History Main / TheMothman

* ''ComicBook/SilkHills'' takes place in an [[TownWithADarkSecret Appalachian mining town]] which is partially kept afloat by tourists passing through to check out the Mothman merchendise, and the town has an overall association with the creature. In addition to the local drug of choice being "moth dust," actual sightings of the Mothman in the distance are a common occurrence. [[spoiler:Might have something to do with the Mothman cultists keeping an eye on the surfafce world, or their sacrificial victims...]]

* ''Film/TheMothmanProphecies'' and the novel which it adapts are almost certainly the {{Trope Maker|s}}, popularizing and formalizing the Mothman's mysterious nature, its role as an omen of disaster, and its connection with [=UFOs=] and the occult. The film is a dramatized version of both the real-life event and the novel, altering certain historical details, such as the names of the people involved and the number of victims in the bridge collapse. The main characters are vexed by dreams, omens and mysterious phone calls stating cryptic hints that about upcoming disaster, alongside visits by the Mothman. An early omen -- a casualty list for Denver -- comes true after an airplane crash there. Following omens hint at a disaster approaching the Ohio river, which eventually reveals itself as [[spoiler:the historic Silver Bridge collapse]].

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* ''Film/TheMothmanProphecies'' is a dramatized version of both the real life event and the novel of the same name, altering certain historical details, such as the names of the people involved and the number of victims in the bridge collapse. The main characters are vexed by dreams, omens and mysterious phone calls stating cryptic hints that about upcoming disaster, alongside visits by the Mothman. An early omen -- a casualty list for Denver -- comes true after an airplane crash there. Following omens hint at a disaster approaching the Ohio river, which eventually reveals itself as [[spoiler:the historic Silver Bridge collapse]].

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* ''Literature/TheMothmanProphecies'' is almost certainly the TropeMaker, popularizing and formalizing the Mothman's mysterious nature, its role as an omen of disaster, and its connection with [=UFOs=] and the occult.
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* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The episode "Detour" the MonsterOfTheWeek are revealed to be strange humanoid creatures able to perfectly camouflage themselves with their surroundings. Mulder speculates they may be related to ''the'' Mothman of Point Pleasant.

* Becomes a RunningGag in Podcast/WellTheresYourProblem for a few episodes after their episode on the Silver Bridge; whatever the disaster is, they ask whether Mothman is involved.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Horrified}}'': The ''American Monsters'' version of the game features the Mothman as one of the opposing monsters.

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' gives him two daughters -- Bonita Femur and Luna Mothews. The former is also half-[[DemBones skeleton]].

* ''VideoGame/Fallout76'': The mutant fauna of the West Virginia wilderness includes mothmen as enormous, upright moths taller than a grown human. Their enormous, glowing eyes are a sign of their owners' temperament -- mothmen with purple eyes are passive, mothmen with yellow eyes are friendly, and mothmen with {{red eyes|take warning}} are hostile and aggressive.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterQuest'': This HiddenObjectGame's fourth level is about a cryptid called the Dark Wing (though on certain screens is named Nightbat) that while obviously not '''the''' Mothman (for one, its from a fictional city in Britain instead of West Virginia), is a clear {{Expy}} of it and is suggested to have links to it. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a hoax pulled by a college fraternity.]]

* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', in response to Grace talking about Cisum, her friend says "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-5-page-12/ Just last month you were going on about Mothman or whatever]]", and her other friend classes them both as fairy tales. But as Cisum turned out to be real...

* Website/TheOtherWiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman its own thorough article]] on this subject, describing the rise of the Mothman phenomenon and its use in later popular culture.

* ''WebVideo/TreyTheExplainer'' has videos analyzing the myth. He came to the conclusion that Mothman is just a normal, if slightly large, owl.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce:'' Big Chill is explicitly modeled after Mothman, being a large humanoid moth-like alien. Though he is notably blue rather than black.
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim:'' Though the Mothman itself never appears, "Agent Mothman" is [[HeroAntagonist Dib]]'s code name in the [[WhoYouGonnaCall Swollen Eyeball Network]].

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', a mothman voiced by Creator/HJonBenjamin moves in next door to the Aqua Teens and keeps hanging around their porch light.

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* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' have their own take on the Mothman, designated [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2901 SCP-2901]].

* Wiki/TheOtherWiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman its own thorough article]] on this subject, describing the rise of the Mothman phenomenon and its use in later popular culture.

* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has their own take on the Mothman, designated [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2901 SCP-2901]].

* Point Pleasant holds a Mothman Festival every September. The town is also home to a Mothman Museum and a 12-foot-tall metal statue of the creature-- a statue that, incidentally, does not look like the actual description of the Mothman.

* As quoted above, ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'' - a show with a strong ConspiracyKitchenSink theme - has Elliot Mothman, a kindly mothman who works in the Shadow Government's "Inhuman Resources" department and is voiced by Creator/RonFunches.

* In ''ComicBook/TheDepartmentOfTruth'', he titular Department wound up creating the Mothman and the Silver Bridge Collapse in their attempt at creating, capturing and reverse engineering a [=UFO=].

* ''VideoGame/GaiaAttack4'' has a level dealing with a mothman infestation, and its up to the players to contain them by shooting as many mothmen as they can.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterQuest'': This HiddenObjectGame's fourth level is about a cryptid called the Dark Wing (though on certain screens is named Nightbat) that while obviously not '''the''' Mothman (for one, its from a fictional city in Britain instead of West Virginia), is a clear {{Expy}} of it and is suggested to have links to it. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a a hoax pulled by a college fraternity.]]

* ''VideoGame/MonsterQuest'': This HiddenObjectGame's fourth level is about a cryptid called the Dark Wing (though on certain screens is named Nightbat) that while obviously not '''the''' Mothman (for one, its from a fictional city in Britain instead of West Virginia), is a clear {{Expy}} of it and is suggested to have links to it. [[spoiler]]It turns out to be a a hoax pulled by a college fraternity.[[/spoiler]]

* ''VideoGame/MonsterQuest'': This HiddenObjectGame's fourth level is about a cryptid called the Dark Wing that while obviously not '''the''' Mothman, is a clear {{Expy}} and is suggested to have links to it.

* Point Pleasant holds a Mothman Festival every September. The town is also home to a Mothman Museum and a 12-foot-tall metal statue of the creature.