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Specific cultural references

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Specific reference to Bloody Mary are made in the following:

Film

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Television

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  • A season two episode of Charmed ("Chick Flick"), involves a demon who makes killers from different horror movies come to life. One of these killers is Bloody Mary.[4]
  • A season four episode of American Dad! ("Office Spaceman") shows a drunk Roger in a public bathroom chanting in a mirror "Bloody Mary", he is interrupted by Stan.
  • In the Ghost Whisperer TV series' third season, an episode ("Don't Try This at Home") involves the Bloody Mary legend.[5]
  • Supernatural, the paranormal TV series, had an episode that was titled, "Bloody Mary", during its first season, involving a ghost that attacked those who were looking into a mirror while her name was repeated, killing those who had some secret about their role in the death of another (Ranging from a girl who killed a boy in a drive-by accident to another girl whose obsessive boyfriend killed himself when she left him).
  • An X-Files episode (Syzygy) concerns her legend;[6]

Non-specific or Inspired by

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The legend has also inspired memes or elements in several other works:

  • In Beetlejuice, a film by Tim Burton, the title character is summoned to and from the living world by saying his name three times.
  • Clive Barker's Candyman films have the Candyman being summoned in a similar fashion to the Bloody Mary ritual.
  • In the Regular Show episode, "Jinx", a demon comes out of a mirror after Rigby repeats his name three times in a dark bathroom.
  • The Robot Chicken episode, "Robot Chicken's DP Christmas Special", has a scene where Composite Santa Claus drags a child away after the child says "Ho, Ho, Ho" while looking into a mirror in a darkened room (presumed to be a bathroom).
  • The South Park episode, "Hell on Earth 2006", parodies the legend, with Bloody Mary being replaced by Biggie Smalls.
  • In the video game Twisted Metal Black one of the female drivers is named Bloody Mary.

Other

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  1. ^ IMdB: Bloody Mary plot summary
  2. ^ IMdB: The Legend of Bloody Mary plot summary
  3. ^ Bevil, Dewayne (2008-09-25). "Universal crafts Bloody Mary bio for Halloween Horror Nights". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  4. ^ Charmed episodes - TV.COM
  5. ^ "The Ghost Whisperer Season 3 Episode 2, "Don't Try This At Home"". Internet Movie Database.
  6. ^ *Lowry, Brian (1996). Trust No One: The Official Guide to the X-Files. Harper Prism. ISBN 0-06-105353-8.
  7. ^ The Bloody Mary Show at YouTube.