History Main / EveryoneIsSatanInHell

* Pat Robertson of ''Series/The700Club'' infamy has stated that he'll never leave Creator/{{Freeform}} (no matter what lengths the network goes to get rid of him) because he thinks everything else on the channel is satanic and that they "need him".

-->-- '''[[Theatre/TheMusicMan Harold Hill]]''', on why a pool table is serious trouble.

** On the other end, there's the people who think ''Lord of the Rings'' [[EverythingIsRacist promotes racism and white supremacy because the orcs are dark skinned and violent]], which [[UnfortunateImplications they take to mean they must represent black people]]. Never mind that Tolkien went out of his way to deny or refute any supposed racial subtext with orcs, and spent much of his writing career trying to think of an origin for them that would stamp the idea out (the concept of an AlwaysChaoticEvil race clashed badly with his religious beliefs). Not helping matters is works inspired by Tolkien's, such as ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', that actually ''do'' go with the "orcs as black people" thing (yet [[DoubleStandard don't really get criticized for it]]). Similarly, some claim that the dwarves are antisemetic caricatures, despite the fact that they’re almost invariably ''good guys'', as well as that Tolkien himself was vocal about respecting Jewish culture and hating antisemites like the Nazis.[[note]][[http://www.openculture.com/2014/04/j-r-r-tolkien-snubs-a-german-publisher.html One famous letter from Tolkien]] was sent to a German publishing company, as a response to their letter asking if he was Aryan. He informed them that they clearly had no idea what they were talking about, that he was sad to say he had no Jewish heritage (he refers to Jews as "that talented people"), and that the Nazis could fuck right off.[[/note]] Apparently, FantasyCounterpartCulture is a bad thing when done by Tolkien.

* Thousands of years of scientific advancements and cultural heritage by the Maya were [[https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/11/maya-codices-burned-by-the-inquisition-in-1562/ destroyed]] by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century, under the false belief that the codices and tomes the indigenous tribes kept contained [[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diego-de-Landa “nothing in which there was not to be seen superstition and lies of the devil”]].

* In the DVD commentary of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Doc Hammer talks about an incident where ''his own mother'' got on his case for including a scene where the Monarch calls someone a retard, as if the word’s mere inclusion meant Hammer endorses such things. He responded by stating the obvious; the whole point of the scene was that Monarch is a {{Jerkass}} PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who doesn’t care about other people’s feelings.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Hoo boy. There's been so much brouhaha over the supposed occult and Satanist themes in the series that [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] had to devote [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_debates_over_the_Harry_Potter_series an entire separate article to the subject.]]

** A user on [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]], on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Space_Marine_(Warhammer_40,000) talk page]] for a ''40k''-related article, tried arguing that the symbol of the [[SpaceMarine Ultramarines]] is based on the symbol of the Ustaše[[note]](a historic group of Croatian [[LesCollaborateurs collaborators]] with the Nazis during WWII)[[/note]]. Ignore the fact that the Ultramarine logo is literally just the Greek letter Omega (Ω) turned upside down. They even claim the "ultra-" prefix is a reference to ultranationalism (instead of, you know, a reference to the actual shade of blue called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarine ultramarine]]).

* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' is subjected to this in the BrokenMasquerade canon. Unsurprising, considering that a lot of their actions are not only unethical, but actively occult. [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-truth-is-out-there One crazy conspiracy theorist]] referred to them as the "Satanic Child Pain Foundation", accused them of having kidnapped an American girl in order to make her a puppet for a European science cult, and that they had called her SCP-23-1-9. (presumably a combination of 231-7 and 239, showing that she clearly had no idea about the workings of the Foundation).

Expect a lot of sloppy research (especially any number of LogicalFallacies), DanBrowned, InsaneTrollLogic, CowboyBebopAtHisComputer, and CriticalResearchFailure among these people (many of whom believe that HollywoodSatanism is TruthInTelevision).

* In the late 90's, the main Scapegoat was Music/MarilynManson especially during the Music/AntichristSuperstar era with many claiming that the Antichrist refers to Manson himself. Ignoring how this isn't really the case since it is a ConceptAlbum about a fictional person, it wouldn't make sense anyway since it [[CriticalResearchFailure contradicts pretty much everything]] in the Literature/BookOfRevelation anyway.

** On a (slightly) less insane note, he has also said that the fasces is an [[CriticalResearchFailure ancient symbol for fascism]]. It is indeed a Roman symbol for authority, and it was indeed borrowed by Mussolini who named fascism after it, but that's not quite the same. The fundamental symbolism of the fasces (a bundle of reeds: one reed breaks, a bundle doesn't) is appropriate to democracies, republics, and federations, and has been used by France[[note]]Which features the fasces in its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_emblem_of_France national emblem]][[/note]] and--significantly--the United States[[note]]The United States Senate uses the fasces in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate its seal]], and the House of Representatives' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives mace]] is in the form of the fasces[[/note]] since the late 18th century (before fascism was even a thing people could imagine).

