Thing

Thing or The Thing may refer to:

 Philosophy 
 An object, being, or entity
 Thing-in-itself (or noumenon), the reality that underlies perceptions, a term coined by Immanuel Kant
 Thing theory,  a branch of critical theory that focuses on human–object interactions in literature and culture

 History 
 Thing (assembly), also transliterated as ting or þing, a historical Germanic governing assembly 
 The Thing (listening device), a Soviet bug used during the Cold War for eavesdropping on the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union 
 The Thing (art project), a 1990s community based in New York City

 Film and television 
 The Thing from Another World, often referred to as The Thing, 1951 science fiction movie based on the novella Who Goes There?
 The Thing (1982 movie), a remake of the 1951 movie, directed by John Carpenter, more closely following the original novella Who Goes There?
 The Thing (2011 movie), a prequel to the 1982 movie
 Thing (The Addams Family), television series character, it resembles a hand
 "The Thing", a season 4 episode 17 of SpongeBob SquarePants
 Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, a 1979 13-episode animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera

 Comics 
 Thing (comics), a superhero in the Marvel Universe and member of the Fantastic Four
 The Thing!, a 1950s comic book series from Charlton Comics

 Music 
 The Thing (jazz band), a Norwegian/Swedish jazz trio formed in 2000
 The Thing (Jazz Crusaders album), a 1965 album, or the title song
 The Thing (The Thing album), a 2000 album

Songs
 "The Thing" (song), a 1950 song, recorded by Phil Harris and others
 "The Thing", a B-side song on the single release of "Velouria" by Pixies
 "Things", a song by Jerry Lee Lewis from Young Blood
 "Things" (Bobby Darin song), a song by Bobby Darin from the album Things and Other Things

 Other uses 
 The Thing (video game), a 2002 video game sequel based after the events of the 1982 film
 The Thing (roadside attraction), an attraction in the U.S. state of Arizona
 Thing, terminology for entities in the Doom engine
 Volkswagen 181, an automobile sold in the U.S., from 1968 to 1980, as the "Thing"