Pop Culture
- Jack Torrance, the primary villain in The Shining, freezes to death after getting lost in a hedge maze.
- In the episode Hat Trick of the television show Once Upon a Time, the Mad Hatter uses his hat to transport the Evil Queen to Wonderland where they must pass through the Queen of Heart's hedge maze.
- In the Disney animated film Alice in Wonderland, Alice attempts to escape the Queen of Hearts by running through a hedge maze.
- In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the final event of the Tri-Wizard Tournament is a magical hedge maze.
- In The Shinning, a parody of The Shining from The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror V, Bart cuts a new path through the hedge maze, rather than complete it fairly.
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