Nightshade (disambiguation)

Nightshade is the common name for plants in the genus Solanum, and more generally for related plants in the family Solanaceae.

Nightshade(s) or Night Shade(s) may also refer to:

People

• Nightshade on the UK Gladiators TV show, real name Judy Simpson

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Nightshade (DC Comics), comic book superheroine published by DC Comics
• Nightshade (Dungeons & Dragons), type of monster in Dungeons & Dragons
• Nightshade (Marvel Comics), also known as Dr. Nightshade and Deadly Nightshade, a comic book super-villain in the Marvel Universe
• James "Jim" Nightshade, a character from the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Lord Nightshade, an enemy in a tower in Wizard101, an Internet game
• Nightshade, a powerful witch in the Magic Kingdom of Landover stories

Literature

• Night Shade, written by Dorothy Daniels and illustrated by Hector Garrido
• Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women, 1999 novel, edited by Victoria Brownworth & Judith Redding, which earned them Lambda Literary Awards
• "Night Shades", short story in Donna Andrews' Meg Langslow series
• Nightshade (book), science fiction novel by Jack Butler

• Nightshade (Doctor Who), Doctor Who novel by Mark Gatiss
• Nightshades: Thirteen Journeys Into Shadow, anthology of dark fantasy/horror short stories by Tanith Lee

Music

• Night Shades, album by Cobra Starship
• "Nightshade", song by Mike Oldfield from the 2005 album Light + Shade

Video games

• Nightshade (1985 video game), video game by Ultimate Play The Game
• Nightshade (1991 video game), video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nightshade (2003 video game), video game for the PlayStation 2

Other art, entertainment, and media

• Night Shade, 1997 film; see Fred Olen Ray
• Night Shade, work choreographed by Ulysses Dove
• Night Shade, a move in the Pokemon franchise

Other uses

• Night Shade Books, publisher
• Nightshade (astronomy software)