History Main / TheKrampus

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}, with its FantasyKitchenSink approach, unsurprisingly have the Krampus, here tied to a druid circle's attempt at summoning a guardian spirit from the First World GoneHorriblyRight; it's a vicious, exremely powerful monster who at CR 21 will butcher all but the strongest adventurer parties.

See also BadSanta, which the Krampus is occasionally portrayed as. If The Krampus and SantaClaus are the same person, see {{Santabomination}}.

* In the miniseries ''ComicBook/{{Klaus}}'' by Creator/GrantMorrison, Krampus (rather than being the servant/partner of Santa) is Santa's enemy who feeds on bad children and corrupts things with his mere touch.

* In ''Fanfic/Earth27'', Krampus (or as he used to be called, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Krampos"]]) is a [[FaunsAndSatyrs satyr]] who works for Santa Claus. He's an AdaptationalNiceGuy, only really persecuting naughty children- or [[KickTheSonOfABitch Nazi officers]], apparently.

* Appears in the indie defense tower game ''Santa's Salvation.''
* In the mobile game ''Merry Krampus'' you play as Krampus and try to capture as many children as possible.
* In December of 2014, ''Game of War: Fire Age'' had a few seasonal enemies. Krampus was one of them. There were also Krampus items like Krampus Beard and Krampus Bells.
* The app game ''Christmas Crisis'' has Krampus taking over Santa's workshop with his yeti minions and you try to take him out with a snowball gun.
* In ''Bad Christmas'' Mrs. Claus has to save Santa, who has been kidnapped by the Krampus.
* In ''Monster Legends'', Krampus is a monster that you can raise from an egg.
* There is a custom ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' map called ''Krampus'' all about, you guessed it, being terrorized by the Krampus.
* An unlockable level for ''Secret Santa'' has you playing as Krampus, stealing kids and punching obstacles in your way.
* ''Daze Before Christmas'' is a platformer starring Santa. A special power-up has him transform into "Anti-Claus" and he bears a bit of a resemblance to the Krampus.
* In the ChristmasEpisode of ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', the villain is the Krampus, depicted as a demonic green anti-Claus who hates children and can be defeated with cookies and milk.
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2'' added a Krampus-themed map for the Twisted Christmas 2017 update. It is described as "a twisted and dark lumberyard, workshop, and prison all in one." Krampus himself appears as a reskin of the Abomination boss during Christmas events. He's essentially a giant Bloat, and thus a {{Gasshole}} of the highest order.
* In the survival horror game ''Krampus Is Home'' you play as Sebastian, who is home alone and must contend with the Krampus lurking about.
* ''Krampus Quest'' is a retro platformer where you play as Krampus, released after having been imprisoned for over a century by Santa, as you make your way to Santa to get your revenge.
* In ''Yuletide Legends 3: Who Framed Santa Claus?'' Krampus has Santa arrested for stealing presents after capturing his voice in a magic globe so he can't defend himself.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' has ''two'' DLC versions of the Krampus in both ''Save the World'' and ''Battle Royale''. In STW he's a jolly-looking fellow using the Constructor moveset and sounds suspiciously like [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Guy.]] In BR he's LeanAndMean with his hood up, darker fur, a too-long tongue, glowing eyes, basically more demonic than he really should be.
* Krampus is part of the League of Christmas Evil responsible for kidnapping Santa Claus in Cthulu Saves Christmas.
* In ''Santa's Christmas Solitaire 2'' Krampus and his army of forgotten teddy bears steal Santa's toy sack.
* In ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', one of the Trapper's Ultra Rare alternate skins is the Krampus, released as part of the Holiday Horror collection.

* Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p1JYvV178E stop-motion short]] featuring the Krampus and his mythos. They also made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFG-Hi64RmQ special message video]] with Krampus.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNgOYbD7ez8 The pilot episode]] of ''The Grimm Archives'' gives a history of the Krampus. Interestingly, they say that the Krampus was a whole race of creatures under Santa Claus's control rather than one being. They also make reference to a mention of the Krampus by one of the Brother's Grimm, which also leads to a discussion of Frau Perchta.

* The 2011 Christmas comic for ''Webcomic/RealLifeFiction.''
* Krampus comes by every Christmas in ''Webcomic/SnapCracklePop.''
* Lottee from ''Webcomic/BadReputation'' was [[http://buttart.tumblr.com/post/70641168611/i-did-this-last-year-for-the-holidays-my-arts drawn in a Krampus costume.]]
* In one of the [[http://hijinksensue.com/comic/the-reason-for-the-season/ 2011 December strips]] for ''Webcomic/HijinksEnsue'', Josh complains about how there is no Krampus traditions around and resolves to boycott the holidays. Until Joel gives him a bundle of birch branches as a gift, reviving his Christmas spirit.

* In the ''Webcomic/SugarBits'' ChristmasSpecial, [[http://snafu-comics.com/swmcomic/sugarbits-christmas-special-p1/ the Krampus appears before Princess Ginger/Lico.]] His appearance in this one clearly takes inspiration from the Michael Dougherty film. He turns her (and Princess Chesna, Chi from ''Webcomic/GrimTalesFromDownBelow'', and Buttercup from ''Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi'') into dolls. Also the Cat in the Hat is narrating the story.
* ''Webcomic/BandVsBand'' had a couple holiday pages in 2013 where Turpentine and Honey come across each other on Christmas Eve and get ready to have a musical duel. But when Honey proposes doing Christmas songs, Turpentine refuses. [[http://bvbcomix.com/bandvsband/band-vs-the-holidays-2013-part-2 Not even when Honey brings up a (fictional) carol about Krampus.]] They do end up hanging out, at which time Honey and Arsenic sing the Krampus carol (much to Turpentine's annoyance).
** One of the second print book's extras is a short strip drawn by Turpentine that shows Arsenic meeting Krampus and convincing him to come to a party, resulting in all the bad kids in the world ruining Christmas.

