History Main / WelcomeToHell

-->'''Pinhead:''' "Welcome... to Hell."

-->'''Pinhead:''' Welcome. Welcome to Hell.

* The Penguin says this word for word when Batman enters Arkham City in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''.

** There's also the final conventional mission of the game, Chapter 14, where the theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcMzNKMiHo&t=34m52s Welcome to Hell]] fittingly plays in the background of a gruelling, uphill firefight against two entrenched turrets and the final remnants of the 33rd, in what would ordinarily amount to a suicide mission.
-->[[spoiler: '''Konrad''']]: Welcome to Hell, [[PlayerCharacter Walker]]. ''We've been waiting for you.''

* ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'': In the Camp episode, which was... uh, hell for the kids. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2bmzr-VLeA&t=3m09s Welcome to hellllll, yer gonna burn in there...]]

--> '''Stewie:''' Hey, here's someone who might understand how you feel!
--> '''Pink Panther:''' Hey, how ya doing. First day being pink?
--> '''Brian:''' Yeah.
--> '''Panther:''' Welcome to hell. ''(Walks off as his classic music sting plays)''

* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, review of ''SuperMarioBros. 3'': "This part doesn't fuck around! It's like, you got to the end, you dare to play, welcome to Hell!"

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michigan Hell is in Michigan]], apparently. [[http://hurvitz.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hell-froze-over.jpg And often freezes over.]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway It's also in Norway, apparently.]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Grand_Cayman And the Cayman Islands.]]

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michigan Hell is in Michigan]], apparently. [[http://hurvitz.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hell-froze-over.jpg And often freezes over.]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway It's also in Norway, apparently.]]

* In 1987, Emily Perl Kingsley, who was a writer for ''Series/SesameStreet'' at the time, wrote a magazine article entitled "Welcome to Holland" about what it's like to give birth to a child with a disability. [[note]] Emily's son Jason has Down Syndrome, and made several appearances on Sesame Street as a child. [[\note]] She likened it to spending months planning for a trip to Italy and winding up in Holland: you feel upset that your life ended up on a different path than the one you planned for, and it doesn't help when other people brag about their lives. In a subversion, however, Emily points out that if you waste your time complaining about what could have been, you miss out on the opportunity to enjoy what or who you have.

* In 1987, Emily Perl Kingsley, who was a writer for ''Series/SesameStreet'' at the time, wrote a magazine article entitled "Welcome to Holland" about what it's like to give birth to a child with a disability. [[note]] Emily's son Jason has Down Syndrome, and made several appearances on Sesame Street as a child. [[\note]] She likened it to spending months planning for a trip to Italy and winding up in Holland: you feel upset that your life ended up on a different path than the one you planned for, and it doesn't help when other people brag about their lives. In a subversion, however, Emily points out that if you waste your time complaining about what could have been, you miss out on the opportunity to make the most of what or who you have.

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* In 1987, Emily Perl Kingsley, who was a writer for ''Series/SesameStreet'' at the time, wrote a magazine article about what it's like to give birth to a child with a disability. [[note]] Emily's son Jason has Down Syndrome, and made several appearances on Sesame Street as a child. [[\note]] She likened it to spending months planning for a trip to Italy and winding up in Holland: you feel upset that your life ended up on a different path than the one you planned for, and it doesn't help when other people brag about their lives. In a subversion, however, Emily points out that if you waste your time complaining about what could have been, you miss out on the opportunity to make the most of what or who you have.

* In 1987, Emily Perl Kingsley, who was a writer for ''Series/SesameStreet'' at the time, wrote an article about what it's like to give birth to a child with a disability. She likened it to spending months planning for a trip to Italy and winding up in Holland:

* Hecatia Lapislazuli of ''VideoGame/Touhou'', as the goddess of Hell, wears a shirt with the phrase printed right on it (or rather, "Welcome <3 Hell", to be exact).

* ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'': The first time you hear the words "Gentlemen, welcome to Dubai" is not really an example of this trope. But [[IronicEcho come that]] [[MultipleEndings worst ending]]... [[spoiler:this is how Walker greets the US forces sent to rescue him. [[YouBastard After killing them all.]]]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "To Heck and Back," Heffer is told "Welcome to [[GoshDangItToHeck Heck]], [[BlatantLies a friendly neighborhood]]."

