Teenage Witch (1999), where Poe is played by actor "Edgar Allan Poe IV" in the episode "Episode LXXXI: The Phantom Menace." Edgar Allan Poe IV claims he is the great-great-great-grandnephew of Edgar Allan Poe. An episode of the Cartoon Network series Time Squad, about time travelers tasked with setting right errors in history, featured an uncharacteristically happy E.A.Poe, more concerned with happy rainbows and pink bunnies, than matters of the Macabre. History was returned to normal by introducing this erroneous Poe to a morose state of misery and depression, finally appreciating the horrors and misery of the world around him. An episode of Mr. Peabody & Sherman features the titular time-travelers visiting Poe. Sherman was shocked to find Poe writing Winnie the Pooh, and insisted that Poe should write horror stories. "I tried," Poe answered. "But all my stories have happy endings!" Sherman suggests taking Poe to a haunted house for inspiration. In the episode "Escape to the House of Mummies Part II" (2006) of The Venture Bros., Brock Samson, Hank, and Dean, team up with Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Caligula, Brock Samson (past), and Sigmund Freud. The 2007 Masters of Horror episode "The Black Cat" wove elements of Poe's life in with the story of the same name. Poe was played by Jeffrey Combs, a horror movie veteran who has worked closely on a number of Stuart Gordon's (the director) previous projects. The 2013 South Park episode "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers" used Poe as a central character to bring the plot forward. In the second season of Witches of East End, portrayed by Daniel DiTomasso, Poe is seen in the episode "Poe Way Out" (2014) in a relationship with a former self of one of the main characters, Freya. In 2017 Poe was the subject of the PBS American Masters film Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive. The 2018 Netflix cyberpunk series Altered Carbon features an AI character whose image is based on Poe, and called Edgar Poe, who runs a hotel called The Raven. Online In the web series Epic Rap Battles of History Poe appears in rap conflict with Stephen King. See also Poe's work has had extensive influence on culture: Edgar Allan Poe and music Edgar Allan Poe in television and film The Raven in popular culture References External links Matthew Pearl's Top 10 Books Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe The Guardian,