Reaper (disambiguation)
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A reaper is a farm tool or machine for harvesting grain. It comes from the word "reap", which means "to take". A Reaper-binder, is a later version of the original reaping machine that includes the binding operation.
Due to the association with the Grim Reaper, the reaper is a common symbol of death.
Reaper may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
Art
- The Reaper (Miró painting), a lost 1937 painting by Joan Miró
- The Reaper (sculpture), a 1952 sculpture by Gustav Bohland in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Reaper Miniatures, pewter figurines which include fantasy and science fiction figures
Fictional entities
- Death (personification) or Grim Reaper, a personification of death
- Reaper (alien), from the computer game X-COM: UFO Defense
- Reaper (DC Comics), a DC comic book character
- Reaper (Marvel Comics), a Marvel comic book character
- John "Reaper" Grimm, the protagonist in the movie adaptation of Doom
- Reaper, a fictional species from the science fiction series Doctor Who
- Reapers, a group of beings who compete against Players, in The World Ends With You
- Reapers, the main antagonists of the Mass Effect series, a race of sentient machines that wipe out galactic civilization every 50,000 years
- Reapers, a cannibalistic group from The 100 TV series
- The Reaper (Shannara), one of the Demons who appears in The Elfstones of Shannara
- The Reaper Strain, the genetic mutation created by the vampire race in the film Blade II
- The Reapers, an enemy faction in inFamous
- The Reapers, from the video game Just Cause 2
- The character named Reaper, from the game Overwatch
Films
- Reaper, a film about a writer who is caught up in a murder that resembles his last book, starring Chris Sarandon and Catherine Mary Stewart
- The Reaper (2013 film), a 2013 Mexican film
- The Reaper (2014 film), a 2014 Croatian-Slovenian film
Literature
- Reaper Man, a 1991 "Discworld" novel by Terry Pratchett
- The Reaper (magazine), an American literary magazine
- The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers, a novel by Nick Irving, chronicling his time as a sniper team leader with the Army’s Special Operations 3rd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment
- Theristai (also known as Reapers or Harvesters), a play by Euripides
Music
Groups
- Reaper (band), an industrial music band
- Reapers (band), an Italian heavy metal band
Albums
- The Reaper (Grave Digger album), an album by the band Grave Digger
- "Follow the Reaper", an album by melodic death metal band Children of Bodom
Songs
- "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", a song by Blue Öyster Cult
- "Els Segadors" (or "The Reapers"), the national anthem of Catalonia
- "Reaper", a song by Jackson Rathbone's band, The 100 Monkeys
- "Reapers (song)", a song by Muse on their album Drones
Television
Series
- Reaper (TV series), a television comedy-drama series
- "Reaper", the 17th episode of Smallville (season 1)
- The Reaper (miniseries), an upcoming NBC miniseries
Episodes
- "Don't Ph34r the Reaper", a first season episode of Red vs. Blue
- Reaper (film), a 2014 American film starring Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones, and Jake Busey
Computing and technology
- MQ-9 Reaper, a military unmanned aerial vehicle ('drone'), also called 'Predator B'
- REAPER, acronym for Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording app by Cockos Inc., created by Justin Frankel, the creator of Winamp
- Reaper, a program written to remove the Creeper virus, which propagated on the DARPANET
- Reaper program, a special operating system process that terminates zombie processes
Other uses
- Reaper (sailing vessel), a restored Fifie fishing boat
- HMS Reaper (D82), a United States aircraft carrier leased to the Royal Navy
- Maryland Reapers, a United States indoor football team
See also
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