Ted Striker is a traumatized former fighter pilot
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Ted Striker is the anxious, war-scarred ex-fighter pilot protagonist of the parody disaster film "Airplane!", whose fear of flying clashes comically with his need to land a doomed airliner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ted Striker is a traumatized former fighter pilot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6135344 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ted Striker is a traumatized former fighter pilot Context triple: [Airplane!, characterRole, Ted Striker is a traumatized former fighter pilot]
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A.
John Spartan
John Spartan is a tough, rule-breaking 20th-century cop who is cryogenically frozen and revived in a sanitized future to battle his old nemesis in the sci-fi action film "Demolition Man."
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B.
Kalai Strode
Kalai Strode is the child of American actor and athlete Woody Strode, known primarily in relation to his father's legacy.
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C.
John Tucker Battle
John Tucker Battle was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films, including science fiction and adventure movies.
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D.
Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow
Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow is a tough, sardonic U.S. Army NCO who oversees the misfit combat squad into which Tom Cruise’s character is thrust in the film’s alien-invasion time-loop scenario.
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E.
David Starr, Space Ranger
David Starr, Space Ranger is a 1952 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov (writing as Paul French) that introduces the character Lucky Starr in a juvenile space-adventure series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Striker is a traumatized former fighter pilot Target entity description: Ted Striker is the anxious, war-scarred ex-fighter pilot protagonist of the parody disaster film "Airplane!", whose fear of flying clashes comically with his need to land a doomed airliner.
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A.
John Spartan
John Spartan is a tough, rule-breaking 20th-century cop who is cryogenically frozen and revived in a sanitized future to battle his old nemesis in the sci-fi action film "Demolition Man."
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B.
Kalai Strode
Kalai Strode is the child of American actor and athlete Woody Strode, known primarily in relation to his father's legacy.
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C.
John Tucker Battle
John Tucker Battle was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films, including science fiction and adventure movies.
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D.
Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow
Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow is a tough, sardonic U.S. Army NCO who oversees the misfit combat squad into which Tom Cruise’s character is thrust in the film’s alien-invasion time-loop scenario.
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E.
David Starr, Space Ranger
David Starr, Space Ranger is a 1952 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov (writing as Paul French) that introduces the character Lucky Starr in a juvenile space-adventure series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airplane pilot
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Airplane II: The Sequel
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Airplane! ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
comedy film
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disaster film parody ⓘ parody film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Trans American Airlines
ⓘ
cockpit crew of Flight 209 ⓘ |
| basedOn | archetype of disaster-film airline pilot hero ⓘ |
| characterArc | from paralyzed by fear to successfully landing the plane ⓘ |
| conflict |
must confront war trauma
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must overcome fear of flying ⓘ |
| createdBy |
David Zucker
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Jerry Zucker ⓘ Jim Abrahams ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Airplane! (1980 film)
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linked to:
Airplane!
|
| genreOfWork | parody disaster film ⓘ |
| hasRelationship | former boyfriend of Elaine Dickinson ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
anxious
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fear of flying ⓘ post-traumatic stress ⓘ traumatized ⓘ war-scarred ⓘ |
| humorStyle |
deadpan
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slapstick situations ⓘ |
| language | English (dialogue) ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Elaine Dickinson ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic hero
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reluctant hero ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
attempts to win back Elaine Dickinson
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boards Trans American Flight 209 ⓘ developed a drinking problem after the war ⓘ lands the airliner safely ⓘ served as a fighter pilot in the war ⓘ takes control of a doomed airliner ⓘ |
| notableScene |
drinking problem gag
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“I picked the wrong week to quit” running gag participation ⓘ |
| occupation |
fighter pilot
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taxi driver ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Robert Hays ⓘ |
| setting |
World War II flashbacks
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commercial airliner ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ted Striker is a traumatized former fighter pilot Description of subject: Ted Striker is the anxious, war-scarred ex-fighter pilot protagonist of the parody disaster film "Airplane!", whose fear of flying clashes comically with his need to land a doomed airliner.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.