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The '''Realm Exclusive Effect''' is a phenomenon where a character's powers, magic, appearance, and other attributes change when going from one world or another. A common example is an [[Ordinary High School Student|average person]] finds themself in [[Otherworld|another world]] where they may have superpowers or an item that can grant them one. After being sent back to the real world, the person would have no powers. However, the nature of the other world would have an [[Super Empowering|empowering effect]] on people or certain items. Characters can use [[Phantom Zone|Phantom Zones]] in a world where their powers don't work, but this is temporary. This trope involves different worlds that characters can access through teleportation or portals. In the case of being [[Trapped in Another World]], characters may become normal when [[Closed Circle|they find a way back home]]; well, [[I Choose to Stay|if they even want to go home]]. Other attributes can change involving this effect, such as appearance, tangibility, mentality, etc.
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The purpose is to create contrast between the two worlds, making a more interesting dynamic for the audience. There are more things to think about when a character's powers can only work in one realm, developing the world.
People who live in a world much like ours where they are just [[Ordinary High School Student|average]] with nothing supernatural or extraordinary. While [[Otherworld Tropes|in another world]], they have superpowers or certain items with powers, and when coming back to their world, their powers are usually inaccessible. The other world seems to have an [[Super Empowering|empowering effect]] on individuals based on the nature of the world. The setting usually has two worlds that people can go from one to another, such as a portal, teleportation, a mystical artifact, or other means.
 
[[Heavyworlder]] is a subtrope more common in [[Sci-Fi]]. See also [[HAD to Be Sharp]] for adaptations or training forced by harsh environment (natural or unnatural) on its inhabitants.
A staple trope of the [[Trapped in Another World|Portal Fantasy]] sub-genre.
 
A staple trope of the [[Trapped in Another World|Portal Fantasy]] sub-genre. Contrast [[Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond]], where an average character's abilities don't change due to the transfer, but are regarded as stronger in the new world nevertheless due to its inferiority compared to the character's native realm.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Yumeria]]'', hasanyone awho dreamworldenters called[[Dream World|Moera]] wheregains thea charactercolorful gainsskin-tight different outfitsoutfit, including powers, and weapons. TheAdditionally, the main character can also give the others in Moera a boost in power and [[Yin-Yang Bomb|combine their attacks]].
* Averted in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', where the characters are brought to Edolas and can't use magic unless they use certainspecific equipment. This— isor solvedby when they swallowswallowing a crystal which allows them to use magic normally.
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** There is also Ren Hinaki shares a symbiotic relationship with the Dream Demon, Quartier Latin. When in a Daydream, they can perform [[Fusion Dance|Dream Phase Union]] to fight other Dream Demons.
* Played with in the manga ''Isekai Ojisan'': when the titular character was dragged to a fantasy world, he didn't have any special powers there, but he was able to learn the local magic. Then he is returned to the modern world 17 years later, he still has the knowledge and can use magic.
* Played With in the manga ''[[Isekai Ojisan]]'': when the titular character was dragged to a fantasy world. He initially didn't have any special powers there, but in the new world, he was given the gift of knowing the local language. This gift allowed him to learn their magic system. Then, when he is returned to the modern world 17 years later, he still has the knowledge and can use magic.
* ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World]]'', one of the earlier Isekai licensed for release in North America, has four people gain powers when they are transported from Earth to El-Hazard. (Which powers they get depends on which continuity they are in.) At the end, at least one of the people returns to Earth.
* There's no evidence that the main characters of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' get to keep their new-foundnewfound abilities when they return to Earth.
* ''[[Marchen Awakens Romance|MÄR]]'' has people from Earth that are teleported to MÄR-Heaven due to it's lower gravitywho gain superhuman strength and better eyesight(which isn'tdue explained)to its lower gravity.
* In ''[[The Devil is a Part-timer]]'', magic on Earth is very limited and that other means are neededcompared to use it. The magical world of Ente Isla has magic in abundance that can be used without any restriction. An example would beHence, demons whoand needangels the negative emotions of humanshave to use theirother form of magic while also regaining their demonic formsmeans.
* ''[[Flip Flappers]]'' has [[Another Dimension|Pure Illusion]] where those who can synchronize with a crystal called an [[Applied Phlebotinum|Amorphous]] [[Transformation Trinket|Piece]] can [[Magical Girl|Flip Flap]]. [[Transformation Sequence|This process]] gives the [[Title Drop|Flip Flappers]] superhuman abilities and weapons.
* In ''[[Log Horizon]]'', gamers get spells and powers based on their in-game avatars. When in the real world, they're just typical normal humans. {{Context}} <!-- Need some context with Log Horizon where the players have been returned to Earth and shown a lack of powers. -->
* In ''[[Yuki Yuna is a Hero]]'', girls who become Heroes through the Hero System go into another realm called the Jukai to defend the [[Cosmic Keystone|Shinju]] from the [[Monster of the Week|Vertex]]. They gain superhuman capabilities, armor, weapons, and a Fairy companion in this other reality.
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' has Espers that cannot access their [[Psychic Powers|powers]] unless in a [[Dark World|Closed Space or a similar dimension]].
* ''[[Corrector Yui]]'' and other Correctors use a ComCon to go into the [[Cyberspace|ComNet]]. As a Corrector in the ComNet, they can use [[Elemental Powers|Element]] [[Multiform Balance|Suits]] that are given by Corrector AIs.
* ''[[Infinite Dendrogram]]'' {{Spoiler|isn't a VRMMO but an actual world with living people and monsters where players have real powers.}}
* ''[[Fairy Tale Battle Royale]]'' has people who take the role of main characters in Fairy Tale settings. Depending on the character, they have the protagonists' powers if they had them in their story.
* In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', the Tamers and their Digimon partners can easily [[Fusion Dance|Biomerge]] in the Digital World to reach their Mega levels. In the real world, they cannot Biomerge due to Tamers not being made of data, so they have to do a workaround to invoke this ability.
* Downplayed in ''[[Kinnikuman]]'': By invoking Bergmann's Rule, Lunaight can tower over his opponent. This ability can best be used on Planet Earth, as that is where his ancestors originally came from. He can't use this ability in the Omega Cluster at all because that won't awaken his ancestors' genetics. Still, he's a powerful Chojin, so he doesn't need to rely upon Bergmann's Rule.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ThePeople manfraknown as Travelers, ''[[Dreamland]]'', have people known as Traveler who gains access to the titular setting by facingface their phobia and gaininggain a powersuperpower relatedbased toon it.
* The original series ''[[Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld]]'' in the original series featured Amy Winston, aan normalordinary teenage girl who travels to the magic-ruled Gemworld and transforms into Princess Amethyst. While on Earth, she's a normal girl without any powers,. onOn Gemworld, she possesses the magical powers of the House of Amethyst.
 
