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What you ''don't'' see in the depiction of Hollywood Voodoo is anything resembling actual religious practice. The Christian elements of Voodoo are almost never shown. The only deity ever mentioned is the death god Baron Samedi, and since [[Everybody Hates Hades]], he's most often in an antagonist role of some sort (if he doesn't appear himself, male practitioners will dress like him by donning the famous tattered tuxedo, top hat, and skull makeup). Even if he's not a villain, it still leads to the mistaken idea that Vodou is centered around death and necromancy.
 
[[Real Life]] Vodou is a religion like any other; what Hollywood has is [[The Theme Park Version]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_<!-- 28folk_magic29%28folk_magic%29 hoodoo]], the underlying folk magic system thereof. For more information, see {{[[Voudoun}}]]. -->
 
Not to be confused with [[Voodoo Shark]], which is an explanation for a [[Plot Hole]] that raises more questions than the hole itself.
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