The Chosen One (disambiguation)

"The Chosen One" can refer to:

Religion

*Religious belief in the coming of the savior of mankind, i.e., Jesus Christ (Christians), The Messiah (Judaism), The Mahdi (Shīʿī Islam), Maitreya (Buddhism)
*God complex
*Messiah complex (self-concept)

Film

*a direct-to-video movie released in 2003 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0900912/]
*A title given to Anakin Skywalker in the "Star Wars" series, which a prophecy fortold "the one would bring balance to the Force, which he did.
*a documentary short exploring the character of Anakin Skywalker, released in 2005 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499191/]
*one of two movies scheduled to be released in 2008 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357545/] , [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970926/]
*the title character of the movie "Blade", a vampire hunter whose blood is required to summon the vampire god La Magra

Television

* Sydney Bristow, a fictional character in Alias (TV series), who may be the incarnation of the "Chosen One" mentioned in the Rambaldi prophecies.
* the Slayer, a fictional character in the "Buffyverse" established by "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)" as a young female bestowed with mystical powers to help her fight against forces of darkness. Vampire slayers are sometimes referred to as the Chosen One because of both the wording of the Prophecy of the Slayer and because, for many centuries, there had been only one vampire slayer for every generation; however, events within the storyline cause there to eventually be two slayers at the same time (referred to by Faith Lehane as "the Chosen Two"), while further events result in many vampire slayers existing simultaneously.

Music

*"Chosen One" (without "the") is the second Hillsong Music album in the "Youth Alive" series by the Hillsong Church.

*"The Chosen One" is a song by The B-52's for the soundtrack to ""

Other

*A type of heroic stock character; examples include Anakin Skywalker, Aragorn son of Arathorn, Harry Potter and Neo.

Literature

*A new book trilogy is currently being written with the title called "The Chosen One". The series will be written by Matthew Dalton. The book tells about a child from New York who is destined to save a world in danger. At the same time, the child learns important lessons and understands what it truly means to believe in yourself. The story continues in two other books called, ' and '. The first book is said to come out in December 2009. The rest will come out in 2010 and 2011.
*The title given sometimes to Harry Potter.