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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* ''[[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 ''Ookami Nante Kowakunai!!'''s ''Tonda Birthday Present'', the [[Ordinary High School Student|high-school student]] Tetsu has a grandfather who is an inventor. The machines he makes usually blow up in his face. For his grandson's birthday, he makes a virtual reality machine to play ‘'[[Dragon Quest|Dragon Chest]]’’, but it malfunctions. This causes the game to become real, where people turn into NPCs and monsters while Tetsu becomes the hero and saves the princess (his crush) from the Dragon King.
* ''[[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]] ==
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** 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 former mostly immune from certain kinds of supernatural harm that the other side has no defense against. The opposing side gains mostly offensive powers and the ability to deceive the undecided into being swayed to their side.
* 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''–sowing discord and immorality while neglecting your life duties–rather than dharma. Only then can a new life cycle start on Earth. The period in-between probably won’t be fun for humanity.
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
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* In the backstory of ''[[Shadowrun]]'', [[The Magic Comes Back|magic came back]]. A significant fraction of humanity turned into elves, orcs, trolls, and a dozen of other races. Practically every mythological beast from dragons on down popped out of the woodwork, and there were political upheavals. Did that end the world? Hell, no! [[Mega Corp|That would be bad for business]]! Besides, [[Cyberpunk]] tech made dealing with the Sixth World so much easier.
* 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]] ==
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* In ''[[Kill the Hero]]'', Dungeons appeared worldwide, with monsters pouring from portals. At the same time, divine beings called Nimbus appeared, who granted a small number of people called Players powers called the Authority. A Player has access to skills depending on the Nimbus while being able to level up and check their status through system displays.
* In ''[[Raid]]'', demons crossed over to our realm fifty years ago through Demon World Gates that appeared all across the world. Concurrently, God granted humans called Masters (whose powers relate to MMORPG roles like Tanker, Melee DPS, and Healer) the power to fight against these monsters.
* In ''[[Tomb Raider King]]'', massive earthquakes in 2025 cause Tombs to appear worldwide, with powerful items called Relics inside based on myths and legends from human history. Society set up laws to restrict people's use of Relics while others monopolize these artifacts. The people who venture into these Tombs are known as "Tomb Raiders" ([[I Thought It Meant|no relation to]] [[Tomb Raider|Lara Croft]]).
* ''[[Metro Hunter]]'': Seoul's metro lines turned into dungeons where monsters and other beings from another world appear, leaving the city in chaos until people called Metro Hunters explore these dungeons to hunt monsters and keep the peace.
* In ''[[The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower]]'', giant towers called Tutorial Towers suddenly spring into existence and teleport random people within them. Inside, they train to become Hunters and wield magic as well as powers to fight monsters from dungeons that appeared alongside the Tutorial Towers. Hunters have become so famous and influential that their associations and guilds have gained more influence than governments.
* ''[[The World After the Fall]]'' has mysterious towers manifesting worldwide, spreading monsters. People can become Tower Walkers, gaining powers to fight these monsters, or use a regression stone to return to the past for a second chance that deposits them in an alternate timeline. {{Spoiler|The current state of Earth is actually a dream to cultivate and capture human souls while their bodies are in a coma in the real world.}}
* ''[[I'm the Max-Level Newbie]]'': A game known as Tower of Trails was an online game known for its difficulty, causing its popularity to decline. On the day it was shut down, the tower appeared in reality with a message that humanity would die unless players cleared each floor in 90 days.
* ''[[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 summoned to Earth simultaneously. The government established the Returnee Control Department to gather and regulate Returnees while giving them therapy for traumatic experiences in the other worlds. Guilds are created to provide employment to hunt monsters and conquer the dungeons. They are also commercialized, where top-ranked members are seen as celebrities.
* ''[[My S-Class Hunters]]'' has Gates–global portals where monsters pass through from dimensions known as Dungeons. The sudden appearance of these Gates led to an event known as the Dungeon Shock, where the monsters wreaked havoc across cities, and thousands of people were injured or killed. At the same time, people known as Awakened began to surface, with powers that they used to fight the monsters and clear dungeons. They eventually came to be known as Hunters and rose to become society's most important occupation.
== [[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 were 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.
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