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Proteus appears and is referenced often in popular culture. ==In modern fiction== *In the 1980s adventure television series ''Airwolf'', a U.S. Senator tells Dr. Charles Henry Moffett, "I'd like to shake your hand." Moffett replies, "You already have, Senator. On ''Project Proteus.'' " *In James Joyce's ''Ulysses'',〔(Chapter 3 )〕 uses Protean transformations of matter in time for self exploration. *In Anne Ursu's book ''The Siren Song'', the second book in the Cronus Chronicles, the Greek Proteus, an ally of Poseidon, disguises as protagonist Charlotte's cousin Zee to keep the fact from her that he has kidnapped Zee himself. He is also the father of Charlotte's crush, Jason Hart, a mortal who does not appreciate his father's shape-shifting abilities. Once Charlotte finds this fact, she abandons Jason. *The term "Proteus" and "Vombis" also were used in a James Blish short story, "A Hero's Life" about a race of alien beings who could change shape at will, but were not as malevolent as The Thing written about by John W. Campbell. *In the film ''Fantastic Voyage'', ''Proteus'' is the apt name for the experimental submarine which is shrunk to sub-cellular size, and injected into a dying scientist to save his life. *In the animated TV series "Gargoyles", Proteus is the shape-shifting menace and arch-enemy of the city of New Olympus in the episode titled "The New Olympians." *Kurt Vonnegut's novel ''Player Piano'' revolves around the actions of Paul Proteus, a manager of a machine works in New York. Paul's life mirrors Proteus in that he must change his "shape" (character) to find his place in a machine-controlled society with which he is out of sympathy. *In the film "Lost in Space", "''Proteus''" is the name of the space ship that is sent to look for the Robinson Family in an alternate time. The ship is subsequently destroyed. *In another film, "Demon Seed", the evil supercomputer is named "''Proteus IV''" *In Craig Thomas' novel Sea Leopard, the British submarine is named HMS ''Proteus''. *In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the Protean Charm is a complex spell used by Hermione Granger to enchant coins so that changing the serial number on one affected the others as well. She used it to communicate the times of secret meetings. It was also used by Voldemort to communicate with his Death Eaters. *In the Marvel Comics series X-Men, Proteus is the villain identity of reality-changing mutant Kevin MacTaggert, son of Moira MacTaggert on Muir Isle Mutant Research Facility. *In the DC Comics pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Legion of Superheroes stories, the Proteans are a race of telepathic shapeshifters. Shapeshifting Legionnaire Chameleon Boy kept a Protean as a pet, whom he dubbed "Proty". After Proty sacrificed itself to save Saturn Girl and resurrect Lightning Lad, Chameleon Boy obtained a new Protean pet, "Proty II". *In Rick Wakeman's song "The Battle/The Journey" Proteus is described as a giant pre-historic man who herds mastodons in the center of the Earth (itself an image from Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth) *In Dean Koontz's "Phantoms" the character is referred to as being like Proteus by one of his victims. *In Charles Sheffield's science fiction novels titled "Proteus in the Underworld" and "Proteus Combined." Here Proteus refers to the process of using biofeedback equipment to change the shape of the characters' bodies. *James P. Hogan's novel ''The Proteus Operation''. The term Proteus seems to relate to the ability to change time and reality, it that it is "flexible". He also uses it to refer to quantum mechanics wherein it seems as if something changes to avoid being caught (i.e.: the act of measuring something changes it). *In the Atraxa trilogy by Desmond Ravenstone, the Atraxa Defense Services use "proteon suits" which incorporate nanotechnology to sense the approach of a bullet or other high-speed projectile and change density so as to protect the wearer. *In Treasure Planet, the alien Morph, a pink blob who takes the form of everything he sees (much like a parrot repeats what it hears), is referenced to come from the fictional planet Proteus 1, a reference to his shapeshifting abilities. *In Rick Riordan's The Titan's Curse, Percy Jackson captures a Proteus-like man, Nereus, to ask where the monster that, when its entrails are burned, will give you the power to destroy Mount Olympus. *In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Proteus is the middle name of the con artist Rinehart. *In the children's TV series Thomas and Friends, Proteus is the name of the very first steam engine to have been built on The Isle of Sodor. * In John C. Wright's ''Chronicles of Chaos'', Proteus is the father of Quentin Nemo.〔"(Fugitives of Chaos by John C. Wright Dramatis Personae )"〕 * In Rudyard Kipling's ''The Bees and the Flies'', the poem recounts how a hero won a secret from Proteus.〔"(The Bees and the Flies )"〕 * In the Showtime series ''Penny Dreadful'', Proteus is the name chosen by Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway)'s creation (Alex Price), when flipping through a book of Shakespeare's plays (presumably, The Two Gentlemen of Verona). The name has a double meaning - both to denote his closeness to Victor and using the name's nautical connotations as a reference to Proteus' previous life as a fisherman. * "Proteus: The City" is the title of Book Four of Thomas Wolfe's autobiographical novel "Of Time and the River".〔Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River〕 *''Protean Challenge'' of ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' features Proteus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Proteus in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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