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See also [[Everything Is Racist]] and [[Paedo Hunt]]. Compare [[The Moral Substitute]], [[Heteronormative Crusader]], [[Windmill Crusader]] and [[Informed Obscenity]].

* ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]'': The main character, Manji, takes the "crux gammata" as both his name and his personal symbol. As a symbol of prosperity and good fortune, the swastika was widely used throughout the ancient world. The anti-Semitic or pro-Nazi meaning did not exist until 1910.

** The swastika is still widely used in Hinduism (and Buddhism, to a lesser extent) as it was for thousands of years all over Eurasia before the Nazis appropriated it to their own use.

*** While certainly played straight often, the anti-Swastika sentiment is actually a subversion in many cases. A lot of people who do recognize when a Swastika is used regardless of the Nazi connotations of it will still want to limit its public perception, at least in their own communities, as Holocaust survivors may be traumatized by just seeing the image too much whether it was intended in its use or not. Even striped pajamas have caused issues occasionally, without anyone thinking they were anti-Semitic.

 

* This trope is basically the reason why the [[Comics Code]] was created. In 1954, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham published a book called Seduction of the Innocent which argued that comics were a danger to children. It didn't help that there was a US Congressional hearing being held about comics at the same time. Before the [[Moral Guardians]] could crack down, the industry created the Comics Code itself.

* [[Godwin's Law|Hitler]] considered [[Superman]] to be an honorary Jew. (Superman's creator was Jewish, to be fair.) However, since the Nazis referred to non-Aryans as Untermenschen, or "under-men", you'll encounter people who think Superman is Nazi-related. (One of those people was Frederic Wertham, who was very disturbed by the image of a "superman" wearing an "S" ''just like the Nazi SS!'')

 

* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' contains "witches". Centuries ago, "witch" strictly meant someone who made a [[Deal with the Devil]]; therefore, even though the modern connotation of "witch" is simply "one who can do magic" and ''has nothing to do with Satanic origins'', the magic must be Satanic and encouraging kids to pursue the same! The sad thing is that even a half-close reading of the series shows many parallels with Christian doctrine and the Gospels, especially by ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'', but the [[Moral Guardians]] just don't know when to stop! One criticized Voldemort's drinking of unicorn blood, claiming that the book was teaching children that they could gain immortality by drinking the blood of something that wasn't Jesus. Of course, they didn't mention the parts where it's explained that drinking unicorn blood is an atrocious thing to do and that while it will stop you from dying, you will live a cursed half-life.<ref>John Granger's extensive research into the symbolism of ''Harry Potter'' goes a different route, pointing out that the unicorn has long been a symbol of Christ Himself... overthrowing that "something other than Christ" claim and furthermore nailing Voldy's act by calling up Paul's comments on "drinking [communion] in an unworthy manner."</ref>

** Not to mention that {{spoiler|[[Fan Nickname|Quirrellmort]]}} (Voldemort in the movie) says "There is no good or evil; there is only power, and those too weak to seek it." Horrible philosophy? Yes. But this is ''[[Complete Monster|Voldemort]]''.

* Some Internet [[Conspiracy Theorist|conspiracy theorists]] have decided that ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is actually designed to brainwash people into ''accepting'' the dystopian society it depicts.

 

* ''[[The Teletubbies]]'': The purple one with the triangle and handbag is obviously proof that the evil gay liberals are forcing their godless agenda on our innocent children.

** He also wore a skirt at times that the other male refused to wear (strangely, it seems this was never brought up by either side).

** What was even worse was her criticism of the episode ''Our Mrs. Reynolds'', whose first half is largely taken up by Mal loudly protesting that the girl who has apparently been sold to him for getting rid of the bandits plaguing the town is ''not'' anyone's property and is free to do as she likes. Not only does she condemn the wife-selling [[Completely Missing the Point|as if Whedon had been openly endorsing it]], but she dismisses the ''viewpoint character's'' obvious disapproval with "but he can't really mean it, he's a man".

 

* Parodied with the Worm Quartet's song (link hilarious but [[NSFW]]) "[http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=75 What Your Parents Think All Your Music Sounds Like]", allegedly "the most evil song ever recorded", which consists entirely of commands exhorting the listener to perform all sorts of misdeeds from raping their mothers to [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|drinking milk straight from the jug]], accompanied by a crowd chant of: "'''SEX! DRUGS! SATAN!'''"

