History Main / HollywoodJehovahsWitness

* Averted on ''Series/{{Community}}''. In "Religious Studies" (the first-season ChristmasEpisode), Troy is revealed to be a Jehovah's Witness and as such doesn't celebrate Christmas. However, you couldn't tell that he was a Jehovah's Witness if he didn't say so. He does have a crazy and uber-religious and very strict grandma, but that's not so much a trope about Jehovah's Witnesses as it is a trope about black culture in the United States; she could have just as easily been a Baptist or Methodist. Probably the only inaccurate thing Troy says about Witnesses is that they "can't drink." While Witnesses believe drunkenness is wrong, they have no problem with drinking alcohol in moderation. Even so, Troy doesn't fit the description of a typical Hollywood Witness.

* In the pilot episode of ''Series/LieToMe'', the family of a Jehovah's Witness kid accused of murder use religious idioms that are seldom expressed in the JW world except in parody or sarcasm, such as "praying for your soul." Also, the JW child is afraid of being sent to Hell. Major research failure: Jehovah's Witnesses [[https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-is-hell/ don't believe in Hell]].
** Expanding the above a little, it's highly unlikely they would "pray for your soul" given they don't believe in the soul in the terms most understand it; body and soul are not viewed as separate things. Rather, people will be resurrected by God in their belief if righteous, while sinners are left dead
* In one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', a suspect in about five rape-homicides, who was found to have both marijuana and cocaine in his home and was known for sleeping with different women until their money ran out, claims that giving the police a blood sample is against his religion because he's a Jehovah's Witness (Jehovah's Witnesses condemn drugs and extramarital sex and have no problem with giving blood for non-transfusion purposes). Legally the detectives can't press the issue, but to their credit they don't take his claim seriously at all.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' does this one twice. In an early episode, Cartman's religion has been known to go knocking around for converts. A later episode has Butters mistakenly thinking the government is a religion, and converting the two Jehovah's Witnesses that visit him.

Yeah, there happens to be this other RealLife religion with a similar name but they've got all this extra junk about the true [[ArchangelMichael nature of Christ]], the method of Salvation, organisational structure and all those other things that you can't fit into a 42 minute hour. Now those guys believe that only 144,000 will go to heaven, yes (technically, ''rule'' heaven alongside Jesus), but that's not what most of them are aiming for: other good people will rebuild earth into [[{{Arcadia}} a paradise]] and live there for a thousand years before the final Judgement Day. They do indeed believe that blood is sacred and thus they reject blood tranfusions. However, the real life ones have committees trained to point out the alternatives to blood transfusion, even having had heart surgery performed without transfusions without lowering survival rates - but that wouldn't make for such an interesting moral dilemma in MedicalDrama. Despite the evangelical side, they are politically neutral (i.e. not voting, joining the army, working in government jobs, and generally not acknowledging the existence of the nation-state).

* Utterly mocked in ''ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}}''. The first story has the titular 'hero' being mistaken for one when he knocks on the door of the Buffoon's lair and presents himself as "I'm Rat-Man! I bring justice among those who walk on the wrong path!", prompting the {{Mooks}} to grab the knives to 'make him disappear'. In a later occasion we have a Jehovah's Witness knock on Rat-Man's door, and we're treated to his own way to scare them away.

* A thinly-veiled ShallowParody of the Jehovah's Witnesses show up in ''Ninja Nuns'', with their 'god' being ''an antropomorphic door phone''.

* There's an UrbanLegend that ''Film/{{Witness}}'' was named for the writer confusing the Amish with Jehovah's Witnesses. In truth, the film was going to be titled ''Called Home'' and was pretty wise up on Amish practice. The title actually comes from the fact it's about a cop protecting an Amish boy who's the only witness to a murder.
* Averted in ''A Perfect World'', where it's really only mentioned that they don't celebrate birthdays or Hallowe'en.

'''Plum:''' I've got news for you; it's already here!\\

* In ''Film/{{Coneheads}}'' it is played for laughs when Michael [=McKean=] and David Spade impersonate Jehovah's Witnesses in order to get into Dan Aykroyd's house in the film. [[CrazyPrepared They even came prepared]] with copies of ''Magazine/TheWatchtower'' magazine.

* In the pilot episode of ''Series/LieToMe'', the family of a Jehovah's Witness kid accused of murder use religious idioms that are seldom expressed in the JW world except in parody or sarcasm, such as "praying for your soul." Also, the JW child is afraid of being sent to Hell. Major research failure: Jehovah's Witnesses [[https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-is-hell/ don't believe in Hell]].

* In ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Hardison is an ex-Jehovah's witness, but is not treated as a Hollywood version. It's mainly used as insight into his childhood.

** In another episode of The Simpsons, Marge emotes her desperation for human interaction by saying "The other day two Jehovah's Witnesses came to the house. I wouldn't let them leave. They snuck out when I went to make lemonade."

