Twister most commonly refers to a tornado.
Twister, or Twisters, or The Twisters may also refer to:
Animals
Twister (fish), common name for the Bellapiscis medius species of fish Twister (dragonfly), common name for the Tholymis tillarga species of dragonfly
Entertainment Twister (1989 film), a comedy film starring Suzy Amis and Crispin Glover Twister (1996 film), a disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton Twister (soundtrack), the music from the 1996 movie Twister...Ride It Out, a ride in Universal Studios Florida based on the film Twisters (film), the 2024 sequel to the 1996 film The music was released as a soundtrack, Twisters: The Album, and as a score album, Twisters (score) The Twisters (film), 2024 American action film, a mockbuster of Twisters by The Asylum Template:Twister (franchise), the Wikipedia navbox about all of these Twister roller coaster, a layout which tends to twist or interweave its track within itself several times Twister (Knoebels Amusement Resort), a roller coaster in Elysburg, Pennsylvania Twister (Lake Compounce), a roller coaster in Bristol and Southington, Connecticut Twister (Gröna Lund), a roller coaster in Stockholm, Sweden Twister III: Storm Chaser, a roller coaster at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado Twister (comics), a superhero character from Blue Bolt Comics and Project Superpowers Twister (play), a 1999 play by Ken Kesey
Games
Twister (game), "the game that ties you up in knots" Twister (video game), AKA Mother of Charlotte, 1986 shoot 'em up
Music
Bands
Twister (band), Brazilian, pop rock The Twisters (Canadian band), blues Los Twisters, Chilean, rock 'n' roll Joey and the Twisters, a predecessor to The Royal Teens
Albums
Twister (album), by Unrest, 1988 Twister (Watershed album), 1995 Twister, by Leisure (band), 2019
Songs
"Twister", on the 1988 "Weird Al" Yankovic album Even Worse "Twister", a song by Mariah Carey from the 2001 soundtrack Glitter "Twister", a 1993 single by Watershed (American band) "Twister", a song by Gigi Perez from the album At the Beach, in Every Life
Television
Twister, a 2001 children's/animation show by Scottish Television, broadcast in the 2009 programming strand wknd@stv "Twister" (2011), episodes 17–19 of season 3 of Disney Channel series The Suite Life on Deck Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez, one of the main characters in 1999–2004 Nickelodeon series Rocket Power Mo Twister, the professional name of Mohan Gumatay, a Filipino American radio and television presenter (born 1977)
Food
Twister (ice cream), made by Unilever's Heartbrand Twister (pastry), a cruller Twisters (restaurant), a New Mexican restaurant chain
Sports
, a move in combat sports, similar to the guillotine in wrestling Twister City Roller Derby (TCRD), a flat-track roller derby league based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Twin City Twisters (TCT), an artistic gymnastics facility in Champlin, Minnesota
Teams
Massachusetts Twisters, an American indoor soccer team based in West Springfield, Massachusetts Arkansas Twisters, an American indoor football team based in Little Rock, which eventually became the Texas Revolution Indiana Twisters (originally Indianapolis Twisters), an American indoor soccer team Pembina Valley Twisters, a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Morris, Manitoba Holzgerlingen Twister, an American football team from Holzgerlingen, Germany Torrington Twisters, an American baseball team based in Torrington, Connecticut, which became the New Bedford Bay Sox
Technology
Twister (software), a decentralized P2P microblogging platform Twister (Software from Brokat AG), a modular e-services framework Mersenne Twister (MT), a pseudo-random number generator Twister OS, a Linux-based operating system Twister (microarchitecture), the CPU of the Apple A9 Ronja Twister, an electronics module for free space optic Twister Telecom, a Mexican company Twister supersonic separator, hydrocarbon processing system for the dehydration and dewpointing of natural gas
Transportation
Twister (yacht), a sailing keelboat Honda CB Twister, a motorcycle
Aviation
Pipistrel Twister, a Slovenian ultralight trike Silence Twister, a German homebuilt aircraft design Wings of Change Twister, an Austrian paraglider design Payne Knight Twister, an American aerobatic sport aircraft
Other uses Twister (tree), a candidate for the oldest limber pine (Pinus flexilis) near the Alta Ski Area in Utah Twister ribozyme, a catalytic RNA structure capable of self-cleavage Twister, an occupation represented by the Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine) Draw twister, a machine used to draw and twist large quantities of polymer fibers Twister Falls, a waterfall in Hood River County, Oregon
See also Twist (disambiguation) Twistor theory Twista (born 1973), American rapper Anti-twister (disambiguation) Mister Twister (disambiguation) Ultra Twister (disambiguation) Tongue twister Troubletwisters (book series), a 2011 young adult fantasy series by Garth Nix and Sean Williams