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* In ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'', the "cave" is a cave. Matt, Sora and arguably Kari and Ken (Dark Ocean) all get stuck in the same cave that only exists because of their insecurity and sadness.
* ''[[The Big O]]''. [[Mind Screw|Maybe]]. [[Gainax Ending|Possibly]]. [[Tomato in the Mirror|Could be]].
* Referenced in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130618010254/http://www.metrolyrics.com/aura-lyrics-hack-sign.html lyrics for Aura's song] in [[.hack//Sign]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* The protagonist of William Gibson's book ''[[Neuromancer]]'' is at one point inside a virtual reality program, sitting by a bonfire, inside something very reminiscent of a cave.
* In ''[[The Great God Pan]]'', the scientist responsible for the whole plot did the experiment because he believed in this theory, and wanted to expose part of the "real" reality to ours. Whereas this is true or not is not specified, but given the fact that an [[Eldritch Abomination]] is running around it is likely so.
* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[I, Robot (literature)|I, Robot]]'', the story "Reason" revolves around a robot who becomes convinced that the space station on which he works is his entire universe, and the duties he performs on the station [[Cargo Cult|are rites for a deity]].
* In the [[Horus Heresy]] novel A Thousand Sons, Thousand Sons primarch Magnus the Red retells the story in an effort to convince the Emperor that he should allow continued exploration into sorcery. {{spoiler|He fails, and although his legion is censured for its use, they continue to use it with disastrous results}}
* ''Heaven'' by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen happens mostly in the real world, but it involves [[Lotus Eater Machine]] "worlds", and contains one scene like this. An initiate to the deeper secrets of the religion setting up these fantasy worlds is shown inside one like them and then returned to the office where he was. His instructor argues that the virtual reality he experienced was real, and he disagrees. He says that what is really real is ''this'', meaning his surroundings, at which point he's awoken and realizes that was actually another simulation, used just in order to make a point when he'd start going on about it being more real than the first one.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0255.htm This strip] from the [[Web Comic]] ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' has Plato actually ''doing'' this.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130205143852/http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-07-06 This] strip from ''[[Daisy Owl]]'' has a fly trapped in one.
* [[Tailsteak]]'s comic [http://www.tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=32 The Sixth TV] is an unusual take on the cave, and indeed begins with a quote from Plato.
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