Beast
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Template:Wiktionarypar Beast is another name for animal, usually one that is particularly large and dangerous. In the UK and Australia, the word "beast" may be used as the singular form of the animal collectively referred to as cattle. It may also refer to:
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Popular entertainment
- Beast (comics), a superhero in the Marvel X-Men and Avengers comics
- The Beast, a character from the French folktale Beauty and the Beast and the films inspired by it
- The Beast, a supercomputer controlled by Yatouji Satsuki in the manga X
- The Beast of War, a 1989 film
- The Beast (2006), a 2006 film
- Beast (Buffyverse), a demon from the TV series Angel
- The Beast (game), an alternate reality game
- Beast ASCII Game, a 1984 ASCII game,
- The Beast (Homeworld), the antagonist in the computer game Homeworld: Cataclysm
- "The Beast", a song by Twisted Sister from their album Stay Hungry (1984)
- "The Beast", a song by the Fugees from their album The Score (1996)
- Beast (Sitcom), a UK sitcom, based in a Veterinary Surgery (2000-01)
- The Beast (1996), a 1996 film by Peter Benchley
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Religion
- The Antichrist, from the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible
- The Number of the Beast, from the Book of Revelation
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Books
- Beast (novel), a 1991 novel by Peter Benchley
- The Beast, an autobiography of Paul Di'Anno, former vocalist of Iron Maiden
- Beast, 2002 novel by Donna Jo Napoli
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Other
- The Beast (Newspaper), a biweekly serving Buffalo, New York
- Beasts (plays), a series of plays on the UK's independent TV channel in 1976
- Beast (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Paramount's Kings Island amusement park
- The Great Beast, a nickname for magician Aleister Crowley
- The Beast, a nickname for footballer, Jon Parkin
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