History Main / AstralCheckerboardDecor

* Due to the ease of generating a checkerboard pattern on an infinite plane, this is a common aspect of early computer-generated images. Compare the classic mirrored sphere on a checkerboard floor.
** Not to mention the famous checkerball from the early {{Amiga}} graphics demo (it was patterned so you could see that it was spinning) -- so famous that it eventually became the platform's official logo.

* Skaia in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is a Checkerboard PLANET after prototyping enough times.

A subtrope of ChessMotifs. Somewhere "else" has this checkered motif on the floors, walls or both. It could be a MentalWorld, a LayeredWorld or just an EldritchLocation.

* ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' features them quite prominently in the BlueSphere special stages. GreenHillZone doesn't count, however, since despite featuring a prominent checkerboard pattern, it's not actually otherworldly within the context of the series.

* Notably the afterlife hallways in ''Film/Beetlejuice'', but shows up other places as well. Combines with stripes and other bold patterns, as well as ''Bizarrchitecture''.

* The {{Bizarrchitecture}} in Constantine's mansion in ''{{Thief}}: The Dark Project'' includes checkerboard floors (and walls and ceilings in such places as the floor ceases to be a floor).

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': there's a notable creepy checkerboard ground in the scenes where the [[IncrediblyLamePun mane]] cast confront the villain Discord on his throne during part two of the season 2 premiere. Because of [[RealityWarper Discord]], all of Ponyville had effectively been turned into an EldritchLocation.

* The cockpit of the Majins/Megazords in ''MahouSentaiMagiranger''/''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' is a not-actually-real place that looks like a checkerboard floor in the middle of a void.

** Abaremax/Triassic Ranger's "Max Field"/"Triassic dimension" in ''BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''/''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' had a checkerboard motif in one instance.

* Interestingly, quite a bit on the {{Mario}} games, such as certain fortresses in ''SuperMarioBros3''. Given the ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' roots, little wonder.
** The Astral Hall in ''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansion Luigi's Mansion]]''.

* In ''{{Psychonauts}}'', Sasha Nein's mental world is shown as a large cube with an odd, checkerboard-like design, signifying himself as TheStoic.

* The world beyond the couch cushions in ''OzyAndMillie'' features a good amount of this. To quote the commentary in the book ''Prehistrionics'': "[[AuthorAppeal My fondness]] for stripes, checkerboards, polka dots, arrows, and other pop-art-esque patterns has never been so obvious as it was during this storyline."

* The world beyond the couch cushions in ''OzyAndMillie'' features a good amount of this. To quote the commentary in the book ''Prehistrionics'': "[[AuthorInterest My fondness]] for stripes, checkerboards, polka dots, arrows, and other pop-art-esque patterns has never been so obvious as it was during this storyline."

* The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' [[ShowWithinAShow cartoon within a cartoon]] "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes" is set on a teal checkerboard plain. This is probably the show's [[WidjetSeries least surreal feature]].

* The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' [[ShowWithinAShow cartoon within a cartoon]] "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes" is set on a teal checkerboard plain. This is probably the show's least surreal feature.

* ''{{Kyousogiga}}'': Inevitable, given the massive HumanChess and ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' refs.

* The cockpit of the Majins/Megazords in ''MahouSentaiMagiranger''/''PowerRangersMysticForce'' is a not-actually-real place that looks like a checkerboard floor in the middle of a void.

** Abaremax/Triassic Ranger's "Max Field"/"Triassic dimension" in ''BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''/''PowerRangersDinoThunder'' had a checkerboard motif in one instance.

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* Skaia in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is a Checkerboard PLANET after prototyping enough times.

* All over the place in ''BlackRockShooter'', be it the {{OVA}}, the game or anything else.

* A checkerboard floor shows up in ''SoulEater'' in every scene of, and exclusively in, Soul's mental image of his ''[[MentalWorld soul world]]'' when he's in his weapon form.

* The Timekeeper's domain in ''CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' is half this and half Dali painting.

* Gideon Gordon Grave's battlefield in Ramona's mind in the ''ScottPilgrim'' graphic novels has a checkered floor.