Lightning (disambiguation)

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Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity.

Lightning or Lightnin' may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and television

  • Lightnin' (1925 film), a comedy by John Ford
  • Lightning (1925 film), a German silent drama film
  • Lightning (1927 film), an American film of 1927
  • Lightnin' (1930 film), an American Pre-Code comedy film
  • Lightning (1952 film), a film by Mikio Naruse
  • Lightning (dog), a German shepherd who appeared in various 1930s films
  • Lightning (Tom and Jerry), an orange cat in the Tom and Jerry cartoons
  • Lightning McQueen, a character in Cars and its sequels, played by Owen Wilson
  • Lightning, a bloodhound in Racing Stripes
  • Lightning, a BBC Two television quiz show hosted by comedian Zoe Lyons

Literature

  • Lightning (novel), a 1988 novel by Dean Koontz
  • Lightning, a 1984 87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain
  • Lightnin' (play), a 1918 play
  • Lightning (comics), a list of comics characters
    • Lightning (DC Comics) (Jennifer Pierce), a DC Comics superhero
    • Lightning, one of the superpowered brothers Thunder and Lightning
    • Lightning, a member of the Tower Comics T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents

Music

  • Lightning Records, a record label founded in the 1970s
  • Lightning (album), a 2012 album by Matt & Kim
  • "Lightning" (song), a 2011 song by The Wanted
  • "Lightning", a song by Little Mix from Get Weird
  • "Lightning", a song by Charli XCX from Crash
  • "Lightning", a song by Eric Church from Sinners Like Me
  • "Lightning", a song by Counting Crows, one of the "Flying Demos"
  • "Lightning", a song by State Champs from Living Proof
  • "Lightning", a song by Supernaut

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

  • Lightning (Entertainment City), a roller coaster at Entertainment City in Kuwait
  • Lightning (Revere Beach), a roller coaster that formerly operated at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts
  • Lightning (Final Fantasy), the female protagonist from Final Fantasy XIII
  • Lightning, a game mode in Bejeweled 3
  • Lightning Spell, a spell found in the 2012 strategy game Clash of Clans
  • Lightning, the horse of the mythical American cowboy Pecos Bill

Computing

  • Lightning (connector), a power and data bus for Apple iPhone, iPod, and iPad products
  • Lightning (software), an extension that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client
  • GNU lightning, a library for just-in-time compilation
  • Lightning Network, the blockchain payment protocol
  • Lightning, a public front end to the Salesforce.com platform

Firearms

  • Colt Lightning Carbine, a rifle manufactured between 1884 and 1904
  • AMT Lightning pistol
  • AMT Lightning 25/22 rifle

People

Nickname

  • Lightnin' Chance (1925–2005), American session musician Floyd Chance
  • Lightnin' Hopkins (1912–1982), American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist Sam John Hopkins
  • Lightnin' Slim (1913–1974), African-American blues musician Otis V. Hicks
  • René Hall (1911–1988), nicknamed Lightnin', American jazz banjoist
  • Steve Krulevitz (born 1951), American tennis player

Stage name and ring name

  • Jeff Farmer (wrestler) or Lightning, American professional wrestler
  • Lightning (Gladiators) or Kim Betts (born 1971), English bodybuilder and a star of the UK version of Gladiators
  • Lightning (wrestler), Puerto Rican professional wrestler
  • Lightning, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

Surname

Places

  • Lightning (Atlanta), a former neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Lightning Peak (disambiguation), several mountain peaks in Canada and the United States
  • Lightning Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Sports

Australia

Ireland

United Kingdom

  • Lancashire Lightning, the name for the Lancashire County Cricket Club during one-day matches
  • Lightning (women's cricket), a women's cricket team based in the East Midlands
  • Loughborough Lightning (disambiguation), several teams in Loughborough, Leicestershire

United States

Other countries

Transportation and military

Aircraft

Automotive

  • Lightning Car Company, a British company that builds electric sports cars
    • Lightning GT, the flagship vehicle of the aforementioned car company
  • Ford Lightning (disambiguation), three pickup trucks made by Ford Motor Company
  • BSA Lightning, a motorcycle produced by BSA between 1965 and 1972

Rail

  • Lightning Route, an early tram service in Montgomery, Alabama, United States
  • Lightning, a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive on the Great Western Railway from 1847 to 1878
  • Lightning, one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915

Ships and boats

  • Lightning (clipper), a clipper ship built by Donald McKay in 1854
  • Lightning (dinghy), a 19-foot one-design sloop-rigged sailing dinghy designed in 1938 for three-man class racing
  • HMS Lightning, the name of several Royal Navy ships

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Lightning
  • Greased Lightning (disambiguation)
  • Inazuma (disambiguation)
  • Lightning Comics (disambiguation)
  • Like Lightning (disambiguation)
  • Operation Lightning (disambiguation)
  • Litening, a targeting pod for attack aircraft
Topics referred to by the same term
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