Mephisto

Mephisto or Mephistopheles is one of the chief demons of German literary tradition.

Mephisto or Mephistopheles may also refer to:

Film and television

• Méphisto, a 1931 French film
• Mephisto (1981 film), a German-Hungarian film based on Klaus Mann's novel Mephisto
• Mephistopheles, an antagonist in the film Ghost Rider
• Dr. Mephesto, a mad scientist in the South Park TV series
• Mephistopheles (Xena), a villain in the Xena: Warrior Princess TV series
• Mephisto, a character on the Australian television series, Double the Fist
• Mephisto, a character in the anime Suite PreCure
• Mephisto Pheles, a son of Satan in the manga/anime Blue Exorcist
• Mephisto, a character in the feature art film The Last Faust
• Mephisto, a 1912 British silent film written by Leedham Bantock and directed by Alfred de Manby and F. Martin Thornton
• Captain Mephisto, a time-travelling, shapeshifting pirate in the 1945 Republic Pictures movie serial Manhunt of Mystery Island

Gaming

• Mephisto (automaton), a chess-playing pseudo-automaton
• Mephisto (chess computer), a line of chess computers sold by Hegener & Glaser
• Mephistopheles (Dungeons & Dragons), a character in Dungeons & Dragons
• Mr. Mephisto, an early video game
• Mephisto, a character in the Diablo series
• Mephisto (crossword), a long-running competition in the Sunday Times, set by various compilers

Literature and publications

• Mephisto (comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe
• Mephisto (novel), a novel by Klaus Mann
• Mefisto, a novel by John Banville
• Mephisto, a Japanese literary magazine which publishes the winner of the Mephisto Prize
• Mephisto or Mephi, a freedom-fighting organization in the 1920 novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Music

• Mefisto (band), a Swedish black metal band
• Mephisto Waltzes (1859–1885), waltzes by Franz Liszt
• Mefistofele (1868), an opera by Italian composer Arrigo Boito
• "Mephisto" (song), a 2023 song by Queen Bee, served as an ending theme to the anime adaptation of Oshi no Ko
• "Mephisto", a song by Moonspell from the 1996 album Irreligious
• "Mephisto", a song by Klaus Schulze from the 2005 album Moonlake
• Mephisto, a character in the two-part rock opera by Kamelot, Epica and The Black Halo
• "Mephistopheles", a song by Deicide from the album Deicide
• "Mephisto", a song by Bushido from the 2018 album Mythos; see Bushido discography

Vehicles

• Mephisto (tank), a First World War German tank preserved in Australia
• Mephistofeles (car), a one-off racing car created by Ernest Eldridge
• VCAC Mephisto, a French anti-tank guided missile carrier

Other uses

• Mephisto (fish), a genus of fish in the family Triacanthodidae
• Mephisto (wrestler), a Mexican wrestler
• Mephisto, musician and songwriter for Demonic Resurrection
• Northern pudú (Pudu mephistophiles), the smallest species of deer in the world

See also

• Mr. Mistoffelees, a black cat in T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and in the musical Cats