Payback

Payback may refer to:

• Revenge, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance

Payback may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Payback, a member of the fictional comics superhero team Shadow Cabinet
• Payback, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics series True Believers

Film and television

• Payback (1991 film), an action/crime film starring Michael Ironside
• Payback (1995 film), a thriller starring C. Thomas Howell
• Payback (1997 film), a television film starring Mary Tyler Moore
• Payback (1999 film), a film starring Mel Gibson; remake of the 1967 film Point Blank
• Payback (2010 film), an Indian Hindi thriller film
• Payback (2012 film), a Canadian documentary film

Literature

• "Payback: A Strandville Prequel Short (Max Reid's Story)" (2012), a short story in Belinda Frisch's Strandville zombie novel series
• Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, a 2008 book by Margaret Atwood
• Payback, a 2007 novel by James Heneghan
• Payback: The Conspiracy to Destroy Michael Milken and his Financial Revolution, a 1995 book by Daniel Fischel

Music

• Payback Records, an Australian record company

Albums

• Payback (album), a 2012 album by Danny!
• The Payback, a 1974 album by James Brown

Songs

• "Payback" (Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman song) by Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman and Steve Angello 2014
• "Payback" (song), by Rascal Flatts 2014
• "Payback", song by Flaw from Through the Eyes
• "Payback", single by Johnny Goode, written by Alex Dino 1967
• "Payback", single by Quarashi from Guerilla Disco 2005
• "Payback", song by Bobby Sheen, J. Boyce, F. Johnson 1973
• "The Payback" (song), James Brown 1973

Television

Series

• Payback (TV series), an American reality show on the SPEED Channel

Episodes

• "Payback" (Brandy & Mr. Whiskers)
• "Payback" (CSI: Miami)
• "Payback" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
• "Payback" (Miami Vice)
• "Payback" (Third Watch)
• "Payback" (White Collar)
• "Payback", an episode of True Justice

Video games

• Payback (video game), a 2001 clone of Grand Theft Auto released by Apex Designs

Enterprises

• Payback Press, a defunct specialist imprint of Canongate Books

Sports

• WWE Payback, an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event

Other uses

• Payback (loyalty card), a marketing program in Germany, Poland, India
• Operation Payback, an ongoing operation by the hacking group Anonymous
• Payback period, the period of time required for the return on an investment