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This usually overlaps with the [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]] and/or [[Recursive Canon]]. If it goes both ways - the "real world" characters have their own comic book in the "comic book" universe - then the two worlds are [[Mutually Fictional]].
Also see [[I Wish It
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* Mitchell Hundred, protagonist of ''[[Ex Machina]]'', is a DC comics fan as a kid before becoming the world's only superhero. He's also seen as an adult visiting comic book stores selling issues of ''[[The Authority]]'' and ''[[Planetary]]'', titles published by Wildstorm - the DC imprint that also publishes ''Ex Machina''.
* Science Dog, a comic book character in ''Invincible,'' suddenly appeared at the door of Mark "Invincible" Grayson's house. Mark was understandably surprised by the visit of the non-human being but it turned out to be an alien using Science Dog's form to make the encounter easier. Bad idea.
* ''[[The Authority]]'' themselves, in an abortive [[Grant Morrison]] series, [[Up the Real Rabbit Hole|found themselves on our Earth]], where [[Meta Fiction|they encountered the comics in which they had made their first appearances.]]
== Film ==
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== [[Fanfic]] ==
* There's a very, very [[Fan Fic Recommendations|good]] ''[[Power Rangers]]'' [[Fanfic]] that did this inspired by the crossover between ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' and ''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|Ninja Turtles the Next Mutation]]'', where [[Faeries Don't Believe in Humans, Either|each team thought the other was just an urban legend]].
== Literature ==
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* ''[[Static Shock]]'': Virgil grows up reading comic books and [http://www.bestessays.com.au essay] about [[Superman]] and the [[Green Lantern]], and eventually meets and teams up with them from time to time. Probably more of a subtle [[Retcon]]. Static Shock was originally disconnected from the regular DC universe and the DC characters were fictional in theirs. Then Static and his universe got added to the DC universe, so now Static couldn't have possibly read those comics or everyone should know Superman's [[Secret Identity]] as well.
* An episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' had a superhero and villain from one of Ray's comics become "real" and clash with the Ghostbusters. Unusually, no explanation was ever given for why the comics characters were able to enter Ray's reality. (This shouldn't be confused with a later episode in which a [[Shape Shifter|shapeshifting ghost]] briefly imitated the same superhero.)
** A later episode had [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Professor Moriarity]] show up, and it was explained that the [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|collective belief of their fans]] was sufficient to make them "come to life".
** Incidentally, the superhero "Captain Steel" was a [[Superman]] [[Expy]] while the villain was the pre-Crisis [[Lex Luthor]]; their creator was an obvious pastiche of Marv Wolfman of [[DC Comics]], and the cartoon was made during the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' comic event.
* In ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', possibly Major Glory. The series is part of the show's [[Three Shorts]] format, but in universe seems to be portrayed as half real and half fictional, in that Major Glory also apparently exists in Dexter's universe, flies and has super powers.
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