In music:

• Firecracker (Lisa Loeb album), a 1997 album by Lisa Loeb
• Firecracker (The Wailin' Jennys), a 2006 album by The Wailin' Jennys
• Firecracker EP, the 1999 debut release from Unwed Sailor
• "Firecracker", a 1979 hit song by Mass Production
• "Firecracker", a song by Ryan Adams from his 2001 album Gold
• "Firecracker" (song), a 2007 single by Josh Turner

In literature:

• Firecrackers. A Realistic Novel (1925), by Carl Van Vechten

In film:

• Firecracker (2005 film), a 2005 film starring Mike Patton and Karen Black
• Miss Firecracker, a 1989 comedy film starring Holly Hunter

In nature and wildlife:

• Firecracker flower, ornamental plants
• Firecracker plant, ornamental plants of the genus Russelia
• Firecracker Skimmer (Libellula saturata), a North American species of dragonfly
• Arizona firecracker (Ipomopsis arizonica), a flowering plant native to the mountains of the Mojave Desert

Other:

• X10 Firecracker, a home-automation RF-transmitting computer peripheral
• Firecracker Breeders' Cup Handicap, an annual thoroughbred horse race
• Pepsi 400, an annual NASCAR race previously known as the Firecracker 400 (1963-1988) and the Firecracker 250 (1959-1962)