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It's the little spiraly design that seems to come up so often in cartoonier media influenced by Goth culture, which itself was heavily inspired by the feel of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' (pictured). The popularity of this film has influenced an entire generation of young artists with dark proclivities (see [[Deviant ART]]) and seems at times so common that one wonders if all one needs to add a bit of gothic appeal to their work is to add a few little spiral designs here and there.
Contrast (or [[Nightmare Fetishist|some]][[Dark Is Not Evil|times]] compare) [[Everything's Better
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', the spooky, [[Uberwald]]-esqe island where Zoro, Perona, and Mihawk end up has several spiraly mountains as a [[Shout
* ''[[Uzumaki]]'', which turns the humble and ubiquitous spiral into horror beyond imagination.
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== Literature ==
* The title [[Useful Notes/Fonts|font]] of ''[[Twilight (
* The font used for the ''italic'' words in Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's ''[[The Strain]]'' contain spirals.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Tharizdun is one of the big, nasty evil gods who has been featured prominently in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. An evil [[Call of Cthulhu|Lovecraftian]] god, his "holy" symbol is none other than a black spiral.
* ''[[
** The primary initiation ritual for the Dancers is to walk a literal one, which looks like a harmless spiral in the floor but will bring you face-to-face with the [[Eldritch Abomination|Wyrm]], and [[Go Mad From the Revelation|you don't want to come face-to-face with the Wyrm]].
* There's a pretty big spiral motif in the artwork for ''[[
== Video Games ==
* Found all over the place in ''Death Jr.: Root of Evil'', most prominently in the character designs.
* Ditto for ''[[
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Scourge and Forsaken buildings quite often have small spirals on them.
* In ''[[Eversion]]'', {{spoiler|the flowers become deadly spiked spirals after many eversions. So do the face blocks in World 7. And a lot of spirals can eventually seen in the background in HD version.}}
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', anything associated with Twilight is going to have these, from the [[Tron Lines]] on portals, monsters and Midna to the markings on Zant's robes (even the emblem on the front part of his outfit, which is interesting considering that it's {{spoiler|[[Hijacked
* Some types of [[Kingdom Hearts|heartless]] have spirals in their design.
** And, obviously, The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of the recurring worlds.
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== Webcomics ==
* This is also all over ''[[
* Secret from ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' has a small spiral under her eye.
== Western Animation ==
* Ember of ''[[
* ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''. Interestingly, the trope picture is photoshopped to [[Rule of Scary|look spookier]]. The scene in question is actually [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|quite romantic]].
** And much of [[Tim Burton]]'s work; he seems to like them. In fact, the logo for the exhibit on him at the Museum of Modern Art was a spiral.
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