# Longshot

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**Longshot** or **long shot** may refer to:

- a contender (such as a [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing)) that appears to have little or no chance of winning
- [Long shot](/source/Long_shot) in photography and cinema, an image or scene filmed with a [long lens](/source/Long_lens)

## Characters

- [Longshot (Marvel Comics)](/source/Longshot_(Marvel_Comics)), a Marvel Comics superhero
- Caine the Longshot, a character in the anime series [Trigun](/source/Trigun)
- Longshot, member of "The Freedom Fighters" led by Jet, a [character from the animated television series *Avatar: The Last Airbender*](/source/List_of_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender_characters#Freedom_Fighters)

## Film

- [*Long Shot* (1939 film)](/source/Long_Shot_(1939_film)), an American film directed by Charles Lamont
- *Long Shot*, a [British film of 1978](/source/List_of_British_films_of_1978)
- *Longshot* (1981 film), a film starring [Leif Garrett](/source/Leif_Garrett)
- *[The Longshot](/source/The_Longshot)*, a 1986 comedy film directed by Paul Bartel
- [*Longshot* (film)](/source/Longshot_(film)), a 2000 film starring Hunter Tylo
- *[The Long Shot](/source/The_Long_Shot)*, a 2004 Hallmark Channel film, starring Julie Benz
- *[The Longshots](/source/The_Longshots)*, a 2008 film starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer
- *[Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story](/source/Long_Shot:_The_Kevin_Laue_Story)*, a 2013 documentary film by Franklin Martin
- [*Long Shot* (2017 film)](/source/Long_Shot_(2017_film)), a documentary directed by Jacob LaMendola
- [*Long Shot* (2019 film)](/source/Long_Shot_(2019_film)), a film starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron

## Music

- [The Longshot (band)](/source/The_Longshot_(band)), an American rock band
- *Long Shot*, a 1969 album, or its 1968 title song, by [the Pioneers](/source/The_Pioneers_(band)#Albums)
- ["Long Shot" (Aimee Mann song)](/source/Long_Shot_(Aimee_Mann_song)), 1996
- ["Long Shot" (Baillie & the Boys song)](/source/Long_Shot_(Baillie_%26_the_Boys_song)), 1988
- ["Longshot" (Catfish and the Bottlemen song)](/source/Longshot_(Catfish_and_the_Bottlemen_song)), 2019
- ["Long Shot" (Kelly Clarkson song)](/source/Long_Shot_(Kelly_Clarkson_song)), 2008
- "Longshot", a song by [Common Rider](/source/Common_Rider), 2001
- "Longshot", a song by John Fogerty from *[Revival](/source/Revival_(John_Fogerty_album))*, 2007
- "Longshot", a song by Waking Ashland from *[I Am for You](/source/I_Am_for_You)*, 2004
- "Long shot", a song by Mayu Maeshima, opening music for '**, 2021**

## Other uses

- [Long Shot](/source/Amchitka#Long_Shot_test), an atomic weapons test, carried out on Amchitka island in 1965
- [*Long Shot* (TV series)](/source/Long_Shot_(TV_series)), a 1959 Canadian current affairs television series
- [*Long Shot* (Niven)](/source/Long_Shot_(Niven)), a spacecraft from Larry Niven's Ringworld series
- ["Long Shot" (*The Professionals)*](/source/Long_Shot_(The_Professionals)), an episode of the television series
- "Long Shot", a [season 3 episode of *The Casagrandes*](/source/The_Casagrandes_(season_3))
- [Project Longshot](/source/Project_Longshot), a design for an interstellar spacecraft
- "Long Shot", a short story by [Vernor Vinge](/source/Vernor_Vinge)
- *Long Shot*, a memoir about former Major League Baseball player [Mike Piazza](/source/Mike_Piazza)
- [Longshot CS-6](/source/Nerf_Longshot_CS-6), a 2006 Nerf blaster released under the N-Strike|N-Strike series
- [Longshot CS-12](/source/Nerf_Longshot_CS-6#Longshot_CS-12), a 2014 Nerf blaster released under the Z.E.D Squad sub-series of the Zombie Strike series
- a variation of the Hookshot in the [Legend of Zelda](/source/Legend_of_Zelda) series
- *Longshot*, the name of a single-player game mode in *[Madden NFL 18](/source/Madden_NFL_18)*

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