Thing
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Philosophy
- An object (philosophy)Object (philosophy)An object in philosophy is a technical term often used in contrast to the term subject. Consciousness is a state of cognition that includes the subject, which can never be doubted as only it can be the one who doubts, and some object or objects that may or may not have real existence without...
, being, or entity - Thing-in-itself (or noumenon), the reality that underlies perceptions, a term coined by Immanuel Kant
History
- Thing (assembly)Thing (assembly)A thing was the governing assembly in Germanic and introduced into some Celtic societies, made up of the free people of the community and presided by lawspeakers, meeting in a place called a thingstead...
, also transliterated as ting or þing, a historical Germanic governing assembly - Thing (listening device)Thing (listening device)The Thing, also known as the Great Seal bug, was one of the first covert listening devices to use passive techniques to transmit an audio signal...
, a Soviet bug used during the Cold War for eavesdropping on the ambassador to the Soviet Union - The Thing (art project)The Thing (art project)The Thing is an international net-community of artists and art-related projects that was started in 1991 by Wolfgang Staehle. The Thing was launched as a mailbox system accessible over the telephone network in New York feeding a Bulletin Board System in 1991 before their website was launched in...
Fiction
- Things (film)Things (film)THINGS is a 1989 low budget independent feature length B-movie grade horror exploitation film written and produced by Andrew Jordan & Barry J. Gillis...
1989 film - The Thing from Another WorldThe Thing from Another WorldThe Thing from Another World , is a 1951 science fiction film based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell . It tells the story of an Air Force crew and scientists at a remote Arctic research outpost who fight a malevolent plant-based alien being...
, often referred to as The Thing, 1951 science fiction film- The Thing (1982 film), a 1982 remake, directed by John Carpenter, of the 1951 film
- The Thing (2011 film)The Thing (2011 film)The Thing is a 2011 science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., and written by Eric Heisserer. It is a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name by John Carpenter, the plot taking place immediately prior to the events of that film...
, a prequel to the 1982 film
- Thing (comics)Thing (comics)The Thing is a fictional character, a founding member of the superhero team known as the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in The Fantastic Four #1...
, a superhero in the Marvel Universe and member of the Fantastic Four - The Thing!The Thing!The Thing! was a Charlton Comics horror title that ran 17 issues from 1952 to 1954. Its tagline was "Weird tales of suspense and horror!" After it was cancelled, it was retitled Blue Beetle ....
, a 1950s comic book series from Charlton Comics - The Thing (video game)The Thing (video game)The Thing is a third person survival horror game. The game was presented as a sequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing. It was developed by Computer Artworks and published by VU Games. It was released in North America for the PS2 on August 19, 2002, on the PC on August 20, 2002 and on the...
, a 2002 video game sequel based after the events of the 1982 film - Thing (The Addams Family), a fictional character in The Addams Family
- The ThingsThe ThingsThe Things are recurring characters in the British adult humour magazine Viz.The Things are some kind of troll-like creatures with long fur, fangs and narrow tails with arrowhead shaped tips...
, recurring characters in the British comic Viz - Things: A Story of the SixtiesThings: A Story of the SixtiesThings is a novel by Georges Perec. It received the Prix Renaudot in 1965.It recounts the life of a young couple — both pollsters — in the 1960s...
, is a novel by Georges Perec
Music
- "The Thing" (song)The Thing (song)"The Thing" is a hit novelty song by Charles Randolph Grean which received much airplay in 1950.The most popular version of the song was recorded by Phil Harris on October 13, 1950 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3968. The record first reached the Billboard charts on...
, a 1950 song, recorded by Phil Harris and others - "Things" (Bobby Darin song), a 1962 song by Bobby Darrin
- "Things" (Split Enz song), a 1979 song by Split Enz
- The Thing (jazz band)The Thing (jazz band)The Thing is a Norwegian/Swedish jazz band, consisting of Mats Gustafsson , Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , and Paal Nilssen-Love ....
, a jazz band from Norway and Sweden - "The Thing", a B-side song on the single release of "VelouriaVelouria"Velouria" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. "Velouria" is featured on their album Bossanova, was the first single to be released from it and was the band's first UK Top 40 hit. The song features extensive use of theremin...
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Other uses
- Volkswagen 181Volkswagen 181The Volkswagen Type 181 "Kurierwagen", popularly known in the United Kingdom as the Trekker , in the United States as the Thing, and in Mexico as the Safari, was a small military vehicle produced by Volkswagen from 1969 to 1983, although civilian sales stopped in 1980...
, an automobile sold in the 1970s - The Thing?, an attraction in Arizona
- T.H.I.N.G.S., Totally Hilarious Incredibly Neat Games of Skill, a line of toys marketed by the Milton Bradley Company
- Things (application)Things (application)Things is a personal task management application for Mac OS X made by Cultured Code, a software startup based in Stuttgart, Germany. Its 1.0 release was on January 6, 2009...
, a personal task management software for Mac OS X