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* ''VideoGame/Superliminal'' has one of these [[spoiler:near the end of the game.]]
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* ''VideoGame''/Superliminal has one of these [[spoiler:near the end of the game.]]
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* ''VideoGame''/Superliminal ''VideoGame/Superliminal'' has one of these [[spoiler:near the end of the game.]]
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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'': Starting from this game, checkerboard tiles in floors show up on certain fortresses, as well as the walls the of the kings' castles. Given the ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' roots of the franchise, it makes sense.
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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'': Starting from this game, checkerboard Checkerboard tiles in floors show up on certain fortresses, as well as the walls the of the kings' castles. Given the ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' roots of the franchise, it makes sense.
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* Interestingly, this shows up quite a bit on the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games, such as certain fortresses in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''. Given the ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' roots, little wonder.
** The Astral Hall in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''.
** The green tiles in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' will actually disappear if Mario/Luigi were to step on them. Also, in the first game, the staircase leading to the planet on which Mario/Luigi fights [[BigBad Bowser]] will be smashed apart by meteorites.
** The Astral Hall in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''.
** The green tiles in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' will actually disappear if Mario/Luigi were to step on them. Also, in the first game, the staircase leading to the planet on which Mario/Luigi fights [[BigBad Bowser]] will be smashed apart by meteorites.
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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'': Starting from thisshows game, checkerboard tiles in floors show up quite a bit on the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games, such as certain fortresses in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''. fortresses, as well as the walls the of the kings' castles. Given the ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' roots, little wonder.
roots of the franchise, it makes sense.
** ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'': The Astral Hall is a mysterious room located in''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''.
the second floor that features a checkerboard design in the floors as well as the walls. Luigi has to light the candles to make ghosts appear and capture them to reach the Observatory, where he unveils a mystic path reminiscent of outer space.
**The green tiles in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'': The green tiles will actually disappear if Mario/Luigi were to step on them. Also, in the first game, the staircase leading to the planet on which Mario/Luigi fights [[BigBad Bowser]] will be smashed apart by meteorites.
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** The South Face Shrine in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' has this design. It appears earlier in the game as well, but this is the point where it's most appropriate. [[spoiler:It's where Link discovers that the island is part of a dream-made-real, created by the Wind Fish.]]
** The Temple of Time in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''. The Forest Temple has rooms with this pattern as well.
** The Ancient Castle of Ikana in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask'' features this, as well as some parts of the Stone Tower Temple.
** The Temple of Time in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''. The Forest Temple has rooms with this pattern as well.
** The Ancient Castle of Ikana in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask'' features this, as well as some parts of the Stone Tower Temple.
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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'': The South Face Shrine in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' has this design. It appears earlier in the game as well, but this is the point where it's most appropriate. [[spoiler:It's where Link discovers that the island is part of a dream-made-real, created by the Wind Fish.]]
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': The checkerboard floor of the Temple ofTime in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''.Time, which serves as the resting ground for the Master Sword. The Forest Temple has rooms with this pattern as well.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': The Ancient Castle of Ikanain ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask'' features this, as well as some parts of the Stone Tower Temple.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': The checkerboard floor of the Temple of
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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': In Fanworks, Eiki Shiki's Court has a chessboard floor, somewhat justified, given her ability to judge things black and white.
** The Background in the final battle of Lotus Land Story uses a Blue and black checkerboard background.
** The Background in the final battle of Lotus Land Story uses a Blue and black checkerboard background.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': In Fanworks, Eiki Shiki's Court has a chessboard floor, somewhat justified, given her ability to judge things black and white.
** The Background in the final battle ofLotus Land Story ''VideoGame/TouhouGensokyoLotusLandStory'' uses a Blue and black checkerboard background.
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** When Homura fights [[spoiler:the wraiths]] at the end of the manga, the fight takes place [[http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-shoujo-madoka-magica/12/39 in a dungeon with a checkered floor]].
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** When Homura fights [[spoiler:the wraiths]] at the end of the manga, the fight takes place [[http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-shoujo-madoka-magica/12/39 in a dungeon with a checkered floor]].floor.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' episode "The Box", the kids briefly find themselves in another, ''even stranger'' world with celestial bodies strewn across a dark sky, a standing clock, and this.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' episode "The Box", the kids briefly find themselves in another, ''even stranger'' world with celestial bodies strewn across a dark sky, a standing clock, and this.
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* The bizarre, surrealism-inspired EldritchLocation of VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'s Funhouse Frazzle has these on the floor and ceiling of its middle section. Checkerboard patterns also appear on the [[LivingStructureMonster walls]] that serve as gatekeepers for the level’s weirder areas.
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*[[https://www.microsoft.com/en-is/p/aqua-fortis-aqua-valis/9p8cxzblst62?activetab=pivot:overviewtab Aqua Fortis Aqua Valis]] the floor of almost every stage.
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* In a similar vein, the Collective Unconscious in the [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]] series.
