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''I breathe a sigh, and sadly smile, and lie awhile in bed''
''I wish that it might come to pass, not fade like all my dreams''
''Just think of what my life might be in a world like I have seen!''
|'''[[Rush]]''', ''2112''}}
Remember when you were a kid playing with your favourite action figures/video games/television shows and you would go, "I wish it was real!" Well, that's the basis of this trope: a well-trodden storyline where the favourite fictional elements of the main characters somehow materialise into the [[Welcome to The Real World|real world]] (or the characters are transported into their home [[Alternate Universe]]) through some [[Applied Phlebotinum]] (frequently [[Make a Wish|a wish]]). Depending on the mood of the story, Zany Antics or horrific [[Deconstruction]] follows as the characters deal with their new circumstances. Remember, [[Be Careful What You Wish For]].
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* Both Loony Leo, the living cartoon character, and Beautie, the android Barbie doll, in ''[[Astro City]].''
* Any time a [[DC Comics]] super hero visits Earth Prime, the [[Alternate Universe]] where super heroes only exist in comic books.
* In one issue of ''[[The Simpsons (Comic Book)|The Simpsons]]'' comic book, aliens Kang and Kodos bring Itchy and Scratchy into the real world. Bart gets hold of the alien device and uses it to evoke Radioactive Man (his favorite [[Comic Book]] hero) to deal with the resulting mayhem.
* Pretty much sums up the entirety of ''[[Futurama (Comic Book)|Futurama Comics]]''.{{context}}
== [[Fan
* Many [[Mary Sue]] [[fanfic]]s are along these lines, either of a character discovering the characters in their favorite fandom are real or somehow getting sucked into their world. They never seem to want to go home...
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== [[Live
* ''[[Big Bad Beetleborgs]]''
* ''[[Super Sentai|Denji Sentai Megaranger]]''
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* ''[[Ace Lightning]].''
* ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'' at first, as well as ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury|Jungle Fury]]''.
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' 2002 -
== [[Music]] ==
* The Leslie Fish [[Filk Song]] "Valhalla" is about a Viking who died in battle, but couldn't reach Valhalla because Christianity had his Gods under siege. Odin reincarnated him as a "bookish, lonely lad" who immersed himself in Scandanavian lore. "Sigurd" then stumbles into the [[Society for Creative Anachronism[[, and while it's not perfect, it fits a ''lot'' of the bill - including drinking, boasting, wenching, and fighting!
{{quote|''Be careful of what paradise you deal
''What hope you make other dreamers feel
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* ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'' and ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' are about kids who get the ability to transform into Mega Man.
** Of course, being that these are sequels to previous ''Megaman'' games, from their point of view their heroes are historical, rather than fictional. Think ''[[Ikki Tousen]]''.
*
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* In ''[[Xkcd]]'', [http://xkcd.com/240/ it turns out wanting something doesn't make it real.]
** [http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/48208-wisdom-of-crowds/ "Maybe wanting something does make it real. Clearly, the comic needs to be corrected.?]
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]
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* In one episode of ''[[Chaotic]]'' {{spoiler|creatures from Perim [[Welcome to The Real World|invade Chaotic and Earth]]}}, but it turns out to be [[All Just a Dream]].
** Played straight with any newly-introduced characters. Until they receive an official invitation and password from a Codemaster, the "real" worlds of Chaotic and Perim are nothing but the crazy ramblings of others.
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (animation)|Dungeons and Dragons]]''{{context}}
* ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'': At least one of
** To elaborate: In one episode, Timmy wishes to meet the Crimson Chin, his favorite superhero. The Chin suffers a [[Heroic BSOD]] after learning that he's a fictional character, and Timmy has to try and convince him to return to action. Another episode involves Timmy leaving the portal open and enabling a supervillain to escape into the real world.
** In another episode, he wishes his life were like an action movie, and the next day it is.
* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
{{quote|"Love hurts, Pud'n, and I love you... to death."}}
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