History Main / NightParadeOfOneHundredDemons

* ''TabletopGame/PokemonTradingCardGame'': The illustration rare print of [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gastly_(Wild_Force_45) Gastly]] from the Japanese "Wild Force" expansion features the entirety of Gastly's evolution line marching in hordes on the street, in reference to this trope.

* Operation: Specter in ''Anime/PomPoko'' is a display of illusory magic practiced by the {{Tanuki}} elders of Shikoku that simulates a ghostly parade of youkai and demons as part of a last ditch attempt to protect Tama Hills from human development. Since the humans of New Tama are not as superstitious as those in Shikoku, it winds up being confused for a festive piece of advertisement for a local theme-park company, made all the more insulting since one of the Elders wound up dying from the strain of it.

The ''Hyakki Yagyo'', translated into English as "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" [[note]] The closest English equivalent would be 'pandemonium', as it's both etymologically similar and similar in meaning [[/note]], is a massive night parade composed of a wide variety of {{Youkai}} -- demons and spirits believed to be responsible for natural phenomenon of all kinds -- where they party and generally cause chaos. It is often used as an idiom for riots and disorderly processions, though some believe it to be a real event in folklore.

Over the years, many different interpretations of how the Parade works have cropped up. Some believe it's led by the youkai Nurarihyon and that it's hosted every summer evening. Humans unprotected by exorcism charms or are not the Onmyoji clan head are killed in the chaos.

See also TheWildHunt and UsefulNotes/{{Walpurgisnacht}}, events in European folklore where mythical creatures and other supernatural phenomena congress.

* In 2018, ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' launched the 百ポケ夜行 ''[[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2018/06/180608_p01.html Hyaki Poké Yako]]'' line of merchandise, which heavily features Pokémon based on youkai such as Froslass, Ninetales, and Mawile. The key artwork for the merch line has all the featured Pokémon marching in a nightly parade.

* ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'': The antagonists of the second season are explicitly called the Hundred Demons, and their flag is Parade of Hundred Demons. True to their inspiration, they're responsible for the events that occur at that time.

* The Parade in ''Literature/{{Paprika}}'' is a dream [[BrownNote that induces madness in whoever gets it]] inspired by the Hyakki Yagyo, [[spoiler:right down to invading the real world]].

* [[Creator/XiaJia Xia Jia]]'s "A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight" is named after and features a Chinese version of the parade as an event regularly organized by the denizens of Ghost Street, an abandoned amusement park filled with cyborgs and robots modeled after mythical and folkloric characters. The highlight of the parade is supposed to be the abduction of one of the tourists and their rescue by the heroic Yan Chixia, but by the time of the story the only candidate for abduction is the protagonist Ning.

* [[Creator/XiaJia]]'s "A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight" is named after and features a Chinese version of the parade as an event regularly organized by the denizens of Ghost Street, an abandoned amusement park filled with cyborgs and robots modeled after mythical and folkloric characters. The highlight of the parade is supposed to be the abduction of one of the tourists and their rescue by the heroic Yan Chixia, but by the time of the story the only candidate for abduction is the protagonist Ning.

* ''Creator/XiaJia'''s "A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight" is named after and features a Chinese version of the parade as an event regularly organized by the denizens of Ghost Street, an abandoned amusement park filled with cyborgs and robots modeled after mythical and folkloric characters. The highlight of the parade is supposed to be the abduction of one of the tourists and their rescue by the heroic Yan Chixia, but by the time of the story the only candidate for abduction is the protagonist Ning.

* ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'': One of the oni Suika's BossSubtitles is "Tiny Night Parade of One Hundred Demons". She can also split herself into multiple smaller versions of herself, make herself gigantic, and attract people to parties thanks to her power of controlling density (population density in the latter case).

The ''Hyakki Yagyo'', translated into English as "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" [[note]] The most close English equivalent would be 'pandemonium', as it's both etymologically similar and similar in meaning [[/note]], is a massive night parade composed of a wide variety of {{Youkai}} -- demons and spirits believed to be responsible for natural phenomenon of all kinds -- where they party and generally cause chaos. It is often used as an idiom for riots and disorderly processions, though some believe it to be a real event in folklore.