Scapegoat (disambiguation)

A scapegoat is a goat used in a religious ritual or the victim of scapegoating, the singling out of a party for unmerited blame.

Scapegoat or The Scapegoat may also refer to:

Places

• Scapegoat Wilderness, a Wilderness Area in Montana
  • Scapegoat Mountain, a mountain in the Scapegoat Wilderness

Literature

• The Scapegoat, translated work by Arvid Paulson from August Strindberg's Syndabocken
• "The Scapegoat", a study of collective violence by René Girard
• The Scapegoat (Du Maurier novel), a 1957 novel by Daphne du Maurier
• Scapegoat, an investigation into the trial of Richard Hauptmann
• Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and Women's Liberation, a 2000 book by Andrea Dworkin
• "The Scapegoat" (Cherryh novel), a 1985 novella by science fiction writer C. J. Cherryh
• The Scapegoat, a novel by Hall Caine

Film, television and radio

• The Scapegoat (1912 film), an American short film starring Tom Mix, directed by Otis B. Thayer
• The Scapegoat (1914 film), an American short film starring Tom Mix, directed by Tom Mix
• The Scapegoat (1917 film), a Frederick Douglass Film Company production based on a story by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• The Scapegoat (1959 film), an adaptation of the du Maurier novel, starring Alec Guinness and Bette Davis
• The Scapegoat (2009), a film by BBC Northern Ireland about the murder of Patricia Curran, daughter of Lancelot Curran, in 1952
• The Scapegoat (2011 film), a Turkish film
• The Scapegoat (2012 film), a British remake of the du Maurier novel
• The Scapegoat (2013 film), a French film
• The Scapegoat (audio drama), a Doctor Who audio drama

Music

Albums

• Scapegoat (album), by Takuto, 2017
• Scapegoat, by Josh Abbott Band, 2008

Songs

• "Scapegoat" (song), by D'banj, 2010
• "Scapegoat", by Atmosphere from Overcast!, 1997
• "Scapegoat", by Chumbawamba from Tubthumper, 1997
• "Scapegoat", by Downthesun from Downthesun, 2002
• "Scapegoat", by Fad Gadget from Under the Flag, 1982
• "Scapegoat", by Fear Factory from Soul of a New Machine, 1992
• "Scapegoat", by Godflesh from Messiah, 2000/2003
• "Scapegoat", by Guano Apes from Proud Like a God, 1997
• "Scapegoat", by Sevendust from Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow
• "Scapegoats", by Christy Moore from Smoke & Strong Whiskey, 1991
• "Scapegoats", by Baby Keem from The Melodic Blue, 2021

Other uses

• The Scapegoat (painting), by William Holman Hunt
• SS-14 Scapegoat, a Soviet ballistic missile
• Scapegoat tree, a binary search tree used in computer science
• "The Scapegoat", a moniker used by American professional wrestler Jack Perry