What is "igor"

Igor ( Russian: Игорь ; Ukrainian: Ігор (Ihor); Belarusian: Ігар (Ihar) ) is a common given Slavic name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form Ingvar or Yngvar. Igor (son of the Varangian chief Rurik) was left as a child with Rurik's distant relative (supposedly) first Grand Prince of Kiev - Oleg and later, after the death of Oleg replaced him on Kiev's throne.

The Igors are a recurring set of characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels. They are members of a clan of servants from the region of Überwald, all of which are named Igor.

Igor, or sometimes Ygor, is a stock character assistant to many types of Gothic villains, such as Count Dracula or Dr. Victor Frankenstein, familiar from many horror movies and horror movie parodies. Although Dr. Frankenstein had a hunchbacked assistant in the 1931 film Frankenstein, his name was Fritz; in the original Mary Shelley novel, Dr. Frankenstein has no lab assistant nor does a character named Igor appear.

Igor is a 2008 French-American computer-animated fantasy comedy family film about the stock character Igor who dreams of winning first place at the Evil Science Fair. It was produced by Exodus Film Group and animated by Sparx Animation Studios. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it on September 19, 2008, and it grossed $30.7 million on a $25 million budget. It is MGM's first fully computer-animated film. It was directed by Tony Leondis and written by Chris McKenna, John Hoffman and Dimitri Toscas. The film features the voices of John Cusack, Molly Shannon, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, Christian Slater and John Cleese. The film received an Annie Award nomination for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production.

Igor may have the following meanings:

• Igor (given name)

• Igor (character)
• Igor (Young Frankenstein)
• Igor (Discworld), set of characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
• Igor, in the Count Duckula British animated television series
• Igor, the first enemy character in fighting game Human Killing Machine
• Igor, a baboon with shape-shifting powers in Marvel comics (see List of fictional monkeys)

• Igor (film), an animated film released in 2008
• Igor (walrus), walrus that lived in the Dolfinarium Harderwijk
• Hurricane Igor, a 2010 Atlantic storm
• IGOR Pro, a computer program for scientific data analysis
• Short form for Igor Engraver, a music notation computer program
• Igor: Objective Uikokahonia, a Spanish MS-DOS PC video game released in 1994
• Igor, a naming agency in Sausalito, CA

Igor (pronounced "eye-gor") is a fictional character in the 1974 film Young Frankenstein and its 2007 musical adaptation. He is the hunchbacked assistant of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, and the grandson of Igor, the original assistant of Frederick's grandfather, Victor Frankenstein.

Igor (born 1982 or 1983 – 11 April 2013) was a male walrus that lived in the Dolfinarium Harderwijk, where he was also subject of scientific research. He had played international draughts against world champion Ton Sijbrands. Igor also featured in the television show Animal Crackers with Dutch comedian André van Duin. Near the end of his life Igor fell ill, lost the will to eat and suffered from his shoulderjoint. After his condition further deteriorated the Dolfinarium decided to euthanize him. His remains were sent to the faculty of veterinary medicine of Utrecht University for further investigation.