Hotshot or Hotshots or Hot Shot or Hot Shots may refer to: *

Heated shot Heated shot or hot shot is round shot that is heated before firing from muzzle-loading cannons, for the purpose of setting fire to enemy warships, buildings, or equipment. The use of heated shot dates back centuries; it was a powerful weapon agains ...

, a heated projectile fired from a cannon *

Less than truckload shipping Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less t ...

, industry jargon for smaller sized equipment that can move freight faster than tractor-trailers * Hot shot (or hot load), a lethal injection of

heroin Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a potent opioid mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt. Various white and brow ...

or another opiate *

Interagency hotshot crew In the United States, a Shot Crew, officially known as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), is a team of 20-22 elite operators which mainly responds to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad. They are assigned to work the most chall ...

, an elite team of wildland firefighters

Books

* Hotshot, in the ''Hero Hotline'' comic series * Hotshot, in the ''

Starriors Zoids: Starriors was a robot toyline created by Tomy in association with Marvel Comics in 1984. It was a sub-line from Zoids, but it had a new storyline that was different to Zoids. Six Marvel mini-comics were distributed with the toys. Marvel al ...

'' comic and toy line

Film and TV

Film

* ''Hotshot'' (film), 1987 American soccer film *''Hotshots'', 1984 Philippines film with Aga Muhlach,

Gary Valenciano Edgardo Jose Santiago Valenciano (, born August 6, 1964), also known as Gary V., is a Filipino singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, actor, music producer and television host. Valenciano has released 39 albums, and won the Awit Award for "Bes ...

Eula Valdez Maria Julia Amorsolo Valdes (; born December 11, 1968), professionally known as Eula Valdes, is a Filipino actress, best known for her role as Amor Powers in the original version of ''Pangako Sa 'Yo'' (2000) and as Janice in the ''Bagets'' film ...

* ''Hot Shots'' (1956 film), a 1956 film starring The Bowery Boys * ''

Hot Shots! ''Hot Shots!'' is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams, co-writer and co-director of ''Airplane!'', and written by Abrahams and Pat Proft. It stars Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn ...

'', a 1991 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen * ''

Hot Shots! Part Deux ''Hot Shots! Part Deux'' is a 1993 American parody film directed by Jim Abrahams. It stars Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna (parodying his Colonel role in the ''Rambo'' franchise), Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowa ...

'', a 1993 sequel to the 1991 film

Television

* ''Hot Shot'' (TV series), a 2008 Taiwanese drama Featuring Wu Chun, Show Luo & Jerry Yan * ''Hot Shots'' (Canadian TV series), a Canadian drama series airing in 1986 * ''Hot Shots'' (U.S. TV series), an American shooting sports series * "Hot Shots" (''The Wire''), a 2003 episode of HBO's ''The Wire''

Games

* ''Hot Shots Golf'' (series), the North American name of the video game franchise ''Everybody's Golf'' * ''HotShot'' (video game)

Music

Hotshot (band) Hotshot (Hangul: 핫샷; stylized as HOTSHOT) was a South Korean boy band formed by Star Crew Entertainment (formerly K.O Sound and Ardor & Able). They debuted on October 29, 2014, with their digital single "Take a Shot". They disbanded on March ...

(핫샷) 2014-present, a South Korean boy band * Hotshot (1980s-2000s band), band including

Mike Pont Mike Pont is an American singer, songwriter, and celebrity photographer. As a singer he has sung for several bands, including Hotshot, Trouble, The Mike Pont Band, Danger Danger, and the Gangsters Of Love. Music In 1983 Mike Pont co-founded a new ...

* The Hotshots, a 1970s UK male vocal group, performers of the song ''Snoopy vs. the Red Baron'' * ''Hotshots'', a CD:UK British music programme series

Albums

* ''Hot Shot'' (Karen Young album), a 1978 disco/pop album by American singer Karen Young * ''Hot Shot'' (Shaggy album), a 2000 album by Shaggy * ''Hot Shots'' (album), a 1979 album by Canadian band Trooper * ''

Hot Shots II ''Hot Shots II'' is the second studio album by the Scottish musical group The Beta Band, released on 16 July 2001. Colin "C-Swing" Emmanuel and the band co-produced the album. The band's previous work had used dense experimentation but ''Hot Sho ...