* Appears in many, many strips of Salem Uncommons. One has a [[https://aaronsynn.deviantart.com/art/salem-uncommons-1903-501293872 Krampus version of "A Visit From St. Nicolas"]] and one features [[https://aaronsynn.deviantart.com/art/Salem-Uncommons-1893-499889958 Krampus fighting Black Pete.]]
* [[https://bjsinc.deviantart.com/art/Erma-Strip-23-576883079 A strip from]] ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'' has the title character giving Krampus cookies while her friends run in terror.
* Comics Alliance did [[http://comicsalliance.com/krampusnacht-original-comic/ a special comic]] in 2016 called ''Krampusnacht'' by Benito Cereno and Chuck Knigge. It tells the story of a man who feared the Krampus all his life, but when Krampus was banned in Austria at the beginning of [=WW2=], he gladly joined the Nazis that enforced the ban. [[spoiler:But as he discovers on ''Krampusnacht'', Krampus is not bound by human laws, and in this tale, his reputation of going after children is a myth, for children are young and don't understand. Adults, on the other hand, are often guilty of murder and bigotry, and are more deserving of the punishment he brings.]]
* Griff's ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'' fancomics introduces a CuteMonsterGirl version of Krampus as Baphomet's daughter.

* The author of ''Webcomic/PlanetaryMoe'' made [[https://rainbow-taishi.tumblr.com/post/181386848398/shounen-anime-santa-a-holiday-themed-story this shonen anime concept]] doing a twist on the Santa/Krampus dynamic -- in this depiction, Santa and Krampus would be portrayed as twin brothers who always inherit their positions from the previous member of their line, Krampus clearly being portrayed in a DarkIsNotEvil manner here. In this particular generation, however, Santa decided to opt out and this made Krampus [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope completely lose it]], eventually judging ''everyone'' as naughty, [[TakenForGranite turning them into coal]] and dragging them into his realm. The plotline, apparently, would've been for Santa to take up the mantle again, fight and save his brother and restore order to the holiday. Also, there's buff elves, a CuteBruiser Mrs. Claus and laser-shooting reindeer. [[RuleOfCool There's a reason a lot of the commenters are disappointed that the anime in question isn't real]].

* Krampus received his own episode on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hQKznOMToc CR's]] WebVideo/FamiliarFaces series. [[CouchGag Since CR always draws a title card featuring the respective character in a different style,]] [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas he made Krampus the Grinch's horned, European cousin.]]

* The Youtube channel Krampus Nights has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuhUG97mEUo promo video]] that tells the tale of a naughty child getting taken by the Krampus, followed by a brief history of the creature. It is now used to upload videos of the new Krampus festival that takes place in Bloomington, Indiana. (which was the point of the initial video)

* Appears as a puppet in ''WebVideo/TheIsleOfRangoon'' in the [[http://isleofrangoon.com/?p=564 second part of their review]] of ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasIsHereAgain''. He is accused of stealing Christmas and a flashback implies that he and Santa are brothers. Coincidentally, the BigBad of the film being reviewed is based on the Krampus, but not referred to as such, which confuses Starch and Sunny as to why he just wasn't called that.

* ''Snarled'' [[https://youtu.be/llkapYcNRfY did a video on Krampus]] one year about him visiting a family of four. [[spoiler:Turns out Krampus was there to pick up the ''[[AbusiveParents parents]]'', as Santa arrives and explains to the terrified children. Santa adopts the now-orphaned son as his protege, but the daughter decides to go with Krampus and work under him instead.]]

* The back cover of the Sunset Rubdown album Random Spirit Lover has Krampus on it.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EmqsEHl3P8 This.]]
** And it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kxgLs8VSJ4 more sexualized sequel.]]
* Musician and stand-up comedian Christopher Wauben a.k.a. Super Klaus Santa wrote a song called ''Krampus Night.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKkEOs5NYSY Here's the music video.]]

* [[https://soundcloud.com/krammpstein Krammpstein]], a parody band of Rammstein, mixes metal with a twisted Christmas spirit.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcH6gFhWbdI This Instrumental]] by the band ''Music/MidnightSyndicate'' as a part of their album ''Christmas: A Ghostly Gathering''

* Chris Wauben did a music video for his song Krampus Night. It's available on Amazon Prime.
* There's a band called ''Krampus Parade'' with an album called ''Alpine Nightmares and Holiday Horrors''

* As said in the description of their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Jn4oZjLJs music video,]] "IKON's 'Gruss Vom Krampus' in the A-side of their Christmas single, released as part of the 2015 edition of the Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club."

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' has [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Santa_Claws Santa Claws,]] which is the Krampus in a Santa outfit.
* ''Let's Kill Krampus'' is a card-based role-playing game filled with dark humor. If you play as Krampus, you play to eat the children and/or make them grow up cynical and unhappy. If you play as one of eight children, you play to ultimately kill Krampus.
* A [[http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/109473/Krampus-Race free, downloadable]] board game on DriveThru RPG called ''Krampus Race'' has every player being a Krampus and going across the board, trying to collect as many naughty children as possible.
* [[http://meltdowngames.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/the-krampusz-are-here/ Yet another downloadable boardgame,]] this one is a Werewolf/Mafia re-theme that gives players the option between playing Krampus, children, or various other Christmas-themed characters. The end-game goals differ depending on who you're playing.

* ''Macabre Tales'' has a mini-supplement about Krampus called ''The Shadow of Krampus.'' It gives you his folkloric backstory, game statistics, and advice on how to use him.
* ''Acts of Villainy: Solo'' created [[http://www.rpgnow.com/product/124242/Krampus---AoV-Solo-%28M%26M3e%29?affiliate_id=18458 this supplement]] for ''Mutants and Masterminds'' to add Krampus as an antagonist.
* The second volume of ''Octavirate Presents'' is called "Night of the Krampus" and is meant for multiple d20 campaigns. It provides a very interesting mythos for Santa and Krampus in the mythical role-playing style world.
* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' did a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'''' conversion for Krampus, which can be [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/krampus-d20.jpg viewed here.]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}, with its FantasyKitchenSink approach, unsurprisingly have the Krampus, here tied to a druid circle's attempt at summoning a guardian spirit from the First World GoneHorriblyRight; it's a vicious, exremely powerful monster who at CR 21 will butcher all but the strongest adventurer parties.
* Related to the game folder but not a game itself, Nevermet Press created stock art of Krampus for anyone to use for their game manuals.
* There are a few Krampus miniatures out there, the easiest to find being the one made by Chronoscope. It isn't for any particular game (nor are most of Chronoscope's miniature). Strange Aeon also has a seasonal Krampus miniature. There is a Twisted Christmas set that includes Krampus and a crew of dark Christmas-themed miniatures.
* ''The Red Dragon's Lair'' card game made an expansion in 2015 that made Krampus a boss.

