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
  • Bastard, a 2010 short film directed by Kirsten Dunst
  • 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

  • Bastard (Colin Newman album), 1997
  • Bastard (Stahlmann album) or the title song, 2017
  • Bastard (Tyler, the Creator album) or the title song, 2009
  • Bastard, by Kat, 1992
  • Bastard, by Subway to Sally, 2007
  • The Bastard (album), by Hammers of Misfortune, 2001
  • The Bastard, by BZN, 1971

Songs

  • "Bastard", by Ben Folds from Songs for Silverman, 2005
  • "Bastard", by David Byrne from Lead Us Not into Temptation, 2003
  • "Bastard", by Devin Townsend from Ocean Machine: Biomech, 1997
  • "Bastard", by Dope from American Apathy, 2005
  • "Bastard", by Dysrhythmia from Pretest, 2003
  • "Bastard", by Glaive from All Dogs Go to Heaven, 2021
  • "Bastard", by Ian Hunter from You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, 1979
  • "Bastard", by Mötley Crüe from Shout at the Devil, 1983
  • "Bastard", by Oomph! from Unrein, 1998
  • "Bastard", by Soulfly from Enslaved, 2012
  • "Bastard (Satan's Kid)", by Lil Wayne from Funeral, 2020
  • "The Bastard", by Pet Lamb from Sweaty Handshake, 1995
  • "The Bastard", by the Tragically Hip from Music @ Work, 2000

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 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
  • Bastardstown, a coastal town in County Wexford, Ireland