Roman gladiators fell into stock categories modelled on real-world precedents.
Most of the game's firearms are modelled on real-life counterparts (although their names are altered), while others are based on fictitious devices featured in the Bond films, such as the Golden Gun and Moonraker laser.
It is a fictional drug that is closely modeled on real ones, down to the rosy television commercials and the dizzying litany of possible side effects.
YEARS ago, cartoons were modeled on real people and animals - or at least on sitcom versions of them, the way "The Flinstones" were based on "The Honeymooners".
In contrast to Barbie's fantasy figure and perky high-heels, American Girl is modeled on real people and comes with a novel about herself, thus encouraging kids to read.
So colorful are these folks that if they weren't modeled on real people, they could be mistaken for a grab bag of gothic family stereotypes churned out by a Tennessee Williams or Sam Shepard character generator.
In their experiment, researchers simulated communities of individuals who were able to communicate with each other, modeled on real-life interactions on a cellphone network.
A couple of months later, for the United Nations Internationall Day of Persons with Disabilities, the advocacy group Pro Infirmis teamed up with Bahnhofstrasse (the upscale shopping street in Zurich, Switzerland) to display mannequins who were modeled on real-life people with disabilities.
