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** The climax of Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'' is a very nice homage to that shootout.

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** The climax of Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'' ''Film/ManhattanMurderMystery'' is a very nice homage to that shootout.
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* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': NRC has a literal Hall of Mirrors housing MagicMirror portals between the main campus and the dorms.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' has what is called the "Hall of Mirrors effect" which happens when someone uses the noclip cheat code to walk into the walls of a level. It can also happen when a texture for a wall or object is not properly referenced. It looks like part of the screen is shimmering, and everything is leaving behind a trace because the screen buffer is not being cleaned between frames.
** The Unreal engine also has this effect when the player somehow sees what's outside the level, either by noclipping outside or looking at a piece of surface in the level geometry that has no texture. It can also happen if more than three warpzones are placed in a way that the player can see through all of them at once, like a ''Matrix''-style endlessly looping tunnel: the first three zone portal surfaces properly stay invisible but the fourth and subsequent ones become visible and cause this effect, with mappers having to use fog to hide it. It greatly reduces rendering speed and can even cause the game to crash.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' has what is called the "Hall of Mirrors effect" which happens when someone uses the noclip cheat code to walk into the walls of a level. It can also happen when a texture for a wall or object is not properly referenced. It looks like part of the screen is shimmering, and everything is leaving behind a trace because the screen buffer is not being cleaned between frames.
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frames. The Unreal engine also has this effect when the player somehow sees what's outside the level, either by noclipping outside or looking at a piece of surface in the level geometry that has no texture. It can also happen if more than three warpzones are placed in a way that the player can see through all of them at once, like a ''Matrix''-style endlessly looping tunnel: the first three zone portal surfaces properly stay invisible but the fourth and subsequent ones become visible and cause this effect, with mappers having to use fog to hide it. It greatly reduces rendering speed and can even cause the game to crash.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'': In “The Quest of the Skeleton Warrior” (Episode 9), Diana and Bobby get lost in a labyrinth of mirrors. At some point their reflections start to morph – Diana becomes an old woman and Bobby an infant – and then their ages change in reality too.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'': In “The Quest "Quest of the Skeleton Warrior” Warrior" (Episode 9), Diana and Bobby get lost in a labyrinth of mirrors. At some point their reflections start to morph – Diana becomes an old woman and Bobby an infant – and then their ages change in reality too.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'': In “The Quest of the Skeleton Warrior” (Episode 9), Diana and Bobby get lost in a labyrinth of mirrors. At some point their reflections start to morphe – Diana becomes an old woman and Bobby an infant – and then their age changes in reality too.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'': In “The Quest of the Skeleton Warrior” (Episode 9), Diana and Bobby get lost in a labyrinth of mirrors. At some point their reflections start to morphe morph – Diana becomes an old woman and Bobby an infant – and then their age changes ages change in reality too.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' has an episode featuring a scene like that. In “The Quest of the Skeleton Warrior” (Episode 9), Diana and Bobby get lost in a labyrinth of mirrors. At some point their reflections start to morphe – Diana becomes an old woman and Bobby an infant – and then their age changes in reality too.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' has an episode featuring a scene like that. ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'': In “The Quest of the Skeleton Warrior” (Episode 9), Diana and Bobby get lost in a labyrinth of mirrors. At some point their reflections start to morphe – Diana becomes an old woman and Bobby an infant – and then their age changes in reality too.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ShaolinWuzang'': In "Deep Within the Mirror", Tang and Cheng fight Black Foxes in a room of mirrors. Tang's reflection appears in many mirrors around the Black Foxes, confusing them.

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* ''Anime/CreamyMamiTheMagicAngel'': In one episode, the eponymous protagonist uses her TransformationTrinket in a mirror house. The reflections generate ''another'' Creamy Mami of the completely opposite personality.



* In one episode of ''Anime/MagicalAngelCreamyMami'', the eponymous protagonist uses her TransformationTrinket in a mirror house. The reflections generate ''another'' Creamy Mami of the completely opposite personality.
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* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'''s [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-944 SCP-944 "Mirror Maze"]]. SCP-944 is one of these where weird things happen when people step ''through'' the mirrors.

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* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'''s ''Website/SCPFoundation'''s [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-944 SCP-944 "Mirror Maze"]]. SCP-944 is one of these where weird things happen when people step ''through'' the mirrors.
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* One of the short stories in ''Sirens and other [[HornyDevil Daemon Lovers]]'' takes place in a boudoir covered in mirrors which is also an EldritchLocation as the mirrors show events that are about to happen on the bed. This is great for sex until the protagonist witnesses his mirror image having his throat slashed open by his lover...

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* One of the short stories in ''Sirens and other [[HornyDevil [[HotAsHell Daemon Lovers]]'' takes place in a boudoir covered in mirrors which is also an EldritchLocation as the mirrors show events that are about to happen on the bed. This is great for sex until the protagonist witnesses his mirror image having his throat slashed open by his lover...
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* ''Series/FunkySquad'': In "The Carnival is Over", the "Here I Am" message in Cassie’s flat was written on the mirror, which leads the squaddies to a suitable season finale in the Hall of Mirrors in the AmusementParkOffDoom.

