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=== Video Games ===
* Most [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]s will make use of this, applied to NPCs. Just [[Shoplift and Die|threw a rock at a merchant]] and are now fleeing the entire, bizarrely powerful legion of town guards? Simply cross the magical loading-screen border between the ''Town of Generica'' and the ''Generican Prarie'' immediately bordering it on the right, and not only will you lose every last pursuer; they'll cease to exist in your reality.
* ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' has one prominent example. On the Starfleet Academy map you are not able to access the waterfront which is only seperated by literal waist-height fence. Under normal circumstances your character would even be able to jump over it. However, when the area was first released there was a bug that transported you on the other side of the fence and let you explore the area beyond it - including the Golden Gate Bridge and the normally inaccessible shuttlebay atop one of the Academy's buildings.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Guybrush in ''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]''. On Lucre Island, there's a nice little field which is closed off by nothing more than a very low, wooden fence. Guybrush refuses to cross it, saying, "I could go over there, but... I... really don't WANT to. Yeah..."
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