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''See [[:Category:Cult Classic]] for the description that used to be here.''
''See [[:Category:Cult Classic]] for the description that used to be here.''


{{examples|Examples of Cult Classic that have not yet been confirmed to have "Category:Cult Classic" include:}}
{{examples|'''MOD: This list was copied from TV Tropes and does not conform to All The Tropes' standards of verifiability. Before adding "Category:Cult Classic" to any of these works, double-check that they actually are Cult Classics, and not [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schlock Schlock], [[Sleeper Hit]]s, or victims of one Troper's [[Small Reference Pools]].'''<br />Possible examples of Cult Classic that have not yet been confirmed to have "Category:Cult Classic" include:}}

<big>'''MOD: This list was copied from TV Tropes and does not conform to All The Tropes' standards of verifiability. Before adding "Category:Cult Classic" to any of these works, double-check that they actually are Cult Classics, and not [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schlock Schlock], [[Sleeper Hit]]s, or victims of one Troper's [[Small Reference Pools]].'''</big>


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Dead Like Me]]''
* ''[[Dead Like Me]]''
* ''[[Deadwood]]''
* ''[[Deadwood]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[The Equalizer]]'' ''was'' popular at the time of its original airings, but became this over the years.
* ''[[The Equalizer]]'' ''was'' popular at the time of its original airings, but became this over the years. ''MOD: Then it isn't a cult classic by our definition.''
* ''[[The Fast Show]]''
* ''[[The Fast Show]]''
* ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''
* ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''
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* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' Aside from a small fanbase, the rest of the general public never knew the show was [[Long Runner|still around]].
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' Aside from a small fanbase, the rest of the general public never knew the show was [[Long Runner|still around]].
* ''[[Profit]]''
* ''[[Profit]]''
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' is already showing signs.
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' is already showing signs.{{context}}
* ''[[Queer as Folk]]''
* ''[[Queer as Folk]]''
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]''
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]''
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* ''[[Undeclared]]''
* ''[[Undeclared]]''
* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' - The original.
* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' - The original.
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[The Wire]]''
* ''[[The Wire]]''
* ''[[Wonderfalls]]''
* ''[[Wonderfalls]]''
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* [[Tenacious D]]
* [[Tenacious D]]
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]
* [[The Velvet Underground]]
* [[The Velvet Underground]]{{verify}}
** ''The Velvet Underground & [[Nico]]'' (1967)
** ''The Velvet Underground & [[Nico]]'' (1967)
** ''White Light/White Heat'' (1968)
** ''White Light/White Heat'' (1968)
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* [[Weezer]]: ''Pinkerton'' (1996)
* [[Weezer]]: ''Pinkerton'' (1996)
* [[XTC]]: ''Drums and Wires'' (1979)
* [[XTC]]: ''Drums and Wires'' (1979)
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
* [[Frank Zappa]]
* [[Frank Zappa]]
** ''[[Freak-Out]]'' (1966)
** ''[[Freak-Out]]'' (1966)

Latest revision as of 13:14, 9 June 2023

See Category:Cult Classic for the description that used to be here.

MOD: This list was copied from TV Tropes and does not conform to All The Tropes' standards of verifiability. Before adding "Category:Cult Classic" to any of these works, double-check that they actually are Cult Classics, and not Schlock, Sleeper Hits, or victims of one Troper's Small Reference Pools.
Possible examples of Cult Classic that have not yet been confirmed to have "Category:Cult Classic" include:


Comic Books

Film

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Live-Action TV

Music

Tabletop Games

Many tabletop RPGs are a cult within a cult following,[please verify] including;

Theatre

Theme Parks

  • The Pirates of the Caribbean ride on which the film franchise is based is so cult, it attracted a fandom backlash before the movie was released over Johnny Depp and his gold teeth. The resulting kerfuffle only helped sell the film, of course.
  • Although it was closed after eight years of operation for scaring the pants off of too many little children, the Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter at Walt Disney World has a loyal following who admire the attraction for its dark humor and rich atmosphere.
  • Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is a bit cult, to the point where Disney made a film based on the ride instead of the book (The Wind In The Willows). There are shrines to the attraction years after it closed down.
    • Disney's film The Wind in the Willows was based on...the book. It came out in 1949, while the ride (and Disneyland itself) are from six years later. The 1996 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's book was then titled Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in the US, presumably so people would make a connection to the Disney ride.
  • The Great Movie Ride.
  • Drachen Fire was a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia. The ride was infamous for being very rough and encountered many problems during its lifetime. It opened in 1992 and closed in 1998; the park attempted to re-open the coaster in 2002 but failed and ended up demolishing it. Despite the ride's many problems, it had/still has a cult following by coaster enthusiasts and fans of the park.

Video Games

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Web Original

Western Animation

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Entire Media

  • Tokusatsu[please verify]
  • Video Games used to fall under this, being seen as the exclusive domain of children and nerds. In the last decade, however, the success of products like the Nintendo Wii and iPhone App Store, as well as franchises like Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Madden NFL, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, have made video games a much more commonplace and socially acceptable pastime. Still, most games apart from big-name franchises remain relatively obscure in mainstream popular culture.
  • Gamebooks have a small, but incredibly devoted following of readers, authors, bloggers, and programmers who kept the medium alive and thriving to this day.
  1. ↑ At least two live-action films from the 1950s were rated PG on video release.
  2. ↑ (and is even somewhat competitive with fans of the latter, the two shows having very little [dead link] in common)
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