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The Trojan Horse, from Greek mythology, was a giant hollow horse containing Greek soldiers, used to overtake the city of Troy during the Trojan War.

It has since become a metaphor for any person or thing that appears innocent or benign, but actually presents danger or harmful intent.

Technical usage

• Trojan horse (computing), a computer program that appears benign, but is actually designed to harm or compromise the system it is installed on.

Usage in entertainment

• The Trojan Horse (car), a world record-holding funny car.

Film and television

• The Trojan Horse (miniseries), a Canadian two-part miniseries about the aftermath of a referendum which sees Canada join the United States.
• "Trojan Horse" (NCIS), an episode of the television series NCIS.
• The Trojan Horse (movie), a movie about the alleged Palestine Liberation Organization strategy in the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict (website).
• 'The Trojan Horse', a nickname for the SCV-70 White Base, a fictional battleship from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam

Literature

• Creationism's Trojan Horse, a book on the origins of the intelligent design movement, authored by Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross.
• Caballo de Troya (Trojan Horse) a science fiction novel by Spanish author Juan José Benitez.
• The Trojan Horse (Morley novel), a novel by Christopher Morley, first published in 1937

Music

• "Trojan Horse" (Luv' song), a hit single by the Dutch girl group Luv'.
• "The Trojan Horse", an electronic music group from Villa Alemana, CHILE.
• Trojan Horse, an upcoming single from Bloc Party's third album Intimacy to be released in October of 2008.
• "Trojan Horse Band", an acoustic rock band from Virginia, USA.

• Disambiguation pages