* According to some conspiracy theorists, [[Contractual Purity|trying to grow out of your innocent child star image]] is proof that the Satanic media is using you to lure innocent children away from their own purity and innocence. For example, [[Britney Spears]]' ''entire life'' was a plot -- start her out on the [[Mickey Mouse]] show so parents think she's sweet and innocent, then when she gets older put her in skanky clothes and have her kiss [[Madonna]] to lure (former) children into depravity.

* The [[wikipedia:Tritone#Historical uses|Tritone]]. Because it's dissonant, it must be the devil!

 

* According to [http://www.demonbuster.com this parody website], everything from candles to paisley prints contains demons waiting to pounce on you. Paisleys, you see, are evil because 1: the design was invented by those heathen Indians, 2: it looks like that heathen Pythagorean comma, and 3: it was printed on fabrics made from goat hair, and anything to do with goats is evil because goats represent Satan.

** The design originally {{spoiler|("originally" in this context meaning "right after they stole it from the Indians who'd been using it for several millenia")}} came from the Scottish town of Paisley, [[Take That|which anyone who has spent five minutes in will compare unfavorably to Hell]], so that site might be onto something after all.

* There is an urban legend that the word "picnic" derives from "pick a n*****" and was originally used to refer to a lynching with food and music for white spectators. [http://www.snopes.com/language/offense/picnic.asp Snopes dealt with this one...]

 

* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' -- Certain people have claimed that the game contains [[Critical Research Failure|"authentic"]] occult rituals and spells. The immortal [[Jack Chick]] did a whole tract, the [[Snark Bait|infamous]] "Dark Dungeons", about fantasy gaming being a gateway to [[Satan]]. This is in spite of the fact that [[Gary Gygax]] [[Offending the Creator's Own|was himself a Christian]] -- you'd think portraying demons and devils as bad guys, and angels as good guys, would be an obvious enough clue of his actual stance.

* This has caused other game companies (like ''[[Rifts]]'' publisher Palladium Books) to place a disclaimer in all their books stating that their books are works of fiction and they don't condone the supernatural or occultism.

** For that matter, Tarot cards were originally storytelling cards, with no ties to anything remotely magical. Then some people start using them as tools of divination, and suddenly the cards are evil by association and any actual storytelling deck is suspect. Go figure.

 

* ''[[Pokémon]]'' -- accused of being Satanic for various reasons. Two ridiculous examples that stand out is the accusation that the -mon suffix stands for "demon"<ref>It stands for "monster" in this series. This confusion is more sensible than the others, because Pokemon shares a genre with [[Shin Megami Tensei]].</ref> or that the card game is a "stepping stone" to ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' (see above). That the [http://www.theescapist.com/pokemon11.htm Pope approves of Pokémon] does not necessarily help, as many fundamentalist Protestant sects consider him to be the Anti-Christ.

** Arabic countries [[Banned in China|banned the game]] due to it containing a six-pointed star -- because a six-pointed star was ''obviously'' stealth Jewish/Israeli propaganda. More ridiculously, it's been claimed that "Pikachu" means "be a Jew," or worse, "stronger than God" in Latin America. (The truth is much more [[Tastes Like Diabetes|benign and cutesy]]. The name is based on a Japanese onomatopoeia, coming out to roughly "Sparklesqueak" in English. Alternatively, it's named after the small fuzzy animal known as a pika. Or it could be both; they [[Pungeon Master|do love their puns]] in Japan, after all.)

* There's no question that the original ''[[Doom]]'' eventually takes the player to Hell. Enemies are explicitly referred to as demons. Satanic imagery is rampant. However... the player is tasked with ''destroying'' these images and agents of evil with a combination of [[More Dakka]] and the [[Trope Namer]] [[BFG]], yet the game has been accused of ''supporting'' the forces of Hell instead of opposing them.

 

* ''[[Care Bears]]''. One particularly ridiculous example is when the movie was accused of promoting the occult because a character used magic from a talking spellbook. You'd think the fact that ''the spellbook was the villain'' would have given them a clue, but apparently not.

