Bastard Explained

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

Music

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
• "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

See also

• • • Bastard of Winterfell, alias name of Jon Snow (character), in Game of Thrones
• Bastardia, a genus of flowering plants
• Bastardisation (disambiguation)
• Bastardo (disambiguation)
• Bastards (disambiguation)
• Bastardy (film), a 2008 Australian documentary film
• Bastardy (play), a 1972 play by Australian playwright John Romeril
• Baster, a descendant of liaisons between the Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous Africans
• Fat Bastard, Austin Powers character
• Vyvyan Basterd, character in 80s British comedy series The Young Ones
• Alan and Sara B'Stard, characters in the 1987 TV series The New Statesman