Longshot

Longshotorlong shotmay refer to:

• a contender (such as aracehorse) that appears to have little or no chance of winning
• Long shotin photography and cinema, an image or scene filmed with along lens

Characters

• Longshot (Marvel Comics),a Marvel Comics superhero
• Caine the Longshot, a character in the anime seriesTrigun
• Longshot, member of "The Freedom Fighters" led by Jet, acharacter from the animated television seriesAvatar: The Last Airbender

Film

• Long Shot(1939 film),an American film directed by Charles Lamont
• Long Shot,aBritish film of 1978
• Longshot(1981 film), a film starringLeif Garrett
• The Longshot,a 1986 comedy film directed by Paul Bartel
• Longshot(film),a 2000 film starring Hunter Tylo
• The Long Shot,a 2004 Hallmark Channel film, starring Julie Benz
• The Longshots,a 2008 film starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer
• Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story,a 2013 documentary film by Franklin Martin
• Long Shot(2017 film),a documentary directed by Jacob LaMendola
• Long Shot(2019 film),a film starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron

Music

• The Longshot (band),an American rock band
• Long Shot,a 1969 album, or its 1968 title song, bythe Pioneers
• "Long Shot" (Aimee Mann song),1996
• "Long Shot" (Baillie & the Boys song),1988
• "Longshot" (Catfish and the Bottlemen song),2019
• "Long Shot" (Kelly Clarkson song),2008
• "Longshot", a song byCommon Rider,2001
• "Longshot", a song by John Fogerty fromRevival,2007
• "Longshot", a song by Waking Ashland fromI Am for You,2004
• "Long shot", a song by Mayu Maeshima, opening music forRe:Zero − Starting Life in Another World,2021

Other uses

• Long Shot,an atomic weapons test, carried out on Amchitka island in 1965
• Long Shot(TV series),a 1959 Canadian current affairs television series
• Long Shot(Niven),a spacecraft from Larry Niven's Ringworld series
• "Long Shot" (The Professionals),an episode of the television series
• "Long Shot", aseason 3 episode ofThe Casagrandes
• Project Longshot,a design for an interstellar spacecraft
• "Long Shot", a short story byVernor Vinge
• Long Shot,a memoir about former Major League Baseball playerMike Piazza
• Longshot CS-6,a 2006 Nerf blaster released under the N-Strike|N-Strike series
• 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 theLegend of Zeldaseries
• Longshot,the name of a single-player game mode inMadden NFL 18