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[[File:FantasticTribulation.png|thumb|450px|link=CALL TO ADVENTURE! Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board|The start of something that will change the world for better or worse.]]
The '''Fantastic Tribulation''' is a phenomenon describing a setting which has gone
▲The '''Fantastic Tribulation''' is a phenomenon describing a setting which has gone through through a storm of chaos brought about by supernatural forces and beings, such that society is incapable of countering this event through conventional means. This leads to either an [[Urban Fantasy]] or an [[After the End]] scenario turning into a [[Cozy Catastrophe]] - in either case, they involve [[Differently-Powered Individual|people gaining access to magic or some other form of mystical powers]], and learning to use them is crucial to surviving in this new world.
The theme of Fantastic Tribulations is
The purpose is to provide a bridge between the normal world and an extraordinary setting.
Contrast [[The Magic Comes Back]]. See also [[War in Heaven]], which may precipitate this trope.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* ''[[The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life]]''
* ''[[JK Musou - Owaru Sekai no Sukuikata]]'' has monsters rampaging globally, leading to many deaths, lack of electricity, and people creating shelter where they can. However, hope comes in the form of people called 'Players'(people who can use [[RPG Mechanics Verse|a system to harness skills and magic like in a role-playing game]].) These Players act as the vanguard in fighting monsters for the survival of humanity.
▲* In ''[[Bouken-ka ni Narou!: Skill Board de Dungeon Kouryaku]]'', an event called 'The Stampede' has caused dungeons to appear worldwide, with monsters ravaging the world. Civilization has bounced back as the government allows people to become Adventurers to venture into dungeons, defeating monsters and leveling up while gaining magical items and equipment.
* In ''Ookami Nante Kowakunai!!'''s ''Tonda Birthday Present'', the [[Ordinary High School Student|high-school student]] Tetsu has a grandfather who is an inventor
* ''[[Chained Soldier]]'': Portals start appearing to Mato, a realm that releases "Shuuki" monsters immune to conventional weapons but also contains "Peaches" that grant women superpowers capable of slaying Shuuki. This results in societal upheaval as women become dominant and turn men into second-class citizens.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[The Sandman]]''
** During ''A Game of You'', it's revealed that Barbie's dreams feature this. As Princess Barbara,
** ''The Kindly Ones'' implies that Dream either invokes or {{spoiler|passively lets it happen when Loki and Puck kidnap Daniel, the baby designated as Dream's heir, and frame Dream as the culprit for burning Daniel alive. Daniel's mom, Hippolyta Hall, invokes the wrath of the Furies
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Wizards]]'': The Earth
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[System Apocalypse]]'', the titular event causes modern technology to stop functioning
* In ''[[The S-Classes that I Raised]]'',
* The ''[[New World]]'' series by James Khan (
* ''[[The Earth is Online]]'': Myriads of black towers begin to float above cities, ominously but harmlessly. Then one day, a voice announces, “Ding dong! November 15th, 2017. The Earth is online.” The next thing people know, the towers are issuing deadly survival games, and humans are suddenly gaining unusual powers.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Deconstructed during the fourth season of ''[[Angel]]''. Jasmine, one of the [[Powers That Be]], creates world peace and ushers in an age of utopia... by manipulating Cordelia and Angel Investigations to {{spoiler|gain a human form and appear on Earth}}, then removing everyone's free will and forcing them to praise her
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Calvin of ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' has done playtime scenarios, tinker toys, and even poetry about magical destruction or alien invasions hitting Earth. He succeeds in creeping out Hobbes more than once, who asks if they can play something else.
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* The [[wikipedia:Great Tribulation|Great Tribulation]], as [[The Bible/Source/Revelation#7|described in chapters 7-10]] of the [[Book of Revelation]], is the [[Trope Codifier]] and [[Older Than Feudalism]].
