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* In an episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', the city was visited by two benign ghosts who appeared to be Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, and a very nasty one who appeared to be Professor Moriarty (who eventually conjures up a demonic version of the Hound of Baskervilles). Egon at first thought this didn't make sense; as fictional characters, these people were never alive to begin with, and thus could not be ghosts. When it became clear that they were indeed the real deal, he brought up a theory he had read about called "belief made manifest". What this meant was, if enough humans believe that a fictitious character is real and he has enough fans, it can give the character a pseudo-life, which seems to be what happened. Once they figured this out... The game was afoot!
** "Belief made manifest" was also an important plot point in an episode of the [[Sequel Series]], ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]''.
* In ''[[South Park]]'', the Imaginationland storyline revealed this to be the case (technically [[Doing In the Wizard]] in doing so). Everything and everyone ever imagined by someone on Earth is real in [[Magical Land|Imaginationland]], including all religious figures (even including real people believed to be gods and prophets, such as Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon faith). This is made hilarious if one remembers that Jesus has a public access television show in the real world.
* An episode of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' revealed that laughter (or, perhaps more correctly, the Power Of Fandom) helped cartoon characters stay young.
* In the [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'', it's the power of belief that allows [[Santa Claus|Santa's]] sleigh to work fast enough.
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