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Putting the cast of a (relatively) fantastical setting into a contemporary, "normal" one. The entertainment often comes from the [[Fish Out of Water|incongruity of not fitting in]] or the fact that we're seeing the characters in a realistic setting.
Exemplified by the famous and much enjoyed ''[[Star Trek]]'' episodes where characters either go to the past or get involved in a holodeck novel, and (in practice) leave their show's tropes behind a bit.
However, doing this as a [[Genre Shift]] (or a [[Retool
If it involves people from a futuristic setting travelling into the past (or a recreation of it), expect there to be a [[Fan of the Past]] who provides exposition or takes charge.
Compare [[Brought Down to Normal]], [[Refugee From TV Land]], [[Universal Adaptor Cast]], [[Welcome to The Real World]]. See also [[Transplanted Character Fic]] and [[High School AU]] for [[Fanfic]] version of this trope. See also [[Mundane Side]] for treatment of the setting rather than an episode type.
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== Anime
* One of the ending sequences for ''[[Naruto|Naruto: Shippouden]]'' drops the cast into a [[High School AU]].
* The whole point of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]: Angelic Days'', a shojo manga that extracts the [[Mind Screw
* Along the lines of ''[[Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Kino's Journey]]'' has a spin-off called ''Gakuen Kino''. The latter is, admittedly, a [[High School AU]] with magical girls and random monsters floating around, but given that ''Kino's Journey'' is a poster child for surreal magic realism, it seems to be a good borderline example.
* ''Gurren Gakuen-hen'' is another official [[High School AU]], this one for ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. As with ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', the alternate universe briefly appears in the original show in the form of a [[
* ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'' has a [[
* The ''[[Tenchi Muyo!
== Fan Works ==
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== Film ==
* The ''Star Trek'' king of this was ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'', where [[Time Travel]] had our heroes attempting to blend in in 1980s San Francisco.
* The setting of ''[[Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers]]'' was like this at first, before the monsters started invading.
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek]]''
** ''[[Star Trek: The
** They also actually visit the past of Earth in "City on the Edge of Forever" ([[The Thirties]]) and "Assignment: Earth" and "Tomorrow is Yesterday", both of which were set in the contemporary [[The Sixties|Sixties]].
** ''[[Star Trek: The
** ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'': Various supernatural critters under one roof in contemporary times.▼
▲* The ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'' TV series had three episodes where the characters were dropped into other genres, including a [[High School]] drama and a [[Film Noir]].
* ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' is a borderline example. While the ''[[Stargate]]'' canon has many fantastic elements, it is set in modern-day earth with mostly normal humans. ''Universe'', however, is set halfway across the universe in a [[You Can't Go Home Again]] scenario, but still uses a [[
▲* ''[[Being Human]]'': Various supernatural critters under one roof in contemporary times.
▲* ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' is a borderline example. While the ''[[Stargate]]'' canon has many fantastic elements, it is set in modern-day earth with mostly normal humans. ''Universe'', however, is set halfway across the universe in a [[You Can't Go Home Again]] scenario, but still uses a [[It Was All Just a Dream|hallucination episode]], [[Stargate Universe/Recap/S2 E5 Cloverdale|"Cloverdale"]], to play the trope straight.
== Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends ==
* [[Older Than Dirt]]: In Sumerian mythology, the goddess Inanna, known for her childish habit of losing her temper and causing widespread chaos and destruction, is married to the shepherd god Dumuzi. However, some ancient love lyrics and wedding songs feature Dumuzi as a regular shepherd who is courting Inanna, who appears as a temperamental young maiden.
== Video Games ==
* The ending of ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' has someone, apparently Kid, in our world shown realistically.
== Web Comics ==
* Interesting variation occurs in the
* In the [[Walkyverse]], ''Dumbing of Age'' is basically a [[
* ''[[Dawn of Time]]'' is about a [[Nubile Savage]] and her pet triceratops in a highly fantasy-themed prehistoric world, with some [[Time Travel]] to spice things up. One filler comic, though, transplants Dawn and Blue in a [[Buddy Cop Show]].
== Western Animation ==
* Borderline example: The Disney series ''[[Tale Spin]]'' plunks several characters from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' into a 1930s-era "Golden Age of Flying" environment. Baloo becomes a [[Genius Ditz]] pilot, Louie a barkeeper, Shere Khan a (relatively benign) corporate CEO. The actual plot of the film never enters into it.
* In ''[[Aeon Flux]]'', the ending of the more-than-usually [[Mind Screw
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' gives us the episode "Oops, I Did It Again", in which Professor Utonium dreams of the girls reimagined as the "Run of the Mill Girls", who don't have superpowers or their distinctive [[Non
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