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A stock trick in any [[Hollywood Voodoo]] practitioner's arsenal is the '''Voodoo Doll''', a tiny figurine created to vaguely resemble another person (sometimes using that person's hair or blood) which is then tormented in various ways, such as by being held over a fire or jabbed with needles. [[Sympathetic Magic|As the doll is damaged, so is the person connected to it]], making it a wonderful long-range [[Cold-Blooded Torture|means of revenge]].
In reality, so-called "voodoo dolls" are not a part of Vodou at all. They originated in Europe where they were called ''poppets,'' and Vodou's actual use of dolls (which have nothing to do with sympathetic magic) was most likely mistaken for this by European onlookers. And contrary to what Hollywood shows, they aren't just for torture. Some places in New Orleans and Haiti do sell "voodoo dolls" marketed to ignorant tourists, though.
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* In ''[[The Wise Man's Fear]]'', mommets (figurines made of wax or clay and using bits of hair or blood) are key components in Malefesance magic. {{spoiler|Kvothe uses an even more grisly version, stabbing an actual human corpse to maim people nearby.}}
* In ''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'' Mrs. Gogol has a voodoo doll intended to be Lily, but when Granny Weatherwax gets in her way she makes it of her instead, stabbing it in the leg and making her stagger. Granny Weatherwax deals with it by sticking her hand into a torch, causing the doll to burst into flame.
* In ''Sweets to the Sweet'', [[Creepy Child]] Irma makes a voodoo doll of her abusive father, rendering him bedridden and unable to carry out his regular beatings of her. When his equally [[Jerkass
* This is how one of the witches defeats Septimus in ''[[Stardust (film)|Stardust]]''.
* In ''Fool Moon'', [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]] uses the same principle to temporarily disable a ''very'' powerful loup-garou. Saying precisely how would be a
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* These crop up fairly often in ''[[Monkey Island]]'' games. They tend to work at a limited range, and the spell to make them is a riff on the "[[Old New Borrowed and Blue]]" quatrain.
* In [[Star Craft 2]] Gabriel Tosh has a thing for these, and if you chose to side with Nova instead of him he tries to use one on Raynor {{spoiler|it gets Tychus instead}}.
* The title character of [[Voodoo Vince]] is a voodoo doll who can perform [[Limit Break
* In ''[[Blood]]'', a voodoo doll is one of the weapons you can find.
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