* There is a traditional, somewhat educational short play in Austria called Krampusspiel Weißenbach bei Liezen. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKudPJ56eWQ Here is a recording of one outdoor performance (there are no captions unfortunately).]]

* In Armstrong, BC, one of the shows that the ''Caravan Farm Theatre'' put on was an origin story for Santa, called ''Old Nick'' and was an outdoors theater performed as the audience took a sleigh ride through the forest. Krampus played the part of the antagonist. [[http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/184158371.html Here's a review of the show.]]

* Appears in Whiskey Wry Productions one-hour sketch comedy "A Sack Full of Coal."

* The Blue Barn Theater's Witching Hour in Omaha, NE performed a play in 2010 with Krampus in it called ''The Christmas Rumpus.''
* In Detroit there's a variety show that happened in summer and winter of 2014 called [[http://www.krampusnightdetroit.com/ ''Krampus Night IV.'']]

* * Seattle Immersive Theater does a dark yearly show called ''Krampus Christmas: An Immersive Look at the Naughty-List Nightmares'', advertising itself as "a kind of carnival ride through your Christmas nightmares." It walks people through several scenes and stories as they explain Krampus and shows him punishing the naughty, all with dark humor featuring a creepily cheerful elf guide and a drunken pervy Santa. Here are [[http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/keeping-krampus-christmas two]] [[http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater/better-watch-out-krampus-christmas-is-in-town/ reviews]] that goes into greater detail about it.]]
* ''Krampus: A Yuletide Tale'' performed by the Short North Theater. More info [[http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2015/12/10/theater-preview-krampus-a-yuletide-tale.html here]] and [[http://www.shortnorthstage.org/calendar/v/509 here.]]
* ''[[http://www.ghostlightensemble.com/krampus Krampus!]]'' by the Ghostlight Ensemble (previously produced by Strangeloop Theater). An evening with the family in a cabin turns sour as Krampus possesses one of the characters, and priests brought in to exorcise him end up bloodily murdered.
* [[http://www.southflorida.com/theater-and-arts/sf-theater-krampus-wilton-manors-20151216-story.html The Krampus: Initiation]] by the Abyss Theater.
* The Oriental Theater in Denver performed a ''Carnivale De Sensuale: Krampus!'' on December 17th, 2016.
* ''An Evening With Krampus'' is a musical written by Sam Krahn that has Krampus meeting his match. This musical was funded through [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/an-evening-with-krampus-world-premiere#/ indiegogo]] and there's a demo of the soundtrack [[https://soundcloud.com/aneveningwithkrampus here.]]

* As mentioned in the Literature section, there is a Krampus in the Corner plush that goes with the book of the same name. It is a parody of the Elf on a Shelf.

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'': The Krampus was added as a boss fight in the Christmas update. He will randomly appear in the Devil's room with the chances of him increasing the more you visit the room and even more if you actually take items. Defeating him unlocks the unique Lump of Coal item. (''Rebirth'' also adds the Head of Krampus pick-up as a possible drop.)

* ''VideoGame/SlayRide'' has you play as Santa and battle the Krampus, who is the final boss. This game is no longer available on iTunes, [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slay-ride/id578293572?mt=8 but you can still see the iTunes info page.]] The developers will also give people a copy of the game if asked though.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsAndDragons'' has a seasonal Epic Boss based on Krampus, who is part of the Winter Kings event. It is a Water/Fire elemental that drops Evil Fur when defeated that can be used to create Krampus' Mantle. There is also armor called Krampus Nemesis.
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'': The 2013 Christmastime event allowed players to face off against Krampus demons wandering the various combat zones throughout the world. Should the player succeed in killing one of them while they [[CowardlyBoss attempt to escape through a portal]], they are given a route into the Krampus' home dimension of Niflheim. Yes, ''that'' [[Myth/NorseMythology Niflheim]]. There, the player can battle an entire army of Krampus, along with a much larger boss Krampus, before finally duelling the mother of all Krampus, Hel herself.
* ''VideoGame/{{Krampus}}'' has you playing as a cutesy little Krampus. You stomp reindeer and presents, and steal toys from children as fast as you can to unlock the gate.
* ''VideoGame/{{Krampage}}'' is an iOS game where you lead Krampus out of Hell to punish naughty children. It's part platformer, part Fruit Ninja rip-off.
* ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'': A rare type of armor is called Krampus. It requires being rank 5 Loremaster. Going by the item description, it may be meant as druid armor used to channel nature-based magic.
* ''VideoGame/EpicDuel'' has a race called Krampus in it, and has three Krampus NPC in it. There are two Krampus Warriors (one level five and level eleven), who will give you missions and you can also challenge to fights. Then there's the Krampus Technician, who is level twenty, believes magic simply be advanced technology, and will challenge you to a duel. They are all from Frysteland, which has been taken over by a tyrant named Alydriah
* ''VideoGame/EricsXmas'' has Krampus invade Santa's workshop with his own army of evil elves, and it's up to Eric the Elf to save the captured Santa.
* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': Krampus is an enemy during the Frost Moon event.
* An indie game simply titled ''Krampus'' is about a teen who is spending Christmas with his family at a country house when he gets a visit from Krampus.
* ''Krampus in Wreck the Halls'' is a mobile game that has you playing as Krampus as you storm the North Pole, where Santa has hidden many naughty children to try and deprive Krampus of his power.

