Reaper (disambiguation)

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A reaper is a farm tool or machine for harvesting grain. It comes from the word "reap", which means "to take". A Reaper-binder, is a later version of the original reaping machine that includes the binding operation.

Due to the association with the Grim Reaper, the reaper is a common symbol of death.

Reaper may also refer to:

Western and popular culture

Grim Reaper, a personification of death
Reaper (The World Ends with You), a group of beings who compete against Players, in The World Ends With You
Reaper (Marvel Comics), a Marvel comic book character
Reaper (DC Comics), a DC comic book character
Reaper (alien), from the computer game X-COM: UFO Defense
Reapers (Mass Effect), a race of sentient machines that wipe out galactic civilization every 50,000 years. They are the main antagonists of the Mass Effect series
The Reapers, from the video game Just Cause 2
The Reapers, an enemy faction in inFamous

Literature

Reaper Man, a 1991 "Discworld" novel by Terry Pratchett
The Reaper (magazine), an American literary magazine
The Reaper (Shannara), one of the Demons who appears in The Elfstones of Shannara
Theristai, a play by Euripides
"The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers", a novel by Nick Irving, chronicling his time as a sniper team leader with the Army’s Special Operations 3rd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment.

Film and television

Reaper (TV series), a television comedy-drama series
Reaper (film), an upcoming American film starring Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones, and Jake Busey
Reaper, a fictional species from the science fiction series Doctor Who
John "Reaper" Grimm, the protagonist in the movie adaptation of Doom
"Don't Ph34r the Reaper", a first season episode of Red vs. Blue
The 17th episode of the first season of Smallville
The Reaper Strain is the genetic mutation created by the Vampire race in the film Blade II, a reference to this mutant strain is made in the sequel, Blade: Trinity
Reaper (movie) is about a writer who is caught up in a murder that resembles his last book. It stars Chris Sarandon and Catherine Mary Stewart.
The Reaper (2013 film), a 2013 Mexican film
The Reaper (2014 film), a 2014 Croatian-Slovenian film

In music

Els Segadors (lit. The Reapers), the national anthem of Catalonia
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper", a song by Blue Öyster Cult
The Reaper (Grave Digger album), an album by the band Grave Digger
"Follow the Reaper", an album by melodic death metal band Children of Bodom
Reaper (band), an industrial music band
Reapers (band), an Italian heavy metal band
"Reaper", a song by Jackson Rathbone's band, The 100 Monkeys

In art

The Reaper, a lost 1937 painting by Joan Miró
The Reaper, a 1952 sculpture by Gustav Bohland in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Technology

Reaper program, a special operating system process that terminates zombie processes
MQ-9 Reaper, a military unmanned aerial vehicle
REAPER, a Multitrack Audio Recording and Editing app by Cockos Inc. created by Justin Frankel, the creator of Winamp
A program written to remove the Creeper virus, which propagated on the DARPANET

Other

Reaper (sailing vessel), a restored Fifie fishing boat
Reaper Miniatures, pewter figurines which include fantasy and science fiction figures
Maryland Reapers, a United States indoor football team
HMS Reaper (D82), a United States aircraft carrier leased to the Royal Navy