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Gauntlet or the gauntlet may refer to:

Common uses

• Gauntlet (glove), protective gloves used as a form of armor
  • 14th-century gauntlet, a well-preserved and nearly-intact example found in Switzerland
• Running the gauntlet, a form of physical punishment

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Gauntlet (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
• Gauntlet (Inhuman), a Marvel Comics supervillain

Games

• Gauntlet (1985 video game), a 1985 four-player arcade game with many followups:
  • Gauntlet II, a 1986 arcade sequel
  • Gauntlet: The Third Encounter, a 1990 game for the Atari Lynx
  • Gauntlet III: The Final Quest, a 1991 home computer game
  • Gauntlet IV, a 1994 video game for the Sega Genesis
  • Gauntlet Legends, a 1998 arcade game
  • Gauntlet Dark Legacy, a 2000 arcade game
  • Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows, a 2005 video game
  • Gauntlet (2014 video game), developed by Arrowhead Game studios
  • Gauntlet (Nintendo DS), an unreleased remake of the first game
• Gauntlet (Donald R. Lebeau video game), a 1984 shoot 'em up game for the Atari 8-bit family
• Gauntlet (Micro Power video game), a 1984 Defender clone
• The Gauntlet (module), an adventure module for Dungeons & Dragons
• The Gauntlet (tabletop games producer), a publisher/producer of tabletop role-playing games and podcasts

Television

Series

• Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet (2003–2004), an MTV reality television game show series
• Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet II (2005–2006), an MTV reality television game show series
• Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III (2008), an MTV reality television game show series

Episodes

• "Gauntlet" (Stargate Universe), an episode of Stargate Universe
• "The Gauntlet" (Supergirl), an episode of Supergirl
• "The Gauntlet," an episode of Ben 10: Alien Force
• "The Gauntlet," an episode of MacGyver
• "The Gauntlet," the name given to the twelfth season of Mystery Science Theater 3000

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Gauntlet (newspaper), published by students at the University of Calgary
• "The Gauntlet" (comics), a Spider-Man storyline
• The Gauntlet (film), 1977, starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke
• The Gauntlet (novel), a children's book, written by Ronald Welch, 1951
• RVR-01 "Gauntlet", a fighter craft in the game Thunder Force V

Sports

• Gauntlet for the Gold, a professional wrestling match type exclusive to TNA Wrestling
• Gauntlet match, a professional wrestling match type

Other uses

• Gauntlet (body piercing studio), a former California-based company, closed in 1998
• Gauntlet track, a type of railroad track
• Gloster Gauntlet, a British biplane
• SA-15 "Gauntlet", a Soviet surface-to-air missile