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' -- One of the big ones. Certain people have claimed that the game contains [[CriticalResearchFailure "authentic"]] occult rituals and spells. The immortal [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick]] did a whole tract, the infamous "Dark Dungeons", about fantasy gaming being a gateway to {{Satan}}. This is in spite of the fact that Creator/GaryGygax [[OffendingTheCreatorsOwn was himself a Christian]][[note]] Although Gygax was a Jehovah`s Witness, whom many Christians regard as "false Christians". [[/note]] -- you'd think portraying demons and devils as bad guys, and angels as good guys, would be an obvious enough clue of his actual stance.

** Others claim it's racist because the characters are all white, but the race of many characters is never even mentioned in the books. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Some fans interpret Hermione as being black]].[[note]]Admittedly, this is mostly because ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'' cast a black actress as Hermione, but there's nothing in the books that mentions what race Hermione is, one way or the other.[[/note]] And that's not even getting into all the [[FantasticRacism fantasy-oriented criticisms of racism]]. Not to mention that there actually are a few characters who are definitely not white (Cho Chang, Angelica Johnson, Dean Thomas, the Patil twins, among others).

* [=YouTube=] user The Vigilant Christian has made several videos where he is convinced that everything is Satanic. Some of his targets include Disney and Creator/CartoonNetwork, the former of which he even made a video where he ranted on how Disney hiding subliminal messages in their movies to corrupt children and claiming that Disney was Satanic because the logo for The Walt Disney Company had [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] hidden in the "W" and "T" in Walt and the "Y" in Disney.

* Heck, even ''UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} himself'' was accused of practising demonic acts as told in [[https://www.bibleref.com/Matthew/12/Matthew-12-24.html Matthew 12:22-37]], where the Pharisees accused Jesus of performing sorcery by the power of Beelzebub (yes, [[Music/{{Queen}} that]] Beelzebub) as he drove demons off a blind and mute man who was also healed of his condition.

** Ditto with the subjugation the Sámi people faced from Nordic missionaries. In 1609, King Christian IV of Denmark wrote that the Sámi were hethen sorcerers skilled in magic and demonic sorcery, and as such no mercy was to be spared when it comes to such "occult" beliefs. Such persecution against Sámi religious beliefs were alluded to in ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', whose Northuldra tribe was used as an allegory for tribal discrimination.

* The two major colas around the world are said by some extremists to be anti-Muslimm:

* Every writer of the horror genre or who includes supernatural elements in his books can be accused of this. Creator/PhilipPullman, author of ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'', has been accused by some Christians of being a satanist, because in his books there are "demons" (actually daemons, which are the souls of people who adopt animal forms outside the body). It does not help that in his case he is an openly atheist author and that his books deal with "killing God"

** On the other end, there’s the people who think ''Lord of the Rings'' [[EverythingIsRacist promotes racism and white supremacy because the orcs are dark skinned and violent]], which [[UnfortunateImplications they take to mean they must represent black people]]. Never mind that Tolkien went out of his way to deny or refute any supposed racial subtext with orcs, and spent much of his writing career trying to think of an origin for them that would stamp the idea out (the concept of an AlwaysChaoticEvil race clashed badly with his religious beliefs). Not helping matters is works inspired by Tolkien’s, such as ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', that actually ''do'' go with the “orcs as black people” thing (yet [[DoubleStandard don’t really get criticized for it]]). Similarly, some claim that the dwarves are antisemitic caricatures, despite the fact that they’re almost invariably ''good guys'', as well as that Tolkien himself was vocal about respecting Jewish culture and hating antisemites like the Nazis[[note]][[http://www.openculture.com/2014/04/j-r-r-tolkien-snubs-a-german-publisher.html One famous letter from Tolkien]] was sent to a German publishing company, as a response to their letter asking if he was aryan. He informed them that they clearly had no idea what they were talking about, that he was sad to say he had no Jewish heritage (he refers to Jews as "that talented people"), and that the nazis could fuck right off[[/note]]. Apparently FantasyCounterpartCulture is a bad thing when done by Tolkien.

* ''Turmoil In The Toybox'', written by one Phil Philips during the [[HollywoodSatanism Satanic]] [[YouCanPanicNow Panic]], is possibly the zenith (or nadir, depending on your perspective) of this. Claims include:
** Franchise/TheSmurfs represent undead and make children vulnerable to vampire attack

** ''The Lord of the Rings'' had a tough time in the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]]. Soviet authorities were worried that the book had Cold War undertones (with the bad guys being from the East and good guys from the West), plus they were worried its pro-agrarian attitude had reactionary undertones. In fact, when Ziniada Bobyr tried to make Russian translations of ''The Lord of The Rings'', it was re-written as a SciFi story rather than a {[fantasy}} (as Sci-Fi was more popular in the USSR).