* Shortly before ''ComicBook/NoMansLand'', there's a short storyline where the inmates of Arkham take over the place under SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker's leadership; when Batman investigates (on the last two pages of the first part), he finds his whole RoguesGallery there to meet him. "WelcomeToHell," says the Joker.

* Creator/JackChick frequently has his character say this literally, but sometimes has them do it figuratively for exceptionally degenerate and dangerous places. Naturally, said places end up getting turned around completely thanks to one person with a ''Chick Tract'' talking to and converting the right people.

* The writing on the door of the Sanctuary Base in the episode "The Impossible Planet" in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

!Examples:

* ''Sydney White''

* ''Quid Pro Quo''

* ''Men of War'' (not the {{RTS}} game)

* ''Control Factor''

* ''Glory Glory''

* ''HombreMirandoAlSudeste'': Thought by Dr. Denis at the beginning of the movie.

* ''{{ER}}'' episode "Doctor Carter, I Presume"

* A panel of ''TheFarSide'' used this phrase by an old cowboy, reminding the young cowpoke who just beat him in a duel that from now on, he'll know no rest from every cocky young punk looking to prove himself. Since this is ''The Far Side'', the duel in question was a game of Ping-Pong.

* ''{{Stranglehold}}''

* Subverted in ''TheSimpsons'' episode where Bart and Lisa attend military school, with "Gentlemen, welcome to Flavor Country."

* Hell Temple in ''VideoGame/{{La-Mulana}}'' has a welcoming tablet, which reminds the player: [[DepartmentofRedundancyDepartment "This is Hell Temple. Hell Temple is hell!"]]

* In ''MonsterParty'', TheGrimReaper says "Welcome! Entrance to Hell."
* ''ModernWarfare3'' has [[spoiler:Makarov]] declare to Captain Price that "hell awaits you" as the first sign that the [[spoiler:assassination mission on him]] has gone horribly wrong, especially as he wasn't even supposed to know that Price and the player's team were there. It's also a clever CallBack to the second game, where Price had told him SeeYouInHell.

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* JackChick frequently has his character say this literally, but sometimes has them do it figuratively for exceptionally degenerate and dangerous places. Naturally, said places end up getting turned around completely thanks to one person with a Jack Chick tract talking to and converting the right people.

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* ''[[FoodForTheGods Welcome to my Realm]]'' by Fireaxe. Interesting in that it is actually sung by the devil as he is literally welcoming people into Hell. And using the screams of the damned as backup vocals.

** Hell, in this case, is a penthouse full of heavily armed mooks and lasers everywhere (and if you touch the latter, BOOM -- you're dead) where your usual tactics of bullet time and diving around will get you very, very dead in short order.
* Appears on a sign at the start of the BonusDungeon in ''VideoGame/CaveStory''. [[BrutalBonusLevel Good luck!]]
** Bonus points for the level [[PlanetHeck actually looking]] [[BonusLevelOfHell like Hell]], complete with evil angels.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michigan Hell is in Michigan]], apparently. [[http://hurvitz.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hell-froze-over.jpg And often freezes over.]]
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway It's also in Norway, apparently.]]

* Used in ShadesOfGray to welcome Grace/Gray to actual {{Hell}}.
* From ''{{Erfworld}}'': "You are in what may be the worst, most Titans-forsaken place in all of Erfworld. [[FauxHorrific This is the Olive Garden.]]"

* ''{{Videogame/Spec Ops The Line}}''. A thematic rather than literal example: as the protagonists enter storm-wracked Dubai, PlayerCharacter Captain Walker announces, "Gentlemen, welcome to Dubai." To their dismay, they discover he could easily have replaced the city's name with the place of judgement. Later, the line is repeated by Colonel Joseph Konrad, who's bitter, cynical, and slightly ironic manner of saying it hints strongly at the same meaning. [[spoiler:The implication is definitely intended in one ending, when Walker repeats the "welcome" to the US troops who arrived to rescue him - or at least, those still alive after [[AxCrazy he massacred the team who found him first]].]]