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Babe is generally a slang term of endearment. It is sometimes claimed that it derives from the Irish Gaelic word báb, a term of endearment for a baby or a young woman,[1] but it is far more likely to be from the English babe/baby. The work of Daniel Cassidy is notoriously unreliable (or reliably wrong). The term may also refer to:
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- Babe, the title character of the Dick King-Smith book The Sheep-Pig
- Babe (film), a 1995 Australian film based on the book
- Babe: Pig in the City, the 1998 sequel
- Babe (comics), a comic book by artist/writer John Byrne
- Babe (band), a Serbian rock band
- "Babe" (Styx song), a song on Styx's 1979 album Cornerstone
- "Babe" (Take That song), a number one hit single by the UK boy band Take That
- BaBe, a Japanese Pop duo
- Babe the Blue Ox, the giant blue ox in the tall tales about the mythical lumberjack Paul Bunyan
- The Babe (film), a 1992 film about famed baseball player Babe Ruth starring John Goodman
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- Babe (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança
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- Babe Adams (1882–1968), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (1906–1926)
- Babe Dye (1898–1962), Canadian professional ice hockey forward
- Babe Herman (1903–1987), American right fielder in Major League Baseball
- Babe Laufenberg (1959–present), American quarterback in National Football League.
- Babe Parilli (1929–present), American quarterback in National Football League, American Football League, and Canadian Football League
- Babe Pinelli (1895–1984), American third baseman and umpire in Major League Baseball
- Babe Pratt (1916–1988), Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
- Babe Ruth (1895–1948), American Major League baseball player (1914–1935)
- Babe Zaharias (1911–1956), American multi-sport female athlete, née Didrikson.
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- ^ Cassidy, D: "How the Irish invented Slang", page 82, CounterPunch Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-904859-60-4
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Babe (Take That song)
"Babe" is a song by boyband Take That. It was the fourth single from Take That's second album, Everything Changes. Written by Gary Barlow, it features Mark Owen on lead vocals. The production was led by David Clayton who later spent 10 years as keyboard player and backing vocalist with Simply Red.
Background
Released on 13 December 1993, it became Take That's third single in a row to go straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart, knocking Mr Blobby's self-titled novelty single from the number one slot in the process. The following week however, Mr Blobby's single climbed back to number one, denying Take That the Christmas number one place. The single sold 350,000 copies in 1993, and was that year's 14th biggest-selling single. The song was certified platinum on 1 January 1994 for shipments of over 600,000 copies in the UK. The song was featured in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Fatal Extraction" broadcast on 25 December 1993, the day that the song had been knocked off number one in the singles chart.
Babe (film)
Babe is a 1995 Australian-American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, produced by George Miller, and written by both. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, also known as Babe: The Gallant Pig in the USA, which tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheepdog. The main animal characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic pigs and Border Collies.
After seven years of development,Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia. The talking-animal visual effects were done by Rhythm & Hues Studios and Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
The film was a box office success and grossed $36,776,544 at the box office in Australia. It has received considerable acclaim from critics: it was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning Best Visual Effects. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.
Babe (comics)
Babe was a four-issue comic book mini-series published by American company Dark Horse Comics under their Legend imprint, from July 1994 to October 1994. It was written by John Byrne, with pencils and inks by Byrne, and covers by Gary Cody.
Babe was set in the same universe as Hellboy, The Torch of Liberty, and Danger Unlimited.
Plot
In the first issue, Babe, a super-strong woman, appears to Ralph Rowan, with no memory of where she came from, how she ended up on the beach, where her force comes from, or why nothing hurts her. In issues #2 and #3, she is snatched up by aliens, and teams up with guest The Blonde Bombshell (former partner of Torch of Liberty). After escaping the alien spacecraft in issue #3, Babe and company come back to Earth along with the survivors of a mysterious plane crash, who have some strange connection to Babe. Issue #3 also feature the first appearance of John Byrne's creation, the Prototykes. Babe's origin is finally revealed in issue #4, which features the Prototykes again, and Babe's final showdown with villain Gideon Longshadow.
BaBe
BaBe was a Japanese pop duo, composed of Tomoko Kondo and Yukari Nikaido. They debuted in February 1987 with "Give Me Up", a cover of Michael Fortunati's original song. From February 1987 to February 1990 they had several hits including "I Don't Know", "Somebody Loves You", and "Get a Chance!".
Their highest single ranking on the Oricon charts was #4 in 1987 for Somebody Loves You. They sang "Get A Chance!" as the end theme and post-credits music video in the third Project A-ko anime. They also sang an all English song, "Love in the First Degree" (a cover of the Bananarama single).
They disbanded in February 1990 because of Yukari's marriage and pregnancy.
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