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An epic is a long story centered on a heroic character that describes a series of exceptional events, similar to and suggestive of epic poetry. There are numerous epics in fiction and storytelling. Epics are majestic depictions and capture impressive struggles, such as stories of war, adventures, and other efforts of great scope and size over long periods of time.
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* [[Epic Poem]] (also known as classic epic)
* Epic Narrative (also known as modern epic)
* [[Epic Movie]] (more broadly defined, includes film adaptations of the
Some basic guidelines:
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'''Please''' do not add an example without ensuring that it first meets the criteria.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* Most full-length [[Gundam]] series fall under this.
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* The ''Mazinger trilogy'', with all their sequels and spin-offs throughout forty years, definitely fits:
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* ''[[Vinland Saga]]''
* ''[[Kemono no Souja Erin]]''
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== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[Cerebus]]''
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* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''
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** Also its popular spinoff series ''[[Lucifer (
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== Film ==
* ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''
* ''[[Avatar (
* ''[[Blood Diamond]]''
* ''[[Gangs of New York]]''
* ''[[Gladiator (
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* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]''
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* ''[[Master and Commander]]: Fits all but one of the criteria as it is focused on a single ship action. However it has a majestic plot, and larger then life characters and fits the other four criteria to a T.
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* ''[[Star Wars]]''
* ''[[The Ten Commandments]]''
== Literature ==
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* ''[[Belisarius Series]]'' is a [[Double Subversion]] with larger-then-life characters and events, modified by cynical asides. That is it is a time-travel dimenensional war centered in the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian, with the characters talking like real soldiers rather then in Homeric [[Purple Prose]] and the effect can be a little odd. It certainly qualifies as an epic however.
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* ''[[Book of the New Sun]]''
* ''[[Book of the Long Sun]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''
* ''[[The Dark Tower]]''
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* ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]''
* ''[[Dune]]'' (particularly the first book, though most of them count anyways, and can be considered a hereditary epic as well)
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* ''[[Foundation]]''
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* ''[[Guin Saga]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter (
* ''[[His Dark Materials]]''
* ''[[Honor Harrington]]: Perhaps not. But it does include a journey to the underworld-well to a planet named [[Fridge Brilliance|Charon]].
* ''[[Hyperion]]''
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* ''[[The Kalevala]]'', the Finnish national epic.
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* ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]''
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* ''[[North and South US]]''
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* ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]''
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* ''[[The Stand]]''
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* ''[[Technic History]]'': Fictional history of the expansion of humanity and other races into the stars, framing device for several stories some of which are mini-epics in their own right.
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* ''[[Watership Down]]''; also has [[Mythopoeia|its own epic mythology in-universe]].
* ''[[Wheel of Time]]''
* ''[[The Winds of War and War
**Also a TV miniseries which really went over the top for it's time, including borrowing and blowing up surplus naval vessels, checking out the real Auschwitz as a stage prop for horrific and realistic Holocaust scenes, and hiring big-end actors like Robert Mitchum and Jane Seymour.
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== Live Action TV ==
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* ''Jumong'': Korean TV series about the legendary founder of Korea.
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== Music ==
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== Roleplay ==
* Possible with most RPGs.
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* ''Exalted''. Because it's [[Exactly What It Says
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== Tabletop Games ==
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== Theater ==
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== Video Games ==
* Pretty much every one with a plot. Particularly Role Playing Games.
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* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'': Easily one of the most [[Department of Redundancy Department|Epic]] versions of this ever.
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* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
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* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games after the [[Excuse Plot]] era.
* Most ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' titles:
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* The ''[[Half Life]]'' series is evolving into this, especially with the integration of the events of the ''Portal'' games (and possibly every other Valve title) [[Canon Welding|into the canon]].
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' games.
* ''[[Oracle of Tao]]''. It qualifies as a [[Generational Saga]], tracing back from Ambrosia's mother (mainly in flashbacks), to her quest, to her daughter's quest with her.
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* ''[[The Tale of Alltynex]]'' is a rare [[Shmup]] version of this.
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== Web Animation ==
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== Webcomics ==
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== Western Animation ==
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