Payback
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Payback may refer to:
- Revenge, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance
Payback may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
[edit]Fictional entities
[edit]- Payback, a member of the fictional comics superhero team Shadow Cabinet by DC Comics
- Payback, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics series True Believers
- Payback, a fictional team of superheroes from TV series The Boys led by Soldier Boy
Film
[edit]- Payback (1991 film), a film starring Michael Ironside
- Payback (1995 film), a thriller starring C. Thomas Howell
- Payback (1997 film), a television film starring Mary Tyler Moore
- Payback (1999 film), a film starring Mel Gibson; a remake of the 1967 film Point Blank starring Lee Marvin
- Payback (2010 film), an Indian Hindi thriller film
- Payback (2012 film), a Canadian documentary film
Literature
[edit]- "Payback: A Strandville Prequel Short (Max Reid's Story)" (2012), a short story in Belinda Frisch's Strandville zombie novel series
- Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, a 2008 book by Margaret Atwood
- Payback, a 2007 novel by James Heneghan
- Payback: The Conspiracy to Destroy Michael Milken and his Financial Revolution, a 1995 book by Daniel Fischel
Music
[edit]- Payback Records, an Australian record company
Albums
[edit]- Payback (album), a 2012 album by Danny!, or the title song
- The Payback, a 1974 album by James Brown, or the title song (see below)
Songs
[edit]- "Payback" (Flaw song), 2001
- "Payback" (Rascal Flatts song), 2014
- "The Payback" (song), by James Brown, 1973
- "Payback", by Bobby Sheen, 1973
- "Payback", by Juicy J, Kevin Gates, Future and Sage the Gemini from Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2015
- "Payback", by Montell Jordan from This Is How We Do It, 1995
- "Payback", by Quarashi from Guerilla Disco, 2004
- "Payback", by Slayer from God Hates Us All, 2001
Television
[edit]Series
[edit]- Payback (American TV series), a 2006 reality show
- Payback (South Korean TV series), a 2023 television series
- Payback (British TV series), a 2023 TV series executive produced by Jed Mercurio
- WWE Payback, an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event
Episodes
[edit]- "Payback" (The Boys), 2022
- "Payback" (Brandy & Mr. Whiskers), 2005
- "Payback" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), 2015
- "Payback" (CSI: Miami), 2005
- "Payback" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), 1999
- "Payback" (Miami Vice), 1986
- "Payback" (Third Watch), 2003
- "Payback" (White Collar), 2011
- "Payback", an episode of True Justice, 2011
Video games
[edit]- Payback (video game), a 2001 game developed by Apex Designs
- Soldier of Fortune: Payback, the third installment in the Soldier of Fortune (SOF) series
- Need for Speed: Payback
Other uses
[edit]- Payback period, the period of time required for the return on an investment
- Payback Press, a defunct specialist imprint of Canongate Books
- Operation Payback, an ongoing operation by the hacking group Anonymous