 (tie)
Jacksonville Jaguars
14
7
7
.500
2017
AFC South

14
New York Giants
49
24
25
.490
2016
NFC East

15
Indianapolis Colts
45
22
23
.489
2014
AFC South

16
Miami Dolphins
41
20
21
.488
2016
AFC East

17
Chicago Bears
35
17
18
.486
2010
NFC North

18
New York Jets
25
12
13
.480
2010
AFC East

19
Buffalo Bills
30
14
16
.467
2017
AFC East

20
New Orleans Saints
18
8
10
.444
2017
NFC South

21
Arizona Cardinals
16
7
9
.438
2015
NFC West

22
Los Angeles Rams
44
19
25
.432
2017
NFC West

23 (tie)
Tennessee Titans
35
15
20
.429
2017
AFC South

23 (tie)
Houston Texans
7
3
4
.429
2016
AFC South

25
Atlanta Falcons
24
10
14
.417
2017
NFC South

26
Minnesota Vikings
49
20
29
.408
2017
NFC North

27
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
15
6
9
.400
2007
NFC South

28
Los Angeles Chargers
28
11
17
.393
2013
AFC West

29
Cleveland Browns
31
11
20
.355
2002
AFC North

30
Detroit Lions
20
7
13
.350
2016
NFC North

31
Kansas City Chiefs
27
9
18
.333
2017
AFC West

32
Cincinnati Bengals
19
5
14
.263
2015
AFC North

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Jump up ^ For example, the Browns' regular season win–loss record does not include a 47–4–3 record compiled in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949, nor does their playoff record include the 5–0 record compiled during the same period. Likewise, the 49ers' AAFC regular season win–loss record of 38–14–2, nor their 1-1 AAFC playoff record are officially counted
Jump up ^ The Patriots played as the "Boston Patriots" from 1960–1970, before adopting the "New England Patriots" name, which they have played under since the 1971 season.[3] The team was also briefly known as the "Bay State Patriots" prior to the 1971 season.[4]
Jump up ^ The Colts played under the "Baltimore Colts" name from 1953–1983, before relocating to Indianapolis and adpoting their current "Indianapolis Colts" name, which they have played under since the 1984 season.[5]