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i/ˈkænzəs/) is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind," although this was probably not the term's original meaning. Residents of Kansas are called "Kansans."
i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. In January 2005, Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator in the state of Illinois. He would hold this office until November 2008, when he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.
Michael used to tell us he was bad, bad, bad
And all his funky records made us glad, glad, glad
But when I saw his face, yeah, I was sad, sad, sad
Wuith his only friend a chimp you know it's mad, mad, mad
Neverland, Neverland
Even when he's telling you that black is white
Just some fancy dancing you can stop a fight
Grooving in the forest makes it al alright
What a man, a big hand
Nevcerland, Neverland
The cola king could sit and count the cost, cost, cost
Thinking about the childhood that he lost, lost, lost
You know he couldn't even give a toss, toss, toss
At least he marginally better than the boss, boss, boss
Neverland, Neverland
Even when he's telling you that black is white
Just some fancy dancing you can stop a fight
Grooving in the forest makes it al alright
What a man, give him a hand
Did you love his kingships daughter?
Did you cherish her and take her by the hand?
The papers say that it was all a put up show,
But I don't know, I don't know
Neverland, Neverland
Even when he's telling you that black is white
Just some fancy dancing you can stop a fight
Grooving in the forest makes it al alright
What a man, give him a hand
circumstances - know who'll fix you up
on to the premises -just pass the loving cup
in a dreamless slumber
old intentions outnumbered
climbing the tree,all but senselessly
come to neverland
dog star struck
come to neverland
hoping empathy will somehow heal the world
dabbling in melancholy ,the wounded birds allure
muses shadow casting
an exile everlasting
drawn laughing to the flame
preoccupied with pain
come to neverland
dog star struck
come to neverland
come to neverland!
Wildest creatures sliver dreams
Which phantasy gave birth to once
A fairy-tale to make me shiver
A unicorn at rainbow's end
To wear the willow for mankind
Embodied in these eyes of glass
This diagnosis kills the cause
Swallow now antitoxin
O' can't you see my little Never!Land?
My little rage, you took my Never!Land!
Play black and white keys
And write a book to understand...
Search for a flower in ice
Do not tranceform into a slave of lies
Accumulation of mankind
How stupid must we be to...Disagree to this!
And now you know I'm doubting
Michael used to tell us he was bad, bad, bad
And all his funky records made us glad, glad, glad
But when I saw his face, yeah, I was sad, sad, sad
Wuith his only friend a chimp you know it's mad, mad, mad
Neverland, Neverland
Even when he's telling you that black is white
Just some fancy dancing you can stop a fight
Grooving in the forest makes it al alright
What a man, a big hand
Nevcerland, Neverland
The cola king could sit and count the cost, cost, cost
Thinking about the childhood that he lost, lost, lost
You know he couldn't even give a toss, toss, toss
At least he marginally better than the boss, boss, boss
Neverland, Neverland
Even when he's telling you that black is white
Just some fancy dancing you can stop a fight
Grooving in the forest makes it al alright
What a man, give him a hand
Did you love his kingships daughter?
Did you cherish her and take her by the hand?
The papers say that it was all a put up show,
But I don't know, I don't know
Neverland, Neverland
Even when he's telling you that black is white
Just some fancy dancing you can stop a fight
Grooving in the forest makes it al alright
What a man, give him a hand
Neverland, Neverland
[Verse 1:]
It seems like the signs are getting clearer
The time is gettting nearer
I finally can hear ya, when you speak
As a whisper, through the view of the wind
I want you to do it again
I'm your true blue friend
The Music is when
I get to prove to you how true it begins
Where am I? Somewhere asking, "Where are you? "
"Does your man care for you? "
That's what I'm here to do
Spend a lifetime telling you how sweet you are
Through sex and questions, see how deep you are
I believe you are
I know you wouldn't say what you say, everyday
If your words were just play
But you don't say shit, it's all vibes
And it only looks real, when the crystal ball shines
Spending all time of the night in a day dream
Thoughts of you make me trip across time
[Chorus:]
You take me out of this world, I live in
(Never Neverland, Never Neverland, Never Neverland)
You gon' always be my girl in
(Never Neverland, Never Neverland, Never Neverland)
Let me take you to the sky, we can
Never Never land, Never Never land, baby hold my hand.
I can be your man, I can make you understand
Baby, let's land in Never Neverland
[Verse 2:]
It gets cold standing ouside your window
Especially when I don't know your zip code
To put in the GPS, drive to you
I don't know where you at
But let me fly to you
Why do you, seem so elusive
Thoughts of you are like my dreams into music
Ever present, I have a heaven fetish
God is a woman, bring me to life. Evanescence.
