History Main / OuijaBoard

* ''Literature/TheSittafordMystery'' uses a similar activity called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table-turning table-turning]] to announce a person's death. [[spoiler:The murderer was one of the participants, intentionally driving the message, and then left to 'check on' the victim, but actually to commit the murder.]]

* ''VideoGame/MasterOfDarkness'': In the game's opening cutscene, Dr. Social is seen using one that tells him to go to Thames River, where Dracula was last seen. You see it again in the continue screen, and finally during the closing credits.

* Planchette automatic writing is discussed in ''Literature/TheHauntingOfHillHouse''. Mrs. Montegue and her assistant try to use it to contact the spirits of the house, which disgusts Dr. Montague, who approaches things from a more scientific angle.
* In Creator/DianaWynneJones' ''Literature/TheTimeOfTheGhost'', the titular ghost tries to send a message to her still-living sisters via an Ouija board they are playing with (though it doesn't go as well as she had hoped because she's not very good at manipulating physical objects yet).
* In ''Literature/TheStand'', a Ouija board informs Nadine that she's supposed to be Randall Flagg's bride. Later, she uses one to contact him.

* In Victor Pelevin's ''Literature/GenerationP'', Tatarsky uses one to summon the ghost of Che Guevara and asks him for insight into advertising and marketing.
* Creator/EphraimKishon once met some people too interested in the occult. Since nothing happened when he joined the session, he gave the glass a little push by himself. The "spirit" they contacted introduced himself as [="MR4K?LLL"=], which the head spiritualist interpreted as a spy's code name. Later, they contacted Aaron (Moses' brother) and asked him for his favorite Jews. The answer: "David... Judah Maccabee... Ben Gurion... [[ShamelessSelfPromoter Ephraim Kishon]]..." But is it his fault that Aaron likes reading good satires?

* An illustration in ''It All Started with Columbus'' shows F.D.R. using a Ouija board to create [[AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload alphabetical agencies]].
* The psych professor's experiment from ''[[Literature/GhostFinders Voices From Beyond]]'' consists of four students - some curious, some snarky, and all badly in need of extra credit - attempting to call upon the supernatural using one of these. Unfortunately for all concerned, it works, and contacts something ''nasty''.
* In ''Literature/TooBrightToSee'', Bug and Moira use one in an attempt to contact the ghost that's been haunting Bug. All they get is a string of nonsense letters. [[spoiler:But when Bug tries using the board again when he's alone, the planchette starts moving rapidly by itself, spelling out coherent messages.]]

* ''Film/ShallWeDance'': ''[[TitleDrop Shall We Play?]]'' basically is a game app, though it becomes very sinister quickly. It turns out Grandma Betty played a game for communicating with the dead inside of a strange wooden box found in the woods that was linked to her sisters' mysteriously drowning once they'd played.

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* ''VideoGame/ParanormasightTheSevenMysteriesOfHonjo'' features the "Kokkuri-san" type of spirit board. Schoolgirls Yakko and Mio use said spirit board to communicate with a spirit, hoping to uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of their classmate Michiyo.

A Ouija (roughly pronounced "Weegee", not to be confused with ''[[VideoGame/MarioIsMissing that]] Weegee''-- or for that matter, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee this Weegee]]) board has the alphabet, numbers, and a few short words (yes, no, goodbye) written on it, with a pointer called a ''planchette'' perched on top of it. At least two people touch the planchette and ask a question of the board. The pointer then may start to move, apparently on its own, and, it is hoped, provide an answer. Ouija boards are NewerThanTheyThink; they were invented in 1891 (and 'Ouija' is a trademark of Creator/{{Hasbro}}) and the idea the planchette was moved by spirits started in 1913.