Meltdown

Meltdown may refer to:

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

Arts and entertainment

Music
 Meltdown (festival) in London 
 Meltdown Records, a record label

Publications
 Meltdown (Clearfield and Tilcsik book), a 2018 book on system failures by Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik
 Meltdown (Woods book), a 2009 book on the 2008 financial crisis by economist Thomas Woods
 Meltdown (Image Comics), a comic book mini-series
 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), a television episode
 "Meltdown" (Red Dwarf), a television episode
 "Meltdown" (The Batman), a television episode
 Meltdown, a villain in the 2008 Transformers: Animated series

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 in Killer Instinct, originally named Meltdown
 Meltdown, a game by Jagex
 Meltdown, a (status) magic attack in Final Fantasy VIII
 Meltdown, an in-game movie from Grand Theft Auto V

Albums
 Meltdown (Steve Taylor album), 1984
 Meltdown (Vinnie Moore album), 1991
 Meltdown (GrimSkunk album), 1996
 Meltdown (John Taylor album), 1999
 Meltdown (Massacre album), 2001
 Meltdown (Icehouse album), 2002
 Meltdown (Ash album), 2004
 Meltdown!,  a 2006 album by children's music artist Justin Roberts
 Meltdown (EP), 2013, by Pitbull
 Meltdown: Live in Mexico City, 2018 live album by King Crimson

Songs
 "Meltdown" (AC/DC song)
 "Meltdown" (Timbaland song)
 "Meltdown" (Stromae song), 2014
 "Meltdown", a song on the album The Distance to Here by Live
 "Meltdown", a song on the album Duality by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke
 "Meltdown" (Love and Death song)
 "Meltdown", a song on the album Keep It Up by Loverboy
 "Meltdown", a song from the film soundtrack album Requiem for a Dream
 "Meltdown", a song on the album Charge!!  by The Aquabats

Other uses
 Tantrum, an emotional outburst
 Meltdown (bar chain), a French bar chain