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* 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" contains the line "made my own [[Pretty Hate Machine|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. In 2014, Amos performed a live cover of "[[Something I Can Never Have]]".
* 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.''
* ''Class of 1999'' (1990): During the scene featuring a phone conversation between Cody and Hector, "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" plays on the radio in Razorhead's headquarter.
* ''Prayer of the Rollerboys'' (1991): "Head Like a Hole" can be heard playing at a party.
* ''Banter'' (1994): Snippets of "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" and "[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" are used in this short film by Johnny Depp.
* ''The Crow'' (1994): Cover of [[Joy Division]]'s "[[Dead Souls]]" from their album ''Still,'' played as Eric Draven runs across rooftops, and the track appears on the soundtrack.
* ''[[Natural Born Killers Soundtrack|Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994): "Something I Can Never Have" (edited and extended), "[[Burn (song)|Burn]]", and "[[A Warm Place]]" are used in the film and appear on the soundtrack, which Reznor produced.
* ''Saw'' (2003 short film): Intro and end credits have clips from the ''[[Fixed]]'' remix of "[[Happiness In Slavery (song)|Happiness In Slavery]]".
* ''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 ''[[Quake Soundtrack|Quake]]'' and ''Doom III3'' sound effects and music.
* ''Underworld: Evolution'' (2006): One of the TV spots features "[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]]".
* ''300'' (2007): Trailers feature "[[Just Like You Imagined]]".
* ''Righteous Kill'' (2008): "Heresy" is used in one of the trailers.
* ''Wanted'' (2008): "[[Every Day Is Exactly The Same (song)|Every Day Is Exactly The Same]]" is used in a scene where Wesley Gibson is working in his office. Twice.
* ''Terminator: Salvation'' (2009): "[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day The World Went Away]]" is featured in a [httphttps://movieswww.yahooyoutube.com/feature/terminator-salvation.htmlwatch?showVideov=1 dayIedrLq_U trailer].
*''A Perfect Getaway'' (2009): "[[The_Wretched#The_Wretched_.28Version.29|The Wretched (Version)]]" is featured in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxDJbYw0QBM trailer].
*''Tapped'' (2009): "Just Like You Imagined" is used in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72MCumz5lq4 trailer].
* ''[[The Social Network Soundtrack|The Social Network]]'' (2010): Along with a score by Trent Reznor and [[Atticus Ross]], variations on "[[35 Ghosts IV]]" and "[[2 Ghosts I]]" can be heard in the film.
* ''Tetsuo: The Bullet Man'' (2010): Trent Reznor composed the instrumental [[Tetsuo|theme song]].
*''Mourning Son'' (2015): Contains an extended version of "[[1 Ghosts I]]".
*''The Beekeeper'' (2024): A cinematic remix of "Head Like A Hole" is used in the trailer.
*''The Accountant 2'' (2025): A cinematic remix of "[[Find My Way]]" is used in the trailer.
*''[[Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|Tron: Ares]]'' (2025): A cinematic remix of "Something I Can Never Have" was used in the D23-exclusive sneak peek trailer, not shown to the general public. An edited version of "[[As Alive as You Need Me To Be (song)|As Alive as You Need Me To Be]]" with new sounds was used in the final trailer.
===References to NIN===
* ''The Rage: Carrie 2'' (1999): A NIN poster is seen on the main character's bedroom wall.
* ''Requiem for a Dream'' (2000): Trent Reznor and [[Nothing Records]] are credited in the "Special Thanks" section of the film's end credits. Composer [[Clint Mansell]] said Reznor served as a music consultant for the film's soundtrack.
* ''The Country Bears'' (2002): A NIN poster is seen on a bedroom wall.
* ''Seeing Double'' (2003): A CD copy of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' is visible in one scene.
* ''School of Rock'' (2003): A NIN sticker can be seen among the band stickers in Dewey's bedroom.
* ''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 [[Logo History|NIN logo]]), and early press articles described Reznik as going through "[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|a downward spiral]]."
*''The Marvels'' (2023): Echoing 2019's ''Captain Marvel'', a character is this movie wears a NIN logo shirt.
*''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'' (2024): A vinyl copy of ''[[Broken]]'' is visible in one scene.
*''[[Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|Tron: Ares]]'' (2025): In addition to featuring a score by Nine Inch Nails, Reznor and Ross have cameo roles in the film as the two fighter pilots.
==Television==
*A promo for the 2009–10 season of ''Fringe'' contains a new version of "[[Zero-Sum]]" as well as dialogue read by Reznor. Running the audio through a spectrograph reveals an image of a butterfly.
**Also on ''Fringe'', during the episode "Midnight", the song "[[Discipline]]" can be heard.
*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].
*A trailer for ''Sons of Anarchy'' featured a clip of "The Mark Has Been Made".
*A commercial for Beats Music featured "[[2 Ghosts I]]".
*The season 4 finale of ''Covert Affairs'' used "[[All Time Low]]".
*"The God of Broken Hearts" episode of the Australian docuseries ''Four Corners'' uses "13 Ghosts II".
*"Every Day Is Exactly the Same" is used in a closing montage of the season 3 finale of ''Invincible''.
*A choral cover of "[[Underneath It All]]" is used in the first episode of ''The Day of the Jackal''.
*"March Of The Pigs" is used in an episode of ''Smoke''.
*On ''Dancing with the Stars'', Season 34, Episode 4, the in-house dance troupe performed a routine to "[[As Alive as You Need Me To Be (song)|As Alive as You Need Me To Be]]".
*The season 2 finale of ''Gen V'' uses "The Hand That Feeds" in the final scene and end credits.
===References to NIN===
*In an episode of ''Dexter: Original Sin'', a character uses a pick-up line that references NIN.
*The UK game show ''Celebrity Mastermind'' featured comedian Ignacio Lopez doing a special NIN trivia segment.
*A NIN poster can be seen in the background on an episode of ''Home Improvement''.
==Literature and Comics==
* American author Stephen King quotes the chorus of "Hurt" in the opening pages of the final book of his ''Dark Tower'' series, ''The Dark Tower'' (2004). In an interview with [[The NIN Hotline]], he said, "I've always been a TrentRez fan—and Nails. 'Hurt' says all you need to know about what life takes away. What it ALWAYS takes away in the end. A song like that is a treasure because it vocalizes what we all feel but somehow can't say. Of course the Cash video blew me away, but that song (and the Bad Company lyric) have been in my head for a couple of years now."[http://www.theninhotline.net/news/archives/backissue/04/10#1097116302]He also referenced NIN in ''The Regulators'', published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.
* In book #12 of ''Animorphs'', Cassie tells Rachel that she told her mom that NIN stood for "Nice is Neat."
* In Marisha Pessl's ''Special Topics In Calamity Physics'', one of the protagonists (Milton) wears a Nine Inch Nails shirt ("He had rolled up the long sleeves of his Nine-Inch-Nails-shirt[...]").
*The game ''Divinity: Original Sin'' features an implement referred to as Nine Inch Nails. The item's description reads, "A handful of sharp iron nails. Closer examination reveals it would be a sin to waste them." If you make them into a nail bomb and throw it, the screen reads, "Looks like you're on a downward spiral..."
*The game ''Lost Records: Bloom & Rage'' contains a reference to "Closer", in the form of graffiti that says, "you get me closer to God."
*In Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, there is a main job (i.e. mission) named "Somewhat Damaged" in reference to the Nine Inch Nails song, additionally there is another job named "[[The Space In Between]]" in reference to the [[How To Destroy Angels]] song.
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