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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s ''[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death The Masque of the Red Death]''. [[Captain Obvious|It ends badly.]]
* Referenced by [[The Grim Reaper]] in ''[[Discworld]]'', explaining why he appeared at a summoning ritual with a cocktail and a sausage-onna-stick.{{
** ''Witches Abroad'' also includes Death apparently wearing a carnival mask, and in ''Maskerade'' he actually does (along with the full ''Red Death'' ensemble), with the shock coming when he ''does'' take it off. Pratchett uses the same gag in the short story ''Turntables of the Night'' set at the modern-day, ultra-mundane version of the Masquerade Ball; a small town Hallowe'en disco.
** The [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'' is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'', complete with [[Never Mess with Granny|Granny Weatherwax]] and [[Magnificent Bastard|Nanny Ogg]], rural Lancre witches who have no concept of how to behave in high society, dressing up this way and attending an opera performance. This goes about as well as could be expected given the witches concerned.
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