Trigger
Appearance
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Trigger may refer to:
Notable animals and people
- Mononym
- Trigger (horse), owned by cowboy star Roy Rogers
- Nickname
- Trigger Alpert (1916–2013), American jazz bassist
- "Trigger Mike" Coppola (1900–1966), American gangster
- Surname
- Bruce Trigger (1937–2006), Canadian archaeologist
- Damon Trigger (born 1972), New Zealand born former English cricketer
- Hannah Trigger (born 1987), Australian snowboarder
- Ian Trigger (1938–2010), British actor
Technology
- Trigger (firearms), a mechanism that actuates the firing of firearms
- Database trigger, procedural code that is automatically executed in response to certain events
- Dead man's trigger, a safety device that activates safeguards if the operator is incapacitated
- Flip-flop (electronics), called a trigger circuit by IBM
- Image trigger, a device used in high speed cameras
- Schmitt trigger, an electronic circuit
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- Trigger (Only Fools and Horses), a BBC sitcom character played by Roger Lloyd-Pack
- Trigger Argee, a fictional character in a series of science fiction short stories by James H. Schmitz
- Devil Trigger, a transformation ability found in the Devil May Cry series
- Trigger, a fictional horse in "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"
- Trigger, the main player character in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Trigger, the version of Popeye in the film The Story of Temple Drake (1933), a film adaptation of the William Faulkner novel Sanctuary
Film and television
- Trigger (2010 film), a Canadian film
- Trigger, Jr. (1950), a 1950 American film starring Roy Rogers
- "Triggers" (Supergirl), an episode of Supergirl
- Ultraman Trigger, a 2021 Japanese tokusatsu television series
- Trigger (2022 film), a Tamil-language film
Literature
- The Trigger, a 1999 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Michael P. Kube-McDowell
- Triggers (novel), a 2012 science fiction novel by Robert J. Sawyer
Music
- The Trigger (band), a Serbian hard rock/heavy metal band
Albums and EPs
- Trigger (EP), a 2003 EP by In Flames
- Trigger (album), a 2010 album by Porno Graffitti
- Trigger, an album by Jacob Quistgaard
- Trigger, an album by Soulside
- Trigger, an album by The Law
Instruments
- Trigger (drums), a transducer that allows a drum to control an electronic device
- Trigger (guitar), the Martin N-20 guitar played by Willie Nelson
- Trigger (trombone), a switch that enables a trombonist to switch from one set of tubing to another
- Trigger pad, a device used in electronic percussion
Songs
- "Trigger" (song), a 2019 song by Major Lazer and Khalid
- "Trigger", by Anne-Marie from Speak Your Mind
- "Trigger", by Converge from The Dusk in Us
- "Trigger", by In Flames from Reroute to Remain and its eponymous EP
- "Triggers", by Royal Blood from Back to the Water Below
Ships
- USS Trigger (SS-237), a submarine (laid down 1941, sunk 1945)
- USS Trigger (SS-564), a submarine (laid down 1949, decommissioned 1973)
Science
- Trigger (particle physics), hardware or software based device for the (online-)selection of specific event classes from large datasets
- Trigger, one event that makes a slope failure in landslides, in the causes of landslides
- Environmental trigger, a factor caused (or aided) by the environment
- ATLAS trigger system, in the ATLAS experiment
Biology
- Hibernation induction trigger, a blood substance that induces hibernation
- Seizure trigger, a factor that can cause a seizure
- Spawning triggers, environmental cues that cause fish to breed
Other uses
- Studio Trigger, a Japanese animation studio founded by Hiroyuki Imaishi
- Trigger, a verb conjugation specifying the subject's role in languages with Austronesian alignment
- Casus belli, an event triggering a war
- Trauma trigger, an event causing traumatic memories or feelings to resurface
- Trigger (game controller), a button on some game controllers