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{{quote|''"What's that? A transport! I'm saved!"''|'''C-3PO''', ''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]''}}
{{quote|''"The tricksy lights. Candles of corpses, yes, yes. Don't you heed them! Don't look! Don't follow them!"''|'''Gollum''', ''[[
So, you've got characters who are either lost, or are caught in some sort of storm. All seems hopeless...
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In an episode of [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* In ''[[Spirited Away]]'', a hopping lantern appears to lead Chihiro and her friends along the path to Zeniba's house.
* The arrival of the Catbus in ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''. It looks like ordinary headlights at first, until they start hopping and weaving.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bilbo and the dwarves get lost upon leaving the path in Mirkwood. Every time they see the lights of the elves, they head towards them; usually the lights disperse before the heroes can reach them. (This was probably intended as a [[Shout-Out]] to the will-o-the-wisp folklore.) When they eventually reach one of the lights, the elves capture and imprison them (which is still better than being lost in Mirkwood).
** Similarly, in ''[[
*** It's implied however that these are not real spirits of the dead, but evil spirits summoned by Sauron to guard this border of his realm, luring travellers to their doom. The undead in ''[[
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'': Upon first entering Narnia, Lucy sees a light in the distance, which she finds to be a gas lamp post. In the middle of a forest. It is at tis lamppost that Lucy meets Mr. Tumnus. Its presence is explained in ''The Magician's Nephew''.
* ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban|Harry Potter]]'' introduces a hinkypunk, a creature that uses the light in the distance gimmick to lead travelers into its clutches.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the season one finale of ''[[Lost]]'', Sawyer, Jin, Michael, and his son Walt have successfully escaped the island on a raft. Night falls, and they receive a signal on the radar emitter [[Mr. Fixit|Sayid]] salvaged for them. They send up a flare, and are rewarded with the sudden beam of a fishing boat's floodlight. {{spoiler|Things start to go downhill when the captain of the boat tells Michael, "The thing is, we're going to have to take the boy."}}
* In ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', when Arthur was lost in a dark cave, trying to find a flower that would cure Merlin, Merlin sent a light to help him on his way.
* Referenced in the second season opening credits of ''[[Babylon 5]]'':
{{quote| "A shining beacon in space... all alone in the night."}}
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== [[Music]] ==
* "''[[Eagles|Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light...]]''"
* [[
{{quote| Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel<br />
Was just a freight train comin' your way }}
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The swamp level in ''[[
* Bright streetlights mark sanctuaries in ''[[Alan Wake]]'' where you can hide from the nastybad monsterface guys and usually pick up batteries for your torch.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (
== [[Real Life]] ==
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