A chameleon is an Old World lizard belonging to the family Chamaeleonidae.

Chameleon (or variants such as chamaeleon and cameleon) may also refer to:

Literature

  • Chameleon (novel), a financial thriller novel by Richard Hains
  • Chameleon, a character from the 1977 Piers Anthony novel A Spell for Chameleon
  • "The Chameleon" (short story), an 1884 short story by Anton Chekhov
  • The Chameleon (magazine), 1894 magazine

Comics

  • Chameleon (character), a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Chameleon (manga), a 1990 Japanese manga series
  • Reep Daggle or Chameleon, a DC Comics superhero

Computing

  • Cameleon (programming language)
  • Chameleon, a suite of TCP/IP client applications from NetManage
  • Chameleon (computing), a computer workstation
  • Chameleon botnet

Film

Characters

  • The Chameleon, main antagonist of Kung Fu Panda 4

Shows

  • Cameleon (film), a 1997 British film
  • Chameleon (1995 film), American film
  • Chameleon (1998 film), American TV film
  • Chameleon (2008 Hungarian film)
  • Chameleon (2008 Japanese film)
  • Chameleon (2016 film), Chilean film
  • The Chameleon (1920 film), a silent comedy film
  • The Chameleon (2010 film), film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
  • The Chameleon, a 1989 adult film by John Leslie

Television

Characters

  • Chameleon (Battlestar Galactica), a character from Battlestar Galactica
  • The Chameleon, the antagonist of "Scooby's Gold Medal Gambit", episode 6 of The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983)
  • The Chameleon, a character from T.U.F.F. Puppy
  • The Chameleon, a Kaiju clone character from Godzilla: The Series
  • The Chameleons, characters in the Doctor Who serial The Faceless Ones

Episodes

  • "Chameleon", Code Name: Eternity episode 24 (2000)
  • "Chameleon", Colourblocks series 1, episode 8 (2022)
  • "Chameleon", Criminal Minds season 14, episode 13 (2019)
  • "Chameleon", Grami's Circus Show season 1, episode 7a (2014)
  • "Chameleon", Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 4, episode 1 (2002)
  • "Chameleon", Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir season 3, episode 3 (2019)
  • "Chameleon", Super Secret Secret Squirrel episode 7 (1993)
  • "Chameleon", Teletubbies season 3, episode 56 (1999)
  • "Chameleon" The Twilight Zone (1985) season 1, episode 3c (1985)
  • "Chameleon", Without a Trace season 7, episode 15 (2009)
  • "Chameleon", Xiaolin Showdown season 1, episode 6 (2003)
  • "Chameleon", Young Blades episode 12 (2005)
  • "Chameleons", Kidd Video season 1, episode 9 (1985)
  • "The Chameleon", Beastmaster season 1, episode 15 (2000)
  • "The Chameleon", Birdman and the Galaxy Trio episode 10a (1967)
  • "The Chameleon", Dragon Flyz episode 24 (1997)
  • "The Chameleon", Katts and Dog season 2, episode 14 (1990)
  • "The Chameleon", James Bond Jr. episode 3 (1991)
  • "The Chameleon", My Three Sons season 8, episode 8 (1967)
  • "The Chameleon", P.S. I Luv U episode 13 (1992)
  • "The Chameleon", Super President episode 25 (1967)
  • "The Chameleon", The Fall Guy season 2, episode 21 (1983)
  • "The Chameleon", The F.B.I. season 1, episode 17 (1967)
  • "The Chameleon", The New Adventures of Batman episode 8 (1977)
  • "The Chameleon", The Outer Limits season 1, episode 31 (1964)

Games

  • Chameleon (2005 video game), a stealth-action video game
  • The Chameleon (party game), a 2017 deception game
  • Chameleon (Dungeons & Dragons), a prestige class in Dungeons & Dragons
  • Chameleon (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Chameleon (Mortal Kombat), a character in the Mortal Kombat video game series
  • Chameleon: To Dye For!, a 2008 video game by Starfish SD
  • Chameleon (video game console), a cancelled game console

Music

  • The Chameleon Club, a music venue in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • Chameleon (label)

Artists

  • Chameleon (American band), a 1970s American band
  • Chameleon (British band), a British vocal group founded in 1989 by Nigel Hess
  • Jose Chameleone (born 1979), Ugandan musician
  • The Chameleons, a UK post-punk band

Albums

  • Caméléon (album), a 2012 album by Shy'm
  • Chameleon (EP), a 2017 EP by Grey
  • Chameleon (Margaret Berger album)
  • Chameleon (Maynard Ferguson album), 1974
  • Chameleon (The Four Seasons album), 1972
  • Chameleon (Helloween album), 1993
  • Chameleon (Labelle album)
  • Chameleon (Måns Zelmerlöw album)
  • Chameleon, a 1980 album by Tiny Tim

Songs

  • "Caméléon" (song), by Maître Gims
  • "Chameleon" (Ira Losco song), 2015
  • "Chameleon" (King Gnu song), 2022
  • "Chameleon" (Michela Pace song), a 2019 song that represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
  • "Chameleon" (Pnau song), 2016
  • "Chameleon" (composition), a 1973 song by Herbie Hancock from Head Hunters
  • "Chameleon", a 1970 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival from Pendulum
  • "Chameleon", a video-single by Metis (American musician)
  • "Chameleon", a 1976 song by Elton John from Blue Moves
  • "Chaneleon", a 2000 song by Self from Gizmodgery
  • "Chaneleon", a 2008 song by Brendan Canning from Something for All of Us...
  • "Chameleon", a 2015 song by Hardwell and Wiwek

Science

  • Cameleon (protein), an artificial protein
  • Chamaeleon, a constellation
  • Chamaeleon (plant), a genus of plants
  • Chameleon particle, a hypothetical elementary particle
  • American chameleon or Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis), a species of arboreal lizard

Other uses

  • Chamaeleon (philosopher) (c. 350 – c. 275 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
  • , a Prussian (later German) gunboat built in the 1860s
  • , a German armored gunboat built in the late 1870s and early 1880s

See also

  • K-Meleon, a web browser
  • Kamelion, a fictional character in Doctor Who
  • Khameleon, a character in the Mortal Kombat video game series