title: Nightshade (disambiguation)
text: # Nightshade (disambiguation)
  
  Nightshade is the common name for plants in the genus Solanum, and more generally for related plants in the family Solanaceae.
  
  Nightshade(s) or Night Shade(s) may also refer to:
  
  ## Other plants
  
  * Enchanter's nightshade, any of the plants in the genus Circaea, in the willowherb family Onagraceae
  
  ## Art, entertainment, and media
  
  ### Fictional entities
  
  * Nightshade (DC Comics), a comic book superheroine published by DC Comics
  * Nightshade (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of monster in Dungeons & Dragons
  * Nightshade (Marvel Comics), also known as Dr. Nightshade and Deadly Nightshade, a comic book super-villain in the Marvel Universe
  * James "Jim" Nightshade, a character from the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes
  * A character in the Magic Kingdom of Landover stories by Terry Brooks
  * A character from the animated television program C.O.P.S.
  
  ### Literature
  
  * Nightshade (Butler novel), a 1989 science fiction novel by Jack Butler
  * Nightshade (Gatiss novel), a 1992 Doctor Who novel by Mark Gatiss
  * Nightshades: Thirteen Journeys Into Shadow, an anthology of dark fantasy/horror short stories by Tanith Lee
  * Night Shade, a 1976 book by Dorothy Daniels and illustrated by Hector Garrido
  * Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women, a 1999 novel edited by Victoria Brownworth & Judith Redding, which earned them Lambda Literary Awards
  * "Night Shades", a short story in Donna Andrews' Meg Langslow series
  * Nightshade (Horowitz novel), the thirteenth book in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
  
  ### Music
  
  * Night Shade (album), a 2014 album by Lanie Lane
  * Night Shades, a 2011 album by Cobra Starship
  * "Nightshade", a song by Mike Oldfield from the 2005 album Light + Shade
  
  ### Video games
  
  * Nightshade (1985 video game), a video game by Ultimate Play The Game
  * Nightshade (1992 video game), a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
  * Nightshade (2003 video game), a video game for the PlayStation 2
  
  ### Other art, entertainment, and media
  
  * Night Shade, a 1997 film by Fred Olen Ray
  * Night Shade, a work choreographed by Ulysses Dove
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Night Shade Books, an American publisher
  * Nightshade (astronomy software)
  * Judy Simpson, nicknamed "Nightshade" in the UK TV show Gladiators
  