Be my immortal lover, wrapped in your mortal covers
Supernatural spirits
Human bodies lovin' more than others, love eachother
Let's be the love that they say I'd never get
They expect me to bug
But no couple could be as sexy as us
Especially 'cause, God bless we. Much
'Cause, us can be led to winnin' a race
What we got is bigger than space
Get it?
[Chorus:]
You take me out of this world, I live in
(Never Neverland, Never Neverland, Never Neverland)
You gon' always be my girl in
(Never Neverland, Never Neverland, Never Neverland)
Let me take you to the sky, we can
Never Never land, Never Never land, baby hold my hand.
I can be your man, I can make you understand
Baby, let's land in Never Neverland
[Verse 3:]
I know, I sound like I thought this through
Well, I didn't. I just needed this talk with you
When all this is through and we fall into true love
Will I be the one to get all of this screwed up?
What happens when the groupies crawl on my two nuts
Not coming back until August is too much
And bloggers are rude, any sorta problems
Would be the talk of these poo-putts
It's awful but far from new to us
Just promise you'll be gentle
I'm sensetive. My weakness is sweetness
I don't give a shit
After a long day, rub my head
My favorite Incubus song play
And the bong's gray, full of smoke
High, I'm full of hope. That's the could that I'm on
And it's not bullet smoke
Don't be a murderer
Feel me?
Charles Hamilton
[Chorus:]
You take me out of this world, I live in
(Never Neverland, Never Neverland, Never Neverland)
You gon' always be my girl in
(Never Neverland, Never Neverland, Never Neverland)
Let me take you to the sky, we can
Never Never land, Never Never land, baby hold my hand.
I can be your man, I can make you understand
Baby, let's land in Never Neverland
[Talking:]
You know, I think.
I think somebody gotta come up with a better word for special.
[? ] You got that word [? ]
Let's just zone out.
I don't even care if it's on beat anymore.
Once we all were children, and so it was we played
But then you all grew up and as adults you went away
And I was left alone here just as it used to be
No one but the Lost Boys, Tinkerbell, and me
So I flew around the moon three times and caught a
falling star
And came into this world of mimes to live just as you
But all I felt was pain here, and one thing that held
true
If you did not believe in me, then I won't believe in
CHORUS:
Never again, to do as all adults have done
Never again, for my world and your own as one
Never again, will you hear when the child within me
cries
Never again, never is where my heart now lies
Neverland, never is where my heart now lies
Neverland's well protected, against all time and age
All schooling's been rejected, I'm not a parrot in a
cage
Your minds are overrated, your spirits all in are cowed
Here I'm not tolerated and my freedom's not allowed
I returned to Neverland to play my favorite games
Forgotten is the pain at hand, and I don't remember
names
There's Indians and mermaids, far better than a book
And if my interest in them fades, well, there's always
Captain Hook
CHORUS
[Bishop:]
Cought in neverland, no purpose to be seen
There's no point of destination
Neverending wastelands, such a wicked odyssey
Don't know what we have done wrong
Lead us back to Rome to follow you again
Bring you the power, get salvation
I know less than all but more
than many who know less
I know it's keeping us strong
[Gabriel:]
And while they are pulling strings
While they are in command
They're hanging on strings
And fate they do commend into another hand
Cought in neverland, heat and fire, snow and ice
They call nether world what we call a paradise
Cought in neverland and their spirits cannot rise
From the nether world, they can't see a paradise
And the Roman whore, the masters and the slaves
Raging on without they don't know
Good intentions on their minds
Can't ask for why they bow out
[Bishop:]
Lead us to Eden, judge those who bite off more
than they can chew to serve, without they ask
Or call in doubt the ask
[Gabriel:]
Cought in neverland, heat and fire, snow and ice
They call nether world what we call a paradise
Cought in neverland and their spirits cannot rise
From the nether world, they can't see a paradise
[Solo: Henjo Richter]
Cought in neverland in the place of many eyes
Make it be what they are allowed to realize
Cought in neverland, heat and fire, snow and ice...
You're asking where did my love go?
I tell you really I don't know
She left me here with just one word
The one thing that I heard
The one thing that I heard
Well, it was never never neverland
It was never never neverland
You will never, ever understand
Neverland
She always said it won't work out
I went ahead, I had no doubt
She always said it would not work
Now I feel like one big jerk
I feel like one big hurt
Well, it was never never neverland
It was never never neverland
You will never, ever understand
Neverland
You're asking what will I do now
What does it matter anyhow?
