Inspiration

The following are sources of inspiration for individual stories or the entire saga. There are others that are too numerous to list, I've forgotten them, or I'm not consciously aware of them, but these should keep you entertained well enough.

Anime

Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Fiction

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Vurt by Jeff Noon

The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini

Non-Fiction

Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux
Practical Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux
The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto
Universally Preferable Behaviour: A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics by Stefan Molyneux
Where Did the Towers Go? by Judy Wood

The Missing 411 series by David Paulides

Documentaries

Zeitgeist: The Movie

Movies

Constantine
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
K-PAX
The St. Francisville Experiment

Reality TV

Ghost Adventures
Ghost Hunters (TAPS)
Paranormal State
The Dead Files

TV Series

Breaking Bad
Stranger Things

Video Games

Final Fantasy VII
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus