Editing Twin Peaks (section)

==Influence==
{{Main|Cultural impact of David Lynch}}
While the series is not usually described as [[science fiction]], it has been noted to have been influential on that genre.<ref>{{cite book |last=Telotte |first=J. P. |author-link=Jay Telotte |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-55695-0_9 |title=Return to Twin Peaks: New Approaches to Materiality, Theory, and Genre on Television |date=2016 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |isbn=978-1-137-55695-0 |editor-last=Weinstock |editor-first=Jeffrey Andrew |place=New York |pages=161–174 |language=en |chapter=Complementary Verses: The Science Fiction of Twin Peaks |doi=10.1007/978-1-137-55695-0_9 |access-date=July 22, 2021 |editor2-last=Spooner |editor2-first=Catherine}}</ref>

In 2018, the mayors of Snoqualmie and North Bend, which were both used for filming the series, declared Twin Peaks Day to be held on February 24. That was in recognition of the date mentioned in the first episode of the series.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Yang |first=Rachel |date=February 24, 2020 |title=Kyle MacLachlan celebrates Twin Peaks Day by joining TikTok and recreating Agent Cooper's first scene |url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/24/kyle-maclachlan-twin-peaks-day-tiktok/ |access-date=May 29, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530112241/https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/24/kyle-maclachlan-twin-peaks-day-tiktok/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Craighead |first=Callie |date=February 24, 2021 |title=Feb. 24 is 'Twin Peaks' Day. Celebrate with coffee, cherry pie, road trip to Snoqualmie, Washington |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/travel/article/Twin-Peaks-day-Snoqualmie-filming-sites-road-trip-15973265.php |access-date=May 29, 2023 |website=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522185149/https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/travel/article/Twin-Peaks-day-Snoqualmie-filming-sites-road-trip-15973265.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Television industry ===
Writing for ''[[The Atlantic]]'' in 2016, Mike Mariani wrote that "It would be tough to look at the roster of television shows any given season without finding several that owe a creative debt to ''Twin Peaks''," stating that "Lynch's manipulation of the [[uncanny]], his surreal non-sequiturs, his [[black humor]], and his trademark ominous tracking shots can be felt in a variety of contemporary hit shows."<ref name="atl3">{{cite web |last1=Mariani |first1=Mike |date=January 23, 2016 |title=The Remarkable Influence of David Lynch |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/david-lynch-influence/425094/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024244/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/david-lynch-influence/425094/ |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref> 

''[[The X-Files]]'' notably takes major inspiration from ''Twin Peaks'', especially in execution of atmosphere and attempts to blend comedic moments and horror. [[David Duchovny]] appeared as Denise Bryson in ''Twin Peaks'' prior to his role as [[Fox Mulder]] on ''The X-Files''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/arts/television-radio-the-x-files-finds-the-truth-its-time-is-past.html |title=Television/Radio; 'The X-Files' Finds the Truth: Its Time Is Past |first=Joyce |last=Millman |date=May 19, 2002 |access-date=July 9, 2009 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928072631/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/arts/television-radio-the-x-files-finds-the-truth-its-time-is-past.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview celebrating the third season, [[David Chase]], the creator of ''[[The Sopranos]],'' stated that "Anybody making one-hour drama[s] today who says he wasn't influenced by David Lynch is lying."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dockterman |first=Eliana |date=May 11, 2017 |title=Creators of Lost, Fargo, The Sopranos and Other Shows on How Twin Peaks Influenced Them |url=https://time.com/4769270/twin-peaks-lost-fargo-sopranos/ |access-date=April 23, 2024 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424014844/https://time.com/4769270/twin-peaks-lost-fargo-sopranos/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, the television series ''[[Psych]]'' paid tribute to the series by reuniting some of the cast in the fifth-season episode "[[Dual Spires]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Moorhouse |first=Drusilla |date=December 1, 2010 |title=Psych's Delicious Tribute to Twin Peaks: This Must Be Where Pies Go When They Die |url=http://eonline.com/news/213650/psych-s-delicious-tribute-to-twin-peaks-this-must-be-where-pies-go-when-they-die |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018102136/http://www.eonline.com/news/213650/psych-s-delicious-tribute-to-twin-peaks-this-must-be-where-pies-go-when-they-die |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |access-date=October 10, 2014 |publisher=E! Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hale |first=Mike |date=November 30, 2010 |title=A Series Homage Lovingly Wrapped in Plastic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/arts/television/01psych.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018091208/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/arts/television/01psych.html |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |access-date=October 10, 2014 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> 