I gave her everything I had
Everything I bought
Everything I got
The one thing I forgot
The one thing I forgot
Well, it was never never neverland
It was never never neverland
You will never, ever understand
Long ago when mercury descended high on the moon
Far below when little hands are making shapes in the room
The shadows they dance and they cheer up this place
The face, then staring through a tiny crack in the door
Eyes so wide he's never seen a woman fall on the floor
I swear Daddy's killed her this time
Should I make a rocket?
Should I try to fly away?
Should I make a hammer?
Should I try to smash his face?
Should I make a bullet?
Should I try to shoot the gun?
I'm sure the judge will let me off real soon.
Long ago when Saturn tried to find a way pass the sun
Deep inside a little boy is turning pain into fun
The pencils; the crayons; the paint colors run
The plans are forming slowly made with scissors and glue
Eyes so wide he's telling Mommy all the things he can do
He'll sketch our contraption to save them for sure
He can draw an alien
He can come and take them home
He can draw a cartoon
He can draw a safety hatch
He can draw a hot bath
He can plug a toaster in
And wait til' Daddy's nice and warm - toss it in
And then when he's gone there's a neverland of fun
Take a loaded gun
Take a shot of rum
Take a poison rat
There's a lesson in that
No more pulls and fist
No more face to hit
No more bloody nose
Or apologetic roads
Long ago when Mercury descended high above the moon
(Should I make a rocket?
Should I try to fly away?)
Far below when little hands are making shapes in the room
(Should I make a hammer?
Should I try to smash his face?)
Long ago when Saturn tried to find a way pass the sun
(Should I draw a cartoon?
Should I draw an alien?)
Deep inside a little boy is turning pain into fun
(Should I draw a hot bath?
I do believe I have a plan
To steal the queen of Neverland
'Cause I was in her neighborhood
Feeling just like Robin Hood
With only our love to protect us
Hoping they won't detect us
Through the castle's open air
Sliding down the spiral stairs
I do believe I have a plan
To steal the queen of Neverland
I slipped into her room and said
"Come with me the king is dead"
In the name of lustful just rewards
As knights shall fall upon their swords
And grant this poor boy's wish tonight
To make the queen a noble wife
I do believe I have a plan
To steal the queen of Neverland
When I come breaking down her door
She's the one I'm looking for
Black and white
First you're here then it's cool
It's wrong, all right, all right
I'll do whatever I must do
Scale the walls to be with you
And word will spread throughout the land
He stole the queen of Neverland
I do believe I have a plan
To steal the queen of Neverland
And every boy to become a man
To steal the queen of Neverland
Steal the queen of Neverland
Steal the queen of Neverland
Bishop
Cought in neverland, no purpose to be seen
There's no point of destination
Neverending wastelands, such a wicked odyssey
Don't know what we have done wrong
Lead us back to Rome to follow you again
Bring you the power, get salvation
I know less than all but more
than many who know less
I know it's keeping us strong
Gabriel
And while they are pulling strings
While they are in command
They're hanging on strings
And fate they do commend into another hand
Cought in neverland, heat and fire, snow and ice
They call nether world what we call a paradise
Cought in neverland and their spirits cannot rise
From the nether world, they can't see a paradise
And the Roman whore, the masters and the slaves
Raging on without they don't know
Good intentions on their minds
Can't ask for why they bow out
Bishop
Lead us to Eden, judge those who bite off more
than they can chew to serve, without they ask
Or call in doubt the ask
Gabriel
Cought in neverland, heat and fire, snow and ice
They call nether world what we call a paradise
Cought in neverland and their spirits cannot rise
From the nether world, they can't see a paradise
Solo: Henjo Richter
Cought in neverland in the place of many eyes
