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Payback may refer to:

• Revenge, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance

Payback 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
• Payback, a fictional team of superheroes from TV series The Boys led by Soldier Boy

Film

• Payback (1995 film), an American thriller starring C. Thomas Howell
• Payback (1997 film), an American television film starring Mary Tyler Moore
• Payback (1999 film), an American 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 (novel) (German: Vergeltung), a 1956 novel by Gert Ledig
• "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 2006 reality show
• Payback (British TV series), a 2023 crime thriller series
• Payback: Money and Power, a 2023 South Korean action thriller series
• Payback (Thai TV series), a 2026 thriller and boys' love series
• WWE Payback, a 2013–2023 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" (Doctors), 2003
• "Payback" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), 1999
• "Payback" (Miami Vice), 1986
• "Payback" (Midnight Caller), 1988
• "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)