Thing Explained

Thing may refer to:

In philosophy:

• An object (philosophy), being, or entity
• Thing-in-itself (or noumenon), the reality that underlies perceptions, a term coined by Immanuel Kant

In history:

• Thing (assembly), also transliterated as ting or þing, a historical Scandinavian governing assembly
• Thing (listening device), a Soviet bug used during the Cold War for eavesdropping on the ambassador to the Soviet Union

In fiction:

• Thing (comics), a superhero in the Marvel Universe and member of the Fantastic Four
• Thing (Charlton Comics), a 1950s comic book series from Charlton Comics
• The Thing (film), a 1982 sci-fi/horror film based on the story Who Goes There by John W. Campbell Jr.
• The Thing (video game), a 2002 game loosely based around the events of the 1982 film
• Thing (Addams Family)
• The Thing (SpongeBob SquarePants)
• The Things, recurring characters in the British comic Viz
• Mothra, as it was known in an altered version of the movie Mothra vs. Godzilla

In music:

• "The Thing (song)", a 1950 song, recorded by Phil Harris and others
• "Things (song)", a 1979 song by Split Enz
• The Thing (jazz band), a jazz band from Norway and Sweden

Thing can also refer to:

• Volkswagen Thing (VW Type 181), an automobile briefly sold in the 1970s
• The Thing?, an attraction in Arizona
• T.H.I.N.G.S., Totally Hilarious Incredibly Neat Games of Skill, a line of toys marketed by the Milton Bradley Company
• In Web Ontology Language, the superclass of all classes
• Things (application), a personal task management software for Mac OS X