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* Creator/PhilippeDruillet uses this as a recurring motif in the ''Lone Sloane'' series. When travel psychic and physical takes place odds are there's going to be some version of this pattern showing up.
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* [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment For given values of "real life,"]] this has been reported by self-professed astral travelers.
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* A more meta example: In all games developed in the ''[[Creator/ValveCorporation Source engine]]'', missing textures are represented by a purple-and-black checkerboard, so if you're somewhere you shouldn't be, have incorrectly installed textures, or are playing something unfinished; these checkerboards will probably show up. Checkerboards as placeholder textures are used in many other individual games, but the Source engine's purple-and-black one is the most notorious.
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* Seen in [[spoiler: Nightmare's lair]] in ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars''.
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* Seen in [[spoiler: Nightmare's lair]] in ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars''.''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa''.
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* [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment For given values of "real life,"]] this has been reported by self-professed astral travelers.
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* [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment For given values of "real life,"]] this has been reported by self-professed astral travelers.
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* The [[http://i51.tinypic.com/nl2wih.jpg C.I.D. ceiling]] in ''Series/AshesToAshes''. Even used in the [[http://i51.tinypic.com/6ymq93.jpg promo pictures.]]
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* The [[http://i51.tinypic.com/nl2wih.jpg C.I.D. ceiling]] in ''Series/AshesToAshes''.''Series/AshesToAshes2008''. Even used in the [[http://i51.tinypic.com/6ymq93.jpg promo pictures.]]
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* ''Film/PansLabyrinth''The Pale Man’s room in ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' has a checkerboard pattern.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': In Fanworks, Sikieiki's Court has a chessboard floor, somewhat justified, given her ability to judge things black and white.
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* It's faint, in ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'', any setting summoned by Lewis with his ghost powers has a pink checkerboard motif.
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* It's faint, in ''WebAnimation/MysterySkulls'', any setting summoned by Lewis with his ghost powers has a pink checkerboard motif.
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* It's faint, in [[WebAnimation/MysterySkulls'', any setting summoned by Lewis with his ghost powers has a pink checkerboard motif.
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* When the WesternAnimation/TeenTitans first encounter Mad Mod he is in control of a strange world with a checkerboard pattern. [[spoiler: It's later revealed to be all smoke and mirrors.]]
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* During Susie's nightmare during ''[[Fanfic/TheBestSevenYears In Love And War]]'', several cardboard boxes fall from the sky, some with the bottoms black, others white. Once they are finished falling, they resemble a giant checkerboard.
* In FanFic/TopHatsAndTigers, [[EldritchLocation the Mindspace]] resembles a WhiteVoidRoom, except it is checkerboard-patterned instead of blank.
* During Susie's nightmare during ''[[Fanfic/TheBestSevenYears In Love And War]]'', several cardboard boxes fall from the sky, some with the bottoms black, others white. Once they are finished falling, they resemble a giant checkerboard.
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* The cockpit of the Majins/Megazords in ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''/''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' is a not-actually-real place that looks like a checkerboard floor in the middle of a void.
** For bonus points, the Rangers themselves even have their lower bodies turned into chess pieces bases while they're there.
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**void. For bonus points, the Rangers themselves even have their lower bodies turned into chess pieces bases while they're there.
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* Lots in ''[[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice American McGee's Alice]]'' and [[VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns its sequel]], as you'd expect from something based on ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.
* Tartarus in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''.
* Lots in ''[[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice American McGee's Alice]]'' and [[VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns its sequel]], as you'd expect from something based on ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.
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* Due to the ease of generating a checkerboard pattern on an infinite plane, this is a common aspect of early computer-generated images. Compare the classic mirrored sphere on a checkerboard floor. Not to mention the famous checkerball from the early UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} graphics demo (it was patterned so you could see that it was spinning) -- so famous that it eventually became the platform's official logo.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': there's a notable creepy checkerboard ground in the scenes where the mane cast confront the villain Discord on his throne during part two of the season 2 premiere. Because of [[RealityWarper Discord]], all of Ponyville had effectively been turned into an EldritchLocation.
** In the comics, a map included in one issue has a similar design for the site of where a battle with Discord was once held long ago.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': there's a notable creepy checkerboard ground in the scenes where the mane cast confront the villain Discord on his throne during part two of the season 2 premiere. Because of [[RealityWarper Discord]], all of Ponyville had effectively been turned into an EldritchLocation.
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* Interestingly, this shows up quite a bit on the {{Mario}} games, such as certain fortresses in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''. Given the ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' roots, little wonder.
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* In FanFic/Top Hats and Tigers, [[EldritchLocation the Mindspace]] resembles a WhiteVoidRoom, except it is checkerboard-patterned instead of blank.
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* In FanFic/Top Hats and Tigers, [[EldritchLocation the Mindspace]] resembles a WhiteVoidRoom, except it is checkerboard-patterned instead of blank.