Help Explained

Help is a word meaning to give aid or signal distress.

Help may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• Help (2010 film), a Bollywood horror film
• Help (2021 theatrical film), a British psychological thriller film
• Help (2021 TV film), a TV film about the COVID-19 pandemic
• Help! (film), a 1965 film directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles
• The Help (film), a 2011 period drama, set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963

Television

• Help (Australian TV series), a documentary series
• Help (Dutch TV series), a drama series
• Help (British TV series), a comedy series
• H.E.L.P., a 1990 American TV drama series
• The Help (TV series), a 2004 American sitcom
• Dr. Henry's Emergency Lessons for People, also known as H.E.L.P.!, a 1979 American series of animated public service announcements

Episodes

• "Help" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• "Help" (Spaced)
• "Help", an episode of The Protector

Literature

• Help! (magazine)
• Help!! (manga)
• The Help, a historical novel by Kathryn Stockett

Music

• Help (band), an American rock band

Albums

• The Help Album, a musical compilation album to benefit the War Child charity
• Help (Thee Oh Sees album)
• Help!, the 1965 Beatles album which includes songs from the film of the same name
• Help! (Brandon Lake album)
• Help! (George Martin album)
• Help, by Blackbear

Songs

• "Help" (Papa Roach song), 2017
• "Help!" (song), a 1965 song by the Beatles
• "Help", a song from Hurts' 2013 album Exile
• "Help", a song from Lil Wayne's 2020 album Funeral (deluxe edition)
• "Help", a song from Lloyd Banks' 2006 album Rotten Apple
• "Help", a song from London Grammar's 2013 album If You Wait
• "Help", a song from Pink Guy's 2017 album Pink Season
• "Help!", a song from Beatallica's 2013 album Abbey Load
• "Help!", a song from Brandon Lake's 2022 album of the same name

Computing and technology

• Help (command), a command in various command-line shells that invokes documentations and helping information
• Help desk, a point of contact between product users and technical support
• Online help, documentation that accompanies computer application software
  • Context-sensitive help, a kind of online help that is obtained from a specific point in the state of the software, providing help for the situation that is associated with that state

Other uses

• Help (dog) (1878 - 1891), Scotch collie dog used to collect charitable donations
• Help Remedies, a pharmaceutical company
• The help, a pejorative term for domestic workers

Acronyms

• Heat escape lessening position, a way to position oneself to reduce heat loss in cold water
• Higher Education Loan Programme, an Australian government loan scheme for students
• Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance, a model developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
• United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

See also

• Helping behavior
• Emergency, a situation which poses a dangerous risk of health, life, property, or environment
  • Emergency telephone numbers around the world
  • Hue and cry, a shouted command to arrest a felon
• Distress signal, a message from a person or a craft such as a ship or airliner to inform others it is in difficulty
  • Mayday (distress signal)
  • SOS
  • Signal for Help
• Assistance (disambiguation)
• Help me (disambiguation)
• HELP University, Malaysia
• HELLP Syndrome, a medical condition affecting pregnant women