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== Anime and Manga ==
* Botan of [[Yu Yu Hakusho]] <ref>along with the other ferry girls</ref> is the Japanese equivalent of the Ferryman, which is why she wields a paddle as a weapon.
* Oddly enough Truthkun of [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]] (only in the manga and second anime). He is neutral, requires a toll, is oddly personal, knows more than he's saying, and is connected to death.
 
== Mythology ==
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* There's a character in ''The Amber Spyglass'' who is basically Charon, though he's not named. He (unwillingly) ferries Lyra and Will to the land of the dead.
* The Ferryman plays a very important symbolic role in Herman Hesse's ''Siddartha'', where he enables Siddartha to pass between various phases in his life.
* In ''[[An Elegy for Thethe Still Living-living]]'' Acheron himself shows up...as the name of an ocean, which then proceeds to play this trope straight.
* In ''[[The Friendship Song (Literature)|The Friendship Song]]'', the ferryman appears as Harper and Rawnie's school principal, demanding gold or something worth gold.
* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', this role is shared by all of StarClan. They pick one of their warriors to guide a cat who is dying to them, usually one who was important in the dying cat's life. The only cat this didn't happen for is {{spoiler|Ashfur}}.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Great Mizuti is happy to be this and the deus ex machina for ''[[Baten Kaitos]]''! Ta-ladi-da-di-da, Ta-ladi-da.
* The Ferryman is a recurring character in the [[Castlevania]] series. He has appeared in ''[[Castlevania II: SimonsSimon's Quest (Video Game)|Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest]]'' and ''[[Castlevania Symphony of the Night (Video Game)|Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]''.
* ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island (Video Game)|The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' has one, but it's the Lost Welshman who needs a compass so that he can send Guybrush to Skull Island.
** In ''[[Tales of Monkey Island (Video Game)|Tales of Monkey Island]]'', {{spoiler|when Guybrush arrives at the Crossroads Gateway as a [[Ghost Pirate]],}} he encounters a skeletal Ferryman with a gold tooth who keeps his boat clean and bears a slight resemblance to the Lost Welshman; except that this Ferryman needs to be paid with "the golden eyes of everlasting sleep", i.e., two gold coins that are placed on the eyes of the dead, so that he can ferry arriving souls to the Center of the Crossroads (just like in Greek mythology), after which he'll no longer appear once his journey is complete.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' has the techno genius Cid, who, in most of his incarnations, has eventual access to an airship that can sometimes even go beyond the main world in question!
* The Ferryman Charon is a unit you can create in ''[[Grim Grimoire]]'': In addition to being a troop transport unit, it can also [[Grievous Harm Withwith a Body|''throw'']] its passengers at the enemy in a pinch.
* In ''[[Sam and Max]]'' season 2 episode 5, Harry Moleman takes the literal role of Charon as a conductor for the Soul Train.
* The Boatman in ''[[MedievilMediEvil (Video1998 Gamevideo game)|Medievil]]'' is surprised to see Sir Dan again, since he usually only takes passengers on one-way trips. He offers you transport to the next level if you find him some Lost Souls (what with the dead rising, he lost track of them).
* [[Touhou|Komachi Onozuka]], a [[Shinigami]], usually works as a Ferry''wo''man for the Sanzu river... that is [[The Slacker|if she actually works]].
* ''[[King's Quest II Romancing the Throne]]'' has one to help Graham to the vampire's castle. The [[Fan Remake]] version gets creepier as he [[Was Once a Man]], and knows why Graham is there, but will ferry him anyway. A second one is in ''[[King's Quest VI Heir Today Gone Tomorrow]]'', literally ferrying the souls of the dead across the underworld's river--if they have their fare, that is.
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* In the NES game ''Day Dreamin' Davey'', one of the stages of Ancient Greece has Charon in Hades' underworld lair who will guide Davey through the River Styx at the cost of one coin.
* In ''The [[Elder Scrolls]] Adventures: Redguard'', the ferryman is a large upper half of a skeleton attached to the ferry itself. Though [[The Speechless|silent]], he will take you to the Isle of N'Gasta only when you pay three gold pieces.
* Charon himself appears in [[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]]: Chains of Olympus. {{spoiler|You kill him.}}
 
== Comics ==
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== Cartoons ==
* [http://caricatura.ru/black/korsun/1612/ Charon, the new version].
* [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]] has Charon appear to help the Warner Brothers (and Sister) escape from Hell. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|And then he sings with them.]] No, really.
 
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