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== [[Film]] ==
* Laurence Olivier's character in ''[[Sleuth]]'' had one of these.
* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1998). Steed and Mrs. Peel encounter one of these on Sir August's estate. While traveling through it Steed is attacked by Sir August and Mrs. Peel falls down a hole and is captured.
{{quote| '''Mrs. Peel:''' Ah, yes, it's clear now. A love maze in a trapezoid shape. [snip] Originally late 17th century design, then copied.}}
* In ''[[The Shining]]'', the Overlook Hotel has a big one. Just the place for a scary chase scene.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* A hedge maze shows up in the Queen of Hearts' garden in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* J. J. Connington’s 1927 ''Murder in the Maze'' features two corpses, one in each of the two centers of the hedge maze. In life they were successful-yet-hated twin brothers.
* In ''Lammas Night'', by [[Katherine Kurtz]], a hedge maze is part of the coven's outdoor ritual area. Some gates are moved when the area is being used for magical purposes, and walking the maze in the new configuration helps to prepare the coven.
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* In ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]'', one of these serves as {{spoiler|the location of the final challenge in the Triwizard Tournament}}.
* In the ''[[Time Wars]]'' novel ''The Pimpernel Plot'', a clandestine meeting takes place at the centre of a hedge maze in the grounds of an English country house.
* In ''[[A College ofScholarly Magics (Literature)|A College of Magics]]'', the villain's country house has a hedge maze that was designed and built by a wizard, and can be used as a trap where a person who goes in can't find their way out until the maze's owner lets them.
* In ''[[The Obernewtyn Chronicles]]'' a hedge maze forms the main route between the main house and the farms. It is made of greenthorn, the scent of which inhibits the Misfits' Talents.
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In order to meet Princess Zelda for the first time in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', Link has to navigate a hedge maze outside of Hyrule castle without being caught by castle guards.
* The Peach's Garden track in ''[[Mario Kart (Video Game)|Mario Kart DS]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart (Video Game)|Mario Kart Wii]]'' features a bit of a hedge maze.
* In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Mario has to navigate a hedge maze in Flower Fields to find Rosie so he can trade her a Crystal Berry for a Water Stone needed to save a dying flower named Lily.
* ''[[Banjo -Kazooie]]'' features a hedge maze in the Mad Monster Mansion level. It is a lot easier to figure out how to get through it once you realize that you can actually hop on top of the hedges themselves.
* The [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''Curses'' opens in a [[Big Fancy House]], the grounds of which incorporate a hedge maze. One puzzle involves reaching a location that's completely surrounded by hedges.
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' had one planet covered entirely by hedge mazes in which you have to chase rabbits there to obtain the Power Star.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Chowder]]'', an old apprentice of Mung Daal's tries to get even with him by taking Chowder to his "Deathly Maze", where he would get lost forever. Unfortunately, the plan fails because he gets lost in his own maze as well.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' the very first episode of Season 2 is a hedge maze where {{spoiler|Discord supposedly hid the Elements of Harmony.}}
* ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'': Charmcaster's debut episode had one.
 
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