'', a 2001 album by The Beta Band

Songs

* "Hot Shot" (Barry Blue song), a 1974 song by Barry Blue and Lynsey de Paul * "Hot Shot" (Karen Young song), a 1978 song by Karen Young * "Hot Shot" (Cliff Richard song), a 1979 song by Cliff Richard from ''Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile'' * "Hot Shot", a 1985 song by Jimmy Cliff from '' Cliff Hanger'' * "Hot Shot", a 2003 song by Krokus from ''

Rock the Block ''Rock the Block'' is the fourteenth studio album by Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 2003. The album peaked at No. 1 in the Swiss Album Chart and was certified Gold in Switzerland. Track listing All songs by Fernando von Arb and Marc ...

Sports

Arizona Hotshots The Arizona Hotshots were a professional American football franchise based in Tempe, Arizona, and one of the eight members of the Alliance of American Football (AAF), which played one season from February 2019 to April 2019. They played their ho ...

, a professional American football team based in Tempe, Arizona *

Hotshot (basketball) Hotshot is a basketball shooting game. Played mainly in New England, hotshot may be played by one or more players. Hotshot is unique in that it is easy to provide handicaps for less experienced players, allowing them to compete with better shoot ...

, a basketball shooting game * Houston Hotshots, an indoor soccer team in Houston, Texas *

Southern Hotshots The Southern Hotshots are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing South Australia in the Australian Hockey League. The 4,000-capacity State Hockey Centre is their home stadium. Notable players Notable players who have played for t ...

, an Australian field hockey team * West Coast Hotshots, a basketball team based in Bend, Oregon * Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, formerly Pepsi Hotshots, a Philippine basketball team

In professional wrestling

* Hotshot (strategy), short-term ''promotional'' strategy (of any of several kinds) * Hotshot (throw), a style of throw * Reverse hotshot, or reverse hangman, a style of attack

Other uses

* Hot Shot (Transformers), the name of several robot superhero characters in the Transformers robot superhero franchise. * Hot Shots (dance companies), a collective name for two Swedish dance companies that specialize in African American dances *

Hot Shot Hamish ''Hot Shot Hamish'' and ''Mighty Mouse'' were two popular British football-themed comic strips, which later merged and appeared in various publications from the 1970s to the 1990s. Both are amongst the best remembered football characters from t ...

, a character in a British football-themed comic strips * Hot Shot!, the 2009–10 FIRST Tech Challenge competition *

Ford Hot Shots The Ford Hot Shots was the annual skills competition preceding both the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's women's and men's national curling championships respectively. The competition has not been held since 2018. ...

, a curling competition * Hot Shot, the brand name for a line of hot water makers made by Sunbeam Products * Hot Shot, the brand name for an insecticide using Lambda-cyhalothrin * Hot shot wind tunnel, for hypersonic testing * Hotshot (railway), rail terminology for some high-priority trains *

Hotshot crew In the United States, a Shot Crew, officially known as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), is a team of 20-22 elite operators which mainly responds to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad. They are assigned to work the most chall ...

, a firefighting crew specially trained in wildland firefighting ** Granite Mountain Hotshots, a fire crew in the Prescott, Arizona Fire Department * Pantech Hotshot, a 3G device manufactured for Verizon * ''

Okay Hot-Shot, Okay! ''Okay Hot-Shot, Okay!'' (sometimes ''Okay Hot-Shot'') is a 1963 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that uses his Ben-Day dots style and a text balloon. It is one of several examples of military art that Lichtenstein created between 1962 ...

'' (1963), a painting by Ray Lichtenstein * ''Hotshot Charlie'', cartoon series by

George Wunder George S. Wunder (April 24, 1912 – December 13, 1987) was a cartoonist best known for his 26 years illustrating the ''Terry and the Pirates (comic strip), Terry and the Pirates'' comic strip. Born in Manhattan, Wunder grew up in Kingston, New Y ...

* ''Hotshot Eastbound'' (1956), photo by

O. Winston Link Ogle Winston Link (December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001), known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on t ...

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