Snake (disambiguation)

A snake is a common reptile of the order Squamata. See also serpent.__NOTOC__It may also refer to:

Geography

* Snake Creek, a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in the United States
* Also see Snake River for several rivers by that name

People

* Denis Bélanger, known as "Snake", lead singer of Canadian rock band Voivod
* Jake "The Snake" Plummer, American football quarterback
* Jake "The Snake" Roberts, American professional wrestler
* Kenny "The Snake" Stabler, American football quarterback
* Tom "Snake" Sturdivant, American baseball pitcher

Fictional characters

* A code name given to two protagonists in the "Metal Gear" series; Big Boss f.k.a. Naked Snake and his cloned "son", Solid Snake
* Snake Plissken, the anti-hero from John Carpenter's films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A.," played by Kurt Russell
* "Snake", a character from the film "The Karate Kid, Part III"
* Snake Jailbird, character from popular animated TV series, "The Simpsons"
* The main character in "Snake Tales", an Australian comic strip
* Archie Simpson, known as "Snake", a character from the "Degrassi" television series
* "Snake", a four-man group in the manga "Naruto", formed and named by Uchiha Sasuke, whose ultimate goal is to kill Sasuke's brother, Itachi

Music

* "Snakes", a song on Voltaire's 1998 album "The Devil's Bris"
* "The Snake", a top-40 hit for Johnny Rivers in 1966
* "Snake", a top-20 song from R. Kelly's 2003 album, "Chocolate Factory"
* "Snakes", a song featured on No Doubt's album "The Beacon Street Collection"
* "The Snake", a 1994 album by Shane MacGowan

Other

* Book snake - a weighted chain used to keep book-pages down (for conservation or photography)
* A technique used in some racing video games, such as "F-Zero GX" and "Mario Kart DS"
* "Snake" (video game), a classic video game
* Snakes, a video game for the N-Gage and other S60 devices
* Snakes Subsonic, sequel to Snakes that is available through the N-Gage mobile gaming service.
* Active contour, also called "Snake"; in computer vision, a framework for a deformable contour aiming at identifying the outline of an object in a possibly noisy image.
* Snakes, a common type of confectionery in Australia
* HMS "Snake", a Royal Navy warship
* Black snake (firework), a common type of firework
* Plumber's snake, a plumbing tool named after the reptile
* Snake cable, multiple audio/video channels bundled into a single large cable
* Snake Kung Fu, a style of martial arts.
* Snake, to "steal" the hacky sack while someone else is hacking it.
* "Snake", one of D. H. Lawrence's most frequently anthologized poems.
* The snake in the tunnel was a failed attempt in the 1970s to limit fluctuations between European currencies
* Another slang term for Penis
* Another term for a snitch