Vanilla (disambiguation)

Vanilla has multiple meanings.

* "Vanilla" (genus), a genus of orchids
**"Vanilla planifolia", an orchid that is harvested for vanillin
* Vanilla, a flavour
* Vanillin, an organic compound used for flavouring
** Vanilla extract, a solution of vanillin in alcohol

Vanilla is also commonly used to mean "plain" or "conventional," derived from the use of vanilla extract as the most popular flavoring for ice cream.
* Vanilla option, in finance, a "simple" or well understood option
* Vanilla sex, a term referring to what a society regards as standard or conventional human sexual behavior
* Vanilla software, referring to software that is used "as delivered"

Vanilla also refers to:
* Vanilla (band), a 1990s British musical group
* Vanilla (forum), open source forum software
* Vanilla Coke, a soft drink
* Vanilla Fudge, an American psychedelic rock band
** Vanilla Fudge (album), their debut album
* Vanilla H, a character from anime/games series "Galaxy Angel".
* Vanilla Ice (born 1968), an American rapper
* Vanilla Mood, a group of Japanese idol singers
* Vanilla Ninja, an Estonian girl band
** Vanilla Ninja (album), their debut album
* Vanilla the Rabbit, a character in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game series
* Vanilla Series, a brand of hentai (pornographic) anime
* "Vanilla Sky", a 2001 film
* Vanilla Sky, an Italian pop rock band
* Vanilla slice, a type of cake
* Vanilla sugar, a common dessert ingredient
* The Vanilla Tapes, demo tracks recorded by the English punk band The Clash
* "Vanilla" is a song by the Japanese artist Gackt
* Vanilla is the name of a character in Asterix comics. She is the mother of Obelix and introduced in the book Asterix and the Actress.
* Vanilla Sky, a drink
* Vanilla Call of Duty, Vanilla COD or VCOD, is the nickname for the first game in the series, created to disambiguate from (COD:UO) and later Call of Duty 2 (COD2).