** In [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Father,_the_Son,_and_the_Holy_Fonz The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]] there is a scene where Peter goes around to people's doors claiming to be one; when one person shows actual interest it's revealed he knows nothing about the faith.[[note]]This plus the fact that he was dressed casually and alone-even long-time Jehovah Witnesses rarely go preaching alone-indicates he was not actually a member.[[/note]]

* Happens in ''Series/ThePractice'', where one of the main supporting characters is revealed to be a Jehovah's Witness right when she needs a blood transfusion. Unusually for an [[InformedAttribute Informed Religion]] topic, the fact that no one's seen any evidence of her being a Witness becomes a plot point. The other attorneys at her firm argue that her personal practices clearly indicate that she is not a Witness and therefore should receive a transfusion.

* In the pilot episode of ''Series/LieToMe'', the family of a Jehovah's Witness kid accused of murder use religious idoms that are seldom expressed in the JW world except in parody or sarcasm, such as "praying for your soul." Also, the JW child is afraid of being sent to Hell. Major research failure: Jehovah's Witnesses [[https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-is-hell/ don't believe in Hell]].
** Expanding the above a little, it's highly unlikely they would "pray for your soul" given they don't believe in the soul in the terms most understand it; body and soul are not viewed as separate things.

* ''Series/SouthPark'' does this one twice. In an early episode, Cartman's religion has been known to go knocking around for converts. A later episode has Butters mistakenly thinking the government is a religion, and converting the two Jehovah's Witnesses that visit him.

Yeah, there happens to be this other RealLife religion with a similar name but they've got all this extra junk about the true [[ArchangelMichael nature of Christ]], the method of Salvation, organisational structure and all those other things that you can't fit into a 42 minute hour. Now those guys believe that only 144,000 will go to heaven, yes (technically, ''rule'' heaven alongside Jesus), but that's not what most of them are aiming for: other good people will rebuild earth into [[{{Arcadia}} a paradise]] and live there for a thousand years before the final JudgementDay. They do indeed believe that blood is sacred and thus they reject blood tranfusions. However, the real life ones have committees trained to point out the alternatives to blood transfusion, even having had heart surgery performed without transfusions without lowering survival rates - but that wouldn't make for such an interesting moral dilemma in MedicalDrama. Despite the evangelical side, they are politically neutral (i.e. not voting, joining the army, working in government jobs, and generally not acknowledging the existence of the nation-state).

* There's an UrbanLegend that ''Film/{{Witness}}'' was named for the writer confusing the Amish with Jehovah's Witnesses. In truth, the film was going to be titled ''Called Home'' and was pretty wise up on Amish practice.
* Averted in ''Film/APerfectWorld'', where it's really only mentioned that they don't celebrate birthdays or Hallowe'en.

* In ''Film/{{Clue}}'' one pops up after a few of the other unannounced guests to the mansion have died. [[spoiler: It's actually an FBI chief in disguise.]]

* Frequently mocked and yet slightly indulged in Zadie Smith's ''White Teeth'': One of the main characters is a former JW and her mother still is. Another character converts.

** Expanding the above a little, it's highly unlikely they would "pray for your soul" given they don't believe in the soul in the terms most understand it; body and soul are not separate things.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/ Youtubers]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmOcheW_mDiDfC5cBw8uOg Truly True]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsTRMvRhjEKgAAyy836KWkg Logic Meister]] are Jehovah Witnesses. Truly True's whole channel is about the religion

** Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater has the song [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/This_House_Is_Freakin%27_Sweet! This House Is Freakin' Sweet!]] which has a Jehovah Witness slapped with his own pamphlet; [[DudeNotFunny he isn't happy]]
** In [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Father,_the_Son,_and_the_Holy_Fonz The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]] there is a scene where Peter goes around to people doors claiming to be one; when one person shows actual interest it's revealed he knows nothing about the faith.[[note]]This plus the fact that he was dressed casually and alone+ even long-time Jehovah Witnesses rarely go preaching alone- indicates he was not actually a member.[[/note]]
** The Evil Monkey is revealed to have joined the religion in [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village_Idiot,_and_I_Married_One It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]] and become nicer for; it is later revealed that he was [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood never evil]]

** The Evil Monkey is revealed to have joined the religion in [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village_Idiot,_and_I_Married_One It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]] and become nicer for; it is later revealed that he was [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood never evil]]

* Parodied in [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2017-03-16 this]] ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' comic.

Yeah, there happens to be this other RealLife religion with a similar name but they've got all this extra junk about the true [[ArchangelMichael nature of Christ]], the method of Salvation, organisational structure and all those other things that you can't fit into a 42 minute hour. Now those guys believe that only 144,000 will go to heaven, yes, but that's not what most of them are aiming for: other good people will rebuild earth into [[{{Arcadia}} a paradise]]. They do indeed believe that blood is sacred and thus they reject blood tranfusions. However, the real life ones have committees trained to point out the alternatives to blood transfusion, even having had heart surgery performed without transfusions without lowering survival rates - but that wouldn't make for such an interesting moral dilemma in MedicalDrama. Despite the evangelical side, they are politically neutral (i.e. not voting, joining the army, working in government jobs, and generally not acknowledging the existence of the nation-state).