* ''[[Rainbow Brite]]'' -- Accused of being Satanic by Texe Marrs. Why? Because it contained ''stars'' and ''rainbows!'' According to Marrs's logic, if someone who isn't God is throwing around rainbows, that person is definitely promoting Satanism. Surprisingly he didn't seize upon two (actually, three) connections that would have halfway made sense. The star is an ancient symbol of Islam (or, alternately, could be mistaken for the pentagram), while the rainbow is, of course, one of the most famous symbols of gay pride. So, you could say that Rainbow Brite is a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|satanic Islamist-homosexual]]!

** Not to mention one blogger that accused the show of being racist (due to the two dark-colored pony guards at the foot of Celestia's throne), Rainbow Dash being a lesbian (simply because of her mane and her love of athletics) and saying that books won't get you anywhere in life and you need authority figures to tell you how to be happy (completely ignoring the fact that Twilight Sparkle's book knowledge more often than not gives vital information to the characters, not to mention that in the beginning of the show she was a bibliophilic shut-in that didn't like to interact with other ponies). Fortunately, Lauren found out about the blog post and fired back with one that addressed every concern and even criticized the original poster.

 

* Human Gotara-worshippers in ''[[Elf Quest]]'' are quick to blame just about anything unpleasant on "evil elf spirits", even if the elves have been suffering the same misfortunes all along (e.g. Madcoil's attacks) and even acted to stop them.

** To be fair, since the elves are deliberately hiding from those humans (and largely seem content to just ignore them as much as they can otherwise instead of putting any effort into improving relations themselves), the humans in turn don't ever get to actually ''see'' anything that might dispel their superstitions.

 

* The Cloud Ten film ''Deceived'' seems to have been made by the type of people who made this trope. A 6.66-second long sound byte that the military claimed came from space makes people's... um, sinful natures more prominent, and eventually [[Cursed with Awesome|gives them funky]] [[Psychic Powers]]. The signal's ''true'' origin turns out not to be space, but the depths of Hell itself.

* The Mother of [[The Waterboy]], who clams everything is "The Debil". Though it is later revealed she does this to prevent her son from leaving her like her husband did. But after she sees how much the town loves him, is able to get past this.

* ''Rock: It's Your Decision'', a Christian-made film about [[The New Rock and Roll]] (reviewed brilliantly by [[The Cinema Snob|Brad Jones]]) becomes all about this. A formerly rock-loving teen starts to discover all the "horrible and evil" elements to rock music, eventually turning against it completely by the end of the movie. However, as pointed out in Jones' review, the "hero" of the film clearly [[Did Not Do the Research]] in many instances, and by the end has become so paranoid, self-righteous and horrible to everyone around him that one kind of has to wonder if the audience was really meant to side with him.

 

* In ''[[A Swiftly Tilting Planet]]'', a [[Magical Native American]] is depicted as giving birth in complete silence, but the white townspeople ''expect'' women to [[Screaming Birth|scream during labor]]. Said townspeople happen to be Puritans at the height of the American witchcraft scare, so it's treated by the townspeople as a sign of devilry.

** Considering the last time someone killed a "witch" in the Navajo Nation was ''1993'' (at least the last time the killer went to trial, anyway), [[Reality Is Unrealistic|many Native Americans would probably agree about the witchcraft]].

** Slightly more justified with ''male'' channelers - the Dark One actually did taint ''Saidin'', so the devil actually does make male channelers go crazy and kill everything.

 

* The Whiteadders from ''[[Blackadder]]'' are devout followers of this trope, believing that everything from mashed turnips to ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|sitting on chairs]]'' is the work of the devil.

** They still giggle when they find a turnip that looks like a "thingy."

* Dana Carvey's Church Lady character from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' was famous for this kind of thing.

 

* In ''[[The Music Man]]'', Harold Hill convinces an entire town that a pool table is a tool of Satan to corrupt their children. He lists several "symptoms" that their children are being corrupted, which include a few things that would actually be worrisome if they happened, but also a few which were perfectly normal and harmless behaviors for teenage boys. (Like using slang words like "swell.") In the end, he boils it down to a catchy little chant that runs on circular logic: "We've got trouble with a capital T, and that rhymes with P, and that stands for pool!" Just like in many real-life cases, this is a ploy to get the gullible townspeople to buy something: Hill proclaims that the way to save this town from falling into the clutches of evil is to start a boys' band... and Hill just happens to be a music professor.

** To make it even funnier, some of the things he mentions are things that had been out of production for ''years'' in 1962.

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