Title: Spike Content: Spike could mean: * Nail, especially one more than 100mm (4 inches) long * Rail spikes used to secure railroad rails to the wooden ties * Spiked shoes worn by athletes, which provide more traction (similar to cleats) * An adolescent male deer or male elk * The Spike is a widely used nickname for the Spire of Dublin, a massive needle-like structure erected in Dublin in 2003 * Spike TV, a cable network that caters to a young male demographic (originally known as TNN, The National Network, or The Nashville Network) * Spike missile, an Israel-developed guided anti-tank missile * Spike bayonet, chiefly used on early muskets * Voltage spike, or electrical surge * The action potential which transmits signals along a nerve axon is often called a spike * Spike is a botanical term for an unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence with sessile flowers arranged along the axis * Spike (company), a video game company Media with Spike in the title include: * The Spike (Borchgrave/Moss), a 1980 novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave, former editor of The Washington Times * Spike of Bensonhurst, a 1988 movie directed by Paul Morrisey * Spike (Elvis Costello album), a 1989 album by Elvis Costello * The Spike (1997), a 1997 book by Damien Broderick * Spike (Puffy AmiYumi album), a 2001 album by Puffy AmiYumi A number of famous people are named Spike, including: * Spike, a newcomer Romanian rapper promoted by Parazitii * Spike Lee, a filmmaker * Spike Jonze, a filmmaker * Spike Jones, a satirist * Spike Milligan, a satirist * Spike Robinson, a jazz musician * Spike Slawson, a punk vocalist and bassist of the Swinging Utters and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes * Matt Hyson (aka Spike Dudley), former professional wrestler * Spike (porn star), a gay pornography actor * Spike Feresten, television writer and talk show host * Spike Xavier, Lead Singer of Nu-Metal band Corporate Avenger * Spike, a Welsh musician, co- founder of Z Block Records, Reptile Ranch and Weekend * Spike O'Donnell, famous Irish/American gangster from Chicago A number of fictional characters have been named Spike, including: * Spike, a main playable character in the Ape Escape video game series * Spike Spiegel, from the Japanese anime Cowboy Bebop * Spike (Buffyverse), a vampire * Spike, Fonzie's cousin in Happy Days * Spike Fumo, in Spike of Bensonhurst * Christine "Spike" Nelson, in the Degrassi series * Spike Thomson, in Press Gang * Spike, a member of the Screws Gang in Medabots * Spike Lester, a character on the soap opera Passions * The Spike (Marvel Comics), a member of the X-Statix * Spike Freeman, another character in Marvel Comics' X-Statix/X-Force * Spike (The Land Before Time), a young stegosaurus in The Land Before Time film series * "Spike" Stoker, a supporting character from Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books * Joshua "Spike" Cohen, a Jew from Tom Robbins' novel Skinny Legs and All * Spike, a character originating in Super Mario Bros. 3 who launches spiked mace balls at the player * Spike, the boss of the Midday Gardens world in the Spyro: Year of the Dragon video game * Spike, a character in the DC Comics comic book Sugar and Spike * Spike Lavery, a character on All My Children, he the son Kendall and Ryan * Father Spike, a high-church parish priest who is mentioned in C.S. Lewis' book The Screwtape Letters * Spike, Roger Wilco's alien pet in Space Quest V: The Next Mutation * Spike, a porcupine from the movie Over the Hedge * Spike Witwicky, a character from the Transformers TV cartoon series and comic books * Spike (NX Files), a fictional character in an action-adventure web-show called NX Files * Michelangelo 'Spike' Scarlatti, a fictional character in the Canadian TV series Flashpoint A number of cartoon dogs have been named Spike: * Spike (Ace Ventura), Ace Ventura's dog in the motion picture Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls *Spike (Goofy Movie) *Spike (Peanuts), Snoopy's brother in Peanuts * Spike (Tom and Jerry), Tom's and the other cats' nemesis in the cartoon series Tom and Jerry * Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier, in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons * Spike, the family pet in Rugrats * Spike, Heathcliff's nemesis in the comic strip and animated series Heathcliff * Spike, Droopy's nemesis in Tex Avery's Droopy Dog theatrical cartoon series As a place name, Spike may refer to: * Spike is the former name of a village in Derbyshire now known as Poolsbrook In sports, Spike may refer to: * A spike is an offensive attack in volleyball * Spiking in American football is to throw the ball forcefully and intentionally into the ground * In Track and Field and cross country running, spiking an opponent (or sometimes, inadvertently, a team mate) is to kick them with the metal spikes in the bottom of the runner's shoe