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{{Wiktionary|silver bullet}}

A '''[[silver bullet]]''' is, in [[fiction]], a method to kill magical creatures such as [[werewolf|werewolves]]. It is also a metaphor for straightforward solution of extreme effectiveness. "Looking for a silver bullet" is also a metaphor for the search for an impossibly simple solution to a rather complex problem. "There are no silver bullets here" is used to express the idea that there are no such simple solutions; that the situation is going to require hard work and difficult choices.

'''Silver Bullet'''('''s''') or '''The Silver Bullet''' may refer to:

* [[Silver bullet]], in folklore, a weapon against supernatural creatures; metaphorically, a simple, effective solution to a problem

'''Silver Bullet''' is the name for:

* [[Silver Bullet (film)]], a 1985 American film based on a Stephen King novella

* [[Silver Bullet (rapper)]], a British rapper remembered from his 1989 releases

* [[Silver_Bullet_%28Knott%27s_Berry_Farm%29|Silver Bullet (roller coaster)]], A roller coaster at [[Knott's Berry Farm]]

* A [[Hawthorne Heights]] song

* The [[Coors Light]] train in the commercials

* A [[Band (music)|music band]], see [[Bob Seger]] or [[Live Bullet]]

* Ammo used by [[The Lone Ranger]]

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==Film and television==

* [[The Silver Bullet (1935 film)|''The Silver Bullet'' (1935 film)]], an American western film

* [[The Silver Bullet (1942 film)|''The Silver Bullet'' (1942 film)]], an American western film

* [[Silver Bullet (film)|''Silver Bullet'' (film)]], a 1985 Americanhorror film based on a Stephenby KingDaniel novellaAttias

* ''[[Silver Bullets]]'', a 2011 film by Joe Swanberg

==Music==

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* [[Silver Bullet (rapper)]] (born 1972), a British rapper remembered from his 1989 releases

* [[Silver Bullets (album)|''Silver Bullets'' (album)]] or the title song, by the Chills, 2015

* "Silver Bullet", a song by Hawthorne Heights from ''[[The Silence in Black and White]]''

* "Silver Bullet", a song by Pixies from ''[[Beneath the Eyrie]]''

* Silver Bullet Band, the 1970s–1990s backing band for [[Bob Seger]]

==Places and structures==

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* [[Silver Bullet (Frontier City)]], a roller coaster in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

* [[Silver Bullet (Knott's Berry Farm)]], a roller coaster in Buena Park, California, US

* [[The Silver Bullet]], a music venue in London

==Other==

* [[Silver Bullet (car)]], a 1929 unsuccessful land speed record car

* [[Colorado Silver Bullets]], a women's baseball team

* [[Comics Bulletin]], originally Silver Bullet Comics, a website covering the American comic-book industry

* [[Coors Light]], a beer referred to as "the Silver Bullet" in marketing campaigns

** Two [[Bede BD-5#BD-5J jet|BD-5J]] aircraft used by Coors for marketing in the 1980s and early 1990s

* [[Hughes H-1 Racer]] or Silver Bullet, a 1935 racing aircraft

==See also==

* ''[[Silver Bullet Express]]'', a 1990s ski train in Maine, US

* "[[No Silver Bullet]]", a 1986 paper on software engineering by Fred Brooks

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