[[Carlton Cuse]], the co-creator of ''[[Bates Motel (TV series)|Bates Motel]]'', cited ''Twin Peaks'' as a key inspiration for his series, stating, "We pretty much ripped off ''Twin Peaks.''" Cuse and [[Damon Lindelof]], who both co-produced ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', cited both ''Twin Peaks'' and David Lynch as a major influence on their work. Lindelof stated "There is no show in television history that had more impact on me than ''Twin Peaks.''"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dockterman |first=Eliana |date=May 11, 2017 |title=Creators of Lost, Fargo, The Sopranos and Other Shows on How Twin Peaks Influenced Them |url=https://time.com/4769270/twin-peaks-lost-fargo-sopranos/ |access-date=April 23, 2024 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424014844/https://time.com/4769270/twin-peaks-lost-fargo-sopranos/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Noah Hawley]], creator of ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'' and ''[[Legion (TV series)|Legion]]'', cited ''Twin Peaks'' as a major inspiration on his work, particularly ''Fargo''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hawley |first=Noah |date=August 24, 2017 |title=Noah Hawley: How 'Twin Peaks' Influenced My Work |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/347321/noah-hawley-guest-column-fargo-legion-twin-peaks-david-lynch/ |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=TV Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=November 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112084435/https://www.tvinsider.com/347321/noah-hawley-guest-column-fargo-legion-twin-peaks-david-lynch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa]], the creator of ''[[Riverdale (American TV series)|Riverdale]]'', remarked that "all roads on ''Riverdale'' lead back to ''Twin Peaks''" given its thematic similarities.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moylan |first=Brian |date=May 11, 2017 |title=Riverdale's Showrunner Talks Final Cliffhangers, Incest, and His Plans for Season Two |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/05/riverdale-finale-season-one-roberto-aguirre-sacasa-interview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809223356/https://www.vulture.com/2017/05/riverdale-finale-season-one-roberto-aguirre-sacasa-interview.html |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=May 19, 2020 |website=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Haithman |first=Diane |date=May 10, 2013 |title=Carlton Cuse On 'Bates Motel's Twin Peaks' & 'Psycho' Heritage |url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/carlton-cuse-at-bates-motel-panel-we-pretty-much-ripped-off-twin-peaks-496320/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607065706/http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/carlton-cuse-at-bates-motel-panel-we-pretty-much-ripped-off-twin-peaks/ |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |access-date=May 11, 2013 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> 

The TV series ''[[Atlanta (TV series)|Atlanta]]'' has been cited by its creator, [[Donald Glover]], as being inspired by the show, labeling it as "''Twin Peaks'' with rappers."<ref>{{cite web |last=Cwik |first=Greg |date=January 16, 2024 |title=Donald Glover Wants Atlanta to Be 'Twin Peaks With Rappers' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/donald-glover-on-doing-twin-peaks-with-rappers.html |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=Vulture |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330143247/https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/donald-glover-on-doing-twin-peaks-with-rappers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, the animated series ''[[Gravity Falls]]'' repeatedly referenced the Black Lodge along with other elements of ''Twin Peaks'' throughout its run.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weinstock, Spooner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnb-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA218 |title=Return To Twin Peaks |date=November 17, 2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-137-56384-2 |pages=216–218 |access-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114000131/https://books.google.com/books?id=vnb-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA218 |archive-date=November 14, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Critics have also noted similarities and borrowed elements from Lynch's ''Fire Walk with Me'' and ''Twin Peaks'' in [[Veena Sud]]'s American adaptation of ''[[The Killing (American TV series)|The Killing]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyons |first=Margaret |date=April 25, 2011 |title=How The Killing Channeled Twin Peaks Last Night |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/04/the_killing_channeled_twin_pea.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200514/http://www.vulture.com/2011/04/the_killing_channeled_twin_pea.html |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |access-date=July 24, 2013 |journal=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=Troy |date=April 1, 2011 |title=The Killing: A new crime show has some of that Twin Peaks flair |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2011/04/the_killing.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726110616/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2011/04/the_killing.html |archive-date=July 26, 2013 |access-date=July 24, 2013 |journal=Slate}}</ref>