== [[Fan Works]] ==
 
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Space Jam]]'' has any person who enters the Looney Tunes World gain attributes that make them more like cartoon characters, like [[Rubber Man|being stretchy]].
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', the Pevensies are just normal British kids living in the 1940s on Earth, but in Narnia, they're powerful kings and queens with reputations similar to [[King Arthur]].
 
* On Mars (or "Barsoom"),''[[John Carter of Mars]]'' gains superhuman strength and agility because of the planet's lower gravity.
* In ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', the Pevensies are just British kids living in the 1940s on Earth, but in Narnia, they're powerful kings and queens.
* The colonists of the world Pyrrus in [[Harry Harrison]]'s 1960 SF novel ''[[Deathworld]]'' are [[Heavyworlder]]s because Pyrrus has gravity twice that of Earth, but that's not where it stops. The entire planet is actively hostile to the human colonists — [[Everything Trying to Kill You|''every single life form on it'', down to the plants, is trying to kill them]]. The colonists are trained from the moment they're in diapers to kill or be killed, just to survive. The few that leave Pyrrus are unstoppable juggernauts off-world.
** Also, to top it all off, their reputation in Narnia is similar to [[King Arthur]]'s.
* ''[[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]'': Covenant's wedding ring gives him enormous power while he's in The Land. On Earth, it's just a metal ring.
* John Carter, in ''[[John Carter of Mars]]'', gains superhuman strength and agility when he is teleported to Mars or Barsoom due to it's lower gravity. John uses a form of interstellar travel where his soul travels to another planet where he gets another body.
** The Land's {{spoiler|[[Panacea|magic healing mud]] }} counts. It {{spoiler|easily cures Covenant's leprosy, but the disease returns as soon as he gets home}}.
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[Denkou Choujin Gridman]]'', Naoto uses his [[Transformation Trinket|Acceptor]] to fuse with the Hyper Police, Gridman, to fight [[Monster of the Week|Kaiju]] in the [[Cyberspace|Computer World]].
 
** '' [[Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad]]'''s Sam can use his [[Transformation Trinket|Samuraizer]] to transform into Servo and enter [[Cyberspace|Syberspace]] whenever [[Monster of the Week|Mega-Viruses]] attack the cyber world.
== [[Music]] ==
* In ''[[Zixx]]'', certain people can access another dimension known as the Keep, a pocket dimension made by an ancient race. When any person enters this realm, they become something like a video game character with abilities and tools in this dimension.
 
