The Rat may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• The Rat (play), a 1924 play written by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier
• The Rat (1925 film), a film by Ivor Novello based on his play of the same name
• The Rat (1937 film), another film adaptation of the play
• "The Rat" (Beavis and Butt-Head), an episode of the American television show Beavis and Butt-Head
• "The Rat" (Prison Break episode), an episode of the American television show Prison Break
• "The Rat" (song), a 2004 song by The Walkmen from their album Bows + Arrows
• "The Rat", a song by Dead Confederate from their album Wrecking Ball
• The Rat (novel), a book by Günter Grass published in German in 1986 as Die Rättin
• The Rat, a character from Haruki Murakami's 'Trilogy of the Rat' Hear the Wind Sing, Pinball, 1973 and A Wild Sheep Chase

Nickname

• Niki Lauda (born 1949), Austrian former Formula One race car driver
• Ken Linseman (born 1958), former National Hockey League player
• Jeff Ratcliffe (born 1976), former professional lacrosse player

Music

• The Rathskellar (The Rat), a now-defunct live music venue in Kenmore Square, Boston, Massachusetts
• Pro Co RAT, aka "The RAT", a distortion pedal

See also

• Blek le Rat, an influential French graffiti artist
• The Rats (disambiguation)
• Rat (disambiguation)