Inspirations

382 contributors in total

Here, you will find all my sources of inspiration listed by category. My ideas did not originate from me alone.

Films

140 inspirations

  • United States 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • United States 2081 (2009)
  • United Kingdom 28 Days Later (2002)
  • United States A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  • United States Ad Astra (1974)
  • Japan Akira (1988)
  • United States Alien & Aliens (1979, 1986)
  • United States Alien vs. Predator (2004)
  • United States Annihilation (2018)
  • United States Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
  • United States Avatar (2009)
  • United States Back to the Future (1985–1990)
  • Japan Battle Royale (2000)
  • United States Ben-Hur (1959)
  • Denmark Bionicle (2003–2005)
  • United States Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 (1982, 2017)
  • United States Bourne (2002–2007)
  • United Kingdom Brazil (1985)
  • Australia Cargo (2017)
  • United States Children of Men (2006)
  • United States Civil War (2024)
  • United States Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
  • Canada Cube (1997)
  • United States Dawn of the Dead (1978, 2004)
  • United States Day of the Dead (1985)
  • New Zealand Dead Alive (1992)
  • United States Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
  • United States Death Race 2000 (1975)
  • United States Death Wish (1979)
  • United States Dirty Harry (1971–1988)
  • United States District 9 (2009)
  • United States Doomsday (2008)
  • United Kingdom Dr. Strangelove (1964)
  • United Kingdom Dredd (2012)
  • United States Dune & Dune: Part One (1984, 2021)
  • United States Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
  • Belgium Empire of Dust (2011)
  • United States Ender’s Game (2013)
  • United States Escape from New York & Escape from L.A. (1981, 1996)
  • United States Falling Down (1993)
  • United States Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
  • United States Fire in the Sky (1993)
  • United States First Blood (1982)
  • United States Fortress (1992)
  • United States Gattaca (1997)
  • United States Gladiator (2000)
  • United States Gremlins & Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1984, 1990)
  • United States I, Robot (2004)
  • Australia I Am Mother (2019)
  • United States Idiocracy (2006)
  • United Kingdom James Bond (1962–2021)
  • United States Jaws (1975–1987)
  • United States John Carter (2012)
  • United States John Wick (2014–2017)
  • United States Joker (2019)
  • United States Judge Dredd (1995)
  • United States Jurassic Park (1993–2001)
  • United States K2 (1991)
  • United States King Kong (1933, 2005)
  • United States Lord of the Flies (1990)
  • Australia Mad Max (1979–1985)
  • United States Meet the Robinsons (2007)
  • United Kingdom Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • United Kingdom Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
  • United Kingdom Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
  • United States Nope (2022)
  • United States Oblivion (2013)
  • United States Osmosis Jones (2001)
  • Germany Pandorum (2009)
  • United States Planet of the Apes (1968–1973)
  • United States Poltergeist (1985)
  • United States Predator & Predator 2 (1987, 1990)
  • United States Quarantine (2008)
  • United States Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • United States Ready Player One (2018)
  • Spain Rec & Rec 2 (2007, 2009)
  • United States RoboCop (1987, 1990, 2014)
  • United States Robots (2005)
  • United States Rollerball (1975)
  • United States Scarface (1983)
  • United Kingdom Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • United States Sicario & Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2015, 2018)
  • United States Silent Running (1972)
  • United States Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
  • United States Soldier (1998)
  • United States Soylent Green (1973)
  • United States Spartacus (1960)
  • United States Star Wars (1977–2005 Skywalker Saga)
  • United States Starship Troopers (1997)
  • United States Superman (1978–1987)
  • France Taken (2008)
  • United States Taxi Driver (1976)
  • United States Terminator (1984–2003)
  • United States The Beach House (2019)
  • United States The Blob (1988)
  • United States The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
  • United States The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
  • United States The Circle (2017)
  • United States The Day After (1983)
  • United States The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
  • United Kingdom The Descent (2005)
  • United States The Hindenburg (1975)
  • France The Fifth Element (1997)
  • United States The Fly (1986)
  • United Kingdom The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
  • United States The Great Dictator (1940)
  • United States The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
  • United States The Hunger Games (2012)
  • United States The Land Before Time (1988)
  • United States The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)
  • United States The Matrix (1999–2003)
  • United States The Mist (2007)
  • United States The Mosquito Coast (1986)
  • United Kingdom The Mouse That Roared (1959)
  • United States The Mummy Returns (2001)
  • France The Night Eats the World (2018)
  • Spain The Platform (2019)
  • United States The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
  • United States The Road (2009)
  • United States The Star Chamber (1983)
  • United States The Stuff (1985)
  • United States The Time Machine (1960, 2002)
  • United States The Thing (1982)
  • United States The War of the Worlds & War of the Worlds (1953, 2005)
  • United States They Live (1988)
  • United Kingdom Things to Come (1936)
  • United Kingdom Threads (1984)
  • United States THX 1138 (1971)
  • Germany Tides (2021)
  • United States Tomorrowland (2015)
  • United States Total Recall (1990)
  • United States Transcendence (2014)
  • Germany Triumph of the Will (1935)
  • United States Underwater (2020)
  • United States V for Vendetta (2005)
  • United States Virus (1999)
  • United States Waterworld (1995)
  • New Zealand Zombie Movie (2005)
  • Italy Zombi 2 (1979)
  • United States Z.P.G. (1972)

