History Main / TheJerseyDevil

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGORUSH'': The Jersey Devils George Jersey, Jouge Jersey, and Ofurono Jersey are these. They came from [[AlienTropes the Jersey Devil Planet]] and currently reside in [[FantasyKitchenSink the Alien Residential Area]] in Mutsuba Town on Earth. In addition to actually being Jersey Devils, they also ''wear'' jerseys, [[VerbalTic end their sentences with -jersey]], and use cards with a jersey theme as seen during the Rush Duel between George Jersey and [[HeroProtagonist Yudias Velgear]]. They also befriend Yudias Velgear, [[IdiotHero Ohdo Yuhi]], and [[WomenAreWiser Ohdo Yuamu]] after Yudias Velgear defeats George Jersey.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGORUSH'': The Jersey Devils George Jersey, Jouge Jersey, and Ofurono Jersey are these. They came from [[AlienTropes the Jersey Devil Planet]] and currently reside in the Alien Residential Area in Mutsuba Town on Earth. In addition to actually being Jersey Devils, they also ''wear'' jerseys, [[VerbalTic end their sentences with -jersey]], and use cards with a jersey theme as seen during the Rush Duel between George Jersey and [[HeroProtagonist Yudias Velgear]]. They also befriend Yudias Velgear, [[IdiotHero Ohdo Yuhi]], and [[WomenAreWiser Ohdo Yuamu]] after Yudias Velgear defeats George Jersey.

* The "Pine Barrens" story-arc of ''Marvel Knights 4'' had the ComicBook/FantasticFour discover that Jersey Devils are actually [[ToServeMan hungry]] aliens.

** In the videogame adaptation ''Videogame/TheWolfAmongUs'', Jersey (complete with {{Joisey}} accent) has resettled back on the East side of the Hudson River, as a servant of The Crooked Man.

* There was once a comic called ''The Jersey Devil'', though it was little more than a rip-off of ''Franchise/TheCrow''.
* One appeared in ''ComicBook/HoaxHunters''. He didn't originate the myth (having been born in the mid 1960s) -- apparently one is simply born every few generations. He was raised [[MadwomanInTheAttic in the basement]] of a New Jersey orphanage. Unlike a lot of depictions he's very large and muscular, with roughly human proportions. And [[spoiler:he's actually friendly and playful, not at all hostile or dangerous.]]
* In ''ComicBook/{{Kaijumax}}'', one of the {{Kaiju}} inmates is the Creature from Devil's Creek, a giant goat monster clearly based on the Devil. For the record, his father is Satan himself. The Creature is uniquely unsuited to prison life -- very weepy, sensitive, and anxious.
* ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'': The fourth story, "The Jersey Devil's In the Details", features a flashback to Grunkle Stan's childhood where he and his brother hunted the Jersey Devil, here depicted as a vaguely dragonish monster (complete with [[BreathWeapon fire breath]]!) with a goat-like head.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* ''Film/TheBarrens'', another HorribleCampingTrip example, though it's left ambiguous as to whether or not there really is a monster. [[spoiler:That is, at least, until the last few minutes.]]

* The short story ''The Barrens'' by F. Paul Wilson deals with two people who go into the Pine Barrens to look for the Jersey Devil. However, it turns out that the leader is not in fact looking for the Devil at all, but for something far more sinister.
* Robert Dunbar's ''The Pines'' and ''The Shore'' present the theory that Jersey Devils are created by a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent lycanthropy]]-like disorder.

* The characters of the Literature/StephaniePlum spinoff book ''Plum Spooky'' believe the Jersey Devil is after them when they get lost in the woods.
* The novel ''Brigid's Charge'' has a sympathetic take on Mother Leeds, and the "Devil" is nothing more than a (human) child who died soon after birth. However, a local doctor spreads rumors about the baby transforming into a monster to discredit her reputation as a healer.
* Music/{{Voltaire}}'s novel ''Call of the Jersey Devil'' involves five suburban mall rats and a washed-up goth singer discovering that the Jersey Devil is real, and that New Jersey is the gateway to Hell. That's Voltaire the musician, not the [[Creator/{{Voltaire}} 18th Century French philosopher]], who - to the best of our knowledge - never wrote anything about the Jersey Devil.
* Hunter Shea's 2016 novel ''The Jersey Devil'' pits survivalists against a demonic interpretation of the legend.

* In ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "The Jersey Devil", the Devils are discovered to be type of primitive humans, speculated to be the missing link, though a mundane explanation that they're abandoned feral children who've grown up in the wild is also raised. A male and female are killed, but the end of the episode reveals they had a young child.

* The guys on ''Series/CakeBoss'' once made a Jersey Devil cake. It was pretty awesome.
* A series of backwoods maulings in the ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' episode "How to Win Friends And Influence Monsters" are suspected to be the work of the Jersey Devil, though it turns out a man, driven insane by the Leviathans' latest scheme involving drugged food, is responsible.

* "Jersey Devil", a bluegrass song by Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch.

