# Plague

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**Plague** or **The Plague** may refer to:

## Agriculture, fauna, and medicine

- [Plague (disease)](/source/Plague_(disease)), (commonly referred to as bubonic plague or black death), caused by infectious bacteria *Yersinia pestis*
- An [epidemic](/source/Epidemic) of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
- A [pandemic](/source/Pandemic) caused by such a disease
- A [swarm](/source/Swarm_behaviour) of pest insects such as locusts - A massive attack of other [pests](/source/Pest_(organism)) afflicting agriculture - [Overpopulation in wild animals](/source/Overpopulation_in_wild_animals) afflicting the environment and/or agriculture
- Plague, collective noun for [common grackles](/source/Common_grackle)

### Historical plagues

- [List of epidemics](/source/List_of_epidemics)
- [Antonine Plague](/source/Antonine_Plague), an ancient pandemic in 165–189 CE brought to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East
- [Black Death](/source/Black_Death), the Eurasian pandemic beginning in the 14th century, also known as "The Plague"
- [Great Northern War plague outbreak](/source/Great_Northern_War_plague_outbreak), a European outbreak in the early 18th century
- [Great Plague of London](/source/Great_Plague_of_London), a massive outbreak in England that killed an estimated 20% of London's population in 1665–1666
- [Plague of Athens](/source/Plague_of_Athens), a devastating epidemic which hit Athens in ancient Greece in 430 BCE
- [Plague of Justinian](/source/Plague_of_Justinian), a pandemic in 541–542 CE in the Byzantine Empire
- [Plague Riot](/source/Plague_Riot), a riot in Moscow in 1771 caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague

### Modern plagues

- [Third plague pandemic](/source/Third_plague_pandemic) or Third Plague, a major plague pandemic that began in China in 1855 until 1960 - [Manchurian plague](/source/Manchurian_plague) (1910–11): Part of the third plague pandemic
- [HIV/AIDS](/source/HIV/AIDS), originally referred to as the "gay plague" when it was discovered in the 1980s (see [History of HIV/AIDS](/source/History_of_HIV/AIDS))
- [Vole plague](/source/2007_vole_plague_in_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n) in Castile and León (Spain), in 2007.

## Art, media, and entertainment

### Art

- [*Plague* (painting)](/source/Plague_(painting)), by Arnold Böcklin

### Fictional entities

- Plague, Lisbeth Salander's hacker friend and colleague in the Hacker Republic, e.g., see [*The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest#Trial*](/source/The_Girl_Who_Kicked_the_Hornets'_Nest#Trial)
- [The Plague (G.I. Joe)](/source/The_Plague_(G.I._Joe)), a Cobra special forces team in the comic book *G.I. Joe: America's Elite*
- The Plague, a duo of demonic assassins in the movie *[Hobo with a Shotgun](/source/Hobo_with_a_Shotgun)*

### Films

- [*Plague* (1979 film)](/source/Plague_(1979_film)), a science-fiction film
- [*The Plague* (1992 film)](/source/The_Plague_(1992_film)), a drama film
- [*The Plague* (2006 film)](/source/The_Plague_(2006_film)), a horror film
- [*Plague* (2014 film)](/source/Plague_(2014_film)), an Australian horror film
- [*The Plague* (2025 film)](/source/The_Plague_(2025_film)), a psychological drama thriller film

### Games

- [Corrupted Blood incident](/source/Corrupted_Blood_incident), a virtual plague that occurred in the video game *World of Warcraft*
- *[Plague Inc.](/source/Plague_Inc.)*, a strategy game for smartphones and tablets by Ndemic Creations
- *[Plague!](/source/Plague!)*, a card game about the Black Plague in England
- Plague of Shadows (Plague Knight), a character and DLC gamemode for *[Shovel Knight](/source/Shovel_Knight)*
- The Plague, a playable killer character of Babylonian origin from the asymmetrical-survival horror *[Dead by Daylight](/source/Dead_by_Daylight)*
- "[A Plague Tale: Innocence](/source/A_Plague_Tale:_Innocence)" and "[A Plague Tale: Requiem](/source/A_Plague_Tale:_Requiem)", survival horror games set in 14th century France

### Literature

- *Plague*, a 2000 young adult novel by [Malcolm Rose](/source/Malcolm_Rose)
- *Plague*, a 1977 thriller novel by [Graham Masterton](/source/Graham_Masterton)
- *[Plague 99](/source/Plague_99)*, a novel by Jean Ure
- [*The Plague* (novel)](/source/The_Plague_(novel)), a novel by [Albert Camus](/source/Albert_Camus)
- ["The Plague" (*Dragon Prince*)](/source/The_Plague_(Dragon_Prince)), an epidemic which affects both humans and dragons in Melanie Rawn's novel
- [*The Plague* (magazine)](/source/The_Plague_(magazine)), New York University's comedy magazine

### Music

#### Artists

- [The Plague (American band)](/source/The_Plague_(American_band)), a hardcore punk band from Cleveland
- [The Plague (British band)](/source/The_Plague_(British_band)), a punk rock band
- [The Plague (New Zealand band)](/source/The_Plague_(New_Zealand_band)), a theatrical punk/art rock band

#### Albums

- [*Plague* (Klinik album)](/source/Plague_(Klinik_album))
- [*Plagues* (album)](/source/Plagues_(album)), by The Devil Wears Prada
- *The Plague*, by [Demon](/source/Demon_(band))
- [*The Plague* (Brotha Lynch Hung album)](/source/The_Plague_(Brotha_Lynch_Hung_album))

#### EPs

- [*The Plague* (Nuclear Assault EP)](/source/The_Plague_(Nuclear_Assault_EP))
- [*The Plague* (I Hate Sally EP)](/source/The_Plague_(I_Hate_Sally_EP))

#### Songs

- ["Plague" (song)](/source/Plague_(song)), by Crystal Castles from the 2012 album III
- "The Plague", by [Demon from the 1983 album by the same name](/source/Demon_(band)#Discography)
- "The Plague," an unreleased song by [The Mountain Goats](/source/The_Mountain_Goats) that appears on the 2020 live album *The Jordan Lake Sessions*
- "THE PLAGUE," a song by [Melanie Martinez](/source/Melanie_Martinez)

### Musicals

- *[Plague! The Musical](/source/Plague!_The_Musical)*, by David Massingham and Matthew Townend

### Television

- ["Plague" (*The Dead Zone*)](/source/Plague_(The_Dead_Zone)), a 2003 episode
- ["Plague" (*Deadwood*)](/source/Plague_(Deadwood)), a 2004 episode
- ["The Plague" (*Diagnosis: Murder*)](/source/The_Plague_(Diagnosis:_Murder)), a 1994 episode
- ["The Plague" (*Doctor Who*)](/source/The_Plague_(Doctor_Who)), second episode of the 1966 serial *The Ark*
- ["Plague" (*Domina*)](/source/Plague_(Domina)), a 2021 episode
- ["The Plague" (*Father Ted*)](/source/The_Plague_(Father_Ted)), a 1996 episode
- *The Plague*, English title of 2018 Spanish TV series [*La peste*](/source/La_peste_(TV_series))

## Religion

- [Plagues of Egypt](/source/Plagues_of_Egypt), the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus
- The seven plagues poured out from [seven bowls](/source/Seven_bowls) in Revelation 15:5-16:21

## Technology

- [Capacitor plague](/source/Capacitor_plague), a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail

## See also

- [Plaque (disambiguation)](/source/Plaque_(disambiguation))

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