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2	* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' Makima has a painting in her home of [[https://dedieuetpourtoi.tumblr.com/post/649298369844592640/paradise-lost-reference-in-chainsaw-man Gustave Doré's Satan's Fall]]
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4	* ''Film/TheCrow1994'': T-Bird—one of Top Dollar's enforcers—comes across the book while raiding Shelley and Eric's apartment, and becomes enamored of one of the passages. When a revived Eric is preparing to kill T-Bird in his favorite car, the bad guy finally recognizes Eric and [[OhCrap has a full meltdown]], repeating that line over and over:
5	-->''Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness was... how awful goodness was... how awful goodness was!'' (car speeds off the pier and explodes)
6	* ''Film/Se7en'': ''Paradise Lost'' is one of the books inspiring the SerialKiller.
7	* ''Film/KamenRider555ParadiseLost'': Just look at the title.
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9	* A bit of Creator/AEHousman's poem "Terence, this is stupid stuff", included in his book ''A Shropshire Lad'', reads:
10	-->''Oh many a peer of England brews\
11	Livelier liquor than the Muse,\
12	And malt does more than Milton can\
13	To justify God’s ways to man.''
14	* ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'': In chapter 15, ''Paradise Lost'' is one of the many books that the monster reads.
15	* ''Literature/TheHandOfEthelberta'': In chapter 27, Ethelberta reads some lines from ''Paradise Lost''.
16	* The ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' trilogy takes its name from a line in Book 2 of ''Paradise Lost''.
17	* ''Literature/SirGibbie'': In chapter 25, Donal reads ''Paradise Lost'' to Gibbie.
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19	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has Khan referencing the famous line “Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.”
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23	* Music/HollywoodUndead has a song titled “Paradise Lost”.
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26	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "record book", Strong Sad is somehow able to transcribe ''Paradise Lost'' onto a single grain of rice in four languages. Unfortunately for him, Strong Bad isn't impressed by this.
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29	* ''VideoGame/DeusEx '' in the Illuminati ending uses the quote "better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven"
30	* Joker's ultimate melee weapon in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' is called Paradise Lost.
31	* ''VideoGame/Persona5Tactica'' opens up with a quote from ''Paradise Lost'' being read by Lavenza. It also is read on the GameOver screen whenever a player fails a mission.
32	-->''The mind is its own place, and in it self,''\
33	''Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.''
34	* In ''VideoGame/SpaceFuneral'', the bad guy quotes the book in an...unusual manner.
35	-->'''MOON:''' [[SophisticatedAsHell Heh. Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.............. motherfuckerrrrrr!]]
36	* ''VideoGame/AVampyreStory'': A book titled "Paradise Found" can be found on a bookcase.

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