Minute Man – Minute-Man or the Minutemen
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Minute_Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutemen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute-Man
These malevolent bots run around the middle part of Kensington Park, and are Minions to Skratch. In addition to their oversize Health stat and their fondness for casting Weakness, solo Wizards must face three of them at a time instead of the usual two.
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It takes him one minute to take it to the limit, to take the ball and win it.
There are two distinct possibilities of inspiration here and a remote third. Since possibility number two is also inspired by possibility number I will include both in this article.
Number 1:
Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being ready at a minute’s notice, hence the name. Minutemen provided a highly mobile, rapidly deployed force that enabled the colonies to respond immediately to military threats. They were an evolution from the prior colonial rapid-response units.
This statue represents Captain John Parker.
The minutemen were among the first to fight in the American Revolution. Their teams constituted about a quarter of the entire militia. They were generally younger, more mobile, and provided with weapons and arms by the local governments. They were still part of the overall militia regimental organizations in the New England Colonies.
The term has also been applied to various later United States civilian paramilitary forces.
Number 2:
Minute-Man (real name Jack Weston) is a superhero appearing in comics published Fawcett Comics and later DC Comics.
Named after the minutemen of the American Revolution and sporting a costume inspired by the American flag, he was originally published by Fawcett Comics in Master Comics #11-49 (February 1941 – April 1944). He also had his own self-titled comic for three issues published from summer 1941 to spring 1942.[1]
Along with other Fawcett characters, he was purchased by DC Comics and made brief appearances in the Shazam! comics in 1976, and the Power of Shazam! comic in 1995 and 1996.
During World War II, Jack Weston is an army private in prime physical condition who dons a patriotic costume and becomes the Minute-Man, a “One Man Army” who combats enemy agents.[2] His double identity is known to his superior officer, General Milton, who sends the Minute-Man on unsanctioned missions behind enemy lines. Minute-Man is a member of a group of local Fawcett City heroes, the Crime Crusaders Club.
Remote possibility #3
https://www.minutemanpress.com/
The current list of all the (known) Marleybone references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Minute Man image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Photo of the Lexington Minuteman is borrowed from Wikipedia and is in the public domain
Master Comics Vol 1 #16 by Fawcett Comics has lapsed into the public domain
Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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