What is "trick or treat"

interj. A form of light-hearted extortion by which children get candy on Halloween.

n. a request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse

Trick or Treat is a 1952 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon, which takes place on Halloween night, follows a series of pranks between Donald Duck and his nephews with Witch Hazel. The film was directed by Jack Hannah and features the voices of Clarence Nash as Donald and his nephews, and June Foray as Hazel. The film introduced the song "Trick or Treat for Halloween" which was written by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston and performed by The Mellowmen.

Trick or Treat is a 1986 American supernatural horror film by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, starring Marc Price, Tony Fields, and Lisa Orgolini, with special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne. The film centers around a teenager who is haunted by the ghost of his rock hero. It is the directorial debut of actor Charles Martin Smith.

Trick or treat or trick-or-treating is a Halloween activity.

Trick or Treat may also refer to:

Trick or Treat is a British television show hosted by Derren Brown produced by Objective Productions and broadcast on Channel 4. The first episode was broadcast on 13 April 2007. The focus of the show is on one person selected from a pool of volunteers who responded to adverts in the national press to take part in the show. The experience the volunteer receives is decided by which card they choose. If they choose the card that says 'Trick' they receive a bad experience and if they choose the card that says 'Treat' they receive a good experience. This distinction is not always obvious, however: in Series 2, a participant's dark experience of being persuaded to (supposedly) kill a kitten was a 'treat' because of the positive attitude to life Derren believed she would consequently develop; similarly, a volunteer who chose a 'trick' was kidnapped, but had been taught escapology techniques which enabled her to easily escape.

Episodes of Trick or Treat are not preceded by Brown's usual claim that no actors or stooges were used in the filming of the shows. Indeed, some participants (such as the ambulance crew in the final episode of Series 1) are declared to be actors.

Trick or Treat is the fourth album by the heavy metal band Fastway. It was the soundtrack for the heavy metal horror film, Trick or Treat, and was released as a studio album on November 1986, the month after the film.

Trick or Treat is a 1991 album by Irish singer/songwriter Paul Brady, his sixth solo album.

Trick or Treat is a power metal band formed in 2002 in Modena, Italy. The group's line-up has been the same since its inception, except for the drummer position, which underwent changes in 2006 and 2011. So far, they have released four studios albums.

Trick or Treat is an unfinished British film directed by Michael Apted that was started in 1975 but never completed. It led to the breakup of the producing partnership between David Puttnam and Sandy Lieberson.