Fictional characters

• Fool (stock character) in literature and folklore
• Shakespearean fool, an archetypal character in numerous works by Shakespeare
• The Fool (fictional character), a fictional character in The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb

Film

• Fool (film), a 2011 South Korean documentary film
• The Fool (1990 film), a British film
• The Fool (2014 film), a Russian film
• Fools (film), a 1970 American film
• Fools (2003 film), an Indian film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
• Fools (play), a 1981 play by Neil Simon

Gaming and Tarot

• The Fool (Tarot card)

Literature

• Fool (novel), a 2009 novel by Christopher Moore
• The Fool (novel), an 1880 Armenian language novel by Raffi
• The Fool, a 1921 novel by H. C. Bailey
• The Fool (play), a 1975 play by Edward Bond
• Fools (play), a 1981 play by Neil Simon

• The Fool (design collective), a Dutch design collective and band in the 1960s
  • The Fool (guitar), a 1964 Gibson SG designed by The Fool for Eric Clapton
• The Fools, a musical group from Massachusetts, U.S.

Albums

• The Fool (The Fool album), 1968
• The Fool (Ryn Weaver album), 2015
• The Fool (Warpaint album), 2010
• Fools (The Reason album), 2010
• Fools (EP), by Lauren Aquilina, 2012

Songs

• "Fool" (Elvis Presley song), 1973
• "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", a song by Chris Rea, 1978
• "Fool" by Blur, from the 1991 album Leisure
• "Fool" by Cat Power, from the 2003 album You Are Free
• "Fool" by Dragon, from the 1984 album Body and the Beat
• "Fool" by Elvis Presley, from the 1973 album Elvis
• "Fool" by Mansun, from the 2000 album Little Kix
• "Fool" by The Rasmus, from the 2006 album Peep
• "Fool" by Roxette, from their 2001 album Room Service
• "Fool" by Shakira, from the 2001 album Laundry Service
• "Fool" and "Fool (#2)" by Swans, from the albums Greed and Holy Money, respectively
• "Fool (I Feel Bad for You)" by Medina, from the U.S. release of 2012 Forever album
• "The Fool" (Lee Ann Womack song), 1997
• "The Fool", a 1965 single by Chris Farlowe
• "The Fool", a 1971 single by Gilbert Montagné
• "The Fool", a 1956 song by Sanford Clark
• "The Fool" by Neutral Milk Hotel, from the album In the Aeroplane over the Sea
• "The Fool" by Camper Van Beethoven, from the 1988 album Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
• "The Fool" by The Fixx, from the 1982 album Shuttered Room
• "The Fool" by Quicksilver Messenger Service, from the 1968 album Quicksilver Messenger Service
• "The Fool", a 1971 song by Elvis Presley from the 1971 album Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
• "Fools" (Alphaville song), 1994
• "Fools" by Deep Purple, from their 1971 album Fireball
• "Fools" by Rachel Stevens, from the 2003 album Funky Dory
• "Fools" by Troye Sivan, from the 2015 album Wild
• "Fools" by Uriah Heep, from the 1980 album Conquest
• "Fools" by Van Halen, f