Payback
Payback may refer to:

Revenge, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievancePayback may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
Payback, a member of the fictional comics superhero team Shadow Cabinet by DC Comics
Payback, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics series True Believers

Film
Payback (1991 film), a film starring Michael Ironside
Payback (1995 film), a thriller starring C. Thomas Howell
Payback (1997 film), a television film starring Mary Tyler Moore
Payback (1999 film), a film starring Mel Gibson; a remake of the 1967 film Point Blank starring Lee Marvin
Payback (2010 film), an Indian Hindi thriller film
Payback (2012 film), a Canadian documentary film

Literature
"Payback: A Strandville Prequel Short (Max Reid's Story)" (2012), a short story in Belinda Frisch's Strandville zombie novel series
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, a 2008 book by Margaret Atwood
Payback, a 2007 novel by James Heneghan
Payback: The Conspiracy to Destroy Michael Milken and his Financial Revolution, a 1995 book by Daniel Fischel

Music
Payback Records, an Australian record company

Albums
Payback (album), a 2012 album by Danny!, or the title song
The Payback, a 1974 album by James Brown, or the title song (see below)

Songs
"Payback" (Flaw song), 2001
"Payback" (Rascal Flatts song), 2014
"The Payback" (song), by James Brown, 1973
"Payback", by Bobby Sheen, 1973
"Payback", by Juicy J, Kevin Gates, Future and Sage the Gemini from Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2015
"Payback", by Montell Jordan from This Is How We Do It, 1995
"Payback", by Quarashi from Guerilla Disco, 2004
"Payback", by Slayer from God Hates Us All, 2001

Television
Series
Payback (American TV series), a reality show on the SPEED Channel
Payback (South Korean TV series), a 2023 television series
WWE Payback, an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event

Episodes
"Payback" (The Boys), 2022
"Payback" (Brandy & Mr. Whiskers), 2005
"Payback" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), 2015
"Payback" (CSI: Miami), 2005
"Payback" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), 1999
"Payback" (Miami Vice), 1986
"Payback" (Third Watch), 2003
"Payback" (White Collar), 2011
"Payback", an episode of True Justice, 2011

Video games
Payback (video game), a 2001 game developed by Apex Designs
Soldier of Fortune: Payback, the third installment in the Soldier of Fortune (SOF) series
Need for Speed: Payback

Other uses
Payback period, the period of time required for the return on an investment
Payback Press, a defunct specialist imprint of Canongate Books
Operation Payback, an ongoing operation by the hacking group Anonymous

See also
Back Pay (disambiguation)