== [[New Media]] ==
 
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
 
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
 
== [[Pinball]] ==
 
== [[Podcast]]s ==
 
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
 
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
 
== [[Radio]] ==
 
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
 
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* An inverted example from ''[[d20 Modern]]''{{'}}s "Urban Arcana" setting: monsters from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' fall to Earth as "Shadowkind". Monsters, who are large physical combatants, aren't special on their home world. They, however, pose the greatest danger in the "real" world due to the high density of civilians, weapon restrictions, and the lower power level of heroes (especially heroic magic users). This is especially true of anything with damage reduction that requires magic to bypass it — in ''D&D'' one is expected to have a magic weapon by about level 4 and can find ways to have one temporarily from the first level. Still, in ''Urban Arcana'' any kind of magic weapon is exceptionally rare and likely archaic even if you find one.
 
== [[Theatre]] ==
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* As seen in the video above, ''[[Deltarune]]'''s [[Dark World|Dark Worlds]] can change Lightners' appearance with different clothes and give them magic and equipment. For Darkners, they turn into inanimate objects but can transform back when in another Dark World.
* ''[[Tokyo Xanadu]]'' has the Eclipse, which is an overlap of reality with the Spirit World where certain people can use armaments called Soul Devices that can be used against creatures called Greed.
* ''[[Tokyo Xanadu]]'' has the Eclipse, an overlap of reality with the Spirit World where certain people can use armaments called Soul Devices to fight against creatures called [[The Heartless|Greed]].
* Subverted in ''[[Persona 4]]'' and ''[[Persona 5|5]]'' where the characters can summon their Personas while in the TV World and Metaverse, respectively. The characters within the setting believe that they can only summon them in the alternate dimensions. They can still summon them, but they would need to under heavy duress or the use of an [[Persona 3|evoker]].
* Played straight in ''[[Persona 4]]'' (as explained in canon with ''[[Persona 4 Arena]]''), where the characters can summon their Personas while in the TV World. The characters within the setting believe that they can only summon their Persona in that alternate dimension. After encountering the cast of ''[[Persona 3]]'' in the spin-off games, they discover that under heavy duress or using an Evoker they can summon their Personas in the real world too, albeit at a lower power level.
* ''[[The Longest Journey]]'' has the two worlds of Stark and Arcadia that each have science and magic, respectively. A shifter can go between the two and have access to magic while in Arcadia. Stark favors science and technology compared to the use of magic in the Arcadia.
** ''[[Persona 5]]''{{'}}s Metaverse can change the clothes of Persona users that have awakened to their potential. These outfits are related to their personality, much like their Personas. Model weapons can become actual weapons while in the Metaverse, too.
* In ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'', the V-Watch cannot be used in the Real World and only in Movieland. To circumvent this limitation is through the use of being filmed by a V-Cam to transform with it.
* ''[[The Longest Journey]]'' has the two worlds of Stark and Arcadia; each society is based on science or magic, respectively. A shifter can go between the two and have access to magic while in Arcadia. Stark favors science and technology compared to the use of magic in Arcadia.
* The Mario Bros. in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' are as strong as they normally are in the rest of the ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'' series. But in the Dream World, Mario gains a mild boost to his stats and his regular attacks are turned into crowd-clearing AoE moves.
* In ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'', the V-Watch cannot be used in the Real World, only in Movieland. The V-Camera, introduced in ''Double Trouble'', is used to circumvent this limitation by filming Joe so he can turn into his alter ego.
* The Holy Instruments, from ''[[Dual Hearts]]'', can only take form and be used by Rumble while in the Dream World.
* The Mario Bros. in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' are as strong as they normally are in the rest of the ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'' series. But in the Dream World, Mario gains a mild boost to his stats, and his regular attacks are turned into crowd-clearing AoE moves.
* ''[[Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE]]'' has people called Mirage Masters who are people that bonds with a Mirage. They can enter the Idolasphere where Mirages reside and feast on people Peforma. Mirage Masters gains the power of a Mirage once they willing share their Performa and gain their Carnage Form to use their MIrage's power in the Idolasphere.
* The Holy Instruments, from ''[[Dual Hearts]]'', can only take a tangible form in the Dream World that Rumble can wield.
 