* ''To the Krampus - a Daughter'' by R.S. Pyne.
* ''A Krampus Carol'' by Lauren Onca O'Leary is a creat-your-own-adventure as well as a coloring book.
* ''Cowboys & Krampus'' by Lucy Blue has zombie fighting outlaws Daisy and Cade taking refuge in a hotel while a blizzard rages. While there, they get a visit from Krampus.
* ''Krampus Hates Christmas'' by Andi Van has Krampus (named Karl) and Santa as brothers. In order to learn more about the holiday spirit, he's turned human and forced to live among the humans, during which he develops a romance with neighbor Lewis Weatherby. This was a story from Dreamspinner Press 2016.
* ''Krampus vs The Wendigo'' by AL J. Vermette.
* ''War on Christmas'' by Edward Lorn
* ''Kris & Krampus Kringle'' by Bailey Quillin Cooper is a children's book about Kris Kringle and Krampus growing up as brothers
* ''Calling On Krampus'' by Alan Toner has a school bully being punished by Krampus.
* ''Krampus in the City'' is part of the ''Indestructibles'' series by Matthew Phillion. This has a team of superheroes taking on Krampus as he starts kidnapping children from their home city.
* ''He's Coming for Yule'' by Katie Curtis.
* ''Maxwell Beldam and the Krampus'' by Kyle Wilson and Lindsey Matousek says Krampus takes a thousand kids each year, and this year he's coming to the titular Maxwell's town. Maxwell is determined to stop him, despite the protest from his friends.
* ''Monster ABC'' is a children's book that has many monsters from A to Z, including Krampus.
* ''Krampus in the Corner'' is an ''Elf on the Shelf'' horror parody by Justin Cristelli. Like the original, there is a Krampus in the Corner plush toy that goes with the book. Unlike the original, it's not meant for children and is mildly gory.
* ''Krampuslauf'' by Sydnie-Leigh Jean has the main characters encounter the Krampus during a Krampus parade.
* ''Gnome Exchange Program'' by Matt Caliri has the main character (an exchange gnome, surprise surprise) helping Santa save Christmas from his evil half-brother Krampus.
* ''Bad Elf'' by John Rae has an elf that idolizes Krampus and who steals the Naughty List to try and track him down.
* ''Santa vs. Krampus'' has the concept of mall Santas be a cover for a secret order of wizards who use swear words as spells to fight Krampus and his minions.
* ''The Faces of Krampus'' by Joe Moore has Krampus (aka Black Peter aka Pelznickel) being a willing companion of Santa and their relationship starts amiably until the devil himself gets involved.
* ''Nick and Me'' is a story told from the point of view of Krampus.
* ''You're Not Santa!'' by Dawn Chance is about Krampus helping an abused kid who believes Krampus is the real Santa.
* ''Krampus: A Terrorverse Tale'' by Robert Thompson.
* ''Twelfth Krampus Night'' by Matt Manochio is a Medieval story set in Bavaria about a girl trying to escape a castle being invaded by Krampus and Frau Perchta.
* ''Goodnight Krampus'' by Kyle and Derek Sullivan is a children's book that has a little Krampus who won't go to bed.
* An essay about the Krampus appears in the 2016 edition of ''Llwellyn's Magical Almanac.''
* Krampus is the name of the raven pet from ''Storms of Lazarus''
* Volume one of the ''Horrible Holiday Series'' by Autumn Steam is called ''Santa Snack'' wherein Krampus overthrows Santa along with one of the elves.
* Book twenty-three of the ''Dark Fantasy Library'' is called ''Krampus the Yuletide Terror.'' This has Krampus at the crucifixion of Jesus and having sex with Mary Magdalene, who places a curse that grants him immortality. In this story, it's Santa who's the alter ego of Krampus, and the elves are replaced with dwarfish ogres who used to be the people Krampus punished. He continuously punishes nonbelievers, awaiting Christ's return.
* ''Santa’s Little Helper Wants To Eat Your Children & Other Holiday Musings'' is full of essays on Christmas traditions, including (as the title suggests) about the Krampus.

* ''Krampus'' by Billy McLaughlin has Santa and Krampus as brothers separated for a century before they have to reunite to save the world.
* ''The Twisted Christmas Trilogy'' by Daniel Parsons has Santa and his elves help the young protagonist under the initial guise of being a travelling circus. In the second book, Santa goes missing and enemies threaten to summon the Krampus.
* ''Operation Tannenbaum'' is an alternate history tale about the Nazi invasion of Switzerland from the point of view of a small child, with Krampus thrown into the mix.
* ''How I Learned The Truth About Krampus'' by Tom Johnstone
* In ''The Krampus Hunters'' Santa is a red goblin named Nickor that uses Krampus to capture children to sell them.
* ''The Night Before Krampus'' by Peter Johnson has a pair of Krampus coming to make the protagonists pay for the sins of past generations.
* ''The Krampus Christmas'' has a group of elves journey into the Krampus's lair to find a good substitute for sugar in cookies (no, really)
* ''The Vampire Who Saves Christmas'' has Santa and his team becoming vampires to combat the Krampus.
* ''Nicolas and Sabina in The Busy Season'' has both Santa and Mrs. Claus (Nicholas and Sabina) dealing with Krampus on Christmas.
* ''Letter To Santa'' by Shawn Hudson is a children's book about a kid that writes to Santa, not knowing that he's on the naughty list and thus will be getting a visit from a very different person.
* ''{{Theatre/See Amid the Winter Snow}}'' by Peter Fenton invokes Krampus as the alias name of the elf blackmailing Santa Claus.

