Thing

Thing may refer to:

Philosophy

• An object (philosophy), being, or entity
• Thing-in-itself (or noumenon), the reality that underlies perceptions, a term coined by Immanuel Kant

History

• Thing (assembly), also transliterated as ting or þing, a historical Germanic governing assembly
• Thing (listening device), a Soviet bug used during the Cold War for eavesdropping on the ambassador to the Soviet Union
• The Thing (art project)

Movies

• Things (film) 1989 film
• The Thing from Another World, often referred to as The Thing, 1951 science fiction film
• The Thing (1982 film), a remake, directed by John Carpenter, more closely following the original novella Who Goes There
• The Thing (2011 film), a prequel to the 1982 film

Comics

• Thing (comics), a superhero in the Marvel Universe and member of the Fantastic Four
• The Thing!, a 1950s comic book series from Charlton Comics

Video games

• The Thing (video game), a 2002 video game sequel based after the events of the 1982 film

Fiction

• Thing (The Addams Family), a fictional character in The Addams Family
• The Things, recurring characters in the British comic Viz
• Things: A Story of the Sixties, is a novel by Georges Perec

Music

• "The Thing" (song), a 1950 song, recorded by Phil Harris and others
• "Things" (Bobby Darin song), a 1962 song by Bobby Darrin
• "Things" (Split Enz song), a 1979 song by Split Enz
• The Thing (jazz band), a Norwegian/Swedish jazz trio formed in 2000
• "The Thing", a B-side song on the single release of "Velouria" by Pixies

Other uses

• Things (application), a personal task management software for Mac OS X
• The Thing?, an attraction in Arizona
• T.H.I.N.G.S., Totally Hilarious Incredibly Neat Games of Skill, a line of toys marketed by the Milton Bradley Company
• Thing, the terminology for entities in the Doom engine
• Volkswagen 181, an automobile sold in the 1970s

See also

• Thang (disambiguation)