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Pop Culture Symbology
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It is a common assumption that to find traces of ancient secrets, mysteries and conspiracies, you have to look at ancient objects. Nowadays nearly everyone is familiar with the concept of hidden symbolism in Egyptian pyramids, Renaissance paintings and medieval manuscripts, but no one would look at the latest comic issue or a Saturday morning cartoon... But what if everyone is wrong? This trope refers to storylines in which a modern trademark or a work of popular culture (especially a lighthearted/comical one, like a children's cartoon or a video game) is revealed to have hidden layers related to mysticism and/or conspiracies (it may be either real-life media or a Show Within a Show). For instance, imagine that one of the Scooby-Doo monsters symbolizes a real-life Eldritch Abomination, and the episode dedicated to it shows an actual summoning ritual. Or imagine that the trading cards you used to collect as a child contain clues on finding the Holy Grail. This trope is especially common in postmodern fiction which tends to reject the boundaries between the "high" and the "low". |
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In Amazing Stories, the episode Go To The Head Of The Class features a necromantic spell hidden on lyrics of Michael Jackson's Thriller - in order to hear it, you need to play an LP of the song backwards. | |
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Homestuck: The cute and adorable Squiddles franchise is an in-universe direct allegory or interpretation of the Horrorterrors from the Furthest Ring. | |
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The Da Vinci Code makes a mention of Grail symbolism hidden within Disney cartoons, from Snow White to the Little Mermaid. | |
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Foucault's Pendulum, which is a savage deconstruction of conspiracy fiction, has the protagonists inventing a parody conspiracy theory that connects Templars, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, etc., as well as modern-day fiction and cartoons. | |
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In Sonic.exe, the entity manifesting itself as Sonic in-game is actually an Eldritch Abomination that has a dark cult of its own, specializing in distributing the game copies. | |
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Eerie, Indiana: In the episode The Broken Record, an abusive father blames his son's decision to become a punk on Satanic Panic and this trope, with one record in specific (the one that provides the title, which was found by the kid shortly before changing attitudes) being the symbol of his hatred. At the climax of the episode, he plays it backwards in front of many fellow parents and even the sheriff to try and find some sort of secret message that's "corrupting" his son. He finds one, all right: a recording of his abusive tirades towards his son. | |
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The Illuminatus! trilogy contains lots of this. For instance, Bugs Bunny is revealed to be a symbol of Lovecraft's shoggoths, and "You Wascal Wabbit" was the password of Illuminati agents in Hollywood. | |
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Under the Silver Lake lives and breathes this trope: the protagonist, an amateur detective, attempts to solve a mystery by finding clues in pop music played backwards, video game magazines, and images on cereal boxes. Surprisingly, he succeeds in finding the answer... or does he? | |
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