Backfire

Back-fire is an unintended explosion produced in a vehicle's engine.

Backfire may also refer to:

Film and television

 * Backfire (1926 film), part of the Ton of Fun series
 * Backfire (1950 film), featuring Virginia Mayo and Gordon Macrae
 * Backfire! (1962 film), an entry in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series
 * Backfire (1964 film), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg
 * Backfire (1988 film), a movie starring Karen Allen
 * Backfire! (1995 film), a 1995 spoof movie starring Josh Mosby, Telly Savalas (final role) and Robert Mitchum
 * Backfire, a 2019 American crime drama film directed and written by Dave Patten
 * "Backfire" (CSI: Miami), an episode of the TV show CSI:Miami
 * Backfire, a recurring segment on The Daily Show, 1996-1998
 * "Backfire" (Dexter's Laboratory), an episode of Dexter's Laboratory

Other uses

 * Backfire, NATO reporting name for the Soviet and Russian Tupolev Tu-22M long-range bomber
 * Operation Backfire (WWII), the launch of three A4 rockets in October 1945 near Cuxhaven
 * Operation Backfire (FBI), an FBI operation against the radical environmental movement
 * In economics, in the Jevons paradox, when the rebound effect exceeds 100%
 * Backfire (album), by the Goa trance group Transwave
 * Backfire (Transformers), a fictional character
 * Controlled burn or backfire, a firefighting technique
 * An alcoholic cocktail made of Bailey's Irish Cream, Kahlúa, and vodka in equal portions
 * Version 10.03 of the OpenWrt firmware
 * The backfire effect, a phenomenon in psychology
 * An occurrence of unintended consequences that are the opposite of the intended result, or detrimental (the "perverse result")