Back-fire is an unintended explosion produced in a vehicle's engine.
Backfire may also refer to:
Film and television Backfire (1926 film), part of the Ton of Fun series Backfire (1950 film), featuring Virginia Mayo and Gordon Macrae Backfire! (1962 film), an entry in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series Backfire (1964 film), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg Backfire (1988 film), a movie starring Karen Allen Backfire! (1995 film), a 1995 spoof movie starring Josh Mosby, Telly Savalas (final role) and Robert Mitchum Backfire, a 2019 American crime drama film directed and written by Dave Patten "Backfire" (CSI: Miami), an episode of the TV show CSI:Miami Backfire, a recurring segment on The Daily Show, 1996-1998 "Backfire" (Dexter's Laboratory), an episode of Dexter's Laboratory Backfire (Friday Night Lights), an episode of the TV series Friday Night Lights
Other uses Backfire, NATO reporting name for the Soviet and Russian Tupolev Tu-22M long-range bomber Operation Backfire (World War II), the launch of three A4 rockets in October 1945 near Cuxhaven Operation Backfire (FBI), an FBI operation against the radical environmental movement In economics, in the Jevons paradox, when the rebound effect exceeds 100% Backfire (Transformers), a fictional character "Backfire" (song) by Nate Haller and Tenille Townes, 2025 Controlled burn or backfire, a firefighting technique Version 10.03 of the OpenWrt firmware The backfire effect, a phenomenon in psychology An occurrence of unintended consequences that are the opposite of the intended result, or detrimental (the "perverse result")