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:

Art, entertainment, and media

Art

• The Reaper (Miró painting), a lost 1937 painting by Joan Miró
• The Reaper (sculpture), a 1952 sculpture by Gustav Bohland in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• Reaper Miniatures, pewter figurines which include fantasy and science fiction figures

Fictional entities

• Death (personification) or Grim Reaper, a personification of death
• Reaper (alien), from the computer game X-COM: UFO Defense
• Reaper (DC Comics), a DC comic book character
• Reaper (Marvel Comics), a Marvel comic book character
• John "Reaper" Grimm, the protagonist in the movie adaptation of Doom
• Reaper, a fictional species from the science fiction series Doctor Who
• Reapers, a group of beings who compete against Players, in The World Ends With You
• Reapers, the main antagonists of the Mass Effect series, a race of sentient machines that wipe out galactic civilization every 50,000 years
• Reapers, a cannibalistic group from The 100 TV series
• The Reaper (Shannara), one of the Demons who appears in The Elfstones of Shannara
• The Reaper Strain, the genetic mutation created by the vampire race in the film Blade II
• The Reapers, an enemy faction in inFamous
• The Reaper Leviathan, from the video game Subnautica
• The Reapers, from the video game Just Cause 2
• Reaper (Overwatch), a character from the 2016 video game

Films

• Reaper, a film about a writer who is caught up in a murder that resembles his last book, starring Chris Sarandon and Catherine Mary Stewart
• The Reaper (2013 film), a 2013 Mexican film
• The Reaper (2014 film), a 2014 Croatian-Slovenian film

Literature

• Reaper Man, a 1991 "Discworld" novel by Terry Pratchett
• The Reaper (magazine), an American literary magazine
• 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
• Theristai (also known as Reapers or Harvesters), a play by Euripides

Music

Groups

• Reaper (band), an industrial music band
• Reapers (band), an Italian heavy metal band

Albums

• 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

Songs

• "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", a song by Blue Öyster Cult
• "Els Segadors" (or "The Reapers"), the national anthem of Catalonia
• "Reaper", a song by Jackson Rathbone's band, The 100 Monkeys
• "Reapers (song)", a song by Muse on their album Drones

Television

Series

• Reaper (TV series), a television comedy-drama series
• "Reaper", the 17th episode of Smallville (season 1)
• The Reaper (miniseries), an upcoming NBC miniseries

Episodes

• "Don't Ph34r the Reaper", a first season episode of Red vs. Blue
• Reaper (film), a 2014 American film starring Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones, and Jake Busey

Computing and technology

• MQ-9 Reaper, a military unmanned aerial vehicle ('drone'), also called 'Predator B'
• REAPER, digital audio workstation (DAW) software published by Cockos Inc., created by Justin Frankel, the creator of Winamp
• Reaper, a program written to remove the Creeper virus, which propagated on the DARPANET
• Reaper program, a special operating system process that terminates zombie processes

Other uses

• Reaper (sailing vessel), a restored Fifie fishing boat
• HMS Reaper (D82), a United States aircraft carrier leased to the Royal Navy
• Maryland Reapers, a United States indoor football team

See also

• Reap (disambiguation)