Basket Case

Basket case, originally a British slang term for a quadruple amputee during World War I, may also mean:

• Derogatory slang for a mentally ill person or a badly run organization.

Basket Case may also refer to:

• Basket Case (film), a 1982 horror comedy directed and written by Frank Henenlotter
  • Basket Case 2, the 1990 sequel to Basket Case
  • Basket Case 3: The Progeny, the 1992 final film in the Basket Case series
• "Basket Case" (song), a song by Green Day from their 1994 album, Dookie
• "Basket Case", a song by Warren Zevon from his 2002 album, My Ride's Here
• "Basket Case", a song by Danger Doom from their 2005 album, The Mouse and the Mask
• "Basket Case", a song by Sara Bareilles from her 2010 album, Kaleidoscope Heart
• Basket Case (novel), a 2002 crime novel by Carl Hiaasen
• Basket Case (slang), a motorcycle project sold as a collection of individual parts rather than a complete assembly, i.e. needing restoration