Make it be what they are allowed to realize
Ddaddadda ddara omyeon algedwae, yaksok
Bobobo boyeo julge hwansang gateun donghwasok (Come here girl)
Maeil maeil modu oneul gateun naeil
Money Love Fashion Fame(Fame) and all that's in between
Jamdeulji anhaneun bam, i bami saedorok
Tell the DJ turn it up up up and da, da, dance a little more
Deo manheun bam, sumanhen bam i jinado
Ureon ajik kkaji cheolbuji boy and we stay forever young
(Oh neo) neomani hamkke kajullae (meolji anheun fantasy)
Sang sang i gadeukhan i sesange
Kkeuteun eobseo Never end yeogin Neverland
Come on, come on, jujeomalgo soneul jababwa
Bildeong supeul ddurhgo haneul sairo nan nalha Fly (Fly)
Modeun geon midneun mankeum hyeonsilhiyabwa
Ni bal miteuro heuteojineun sueok gaewi stars
Jamdeulji anhaneun bam, i bami saedorok
Tell the DJ turn it up up up and da, da, dance a little more
Deo manheun bam, sumanhen bam i jinado
Geudaen eonjeggaji sonyeoil girl and we stay forever young
(Oh neo) neomani hamkke kajullae (meolji anheun fantasy)
Sang sang i gadeukhan i sesange
Kkeuteun eobseo Never end yeogin Neverland
Cheoeum nunddeumyeon mideul su eobdae, gwaenchana na yeope isseulge
Geu nugudo jansori hal irhi eobdae, yeah geunyang da nae meotdaero hae
You, me, and the DJ dancing till the break of dawn
No, no never gonna stop now Turn it up, let's party on
Neoman i hamkke gajullae (meolji anheun fantasy)
Sangsang i gadeukhan i sesange
kkeuteun obseo never end yeogin neverland
Eyes are sober, this is the plan
I'm sitting in a car heading Neverland
A fancy man, a fancy man
He's pointing with the fingers that are left on his
hand
Eyes are hazel, but far too cold
Looking out for love
But none of us can
Where's the monkey that I've been told of
I'm staring at the money that burns in my hand
I'm dancing for dollars
And for a fancy man
Come right over, I'll knock on your shoulder
This is a story and this is what I've planned
An angry man, an angry man
Nothing is more fatal than an angry man
Vulnerable heights
Feed the hand that bites me
Following the steam into another room
Standing in the corner
Is this my home
Showing us love that none of us can
I'm singing for money
That burns in my hand
Tell me
Will I make it home tonight
I'm doing it for dollars and for a fancy man
Girl forget about him [x2]
Baby come and tell me what's exactly on your mind
Amd if you want my answer first, then girl it's your behind.
See girl I wanna take you where no other man can,
Your my Tinkerbell, and I'm your Peter Pan.
Let's go to Neverland,
Baby come run away with me.
Whisper in my ear, tell me all your fantasies.
Let's go to Neverland,
Girl I know I turn you on.
I don't like the way you're looking girl, what's wrong?
If you say you got a man (girl forget about him)
If he ain't put that ring up on your hand (girl forget about him)
If you up in the club with them single ladies,
You should. Oooh girl. Oooh girl.
Girl forget about him. Girl forget about him. Girl forget-get. forget about him
If you say you got a man. If you say you got a man.
Baby I don't know why you keep putting up with his lies.
But we can talk about it when we sippin' on some wine.
Cause girl I wanna take you somewhere that you can only go in your dreams,
Just you and me...
Let's go to Neverland,
Baby come run away with me.
Whisper in my ear, tell me all your fantasies.
Let's go to Neverland,
Girl I know I turn you on.
I don't like the way you're looking girl, what's wrong?
If you say you got a man (girl forget about him)
If he ain't put that ring up on your hand (girl forget about him)
If you up in the club with them single ladies,
You should. Oooh girl. Oooh girl.
Girl forget about him. Girl forget about him. Girl forget-get. forget about him
If you say you got a man. If you say you got a man.
If you say you got a man (girl forget about him)
If he ain't put that ring up on your hand (girl forget about him)
If you up in the club with them single ladies,
You should. Oooh girl. Oooh girl.
Girl forget about him. Girl forget about him. Girl forget-get. forget about him
If you say you got a man. If you say you got a man.