** Due to the often colorful and esoteric language of the text in question, it's enough to say [[La Resistance|those who believe in Christ]] and [[Religion of Evil|those who support his enemy, called the Beast]] both acquire some limited supernatural abilities during this period, the
* Hindu mythology has Kalki, the final incarnation of Vishnu the protector god. When the world is thrown off-balance owing to people being too evil and selfish, Kalki will ride through with a sword and wipe out those that demonstrate ''adharma''
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
* ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'' shows a world where a shard of crystal brought two races and caused societal chaos
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In the backstory of ''[[Shadowrun]]'', [[The Magic Comes Back|magic
* The interdimensional invasion by the "High Lords" that defines the setting of ''[[TORG]]'' explicitly revolves around each participating 'cosm' (or world) getting a foothold on Earth. Each cosm changes the laws of nature in their area of Earth to reflect its native reality, with players as "Storm Knights" opposing the invasion of Earth. The various realities vying for control of the Earth include a traditional [[High Fantasy]] setting, a [[Cosmic Horror]] world, two different [[Cyberpunk]] worlds, and several [[Pulp]] and Weird Fantasy cosms.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The backstory of the ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' series is predicated on this trope, when all technology ceased to function in the year 2000. Society eventually rebuilt afterward thanks to the emergence of [[Magitek|magic that became the basis of most technology in some form]], though some holdouts to the original old-world tech [[Start My Own|would form their own society]]. The games themselves explore the post-recovery world and fill in the blanks on how the world developed after the initial apocalypse.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[microHUNTER]]'', every human in the world is shrunk down to 3cm.
* ''[[Solo Login]]'' has Sky Castles of an unknown origin appearing around the world. At the same time, people
▲* In ''[[microHUNTER]]'', every human in the world is shrunk down to 3cm - insects, birds, rats, and even doors become lethally dangerous. However, they are also granted abilities with strength determined by a level, and can also check their status through game-like windows.
▲* ''[[Solo Login]]'' has Sky Castles of an unknown origin appearing around the world. At the same, people can awaken as Sky Players, who gain powers and wings that can fly to Sky Castles. They are filled with monsters to level up while gathering money and equipment. When a Sky Player falls from a Sky Castle, it can create an Underground Dungeon where they can give a quest to a person to become an Underground Player. Similar to Sky Players, they instead use a tail to access Dungeons like the Sky Castles. However, Monsters can travel outside unconquered Underground Dungeons, which Underground Players need to find and defeat the boss to prevent monsters from attacking.
* In the setting of ''[[I am the Sorcerer King]]'', Rifts suddenly appeared worldwide ten years ago, releasing countless monsters and causing chaos. People called the Awakened become connected to the Ahkasha System under the Director of Ahkash, which allows them to access notification windows, acquire a job, level up, grind stats, and gain skills.
* In ''[[Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint]]'', an apocalyptic event initiated by cosmic entities overtakes the world.
* The setting of ''[[Raid (SF)]]'' was taken over by a supercomputer through the use of nanomachines.
* In ''[[Solo Leveling]]'', portals
* In ''[[Kill the Hero]]''
* In ''[[Raid]]'', demons crossed over to our realm
* In ''
* ''[[Metro Hunter]]'': Seoul's metro lines
* In ''[[The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower]]'', giant towers called Tutorial Towers suddenly spring into existence and teleport random people within them
* ''[[The World After the Fall]]'' has mysterious towers
* ''[[I'm the Max-Level Newbie]]'': A game known as Tower of Trails was an online game known for its difficulty,
* ''[[Seoul Station's Necromancer]]'' has a supernatural phenomenon that causes people to be summoned to different worlds where they gain jobs with magic and skills. They are eventually returned to Earth and are known as Returnees. Dungeons and monsters related to these worlds are
* ''[[My S-Class Hunters]]'' has
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* It's eventually revealed in ''[[Adventure Time]]'' that the land of Oo is actually Earth millennia into the future. We see flashbacks where {{spoiler|Simon took in a young Marceline}}. Princess Bubblegum is a young princess that can create sentient life, Finn the Human and Jake the Dog can go on all sorts of magical adventures, and vampires exist. When {{spoiler|Betty strives to undo this timeline, considering it a [[Bad Future]] because her boyfriend Simon became the immortal but mentally-ill Ice King, the current residents protest this because it is still their future. Even Ice King, who understands what Betty is trying to accomplish, begs her to stop}}.
* In the episode "The Console" from ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'', a [[Game Boy|Game Child]] temporarily turns the entire town into a [[JRPG]], and Gumball, Darwin, and Anais form a party to turn the city back to normal.
* In ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]'', the Earth’s climate and geography
▲* In ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]'', the Earth’s climate and geography have been drastically changed due to a meteor passing its orbit. This led to planet-wide natural disasters and the collapse of civilization, resulting in chaos worldwide, followed by magic, savagery and [[Weird Science]] appearing on Earth.
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