History Main / ArcSymbol

** The logo of Sburb (a house broken into four squares) is frequently used in the game's InUniverse build menu and frequently appears as the preload screen for the comic's Flash animations. The trolls have their own logo (a house broken into 12 squares) and [[spoiler:the Alpha Kids' logo is the same four-squared one, but colored red and mirrored.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** Increasingly common is the "broken record" symbol, symbolizing [[spoiler:[[ResetButton The Scratch]]]], as well as various other themes related to breaking and repeating things. Homestuck walks a fine line between Arc Symbols and SigilSpam.
%%** Some of these symbols include: The logos on the the Sburb house logo, Kids' shirts, Zodiac symbols, playing card Suits, the Aspect symbols, the Skaia Spirograph, the triangular fractal, the Carapacian barcode tatoos, Pool balls, the Incipisphere diagram, and more.

* The spiral in ''Film/DarkCity''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', oddly enough, stairs. It is a fitting visual illusion of Po's character. He is hilariously out of shape that it takes him a very long time to make it to the top but he ''[[{{Determinator}} always]]'' reaches the top eventually. Each time Po has a major scene on a stairway, it marks an important milestone in his CharacterDevelopment.
** In the beginning, he tries climbing the stairs up the palace to see the choosing of the Dragon Warrior. By the time he reaches the top, he is so exhausted and late that the ceremony is underway by that point and the palace doors are shutting.
** Later, he tries to flee the palace when he finds out Tai Lung has broken out of prison but Shifu stops him at the stairway. They have an emotionally charged argument which Po [[ArmorPiercingQuestion leaves Shifu speechless]] when he points out ''neither'' of them think Po will become the Dragon Warrior. It's the first indication how complex a person Po is and his self-loathing runs far deeper than simply not being able to do kung-fu.
** Finally, he climbs the stairs again to rescue Shifu from Tai Lung. He is still completely out of breath but makes it in time to save Shifu. [[spoiler: He also wins the fight against Tai Lung because he has learned that only people who could look at themselves and believe they are truly special are able to achieve greatness.]]
* Lord Shen's stylized sun symbol that haunts Po, as well as the yin-yang symbol that haunts Lord Shen in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''.

[[caption-width-right:350:"There was a signal... like pictures, flashing pictures. They just appeared on every TV, every computer, anything with a screen."]]

*** Sauron's sigil appears through the season, being carved on the corpse of Galadriel’s brother, than found in one of Morogoth's fortresses, and later in Numenor.

* ''WebVideo/{{Lucids}}'': The apple. It's a symbol of being in a dreamscape, and whoever has it is the person dreaming.

* The Barbed Wheel, [[spoiler: the symbol of [[EldritchAbomination Cjo]][[TheManBehindTheMan paze]]]], in ''Roleplay/RubyQuest''.

* The Three Virtues of ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}''
** Eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: a map of the remains of Sphereus Magna - Bara Magna and its two moons Bota Magna and Aqua Magna]].

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' has Katniss' mockingjay pin, which becomes a symbol of LaResistance and serves as the cover for the first book.

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%%* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'': Circles and coins.
%%* The Operator Symbol, a circle with an X through it, from ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'', or Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos in general.
%%* ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'': The Tool.
%%* The Observer symbol in ''Webvideo/TribeTwelve'', to the point where all of Noah's social networks have that symbol.

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* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop Music Videos ([=YTPMV=]) tend to associate Creator/JackBlack with an octagon due to his appearance on ''Series/SesameStreet'' being a popular source for those videos.

* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Multiple {{Game Mod}}s feature a red-outlined eye overlayed on an X, typically associated with various secret organizations / conspiracies. From [[VideoGame/VsHexMod Hex]] first having it appear on his screen while he's infected with a virus, ''VideoGame/TheTrickyMod'' ending with the eye briefly appearing on the Auditor's terminal, ''VideoGame/QTMod'' having it show on the monitors in the backdrop while Boyfriend faces off against KB, and ''VideoGame/TheBlueballsIncident'' features it on the Troll Containment Foundation letter at the beginning of the mod. The Weekend update for ''VideoGame/VsHexMod'' reveals that the symbol represents [[spoiler:a media conglomerate of the Underworld, [[EvilInc IRIS Co. Ltd]]]]. What makes this interesting is that the other instances are simply {{Shout Out}}s to ''Vs Hex Mod'' before the Weekend update was released, but the symbol was so prevalent in other mods, fans started to speculate if it's more than that.

* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Multiple {{Game Mod}}s feature a red-outlined eye overlayed on an X, typically associated with various secret organizations / conspiracies. From [[VideoGame/VsHexMod Hex]] first having it appear on his screen while he's infected with a virus, ''VideoGame/TheTrickyMod'' ending with the eye briefly appearing on the Auditor's terminal, ''VideoGame/QTMod'' having it show on the monitors in the backdrop while Boyfriend faces off against KB (although it's just a ShoutOut and has since been replaced), and ''VideoGame/TheBlueballsIncident'' features it on the Troll Containment Foundation letter at the beginning of the mod. The update for the Hex mod reveals that the symbol represents [[spoiler:a media conglomerate of the Underworld, [[EvilInc IRIS Co. Ltd]].]]

* ''Webcomic/EverBlue'' has two of these: the "Black Candle" emblems on flags, banners, and peoples' clothing, and the [[spoiler: crescent-moon tatoo Shar and Luna share]]. It may be of note that he displays it on his head, while hers is on her stomach (and she never wears stomach-revealing clothing).

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Eyes imagery and symbolism for Season 1, from held gazes between enemies, to characters using a proto eye symbol of Sauron.

* ''Literature/{{Hours}}'': the symbol drawn next to the first Finn's name keeps cropping up in odd places.

** Starting Season 5, baseball bats begin to frequently appear everytime [[TheHeart Glenn]] is around. Speaking of which, an engraving of Lucille, [[BigBad Negan's]] [[WeaponOfChoice trademark bat]] wrapped in barbed wire, ultimately serves as this for Season 6. [[spoiler:Glenn is brutally murdered by Negan using that weapon in the Season 7 premiere.]]

* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Multiple {{Game Mod}}s feature a red-outlined eye overlayed on an X, typically associated with various secret organizations / conspiracies. From [[VideoGame/VsHexMod Hex]] first having it appear on his screen while he's infected with a virus, ''VideoGame/TheTrickyMod'' ending with the eye briefly appearing on the Auditor's terminal, ''VideoGame/QTMod'' having it show on the monitors in the backdrop while Boyfriend faces off against KB (although it's just a ShoutOut and has since been replaced), and ''VideoGame/TheBlueballsIncident'' features it on the Troll Containment Foundation letter at the beginning of the mod. The update for the Hex mod reveals that the symbol represents [[spoiler:a media conglomerate of the Underworld, [[FunWithAcronyms IRIS]].]]

* In ''Anime/LastExile'', a vaguely peanut-like shape starts to appear more and more in various places over the course of the series. Then comes the last episode...

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': Spirals.