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{{trope}}
[[File:madoka_magica_astral_checkerboard_floor_3302.png|link=Puella Magi Madoka Magica
A subtrope of [[Chess Motifs]]. Somewhere "else" has this checkered motif on the floors, walls or both. It could be a [[Mental World]], a [[Layered World]] or just an [[Eldritch Location]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Kyousogiga]]'': Inevitable, given the massive [[Human Chess]] and ''[[
* All over the place in ''[[Black Rock Shooter]]'', be it the [[OVA]], the game or anything else.
* Many of the Witches in ''[[
** When Homura fights {{spoiler|the demons}} at the end of the manga, the fight takes place [http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-shoujo-madoka-magica/12/39 in a dungeon with a checkered floor].
* A checkerboard floor shows up in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' in every scene of, and exclusively in, Soul's mental image of his ''[[Mental World|soul world]]'' when he's in his weapon form.
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== [[Film]] ==
* All over ''[[
* ''[[
* The Devil's office in ''[[The Devil's Advocate
* ''[[Inception]]'' has dream locations like this.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Tartarus in ''[[Persona 3]]''
* In a similar vein, the Collective Unconscious in the [[Persona (
* The heart of the Amala Labyrinth in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne]]'' {{spoiler|where Lucifer resides}} has a checkerboard floor.
* Interestingly, quite a bit on the [[Mario]] games. Given the ''[[
** The Astral Hall in ''[[
** The green tiles in ''[[
* The Temple of Time in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** The Forest Temple has rooms with this pattern as well.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** The Background in the final battle of Lotus Land Story uses a Blue and black checkerboard background.
** Also the Palace of the Earth spirits has a Checkerboard floor
* [[
* Chessboard Land in ''[[King's Quest VI]]''.
* ''[[Quake (
== [[Web Animation]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Skaia in ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
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