The Illuminati: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]''

* Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's ''[[Illuminatus]]'' trilogy helped spread the name. The books are a [[Mind Screw]] told by [[Unreliable Narrator|Unreliable Narrators]] and infamous for giving complex explanations for the origins of the Illuminati, and then subverting them later on, sometimes with information that is equally wrong. It doesn't help that there have been several groups throughout history under that name. The original Illuminati, according to the book, are {{spoiler|Atlanteans who have been hiding under the Himalayas.}} Also there is a gigantic pyramid-squid.

* [[Dan Brown]] uses the name in his various books, most prominently, in ''[[Angels and Demons]]''. Here, the Illuminati {{spoiler|are a secret society of scientists founded by Galileo Galilei to spread the Enlightenment (hence the name) and to oppose the reactionist Roman Catholic Church}}. Although they are thought to have been destroyed long ago, Langdon is drawn into a plot aiming to blow up the Vatican City, which he believes is the Illuminati's revenge. It turns out, {{spoiler|the Illuminati really ceased to exist and the whole crisis was orchestrated by a traitorous Church official (who had access to the seized Illuminati artifacts) to bring himself into power}}.

** You can also add [[Rihanna]], [[Katy Perry]], and [[Kesha]], or so the comments on Youtube would lead you to believe.

** Basically, anyone in the Mainstream.