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== [[Advertising]] ==
* The Zillow ad "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kAFA0vm4uE The Journey]" features this, as a little girl prepares to move with her magical animal friends to a new island, navigating on a boat over heavy waves as they mourn what they leave behind. Their new home has trees with eyes, whispers of doubts, and a fantastic, spacious castle carved into the mountains. They resolve to make the best of it, though the girl snuggles her friends when she can't sleep. Turns out {{spoiler|it was an [[Imagine Spot]] of the girl moving into a normal house, and it ends with another kid inviting her to play, calling her "New neighbor"; her animal friends were her stuffed toys. Her mother has ais relieved expression when seeing her daughter smile for the first time in days}}.
 
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* ''[[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 only 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 that he has to repair, and the inhabitants whose lives were senselessly lost. Gilbert refuses to be revived, meaning that Daniel has to live with the loss, alongamong with many other lossesothers, 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 decides to facefaces this uncertainty with Matthew's help and embraceembraces the changes. Later series like ''The Dreaming'' and ''Nightmare County'' go into how the Dreaming has changed as a result, with the Corinthian becoming a borderline [[Anti-Hero]], a far cry from his [[Arc Villain]] counterpart}}.
 
== [[Fan Works]] ==
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== [[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 constantly–even taking over their karaoke nights! In addition, {{spoiler|she needs to eat a few people every day to maintain this power, and she naturally robs her victims of any choice in the matter}}. Angel calls her out for this {{spoiler|when Fred snaps him out of the mind control, and Angel Investigations succeed in getting rid of Jasmine. This leaves them wondering if they did the right thing, especially when the [[Big Bad]] Wolfram & Hart thank them for ending world peace}}.
 
== [[Music]] ==
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== [[Podcast]]s ==
* ''[[Welcome to Nightvale]]'' has host Cecil ''try'' to combat this with his radio broadcasts. The keyword is "try", because Nightvale is too weird and chaotic even on a normal level. You may be able to live a semi-normal life if you find a new definition for migraines, avoid touching plastic flamingos, or resist going to the park after sundown.
 
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
 
== [[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}}. With theThe Skeksis, they use the crystal's corrupting power to extend their lifespans andwhile the Mystics try to mitigate the damage. andThe 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}}.
 
== [[Radio]] ==
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* ''[[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 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, they can create an Underground Dungeon where they 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 entities are live streamers that allow people to participate in deadly Scenarios for cosmic live streamers. Everyone is granted unique skills, and completing Scenarios rewardrewards them with coins that can be used to upgrade these skills.
* The setting of ''[[Raid (SF)]]'' was taken over by a supercomputer through the use of nanomachines. Everyone has a watch-like device called a Nanocircle that augments their abilities and grants equipment, including rewards from various quests given by the computer.
* In ''[[Solo Leveling]]'', portals called Gates, connected to another dimension dubbed a Dungeon teeming with monsters termed Magic Beasts, appeared worldwide. Simultaneously, people known as Hunters appeared with magical powers that could fight these beasts while keeping the public safe. These monsters have Essence Stones, a form of stable and efficient energy source which Hunters gather for income. Hunters can group together and create Guilds which are associations to recruit Hunters for raids on Gates while administered by governments.
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** "Mort Dinner Rick Andre" features Morty, of all people, accidentally inflicting this on the Hoovians. The upshot is that Morty is traveling through a Narnia-like portal to get wine for a date with Jessica. He accidentally got the first Hoovy killed when the latter helped him carry the first crate to his basement. Hoovy's son beats up Morty the second time Morty grabs a case, and Morty accidentally kills him as an older man. Soon the Hoovians go from peaceful farmers to ''Blade Runner'' over the next few hours. Whoops!
* Most of ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' features a [[Bad Future]] where Aku reigns over the land because his past self sent the title character to the future. It's a world with sentient robots and ghosts, where independent resistance groups have risen up against Aku.
* In ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]'', the Earth’s climate and geography waswere 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.
 
== Other Media ==
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