Games

76 inspirations

  • United States Aliens Versus Predator 2 (2001)
  • United Kingdom Aliens vs. Predator (2010)
  • Czech Republic Arma (2009–2013)
  • Canada Assassin’s Creed (2007–2009)
  • Russia Atomic Heart (2023)
  • United Kingdom Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
  • United States BioShock (2007)
  • Italy Citystate (2018)
  • United States Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (2003)
  • Germany Crysis (2007–2011)
  • Japan Dead Rising (2006)
  • United States Dead Space, Dead Space: Extraction, & Dead Space 2 (2008, 2009, 2011)
  • United Kingdom Democracy 3 (2013)
  • United States Destroy All Humans! (2005)
  • France Detroit: Become Human (2018)
  • France Dishonored (2012)
  • United States Doom 3 (2004)
  • United States Dungeons & Dragons
  • United States Dwarf Fortress (2006)
  • United States Fallout (1997–2015)
  • Canada Far Cry 4 (2014)
  • Poland Frostpunk 2 (2024)
  • United States G String (2020)
  • United States Gears of War (2006)
  • United States Half-Life (1998–2007)
  • United States Halo (2001–2007)
  • United States Harvester (1996)
  • United States High on Life (2022)
  • United States I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)
  • Canada Jade Empire (2005)
  • Hungary Jaws Unleashed (2006)
  • United Kingdom Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death (2005)
  • United States Kenshi (2018)
  • France King Kong (2005)
  • United States Left 4 Dead (2008–2009)
  • Canada Mass Effect (2007–2012)
  • Sweden Minecraft
  • United States Myst (1993–2001)
  • Australia NationStates
  • United Kingdom Night of the Consumers (2020)
  • Poland Observer (2017)
  • United States Oddworld (1997–2005)
  • United States Overgrowth (2017)
  • Canada P.A.M.E.L.A. (2020)
  • United States Paranoia
  • Canada Pariah (2005)
  • Belgium Particracy
  • United States Postal 2 (2003)
  • United Kingdom Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005)
  • France Prey (2017)
  • United Kingdom Prison Architect (2015)
  • United Kingdom Project Zomboid (2013)
  • United States Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)
  • Canada RimWorld (2018)
  • United Kingdom Rome: Total War (2004)
  • Serbia Scorn (2022)
  • Spain Scrapland (2005)
  • Japan Shenmue & Shenmue II (1999, 2001)
  • United States Sid Meier’s Civilization
  • United States SimCity
  • United States SimEarth (1990)
  • Sweden Soma (2015)
  • United States Spore (2008)
  • United States Star Wars: Battlefront & Star Wars: Battlefront II (2004, 2005)
  • Canada Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
  • United Kingdom Startopia (2001)
  • Sweden Stellaris (2016)
  • United States Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2005)
  • Germany Suzerain (2020)
  • United States System Shock 2 (1999)
  • United States Terminator 3: The Redemption (2004)
  • Canada The Forest (early access)
  • Norway The Longest Journey & Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (1999, 2006)
  • Bulgaria Tropico 3 & Tropico 4 (2009, 2011)
  • United States Unreal II: The Awakening (2004)
  • United States Unreal Tournament (1999)

