Scooter may refer to:

Vehicles

Ground

Human or gravity powered

* Eccentric-hub scooter, propelled by a standing rider making a bouncing motion * Kick scooter, propelled by a standing rider pushing off the ground * Knee scooter, a mobility device used as an alternative to the traditional crutch

Motorized land vehicles

* Scooter (motorcycle), a motorcycle with a step-through frame and a platform for the rider's feet, ridden seated *

Mobility scooter A mobility scooter is an electric vehicle and mobility aid mostly auxiliary to a power wheelchair but configured like a motorscooter. When motorized they are commonly referred to as a power-operated vehicle/scooter, or electric scooter. Non-mot ...

, a wheelchair with a motor *

Motorized scooter A motorized scooter is a stand-up scooter powered by either a small utility internal combustion engine or a small electric hub motor in its front and/or rear wheel. Classified as a form of micro-mobility, they are generally designed with a lar ...

, a powered vehicle similar in shape to a kick scooter, ridden standing up * Self-balancing scooter, a compact self-balancing dicycle with electric motor, ridden standing up

Air

* "Scooter", one of the nicknames for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, a ground-attack aircraft * Ace Scooter, an American aircraft that was designed for homebuilt construction * Air scooter, a theoretical ultralight helicopter designed by the

AirScooter Corporation AirScooter Corporation (), is a defunct American aircraft manufacturer that was based in Henderson, Nevada. It designed and intended to manufacture an ultralight helicopter, with a coaxial rotor configuration. The company was founded in early 20 ...

Sopwith Scooter The Sopwith Swallow was a British parasol wing fighter aircraft of the First World War. A single example was built, but it saw no production, offering no performance advantages over contemporary biplanes. Design and development In June 1918, ...

, an unarmed parasol monoplane derivative of the Sopwith Camel * SCOOTER, the callsign for the airline Scoot

Water

Bay scooter An iceboat (occasionally spelled ice boat or traditionally called an ice yacht) is a recreational or competition sailing craft supported on metal runners for traveling over ice. One of the runners is steerable. Originally, such craft were boats ...

or ice scooter, a vehicle for quick travel across water, ice or snow * Diving scooter, an item of diving equipment used by scuba and rebreather divers to increase range underwater *

Water scooter A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter or jet ski, is a recreational watercraft that a rider sits or stands on, not within, as in a boat. PWCs have two style categories, first and most popular being a runabout or "sit down" whe ...

, a recreational watercraft

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Scooter (Borderlands) ''Borderlands'' is an action role-playing first-person looter shooter video game franchise set in a space Western science fiction setting, created and produced by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games for multiple platforms. The series c ...

, a mechanic and the caretaker of the Catch-A-Ride system on Pandora * Scooter (''Coronation Street''), Hiren "Scooter" Makuna, a boyfriend of Sarah-Louise Platt * Scooter (''Gobots''), a fictional character in the Gobots toyline who transformed into a motor scooter, and was the Guardians’ resident inventor * Scooter (''How I Met Your Mother'' character), Lily Aldrin's old high-school boyfriend * Scooter (Muppet), the Muppets' backstage stage manager, utility stage crew member, and general all-around "gofer" * Scooter (''SpongeBob SquarePants''), a purple fish who enjoys surfing * Scooter (talking baseball), an animated character used by Fox Sports during Major League Baseball games to explain different types of pitches with the education of children in mind * Scooter, the protagonist of '' Swing with Scooter'', a DC Comics comic book published in the late 1960s *

J.D. (Scrubs) John Michael "J.D." Dorian, Doctor of Medicine, M.D., is a fictional character and protagonist of the American comedy-drama television series ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. Portrayed by Zach Braff, J.D acts as the narrator and main character ...

, nicknamed Scooter, the character Jonathan Michael "J.D." Dorian * Scooter, a clumsy boy by Lucas Grabeel in Disney's 2008 film '' College Road Trip'' * Scooter McNutty, a squirrel from '' Barney & Friends'' * Scooter Carrot, a Scottish carrot from VeggieTales

Music

* Scooter (Belgian band), a pop group * Scooter (band), a German dance and trance group

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Scooter'', a novel by Mick Foley * '' Scooter: Secret Agent'', a children's television program named after the title character

Science

* Scooter (bird), the scoter, a groups of stocky seaducks in the genus ''Melanitta'' *

Water scooters The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, or water skimmers. Consistent with the classification of the Gerridae as tr ...

, Gerridae a family of true bugs in the order Hemiptera * The Scooter (Neptune), a storm on Neptune

People

Scooter (nickname) {{Short description, none Scooter is a nickname of: * Scooter Berry (born 1986), professional American football player * Scooter Braun or Brown (born 1981), American talent manager, businessman, and promoter * Lloyd L. Burke (1924–1999), U.S. Arm ...

* Young Scooter, stage name of American rapper Edward Bailey (born 1986)

Other uses

Scooter (skirt) A skort is a pair of shorts with an overlapping fabric panel made to resemble a skirt covering the front and back, or a skirt with a pair of integral shorts hidden underneath (also can be called sport skirts) . History While some garments sold ...

, a pair of shorts with a fabric panel resembling a skirt covering the front * Scooter pie, a confection which consists of two round graham cracker cookies, with marshmallow filling in the center, dipped in a flavored coating