Backfire

The word backfire in general use usually refers to a plan where the opposite of the desired effect happens or the perpetrator is directly affected as opposed to their intended target.

Backfire also may refer to:

Back-fire, an explosion produced in a vehicle's engine
Backfire!, an arcade game
Backfire (album), by the Goa trance group Transwave
Backfire (film), the 1987 movie, starring Karen Allen
Backfire! (film), the 1995 movie, starring Josh Mosby
Backfire bomber, the NATO reporting name for the Russian Tupolev Tu-22M aircraft
Operation Backfire (WWII), the launch of three A4 rockets in October 1945 near Cuxhaven
Operation Backfire (FBI), an FBI operation against the radical environmental movement
Controlled burn, also known as a backfire or back burning, a firefighting technique to reduce the spread of wildfires.
slang term for flatulence