Line #9 Trivia/TheKingInYellow

Context Trivia / TheKingInYellow

Go To


1	* ColbertBump: The book received a sizable boost in popularity after being referenced in ''Series/TrueDetective''.
2	* {{Defictionalization}}: As mentioned on the main page, some people have published their own versions of the eponymous play. So far it seems that none of them has ended the world yet.
3	* RealitySubtext: It's probably no coincidence that this book was written and published during the time the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadent_movement decadent movement]] was active. Robert W Chambers is even considered a decadent writer.
4	* ReferencedBy:
5	** Creator/MarionZimmerBradley's ''Literature/{{Darkover}}'' series uses ''lots'' of the names from the book -- mostly for Darkovan mythical/historical characters, occasionally for places.
6	** ''Literature/GreenAntarctica''. The origins of the Hali civilization are related in a FictionalDocument by Creator/AmbroseBierce titled "Tales of the Kings in Yellow". The Hali capital is called Krshsha (rendered by Bierce as Carcosa).
7	** ''VideoGame/IdentityV'': Hastur/The King in Yellow (The Feaster in the English version) appears as a character.
8	** In ''VideoGame/{{Icey}}'', [[spoiler:the Yellow King is the GreaterScopeVillain who BigBad Judas worships, is hinted to be connected to [=FantaBlade=]'s experiments, and is encounterable in one ending]].
9	** The Website/SCPFoundation has a subtle one in SCP-701, the Hanged King's Tragedy - a play that, in a percentage of attempted productions, deviates over rehearsal into a BrownNote that causes the deaths of all performers and most of the audience on opening night. WordOfGod confirms The King in Yellow as an inspiration, and the title as an intentional nod to the work- it also loosely suggests that The King In Yellow might be one of the derivatives.
10	** ''VisualNovel/SuckerForLove'' features the King in Yellow as one of the two main love interests. {{She\|IsTheKing}} is called Estir here, orders the player character to perform the play for her as a pledge of loyalty, and has an Earthly disguise named Missy.
11	** ''{{VideoGame/Signalis}}'' has ''The King In Yellow'' as a book some of the characters own and have read - it's unclear if this is Chambers' book or the ArtifactOfDoom itself, but the latter interpretation ''would'' fit with some of the MindScrew in the game. Numerous plot elements and dialogue lines directly reference text from Chamber's stories.

Context Trivia / TheKingInYellow