Individuals

7 inspirations

  • Canada Anonymous dog #1
  • Philippines Anonymous Filipino #1
  • Italy Christopher Columbus
  • China Confucius
  • Palestine Jesus of Nazareth
  • Singapore Lee Kuan Yew
  • Italy Leonardo da Vinci

Literature

80 inspirations

  • United States “Harrison Bergeron” (1961)
  • United States “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” (1967)
  • United States “Roller Ball Murder” (1973)
  • United Kingdom “The Concentration City” (1957)
  • United States “The Lottery” (1948)
  • United States “The Marching Morons” (1951)
  • United Kingdom 2000 AD
  • Japan Akira (1982–1990)
  • Japan All You Need Is Kill
  • United Kingdom Animal Farm (1945)
  • United States Annihilation (2014)
  • Russia Anthem (1938)
  • Russia Atlas Shrugged (1957)
  • United States Bourne (1980–1990)
  • United Kingdom Brave New World (1932)
  • United States Captive Universe (1969)
  • United Kingdom Childhood’s End (1953)
  • United Kingdom Colossus (1966)
  • United Kingdom Concrete Island (1974)
  • Germany Das Kapital (1887)
  • United States Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
  • United States Dune (1965)
  • United States Ender’s Game (1985)
  • United States Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
  • United Kingdom Frankenstein (1818)
  • United States Future Shock (1970)
  • United States Goosebumps (1992–1997)
  • United States Holes (1998)
  • United States I, Robot (1950)
  • United States Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
  • United Kingdom Inverted World (1974)
  • United Kingdom Jack Reacher
  • United Kingdom James Bond
  • Australia Jennifer Government (2003)
  • United States Jurassic Park (1990)
  • United Kingdom Leviathan (1651)
  • United Kingdom Lord of the Flies (1954)
  • United States Make Room! Make Room! (1966)
  • United States Marvel Zombies (2005–2006)
  • United Kingdom Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
  • United Kingdom Non-Stop (1958)
  • United States Orphans of the Sky (1963)
  • United States Ready Player One (2011)
  • Greece Republic (375 BC)
  • United States SCP Foundation
  • United States Silent Spring (1962)
  • United States Starship Troopers (1959)
  • United States The 100 (2013–2016)
  • China The Art of War (5th century BC)
  • Israel The Bible
  • China The Book of Lord Shang
  • United Kingdom The Children of Men (1992)
  • United States The Circle (2013)
  • Germany The Communist Manifesto (1850)
  • United States The Edict (1971)
  • China The Four Books and Five Classics
  • United Kingdom The Girl with All the Gifts (2014)
  • United Kingdom The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  • United States The Hunger Games (2008)
  • United States The Inflationary Universe (1997)
  • United Kingdom The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955)
  • Czech Republic The Metamorphosis (1915)
  • United States The Mist (1980)
  • United States The Mosquito Coast (1981)
  • United States The Mouse That Roared (1955)
  • United States The Population Bomb (1968)
  • Saudi Arabia The Quran
  • United States The Road (2006)
  • United Kingdom The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
  • United Kingdom The Time Machine (1895)
  • Czech Republic The Trial (1925)
  • United Kingdom The War of the Worlds (1897)
  • New Zealand The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island (2005)
  • United States The Zombie Survival Guide (2003)
  • United States To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
  • France Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1872)
  • United Kingdom V for Vendetta (1982–1989)
  • Russia We (1924)
  • United States We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1966)
  • United States Who Goes There? (1938)

