History UsefulNotes / TheSpanishInquisition

* In Voltaire's ''Literature/{{Candide}}'', the title character and his friend Pangloss fall into the hands of the Inquisition of Portugal due to Pangloss' optimistic philosophy getting them branded as heretics. They are put to the torture and Pangloss is hanged, but an earthquake allows Candide to escape. Afterward, he learns that his LoveInterest, Lady Cunegonde, is still alive, but has fallen into the hands of a corrupt Jewish merchant and the even more corrupt Grand Inquisitor, who have treated her horribly. Candide kills both her captors, but has to flee when an ''alcalde'' (Spanish fortress commander) comes after him for killing the Grand Inquisitor.

* In Voltaire's ''Literature/{{Candide}}'', the title character and his friend Pangloss fall into the hands of the Inquisition of Portugal due to Pangloss' optimistic philosophy getting them branded as heretics. They are put to the torture and Pangloss is hanged, but an earthquake allows Candide to escape. Afterward, he learns that his LoveInterest, Lady Cunegonde, is still alive, but has fallen into the hands of a corrupt merchant and the even more corrupt Grand Inquisitor, who have treated her horribly. Candide kills both her captors, but has to flee when an ''alcalde'' (Spanish fortress commander) comes after him for killing the Grand Inquisitor.

* In the ''[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 Assassin's Creed]]'' film, Tomás de Torquemada (Creator/JavierGutierrez) is the leader of the Templar faction in Spain in 1491-1492 at the time of the fall of Granada. Spanish Assassins, who were allied to the Emirate of Granada, are hunted down and burned at the stake by the Inquisition just like heretics.

* Featured in the 2016 ''[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 Assassin's Creed]]'' film.

* One episode of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has a RunningGag where a frustrated character would grumble, "I didn't expect some kind of/this kind of/the Spanish Inquisition!" After a "jarring chord," several anachronistic Spanish Inquisitors would burst in and seize control of the skit. Initially riffing on a common figure of speech in England, the gag eventually wound up becoming [[Memes/MontyPython one of the show's biggest memes ever]].

* One episode of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has a RunningGag where a frustrated character would grumble, "I didn't expect some kind of/this kind of/the Spanish Inquisition!" After a "jarring chord," several anachronistic Spanish Inquisitors would burst in and seize control of the skit. This eventually wound up becoming [[Memes/MontyPython one of the biggest memes ever]].

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* Main antagonist in the Mexican Novelette "ElInquisidorDeMexico", set in the Viceroy of New Spain, as is common.