Scorpion (disambiguation)
Appearance
A scorpion is a predatory arthropod animal.
Scorpion may also refer to:
Computing and technology
[edit]- Scorpion (computer), a Russian ZX Spectrum clone computer
- Scorpion (CPU), a Qualcomm CPU used in smart phones
Film and television
[edit]- Scorpion (2007 film), a French film
- Scorpion (2018 film), an Uzbek film
- The Scorpion (film), a 1990 Egyptian drama film
- Scorpion (TV series), an American drama series broadcast on CBS from 2014 to 2018
- "Scorpion" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1997 episode of Star Trek: Voyager
Gaming
[edit]- Scorpion (solitaire), a card game
- Scorpion (video game), a 1989 video game
- Scorpion: Disfigured, a 2009 German computer game
- Scorpion (Mortal Kombat), a video game character
- Scorpion, a wrestler in the video game Saturday Night Slam Masters
Literature
[edit]- Scorpion (publishing house), an early-1900s Russian book publisher
- The Scorpion, a title used for one issue in 1939 by the pulp magazine The Western Raider
- The Scorpion (novel), a 1982 novel by Zayd Mutee' Dammaj
- Scorpion (novel), a 1985 spy thriller by Andrew Kaplan
- Scorpions (novel), a 1988 novel by Walter Dean Myers
Comics
[edit]- Scorpion (Marvel Comics), a number of Marvel Comics comics characters including:
- Mac Gargan, a supervillain and frequent enemy of Spider-Man, the third Venom and a member of the Dark Avengers as the Black Spider-Man, but is back to "being" Scorpion.
- Scorpion (Carmilla Black)/Thanasee Rappaccini, first appeared in Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #7 and was created by Fred Van Lente and Leonard Kirk.
- Silver Scorpion (Elizabeth Barstow) first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #7 (April 1941).
- Kron Stone, an enemy of Spider-Man 2099, in the Timestorm 2009–2099 alternate reality.
- Scorpion (Atlas/Seaboard Comics), a character from former Marvel Comics publisher Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard Comics
- Scorpion, a Fawcett Comics character from Earth-S who appeared in Captain Marvel
- Le Scorpion, a Belgian comic set in 18th-century Vatican, by Stephen Desberg and Enrico Marini
- Scarlet Scorpion, an AC Comics character
Music
[edit]- Scorpions (band), a German hard rock band
- The Scorpions, a 1976 re-issue of their 1972 debut album Lonesome Crow
- The Scorpions (Manchester band), a British beat group
- The Scorpions, an English rock band later renamed Status Quo
- The Scorpion (album), an album by Lou Donaldson
- Scorpion (Drake album), a 2018 double album
- Scorpion (Eve album) (2001)
- "The Scorpion", a song by Megadeth from The System Has Failed
People
[edit]- Scorpion I, Egyptian pharaoh
- Scorpion II, Egyptian pharaoh
Military/paramilitary
[edit]Combat units
[edit]- Scorpions (Iraq), a paramilitary Iraqi force organized by the CIA
- Scorpions (paramilitary), a paramilitary group involved in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
- Scorpions (South Africa), a multidisciplinary agency that investigated and prosecuted organised crime and corruption
- VAQ-132 or the Scorpions, a U.S. Navy aircraft squadron
Vessels
[edit]- Soviet submarine B-427, or Scorpion, a Soviet Navy submarine
- CSS Scorpion, a Confederate States Navy boat
- HMS Scorpion, various ships of the British Royal Navy
- USS Scorpion, various ships of the United States Navy
- USS Scorpion, a fictional United States Navy submarine in the 1957 novel On the Beach
Other military
[edit]- CZ Scorpion Evo 3, 9mm semi-automatic or select-fire carbine made in the Czech Republic
- Škorpion, submachine gun made in Czechoslovakia
- FV101 Scorpion, British light tank
- M56 Scorpion, unarmored American self-propelled anti-tank gun
- Northrop F-89 Scorpion, American jet fighter
- Rotem KW1 Scorpion, South Korean wheeled armored personnel carrier
- Textron AirLand Scorpion, American light attack jet aircraft proposed for export
Sports
[edit]- Scorpion (horse), Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
- Scorpion kick (association football)
- Scorpion kick (martial arts)
- Sharpshooter (professional wrestling) or scorpion hold, a professional wrestling hold
- Scorpion, a shot used in pickleball
Team/club names
[edit]- Scorpion aerobatic team, aerobatic demonstration team of the aviation arm of the Polish Land Forces
- Scorpions RFC, rugby club in East Africa
- Hannover Scorpions, German ice hockey team
- Logan Scorpions, Australian rugby league football club
- New Mexico Scorpions, American hockey team
- San Antonio Scorpions, American soccer club
- Scottsdale Scorpions, American professional baseball team
- South Wales Scorpions, Welsh rugby league football club
- Stuttgart Scorpions, German American football team
- Yuma Desert Rats or Yuma Scorpions, defunct baseball team that played in various independent minor leagues
- The Scorpions, a professional wrestling tag-team from the United States Wrestling Association
Transportation
[edit]- Scorpion (dinghy), a class of small sailing dinghy
- Grinnall Scorpion III, a three-wheeled roadster
- Grinnall Scorpion IV, a four-wheeled roadster
- Mitsubishi Scorpion, an automobile made by Mitsubishi Motors
- Ronn Motor Scorpion, an automobile
- RotorWay Scorpion, a line of helicopters
- SC Scorpion, a Ukrainian paraglider design
Weaponry
[edit]- Scorpio (weapon), an ancient Greco-Roman catapult
- Scourge, a whipping device, also called a scorpion
- Škorpion vz. 61, a Czech submachine gun
- CZ Scorpion Evo 3, a Czech submachine gun
- Scorpion silent pistol, a Georgian pistol
Other uses
[edit]- Scorpion (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
- Scorpion Prison, a prison in Egypt
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Scorpion
- Scorpia (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillainess
- Scorpia, fictional character in the animated television series She-Ra: Princess of Power and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
- Scorpio (disambiguation)
- The Scorpion and the Frog, an animal fable
- Scorpion man, an Akkadian mythological figure
- Scorpius (disambiguation)
- Scorponok, several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes
- Skorpion (disambiguation)
- Water scorpion, an insect
- Sea Scorpion (disambiguation)