can see the Neverland geudae bo inayo
byeonhaji anhneun got, I’m here in Neverland
byeon haji anhneun nara, modu ye useum gwa
geudae ye maeum nae, sarang Always Always
ije nae soneul jaba yong gireul naebwa
eoneu saen ga nae gyeoteuro dagawa
soksak ideon neoye moksori
neowa na hamkke, Neverland Together
We can fly wherever
uri duri, modeun geoshi idaero byeon haji anha
Stars in Neverland forever
Feel my heart whenever
nal neukkyeobwa, geudae gyeote eonjena naega it janha
Oh if you wanna come with me
Oh Oh geudae olsu isseo
Oh if you’d like to do it
mwo deunji halsu isseo
I can feel you everywhere geudae neukki na yo
ibyeori eobtneun got, I’m here in Neverland
ibyeori eobtneun nara, sojunghan saramdeul
areumda un igose seo, Always always
sashil midji mot haesseo mangseol yeotdeon nan
geudae soneul jabgo yonggil eodeotji
amu geotdo duryeobji anha
neowa na hamkke, Neverland Together
We can fly wherever
uri duri, modeun geoshi idaero byeon haji anha
Stars in Neverland forever
Feel my heart whenever
nal neukkyeobwa, geudae gyeote eonjena naega it janha
amu geotdo midji mothan nae maeumeun deong geureoni
amurae do geudael mannan moheom maneun irony, but
eoneu saen ga geudaen My boy
Baby boo, Honeydew with you, Always think about you
joshim seureom dul sai, bimil seureon dul mani
yeongwoneul Promise will neon jeoldae Not alone
Palace in Neverland
neowa na hamkke Neverland together
eonjena hamkke Neverland together
We can dream whatever
kkumeul kkwobwa, modeun geoshi geudaero irwojil geoya
Here in Neverland together
Fall in love forever
neol saranghae, uri sarang idaero yeongwon han igot
Oh if you wanna come with me
Oh Oh geudae olsu isseo
Oh if you’d like to do it
mwo deunji halsu isseo
Oh if you wanna come with me
Oh Oh geudae olsu isseo
Oh if you’d like to do it
The days are slowly fading
The moon is dimly lit
It carries hope in its sight
And that is definite
Trees that blow aside the wind
They wave us on to settle in
A lifetime full of mystery
Its there for us to breathe it in
I've turned my back to neverland
I've turned my back to neverland
I've turned my back to neverland
I've turned my back to neverland
Black and white I'm colorblind
Too many colours I cant define
A sea of colours which welcomes me
Like fields of gold oak trees
Perched upon a rock which grays
So cold and flat and decayed
Its beauty laughs just like the trees
Soars with life and then there's me
I've turned my back to neverland
I've turned my back to neverland
I've turned my back to neverland
I've turned my back to neverland
I'm scared to jump, I'd fall
I'm scared to jump, I'd fall
I'm scared to jump, I'd fall
I'm scared to jump, I'd fall
I'm scared to jump, I'd fall
I've turned around to my surprise
A thousand rocks I've never eyed
Birds are perched and statue still
My arms are wings but weak and frail
Never noticed this side of me
The urge to fly is killing me
Can I go I've never tried
No one's left so how could I
I've turned my back to neverland
I've turned my back to neverland
I've turned my back to neverland
No one knows the truth
About this strange land
I will never say
Where this land lies
I am from the Neverland
It’s not open for everyone
But you’re an exception
Welcome!
Welcome to the Neverland!
Welcome to the Neverland!
Welcome to the Neverland!
Maybe it's time to compromise
Stop moving your mouth and use your eyes
You think you know what people like
But I don't think so
Why don't you try a new idea
One of your own
Or do you fear
Trying to find a thought in there
I don't think you care
You're nothing like me
Looks like you're getting tired now
You've lost your inner fire now
Maybe you should retire now
No-one likes you
People like you are everywhere
You're stuck in the playground pulling hair
Say what you like - I couldn't care!
No-one likes you
You're...You're nothing like me...
Neverland
You're stuck in your own private little
Neverland
And I will never
Understand
How you ever live with what you do
Everything round you's feeling strange
Your destination's outta range
Say what you like nothing will change
No-one needs you
Maybe the route you took was wrong
I hope another comes along
You've chased the dollar far too long
You're... You're nothing like me
Neverland
You're stuck in your own private little
Neverland
And I will never understand
You could never do this so you reprimand
You're so fly
You're
Neverland
One day soon your world is gonna stop!
And listen you
Are missing every point I ma-a-ake
You're sitting where you're safe
In your own
Neverland
You're stuck in your own private little
Neverland
And I will never understand
You could never do this so you reprimand
You're so fly
You're
Neverland
And I will never understand
You could never do this so you reprimand
You're so fly
You're
Neverland
No you're so in love with you
And it doesn't really matter what I do
Cause you'll still be you...
