scandal A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way. Th ...

is a strong social reaction to a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc. Scandal may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Scandal (comics) Scandal Savage is a fictional character, a supervillain and antiheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in ''Villains United'' #1 (July 2005), and was created by Gail Simone and Dale Eaglesham. She i ...

, a DC Comics villain

Films

* ''Scandal'' (1917 film), an American film starring Constance Talmadge * ''Scandal'' (1929 film), an American drama film * ''Scandal'' (1950 film), called in Japanese ''Shubun'' * ''Scandal'' (1989 film), a British film about the Profumo affair * ''Scandal'' (2012 film), called in Vietnamese ''Bí Mật Thảm Đỏ'' * ''Le Scandale'' (1934 film), French film * ''The Scandal'' (1923 film), British film by Arthur Rooke * ''The Scandal'' (1943 film), Spanish film

Literature

* "Scandal" (short story), a 1919 short story by Willa Cather * ''Scandal'' (Shūsaku Endō novel), by Shusaku Endo * ''Scandal'' (Wilson novel), by A. N. Wilson * ''

Notes on a Scandal ''Notes on a Scandal'' (''What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal'' in the U.S.) is a 2003 novel by Zoë Heller. It is about a female teacher at a London comprehensive school who begins an affair with an minor (law), underage pupil. Heller sai ...

'', a novel by Zoë Heller *'' Scandal: How "Gotcha" Politics Is Destroying America'', a book by Lanny Davis

Music

Scandal (Australian band) Scandal were a short lived Australian pop rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 19 ...

, a 1970s Australian rock/pop band *

Scandal (American band) Scandal is an American rock band from the 1980s fronted by Patty Smyth. The band scored a hit in the United States with the song " The Warrior", which peaked at No. 7 in 1984. Other hits were " Goodbye to You" (1982 – No. 65 US), " ...

, a 1980s American rock/pop band *

Scandal (Japanese band) is an all-female Japanese rock band from Osaka. Although all four members have provided lead vocals, their primary roles are Haruna on vocals and rhythm guitar, Mami on lead guitar, Tomomi on bass guitar, and Rina on drums. With numerous overs ...

, a Japanese pop-rock group * ''Scandal'' (EP), a 1982 EP by the American band Scandal * ''Scandal'' (album), a 2006 album by Kangta & Vanness * "Scandal" (song), a song by Queen from their 1989 album ''The Miracle''

Television

* ''Scandal'' (TV series), a 2012 American television series * ''Scandal!'' (TV series), a South African television soap opera * ''The Scandal'' (TV series), a 2013 South Korean television series

Other uses

Scandal (theology) A stumbling block or scandal in the Bible, or in politics (including history), is a metaphor for a behaviour or attitude that leads another to sin or to destructive behaviour. Bible use Hebrew Bible The origin of the metaphor is the prohibiti ...

, an act that leads someone else to sin *

Scandals (gay bar) Scandals, or sometimes Scandals PDX, is a gay bar in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Description and history Scandals was established in 1979. In 2015, ''Willamette Week'' said of the bar: In his 2019 "overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ nigh ...

, Portland, Oregon, U.S. *

Sex scandal Public scandals involving allegations or information about possibly immoral sexual activities are often associated with the sexual affairs of film stars, politicians, famous athletes, or others in the public eye. Sex scandals receive attention ...

, or just scandal *

Solar Wings Scandal The Solar Wings Scandal is a family of British high-wing, single-place, hang gliders that was designed and produced by Solar Wings of Manton, Wiltshire. Introduced in 1995 it is now out of production. When it was available the aircraft was suppl ...

, a British hang glider design *Speciated by cancer development animals, a hypothesis concerning the development of

Myxosporea Myxosporea is a class of microscopic parasites, belonging to the Myxozoa clade within Cnidaria. They have a complex life cycle which comprises vegetative forms in two hosts, an aquatic invertebrate (generally an annelid but sometimes a bryozoan) ...