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This is a setting with a creepy motif. The buildings are gothic in design (often clearly modeled on ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]''), there's always a heavy fog in the air that obscures your vision, and the full moon always lights the cloud-draped sky... even at 2:30 in the afternoon. '''Halloweentown''' is usually inhabited by [[Vampire|the usual assortment]] [[Wolf Man|of horror trope]] [[Mad Scientist|creatures]]. The main color schemes are [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|black, gray, orange]], [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|red, and black and slimy green]], and [[Rule of Three|black]]... sometimes in combination.
Despite the somber colors and the Horror Trope decor, this setting is not always played solemnly. Imagine the [[Perky Goth]] or [[Nightmare Fetishist]] character as a setting, and you've got this place. It's less [[
[[Big Boo's Haunt|A very popular video game setting.]]
Contrast with [[
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Death City in ''[[Soul Eater]]''.
* Thriller Bark in ''[[One Piece]]''.
== [[
* The independent comic series ''[[Underburbs]]''. Countess Winifred Pale, a vampire, begins a world domination plot by turning a small human town into part of an evil dimension, transforms residents into monsters and effectively makes every day into Halloween.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* This trope is the entire point of ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'', along with the similarly themed show, ''[[The Munsters]]''.
** But only in the respective family's homes and inner circles. The outside world is just as normal as ever.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' has the Spooky furniture set, which can only be found
** The ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' [[Follow the Leader]] game, ''[[Magicians Quest Mysterious Times]],'' has both the "Creepy" and outright "Halloween" themes; "Creepy" is more haunted-house oriented while "Halloween" is full-out Jack-o-Lantern style Halloween.
* Mad Monster Mansion in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''.
* Croatoa, a zone in ''[[City of Heroes]]'', is fog-
* Horrorland in the [[Goosebumps]] point and click adventure game ''[[Escape from Horrorland]]''.
* ''[[
* The Netherworld/Makai in every iteration of ''[[Disgaea]]'' and its sister series.
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]] 2'' has one of these.
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', the protagonists actually visit the trope-naming town a couple of times.
* ''Haunted House'' on the Atari is one of the first games to be set here.
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* The entirety of ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]''.
* The final world of ''New Super Mario Brothers'' has a distincty Halloweeny feel. And walking Pumpkins.
* Twilight Town in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' exists in a state of perpetual twilight, with a gigantic yellow full moon in the sky, and is inhabited mainly by crows and the [[
* Dark City (Chaos Faction) in the somewhat obscure MMO ''Angels Online''.
* Niffleheim in Ragnarok Online.
** The original Niflheim was the frozen underworld of Norse mythology.
* Pumpkin Hill, Aquatic Mine, and several other levels in ''Sonic Adventure 2''.
* ''Super Mario Land 2'' has the Pumpkin Zone.
* ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' has an unlockable skin that turns the game into this if you can beat the special stages.
* ''World of Warcraft'''s Undercity, home of the Forsaken undead. This is a city built completely underground. All the buildings are gothic in design, skull-shaped decorations abound. Green-yellow goo (in which you can surprisingly fish) flows in the canals. The city is guarded by giant abominations (read Frankenstein's Monsters). One of the quarters of the city is "The Apothecarium": a laboratory destined to the production of said monsters and the development of new Plagues. All the inhabitants are obviously undead. The ruler is a Banshee and the co-ruler (used to be, until his failed takeover attempt) a vampire-demon. This is the actual capital city for a player race, too. Not a vile dungeon you need to destroy. (Don't get us wrong, the Forsaken are mostly massive assholes, especially the Apocrathary, but still.)
** As far as actual dungeons are concerned, Naxxramas probably qualifies. A flying Necropolis filled with more indead horrors your mind can comprehend.
** There is also the halloween-feel to Duskwood from Darkshire to the Worgan raids. The whole area also often plays host to the Headless Horseman, Pumpkin Fest, and Trick or Treat Mask give-aways every year.
* Ghost Island in ''[[Pac-Man]] World''
* Crescent Moon Village from ''[[Wario Land]] 4'' has this feel about the place, as well as being [[Big Boo's Haunt]].
* Underworld from ''[[Fallout 3]]'' is the closest [[After the End|the setting]] can offer. It's a settlement of [[Our Ghouls Are Creepier|ghouls]] (in the ''Fallout'' universe, this refers to ageless [[Technically Living Zombie
* The "Wacky Worlds" expansion pack of [[Rollercoaster Tycoon]] 2 lets you put Halloween and "horror"-themed decorations in your park, along with the option of bare dirt (or whatever you want) for the ground. Some rides are even Halloween themed.
* The Transylvania world in ''[[Looney Tunes]] Bugs & Taz Time Busters''.
* The town of Threed in ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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