References in Popular Culture
In the two-part Simpsons episode, "Who Shot Mr. Burns?," Chief Clancy Wiggum has trouble solving the case and falls into a dream sequence in which he awakes in the Red Room and Lisa speaks backwards. She gives him clues in reverse-speak, but Wiggum is unable to understand her until she gives up in frustration and speaks normally. While recording Lisa's lines for the segment, Yeardley Smith recorded the part backwards and it was reversed, which is the same way it was done on Twin Peaks. Several other parts out of the segment are direct references to the dream, including a moving shadow on the curtain, and Wiggum's hair standing straight up after waking.
William Burroughs' 1980 book Cities of the Red Night makes reference to the mystical "Black and White Lodges", pre-dating Twin Peaks and possibly being the inspiration for the Lodges referred to in the show.
Likewise, the Red Room is referenced in the manga/anime series Monster, in which a backroom in a bar that's curtained off serves as a meeting place for the Baby (whose character was partially inspired by the Man from Another Place) and Nina Fortner. During the scene, the Baby also dances in a way reminiscent of the Man from Another Place during his appearances.
The design for 'the black room' in the manga/anime series SoulEater was taken from the Red room also. Although the floor is instead a red and black checkered pattern.
The Red Room from Deadly Premonition is as based on Twin Peaks, as is much of the rest of the game.
Black Lodge Studios outside of Lawrence, Kansas was founded by Producer Ed Rose and members of The Get Up Kids who are fans of Twin Peaks.
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