Editing Red mercury (section)

== Fictional references ==
* In the 1995 [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] game ''[[Warhawk (1995 video game)|Warhawk]]'', red mercury is used by the mad warlord Kreel in his bid for world domination.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kuchera |first1=Ben |title=Masterpiece: Warhawk: the Red Mercury Missions for the PlayStation One |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/12/masterpiece-warhawk-the-red-mercury-missions-for-the-playstation-one/ |website=Ars Technica |publisher=Condé Nast |date=December 22, 2011}}</ref>
* In the BBC spy thriller series ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'', red mercury is portrayed in the second episode of season 3 (released in 2004) as a nonexistent substance used to trap a terrorist group planning to make a nuclear bomb. The terrorist group offers to pay 5 million US dollars for 5 grammes of the substance.<ref>{{cite web
| author-link = BBC
| title = Spooks: The Sleeper
| website = BBC.co.uk
| publisher = BBC
| date = September 24, 2014
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/series3_ep2.shtml
| access-date = January 29, 2024}}</ref>

* ''[[Red Mercury (film)|Red Mercury]]'' is a 2005 thriller film in which terrorists plan to use the chemical in a bombing attack.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cockrell |first1=Eddie |title=Red Mercury |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/red-mercury-1200523373/ |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=9 September 2005}}</ref>
*In the 2006 video game ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent]]'', red mercury is used by the terrorist group JBA, to create multiple nuclear devices intended to bomb three major American cities.<ref>{{cite web |first=Douglass C. |last=Perry |date=22 November 2006 |title=Splinter Cell Double Agent Review |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/23/splinter-cell-double-agent-review |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=IGN Entertainment |url-status=live |archive-date=25 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125025153/http://pc.ign.com/articles/747/747482p1.html}}</ref>
* The 2013 Bruce Willis movie ''[[Red 2 (film)|Red 2]]'' features a nuclear weapon containing red mercury as the main explosive component.
* The 2019 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] adventure film ''[[Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan]]'' involves the protagonists hunting for red mercury to save an alien child.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-24 |title=Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan ready for World Digital Premiere |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/sagardwipey-jawker-dhan-ready-for-world-digital-premiere/articleshow/102072454.cms |access-date=2023-08-16 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>