# Meltdown

Meltdown may refer to:

## Science and technology

* Nuclear meltdown, a severe nuclear reactor accident
* Meltdown (security vulnerability), affecting computer processors
* Mutational meltdown, in population genetics

## Arts and entertainment
### Music

* Meltdown (festival) in London
* Meltdown Records, a Slovakian record label

#### Albums

* Meltdown (Ash album) or the title song, 2004
* Meltdown (GrimSkunk album), 1996
* Meltdown (Icehouse album), 2002
* Meltdown (Massacre album), 2001
* Meltdown (Steve Taylor album) or the title song, 1984
* Meltdown (Vinnie Moore album) or the title song, 1991
* Meltdown (EP), by Pitbull, 2013
* Meltdown: Live in Mexico City, by King Crimson, or the title song, 2018
* Meltdown, by John Taylor, 1999
* Meltdown!, by Justin Roberts, 2006

#### Songs

* "Meltdown" (Love and Death song), 2013
* "Meltdown" (Niall Horan song), 2023
* "Meltdown" (Stromae song), 2014
* "Meltdown" (Travis Scott Song), 2023
* "Meltdown", by AC/DC from Stiff Upper Lip, 2000
* "Meltdown!", by the Aquabats from Charge!!, 2005
* "...Meltdown", by Enter Shikari from A Flash Flood of Colour, 2012
* "Meltdown", by Godflesh from Slavestate, 1991
* "Meltdown", by Live from The Distance to Here, 1999
* "Meltdown", by Loverboy from Keep It Up, 1983
* "Meltdown", by Motionless in White from Scoring the End of the World, 2022
* "Meltdown", by Of Mice & Men from Earthandsky, 2019
* "Meltdown", by Quartz, 1989
* "Meltdown", by Upon a Burning Body from Fury, 2022
* "Meltdown", by Watchtower from Energetic Disassembly, 1985
* "Meltdown", from the film soundtrack album Requiem for a Dream, 2000

### Publications

* Meltdown (Clearfield and Tilcsik book), 2018 on system failures
* Meltdown (Woods book), 2009, on the 2008 financial crisis
* Meltdown (Image Comics), a comic book mini-series
* Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed, a 2009 book by Paul Mason
* Tabitha Smith, a Marvel Comics character, codename Meltdown

### Film

* High Risk (1995 film), also known as Meltdown, a Hong Kong film starring Jet Li
* Meltdown (2004 film), a US film starring Bruce Greenwood
* Ice Age: The Meltdown, a 2006 animated film
* Meltdown: Days of Destruction, a 2006 US film starring Casper Van Dien

### Television

* "Meltdown" (Farscape episode)
* "Meltdown" (JAG), an episode of JAG and the second part of the backdoor pilot of NCIS
* "Meltdown" (Red Dwarf), a television episode
* "Meltdown" (The Batman), a television episode
* Meltdown, a character in the 2007-2009 Transformers: Animated series
* The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, a stand-up comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central

### Video games

* Meltdown (1986 video game), an action-adventure game for the Amstrad CPC
* Meltdown (Atari 7800), a light gun shooter video game
* Cinder (Killer Instinct), a character originally named Meltdown in the fighting game series
* Meltdown, a game by Jagex
* Meltdown, a (status) magic attack in Final Fantasy VIII
* Meltdown, an in-game movie in Grand Theft Auto V
* Meltdown, a Minecraft minigame played in MC Championship
* Geometry Dash Meltdown, developed by RobTopGames and published in 2015

## Other uses

* Tantrum, an emotional outburst
* Autistic meltdown, a stress reaction
* Meltdown (bar chain), a French bar chain