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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
▲The '''Fantastic Tribulation''' is a setting where the world has been through an event where supernatural forces (such as monsters from fantasy) bring chaos throughout Earth. This massive phenomenon renders society incapable of countering the event through conventional means. This leads to either an [[Urban Fantasy]] or an [[After the End]] scenario turning into a [[Cozy Catastrophe]]. Both, however, involve people gaining magic or some other form of mystical powers that are crucial to surviving in this new world.
The theme of Fantastic Tribulations is common in web-based media, particularly gaming-themed webcomic and has seen a relative resurgence in [[Korean Webtoons|Korean web novels and webtoons]]. These particular works are often set in a [[RPG Mechanics Verse]] that may or may not be full of dungeons, both of which are often tied to the civilization-shifting catalyst this trope describes. Some urban fantasy works that employ this trope additionally focus on new adversities that arise in these conditions from not just this new status quo, but [[Who Watches the Watchmen?|the people seen as its protectors]].
The purpose is to provide a bridge between the normal world and an extraordinary setting.
Contrast [[The Magic Comes Back]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
*
* ''[[The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life]]'' {{sic}} is set
* ''[[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, Barbie is the rightful ruler of a realm where the Cuckoo has taken her throne and introduces chaos through the power of compulsion. Armies march through peaceful villages and terrify the citizens, anthropomorphized creatures that can talk or perform magic. Barbie notes that while the Land is still beautiful, it is no longer home and won't be unless she defeats the Cuckoo. Martin Tenbones tells her that the Porpentine, a magical sugar gem, is what keeps the Land intact, so she must never let the Cuckoo destroy it. {{spoiler|Barbie fails; the Cuckoo slaughters most of her friends, brainwashes the rest, and compels her to destroy the Porpentine. Dream comes and ends the Land's time in the Dreaming, so all the dead inhabitants enter the palm of his hand}}. Even worse, when Dream appears, he breaks it gently to Barbie that {{spoiler|Cuckoos are ''supposed'' to invite this level of destruction. Their nature is to grow in a dream world that isn't there, leave by any means possible, and fly to their hearts' content. He says that if Rose hadn't inadvertently interfered with Barbie's dream, the Cuckoo would be able to leave sooner.}}
** ''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 (AKA the Kindly Ones) on Dream and lets them rampage in his realm. Most Dreaming inhabitants get slaughtered, though some, like Gilbert and Mervyn Pumpkinhead, fight to the bitter end to protect their King. Despite the residents' best efforts, the rampage ends with Dream's death. He more than welcomes it once the Kindly Ones let him say goodbye to his sister, Death. Daniel—who rapidly ages to become an adult as the new Dream with the previous avatar's memories—is not pleased by his mother's stupidity, the amount of destruction he has to repair, and the inhabitants whose lives were senselessly lost. Gilbert refuses to be revived, meaning Daniel has to live with the loss among others, and a changed landscape. Daniel has to face what this new world means; as the King of Dreams, he has the choice to be a better leader than Morpheus, to adjust the rules as he sees fit. He faces this uncertainty with Matthew's help and embraces the changes. Later series like ''The Dreaming'' and ''Nightmare County'' go into how the Dreaming has changed, with the Corinthian becoming a borderline [[Anti-Hero]], a far cry from his [[Arc Villain]] counterpart}}.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Wizards]]'': The Earth
== [[Literature]] ==
*
* 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
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
*
== [[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]]
** 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.
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
* ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'' shows a world where a shard of crystal brought two races and caused societal chaos because {{spoiler|the urSkeks mistakenly shattered the Crystal}}. The Skeksis use the crystal's corrupting power to extend their lifespans while the Mystics try to mitigate the damage. The Mystics send [[The Protagonist]], Jen, on a quest to make the crystal whole again. It's a world where certain characters can talk to the planet’s flora, and sympathetic magic exists. The movie's ending {{spoiler|shows the urSkeks leaving after bringing Kira back to life, giving Jen and Kira hope they can reverse this tribulation for their people}}.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In the backstory of ''[[Shadowrun]]'', [[The Magic Comes Back|magic
* The interdimensional invasion by the "High Lords"
== [[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]]'',
* ''[[Solo Login]]'' has Sky Castles of an unknown origin appearing around the world. At the same time, people awaken as Sky Players, gaining powers and wings that can
*
* In ''[[Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint]]'', an apocalyptic event initiated by cosmic entities overtakes the world.
* The setting of ''[[Raid (SF)]]''
* In ''
* In ''[[Kill the Hero]]''
* In ''[[Raid]]'',
* In ''[[Tomb Raider King]]''
* ''[[Metro Hunter]]'': Seoul's metro lines
* In ''[[The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower]]'', giant towers called Tutorial Towers
* ''[[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.
* ''[[My S-Class Hunters]]''
== [[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]]
* In ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]'', the Earth’s climate and geography
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