Editing Balrog (section)

== In culture ==

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A now-defunct fantasy writing prize, the [[Balrog Award]], was named after the monsters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Balrog Awards |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Balrog.html |website=Locus |access-date=26 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016205602/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Balrog.html |archive-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Japanese anime series ''[[Restaurant to Another World]]'' introduces a Balrog as a butler; this Balrog is described as polite.<ref>{{cite web |title=Balrog |url=https://www.anime-planet.com/characters/balrog-restaurant-to-another-world |website=Anime Planet |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> A character simply named "Balrog" appears as an [[antagonist]] in the [[Indie game]] ''[[Cave Story]]''. It has no similarities to the one  in [[The Lord of the Rings]] rather being an [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] bar of soap, according to the [[Daisuke Amaya|developer]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=yg4giMTRK1atJe5l&t=203&v=w8XINfralSE&feature=youtu.be |title=[NC US] Cave Story - Developer's Voice |date=2010-03-15 |last=NintenDaanNC |access-date=2025-03-08 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
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