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Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch is a nickname or pseudonym for the Devil. The name likely comes from Middle English scrat, the name of a demon or goblin, derived from Old Norse skratte.




Mentions


Examples of usage of the name "Old Scratch" are found in:




= Literature

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"The Devil and Tom Walker" (1824) by Washington Irving
A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens
The Three Clerks (1857) by Anthony Trollope
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo (1900) by Rudyard Kipling
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) by Stephen Vincent Benét
"Prologue to an Adventure" (1938) by Dylan Thomas
"The Fair to Middling (1959) by Arthur Calder-Marshall
"The Last Rung on the Ladder" (1978) by Stephen King
Miracle Monday (1981) by Elliot S. Maggin
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004) by Susanna Clarke
The Barn at the End of Our Term (2007) by Karen Russell
Homestuck (2009) by Andrew Hussie
I, Ripper (2015) by Stephen Hunter
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #6 (2016) by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Scratchman (2019) by Tom Baker
Windswept House (1996, pg 402) by Fr. Malachi Martin
"Disappearance At Devil's Rock" (2016) by Paul Tremblay




= Film

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The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
The Story of Mankind (1957)
Crossroads (1986)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987)
Crazy as Hell (2002)
Mud (2012)
5ive Girls (2006)




= Television

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Constantine
American Dad! (Episode: "Permanent Record Wrecker")
Lucifer (Episode: "Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil.")
Quantum Leap (Episode: "The Boogieman")
The Messengers (Episode: "Death Becomes Her")
Billions (Episode: "The Wrong Maria Gonzalez")(2018)
American Horror Story (Episode: "Sojourn")
Criminal Minds
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Netflix TV Series (2018) by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Being Human
Hap and Leonard (TV series) (Season 3, Episode 1)
The Cuphead Show (season 1, episode 1, Carn-Evil)
A Christmas Carol (FX, 2019)
Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Episode 7)
Agatha All AlongDisney TV Serie (2024)




= Music

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"Beelz" song written by Stephen Lynch
"Three Men Hanging" song by Murder by Death
"Tight Like That" by Clutch
"Un-Reborn Again" by Queens of the Stone Age
"Bewitched" by Beat Happening
”The Devil Lives in a Mason Jar” by John Driskell Hopkins
"Oldscratch" by The Distillers
"Old Scratch Blues" by Jack White




= Video games

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Alan Wake
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Alan Wake 2
Descent 3
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Pirate101
The Simpsons: Tapped Out




= Miscellaneous

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Episode 12 of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale
A proposed Doctor Who feature film developed by Tom Baker and Ian Marter was given the working title Doctor Who Meets Scratchman.




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