Back-fire is an unintended explosion produced in a vehicle's engine. Backfire may also refer to:

Film and television

* ''Backfire'' (1926 film), part of the Ton of Fun series * ''Backfire'' (1950 film), featuring Virginia Mayo and Gordon Macrae * ''Backfire'' (1962 film), an entry in the ''

Edgar Wallace Mysteries The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''The E ...

'' film series * ''Backfire'' (1964 film), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg * ''Backfire'' (1988 film), a movie starring Karen Allen * ''Backfire!'' (1995 film), a 1995 spoof movie starring Josh Mosby,

Telly Savalas Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor and singer whose career spanned four decades. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on th ...

(final role) and Robert Mitchum *''Backfire'', a 2019 American crime drama film directed and written by

Dave Patten David Clark Patten (born March 12, 1988) is an American musician, actor, director, and author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Early life and education Patten attended Temple University in Philadelphia, graduating with a degree i ...

* "Backfire" (''CSI: Miami''), an episode of the TV show ''CSI:Miami'' *Backfire, a recurring segment on ''The Daily Show'', 1996-1998 * "Backfire" (''Dexter's Laboratory''), an episode of ''Dexter's Laboratory''

Other uses

*Backfire, NATO reporting name for the Soviet and Russian

Tupolev Tu-22M The Tupolev Tu-22M (russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. According to some ...

long-range bomber *

Operation Backfire (WWII) Operation Backfire was a military scientific operation during and after the Second World War that was performed mainly by British staff. The operation was designed to completely evaluate the entire V-2 rocket assembly, interrogate German person ...

, the launch of three A4 rockets in October 1945 near Cuxhaven *

Operation Backfire (FBI) Operation Backfire is a multi-agency criminal investigation, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), into destructive acts in the name of animal rights and environmental causes in the United States described as eco-terrorism by the FB ...

, an FBI operation against the radical environmental movement *In economics, in the

Jevons paradox In economics, the Jevons paradox (; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of ...

, when the rebound effect exceeds 100% * ''Backfire'' (album), by the Goa trance group Transwave * Backfire (''Transformers''), a fictional character * Controlled burn or backfire, a firefighting technique *An alcoholic cocktail made of Bailey's Irish Cream, Kahlúa, and vodka in equal portions *Version 10.03 of the

OpenWrt OpenWrt (from ''open wireless router'') is an open-source project for embedded operating systems based on Linux, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are Linux, util-linux, musl, and BusyBox. All ...

firmware *The

backfire effect Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring ...

, a phenomenon in psychology *An occurrence of

unintended consequences In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen. The term was popularised in the twentieth century by Ameri ...

that are the opposite of the intended result, or detrimental (the "perverse result") {{disambig