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[[File:AiOWPiA.gif|thumb|350px|link=Deltarune|[[Dark World]], here we come!]]
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]]
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.
▲The phenomenon where 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]]. In this new world, they may come across learning they 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.
[[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. 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]]'', anyone who enters [[Dream World|Moera]] gains a colorful skin-tight outfit, including powers and weapons. Additionally, the main character can also give others 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 specific equipment
* In ''[[Dream Eater Merry]]'', Yumeji has an ability he calls Lucid Gear to only be used in a [[Dreamland|Daydream]]. {{Spoiler|Later on, he can use it in reality when Kyo Shiragi, aka Rem, summons Dream Demons into the real world.}}
** 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
* ''[[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 newfound abilities when they return to Earth.
*''[[Marchen Awakens Romance|MÄR]]'' has people from Earth
* In ''[[The Devil is a Part-timer]]'', magic on Earth is very limited compared to Ente Isla. Hence, demons and angels have to use other means.
* ''[[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 ''[[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]]''
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[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
* Downplayed in ''[[Kinnikuman]]'': By invoking Bergmann's Rule, Lunaight can tower over his opponent. This ability can best be used on
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* People known as Travelers, ''[[Dreamland]]'', face their phobia and gain a superpower based on it.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Space Jam]]'' has any person who enters the
== [[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.
* The colonists of the world Pyrrus in [[Harry Harrison]]'s 1960 SF novel ''[[Deathworld]]'' are [[Heavyworlder]]s because Pyrrus has
* ''[[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.
** 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]]
* 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
== [[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
== [[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, 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]].
* 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.
** ''[[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.
* ''[[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.
* 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
* 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.
* 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.
* 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 Comics]] ==
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* In ''[[Her Summon]]'', a summoner can temporarily transport Jin-Kyung to her world whenever she gets in danger. He gains magical powers by using mundane items as a conduit for spells but loses his magic when teleported back to Earth.
* ''[[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
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* ''[[Twelve Forever]]'' has three protagonists who can teleport themselves to Endless Island, where each has a unique power. Twelve get [[Super Strength|superhuman strength]], Esther can create constructs from light, and Todd is a [[Shapeshifting|shapeshifter]].
* In ''[[Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero]]'', Penn, Boone, and Sashi take over heroes in another dimension with superpowers or other abilities depending on the overshadowed hero. The villains, Rippen and Larry, much like the heroes may get powers, too.
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', whenever a person gets Virtualized into [[Cyberspace|Lyoko]]
*From ''[[Chalk Zone]]'', Magic Chalk is seemingly ordinary chalk, that while in the real world
* Played with in ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'':
* 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.
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