=== Music ===
The show's score, helmed by Angelo Badalamenti, Julee Cruise, and David Lynch, was a notable influence for many genres of music, specifically [[dream pop]]. Cruise's compositions inspired the likes of [[Lana Del Rey]] and the score of the show was a direct inspiration for dream pop duo [[Beach House]], who have a history of paying homage to the show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 17, 2017 |title=The 'Twin Peaks' Sound Has Influenced Everyone From Kanye West to Beach House |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a55077/twin-peaks-music-influence/ |access-date=May 4, 2024 |first=Michael |last=Tedder |website=Esquire |language=en-US |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203182702/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a55077/twin-peaks-music-influence/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=December 12, 2022 |title=Angelo Badalamenti, 'Twin Peaks' Composer Who Helped Popularize Dream Pop, Dead at 85 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/angelo-badalamenti-obituary-1234646151/ |access-date=May 4, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=June 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605170842/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/angelo-badalamenti-obituary-1234646151/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show's legacy of honoring dream pop and [[indie rock]] compositions is observed in the third season, with its inclusion of performances from contemporaries such as [[Sharon Van Etten]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], and [[the Veils]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ivie |first=Devon |date=September 5, 2017 |title=Your Guide to All of the Bands in Twin Peaks |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/09/twin-peaks-band-guide.html |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref>

Bands like [[Bastille (band)|Bastille]] have penned songs in honor of the show like "[[Laura Palmer (song)|Laura Palmer]]", which was influenced by the "slightly weird, eerie" atmosphere of the show.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 18, 2013 |title=Bastille, 'Laura Palmer' – Song Stories |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Ypo1KIpTA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301045409/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Ypo1KIpTA |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |work=[[NME]] |via=YouTube}}</ref> [[Xiu Xiu]] completed and released a 2017 tribute album titled ''[[Plays the Music of Twin Peaks]]'', where they performed several tracks from the show's main soundtrack and leaned into a more [[Experimental music|experimental]] sound.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/64014-xiu-xiu-announce-twin-peaks-covers-album-share-falling/ |title=Xiu Xiu Announce "Twin Peaks" Covers Album, Share "Falling" |website=Pitchfork |last=Pearce |first=Sheldon |date=March 9, 2016 |access-date=May 4, 2024 |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203094857/https://pitchfork.com/news/64014-xiu-xiu-announce-twin-peaks-covers-album-share-falling/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Video games ===
Twin Peaks has influenced a number of [[survival horror]] and [[psychological thriller]] video games, most notably games produced by [[Sam Lake]] at [[Remedy Entertainment]], such as the "''Remedy Connected Universe''" of games,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Derek |date=July 23, 2021 |title=Why Twin Peaks Inspires So Many Video Games |url=https://screenrant.com/twin-peaks-easter-eggs-secrets-ideas-video-games/ |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221082009/https://screenrant.com/twin-peaks-easter-eggs-secrets-ideas-video-games/ |url-status=live }}</Ref> which includes the ''[[Alan Wake]]'' series, and the game ''[[Control (video game)|Control]].''<ref name="AlanWake2">{{cite web |author=Reed, Kristan |date=May 31, 2005 |title=Alan Wake |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_alanwake_nextgen_may2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914215650/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_alanwake_nextgen_may2005 |archive-date=September 14, 2013 |access-date=November 13, 2014 |work=[[Eurogamer]]}}</ref> For ''[[Alan Wake II]]'', the developers took heavy inspiration specifically from the [[Twin Peaks season 3|third season]] of ''Twin Peaks.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2023 |title=Alan Wake 2 takes bold notes from Twin Peaks: The Return |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/alan-wake-2-hands-on-impressions/ |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=Digital Trends |language=en |archive-date=November 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112075540/https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/alan-wake-2-hands-on-impressions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Remedy-produced ''[[Max Payne]]'' series also takes inspiration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iwaniuk |first=Phil |date=October 11, 2017 |title=One of Max Payne's greatest moments is its own weird version of Twin Peaks. Did you watch Address Unknown? |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/one-of-max-paynes-greatest-moments-is-its-own-weird-version-of-twin-peaks-did-you-watch-address-unknown/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012203133/http://www.gamesradar.com/one-of-max-paynes-greatest-moments-is-its-own-weird-version-of-twin-peaks-did-you-watch-address-unknown/ |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |access-date=October 12, 2017 |website=[[GamesRadar]]}}</ref> Other games of the genre that take heavy inspiration include ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'',<ref name="Deadly2">{{cite web |author=Schilling, Chris |date=July 7, 2011 |title=The Cult of Deadly Premonition |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-07-the-cult-of-deadly-premonition-article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503221804/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-07-the-cult-of-deadly-premonition-article |archive-date=May 3, 2014 |access-date=November 13, 2014 |work=[[Eurogamer]]}}</ref> and the ''[[Silent Hill (video game)|Silent Hill]]'' series.<ref name="SilentHill2">{{cite web |author=Kelly, Andy |date=April 29, 2014 |title=On The Level: Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2 |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/on-the-level-silent-hill-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113143316/http://www.pcgamer.com/on-the-level-silent-hill-2/ |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |access-date=November 13, 2014 |work=[[PC Gamer]]}}</ref> 

