Longshot or long shot may refer to:
* a contender (such as a
racehorse
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...
) that appears to have little or no chance of winning
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Long shot, in photography and film, a shot that shows an entire object
Characters
*
Longshot (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
*Caine the Longshot, a character in the anime series
Trigun
*Longshot, member of "The Freedom Fighters" led by Jet, a
character from the animated television series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''
Film
*
''Long Shot'' (1939 film), an American film directed by Charles Lamont
*''Long Shot'', a
British film of 1978
*''Longshot'' (1981 film), a film starring
Leif Garrett
Leif Garrett (born Leif Per Nervik; November 8, 1961) is an American singer, actor, and television personality. He worked as a child actor, then in the 1970s became famous as a teen idol in music. He later received much publicity for his drug ...
*''
The Longshot
''The Longshot'' is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Paul Bartel and starring Tim Conway.
Plot
Four friends enjoy betting on horses at the race track. Someone tells them that he's got something to give his horse to make it run faster, and ...
'', a 1986 comedy film directed by Paul Bartel
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''Longshot'' (film), a 2000 film starring Hunter Tylo
*''
The Long Shot
''The Long Shot'', sometimes called ''The Long Shot: Believe in Courage'', is a Hallmark Channel film that aired April 18, 2004. It stars Julie Benz and Marsha Mason and centers around a dressage competition.
Plot summary
Annie Garrett (Julie B ...
'', a 2004 Hallmark Channel film, starring Julie Benz
*''
The Longshots'', a 2008 film starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer
*''
Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story'', a 2013 documentary film by Franklin Martin
*
''Long Shot'' (2017 film), a documentary directed by Jacob LaMendola
*
''Long Shot'' (2019 film), a film starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron
Music
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The Longshot (band)
The Longshot is an American rock band formed in Oakland, California in 2018 by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
History
The band was formed in April 2018 by Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead vocalist of punk rock band Green Day. The band ...
, an American rock band
*''Long Shot'', a 1969 album, or its 1968 title song, by
the Pioneers
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"Long Shot" (Aimee Mann song), 1996
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"Long Shot" (Baillie & the Boys song), 1988
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"Longshot" (Catfish and the Bottlemen song), 2019
*
"Long Shot" (Kelly Clarkson song), 2008
*"Longshot", a song by
Common Rider
Common Rider was an American ska punk band, formed in 1999 by Jesse Michaels (guitar, vocals), Mass Giorgini (bass) and Dan Lumley (drums). The band's name is taken from a Japanese TV show, ''Kamen Rider'' (Kamen Rider means "Masked Rider" in Ja ...
, 2001
*"Longshot", a song by John Fogerty from ''
Revival'', 2007
*"Longshot", a song by Waking Ashland from ''
I Am for You
Waking Ashland was an American rock band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2003, they were signed to Tooth & Nail Records and Immortal Records. In all the group released two EPs and two full-length albums before their disestablishment in 2007 ...
'', 2004
*"Long shot", a song by Mayu Maeshima, opening music for ''
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', 2021
Other uses
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Long Shot, an atomic weapons test, carried out on Amchitka island in 1965
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''Long Shot'' (TV series), a 1959 Canadian current affairs television series
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''Long Shot'' (Niven), a spacecraft from Larry Niven's Ringworld series
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"Long Shot" (''The Professionals)'', an episode of the television series
*"Long Shot", a
season 3 episode of ''The Casagrandes''
*
Project Longshot, a design for an interstellar spacecraft
*"Long Shot", a short story by
Vernor Vinge
*''Long Shot'', a memoir about former Major League Baseball player
Mike Piazza
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Longshot CS-6, a 2006 Nerf blaster released under the N-Strike, N-Strike series
*
Longshot CS-12, a 2014 Nerf blaster released under the Z.E.D Squad sub-series of the Zombie Strike series
*a variation of the Hookshot in the
Legend of Zelda series
*''Longshot'', the name of a single-player game mode in ''
Madden NFL 18''
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