** ''The Lord of the Rings'' had a tough time in the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]]. Soviet authorities were worried that the book had Cold War undertones (with the bad guys being from the East and good guys from the West), plus they were worried it's pro-agrarian attitude had reactionary undertones. In fact, when Ziniada Bobyr tried to make Russian translations of ''The Lord of The Rings'', it was re-written as a SciFi story rather than a {[fantasy}} (as Sci-Fi was more popular in the USSR).

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritone#Historical_uses Tritone]]. Because it's dissonant, it must be the devil! To clarify: The tritone is not just dissonant. It is the most dissonant interval in existence. It is also the interval between the base tone and the semi-tone between the ultra-consonant perfect fourth and perfect fifth in a scale. The interval is also exactly three whole tones (three being a holy number in Christianity, representing the Trinity, the cardinal virtues, etc.) Both these aspects of course make it extra satanic.

* Speaking of the Beatles, the Website/YouTube channel iamaphoney started out as a series of [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories Paul Is Dead]] videos, but branched out into theories about the Beatles worshipping Creator/AleisterCrowley and other such things. For example, the Beatles were known for using backwards tracks, and since Crowley wrote "let him learn to talk backwards..."
* Music/MichaelJackson attempted to pre-empt this by putting a disclaimer right before the video for ''Music/{{Thriller}}'', which depicts supernatural forces [[AnimateDead reviving the dead]] (as well as a fictional werewolf in a film ''[[FictionalDocument within]]'' said music video) that he did not believe in the occult. (He was still a devout Jehovah's Witness at the time.) It didn't work, as Jehovah's Witnesses still disliked the video, which led him to disassociate himself from them afterwards.

** Others claim it's racist because the characters are all white, but the race of many characters is never even mentioned in the books. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Some fans interpret Hermione as being black]].[[note]]Admittedly, this is mostly because ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'' cast a black actress as Hermione, but there's nothing in the books that mentions what race Hermione is, one way or the other.[[/note]] And that's not even getting into all the [[FantasticRacism fantasy-oriented criticisms of racism]]. Not to mention that there actually are a few characters who are definitely not white (Cho Chang, Angelica Johnson, Blaise Zabini, the Patil twins, among others).

** ''The Lord of the Rings'' had a tough time in the UsefulNotes/SovietUnion. Soviet authorities were worried that the book had Cold War undertones (with the bad guys being from the East and good guys from the West), plus they were worried it's pro-agrarian attitude had reactionary undertones. In fact, when Ziniada Bobyr tried to make Russian translations of ''The Lord of The Rings'', it was re-written as a SciFi story rather than a {[fantasy}} (as Sci-Fi was more popular in the USSR).

* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' was [[https://people.com/movies/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-controversy/ accused]] of promoting bullying because the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer other reindeers are assholes to Rudolph because of his nose]], even though the whole special is about embracing your special qualities.
** Heck, with that movie, you'd think people would have more of a problem with Santa saying that he's going to "cancel Christmas," which implicitly makes the holiday SantaClausmas while subverting the celebration of Christ's birth.

* Happened in a fashion in a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' StoryArc revolving around the publishing of [[FictionalDocument a Batman comic]] within Franchise/TheDCU, which is a ridiculously over-the-top DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of Batman involving the occult. (Bruce Wayne couldn't get them to stop as he obviously never copyrighted Batman.) A SerialKiller calling himself "Batman" proceeded to kill those whom he perceived as "sinners", claiming that it's what Batman would've done. The comic book writer stopped making any more by the third issue, claiming he wouldn't bear the responsibility for any further killings.

* ''Film/RockItsYourDecision'', a Christian-made film about TheNewRockAndRoll (reviewed brilliantly by Creator/BradJones on ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'') becomes all about this. A formerly rock-loving teen starts to discover all the "horrible and evil" elements to rock music, eventually turning against it completely by the end of the movie. However, as pointed out in Jones' review, the "hero" of the film clearly had no idea what the songs were about in many instances, and by the end has become so paranoid, self-righteous and horrible to everyone around him that one kind of has to wonder if the audience was really meant to side with him. The best part is when he starts giving examples of evil influence in the titles of the songs.

** Arabic countries [[BannedInChina banned the game]] due to it containing a six-pointed star, and it's been claimed that "Pikachu" means "be a Jew," or worse, "stronger than God" in Latin America. (The truth is much more [[TastesLikeDiabetes benign and cutesy]]. The name is based on a Japanese onomatopoeia, coming out to roughly "Sparklesqueak" in English. Alternatively, it's named after the small fuzzy animal known as a pika. Or it could be both; they [[PungeonMaster do love their puns]] in Japan, after all.)

