Bête noire ("black beast" in French, meaning something that is an object of aversion or the bane of one’s existence) may refer to:
Bête Noire (album), a 1987 album by Bryan Ferry Bête Noire (comics), a 2005 comics anthology "Bête Noire" (NCIS), a 2004 TV episode "Bête Noire" (Black Mirror), an episode of the seventh series of Black Mirror Bête Noire, Cajun French name for Honey Island Swamp monster, a Bigfoot-like creature in Louisiana folklore
See also Black Beast (disambiguation) Glossary of French words and expressions in English