Animal (disambiguation)

An animal is a taxonomic member of the Kingdom Animalia. For biologists, this includes human beings, although for the general public the term "animal" means only non-human animals.

Animal or Animals may also refer to:

Entertainment

Fictional characters

• Animal (Muppet), a drummer character in The Muppet Show band, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem
• Animal, nickname of a regular character in Takeshi's Castle, played by Brad Lesley

Movies

• Animal (1977 film), French film (L'Animal) by Claude Zidi with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Raquel Welch
• Animal (2001 film), Argentine film by Sergio Bizzio with Carlos Roffé
• Animal (2005 film), US film by David J. Burke with Ving Rhames and Terrance Howard
• The Animal, 2001 US film by Luke Greenfield with Rob Schneider

Music

Bands

• A.N.I.M.A.L., an Argentinian heavy metal band
• Animal Collective, a New York psychedelic pop band
• The Animals, a British rock band

Albums

• Animal, a 1988 album by The Bar-Kays
• Animal, a 2009 album by the London-based electronic band autoKratz
• Animal, 2009 album by Far East Movement
• Animal (Animosity album), 2007 release
• Animal (Kesha album), a 2010 album by American pop singer Ke$ha
• Animal (Motor Ace album), a 2005 release
• Animal!, a 2008 album by Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
• Animals (Pink Floyd album), a 1977 concept album by Pink Floyd
• Animals (This Town Needs Guns album), a 2008 release

Songs

• "Animal" (Def Leppard song)
• "Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)" by W.A.S.P.
• "Animal" (Jebediah song)
• "Animal" (Juvenile song)
• "Animal" (Miike Snow song)
• "Animal" (Pearl Jam song)
• "Animal" (R.E.M. song)
• "Animal I Have Become", by Three Days Grace
• "Animals" (Kevin Ayers song)
• "Animals" (Nickelback song)
• "Animal" (Neon Trees song)
• "Animal", by Against Me! from New Wave (Against Me! album)
• "Animal", by Black Light Burns from Cruel Melody
• "Animal", by Ani DiFranco from Educated Guess
• "Animal", by Ellie Goulding from Lights (Ellie Goulding album) (Bright Lights)
• "Animal", by Karen O and the Kids from Where the Wild Things Are (soundtrack)
• "Animal", by Kesha from Animal (Kesha album)
• "Animal", by The Kinks from To the Bone (The Kinks album)
• "Animal", by Mindless Self Indulgence from If (Mindless Self Indulgence album)
• "Animal", by Mudmen from Overrated
• "Animals", by CocoRosie from The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
• "Animals", by Coldplay as one of the B-sides for "Clocks" (song)
• "Animals", by Dead Poetic from Vices (Dead Poetic album)
• "Animals", by The End from Elementary (album)
• "Animals", by Talking Heads from Fear of Music (album)
• "The Animal", by Steve Vai from Passion and Warfare
• "The Animal" (Disturbed song)

Television

• "Animals" (The Goodies), an episode of The Goodies
• "Animals", an episode of Men Behaving Badly
• "Animals", an episode of Off the Air
• "Animals", an episode of The Vicar of Dibley

Other entertainment

• Animals (comedy), a stand-up show written and performed by Ricky Gervais
• Animal (video game), a video game by Microtime

People

Professional wrestlers

• George Steele (born 1937), professional wrestler nicknamed "The Animal"
• Road Warrior Animal (born 1960), the best-known ring persona of professional wrestler Joe Laurinaitis
• Dave Batista (born 1969), professional wrestler nicknamed "The Animal"

Other people

• Marc MacYoung, aka Marc "Animal" MacYoung, author and martial artist
• Edmundo (born 1971), Brazilian association footballer nicknamed "Animal"
• Chris Carter (left-handed hitter) (born 1982), American baseball player nicknamed "The Animal"
• Brad Lesley (born 1958), American baseball player and television personality also nicknamed "The Animal"
• "Animal" (Des 'Dizzy' McKenna), drummer on Australian variety program, Hey Hey It's Saturday.
• Mark Mendoza (born 1955), American bass player nicknamed "The Animal"

Other uses

• ANIMAL, an early self-replicating computer program
• ANIMAL (image processing), an interactive software environment for image processing
• Animal (clothing), a sportswear retailer and brand based in the United Kingdom
• Animal (book), full title Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to The World's WildLife, a 2003 non-fiction book by David Burnie and several co-authors
• Animal (journal), full title: Animal: An International Journal of Animal Bioscience, British academic journal
• Animalia (disambiguation), other uses of the term