Creeper, Creepers, or The Creeper may refer to:

Plants and animals

* Creepers, birds of several songbird families: ** the Certhiidae

treecreepers The treecreepers are a family (biology), family, Certhiidae, of small passerine Aves, birds, widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The family contains nine species in one genus, ''Certhia''. Their plumage is dull-coloured. As t ...

** the Climacteridae

Australasian treecreeper There are seven species of Australasian treecreeper in the passerine bird family Climacteridae. They are medium-small, mostly brown birds with patterning on their underparts, and all are endemic to Australia-New Guinea. They resemble, but are n ...

** the Mohouidae

Brown creeper (New Zealand) The pipipi (;Gill, B. J. C., Bell, B. D., Chambers, G. K., Medway, D. G., Palma, R. L., Scofield, R. P., . . . Worthy, T. H. (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (Fourt ...

** the Rhabdornithidae Philippine creeper *** Long-billed creeper *** Stripe-breasted creeper *** Stripe-headed creeper * Creepers, various vines, particularly species in the genus ''

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Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Creeper (DC Comics) The Creeper (Jack Ryder) is a superhero created by Steve Ditko and Don Segall for DC Comics. He is portrayed as a journalist and talk show host, usually living in Gotham City, who gains the ability to transform into the superhuman the Creeper ( ...

, a DC Comics character * Creeper (''Minecraft''), creatures found within the video game ''Minecraft'' * Creeper, a fictional hard rock band from 2001 Canadian film ''

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'' * Creeper, a spirit character in the 2005 video game '' The Suffering: Ties That Bind'' * Creepers, mechanical monsters in the ''

Shannara ''Shannara'' is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with '' The Sword of Shannara'' in 1977 and concluding with ''The Last Druid'' which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, '' First King of Sha ...

'' fantasy novels * Creepers, fictional caterpillar-like creatures featured in the film ''

Mickey 17 ''Mickey 17'' is a 2025 science fiction black comedy film written, produced, and directed by Bong Joon Ho, based on the 2022 novel '' Mickey7'' by Edward Ashton. The film stars Robert Pattinson in the title role, alongside Naomi Ackie, Steven ...

'' * The Creeper, a character played by

Rondo Hatton Rondo Hatton (April 22, 1894 – February 2, 1946) was an American journalist and actor. After writing for ''The Tampa Tribune'', Hatton found a career in film due to his unique facial features, which were the result of acromegaly. He headlin ...

in several horror movies * The Creeper, a creature in the 2001 horror film ''

Jeepers Creepers Jeepers Creepers may refer to: * "Jeepers Creepers" (song), a popular 1938 song * ''Jeepers Creepers'' (1939 live-action film), a 1939 film starring Roy Rogers * ''Jeepers Creepers'' (1939 animated film), a 1939 animated short film featuring ...

'' * The Creeper, a monster disguise in the

Scooby-Doo ''Scooby-Doo'' is an American media franchise owned by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Entertainment and created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'', for Hanna-Barbera (which wa ...

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Films

* ''The Creeper'' (film), a 1948 horror film * ''Phenomena'' (film), a 1985 horror film by Dario Argento also called ''Creepers'' * ''The Crawlers'' (film), a 1993 Italian horror film by Joe D'Amato and Fabrizio Laurenti also called ''Creepers'' * ''Creepers'' (film), an upcoming horror film directed by Marc Klasfeld

Music

Groups

Creeper (band) Creeper are an English Rock music, rock band from Southampton. Formed in 2014, the group originally featured vocalist Will Gould, guitarists Ian Miles and Sina Nemati, bassist Sean Scott, and drummer Dan Bratton. The band independently released ...

, an English horror punk band *

The Creepers The Creepers were an English rock music group, formed in Manchester in 1982, originally as Marc Riley and the Creepers.Strong, Martin C.:"The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate, After being dismissed from The Fall by Mark ...

, an English rock band

Recordings

* ''Creeper'' (EP), by the band Creeper * ''The Creeper'' (album), a 1981 jazz album by trumpeter Donald Byrd * "The Creeper", a song on the 2002 album ''

Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order) ''Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order)'' is the first release by indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although t ...

'' by We Are Scientists * "Creepers", a song by Kid Cudi from the album '' Cruel Summer'', 2012

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Creepers'' (novel), a 2006 novel by David Morrell * ''Creepers'' (video game), by Psygnosis

Other uses

Creeper (program) Creeper was the first computer worm, while Reaper was the first antivirus software, designed to eliminate Creeper. Creeper Creeper was an experimental computer program written by Bob Thomas at BBN Technologies, BBN in 1971. Its original iterati ...

, a 1971 early self-replicating computer program *

Creeper (tool) A creeper is a low-profile tool used to help a person more easily slide in and out of confined spaces, such as the underside of a car, for performing inspection or Maintenance (technical), maintenance. Other names for such devices include car cre ...

, a low-profile, wheeled platform used by auto mechanics * Creeper, an

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, a one-piece article of infant clothing * Brothel creepers or creepers, a type of shoe * CREEPER (Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots), a US Act about

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