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* Kage Baker's novel ''[[The Company Novels|In the Garden of Iden]]'' has its immortal cyborg protagonist, Mendoza, rescued as a child from the Spanish Inquisition. She is not above using this to try to squeeze sympathy and better job postings from her superiors.
* Depicted as a cancer on an idealized body politic in ''[[The Fountain]]'' by [[Darren Aronofsky]]. Then we realize it was {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream|All Just a Story in the head of a dying astronaut who has attained enlightenment.]]}}
* Depicted as a torturous game show sketch, "Convert or Die!", in the ''[[
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' had the ''Spinach'' Inquisition from the land of Spinachia, who forced kids to eat spinach so they didn't have to (and sang about it as well). Upon saying "Nobody expects the spinach inquisition!", a rim shot plays.
* Henry was pursued by a priest in ''[[Blood Ties]]''. In two different eras.
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* ''[[Goyas Ghosts]]'' starring [[Natalie Portman]] as one of the victims of the Inquisition.
* ''[[Marvel 1602]]'' features {{spoiler|Magneto}} as the Grand Inquisitor, and {{spoiler|Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch}} as his two assistants. While he publicly advances the Pope's agenda, he secretly {{spoiler|kills only "witchbreed" whose mutations are obvious, such as Angel's. Those who are less obvious he inducts into his "Brotherhood of those who will inherit the earth"}}.
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* While [[Requiem Chevalier Vampire]] doesn't have an actual Inquisition, some of the more notorious members show up as werewolves (including torquemada himself), the transformation for religious fanatics.
* Features prominently in any of [[Jack Chick]]'s comics about the Catholic Church and, like the life of Jesus is treated [[Artistic License History|as if almost noone has ever heard of it]].
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