* Once notable VideoGame/{{Roblox}} user, [=TheJKid=], who ran a once popular Roblox fansite, quit Roblox, because, according to [[[[https://web.archive.org/web/20210114183104/https://roblox-thejkid.blogspot.com/2012/02/many-roblox-items-are-offensive-to.html his blogpost]], he, as a very devoted Christian, believed]] that the spawn image and many of the items, specifically ones with the theme of "evil, darkness, or death", were offensive to Christians and signs of the Devil, and appearances in one's own home could result in DemonicPossession. This all started when his uncle believed the spawn symbol was satanic and [=TheJKid=] agreed with him.

* Parody sites like Christ Wire play with this a lot. For example, in their analysis of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', they accuse the straight Glee club teacher of turning kids into homosexuals because he dances and sings a lot, and they also criticize it for encouraging kids to "have fun in the arts" instead of pursuing "real" careers. They skip over all the show's much more obvious attacks on the Christian Right -- like the fact that the celibacy club president becomes pregnant, or the way her ultra-conservative, Radio/GlennBeck-loving parents throw her out of the house when they find out. Even better is their article where they accuse ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' of turning "a generation of American boys into homosexuals."

* Creator/JonStewart parodied Radio/GlennBeck's tendencies towards this trope on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' where, after 'logically' piecing together numerous 'clues', [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/gmgfdo/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-conservative-libertarian he was able to reach the conclusion]] that [[Series/SesameStreet Bert]] was [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]].

* Radio/GlennBeck once claimed that the artwork outside Rockefeller Center (Creator/{{NBC}}'s corporate headquarters and site of many of their TV studios) in New York was intended to glorify [[CommieNazis communism and/or fascism]], [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/02/glenn-beck-finds-communis_n_275915.html as documented here]]. In reality, the only artwork that was ever on display at Rockefeller Center that can be considered communist-themed, the mural ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_at_the_Crossroads Man at the Crossroads]]'', was destroyed after an outraged Nelson Rockefeller saw the mural's depiction of UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin and ordered it painted over with one of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.

* Website/TheEscapist decided to parody the idea that ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' teach kids witchcraft in [[http://www.theescapist.com/spells/ this article]]. The author tries out the various spells from ''Harry Potter'' and ''Dungeons and Dragons'' in real life ... and fails [[IncrediblyLamePun magically]].

* Once notable VideoGame/{{Roblox}} user, [=TheJKid=], who ran a once popular Roblox fansite, quit Roblox, because [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210114183104/https://roblox-thejkid.blogspot.com/2012/02/many-roblox-items-are-offensive-to.html he, as a very devoted Christian, believed]] that the spawn image and many of the items, specifically ones with the theme of "evil, darkness, or death", were offensive to Christians and signs of the Devil, and appearances in one's own home could result in DemonicPossession. This all started when his uncle believed the spawn symbol was satanic and [=TheJKid=] agreed with him.

* Once notable VideoGame/{{Roblox}} user, [=TheJKid=], who ran a once popular Roblox fansite, quit Roblox, because [[http://roblox-thejkid.blogspot.com/2012/02/many-roblox-items-are-offensive-to.html he, as a very devoted Christian, believed that many of the items were offensive to Christians and signs of the Devil]], specifically items with the theme of "evil, darkness, or death". This all started when his uncle, a traveling exorcist, believed the spawn symbol was satanic and [=TheJKid=] agreed with him.

** [[http://pokegym.net/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=45060 Koga's Ninja Trick]] shows a manji. What's so bad about a manji? Well, it looks an awful lot like a [[NonNaziSwastika swastika]]. Some people thought it meant ''Pokémon'' [[ThoseWackyNazis was encouraging Nazism]].

*** In a supreme twist of irony, [[https://mythoughtsbornfromfire.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/the-latent-christianity-of-harry-potter-and-the-bigotry-of-j-k-rowling/ this]] left-wing neo-pagan blogger accuses Harry Potter of being filled with "latent Christianity", Dumbledore's "coming out" being homophobic.

*** In a supreme twist of irony, [[https://mythoughtsbornfromfire.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/the-latent-christianity-of-harry-potter-and-the-bigotry-of-j-k-rowling/ this]] left-wing neo-pagan blogger accuses Harry Potter of being filled with "latent Christianity", with the Gringots bankers supposedly being based on antisemitic tropes and Dumbledore's "coming out" being homophobic.

*** [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] has a much more in-depth look at this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_debates_over_the_Harry_Potter_series HERE]].

* Since the colorless energy image on the Pokémon [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} trading card game]] looks like a hexagram, it led to the game being repeatedly considered a Zionist conspiracy, and even being [[BannedInChina banned in Saudi Arabia]].