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{{trope}}
{{quote|''The sleep is still in my eyes, the dream is still in my head''
''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]].
If the show/game is a member of a series, it will most likely use the [[Recursive Canon]] trope and place the fantastic elements as a [[Show Within a Show]].
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See also [[Welcome to The Real World]], [[Refugee From TV Land]], [[Ascended Fanboy]]. [[Wanting Is Better Than Having]] might end up as an [[Aesop]]. Compare [[Daydream Believer]].
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== Anime and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]''
* ''[[Monster Rancher (
* ''[[MAR|Märchen Awakens Romance]]'' (an anime and manga series that is based on the idea of its hero, Ginta, entering a fantasy world and living out his dream of being a hero.)
== [[
* 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]] [[
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* Played with slightly in ''[[Spy Kids]]'' ("I wish I could go away to your world, Floop. You'd be my friend."). Floop turns out to be the villain, {{spoiler|but as it happens, not the [[Big Bad]]. In fact, he makes a [[Heel Face Turn]] by the end of the movie.}}
* Subverted in ''[[Pleasantville]]'', in which the protagonists are drawn into an idealized-1950s TV-show universe, and introduce various forms of personal and sexual liberation that shake up the stereotypically stodgy inhabitants.
* [[Woody Allen]]'s 1985 film ''[[
* ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' subverts this trope by showing how the "real" and "fictional" worlds may be entirely too different from each other for their inhabitants to cope.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'', Alex Rogan is really good at a video
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Indian in
* The fantasy series ''[[Guardians of the Flame]]'' has the college professor DM of a gaming group turn out to be a wizard from a fantasy world who sends his players through to try and set things right there. Some benefit from the immigration (one guy, who's crippled in real life, becomes his physically whole dwarf character), but there is a ''high'' body count once the characters find out that this 'DM's world is much harsher than their usual 'game'.
* The ''[[Castlevania|Simon's Quest]]'' and ''[[Wizards and Warriors|Wizards & Warriors]]'' books in the ''[[Worlds of Power]]'' series begin this way.
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Johnny Maxwell Trilogy|Only You Can Save Mankind]]'', although the titular video game comes to life without any actual wishes being involved. It's partially a parody of ''The Last Starfighter'', mentioned above.
* Terry Pratchett and [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[
== [[Live
* ''[[Big Bad Beetleborgs]]''
* ''[[Super Sentai|Denji Sentai Megaranger]]''
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' - "If Wishes were Horses".
* ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[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!
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''What hope you make other dreamers feel
''For if too many hear it
''they will struggle to draw near it
''And in the search they just might make it real!
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Played with in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''. The main characters wish they could live in the worlds of video games they play. Then they actually manage to enter such a world. The plot of the game, however, is about trying to get ''out'' of that world, since in the end, one has to live in reality. Many fans, however, ended up Longing For Ivalice themselves, and [[Alternative Character Interpretation|ended up despising the game's protagonist for trying to "destroy" it]].
* The "story" of the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' series: a kid playing with his toys, who happen to all be Nintendo characters.
** And Sega characters. And Konami characters.
* ''[[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]]''.
*
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
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** Later, when he complains that "this isn't what [he] wished for", it's pointed out that in this case it was Erfworld that wished for ''[[The Chosen One|him]]''.
* In ''[[
** [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 (
* ''[[Captain N:
* ''[[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
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