Places

52 inspirations

  • United States American Museum of Natural History
  • Greece Ancient Athens
  • China Ancient China
  • Egypt Ancient Egypt
  • Italy Ancient Rome
  • Bhutan Bhutan
  • Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (1980s)
  • Chile Chile (1970s–1980s)
  • Canada Chuck E. Cheese fun centres, Ontario
  • Cuba Cuba
  • Philippines Davao City
  • United States Detroit, Michigan
  • El Salvador El Salvador
  • Canada Fantasy Fair, Woodbine Centre, Toronto
  • Germany Germany (1910s–1940s)
  • Canada Greater Toronto Area
  • Canada Great Wolf Lodge, Niagara Falls
  • Canada Home Depot superstores, Ontario
  • Pakistan Indus Valley Civilization
  • Iran Iran (1950s–1970s)
  • Rwanda Kigali
  • United States Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Libya Libya (1960s–2010s)
  • Canada McDonald’s restaurants, Ontario (1990s–2000s)
  • Mexico Mexico
  • Mongolia Mongolia
  • Myanmar Myanmar
  • Philippines National Capital Region
  • Nepal Nepal
  • Canada Ontario Science Centre (2000s–2010s)
  • Canada Paramount Canada’s Wonderland (1993–2006)
  • Peru Peru
  • Philippines Philippines
  • Philippines Province of Cebu
  • Zimbabwe Rhodesia
  • Canada Royal Ontario Museum (1990s–2000s)
  • Russia Russia (1910s–1950s)
  • Rwanda Rwanda
  • Singapore Singapore
  • South Africa South Africa
  • Philippines South Cotabato
  • South Korea South Korea (1960s–1970s)
  • Iraq Sumer
  • Syria Syria (2000s–2010s)
  • United States The Grand Canyon
  • Nepal The Himalayas
  • China Tibet
  • Germany Tropical Islands Resort, Brandenburg
  • Turkey Turkey (1920s–1930s)
  • Canada Walmart superstores, Ontario
  • United States Walt Disney World (1970s–2000s)
  • Canada West Edmonton Mall, Alberta

Television

21 inspirations

  • United States Beavis and Butt-Head (1993–1997)
  • United Kingdom Black Mirror (2011–2017)
  • United States Daybreak (2019)
  • United Kingdom Dead Set (2008)
  • United Kingdom Doctor Who (2005–2010)
  • United States Futurama (2008–2013)
  • South Korea Kingdom (2019–2020)
  • United States Reacher
  • United States South Park
  • United States SpongeBob SquarePants
  • South Korea Squid Game (2021)
  • United States Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
  • United States Survivor (2000s)
  • United States The 100 (2014–2020)
  • United States The Boys
  • United States The Last of Us (2023)
  • United States The Magic School Bus (1994–1997)
  • United States The Simpsons (1989–1999)
  • United States The Twilight Zone (1959–2003)
  • United States The Walking Dead (2010–2021)
  • United States Wipeout (2008–2014)

Web

6 inspirations

Origins

49 origins

  United States 53.7%
  United Kingdom 12.8%
  Canada 5.8%
  Germany 2.4%
  France 2.1%
  China 1.6%
  Japan 1.6%
  Philippines 1.6%
  Australia 1.3%
  Italy 1.3%
  Russia 1.3%
  New Zealand 1.0%
  Czech Republic 0.8%
  South Korea 0.8%
  Spain 0.8%
  Sweden 0.8%
  Belgium 0.5%
  Greece 0.5%
  Nepal 0.5%
  Poland 0.5%
  Rwanda 0.5%
  Singapore 0.5%
  Bhutan 0.3%
  Bulgaria 0.3%
  Burkina Faso 0.3%
  Chile 0.3%
  Colombia 0.3%
  Cuba 0.3%
  Denmark 0.3%
  Egypt 0.3%
  El Salvador 0.3%
  Hungary 0.3%
  Iran 0.3%
  Iraq 0.3%
  Israel 0.3%
  Libya 0.3%
  Mexico 0.3%
  Mongolia 0.3%
  Myanmar 0.3%
  Norway 0.3%
  Pakistan 0.3%
  Palestine 0.3%
  Peru 0.3%
  Saudi Arabia 0.3%
  Serbia 0.3%
  South Africa 0.3%
  Syria 0.3%
  Turkey 0.3%
  Zimbabwe 0.3%
  unknown 0.3%