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{{quote|''"It's a 'magical' land. I think 'magical' is ancient Greek for 'pain in the butt'."''|'''Bun-Bun,''' ''[[Sluggy Freelance]],'' 11/9/03}}
The "another world" part of [[Trapped in Another World]]. It may [[Cool Gate|lurk]] [[Down the Rabbit Hole|down a rabbit hole]], [[Portal Pool|at the bottom of a pool]], over a mysterious mountain range, or [[Narnia|through a wardrobe]]. What is certain is that people from other worlds will be visiting it. Usually the
[[Land of Faerie]] is a sub trope of
Constrast this with [[Constructed World]] which does not have visitors or a gateway from our world.
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* ''[[MAR|Marchen Awakens Romance]],'' Marchen even means 'fairy tale' in German.
* ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]].''
* Every single homeland of the [[Mentor Mascot
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' is set in the Universe of the Four Gods.
* ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World]].''
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* Fandavale in ''[[Otogi Juushi Akazukin]]''
* The world of ''[[Zero no Tsukaima]]'' is an unusual example; it is its own independent world (albeit one with magic), but technically qualifies as this because they keep stealing our stuff (its easier than inventing stuff themselves), and they occasionally get some of our people too, who are [[Trapped in Another World]] as a result.
* ''[[Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo|Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo]]'' has two: Realm, the world the [[Magical Girl
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* ''[[The Maxx]]'' imagined several Magical Lands, called Outbacks. Pangaea appeared prominently in the first [[Story Arc]].
* Meridian - Remember, ''[[W.I.T.C.H.|WITCH]]'' was originally a comic book. ''WITCH'' readers will also remember Arkantha, amongst others.
* The Homelands in ''[[Fables]]'' is a composite of every other
* The Terrain of Testament from the Ulitmate Warrior's self titled and published comic might be this, or maybe a [[Mental World]]. It's not really clear.
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== Theater ==
* Many Cirque du Soleil shows involve these: ''Nouvelle Experience'', ''[[Mystere]]'' (with the twist that the stranger who winds up there isn't the protagonist, but the principal
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[Annyseed]]'' the magical land is not so much a secret, but goes unnoticed if you aren't looking for it. It surrounds the real world (which in itself, doesn't quite seem like reality), but the most magical area in ''[[Annyseed]]'' ’s version of the isle of Skye, is the woodland of Skull Valley, which works as a kind of ''[[Monster Town]]''.
* Gillitie Wood from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' is implied to be like this. Only the edge of it has been shown, but it is known to be ruled by [[Physical God|the Coyote]], peopled by [[The Fair Folk]] and [[Living Shadow
** 'Luddite' really isn't the right term to describe the people of the Wood. They widely use the [[Functional Magic|Ethereal designs]] that seem to lose effectiveness if studied too carefully. Hence, the philosophy of the Court, which is to discover how the universe works is detrimental to them, setting them up in conflict.
* The character of Erro from ''Interdimensional Transfer Student Erro'' comes from one of these realms - [[Another Dimension]], [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|of course]], which is populated by a single species of strange, talking mascot animals (of which he is one).
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