* Along with some other legends, the Jersey Devil appears as a fixture in the paranormal table in ''VideoGame/ZenPinball''.

* ''VisualNovel/MagicalDiary'' references "jirseys", a kind of small flying monster with bat wings and a horse body.

* The Jersey Devil appears in TabletopGame/NewVindicators, during an adventure of the Illuminati. He is a long-lived Nephilim, but a particularly twisted one, spawn of the father of monsters, Leviathan.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Downtown}}'' had an episode where Alex, Jen, Chaka and Mecca get lost in the Pine Barrens while driving around looking for backroad garage sales and swap meets, and freak each other out by telling urban legends, one of which is the Jersey Devil. The episode then switches to the legend about the Cropseys, an inbred CannibalClan that allegedly live in the area, which of course is where the car breaks down. At the end of the episode, after getting help from the REAL Cropseys, who aren't cannibals, just people who prefer living in relative isolation, the characters drive off... only for the actual Jersey Devil to suddenly slam into the windshield. Cue credits.

[[folder:Film]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' a Jersey Devil is one of thirteen monsters summoned by Max Winters, and is fought by Raphael in a diner.

* In [[Creator/{{Syfy}} the Sci Fi Channel]]'s [[Film/SyfyOriginalMovie original movie]] ''Carny'', a dingy little carnival acquires a captive Jersey Devil as a sideshow attraction. When it inevitably escapes, mayhem ensues.

A [[UrbanLegends cryptid]] which was supposedly first spotted in the 1700s in the [[TheLostWoods Pine Barrens]] of [[UsefulNotes/NewJersey South Jersey]], the Jersey Devil is often described as a horned, hooved and bipedal [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix and Match Critter]] possessing bat-like wings, a [[HellishHorse horse]] or [[GruesomeGoat goat-like]] head and an [[MultipleChoicePast inconsistent]] origin. The most common version of the creature's tale is that it is the [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteenth]] [[MassiveNumberedSiblings child]] of Mother Leeds, a woman (possibly a [[WickedWitch witch]]) who, while giving birth, yelled out "let it be the devil!" for varying reasons, such as preferring to birth the spawn of {{Satan}} instead of another one of her husband's children. Either immediately or shortly after being born, the child [[OneWingedAngel transformed]] into a monster, and fled into the wilderness, subsequently becoming "[[Series/TheXFiles an East Coast Bigfoot]]".

* The Jersey Devil is an antagonist in ''Videogame/TheWolfAmongUs'', running a pawn shop as a front for criminal activity. He's {{glamour}}ed to look like a human, but his true form is a grey-skinned demon with a [[SkullForAHead horse's skull for a head]], which actually makes him look more like a {{Wendigo}}.

* The Jersey Devil is an antagonist in ''Videogame/TheWolfAmongUs'', running a pawn shop as a front for criminal activity. He's {{glamour}}ed to look like a human, but his true form is a grey-skinned demon with a [[SkullForAHead horse's skull for a head]].

* In ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode ''The Jersey Devil'', the Devils are discovered to be type of primitive humans, speculated to be the missing link, though a mundane explanation that they're abandoned feral children who've grown up in the wild is also raised. A male and female are killed, but the end of the episode reveals they had a young child.

* The ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' episode ''The Long Weekend'' depicts the Jersey Devil as a flying moose with eagle wings and a lion's tail. The creature terrorizes a sprite village for seven days every one-hundred years, and is defeated when Jake's father sprays it with bear repellent (somehow mistaking it for a bear) and [[DisneyVillainDeath throws it off a cliff]].

* Music/{{Voltaire}}'s novel ''Call of the Jersey Devil'' involves five suburban mall rats and a washed-up goth singer discovering that the Jersey Devil is real, and that New Jersey is the gateway to Hell.

A [[UrbanLegends cryptid]] which was supposedly first spotted in the 1700s in the [[TheLostWoods Pine Barrens]] of [[UsefulNotes/NewJersey South Jersey]], the Jersey Devil is often described as a horned, hooved and bipedal [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix and Match Critter]] possessing bat-like wings, a [[HellishHorse horse]] or [[GruesomeGoat goat-like]] head and an [[MultipleChoicePast inconsistent]] origin. The most common version of the creature's tale is that it is the [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteenth]] [[MassiveNumberedSiblings child]] of Mother Leeds, [[MyGirlIsNotASlut a whore]] and/or [[WickedWitch witch]] who, while giving birth, yelled out "let it be the devil!" for varying reasons, such as preferring to birth the spawn of {{Satan}} instead of another one of her husband's children. Either immediately or shortly after being born, the child [[OneWingedAngel transformed]] into a monster, and fled into the wilderness, subsequently becoming "[[Series/TheXFiles an East Coast Bigfoot]]".

Some have noted that the Jersey Devil, the Dover Demon and the Moth Man may be one and the same. Also see FearsomeCrittersOfAmericanFolklore, OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious, {{Chupacabra}}, {{Wendigo}}, and BigfootSasquatchAndYeti. May or may not be friends with fellow backwoods {{Joisey}} ghoul [[Franchise/{{Friday the 13th}} Jason Voorhees]].

