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'''Plague''' or '''The Plague''' may refer to:
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== Agriculture, fauna, and medicine ==
*[[Plague (disease)]], (commonly referred to as bubonic plague or black death), caused by infectious bacteria ''Yersinia pestis''
* An [[epidemic]] of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
* A [[pandemic]] caused by such a disease
* A [[Swarm behaviour|swarm]] of pest insects such as locusts
** A massive attack of other [[pest (organism)|pests]] afflicting agriculture
** [[Overpopulation in wild animals]] afflicting the environment and/or agriculture
* Plague, collective noun for [[common grackle]]s

=== Historical plagues ===
* [[List of epidemics]]
* [[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]], the Eurasian pandemic beginning in the 14th century, also known as "The Plague"
* [[Great Northern War plague outbreak]], a European outbreak in the early 18th century
* [[Great Plague of London]], a massive outbreak in England that killed an estimated 20% of London's population in 1665–1666
* [[Plague of Athens]], a devastating epidemic which hit Athens in ancient Greece in 430 BCE
* [[Plague of Justinian]], a pandemic in 541–542 CE in the Byzantine Empire
* [[Plague Riot]], a riot in Moscow in 1771 caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague

=== Modern plagues ===
* [[Third plague pandemic]] or Third Plague, a major plague pandemic that began in China in 1855 until 1960
** [[Manchurian plague]] (1910–11): Part of the third plague pandemic
* [[HIV/AIDS]], originally referred to as the "gay plague" when it was discovered in the 1980s (see [[History of HIV/AIDS]])
* [[2007 vole plague in Castile and León|Vole plague]] in Castile and León (Spain), in 2007.

== Art, media, and entertainment ==
=== Art ===
* [[Plague (painting)|''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 Hornets' Nest#Trial|''The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest#Trial'']]
* [[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]]''

=== Films and television ===
* [[Plague (1979 film)|''Plague'' (1979 film)]], a science-fiction film
* [[The Plague (1992 film)|''The Plague'' (1992 film)]], a drama film
* [[The Plague (2006 film)|''The Plague'' (2006 film)]], a horror film
* [[Plague (2014 film)|''Plague'' (2014 film)]], an Australian horror film
* [[La peste (TV series)|''La peste'' (TV series)]], Spanish historical drama series broadcast in the UK as ''The Plague''

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

=== Literature ===
* ''Plague'', a 2000 young adult novel by [[Malcolm Rose]]
* ''Plague'', a 1977 thriller novel by [[Graham Masterton]]
* ''[[Plague 99]]'', a novel by Jean Ure
* [[The Plague (novel)|''The Plague'' (novel)]], a novel by [[Albert Camus]]
* [[The Plague (Dragon Prince)|"The Plague" (''Dragon Prince'')]], an epidemic which affects both humans and dragons in Melanie Rawn's novel
* [[The Plague (magazine)|''The Plague'' (magazine)]], New York University's comedy magazine

=== Music ===
==== Artists ====
* [[The Plague (American band)]], a hardcore punk band from Cleveland
* [[The Plague (British band)]], a punk rock band
* [[The Plague (New Zealand band)]], a theatrical punk/art rock band

==== Albums ====
* [[Plague (Klinik album)|''Plague'' (Klinik album)]]
* [[Plagues (album)|''Plagues'' (album)]], by The Devil Wears Prada
* ''The Plague'', by [[Demon (band)|Demon]]
* [[The Plague (Brotha Lynch Hung album)|''The Plague'' (Brotha Lynch Hung album)]]

==== EPs ====
* [[The Plague (Nuclear Assault EP)|''The Plague'' (Nuclear Assault EP)]]
* [[The Plague (I Hate Sally EP)|''The Plague'' (I Hate Sally EP)]]

==== Songs ====
* "[[Plague (song)|Plague]]", by Crystal Castles from the 2012 album III
* "The Plague", by [[Demon (band)#Discography|Demon from the 1983 album by the same name]]
* "The Plague," an unreleased song by [[The Mountain Goats]] that appears on the 2020 live album ''The Jordan Lake Sessions''

===Musicals===
* ''[[Plague! The Musical]]'', by David Massingham and Matthew Townend

=== Television ===
* [[Plague (Dead Zone)|"Plague" (2003 ''Dead Zone'' episode)]]
* [[Plague (Deadwood episode)|"Plague" (2004 ''Deadwood'' episode)]]
* [[The Plague (Diagnosis Murder episode)|"The Plague" (1994 ''Diagnosis: Murder'' episode)]]
* "The Plague", second episode of the 1966 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''[[The Ark (Doctor Who)#ep2|The Ark]]''
* [[The Plague (Father Ted)|"The Plague" (1996 ''Father Ted'' episode)]]
* ''The Plague'', English title of 2018 Spanish TV series [[La peste (TV series)|''La peste'']]

== Religion ==
* [[Plagues of Egypt]], the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus
*The seven plagues poured out from [[seven bowls]] in Revelation 15:5-16:21

== Technology ==
* [[Capacitor plague]], a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail

==See also==
* [[Plaque (disambiguation)]]<!--common typo-->

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