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{{trope}}
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In media, ''every'' villain base, haunted castle, or scary old house seems to have a scary stuffed animal tucked away in a dark corner somewhere. Crocodiles, bears, gorillas, wolves, lions, owls (the huge unblinking owl eyes that seemingly follow you around the room, admit it, that's freaky)...
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Not to be confused with [[Taxidermy Is Creepy]], which is more about taxidermists themselves, rather than the products of their profession.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In one of the earliest ''[[Cattivik]]'' stories, the eponymous thief ends up in the mansion of a senile british hunter, decorated with the preserved heads of fellow thieves. The old hunter promptly tries to add him to the collection.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Ned from ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' is afraid of taxidermy animals, as related in the episode "[[Pushing Daisies/Recap/S2
* On ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Danko comes home to see a taxidermied rabbit sitting on his table. He's understandably confused and creeped out, not knowing that Sylar is hiding in the shadows the next room over.
* ''[[Time Splitters]]: Future Perfect'' has a taxidermied moose head in one room of a creepy old mansion that comes out of the wall with a zombie body as a mini-boss.▼
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', there is a boss fight with one of these. It begins with two random trophy monsters unfreezing, attacking you. Then Gortok Palehoof unfreezes from the other side of the room and charges your group, starting the actual boss fight.▼
* In ''Rama'', the stuffed alien may not raise your eyebrow. The stuffed co-worker, however...▼
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''
** Module EX2 ''The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror''. When the [[PC
{{quote|Several small animals and birds are sitting on shelves and tables. They are regarding you with unwinking stares!}}
** Module A2 ''Secret of the Slavers' Stockade''. When the [[PC
{{quote|When the door is opened there comes a low, rumbling growling noise, and a grizzly bear, on his hind legs, comes lurching out of the shadows. He rushes right at the head of the party.}}
== Video Games ==
* In the flash game ''[[Haunt The House]]'' one of the objects the player can possess to scare people is a stuffed bear.
▲* ''[[Time Splitters]]: Future Perfect'' has a taxidermied moose head in one room of a creepy old mansion that comes out of the wall with a zombie body as a mini-boss.
▲* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', there is a boss fight with one of these. It begins with two random trophy monsters unfreezing, attacking you. Then Gortok Palehoof unfreezes from the other side of the room and charges your group, starting the actual boss fight.
▲* In ''Rama'', the stuffed alien may not raise your eyebrow. The stuffed co-worker, however...
== Webcomics ==
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