You're
Neverland
You're stuck in your own private little
This isn't me, this isn't my life
I haven't paid my dues, it's just not right
Stuck in Sin City, high as a kite
I haven't seen the sun in nights, come on
Debauchery for breakfast, sex by noon
Love's on the backburner, boiling over soon
City of angels, ride with devils
Tempted by temptresses on so many levels well
I think I'm going insane
While she licks my neck
I don't know her name
but she's sexy as sweat
I don't wanna stop
Don't think we can
Meet me at the top
We'll jump in neverland
Cellphones, slander, alcohol
celebrities, cigarettes, booty calls
this girl's flaky, her friend's the same
this scene's shaky they all want fame, come on
I got my nose in a drink at a loss for words
I build up the courage and I talk to her
Business savvy topless dancer
she's got no questions but not the answers
I think I'm going insane
While she licks my neck
I don't know her name
but she's sexy as sweat
I don't wanna stop
Don't think we can
Meet me at the top
We'll jump in neverland
Horns under my halo
Makes it so hard to say no
Horns under my halo
Makes it so hard to say no
Horns under my halo
i think I'm going
while she licks my
i don't know her
but she's sexy
i don't wanna
i don't think we can
meet me at the top
Don't make a sound all around
Silence is everywhere
fills in the clouds
There is a way across the time
Future is coming up
forgeting the past
I have to dream
I have to forget about all these things
About broken heart that is beatin'
So fast all the time when it rains
I want to fly
Just higher and higher out of sky
wind blows out there and we're going forever
![Finding Neverland [Piano Composition]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121229041140im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/orH883-y_PY/default.jpg "Finding Neverland [Piano Composition]")
| Wil Wheaton | |
|---|---|
 Wheaton in May 2011. |
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| Born | Richard William Wheaton III (1972-07-29) July 29, 1972 (age 39) Burbank, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, writer |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse | Anne Prince (m. 1999) |
| Children | Two stepsons, one adopted[1] |
| Website | |
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Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me and Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers. As a writer, he is best known for his blogs Wil Wheaton Dot Net and WWdN: In Exile.
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Wheaton was born in Burbank, California, to Debbie (née O’Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton, Jr., a medical specialist.[2][3] He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy. Both appeared uncredited in the episode "When the Bough Breaks" of Star Trek: The Next Generation.[4]
Wheaton made his acting debut in the 1981 TV film A Long Way Home, and his first cinema role was as Martin Brisby in the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH, the movie adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. He had a minor role in the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter. He first gained widespread attention in 1986 as Gordie Lachance in Stand by Me, the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Body. In 1991, he played Joey Trotta in the film Toy Soldiers.
From 1987 to 1990, he appeared in the role of Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation throughout its first four seasons.
Although his Star Trek character, and by extension Wheaton himself, was disliked by a vocal group of Trekkies during TNG's first run, he commented about his critics in an interview for WebTalk Radio:
Later, I determined that the people who were really, really cruel – like the Usenet weenies – really are a statistically insignificant number of people. And I know, just over the years from people who've e-mailed me at my web site and people who I've talked to since I started going to Star Trek conventions again in the last five years, that there are so many more people who really enjoyed everything about the show, including my performance, including the character.[5]
After leaving Star Trek, Wheaton moved to Topeka, Kansas, to work for NewTek, where he helped to develop the Video Toaster 4000, doing product testing and quality control.[6][7] He later used his public profile to serve as a technology evangelist for the product.[8] Wheaton said this was a period of growth in his life, and living out of Los Angeles helped him deal with anger issues. He came back to Los Angeles, attended acting school for five years, then re-entered the acting world.[9][10]
Wheaton's popularity among Star Trek fandom is covered in a number of web comics. ArcaneTimes of March 25, 2005 offers a sympathetic position.[11] Something Positive presents a range of opinions as part of the storyline Mike's Kid.[12] Abstruse Goose tries to distinguish between the character and the actor.[13]
He was a contestant on a 2001 episode of The Weakest Link featuring Star Trek actors as contestants to win money for a charity each had chosen.
In the late 1990s, Wheaton appeared in several independent films, including the award-winning The Good Things, in which he portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker;[14] it was selected Best Short Film at the 2002 Deauville Film Festival. He received the Best Actor award at the 2002 Melbourne Underground Film Festival for his performance in Jane White Is Sick & Twisted.
He has worked as a voice actor in many original series, video games and anime, which started as young Martin Brisby in The Secret of NIMH when he was 10 years old. His most noteworthy credits include the roles of Aqualad in the cartoon Teen Titans, the voice of radio journalist Richard Burns in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,[15] Kyle in the Nickelodeon cartoon, Kyle + Rosemary, Himself and various other characters on both Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, the second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, on Batman: The Brave and the Bold in the episode "Fall of the Blue Beetle!", Yakumo in Kurokami: The Animation, Menma in Naruto, Hans in Slayers Evolution-R and Aaron Terzieff in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
Wheaton has performed improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood. He has a traveling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs science fiction-related comedy at conventions.
