Male characters search the barn and the bedroom, places where men have power, rather than the kitchen, the only place where a woman would be powerful.

In "The Unicorn Quest," he said, the characters are searching for a family of unicorns.

Much of Hassler's fiction involves characters struggling with transitions in their lives or searching for a central purpose.

The main character of the movie, Troy McGreggor, is searching for the circumstances surrounding the death of his father.

The comics are generally portrayals filled with lost, lonely characters searching for meaning, often reaching back into the past.

But understanding is irrelevant and love has nothing to do with what these three characters are searching for.

Didion says her characters "are searching for some kind of salvation," and Dunne says his are "just trying to hang on."

They are, they say, characters from a play left unfinished by its author and are searching for someone to complete their story.

The difference is that the characters are searching for a cod instead of the Holy Grail.

In it, Sunshine, her mom and other characters from the series will search for the mysterious creatures that have become an urban legend.