Thumper or The Thumper may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
Film and television
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Thumper (Bambi), a rabbit in the Disney animated film ''Bambi''
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Thumper (''Dune''), a mechanical device in the science fiction novel ''Dune''
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''Thumper'' (film), a 2017 crime thriller by Jordan Ross
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Thumper (''Thomas the Tank Engine''), a quarry driller in ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends''
* Thumper, Hopper's pet grasshopper in ''
A Bug's Life
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* Thumper, a character in the James Bond film ''
Diamonds Are Forever''
* Thumper,
a character in the television show ''Veronica Mars''
Gaming
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''Thumper'' (video game), a 2016 rhythm game by Drool
* Thumper, a character from the ''
Twisted Metal
''Twisted Metal'' is a series of Vehicular combat game, vehicular combat video games originally developed by SingleTrac and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series has appeared on the PlayStation (console), PlayStation, PlaySta ...
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* Coal thumper, a building from the ''
Frostpunk'' computer game.
Literature
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Thumper (''Dune''), a mechanical device in the science fiction novel ''Dune''
Music
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''Thumper'' (EP), a 1990 EP by Man in the Wood
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"Thumper" (song), a 2010 song by band Enter Shikari
* "Thumper", a song by Raging Speedhorn on the album ''
Raging Speedhorn
Raging Speedhorn are a British extreme metal band formed in Corby, Northamptonshire in 1998.
Career
Raging Speedhorn were formed in August 1998 from the merging of the bands Soulcellar and Box. The band quickly established itself as a maj ...
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The Thumper'', a 1960 album by Jimmy Heath
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THUMPER, an Irish rock band
Places
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Thumpertown Beach, Massachusetts, United States
Technology
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Thumper (motorcycle), a four-stroke single cylinder motorcycle
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Project Thumper, the earliest official anti-ballistic missile study
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M79 grenade launcher
The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40 mm grenade, 40×46mm grenade, which uses what the US Army calls the High-Low System, High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low, and ...
(nickname Thumper)
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Sun Fire X4500, storage server (code name Thumper)
* Thumper, a collecting pot placed along the vapor-carrying line before the worm of a
pot still
A pot still is a type of distillation apparatus or still used to distill liquors such as whisky or brandy. In modern (post-1850s) practice, they are not used to produce rectified spirit, because they do not separate congeners from ethanol as ...
* Thumper, one of the two
Avro Lancaster
The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, is a British World War II, Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to ...
bombers in flying condition, in the BBMF Museum at Coningsby RAF station
* Thumper, a small arms ammunition concept popularized by gun writer
Jeff Cooper
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Other uses
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Bible thumper, Christian fundamentalists (normally considered derogatory)
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Thumper (magic trick), a device used in a variety of magic tricks
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British Rail Class 205
The British Rail Class 205 (Southern Railway multiple unit numbering and classification, 3H) diesel-electric multiple units were built by BR at Eastleigh railway works, Eastleigh from 1957 to 1962, and in service for 47 years from BR Southern R ...
, Nicknamed “thumpers” due to their engine sound.
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