A short circuit is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or a very low electrical impedance.

Short Circuit may also refer to:

Film

  • Short Circuit (1943 film), an Italian film
  • Short Circuit (1986 film), an American science fiction comedy film about a robot that comes to life
  • Short Circuit 2, the 1988 sequel
  • Short Circuits (film), a 2006 Slovene film
  • Short Circuit (2019 film), Gujarati science fiction comedy-drama film
  • Short Circuit (short series), a Walt Disney Animation Studios experimental short series

Literature

  • Short Circuit (Wedgelock novel), a 1986 novel by Colin Wedgelock, a pen name for Christopher Priest
  • Short Circuit (Haas novel), a 2025 novel by Wolf Haas

Music

  • Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus, a 1978 compilation album of English punk and reggae
  • Short Circuit (I've Sound album), 2003, or the title song
  • Short Circuit II (album), a 2007 album by I've Sound
  • Short Circuit III, a 2010 album by I've Sound
  • Short Circuit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, soundtrack album for the eponymous 1986 film
  • "Short Circuit", a song by Daft Punk from their 2001 album Discovery

Other uses

  • Short Circuit (video game), based on the 1986 film
  • ShortCircuit, a YouTube channel owned by Linus Media Group

See also

  • Short Circutz, a series of animated web short films
  • Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz, MTV sketch comedy TV show
  • Short-circuit evaluation, a form of Boolean evaluation in programming
  • Short-circuit test
  • Short (disambiguation)
  • Circuit (disambiguation)
  • Open circuit (disambiguation)