Viper (disambiguation)

Viper mostly refers to the snake family Viperidae, containing venomous snakes with long hinged fangs for injection of venom. This may also refer to:

Animals

• Viperinae, a subfamily of Viperidae called true vipers
• Crotalinae, a subfamily of Viperidae called pit vipers
• Water viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus, more commonly called a water moccasin or cottonmouth), a Viperidae snake (within the Crotalinae subfamily) found in the Southeastern United States

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• The Viper (1938 film), a lost British film
• The Viper (1965 film), a Soviet drama film
• Viper (film), a 2001 film
• Vipers (film), a 2008 film
• Viper (TV series), a 1990s American series
• "Viper" (Gotham), an episode in the television series Gotham

Music

• Viper (band), a Brazilian heavy metal band
• Vyper, an American heavy metal band that signed a contract with Eric Greif
• The Viper Label, a British indie record label
• "Viper", a song on the album Loudspeaker by Marty Friedman
• Viper (rapper), an American musician regarded as a pioneer of cloud rap

Roller coasters

• Viper (Six Flags Darien Lake), in New York
• Viper (Six Flags AstroWorld), in Texas
• Viper (Six Flags Great Adventure), in New Jersey
• Viper (Six Flags Great America), in Illinois
• Viper (Six Flags Magic Mountain), in California
• Viper (Six Flags Over Georgia), in Georgia

Fictional characters

• Viper (G.I. Joe), the code name given to a large majority of the soldiers in the Cobra Organization of the G.I. Joe toyline
• Viper (Marvel Comics), the name of four villains
• Viper (Reborn! character), in the manga series Reborn!
• Viper (Sgt. Frog), a family in the manga series Sgt. Frog
• Viper, in the video game Titanfall 2
• Viper, the Netherdrake, in the video game series Dota
• Viper Squad, characters in the Manta Force toyline
• Crimson Viper, in the Street Fighter fighting game franchise
• Dr. Viper, the primary villain in the SWAT Kats television series
• General Viper, in the video game Chrono Cross
• Master Viper, in the Kung Fu Panda franchise
• Black Arts Viper, a Metal Gear: Ghost Babel character
• Mike "Viper" Metcalf, commanding officer and instructor in the film Top Gun
• Sabine Callas, codenamed Viper, in the video game Valorant

Other arts and entertainment

• Viper Comics, an independent publisher of comic books and graphic novel trade paperbacks
• Vipers, starfighter spacecraft in the Battlestar Galactica franchise
• Viper, a series of adult video games by publisher and developer Sogna
• The Viper (Sapkowski), a 2009 novel by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski

Consumer products

• ESP Viper, an electric guitar
• Ovation Viper, an electric guitar
• Remington Model 522 Viper, a semi-automatic rifle
• Serpent Viper 977, a 1/8 scale radio controlled pan-car by Serpent
• Thomson Viper FilmStream Camera
• Viper, a brand of vacuum cleaner by Nilfisk
• Viper, car alarms and accessories produced by Directed Electronics

Military uses

Aviation

• General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, a jet fighter nicknamed "Viper"
• HMLA-169, a USMC helicopter squadron nicknamed "Vipers"
• Bell AH-1Z Viper, a twin-engine attack helicopter
• Armstrong Siddeley Viper, a turbojet engine

Naval vessels

• HMS Viper, various Royal Navy ships
• KRI Viper, an Indonesian Navy patrol boat
• USS Viper, three United States Navy ships

Rockets and missiles

• AGM-80 Viper, an American air-to-surface missile
• Dornier Viper, an air-to-air missile
• FGR-17 Viper, an antitank rocket, subject of a government spending controversy
• Giant Viper, a rocket-launched mine-clearance system

Other military uses

• Operation Viper, conducted by the United States military in Afghanistan
• VIPeR, a military robot

People

• Kimberly Benson (born 1991), Scottish professional wrestler, ring name Viper
• Martin Foley (born 1952), Irish criminal known as "The Viper"
• Viper (actress) (1959–2010), American pornographic actress with a full-body snake tattoo
• Randy Orton (born 1980), American professional wrestler nicknamed "The Viper"
• Viper (rapper) (born 1971), American rapper

Places

• Viper, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Viper Island, one of the Andaman Islands of India
• The Viper, Mill Green, a public house in Essex, England

Sports teams

• Alabama Vipers, an American football team (2000–2010)
• Calgary Vipers, a Canadian baseball team (2005–2011)
• HC Vipers Tallinn, an Estonian ice hockey team (2011–present)
• Newcastle Vipers, a British ice hockey club (2002–2011)
• Rio Grande Valley Vipers, an American basketball team (2007–present)
• Southern Vipers, an English women's cricket team (2016–present)
• St. Louis Vipers, an American roller hockey team (1993–1999)
• Vaughan Vipers, a junior ice hockey team in Ontario, Canada (1991–2012)
• Vegas Vipers, an XFL team (2020–2023)
• Vernon Vipers, a junior A hockey team in British Columbia, Canada (1961–present)
• Vipers Kristiansand, a Norwegian handball team (1938–present)

Technology

• Video Identification Parade Electronic Recording (VIPER), a British system for conducting digital identity parades
• VIPER microprocessor, a microprocessor designed by the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
• Viper telescope, used to view mainly cosmic background radiation
• VIPER (rover), a cancelled NASA lunar rover
• Vyper, one of the programming languages used in Ethereum

Transportation

Air

• Paxman Viper, a Canadian ultralight homebuilt kit aircraft of 1994, of which only one was built
• Tomark Viper SD4, an airplane made in Slovakia beginning in the mid-2000s
• Wolseley Viper, a V-8 aircraft engine of the World War I era (circa 1918)

Land

• Dodge Viper, a two-seat sports car manufactured by Chrysler (previously known as the SRT Viper)
• Eurofly Viper, an Italian ultralight trike aircraft
• Millyard Viper V10, a one-off motorcycle
• Velocette Viper, a British motorcycle made by Velocette between 1955 and 1968

Sea

• Viper 640, an American sailboat design
• Viper (catamaran), a catamaran used for racing

Other uses

• VIPERs, exchange-traded funds issued by The Vanguard Group
• Viper (hieroglyph), an Egyptian hieroglyph

See also

• VIPIR (disambiguation)
• Valley Vipers (disambiguation)