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* Mass-suicide, either planned and foiled, or used as a [[Downer Ending]].
They show up in almost any show, from [[Crime
A cult-like cabal is often at the center of an [[Ancient Conspiracy]].
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Former Cult members are given to coming up with [[Religion Rant Song|Religion Rant Songs]] once disaffected.
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* In ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'' and ''The Year of the Flood'', it's clear that most people in-universe see the God's Gardeners as a cult. Whether or not it really is a cult depends largely on the reader's perspective, although parts of the latter book told by members of God's Gardeners provide a more nuanced view.
* Black Lotus in the ''[[Sano Ichiro (Literature)|Sano Ichiro]]'' series.
* ''[[
** There is also a New Doctor Who book which features a cult based around a horrible picture of a clown. The whole book is, essentially, a very paranoid and more than slightly creepy rant about religion (but specifically Christianity). The book's entire message is, literally, "Be very very afraid of [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever|what I imagine religion to be]]".
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* ''[[Stroker and Hoop]]'' were targeted by a cult of "enlightened cannibals", who drug people and surgically remove their vestigial organs for the group's consumption.
** Though they ''did'' commit mass suicide via poisoned appendixes to ascend to a comet, so not that enlightened.
* ''Wait Till Your Father Gets Home'' had an episode in which the daughter joined a cult. It was a relatively benign cult in the sense that the leader was simply scamming for money-- sort of like the [
* On ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Luanne gets caught in a cult whose member all take the name of Jane.
** And guess what happens when Peggy tries to get her out?
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