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{{trope}}
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A Ouija (pronounced "weejah" or [[Mario Is Missing
The belief is often that it will move by itself seemingly without anyone moving it, meaning that something else is moving it, often someone from the afterlife, or someone with one hand under the table and a magnet, or someone a bit away with a remote control. It's usually one of those three. Unless magic and psychic powers are rampant in the series, someone will be accused of moving it themselves, and they will of course insist that they're not.
See also [[Magic 8
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Destiny Board from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
* In ''[[Shaman King]]'', [[Shrinking Violet|Tamao]] uses a variant of this to perform divinations, in her initial appearance she is presented as being so shy as to be using it for regular comunnications as well.
* The girls in ''[[Noein]]'' use one to try to figure out what's bothering Haruka (who is being hunted by people from [[Another Dimension]]). It spells out the name of the [[Big Bad]]: Noein, although at the time none of them knew what that meant.
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* An Ouija Board wakes the evil djinn in ''[[Long Time Dead]]''.
* In ''Witchboard'', the use of a Ouija board allows an evil spirit to enter our world and start committing murders.
* In ''Drive-Thru'', the villain communicates hints to his next murder victims through a Ouija board, a [[Magic 8
* Jason Quincy (Howie Mandell) uses what is called the Tabarrok Board in the [[
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In a ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch about police taking up occult methods, four policemen are shown using a Ouija board, with unhelpful results:
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* In ''[[
* In ''[[My
* In ''[[Kyle XY]]'', the group tries to use one to figure out Kyle's [[Mysterious Past]]. It spells "781227", Kyle's "production number" at the facility he was created.
* In episode 2.1 of''[[Supernatural]]'', Sam uses one to communicate with {{spoiler|Dean, who isn't particularly impressed with this strategy}}.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', the player rides on a sliding glass over a series of letters in the same manner as an Ouija board to spell a word in order to get a Jiggie.
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== [[Theatre]] ==
* In ''[[The Bat]]'', Cornelia asks a Ouija board if her hysterical maid Lizzie is right about the [[Old Dark House]] where they are staying being haunted. The Ouija writes wildly, but the first intelligible string of letters spells "B-A-T."
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' Chapter 9: Uninvited. [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/uninvited_-_chapter_9 As we can see], our [[Genki Girl|excitable]] young vampire drafted her fairy and ifrita part-time minions to contact their succubus friend who they assume currently is being bored in hell (she isn't, by the way) to find out details on how to sneak her back. [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]] It's not like the title sounds ominous, or something.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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