* History channel's eighth episode of ''History of the Holidays'' delves into, among other things, the Krampus folklore.
* ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}'' has an episode entitled "Krampus".
* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' had a Christmas episode with the Krampus, taking the form of a humanoid ram with tan fur and dressed in a Santa suit. As in folklore, he kidnaps naughty children; in this version, he leaves coal after taking them and [[spoiler:keeps the kids prisoner with the intention of eating them. This Krampus was only transformed into his Wesen form around the winter solstice and had no memory of what he did as the Krampus during that time. (or even that he's Wesen)]]
* ''Shock Theater'' 's framing segments on their episode featuring ''Santa Claus Conquers The Martians'' features a fight between Santa and the Krampus after Krampus causes trouble for the hosts.
* In the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' Christmas episode "A Merry Murdoch Christmas", Inspector Brackenreid believes in the Krampus, having supposedly seen him as a child, and thinks he's responsible for the murders as part of a campaign to destroy Christmas. [[spoiler:It turns out the murderer of the week ''was'' trying to ruin Christmas and was dressed as the Krampus to do so, and the Inspector's childhood experience is implied to be a nightmare caused by guilt. (He told his father he hated him when he didn't get the present he wanted.)]]
* One ChristmasEpisode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' has "Krampus" as the screen name of a notorious hacker -- who also turns out to be an online sexual predator.
* The Krampus shows up as the villain of ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'' episode "Christmas With the Aquabats!"
* ''Series/AmericanHousewife'''s ninth episode and Christmas special has the youngest daughter thinking that her mother is the Krampus.

* On the ChristmasEpisode of ''Series/DangerForce'', the Krampus is Santa's evil brother who wants to destroy Christmas.

* In ''Literature/KrampusTheYuleLord'', the plot revolves around a feud between Santa and Krampus. The two are depicted as a bit more morally ambiguous in this tale, being holdovers of the Old Norse Pantheon fighting over who's holiday (Christmas or Yuletide) wins out.
* Skyler Hornbostel from the short novel series ''Literature/{{Samhain Island}}'' is a young Krampus with a showman-like personality.
* ''Krampus: A Christmas Tale'' by Phil Ives is a retelling of the tale for children.
* ''The Moonlight Monsters Detective Agency'' has a Christmas story that revolves around a bunch of Krampus that are masquerading as mall Santas.
* ''The Claus Effect'' by David Nickel and Karl Schroeder, which makes Santa a sadistic monster and Krampus... better.
* ''The Spirit of Krampus,'' a short story written by Kate Danley, in which the titular spirit infects all the adults and a young boy named Skip goes to find Santa Claus to fix things.
* Olivia Black wrote a children's adventure book called ''The Return of Knecht Ruprecht.'' where three children help Santa Claus fight off the army of the Krampus.
* ''You Better Not Cry'' by Miriam Soumiyè

* ''The Krampus Night Before Christmas'' and ''A Visit From Krampus'' is a two-part book series by Clement Gore.
* ''Of Christmas Present'' by Thomm Quackenbush has Krampus try to have an alcoholic Salvation Army Santa be the new Santa.
* ''The Winter Witch and the Krampus: A Christmas Tale'' by J.P. Reedman.
* ''Untouchable'' by Alice Janell is the first of the Everwinter series and features a couple characters who are Krampusi (Rattagan and Drosselmeyer)
* ''The Elf Who Saved Christmas: A (Sweet) Horror Novella'' by Rebecca M Senese.
* Krampus is mentioned, talked about, and the inspiration for the protagonist's band name in ''Krampus'' by Shona McAleese.
* ''Like Coal for Krampus'' by Scotty Schrier
* ''The Pyhäraapia'' by Craig Allen Reade
* ''Making Santa: Advent'' by Blake M. Petit has [[spoiler: Craig Anderson taking up the mantel of a Krampus.]]

* ''Holiday, Inc.'' by Anthony Caruso and L.J. Simone.
* Krampus is a monster that the heroes fight in ''Shark Knights''
* ''Sol Invictus'' by J. Paul Roe.
* ''The Yule Demon'' by Tony Karnes is a picture book that tells the mythology of Krmapus.
* The first book of the ''Empire Beneath'' series introduces several Krampus that act as guards to prisoners. At first the protagonist mistakes them for Yetis, other characters speculate the possibility of other species, but throughout the book, they are called Krampus.
* ''Letters From Krampus'' is an epistolary novel that tells of Krampus's banishment from"North Pole Corporation" and how, when Santa goes missing, Krampus gathers help to find and save him.

* ''Yuletide'', the third book of the Matilda Kavanagh series, has the protagonist's town invaded by Krampus and the titular Matilda has to save everyone.
* ''Night of the Krampus'' by Matt Lake is a children's picture book that also features reimagined Christmas carols in the spirit of Krampusnacht.
* ''Run No Longer: A Krampus Tale'' by Marcia Felts
* In ''S: Memoir of an Iconic Gentleman'', Krampus is brought up as having been a story concocted by Leonardo da Vinci in order to dissuade da Vinci's adopted son Salai from misbehaving since the child knew that da Vinci was lying when he said that Santa would spank him. It did not work.
* ''A Far, Far Better Thing'' by Lindsay Coyle has Krampus appear to one of the characters, telling him that they are the next Santa and that he is bound "by natural law" to serve him. In this story, Krampus punishes people by swallowing them, consuming them body and soul, and sending them to Proditio, the realm of Hell he rules over.
* JG Faherty's ''Winterwood'' has the main character's grandsons kidnapped by the Krampus and taken to a place called Winterwood.
* ''Prison of Hope'', the fourth book of ''The Hellequin Chronicles, has a Krampus in it. In the book lore, Krampusi used to be human but are transformed using dark blood magic, and it is illegal to create them. They apparently feast on children's souls tossing their bodies in a river.

