1 | [[AC:Anime and Manga]] |
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]] |
3 | [[AC:Film - Live Action]] |
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. |
8 | [[AC:Literature]] |
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. |
18 | [[AC: LiveActionTV]] |
19 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has Khan referencing the famous line “Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.” |
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21 | [[AC: Music]] |
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23 | * Music/HollywoodUndead has a song titled “Paradise Lost”. |
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25 | [[AC:Web Animation]] |
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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28 | [[AC:Video Games]] |
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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