# Fireball

Fireball may refer to:

## Science

* Fireball (meteor), a brighter-than-usual meteor
* Ball lightning, an atmospheric electrical phenomenon
* Bassia scoparia, a plant species

## Arts and entertainment
### Films

* The Fireball, a 1950 film starring Mickey Rooney and Pat O'Brien
* Fireball (film), a 2009 Thai martial arts action film directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan
* Fireball (anime), a series of CGI anime shorts
* Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, a 2020 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer

### Fictional characters

* Fireball Hikari, a protagonist of Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs American animated TV series (1987–1988)
* the main character from the 70s comic book Bullet (DC Thomson)
* a member of the Crusaders (DC Comics) team of superheroes
* a member of the All-Star Squadron
* a member of the New Crusaders (Archie Comics) superhero team
* one of the "stalkers" from the film The Running Man
* Rudolph's friend who is a reindeer in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

### Music

* Fireballs (band), an Australian Punkabilly band
* The Fireballs, an American rock and roll band
* Fireball (album), a 1971 hard rock album by British band Deep Purple
** "Fireball" (Deep Purple song), a 1971 Deep Purple song from the album of the same name
* "Fireball" (Dev song), the debut single by American singer Dev
* "Fireball" (B'z song), a 1997 single by Japanese band B'z
* "Fireball" (Pitbull song), a 2014 song by Pitbull featuring John Ryan
* "Fireball" (Willow Smith song), a 2011 song by Willow Smith

### Other arts and entertainment

* Fireball (manga), a 1979 unfinished manga
* Fireball (novel), a science fiction novel and the first in the Fireball trilogy by John Christopher
* Fireball (pinball), a pinball machine
* Hadouken (Street Fighter), also referred to as fireball, a ki-energy attack in the game Street Fighter
* Fireball (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional magic spell in Dungeons & Dragons
* Fire Ball, an amusement ride

## Ammunition

* .221 Remington Fireball, a centerfire cartridge
* .17 Remington Fireball, based on the .221 Fireball
* .300 Whisper, sometimes known as the .300 Fireball

## Sports

* Fireball (nickname), various sportspeople
* Fireball (wrestling move), an illegal professional wrestling move
* Augusta FireBall, an American soccer team in 2005 and 2006
* Tucson Fireballs, an American United Soccer Leagues team from 1997 to 2001, originally the Los Angeles Fireballs
* Fireball (wrestler), a Mexican professional wrestler
* Fireball (dinghy), a type of small sailing boat

## Transportation

* Ryan FR Fireball, an American aircraft
* Fireball (dinghy), a sailing boat
* Buick V6 engine, originally marketed as Fireball

## Other uses

* Fireball (search engine), a web search engine
* Fireball (software), a browser-hijacking malware
* Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, a cinnamon flavoured Canadian whisky liqueur
* 522d Special Operations Squadron, a US Air Force squadron nicknamed the Fireballs
* McMaster Engineering Fireball, official symbol of the Faculty of Engineering McMaster University
* Atomic Fireball, a round, cinnamon-flavored hard candy invented by Nello Ferrara
* The Fireballs annual ceremony in Stonehaven