* ''Chasing the Trickster'' describes Krampus as a trickster God, one who has been reinterpreted by many cultures. He starts out the story as a voice in one of the characters, with the character insisting he was a demon. This is the first book of the ''Cerunnos'' series.
* There is a poem about Krampus in the book ''Children of the Night School: How to Put Your Nightmares to Bed.''
* ''The Krampus'' by Dale Harker
* ''Twelve Black Hearts for Christmas'' by Wulf Godgluck
* ''Society of Steam'' (a steampunk superhero book series) has a prequel story featuring Krampus, called ''Merry Christmas Mister Krampus''.
* A children's book called ''We Wish You A Merry Christmas: The Tale of Santa's Evil Sidekick'' has an evil stepmother trying to sick the Krampus on the main character. Krampus is at first described in much more mild terms in this book, said to be Santa's best friend, that he punishes bad children by putting chocolate-covered cockroaches in their stockings, and that he mainly punishes to correct bad behavior. He was removed from his duty due to complaints from parents and soon grew resentful until he ran away to devise a plan of revenge.

* ''La Befana'' by Emily Kirby stars La Befana and is about her battling Krampus to save Christmas.

* ''The Legend of the Winterking: The Crown of Nandur'' by J. Kent Holloway is a high-fantasy story.
* In the second book of ''Adventures of the Five'' by Mark Bousquet, Krampus is one of the beings locked inside the nutcrackers. In this version, he wasn't Santa's partner, and in fact, when Santa found out about him, he sought to hunt him down.
* ''Krampus Unchained'' by Edmund de Wight has Krampus being imprisoned for a thousand years. He's released by a misanthrope and goes on a killing spree that Santa and the plucky child protagonist must stop.
* ''The Devil Behind Me'' by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes has its main character Alex traumatized as a kid after witnessing Krampus massacring a group of people in the woods (after Krampus had sex with Alex's sister). He goes back to Bavaria to find closure but finds more than he bargained for.

* ''Collin and The Krampus'' by Keith White Jr. is a coloring children's book. After trying to capture Santa and steal all the presents he wants, Collin gets a visit from Krampus.
* ''The Return of Krampus'' by Tim Ozman has Krampus taking over the North Pole from his brother, Santa, after the revelation that there are more naughty children than nice children. He also has his own gang of elves.

* ''The Return of Knecht Ruprecht: The War of the Krampus'' has a war going on between Santa Claus and Krampus.
* ''Krampus & The Thief of Christmas'' by Eldritch Black has Gabrielle Greene trying to find the Krampus after he kidnaps her brother.

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* '''Twas the Night Before Krampus: A Tale of St. Nicholas Christmas''. A dark revamp of Santa and an even darker revamp of Krampus.
* Krampus appears in the 2010 story "Grounded" in the erratically published Creator/PaulDini comic ''ComicBook/JingleBelle''. He's introduced lamenting how Santa's "gone soft" and gotten too lenient with putting kids on the "nice" list, which has pretty much put Krampus out of work.

* There is a five-issue comic book series created by Brian Joines and Dean Kotz with Krampus as the main character, appropriately called ''Krampus.''

* In the miniseries ''Klaus'' by Grant Morrison, Krampus (rather than being the servant/partner of Santa) is Santa's enemy who feeds on bad children and corrupts things with his mere touch.
* Issue seven of ''Holidaze'' is entitled ''The All-Krampus Spectacular'' and is an anthology of Krampus-themed stories with other holiday icons.
* Lots of comics have superheroes or other comic book characters/characters from other media fight Krampus:
** Amy, Rory, and Mels encounter (and defeat) the Krampus as eight-year-olds in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' strip "Imaginary Enemies". However, the version depicted has very little to do with the legends - he is the EvilCounterpart of Santa and a member of the Trickster's Brigade, and he looks like a black-bearded Santa in a colour-reversed white suit with red fur trimming.
*** Krampus also appears as a species in an earlier comic, "Red Christmas." They are a red gaseous species (otherwise looking like typical Krampus) that feed off negative emotions to survive, using a psychic fog to separate people from loved ones and send them into states of panic. [[spoiler: They are very weak against bright light, which is revealed when the Doctor used both the sonic screwdriver and the roof light of his TARDIS to disperse their fog.]]
*** The ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Thirteenth Doctor Christmas Special story has the Thirteenth Doctor and fam fight another completely different Krampus, who uses the pseudonym "Mr. Henderson" despite being apparently female. She is an entity that feeds on fear and is an enemy of Santa. She was plotting to send out brainwashed alien "Santas" to terrorise Earth, in order to nourish herself and discredit Christmas for a generation.
** ''Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose'' has a 2013 special issue called ''Night of the Krampus.'' As is typical of this series, Krampus is depicted as a hot lady.
** ''Evil Dead 2: Revenge of the Krampus'' is part of the ''Evil Dead 2: Revenge of'' series, this one has Ash saving a kid who has been taken by Krampus.
** ''Spawn: A Holiday Krampus Tale'' has Spawn fighting Krampus.
** The Robbie Reyes ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' took on the Krampus in ''Ghost Rider X-Mas Special''. His little brother is getting teased for being too into Christmas, and the lack of Christmas spirit draws Krampus to the town. In this Krampus literally looks like a thinner demonic Santa, even having his own sled pulled by skeletal reindeer.
** ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}: Krampusnacht'' has Hellboy up against Krampus.
** The ''Power Man and Iron Fist Sweet Christmas Annual'' has Luke, Danny, and Jessica Drew (Spider Woman) get into a fight with Krampus and an army of demons after Luke's daughter Danielle and Jessica's baby. [[spoiler: They're saved when Santa swoops in and beats Krampus, delivering a heartfelt message as he drags Krampus's bloody body onto his sled.]]
** Krampus is the BigBad of the fantasy comic ''ComicBook/{{Klaus}}'', in which he goes up against a BadassSanta.