* In ''[[Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE]]'', there is the Idolasphere where monsters called [[The Heartless|Mirages]] live and feast on people's Performa (creative energy from people). Certain people called Mirage Masters bond with a [[Guardian Entity|Mirage]] by giving their Performa willingly to the monster, granting them powers and appearance similar to Mirages while in the Idolasphere.
== [[Visual Novel]]s ==
* In the ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' series, a compatible human and [[Energy Beings|EM Wave Being]] can perform an [[Fusion Dance|EM Wave Change]] that allows access to the [[Layered World|Wave World]]. The human can interact with devices, access the powers of the EM Wave Being, and can use Battle Cards as weapons.
 
* Parodied In ''[[Palworld]]'' with "Reincarnation Guy", who can be found at a [https://mapgenie.io/palworld/maps/palpagos-islands?locationIds=319592 location along a shoreline on the lower right edge of the Palpagos Islands]. A level 50 character dressed like a motorcycle cop, he will tell you how he was [[Truck-kun|hit by a truck]] while on the job and woke up on the island. He'll then note that he's also acquired the power to create slices of pizza from thin air.
== [[Web Animation]] ==
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In the ''[[Layers]]'' webtoon, certainparticular teenagers can teleport to another world called Layer and have thevarious powers such as telekinesis.[[Mind OnceOver someone becomes an adult, they lose the ability called Transfer that allows transportation to itMatter|telekinesis]].
* In ''[[Her Summon]]'' webtoon has, a Summonersummoner fromcan anothertemporarily world summonstransport Jin-Kyung fromto modern-dayher Southworld Korea.whenever Whileshe summoned,gets hein danger. He gains magical powers throughby the use of objects brought with him. He uses theseusing mundane items as a conduit for spells whilebut theloses itemhis getsmagic used up as a battery would become dead and an insecticide gets emptied. When he iswhen teleported back, he loses magic even when he tries a spell with an item that hasn't been usedto upEarth.
* ''[[Hardcore Leveling Warrior]]'' has the virtual reality game, Lucid Adventure,{{Spoiler|which turns out to be an actual world. It is contained within a sub-space that can connect to players' consciousness through their dreams, which they can play when they fall asleep.}}
 
* In ''[[the Dreamland Chronicles]]'', Alex, when in Dreamland, has the [[Empathic Weapon|Sword of Kings]] when he falls asleep. He also has [[Powered Armor|magic armor]] and the ability to fly. Later on, his fraternal twin brother, Dan, gains the ability to dream and can [[Imagination-Based Superpower|lucid dream, giving him complete control over his dream form]].
== [[Web Original]] ==
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone]]'' has thea group andof children, and their dog areis normalaverage. That is until they eachfall haveasleep specialto powers while indefend the Dream Zone from the Nightmare Prince with their powers.
* ''[[Twelve Forever]]'' has the three protagonists who can teleport themselves to Endless Island, where each has a unique power. Twelve get [[Super Strength|superhuman strength]], Esther can create whipsconstructs offrom light and transport made out the same material, and Todd is a [[Shapeshifting|shapeshifter]].
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* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', whenever a person gets Virtualized into [[Cyberspace|Lyoko]] tothey gain [[Personality Powers|a form and abilities that seem to be based on their personality.]]
*From ''[[Chalk Zone]]'', Magic Chalk is seemingly ordinary chalk, that while in the real world can open a portal to the zone, and draw anything in an artist's hands while in the titular world.
 
* Played with in ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'': in Orko's home dimension, he's an excellent mage and powerful enough to challenge the [[The Lord of the Rings|Istari]], while on Eternia its magic environment crippled him so much that he comes across as [[Inept Mage|inept]]. Even though he is weakened, he has been learning how to use magic from scratch in Eternia, which gained Adam's respect.
== Other Media ==
* In ''[[The Owl House]]'', [[Geometric Magic|Glyph magic]] is granted from a [[Phlebotinum|powerful substance]] known as Titan's Blood. In the Boiling Isles, Luz is able to cast this magic as it absorbs the magic around them. In season one, Luz and Lilith briefly fight in the human world, and Luz's glyphs do not work because there is no Titan's Blood. However, the first episode of season three, ''Thanks to Them'', has Luz and her friends hunting for the substance, and thus the glyph magic works again near a bottle of it. Witches from the Boiling Isles, who have bile sacs which enable them to cast magic, are exempt from this effect, and can cast magic in the human world.
 
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (animation)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'', the magical weapons given to the heroes by Dungeon Master only function in that realm. One episode where they actually make it back to their world, they find this out the hard way when Venger follows them, this condition ''not'' applying to ''his'' magic. They have to retreat back and goad him to follow, lest their world even survive for them to return to.
== [[Real Life]] ==
 
 
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