Yeah, there happens to be this other RealLife religion with a similar name but they've got all this extra junk about the true [[ArchangelMichael nature of Christ]], the method of Salvation, organisational structure and all those other things that you can't fit into a 42 minute hour. Now those guys believe that only 144,000 will go to heaven, yes, but that's not what most of them are aiming for: other good people will rebuild earth into [[{{Arcadia}} a paradise]]. They do indeed believe that blood is sacred and thus they reject blood tranfusions. However, the real life ones have committees trained to point out the alternatives to blood transfusion, even having had heart surgery performed without transfusions without lowering survival rates - but that wouldn't make for such an interesting moral dilemma in MedicalDrama. Despite the evangelical side, they are politically neutral.

* On the first episode of ''Series/MockTheWeek'''s seventh season, the cast commented on Music/MichaelJackson's death [[CrossesTheLineTwice in their usual style]]. They noted that being a Jehovah's Witness was possibly the least weird thing about Jackson and pondered whether, when he went to meetings, ''they'' pretended to be out and that he did look like someone who wouldn't have a blood transfusion. [[note]](This also completely ignores that Jackson disassociated himself from the Witnesses in 1987.)[[/note]]

* In the pilot episode of ''Series/LieToMe'', the family of a Jehovah's Witness kid accused of murder use religious idoms that are seldom expressed in the JW world except in parody or sarcasm, such as "praying for your soul." Also, the JW child is afraid of being sent to Hell. Major research failure: Jehovah's Witnesses [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilationism#Jehovah.27s_Witnesses don't believe in Hell]].

* A thinly-veiled ShallowParody of the Jehova's Witnesses show up in ''Ninja Nuns'', with their 'god' being ''an antropomorphic door phone''.

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** In another episode of The Simpsons, Marge emotes her desperation for human interaction by saying "The other day two Jehovah's Witnesses came to the house. I wouldn't let them leave. They snuck out when I went to make lemonade.".

* Family Guy has a few of these:
** Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater has the song [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/This_House_Is_Freakin%27_Sweet! This House Is Freakin' Sweet!]] which a Jehovah Witness slapped with his own pamphlet, [[DudeNotFunny he isn't happy]]
** In [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Father,_the_Son,_and_the_Holy_Fonz The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]] there is scene where Peter goes around to people doors claim to be one, when one person shows actual interest it's revealed he knows nothing about the faith [[note]] this plus the fact that he was dressed casually and alone, even long-time Jehovah Witnesses rarely go preaching alone, indicates he was not actually member[[/note]]
** The Evil Monkey is revealed to have joined the religion in [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village_Idiot,_and_I_Married_One It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]] and become nicer for it is later revealed that he was [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood never evil]]

** Painfully played straight on the third season Christmas episode of ''Series/{{Community}}''. Given that it's Christmas - the only time Troy's religion is ever mentioned - the issue of celebration is raised. Despite his supposed beliefs, all it takes for Troy essentially turn away from his faith is for Abed to suggest that he could pretend to celebrate for the purpose of destroying Christmas from the inside. Cue Troy in Christmas sweater, singing carols etc.

* [[Website/Youtube Youtubers]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmOcheW_mDiDfC5cBw8uOg Truly True]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsTRMvRhjEKgAAyy836KWkg Logic Meister]] are Jehovah Witnesses. Truly True's whole channel is about the religion

* [[Youtube(Website) Youtubers]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmOcheW_mDiDfC5cBw8uOg Truly True]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsTRMvRhjEKgAAyy836KWkg Logic Meister]] are Jehovah Witnesses. Truly True's whole channel is about the religion

* [[Youtube Youtubers]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmOcheW_mDiDfC5cBw8uOg Truly True]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsTRMvRhjEKgAAyy836KWkg Logic Meister]] are Jehovah Witnesses. Truly True whole channel is about the religion

** Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater has the son [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/This_House_Is_Freakin%27_Sweet! This House Is Freakin' Sweet!]] which a Jehovah Witness slapped with his own pamphlet

** The Evil Monkey is revealed to have joined the religion in [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village_Idiot,_and_I_Married_One It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]] and become nicer for it is later revealed that he was [[NotEvil,JustMisunderstood never evil]]

** In [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Father,_the_Son,_and_the_Holy_Fonz The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]] there is scene where Peter goes around to people doors claim to be one, when one person shows actual interest it's revealed he knows nothing about the faith [[note]] this plus the fact that he was dressed casually indicates and alone, even long-time Jehovah Witnesses rarely go preaching alone, he was not actually member[[/note]]
** The Evil Monkey is revealed to have joined the religion in [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village_Idiot,_and_I_Married_One It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]] and become nicer for it is later revealed that he was 'Not Evil, just Misunderstood'

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*** Justified in that Troy makes it fairly clear that he was ''raised'' Jehovah's Witness (as opposed to choosing it himself like Britta's Atheism or Jeff's Agnosticism) and does not like being one. He's always really annoyed when he talks about it and jumps headfirst into any activity that would be frowned upon (such as celebrating Christmas, or taking his first legal drink).