* Krampus is a semi-popular monster for custom dolls and original characters in the ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' franchise.
* Given the nature of ''Literature/TheGuardiansOfChildhood'' book series and its movie adaptation ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', it's inevitable that there would be many fanfictions/fanarts/ocs based on the Krampus. One of these, ''Fanfic/TheSabbat'', features the Krampus as [[BadassSanta Nicholas St. North's]] predecessor, as one of the Guardians of the Sabbat. And as the opening of the story shows, he's a dangerous individual.
** For similar reasons, many people make fan versions of Krampus for ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.
* The fanfiction ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' comic series, ''Chibi Prussia'', has a Christmas story arc where [[http://arkham-insanity.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Prussia-Diaries-031-274302666 a young Hungary warns Prussia]] that Krumpas will come for him because of his naughtiness. HilarityEnsues as a terrified Prussia tries to defend himself from Krumpas [[spoiler:and ends up tackling Germania to the ground as Hungary and Austria have a laugh]]. It comes to a rather amusing end as [[spoiler:[[http://arkham-insanity.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Prussia-Diaries-036-275475957 the real Krampus]] passes over punishing Prussia since Germania's already spanking him, then carries off Hungary and Austria for being naughty and scaring Prussia.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' oneshot ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9954253/1/Knows-if-You-ve-Been-Naughty Knows If You've Been Naughty]]'' features Krampus coming after Gaz after she shows some particularly nasty Christmas behavior. He assaults her with a switch beating, as per the tradition, and then proceeds to [[spoiler: abduct her to the North Pole, where she's [[KarmicTransformation transformed and brainwashed to serve as one of Santa's elves, making presents for nicer children for the rest of her life]].]] In some twists on the original folklore, he's shown not as a demon but as a man who's an inverted Santa Claus, being rail thin and all in black; he notably states that he does ''not'' eat naughty children (in fact, he's vegetarian); and he and Santa actually appear to be close friends.

* In ''Fanfic/Earth27'', Krampus (or as he used to be called, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Krampos"]]) is a [[FaunsAndSatyrs satyr]] who works for Santa Claus. He's an AdaptationalNiceGuy, only really persecuting naughty children- or [[KickTheSonOfABitch Nazi officers]], apparently.
* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeries'': As shown in "A Jolly J-WITCH Xmas", Krampus is a demon who once fed on the souls and flesh of children who were corrupted by negative emotions, until [[BadassSanta Saint Nicholas]] and his elf allies [[SealedEvilInACan sealed him away]] in an Arctic tomb.

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* ''Film/NightOfTheKrampus'' has the Krampus kidnapping children and a team of supernatural investigators going after him.

* There is much debate over ''Film/RareExportsAChristmasTale'' and whether the antagonist in it is a BadSanta, a Krampus, or Joulupukki. Given that it is a Finnish film, it is more likely that it is Joulupukki. Note that the characters in the movie always speak of Santa Claus/Joulupukki. The modern Joulupukki is the Finnish version of Santa Claus, usually treated as interchangeable; his name means, nonsensically, "Christmas goat", and by some accounts, this originally referred to a goat accompanying St. Nicholas that sounds very much like Krampus. Returning to the movie, its depiction of "Santa" might have been inspired by Krampus, although in-universe, there are [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/ancientartpodcast/15410492264/in/photostream/ old depictions]] of "Joulupukki" as being like that. (All save maybe [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/ancientartpodcast/15410490344/in/photostream/ the mildest one (left)]] seem to be fabrications for the movie.)

* ''Film/{{Krampus}}'', a horror-comedy from the director of ''Film/TrickRTreat'' about The Krampus attacking a DysfunctionalFamily who must band together to stop him.
* ''Film/AChristmasHorrorStory'' is a horror-anthology film about the horrible, seasonal happenings in the fictional town of Bailey Downs. It stars George Buza as Santa, Rob Archer as Krampus, and William Shatner as the narrator DJ Dan. There are in fact two different Krampuses in this film. One is a transformation some people will undergo when they are deeply enraged during the Christmas Holiday. The other was an evil anti-Christmas demon, who turned out to be a hallucination by a Mall Santa.

* ''Krampus: The Reckoning'' is about a disturbed young girl named Zoe whose "imaginary friend" turns out to be the Krampus, who she uses dolls to summon to kill anyone who she deems "naughty." [[spoiler:The twist ending reveals that Zoe is a ghost, with the implication being that the Krampus is just a manifestation of her powers, and not the real one.]]
* The Krampus in ''Krampus Unleashed'' is trapped in a coal-like "summoning stone" that activates and releases it when exposed to fire. According to the film's lore, St. Nicholas would place small pieces of the stone in the shoes and stockings of his enemies, who would then be slaughtered by the Krampus when they obliviously placed the garments by a fire to dry. The Krampus itself is seemingly nothing more than a mindless killing machine that rips apart and eats anyone that it comes across; it's sucked back into the stone when there's no one left to terrorize, and while it can be killed, this merely results in the summoning stone re-birthing it.
* Despite being called ''Mother Krampus,'' said movie is actually a take on Frau Perchta. It was likely named the way it was due to the prior ''Film/{{Krampus}}'' movie.
* ''Astro Monster Holiday'' is a strange film that has Santa and Krampus celebrating Christmas with other characters such as The Queen of the Galaxy, The Queen of the Unicorns, The Dark Lady, and the literal devil.
* ''Slay Belles'' stars three women (who for some reason are cosplaying on Christmas) who end up releasing Krampus and have to team up with a very casually dressed Santa to defeat him.
* ''Film/PaganWarrior:'' After being driven out of his castle by Viking invaders, a Saxon king summons Krampus to defeat the Vikings and regain his castle. This ends badly for all concerned.
* ''Film/TheFieldGuideToEvil'': The Greek equivalent of Krampus--goblins released from the underworld at Christmas to mingle with drunken revelers and play tricks--feature in "What Ever Happened to Paganus the Pagan?"

Krampus is [[YodelLand an Alpine]] mountain [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] who figures heavily in the December traditions of Central Europe. According to legend, Krampus accompanies [[SantaClaus St. Nicholas]] during the early Christmas season. Depending on the story, Krampus is either a regular demon enslaved by St. Nicholas to do the Saint's bidding, or is a demon who willingly and gladly works as St. Nicholas's partner. Krampus acts as the [[EvilCounterpart Bad Cop]] to St. Nicholas's Good Cop, warning and punishing bad children, in contrast to St. Nicholas, who instead rewards good children.

