Buffalo Bill
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Buffalo Bill is the fictional serial killer antagonist in Thomas Harris's novel and its film adaptation "The Silence of the Lambs," known for murdering women and skinning them to create a "woman suit."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bill canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1105144 — 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.
Target entity: Buffalo Bill Context triple: [The Silence of the Lambs, character, Buffalo Bill]
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A.
William F. Cody
William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," was a famed American scout, showman, and frontiersman who became a legendary figure of the Old West.
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B.
Kit Carson
Kit Carson was a 19th-century American frontiersman, explorer, and military scout renowned for his role in westward expansion and the mapping of the American West.
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C.
Mad Anthony
Mad Anthony was the fiery and daring nickname of Anthony Wayne, a bold American Revolutionary War general known for his aggressive battlefield tactics.
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George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander best known for his controversial leadership and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn during the American Indian Wars.
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Red Cloud
Red Cloud was a prominent Oglala Lakota (Sioux) war leader and statesman best known for successfully leading resistance against U.S. military expansion during Red Cloud’s War in the late 1860s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Buffalo Bill Target entity description: Buffalo Bill is the fictional serial killer antagonist in Thomas Harris's novel and its film adaptation "The Silence of the Lambs," known for murdering women and skinning them to create a "woman suit."
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A.
William F. Cody
William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," was a famed American scout, showman, and frontiersman who became a legendary figure of the Old West.
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B.
Kit Carson
Kit Carson was a 19th-century American frontiersman, explorer, and military scout renowned for his role in westward expansion and the mapping of the American West.
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C.
Mad Anthony
Mad Anthony was the fiery and daring nickname of Anthony Wayne, a bold American Revolutionary War general known for his aggressive battlefield tactics.
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D.
George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander best known for his controversial leadership and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn during the American Indian Wars.
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E.
Red Cloud
Red Cloud was a prominent Oglala Lakota (Sioux) war leader and statesman best known for successfully leading resistance against U.S. military expansion during Red Cloud’s War in the late 1860s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
fictional serial killer ⓘ film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Silence of the Lambs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991 film)
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| alsoKnownAs |
William F. Cody
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill (Jame Gumb) ⓘ
surface form:
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb
Buffalo Bill (Jame Gumb) ⓘ
surface form:
Jame Gumb
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| antagonistIn |
The Silence of the Lambs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991 film)
The Silence of the Lambs (novel) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Silence of the Lambs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991 film)
The Silence of the Lambs (novel) ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hannibal Lecter ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Thomas Harris ⓘ |
| deathInWork | shot by Clarice Starling ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Silence of the Lambs universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
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surface form:
The Silence of the Lambs (1988 novel)
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| fullName |
Buffalo Bill (Jame Gumb)
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surface form:
Jame Gumb
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime thriller
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
collects skin from victims
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meticulous planning of murders ⓘ obsession with transformation ⓘ |
| hasPet | dog named Precious ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of serial killers in fiction ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Ed Gein
ⓘ
Gary Heidnik ⓘ Albert DeSalvo ⓘ
surface form:
Ted Bundy
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| keepsVictimsIn | pit in his basement ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| methodOfKilling |
kidnapping and murdering women
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skinning victims post-mortem ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary human antagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to create a "woman suit" from human skin
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murdering women and skinning them ⓘ |
| occupation | serial killer ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Silence of the Lambs universe
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surface form:
The Silence of the Lambs franchise
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| portrayedBy | Ted Levine ⓘ |
| psychologicalTheme | identity and transformation ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Clarice Starling ⓘ |
| settingOfCrimes |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| symbolism | moth and metamorphosis ⓘ |
| victimProfile | overweight young women ⓘ |
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Subject: Buffalo Bill Description of subject: Buffalo Bill is the fictional serial killer antagonist in Thomas Harris's novel and its film adaptation "The Silence of the Lambs," known for murdering women and skinning them to create a "woman suit."
Referenced by (8)
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