* ''Film/TheBarrens'', another HorribleCampingTrip example, though it's left ambiguous as to whether or not there really is a monster. [[spoiler:That is atleast, until the last few minutes.]]

No, not [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague the hockey team]] (although the team ''is'' named after the creature.)

* ''13th Child'', which for some reason reimagines the Devil as the immortal, shapeshifting son of a Native American shaman. And/or his pet minotaur with bear claws.

* ''The Jersey Devil'', which shakes things up a bit by being an origin story.

* ''Leeds Point'', where it soon becomes apparent that a series of vicious murders are not the work of a serial killer, but the cryptid.
* In ''Satan's Playground'', the Jersey Devil is HeWhoMustNotBeSeen or just plain invisible, with its family (and some random Satanists, because why the Hell not?) being the main antagonists.

* In ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'' episode "The Spectre of the Pine Barrows", the Jersey Devil is embroiled in a centuries-long feud between descendants of Redcoats and Minutemen over the original manuscript of the Declaration of Independence.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Downtown}}'' had an episode where Alex, Jen, Chaka and Mecca get lost in the Pine Barrens while driving around looking for backroad garage sales and swap meets, and freak eachother out by telling urban legends, one of which is the Jersey Devil. The episode then switches to the legend about the Cropseys, an inbred CannibalClan that allegedly live in the area, which of course is where the car breaks down. At the end of the episode, after getting help from the REAL Cropseys, who arent cannibals, just people who prefer living in relative isolation, the characters drive off... only for the actual Jersey Devil to suddenly slam into the windshield. Cue credits.

-->"Why is it called that? Well, it breathes fire. That's new." -- Haka

* ''Film/TheBarrens'', another HorribleCampingTrip example, though it's left ambiguous as to whether or not there really is a monster.

A [[UrbanLegends cryptid]] which was supposedly first spotted in the 1700s in the [[TheLostWoods Pine Barrens]] of [[UsefulNotes/NewJersey South Jersey]], the Jersey Devil is often described as a horned, hooved and bipedal [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix and Match Critter]] possessing bat-like wings, a [[HellishHorse horse]] or [[GruesomeGoat goat-like]] head and an [[MultipleChoicePast inconsistent]] origin. The most common version of the creature's tale is that it is the [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteenth]] [[MassiveNumberedSiblings child]] of Mother Leeds, [[ReallyGetsAround a whore]] and/or [[WickedWitch witch]] who, while giving birth, yelled out "let it be the devil!" for varying reasons, such as preferring to birth the spawn of {{Satan}} instead of another one of her husband's children. Either immediately or shortly after being born, the child [[OneWingedAngel transformed]] into a monster, and fled into the wilderness, subsequently becoming "[[Series/TheXFiles an East Coast Bigfoot]]".

* There is a ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'' campaign centered around the devil. [[spoiler:It's also a good example about how HumansAreBastards.]]

[[folder: Webcomics]]

[[folder: Comic Books ]]

[[folder: Film ]]

[[folder: Literature ]]

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

[[folder: Music ]]

[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]

[[folder: Web Original ]]

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

A [[UrbanLegends cryptid]] which was supposedly first spotted in the 1700s in the [[TheLostWoods Pine Barrens]] of [[UsefulNotes/NewJersey South Jersey]], the Jersey Devil is often described as a horned, hooved and bipedal [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix and Match Critter]] possessing bat-like wings and an [[MultipleChoicePast inconsistent]] origin. The most common version of the creature's tale is that it is the [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteenth]] [[MassiveNumberedSiblings child]] of Mother Leeds, [[ReallyGetsAround a whore]] and/or [[WickedWitch witch]] who, while giving birth, yelled out "let it be the devil!" for varying reasons, such as preferring to birth the spawn of {{Satan}} instead of another one of her husband's children. Either immediately or shortly after being born, the child [[OneWingedAngel transformed]] into a monster, and fled into the wilderness, subsequently becoming "[[Series/TheXFiles an East Coast Bigfoot]]".

* The ''Series/LostTapes'' episode ''Jersey Devil'' had a lost family being terrorized by the creature, whose dwelling appeared to be an old house filled with Satanic imagery.

Some have noted that the Jersey Devil, the Dover Demon and the Moth Man may be one and the same. Also see OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious, {{Chupacabra}}, {{Wendigo}}, and BigfootSasquatchAndYeti. May or may not be friends with fellow backwoods {{Joisey}} ghoul [[Franchise/{{Friday the 13th}} Jason Voorhees]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}'', the Jersey Devil is one of four monsters whose existence must be proven by finding them on Cryptids Island. And if you're not expecting it to show up when it does, you'll get a [[IncrediblyLamePun hell]] of a JumpScare.

* ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'': The fourth story, "The Jersey Devil's In the Details", features a flashback to Grunkle Stan's childhood where he and his brother hunted the Jersey Devil, here depicted as a vaguely dragon-like monster with a goat-like head.