Ace (disambiguation)
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An ace is a playing card with a single suit symbol on it.
Ace may also refer to:
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Video games
- Ace Combat, video game series on Playstation 2
- Fighter Ace, a massively multiplayer online computer game
[edit] Film
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, a 1994 film starring Jim Carrey
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, a 1995 film starring Jim Carrey and sequel to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Ace High, a western film
- The Flying Ace a 1926 action film
[edit] Literature
- Ace Books, the oldest continuing publisher of science fiction and fantasy novels
- Ace Comics, an early comic book series from the pre-Golden Age era
- Ace Drummond, a later comic book series
- Shonen Ace, a manga comic series published by Kadokawa Shoten
[edit] Music
- Ace (band), a former British rock music band
- Ace (album), the debut album by Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir
- Ace (musical), an original musical that debuted on September 6, 2006
- Ace of Base, a Swedish pop group
- Ace Troubleshooter, a Christian pop-punk band
- Ace Fu Records, an independent record label
- Ace Records (US), a record label started in 1955
- Ace Records (UK), a record label
- Ace of Hearts Records, a budget record label owned by Decca Records in the US
- Ace of Clubs Records, a budget record label owned by Decca Records in the UK
[edit] People
- Ace Amerson, reality TV personality
- Ace Andres, rock singer-songwriter
- Ace Backwords, underground cartoonist
- Ace Bailey, hockey player
- Ace Brigode, band leader
- Ace Dumont, son of No Doubt member Tom Dumont
- Ace Frehley, rock and roll guitarist and member of the rock band Kiss
- Ace Vergel, Filippino actor
- Ace Young, pop-music singer-songwriter, finalist in the television show American Idol
- Ace Darling, stage name for a professional wrestler
- Flying ace, a pilot who has shot down five or more enemy aircraft
[edit] Fictional characters
- Ace (Doctor Who), a fictional character played by Sophie Aldred in the science fiction television series Doctor Who
- Ace Blackwell, a fictional character from the sitcom Half & Half
- Ace the Bat-Hound, a fictional canine crime-fighting partner of Batman and Robin in DC Comics
- A character from the G.I. Joe universe: see List of G.I. Joe ARAH characters
- Ace Rimmer, a fictional alter ego of Arnold Rimmer in the British television series Red Dwarf
- Portgas D. Ace, a fictional character in the anime One Piece, brother to the main character, Monkey D. Luffy
- Ace (comics), a member of the Royal Flush Gang from DC Comics
[edit] Sports
- Ace (tennis), a single-stroke point won by the server who produces a (legal) service that his opponent does not touch with his racket and thus fails to return
- Ace W. Mumford Stadium, multipurpose stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Hole in one, a phrase used for when a golf player hits the ball in the hole with one shot
- Ace Adams, a baseball player
[edit] Vehicles
- HMS Ace (P414), an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy
- AC Ace, a sports car from AC Cars
- Ace (1913 automobile), a British car that was built between 1912 and 1916
- Ace (1920 automobile), an American-assembled car made in Michigan
- Ace Baby Ace, the world's first aircraft to be marketed as a homebuilt aircraft
- Ace Junior Ace, a two-seat sports aircraft that has been offered in kit and plans form for home building since the early 1930s
[edit] Companies
- Ace Hardware, a hardware-store cooperative
- Ace Cinemas, a chain of cinemas in Australia
- Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company, established to market the world's first homebuilt aircraft
- Ace Radio, an Australian radio company
- Ace Chemical, a chemical company headquartered in Korea
- Ace Industry, a chemical company headquartered in Korea
- Ace Tone, a manufacturer of musical instruments
- Ace detergent, a brand name for Tide in Latin America
[edit] Other
- Ace Day Jobs, an Australian television program encouraging teenagers to join the work force
- Acetylcholine, the first neurotransmitter to be identified