Fireball may refer to:

Science

* Fireball (meteor), a brighter-than-usual meteor * Ball lightning, an atmospheric electrical phenomenon * '' Bassia scoparia'', a plant species

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''

The Fireball ''The Fireball'' is a 1950 American drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of p ...

'', a 1950 film starring Mickey Rooney and Pat O'Brien * ''Fireball'' (film), a 2009 Thai martial arts action film directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan * ''Fireball'' (anime), a series of CGI anime shorts * '' Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds'', a 2020 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer

Fictional characters

* Fireball Hikari, a protagonist of '' Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs'' American animated TV series (1987–1988) * the main character from the 70s comic book ''Bullet'' (DC Thomson) * a member of the Crusaders (DC Comics) team of superheroes * a member of the All-Star Squadron * a member of the ''

New Crusaders The New Crusaders is a fictional superhero team and their eponymous title published by Archie Comics' imprint Red Circle Comics. A revamp of the previously published '' Mighty Crusaders'' title, ''New Crusaders'' follows the sons and daughters of ...

'' (Archie Comics) superhero team * one of the "stalkers" from the film ''

The Running Man Running Man may refer to: Literature * ''The Running Man'', a 1963 novel by Joan Carol Holly under the pseudonym J. Hunter Holly * ''The Running Man'' (novel), a 1982 novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman * ''The Running Man' ...

'' * Rudolph's friend who is a reindeer in '' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''

Music

* Fireballs (band), an Australian Punkabilly band * The Fireballs, an American rock and roll band * ''Fireball'' (album), a 1971 hard rock album by British band Deep Purple ** "Fireball" (Deep Purple song), a 1971 Deep Purple song from the album of the same name * "Fireball" (Dev song), the debut single by American singer Dev * "Fireball" (B'z song), a 1997 single by Japanese band B'z * "Fireball" (Pitbull song), a 2014 song by Pitbull featuring John Ryan * "Fireball" (Willow Smith song), 1 2011 song by Willow Smith

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Fireball'' (manga), a 1979 unfinished manga * ''Fireball'' (novel), a science fiction novel and the first in the ''Fireball'' trilogy by John Christopher * ''Fireball'' (pinball), a pinball machine * Hadouken (''Street Fighter''), also referred to as fireball, a ki-energy attack in the game ''Street Fighter'' * Fireball (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a fictional magic spell in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Fire Ball, an amusement ride

Ammunition

.221 Remington Fireball The .221 Remington Fireball, often simply referred to as .221 Fireball, is a centerfire cartridge created by Remington Arms Company in 1963 as a special round for use in their experimental single-shot bolt-action pistol, the XP-100. A shortened v ...

, a centerfire cartridge * .17 Remington Fireball, based on the .221 Fireball *

.300 Whisper The .300 Whisper is a CIP standard cartridge in the Whisper family, a group of cartridges developed in the early 1990s by J.D. Jones of SSK Industries. It was developed as a multi-purpose cartridge, capable of utilizing relatively lightweight ...

, sometimes known as the .300 Fireball

Sports

Fireball (nickname) As a nickname, Fireball or the Fireball may refer to: * Jim Colzie (1920–2010), Negro league baseball pitcher * Fireball Roberts, Jr. (1929–1964), NASCAR driver * Josh Urbiztondo (born 1983), Filipino-American Philippine Basketball Association ...

, various sportspeople * Fireball (wrestling move), an illegal professional wrestling move * Augusta FireBall, an American soccer team in 2005 and 2006 *

Tucson Fireballs Tucson Fireballs were a soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leagues from 1997 to 2001. The club originally started as the Los Angeles Fireballs. They moved to Tucson, Arizona and became the Tucson Fireballs in 2000. Year-by-year Nota ...

, an American United Soccer Leagues team from 1997 to 2001, originally the Los Angeles Fireballs *

Fireball (wrestler) Flamita (born November 30, 1994) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' or masked professional wrestler. In addition to working for promotions such as Ring Of Honor, (ROH) Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, (AAA) and Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU) i ...

, a Mexican professional wrestler * Fireball (dinghy), a type of small sailing boat

Transportation

* Ryan FR Fireball, an American aircraft * Fireball (dinghy), a sailing boat * Buick V6 engine, originally marketed as ''Fireball''

Other uses

Fireball (search engine) Fireball is a search engine operated by ''Fireball Labs GmbH'', based in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1996, Fireball was once the leading search engine in Germany, but quickly declined after being taken over by Lycos Europe and the rise of Google. ...

, a web search engine *

Fireball (software) is a browser hijacking malware discovered by the security company Check Point. It takes over target browsers and turns them into zombies. Discovery Check Point claims to have discovered Fireball malware in 2017 but Microsoft claims that it ...

, a browser-hijacking malware * Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, a cinnamon flavoured Canadian whisky liqueur * 522d Special Operations Squadron, a US Air Force squadron nicknamed the Fireballs * McMaster Engineering Fireball, official symbol of the Faculty of Engineering McMaster University * Atomic Fireball, a round, cinnamon-flavored hard candy invented by Nello Ferrara * The Fireballs annual ceremony in Stonehaven