''Twin Peaks'' served as an inspiration for the 1993 video game ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'', with director [[Takashi Tezuka]] citing the series as the main factor for the creation of the "suspicious" characters that populate the game, as well as the mystery elements of the story.<ref name="suspicious2">{{cite web |date=January 2010 |title=Iwata Asks: The History of Handheld The Legend of Zelda Games – Make All the Characters Suspicious Types |url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Spirit-Tracks/Iwata-Asks-Zelda-Handheld-History-/3-Make-All-Characters-Suspicious-Types/3-Make-All-Characters-Suspicious-Types-233845.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505041203/http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Spirit-Tracks/Iwata-Asks-Zelda-Handheld-History-/3-Make-All-Characters-Suspicious-Types/3-Make-All-Characters-Suspicious-Types-233845.html |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America Inc]]}}</ref> The 1998 [[open world]] [[adventure video game]] ''[[Mizzurna Falls]]'' was highly reminiscent and an homage to ''Twin Peaks''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haske |first=Steve |date=September 1, 2017 |title=What Made This Fan Translate an Obscure 1998 'Twin Peaks'-Inspired PS1 Game |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-made-this-fan-translate-an-obscure-1998-twin-peaks-inspired-ps1-game/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218142054/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywwj5k/what-made-this-fan-translate-an-obscure-1998-twin-peaks-inspired-ps1-game |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |access-date=December 18, 2019 |website=Vice}}</ref> 

The Velvet Room featured in the ''[[Persona (video game series)|Persona]]'' video game series is inspired by the [[Black and White Lodges|Black Lodge]], and is also a reference to a previous Lynch film, ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]].''<ref name="PersonaDVD">{{cite book |title=Megami Ibunroku Persona Digital Collection: Persona World |publisher=[[ASCII Media Works]] |isbn=978-4-7572-0014-2 |pages=6–11 |date=1993 |language=ja}}</ref> Other games and video game series influenced by ''Twin Peaks'' include the ''[[Life Is Strange (video game)|Life Is Strange]]'' series,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Andy |date=April 12, 2016 |title=How Life is Strange channels Twin Peaks |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/how-life-is-strange-channels-twin-peaks/ |access-date=July 8, 2023 |website=PC Gamer |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926181634/https://www.pcgamer.com/how-life-is-strange-channels-twin-peaks/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the indie games ''[[Disco Elysium]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Amato |first=Lee |date=2023-11-08 |title=Alan Wake 2 Isn't A Horror Game, It's A Twin Peaks Game |url=https://screenrant.com/alan-wake-2-twin-peaks-game-influence-references/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=November 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128040301/https://screenrant.com/alan-wake-2-twin-peaks-game-influence-references/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Virginia (video game)|Virginia]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Adam |date=July 8, 2014 |title=A Mysterious State Of Mind: Virginia Interview |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-mysterious-state-of-mind-virginia-interview |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en |archive-date=November 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112082512/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-mysterious-state-of-mind-virginia-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Kentucky Route Zero]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gameological.com/2013/01/jake-elliott-writer-and-designer-of-kentucky-route-zero/ |title=Jake Elliott, writer and designer of Kentucky Route Zero |last=Smith |first=Ryan |work=The Gameological Society |publisher=[[The Onion|Onion Inc.]] |date=January 22, 2013|access-date=July 26, 2016 |quote=Tamas and I are always talking about David Lynch, and he's a huge influence on us as far as tone.|archive-date=September 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915215327/http://gameological.com/2013/01/jake-elliott-writer-and-designer-of-kentucky-route-zero/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Thimbleweed Park]]'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://grumpygamer.com/kickstarter |title=Please Join Us On Kickstarter |last=Gilbert |first=Ron |date=November 18, 2014 |website=Grumpy Gamer|access-date=May 26, 2016|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410072904/http://grumpygamer.com/kickstarter |archivedate=April 10, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Puzzle Agent]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cubed3.com/news/15796 |title=Nelson Tethers Puzzle Agent on Wii No More |publisher=Cubed³ |date=June 23, 2011 |accessdate=August 15, 2011 | archive-date = June 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629135108/http://www.cubed3.com/news/15796 | url-status = live}}</ref>