# Casper

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'''Casper''' may refer to:
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==People==
* [Casper (given name)](/source/Casper_(given_name))
* [Casper (surname)](/source/Casper_(surname))
* [Casper (Maya ruler)](/source/Casper_(Maya_ruler)) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque
* [Tok Casper](/source/Tok_Casper), first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426
* [Caspar David Friedrich](/source/Caspar_David_Friedrich) (born 1774), German Romantic painter
* [David Gray (snooker player)](/source/David_Gray_(snooker_player)) (born 1979), nicknamed Casper
* [Casper (rapper)](/source/Casper_(rapper)) (born 1982), German musician
* [DJ Casper](/source/DJ_Casper) (1965–2023), American musician

==Places in the United States==
* [Casper, Wyoming](/source/Casper%2C_Wyoming), a city
* [Casper Mountain](/source/Casper_Mountain), overlooking Casper, Wyoming

==Entertainment==
* Casper Gutman, the primary antagonist of ''[The Maltese Falcon](/source/The_Maltese_Falcon_(novel))''
* [Casper the Friendly Ghost](/source/Casper_the_Friendly_Ghost), a Paramount cartoon character owned by Harvey Comics
** [Casper the Friendly Ghost in film](/source/Casper_the_Friendly_Ghost_in_film), a series of films based on the Harvey Comics character
*** [''Casper'' (film)](/source/Casper_(film)), a 1995 live-action film featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost
*** ''[Casper: A Spirited Beginning](/source/Casper%3A_A_Spirited_Beginning)'', a direct-to-video prequel of the 1995 film
*** ''[Casper Meets Wendy](/source/Casper_Meets_Wendy)'', a direct-to-video sequel to ''Casper: A Spirited Beginning''
*** ''[Casper's Haunted Christmas](/source/Casper's_Haunted_Christmas)'', a direct-to-video animated feature set in Christmas Time
*** ''[Casper's Scare School](/source/Casper's_Scare_School)'', second direct-to-video animated film
** ''[Casper and the Spectrals](/source/Casper_and_the_Spectrals)'', a 2009–2010 three-issue comic book miniseries that revamped Casper the Friendly Ghost
** [''Casper'' (video game)](/source/Casper_(video_game)), a series of video games based on the 1995 film
* ["Casper" (song)](/source/Casper_(song)), by Takeoff
* "[The Day That Never Comes](/source/The_Day_That_Never_Comes)", a song by Metallica with the working title "Casper"
* Casper, one of three parts of the biocomputer in the anime series ''[Neon Genesis Evangelion](/source/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion)''

==Science and technology==
* [Casper (persistency)](/source/Casper_(persistency)), a file used for persistency in Linux
* Casper, the [Apollo Command/Service Module](/source/Apollo_Command%2FService_Module) of the Apollo 16 spacecraft

==Transportation==
* [Hyundai Casper](/source/Hyundai_Casper), a sport utility vehicle

==Other uses==
* {{USS|Casper|PF-12}}, a World War II frigate
* [Casper (admissions test)](/source/Casper_(admissions_test)), a medical school admissions test
* [Casper (cat)](/source/Casper_(cat)) (c. 1997 – 2010), a cat famous for riding on buses
* [Casper College](/source/Casper_College), Casper, Wyoming, US
* [Casper (skateboarding)](/source/Casper_(skateboarding)), a skateboarding trick
* [Casper Sleep](/source/Casper_Sleep), a mattress manufacturer
* [Casper's](/source/Casper's), a hot dog restaurant chain in Northern California
* a line of Swedish boardgames published by [Target Games](/source/Target_Games)

==See also==
* [Caspar (disambiguation)](/source/Caspar_(disambiguation))
* [CASPR](/source/CASPR), a human protein
* [Casspir](/source/Casspir), a South African armored personnel carrier
* [Gasper (disambiguation)](/source/Gasper_(disambiguation))
* [Kasper (disambiguation)](/source/Kasper_(disambiguation))

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