Snake (disambiguation)

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A snake is a common reptile of the order Squamata. See also serpent.

It may also refer to:

[edit] Geography

  • Snake Creek, a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in the United States
  • Also see Snake River for several rivers by that name

[edit] People

  • Denis Bélanger, known as "Snake", lead singer of Canadian rock band Voivod

[edit] Fictional characters

  • A code name given to one of two protagonists in the Metal Gear series; Big Boss (Metal Gear) (Naked Snake) and his cloned "son", Solid Snake
  • Snake Plissken, the anti-hero from John Carpenter's films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A., played by Kurt Russell
  • "Snake", a character from the film The Karate Kid, Part III
  • Snake Jailbird, character from popular animated TV series, The Simpsons
  • The main character in Snake Tales, an Australian comic strip
  • Archie Simpson, known as "Snake", a character from the Degrassi television series
  • "Snake", a four-man group in the manga Naruto, formed and named by Uchiha Sasuke, whose ultimate goal is to kill Sasuke's brother, Itachi

[edit] Music

[edit] Other

  • A technique used in some racing video games, such as F-Zero GX and Mario Kart DS
  • Snake (video game), a classic video game
  • Snakes, a video game for the N-Gage and other S60 devices
  • Snakes Subsonic, sequel to Snakes that is available through the N-Gage mobile gaming service.
  • Active contour, also called "Snake"; in computer vision, a framework for a deformable contour aiming at identifying the outline of an object in a possibly noisy image.
  • Snakes, a common type of confectionery in Australia
  • HMS Snake, a Royal Navy warship
  • Black snake (firework), a common type of firework
  • Plumber's snake, a plumbing tool named after the reptile
  • Snake cable, multiple audio/video channels bundled into a single large cable
  • Snake Kung Fu, a style of martial arts.
  • Snake, to "steal" the hacky sack while someone else is hacking it.
  • "Snake", one of D. H. Lawrence's most frequently anthologized poems.
  • The snake in the tunnel was a failed attempt in the 1970s to limit fluctuations between European currencies
  • "Snake", a commonly used term to describe a long deuce
  • "Snake", a commonly used term to describe a long member usually found behind a zipper.