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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. NIN songs have also been used in many films, television shows and video games.

==Music==

* 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. In 2014, Amos performed a live cover of ""[[Something I Can Never Have]]".

* ''Small Soldiers'' (1998): Just as one of the soldiers is about to fire the nail gun, he shouts, "Hey kid, don't you like Nine Inch Nails?".

* ''Tuesdays with Morrie'' (1999): The opening sequence featured a voice saying "Morrie would dance to anything... Name a band. He'd do the twist to Nine Inch Nails".

* ''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.

* ''Final Destination'' (2000): When Carter tries to run over Billy shortly before Terry's death, "[[Into The Void (song)|Into The Void]]" can be heard pumping from his car. A fan made this connection to something Trent had purportedly said:

* ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001): "[[Deep]]".

* ''Resident Evil'' (2002): While Alice battles the mutated dogs, "[[Fist Fuck]]" soundtracks the assault.

* ''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.

*''[[The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack|The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo]]'' (2011): In addition to featuring a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Lisbeth gains information from a man wearing a "NIN" shirt at one point during the film.

*''The Avengers'' (2012): "[[We're In This Together (song)|We're In This Together]]" is used in a trailer.

*''Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters'' (2013): "The Wretched (Version)" is used in the trailer.

*''The Unbelievers'' (2013): "[[Complication]]" is used during the first sequence of scenes in the film.

*''Mourning Son'' (2015): Contains an extended version of "[[1 Ghosts I]]".

*''The Defiant Ones'' (2017): Contains numerous NIN tracks.

*''[[Soul (Original Score)|Soul]]'' (2020): In addition to featuring a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, there is a hardware store sign in the background advertising a sale on "9 in. nails."

*''Tick, Tick... Boom!'' (2021): There is a NIN postcard on the wall of the main character's kitchen.

==Television==

*In a 1999 episode of ''Saturday Night Live'', a NIN sticker can be seen on a garbage can during a Mary Katherine Gallagher sketch.

*"Closer" is used in an episode of ''Pam & Tommy''.

==Literature and Comics==

*A young soldier in the comic strip ''Doonesbury'' lost most of his hearing due to listening to too much Nine Inch Nails music before he was severely injured in Iraq. His hearing loss was "[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2008/db080128.gif worth it]!"

*In the ''[https://xkcd.com/1732/ Earth Temperature Timeline]'' published by [[wp:xkcd|xkcd]], one figure is seen writing "NIИ" on a cave wall.

==Video Games==