History Main / WhiteVoidRoom

* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', Homura's apartment is one of these.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': These feature prominently in the JigsawPuzzlePlot MythArc as a place where ArtificialIntelligence from the Old World {{Precursors}} have their conversations, presumably digitally, although there are physical rooms found in multiple ruins. These rooms are designed for AugmentedReality (which is how A.I.s present themselves with avatars). The most notable instances of this are a recurring SharedDream with Alpha that Akira has, where TheReveal usually takes place. Other inhabitants of these dreams include [[spoiler:the second Alpha living in her hardware (later dubbed ''Alias''), Katsuya, and Katsuya's BattleHarem in a PsychicLink under him. Sheryl also gets a brief dream with just her and Alpha, which presumably has something to do with her being able to overhear Akira and Alpha’s {{Telepathy}}.]]

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', the "White Room" that connects Wolfram & Hart's terrestrial office to the [[UltimateEvil Senior Partners]] was one of these, with a [[CreepyChild creepy little girl]] serving as the Conduit at first. Later, a large black panther assumes the role, and then, an evil doppleganger of the visitor. It's not a nice place to visit.

* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus:'' The "featureless white void" is commonly seen in this comic, and became a running inside joke on ''Webcomic/TheDysfunctionalFamilyCircus''. The "featureless white ''room''" is mentioned [[http://dfc.furr.org/archive/224.html here]] as a specific example, "Bil loved the power he wielded over us. He'd coop us up in featureless white rooms for months on end." And "Jeffy desperately tries to stop the scenery rushing in to fill the vacuum of their stark, white home."

* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus:'' The "featureless white void" is commonly seen in this comic, and became a running inside joke on ''The DysfunctionalFamilyCircus. The "featureless white ''room''" is mentioned [[http://dfc.furr.org/archive/224.html here]] as a specific example, "Bil loved the power he wielded over us. He'd coop us up in featureless white rooms for months on end." And "Jeffy desperately tries to stop the scenery rushing in to fill the vacuum of their stark, white home."

* [[Wiki/TVTropes This]] website, and many others. Though the 2015 update has added some color.

* Bob and Larry enter one in the intro to ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode [[Recap/VeggieTalesEpisode18TheWonderfulWorldOfAutotainment "The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment"]], replacing the usual ThemeTune as part of the episode's parody of the AsceticAesthetic.

Compare BlankWhiteVoid, for literal dimensions of white. Often a sign of the LazyArtist in SequentialArt when the background is missing. The diffused high-key light often makes this the opposite of {{Chiaroscuro}}. See also MiseryLit for when a book presents the white void room on its cover to represent death. May overlap with YouWakeUpInARoom.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "How Long Is Forever?" has a seemingly insane BadFuture version of Raven being held in a white room, apparently for her own protection. [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Considering what she did]] to Dr. Light, this might have been a good thing for everyone else too.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': These feature prominently in the JigsawPuzzlePlot MythArc as a place where ArtificialIntelligence from the Old World {{Precursors}} have their conversations, presumably digitally, although there are physical rooms found in multiple ruins. These rooms are designed for AugmentedReality (which is how A.I.s present themselves with avatars). The most notable instances of this are a recurring SharedDream with Alpha that Akira has, where TheReveal usually takes place. Other inhabitants of these dreams include [[spoiler:the second Alpha living in her hardware (later dubbed ''Alias''), Katsuya, and Katsuya’s BattleHarem in a PsychicLink under him. Sheryl also gets a brief dream with just her and Alpha, which presumably has something to do with her being able to overhear Akira and Alpha’s {{Telepathy}}.]]

* Creator/JamesDashner's ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'': Thomas is placed in one at the end of "The Scorch Trials". Teresa tells him (via telepathy) that this is because he had started to show symptoms of the Flare, making him a danger to the other survivors. This turns out to be a lie; the real reason Thomas was placed in the white room was so that WICKED could stimulate a particular emotional response in him, enabling them to collect more killzone patterns.

* [=Shoe0nHead=] addresses this trope in her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPg0W75KweQ review]] of a video that takes place in a White Void Room, where she says, "So, without further ado, here is, "Men-Never-Get-Hate-on-Youtube-Ever-This-Is-Only-a-Problem-Women-Face-So-We-Have-to-Address-It-In-Front-of-a-White-Background-With-Royalty-Free-Piano."

* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' already had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EtSBxm0S4 a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EtSBxm0S4 few]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrpeEitIEpA promos]] set in such a white void. And once the COVID-19 pandemic forced the show to be recorded at John's house, he picked a room like that, which he downright noted as looking like "the location characters go in movies when they die". The August 22, 2021 episode was announced as the last to take place in the room, and the September 12, 2021 episode is expected to be the first to take place in the regular studio for the first time since the pandemic began 18 months earlier.

* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' already had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EtSBxm0S4 a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EtSBxm0S4 few]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrpeEitIEpA promos]] set in such a white void. And once the COVID-19 pandemic forced the show to be recorded at John's house, he picked a room like that, which he downright noted as looking like "the location characters go in movies when they die".

* A plain white background is depicted on the cover art for the Music/TearsForFears album ''Music/TheHurting''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', episode titled "SB-129", Squidward attempts to avoid Spongebob and Patrick by going to the Krusty Krab and hidding in the walk-in freezer. He is then locked in and forgotten thus stuck frozen for two-thousand years. In the future, Spongebob (called Spongtron) leads Squidward to a time machine which Squidward later breaks. Squidward is then seen what seems to be lost in time; he is in an empty white void with no other sea creatures, objects, or scenery.

* Some CIA interrogators "break" detainees who won't confess by making them spend time in a featureless white room that's brightly lit all day and air-conditioned enough to be uncomfortable.

* [[Wiki/TVTropes This]] website, and many others.
** Though the 2015 update has added some color.

* ''VideoGame/Omori'' spends his downtime in a relatively featureless void called 'White Space' when he's not interacting with his neighbor friends. The only things of consequence in it are his laptop, a cat, tissues for wiping away his tears and a black bulb suspended overhead.