Bastard

Bastard or The Bastard may refer to:

Parentage

 * Illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents, in traditional Western family law
 * Bastard, an archaic term used in English and Welsh bastardy laws, reformed in 1926

People

 * "The Bastard", a character in Shakespeare's play King John
 * "The Bastard", ring name for Pac (wrestler) (born Benjamin Satterley, 1986)
 * Bastard (surname), including a list of people with that name
 * List of people known as the Bastard

Film and television

 * Bastard (1940 film), a Swedish-Norwegian film
 * The Bastard (1954 film), a 1954 Argentine film directed by Lucas Demare
 * The Bastard (1963 film), a 1963 film by Seijun Suzuki
 * The Bastard (1978 film), a 1978 film based on the John Jakes novel
 * Bastard (1997 film), a Polish-German-French film
 * The Bastard (2023 film), a Danish-language film by Nikolaj Arcel
 * The Bastard (miniseries), a 1978 made-for-television adaptation of the John Jakes novel
 * I bastardi (The Bastards), the original Italian title of the 1968 film released in English as The Cats

Albums

 * The Bastard, a 1971 album by BZN
 * The Bastard (album), a 2001 album by Hammers of Misfortune
 * Bastard, a 1992 album by Kat
 * Bastard (Colin Newman album) (1997)
 * Bastard (Stahlmann album) (2017)
 * Bastard (Subway to Sally album) (2007)
 * Bastard (mixtape), a 2009 mixtape by Tyler, the Creator (2009)

Songs

 * "The Bastard", a 2000 song by Phil Anselmo and Tony Iommi
 * "Bastard", a 2003 song by David Byrne from Lead Us Not into Temptation
 * "Bastard", a 2002 song by Diary of Dreams from Freak Perfume
 * "Bastard", a 2005 song by Dope from American Apathy
 * "Bastard", a 2003 song by Dysrhythmia from Pretest
 * "Bastard", a 2005 song by Ben Folds from Songs for Silverman
 * "Bastard", a 1979 song by Ian Hunter from You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic
 * "Bastard" (Mötley Crüe song) (1983)
 * "Bastard", a 1998 song by Oomph! from Unrein
 * "The Bastard", a 1995 song by Pet Lamb from Sweaty Handshake
 * "Bastard", a 2012 song by Soulfly from the deluxe edition of Enslaved
 * "Bastard", a 1997 song by Devin Townsend from Ocean Machine: Biomech
 * "The Bastard", a 2000 song by the Tragically Hip from Music @ Work

Publications

 * The Bastard, a 1929 novel by Erskine Caldwell
 * Bastard!!, a manga by Kazushi Hagiwara (since 1988)
 * The Bastard (novel), a 1974 novel by John Jakes
 * "Bâtard" ("Bastard" or "Mongrel"), a 1902 short story by Jack London
 * Der momzer (The Bastard), a Yiddish play by Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin
 * La Bâtarde, memoir by Violette Leduc

Fonts

 * Bastard (typeface), a blackletter typeface
 * Bastarda or bastard, a Gothic script

Other uses

 * Bastard (color), a type of color gel
 * Bastard Township, Ontario, Canada
 * Bastard, a classification of the teeth of a metalworking file
 * Bastard, a second-rate wine, distinguished from sack
 * The Bastard, the horse that won the 1930 Yorkshire Cup