He appeared as himself in a skit on nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot's album Final Boss attempting to be a rapper, whose rhymes only involved shellfish. He later collaborated with Frontalot on "Your Friend Wil", a track from the album Zero Day on the subject of Wheaton's Law. Wheaton and Frontalot have both appeared at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX).
From September 2006 to September 2007, he hosted a Revision3 syndicated video podcast called InDigital along with Jessica Corbin and veteran host Hahn Choi.
Wheaton's more recent acting work includes guest appearances on the November 23, 2007 episode of the TV series Numb3rs, and the October 22, 2008 episode of the series Criminal Minds. He has also appeared in Internet presentations, including a cameo in a comedy sketch ("Lock Out") for LoadingReadyRun [16] (and a reprise of the same the following year in CommodoreHustle 4), and the May 30, 2008 episode of the Internet series Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show.
Wheaton appears in seasons three, four and five of the web series "The Guild" as Fawkes, the leader for a rival guild known as Axis of Anarchy.[17] He also appears in seasons two, three and four of the TV series Leverage, as rival computer hacker Colin "Chaos" Mason, antagonist to Leverage team hacker Alec Hardison.
He appeared in "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" (2009), the fifth episode of the third season of the situation comedy The Big Bang Theory, playing a fictionally antagonistic version of himself, as the focus of Sheldon Cooper's ire for not having attended a Star Trek convention at which his appearance was scheduled.[18] He later appeared on the show in episodes "The Wheaton Recurrence", which involves a bout at a bowling alley,[19] and "The 21-Second Excitation" at a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Wheaton returned in Season Five of The Big Bang Theory in the episode "The Russian Rocket Reaction".[20] In it Leonard gets invited to Wheaton's house-party and Sheldon is angry because of this. However, his conflict with Wheaton is brought to an end when Sheldon turns up to the party and Wil gives him a signed Wesley Crusher action figure which Brent Spiner opens, causing Sheldon to put Spiner on his list of "Mortal Enemies". He also makes an appearance in the episode "The Stag Convergence" as a guest to Howard's bachelor party.[21]
Wheaton has done the reading for the audio CD of Peter and Max: A Fables Novel by Bill Willingham, which was released on December 8, 2009.[22] as well as the audio CD of Ready Player One written by Ernest Cline.
Wil is one of the three headline acts of the w00tstock shows, appearing in nearly all of them when his filming schedule has allowed.
Starting in the July 23, 2010 episode, Wheaton has appeared in a recurring, guest-starring role on Eureka, playing Dr. Isaac Parrish, the head of the Non-Lethal Weapons Lab at Global Dynamics and a thorn in Fargo's side.[23]
Wheaton runs his own weblog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net.
Between 2001 and fall 2004, he operated a message board, known as "The Soapbox" or "Paracosm", as part of the blog site. Two collections of writings taken from postings to the message board have been published, titled Boxer Shorts (ISBN 1-932461-00-0) and Boxer Shorts Redux (ISBN 1-932461-03-5).
He contributes regularly to the Los Angeles-based Metroblogging site. In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire.[24] He had a monthly column, entitled "Wil Save," in the Dungeons & Dragons-based magazine Dungeon; in May 2005, he ceased writing it. From January 2005 to October 2006, he wrote a column for The Onion AV Club about early video games, called "Games of Our Lives." On December 12, 2008, he returned to his role as Geek in Review editor,[clarification needed] with his editorials being published every second Wednesday of the month.
In spring 2003, he founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a memoir entitled Dancing Barefoot. Monolith Press was "founded on the idea that publication should not be limited by opportunity."[25] Most of the entries are extended versions of his blog entries. Dancing Barefoot sold out three printings in four months.
In winter 2003 Wheaton signed to publisher Tim O'Reilly with a three-book contract. O'Reilly acquired Dancing Barefoot, and published his extended memoirs, Just a Geek, in summer of 2004. He has since written about his bitterness regarding how the book was marketed, believing it was pitched as a Star Trek book when he intended it as more of a personal memoir.[26]
In February 2009, Wheaton released Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler. As a chapbook, it contains several small extracts of various different projects, including two short stories from Ficlets, an ACME comedy sketch, and a Criminal Minds production diary. Instead of using traditional publishing, Wheaton decided to self-publish using Lulu Publishing, something he has continued to do with all his publications since. Since publishing with Lulu, he has made all of his books available as both paperbacks and digital downloadable files.