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* ''Series/FunkySquad'': In "The Carnival is Over", the "Here I Am" message in Cassie’s flat was written on the mirror, which leads the squaddies to a suitable season finale in the Hall of Mirrors in the AmusementParkOffDoom.AmusementParkOfDoom.
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* ''Series/FunkySquad'': In "The Carnival is Over", the "Here I Am" message in Cassie’s flat was written on the mirror, which leads the squaddies to a suitable season finale in the Hall of Mirrors in the AmusementParkOffDoom.
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* In ''Series/PennyDreadful'', Dorian Gray has one leading up to the hidden chamber where he keeps his portrait and
Vanessa goes here on a date that ends badly.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': In "Project A For Astral", Jackie chases the [[DemonicPossesion Shendu-possessed Jade]] into a hall of mirrors at Marlon World.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': In "Project A For Astral", Jackie chases the [[DemonicPossesion [[DemonicPossession Shendu-possessed Jade]] into a hall of mirrors at Marlon World.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': In "Project A For Astral", Jackie chases the [[DemonicPossesion Shendu-possessed Jade]] into a hall of mirrors at Marlon World.
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* ''Film/TheCircus'' by Creator/CharlieChaplin. Twenty years before ''The Lady From Shanghai''--THIS is probably the TropeMaker.

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* ''Film/TheCircus'' by Creator/CharlieChaplin. Twenty years before ''The Lady From Shanghai''--THIS ''Film/TheLadyFromShanghai''--THIS is probably the TropeMaker.
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* From ''Series/PrettyLittleLiarsOriginalSin'', Mouse is in one at the carnival with Ash when A appears, with Mouse trying to get out of there to escape A and eventually leaving through an emergency exit.
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* The first ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps'' Special Edition, ''Literature/IntoTheJawsOfDoom'', has a difficult Maze of Mirrors on the third floor which the player must navigate in order to obtain an item essential to escape said floor. It is possible to get lost ''forever'' in said maze and in one of the bad endings, the player can encounter a whole troop of boy scouts who spent ''years'' trying to escape, to no avail.
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* Vanity Smurf goes into a house of mirrors in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' and comes out with a bunch of copies of himself coming out of the mirrors.

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* Vanity Smurf goes into a house of mirrors in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' and comes out with a bunch of copies of himself coming out of the mirrors.
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* The 1980s series ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' has an episode featuring a scene like that. In “The Quest of the Skeleton Warrior” (Episode 9), Diana and Bobby get lost in a labyrinth of mirrors. At some point their reflections start to morphe – Diana becomes an old woman and Bobby an infant – and then their age changes in reality too.

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* The 1980s series ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' has an episode featuring a scene like that. In “The Quest of the Skeleton Warrior” (Episode 9), Diana and Bobby get lost in a labyrinth of mirrors. At some point their reflections start to morphe – Diana becomes an old woman and Bobby an infant – and then their age changes in reality too.
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* A variation in ''Film/DocSavage: Man of Bronze''. A sniper takes a pot-shot at Doc Savage through his office window, but the window glass is designed to refract the image so he appears to be standing in a different place.

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* A variation in ''Film/DocSavage: Man of Bronze''.''Film/DocSavageTheManOfBronze'. A sniper takes a pot-shot at Doc Savage through his office window, but the window glass is designed to refract the image so he appears to be standing in a different place.
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* A variation in ''Film/DocSavage: Man of Bronze''. A sniper takes a pot-shot at Doc Savage through his office window, but the window glass is designed to refract the image so he appears to be standing in a different place.
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* ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2'': Part of Mysterio's base. Wobbly "clones" of Spidey will emerge from the mirrors and attack.
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** There's a hall-of-mirrors chase in the Second Doctor episode "The Seeds of Death," with an Ice Warrior lumbering after our hero. It's reminiscent of an old silent movie, and very tense despite the Warrior's slowness.

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** There's an unexplained hall of mirrors during a hall-of-mirrors chase scene on a ''moonbase'', in the Second Doctor episode 3 of the [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor Second Doctor]] serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath "The Seeds of Death," Death"]] with an Ice Warrior lumbering after our hero. It's reminiscent of an old silent movie, and very tense despite the Warrior's slowness.
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* The climax of the kung fu film, ''Film/BloodyParrot'', takes place in one such location, a cavern filled with a maze of mirrors, with the hero and villain dueling each other. And in-between all that, there are also shots of the hero's [[https://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/bloody-parrot naked, abducted girlfriend reflected on the mirrors]], intercut between all the action.
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* One ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' has a hunter in one, being taunted by his foe: "Ah, yes, Mr. Frischberg, I'd thought you'd come... but which of us is the ''real'' [[FeatheredFiend duck]], Mr. Frischberg, and not just an illusion?"
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* In the Disney cartoon ''Bone Trouble'', Pluto ducks into a hall of mirrors to escape an angry bulldog, and amuses himself by playing with the reflections. When the bulldog appears, Pluto scares him off with multiple reflections of himself.

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* In the Disney cartoon ''Bone Trouble'', ''WesternAnimation/BoneTrouble'', Pluto ducks into a hall of mirrors to escape an angry bulldog, and amuses himself by playing with the reflections. When the bulldog appears, Pluto scares him off with multiple reflections of himself.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': As Di is fighting Tezcatlipoca whose main weapon is an obsidian mirror the cover of #315 depicts her crouched in a ring of funhouse mirrors all showing distorted reflections of her as Wonder Woman with no visible route in or out.
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* A flashback in ''Film/{{Dracula 2000}}'' shows Van Helsing capturing Dracula via mirrors set up in an alley. As vampires don't appear in mirrors Dracula fails to realise Van Helsing is actually behind him until it's too late.

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* A flashback in ''Film/{{Dracula 2000}}'' shows Van Helsing capturing Dracula via mirrors set up in an alley. As vampires don't appear in mirrors but humans do, Dracula fails to realise Van Helsing is actually behind him until it's too late.
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* Sean Connery's character Zed battles against The Vortex in a mirror maze in ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''.

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