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The term "[[Nine Inch Nails]]" has been used in various cultural references, and as an otherwise unlikely phrase , is often assumed to be in reference or tribute to the band. Examples include musicians such as [[Tori Amos]]NIN songs have also been used in many films, television shows and video games such as ''[[Quake]],'' movies such as ''Man on Fire,'' and literature such as ''The Dark Tower.''
==Music==
:''see also: [[Related bands and artists]]''
* Singer [[Tori Amos ]] has alluded to Nine Inch Nails in her lyrics: "Precious Things" mentions "demigods with their nine-inch nails" and "Caught a Lite Sneeze" finds her "{making her} own [[Pretty Hate Machine]]." [[Trent Reznor]] sang back-up vocals on Amos' "Past the Mission." Amos sometimes included the opening line of "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" in live improvisations, sometimes with silly alternative lyrics such as "I hurt myself today/to find a jellybean." The term "[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfucker]]" was used in Amos' 1996 song "Professional Widow" on the album ''Boys for Pele.'' Many believe that Amos and Reznor were more than friends, and Reznor has confessed that [[Courtney Love]] meddled in their friendship, causing them to drift apart. Some believe Amos's song, "She's Your Cocaine" is about the two of them.
* Eminem's "My Name Is" from his 1999 album ''The Slim Shady LP'' includes the line "Wanna see me stick Nine Inch Nails through each one of my eyelids?" in the first verse, commonly seen as a nod to the band.
* Progressive metal band Dream Theater has performed a live medley called "Caught in Alice's New Nine-Inch Millennium Tool Garden." It used the lyrics of their earlier release "Caught in a Web," but with new music which was a combination of the styles of Alice in Chains, Nine Inch Nails, [[Tool]], and Soundgarden, all of which were prominent rock bands during the 90s. The band later wrote new lyrics to the song and released it as "New Millennium" on the album ''Falling into Infinity.''
* ''The Machinist'' (2004): Writer Scott Kosar is a fan of Nine Inch Nails, and named Christian Bale's character Trevor Reznik in tribute to Reznor. His original script had NIN lyrics on the first page, the promotional poster for the film has a backwards 'N' (as in the NIИ logo), and early press articles described Reznik as going through "[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|a downward spiral]]."
* ''Man on Fire'' (2004): Clips of "The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One," "[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Part Two]]," and "[[The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)]]" from ''[[Further Down The Spiral]];'' "[[The Mark Has Been Made]]" and "[[The Great Below]]" from ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]];'' and "[[The Wretched|The Wretched (Version)]]" from ''[[Things Falling Apart]].'' Reznor received a "Music Consultant" credit for the film.
* ''Doom'' (2005): Clint Mansell's remix of "[[You Know What You Are?]]" starts the ending credits. This is most likely a tribute to Reznor's work on the ''[[QuakeSoundtrack|Quake]]'' and ''Doom III'' sound effects and music mentioned below.
* ''Underworld 2'' (2006): The trailer features "[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]]."
* ''300'' (2007): Trailers feature "[[Just Like You Imagined]]."
*''The Cabin in the Wood'' (2012): "[[Last]]" is used in the credits.
*''Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters'' (2013): "The Wretched (Version)" is used in the trailer.
*''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014): "[[Love Is Not Enough]]" is used in the trailer.*''300: Rise of An Empire'' (2014): "[[Eraser]]" is used in the trailer.
==Television==
*Beavis and Butt-head "reviewed" the videos for "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]", "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm9G_97w_LI] and "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vU1FjJ9-NY&feature=related].
*In ''The Nanny'' episode "The Party's Over," Maggie wants to attend a Nine Inch Nails concert. Fran's reaction to hearing this is, "Barbra's on tour again?"
*In the ''How I Met Your Mother'' episode "Little Minnesota", Ted's sister, Heather, sells his possessions to buy tickets and travel to a Nine Inch Nails concert in Spain.*IFC's "''The Whitest Kids U Know" '' contains a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4H5h-oHvuo sketch] with a crude representation of Trent Reznor. *A trailer for the new season of "''Sons of Anarchy" '' featured a clip of "[[The Mark Has Been Made]]." *A commercial for Beats Music featured "[[2 Ghosts I]]." *On Nickelodeon's ''Danny Phantom'', a NIN poster can be seen in the background.*In a 2014 episode of ''Top Gear'', the song "[[Disappointed]]" can be heard.
==Literature and Comics==