Later that same year, Wheaton released Memories of the Future: Volume 1, a humorous critique of the first thirteen episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Memories features a review of each episode, as well as an account of Wheaton's own experiences with and memories of that episode.
Closing up 2009, Wheaton published "Happiest Days of Our Lives", and his son, Ryan, contributed by writing the afterword.
Wheaton has also recorded several of his non-self-published books as downloadable audiobooks. These include Just a Geek, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, and his Criminal minds diary from Sunken Treasure. He also released excerpts of Memories of The Future: Vol 1 as free podcasts.
Wheaton described himself as a liberal in 2005.[27] In September 2006 he criticized George W. Bush's plan to permit torture of unlawful combatants: "Shame on President Bush. Shame on his Republican allies in Congress."[28]
A column that he wrote for Salon.com in 2005, The Real War on Christmas, attacked commentators like Bill O'Reilly and detailed his arguments with his conservative parents over current political matters.[27] Wheaton's parents were very offended by the article, and he posted a lengthy apology on his site and an interview in which his parents clarified their political views.[29]
On August 24, 2007, he gave the keynote for the yearly Penny Arcade Expo, which was subsequently made available online.[30] He stepped in following a public battle between the formerly-scheduled keynote debate participants, noted anti-games activist Jack Thompson and Hal Halpin, the president of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA). Much of Wheaton’s address focused on the debate over violence in video games. He also gave the keynote at PAX East 2010 in Boston, MA.
He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election[31] and opposed Proposition 8, calling it "nothing but hate and discrimination".[32]
In 2003, Wheaton mentioned his love for the game of poker on his blog. The following year, he began writing more extensively about his poker-playing experiences, including stories about playing Texas hold 'em tournaments locally and in Las Vegas. Eventually, he worked up to regular play, including a run at the 2005 World Poker Tour Championships. On June 23, 2005, Wheaton accepted an invitation to join Team PokerStars.[33] He went on to play in that year's World Series of Poker and was the guest speaker for the 2005 B.A.R.G.E Banquet. In June 2007, he announced he would no longer be on Team Pokerstars due to changes in the U.S. legal system that would cause poker sites to have to focus on European and Asian markets[34] and held a farewell Pokerstars tournament on June 5, 2007, which he titled So Long and Thanks for All the Chips.[35]
Wheaton is a Dungeons & Dragons player,[36] and played during the PAX 2010 and PAX 2011 events using the 4th edition rules. Wheaton, along with webcartoonists Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade, and Scott Kurtz of PvP, played in front of a live audience. The game was hosted and recorded by Wizards of the Coast with Chris Perkins as the dungeonmaster.[37]
Wil Wheaton made a guest appearance in the comic book PS 238. He appears as himself, but with the power of telekinesis. A PS 238 teacher, Alloy, is his adoring fan.
Wheaton's debut comic book "The Guild: Fawkes" which he wrote alongside Felicia Day was released on May 2012.
Wil Wheaton narrates many audiobooks, including Ready Player One by Ernest Cline[38], "Fuzzy Nation" by John Scalzi[39] (and other Scalzi works), and "Byways" part of METAtropolis: Cascadia by Tobias Buckell[40].
During his keynote speech at the 2007 PAX (Penny Arcade Expo), Wheaton made a note about sportsmanship when playing games online. It has since become known as Wheaton's rule or law, which states "Don't be a dick!"[41] This was intended to apply to life in general, not just online gaming.[42]
A revision of Wheaton's law is an expansion by comics artist and writer Bill Willingham, which states: "Don't be a dick, but it's okay to play one on TV."[43]
Wheaton was roommates with Chris Hardwick for some time.[9][44] They met at a showing of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California.[9]
Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999. They and Prince's two sons from a previous relationship, Nolan and Ryan, live in Arcadia, California.[45] When Ryan was 19, he asked Wheaton to legally adopt him, which he did.[46]
Wil Wheaton has been friends with writer and radio-host Lazlow Jones, as revealed in The Lazlow Show in several episodes in both anecdotes from the hosts and in Wil's participation as a guest.[citation needed]
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| 2009–2011 | The Guild | Fawkes, Axis of Anarchy leader | |
| Jan 2008 | Retarded Policeman #5: Writers Strike[48] | ||
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| Revision #3 | InDigital | ||
| Kris and Scott’s Scott and Kris Show #10: Ties | Kris's father | ||
| Tabletop | Host |
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