Cthulhu Mythos on the Web

Unspeakable Vault (of Doom), a popular webcomic by François Launet.

🐙 The World Wide Web has been home to original works that evoke the imagery and themes of H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.

Examples

• The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu: an animated short film by Zooboo Child.
• The Angry Video Game Nerd: In the episode for Super Mario Bros. 3, it was speculated that the "N" on the Tarrot cards stood for "Necronomicon", as one of the many Satanic messages in the game. A sentient version of the Necronomicon is later seen amongst Satan's army but was quickly destroyed by the Nerd.
• The Church of the SubGenius: the parody religion includes some aspects of the Cthulhu Mythos, such as the Elder Gods who are led by Yog-Sothoth.
• Creepypasta:
  • The Rake is a hideous being, difficult to describe, but usually described as a slim, hunchbacked creature with grayish skin. The purpose of this being is to corrupt the human mind: it begins to visit you daily, tormenting you at bedtime, causing you severe depression and psychosis.
  • Physically speaking, Slender Man is very reminiscent of certain Nyarlathotep avatars, due to its elongated profile, its lack of facial features and its tentacles.
    • There is also the Slender Man webseries Dark Harvest, which takes a lot from Lovecraftian lore. Here, the Slender Man is an extra-dimensional entity named Gorr'Rylaehotep, which was invoked into our universe through a gateway opened via a ritual found in some Egyptian tablets. It is worshipped by a cult named "The Order", who believe Gorr'Rylaehotep can give them godhood.
  • Smile.dog is an image that just seeing it leads to loss of sanity. Those who see it begin to be tormented by a dog in their nightmares, to have delusions, seizures and hallucinations. This creepypasta is very similar to the effect that different objects in the Mythos produce.
  • Zalgo is a chaotic entity associated with destruction and madness. It cannot be named or described, and the only descriptions given of it are only metaphors and allegories. It is an entity that just evoking it leads to madness itself. It tells the story that it has seven mouths and with the seventh it will sing the song of the end of the world. It is the one who waits behind the wall. His story itself is very similar to that of Azathoth or Cthulhu.
    • It should be noted, however, that the original creator claimed Zalgo had nothing to do with Lovecraft (it went as far as that Zalgo could only warp comics and similar kinds of media). It would be later sources and stories, like the "Zalgo Invocation", which would rise Zalgo into the status of a world ending entity more in the line of the Great Old Ones.
• The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture: It is claimed that ufology mythos in general are derived from Lovecraft's writings.
• Dark Dungeons: a film adaptation of a Chick tract by Jack T. Chick, featuring a Satanic cult that tries to summon Cthulhu.
• Happy Tree Friends: In the episode "Read 'em and Weep", Pop buys the Necronomicon at a yard sale and accidentally summons a Lovecraftian-like demon.
• Helluva Boss: In the short “Mission: Weeaboo-boo,” Blitzø’s latest target is Emberlynn Pinkle, a 20-something human girl with a monster fetish. Among her belongings is a Cthulhu dakimakura (body pillow).
• hololive: The popular Virtual YouTuber Ninomae Ina'nis is a priestess of the Ancient Ones. The strange book that gives her power has a label that reads「このネクロノミコンがやばい大賞！」("This Necronomicon is the insane grand prize!"). Ina's character was illustrated by Kuroboshi Kouhaku, who is also the character designer for most of the Outer God-themed Servants from Fate/Grand Order (including Abigail Williams, Katsushika Hokusai and Yang Guifei).
• Isekai'd Shoggoth: a serialized web novel featuring a shoggoth named Alyssa Gillespie as the protagonist.
• Konton Taisen - Thousand Confusion Wars: In April Fools 2013, Nitroplus launched a limited-time website for a fictional strategy RPG called Konton Taisen - Thousand Confusion Wars. The game was, supposedly, a crossover that featured different incarnations of Nyarlathotep from various franchises like anime, manga, light novels and visual novels. The list of the works included:
  • Nyar from Alicia Y
  • Nya from Demonbane
  • Narukami Chikage from D.Y.N. Freaks
  • Demon King Aza the XIV from The King of Darkness Doesn't Pay the Rent
  • Nyaruko from Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
  • Cain Murasame from Jashin Densetsu
  • Hiraga Gennai from Christian XX
  • Tendou Haruka from Kouyoku no Soleil -VII's World-
  • Lulu from Mahou Shoujo Pretty Bell
  • Phantom BULLET
  • Sasami Tsukuyomi from Sasami-san@Ganbaranai
  • Nobutsuna Kamiizumi from Shūmatsu Shōjo Gensou Alicematic
  • Ticking Man and The M from What a Beautiful Tomorrow
  • Creaping Chaos from Wild Arms
• Lovecraft Girls: a webcomic featuring moe-ified versions of Nyarlathotep, Hastur and Cthulhu.
• Monster Island Buddies: Cthulhu appears as the overarching antagonist of the series and main antagonist of season 8. He is portrayed by SOTA Toys' Nightmares of Lovecraft figure.
• Nostalgia Critic: Cthulhu appears in the Devil episode, where he takes the form of Power Rangers villain Rita Repulsa. He later returns in the Fantastic 4 episode, where he is seen attacking Chicago and attempts to take over the world. Cthulhu is eventually defeated when Malcom turns him into the decapitated head of Tong Shau Ping. (a reference to the video game Hong Kong 97)
• SCP Foundation: Many concepts, characters and entities in this fictional universe are either inspired or directly adapted from the works of Lovecraft.
  • SCP-701 The Hanged King's Tragedy (a nod to the The King in Yellow): a cursed play tied to the Hanged King, an enigmatic deity who is largely inspired by Hastur.
  • SCP-2264 In the Court of Alagadda: an inter-dimensional city (a nod to Carcosa), which serves as the King's main air.
  • SCP-2662 Cthulhu f'𝐔𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐅𝐅.
  • SCP-4315-2 S.C.P. Lovecraft.
  • SCP-4501 At The Mountains Of Minty Freshness: An account about the inspiration behind shoggoths from Lovecraft's stories.
  • SCP-4566 The Mark of Xerrox: An account about how Randolph Carter was fictionalized into Lovecraft's stories.
  • SCP-4804 The Pulp Is Fictional: A fictional short story by Lovecraft.
  • SCP-4854 The "Real" Necronomicon and other Godawful Occult Manuscripts: A grimoire supposedly based around Lovecraft's grimoire in his stories.
  • Yaldabaoth The Demiurge: A destructive and involuntary deity of the flesh which "eats" deities and stars, and then "breathes out life", is largely inspired by Azathoth.
  • The Ambassador of Alagadda closely resembles Nyarlathotep for his narcissistic attitude and being described as a black humanoid.
  • Jeser seems to be somewhat inspired by Nyarlathotep, with his love of tormenting mortals and his nickname "the prince of many faces", which resembles the "more than a thousand forms" that Nyarlathotep has.
  • The Old Gods were based on the works of Lovecraft, but they correspond to real deities and demons from mythologies, religions and folklore.
• SMG4's Mario Bloopers: Joe Boopkins is a gigantic sea humanoid which is a combination of Octodad with Cthulhu's head. He is also Fishy's and JubJub's biological father.
• Unspeakable Vault (of Doom): a webcomic by François Launet that parodies the Cthulhu Mythos.
• A monument to Azathoth was made in Oklahoma in 2012.
• A surface on Pluto is officially named the "Cthulhu macula".