The Big One
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The Big One can refer to:
- a major event such as a large earthquake or other natural disaster. For example, around the Cascadia subduction zone, it would refer to an expected megathrust earthquake which occurs every 200-500 years (see Cascadia Earthquake). The term is also used for an earthquake that is bound to hit the West Coast of the United States someday, similar to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
- The notorious crashes in restrictor plate racing at Talladega and Daytona speedways, to describe a crash involving at least 10 cars in a race.
- The Big One (film), a film by Michael Moore
- The Big One (arcade game), an arcade crane game
- The Big One (TV series), an early-1990s comedy series starring Sandi Toksvig and Mike McShane
- The first add-on Member in a Super Sentai series, Soukichi Banba/Big One of J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai.
- The Big One (rocket), a rocket used in the animated film Toy Story.
- The Big One (internet novel) by Stuart Slade.
- Pepsi Max Big One, a rollercoaster in Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
- World War II
- The nickname given to Red Nose Day 2007, a fundraising event held in the UK organised by Comic Relief