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Often a key element in a [[Jungle Opera]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* The [[Marvel Universe]] distills this trope into a place known as the "Savage Land." It is a tropical jungle ''in the middle of [[Mysterious Antarctica|Antarctica]]'' filled with strange creatures, prehistoric beasts, warrior tribes, incredible civilizations and other great pulpy stuff.
** It was in fact created by aliens.
* [[The DCU]] has "Gorilla City", with its own phlebotinum ("invisible force fields") used to hide it, and populated by ''[[
* ''[[Cavewoman]]'' is supposedly set in the late Cretaceous (with the [[Jungle Princess|main character]] having arrived there by time travel) but everything can be found in the primal jungle from [[Stock Dinosaurs]] to [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|giant snakes]], [[Frazetta Man|hominids]], [[Bigfoot Sasquatch and Yeti|yetis]] and... [[All Trolls Are Different|trolls]]. Plus, one of the issues is named "Pangaian Sea".
* Another [[Lost World]] in [[The DCU]] is "Skartaris" (a world located within the hollow Earth, accessible through a portal in the Arctic wilderness), which is the setting of Mike Grell's ''[[The Warlord]]'' (though other DC Universe characters would visit there from time to time as well). An episode of ''[[Justice League|Justice League Unlimited]]'' is set there.
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* The ''[[Turok (Comic Book)|Turok]]'' comic book series which had a pre-Columbian Native American and his younger brother Andar who enter a lost valley and get trapped in it. They call the dinosaurs which they encounter "Honkers".
** Definitely [[Retcon|retconned]] into being [[Another Dimension]].
* [[Tintin (Comic Book)]] discovered a lost pocket of the Inca civilisation in ''Prisoners of the Sun''.
* [[Alan Moore]] had, as part of his ''[[Tom Strong (Comic Book)|Tom Strong]]'' series, a [[Wild West]] town set atop a large mesa. It was ripped out of time and as an intended side effect, the people could not live without some alien fruit. Tom leaves them up there on the mountain, to use them as [[Red Shirt|Redshirts]] later on. The existence of sat-imagery is not commented upon.
* ''[[Donald Duck]]'' has used this trope ''so'' many times. Usually when Scrooge dragged Donald and his nephews along to search for treasures.
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* [[King Kong]]'s home, which is generally referred to as Skull Island. In the original film, the island was never named, although it's most recognizable feature, Skull Mountain, was named; likewise in the 70s remake, the only reference is to "the beach of the skull".
* Doyle's ''[[The Lost World (Literature)|The Lost World]]'' was adapted as a silent film in 1925, with effects by Willis O'Brien, who also worked on ''King Kong''. The film was also adapted in 1960 (with [[Special Effects Failure|Giant Lizards in Makeup]] playing Dinosaurs), 1992 (with its own sequel--with Handpuppet Dinosaurs) and 1998 (pilot for the above mentioned TV series).
* '50s [[B
* The ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' films (a man-made example). The first sequel is actually titled ''The Lost World'' and its plot borrows a lot from Conan Doyle's novel.
** Also subverted by this series. Both islands can be found on maps, and Isla Sorna is accessible by boat.
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* The ''Danger Island'' segment from ''[[The Banana Splits]]''.
* ''[[Sanctuary]]'' has Hollow Earth, a subterranean city with incredible technology.
** The city of Praxis was built deep underground nearly 8000 years ago by humans and [[Differently
** Unfortunately, {{spoiler|Adam destroys Praxis by using a [[Time Dilation]] device}}.
* Wherever the hell ''[[Tower Prep]]'' is. It gets sent into this territory because it is full of flora and fauna that shouldn't coexist near each other, and the constellations don't match up with anywhere in North America.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Earthbound]]'' has the aptly named Lost Underworld, an enormous underground cave. Unlike other areas of the game, the camera is zoomed out and your party is dwarfed by the jungle and [[
* ''[[Ultima]]'' loves this trope almost as much as [[DC Comics]]:
** In ''[[Ultima]] III'' and ''VII Part One'', the legendary island of Ambrosia. Particularly odd because in the latter case it would seem to be in the way of shipping.
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* ''[[Eve Online]]'' recently jumped on this trope with wormholes that open up into "Sleeper" space. Along with several other races they were thought to be extinct. [[Wild Mass Guessing]] ranges from time loops to returns to Earth's galaxy though they are much more advanced now. [[Word of God]] has been ver silent on the matter. Also Earth itself qualifies due to the collapse of the Eve Gate.
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'' has Ixa'taka, a lost continent beyond the supposedly impassable South Ocean.
* In ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]'', many islands and whole continents of the world are missing from maps and unknown by most of the world's inhabitants, who have actually [[Laser
** Halfway correct. Those continents/islands aren't visible because until the middle of the game, they weren't even on the same physical plane as the landmasses that the player is exploring. After the destruction of a certain dimensional generator, the space time barrier separating those landmasses that were 'on the other side' are now accessible. Note that an individual/ships can still pass from one 'plane' to the other with the proper technology; this is offhand referenced a few times throughout the game.
* ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]'' has one where you go to the dark world.
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