* Appears as a puppet in ''WebVideo/TheIsleOfRangoon'' in the [[http://isleofrangoon.com/?p=564 second part of their review]] of ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasIsHereAgain''. He is accused of stealing Christmas and a flashback implies that he and Santa are brothers. Coincidentally, the BigBad of the film being reviewed is based on the Krampus, but referred to as such, which confuses Starch and Sunny as to why he just wasn't called that.

* Appears as a puppet in ''WebVideo/RangoonReviews'' in the [[http://isleofrangoon.com/?p=564 second part of their review]] of ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasIsHereAgain''. He is accused of stealing Christmas and a flashback implies that he and Santa are brothers.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' Christmas Special, the Krampus is accidentally summoned by Hank and Dean and proceeds to punish Rusty Venture.

* The Krampus is featured in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', terrifying children and turning their hair white. [[spoiler:The Krampus was actually part of a ScoobyDooHoax set up by the gang themselves for a Gambit to steal the pieces of the MacGuffin from the show's main antagonists.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Minstrel Krampus" (the intended ChristmasEpisode of season 8, but [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents pulled]] because of the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders and finally aired in season 10) Stan's father Jack Smith revealed that he sealed Krampus in a pot fifty years ago and that's why kids today are so rotten. Stan releases him and he kidnaps Steve. In the end [[spoiler: Santa kills Krampus with Stan's help but it then turns out that [[DarkIsNotEvil Krampus was good]] [[GoodIsNotNice (he punished kids because he cared about them)]] and [[LightIsNotGood Santa was evil]] [[BadSanta (he spoiled kids rotten no matter who was naughty or nice because he makes money off of it)]], and Jack [[LegacyCharacter becomes the new Krampus]].]]

* Adult Swim did a whole Christmas block themed around the Krampus during the 2014 holiday season.

* In ''Literature/KrampusTheYuleLord'', the plot revolves around a feud between Santa and Krampus. The two are depicted as a bit more morally ambiguous in this tale.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeason1'': As shown in "A Jolly J-WITCH Xmas", Krampus is a demon who once fed on the souls and flesh of children who were corrupted by negative emotions, until [[BadassSanta Saint Nicholas]] and his elf allies [[SealedEvilInACan sealed him away]] in an Arctic tomb.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4666 SCP-4666]] is basically a fusion of Santa and Krampus, only completely drenched in NightmareFuel. It's a demon who brutally tortures and murders everyone in a household every Christmas except for the youngest child, whom he kidnaps in his sack and takes back to his lair to work themselves to death by making toys out of human remains.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_Fouettard Père Fouettard]] (Father Whipper, sometimes localized as Father Flog), a French version usually depicted as a [[EvilWearsBlack dark-haired and black-wearing Santa Claus]] who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin whips]] misbehaving children.

In the Alpine regions, Krampus takes the form of a giant demon covered in goat, ram, or [[BearsAreBadNews bear]] fur, his head sporting large horns with a long, slavering tongue often hanging out of his mouth. Depending on the story, Krampus may have chained shackles on his wrists, signifying his enslavement to St. Nicholas. Generally though, Krampus will be wearing several large bells (as a warning to any who hear them that he's coming), along with a large wicker basket and birch rod. If someone has been bad, Krampus will either [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff threaten a beating with his birch rod]] or [[CorporalPunishment actually give one]]. If his target has been particularly bad, then Krampus stuffs them into his wicker basket, and [[DraggedOffToHell drags them off to punish them for their crimes]]. Depending on the story, Krampus will either bring them to St. Nicholas's home, Krampus's own mountain underworld, {{Hell}}, [[PlaceWorseThanDeath twelfth-century Moorish Spain]], or simply ScareEmStraight and bring them back home.

In the Alpine regions, Krampus takes the form of a giant demon covered in goat, bear, or ram fur, his head sporting large horns with a long, slavering tongue often hanging out of his mouth. Depending on the story, Krampus may have chained shackles on his wrists, signifying his enslavement to St. Nicholas. Generally though, Krampus will be wearing several large bells (as a warning to any who hear them that he's coming), along with a large wicker basket and birch rod. If someone has been bad, Krampus will either [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff threaten a beating with his birch rod]] or [[CorporalPunishment actually give one]]. If his target has been particularly bad, then Krampus stuffs them into his wicker basket, and [[DraggedOffToHell drags them off to punish them for their crimes]]. Depending on the story, Krampus will either bring them to St. Nicholas's home, Krampus's own mountain underworld, {{Hell}}, [[PlaceWorseThanDeath twelfth-century Moorish Spain]], or simply ScareEmStraight and bring them back home.

See also BadSanta, which the Krampus is occasionally portrayed as. If TheKrampus and SantaClaus are the same person, see {{Santabomination}}.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet Zwarte Piet]], a Dutch boogeyman said to kidnap naughty children in a sack and take them to Spain. (Which, given the [[UsefulNotes/TheEightyYearsWar Dutch history with Spain]], might as well have been Hell to the Early Modern Dutch.)

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet Zwarte Piet]], a Dutch boogeyman said to kidnap naughty children in a sack and take them to Spain.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chort#In_Czech_and_Slovak_culture Čert]], a Czech and Slovak boogeyman said to kidnap naughty children in a sack and take them to hell.

* Tonton Macoute, a UsefulNotes/{{Haiti}}an boogeyman said to kidnap misbehaving children in a sack,[[note]]His name translates from French and Haitian Creole as "Uncle Gunnysack"[[/note]] though to where isn't exactly specified.[[note]]Please note that the term gained a more sinister implication during the years of the Duvalier dictatorship (1957-86), during which it was the semi-official nickname of the regime's SecretPolice.[[/note]]

* Tonton Macoute, a UsefulNotes/{{Haiti}}an boogeyman said to kidnap misbehaving children in a sack,[[note]]His name translates from French and Haitian Creole as "Uncle Gunnysack"[[/note]] though to where isn't exactly specified.[[note]]Please note that the term gained a more sinister implication during the years of the Duvalier dictatorship (1957-86), during which it was the sem-official nickname of the regime's SecretPolice.[[/note]]