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The character(s) live in a small secluded world. It could be a [[Pocket Dimension]], a island without communication [[Hidden Elf Village|with the outside world]], a spaceship lost on the void, a special kind of prison, or something else that has the same effect. If there is any contact at all with an outside world, then this contact is very limited.
The character(s) live in a small secluded world. It could be a [[Pocket Dimension]], a island without communication [[Hidden Elf Village|with the outside world]], a spaceship lost on the void, a special kind of prison, or something else that has the same effect. If there is any contact at all with an outside world, then this contact is very limited.


When there doesn't seem to ''be'' any world outside the [[Small Secluded World]], then this trope overlaps with [[World Limited to The Plot]]. If there ''is'' an outside world, characters who grew up secluded from it are very likely to be naive to it. They might mistakenly believe themselves to understand their world -- be [[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]. Alternatively, the characters are ''completely unaware'' that there exists an outside world at all: there's only the [[City in A Bottle]].
When there doesn't seem to ''be'' any world outside the [[Small Secluded World]], then this trope overlaps with [[World Limited to the Plot]]. If there ''is'' an outside world, characters who grew up secluded from it are very likely to be naive to it. They might mistakenly believe themselves to understand their world -- be [[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]. Alternatively, the characters are ''completely unaware'' that there exists an outside world at all: there's only the [[City in a Bottle]].


In any case, living in such narrow boundaries is likely to affect the characters negatively. They might get depressed, desperate to get out, or even fail to comprehend that anything larger then their Small Secluded World exists.
In any case, living in such narrow boundaries is likely to affect the characters negatively. They might get depressed, desperate to get out, or even fail to comprehend that anything larger then their Small Secluded World exists.


May often have a [[Wall Around the World]]. Any [[Hidden Elf Village]] or [[Ominous Floating Castle]] is likely to qualify for this trope if the characters are forced to live there for a while. Also, any case of [[Ontological Mystery]] is likely to also be a case of [[Small Secluded World]] or [[World Limited to The Plot]], or both.
May often have a [[Wall Around the World]]. Any [[Hidden Elf Village]] or [[Ominous Floating Castle]] is likely to qualify for this trope if the characters are forced to live there for a while. Also, any case of [[Ontological Mystery]] is likely to also be a case of [[Small Secluded World]] or [[World Limited to the Plot]], or both.


Compare with [[Bottle Episode]], where the characters are only locked in a secluded world, the bottle, for a single episode.
Compare with [[Bottle Episode]], where the characters are only locked in a secluded world, the bottle, for a single episode.
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== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Blast From the Past]]'', the main character is born and lives the first 35 years of his life in a underground bomb shelter. He is raised by his parents, who incorrectly believe that there has been a nuclear war and that the surface has been rendered uninhabitable.
* In ''[[Blast from the Past]]'', the main character is born and lives the first 35 years of his life in a underground bomb shelter. He is raised by his parents, who incorrectly believe that there has been a nuclear war and that the surface has been rendered uninhabitable.
* Most of ''[[The Truman Show (Film)|The Truman Show]]'' takes place in a small society that is extremely secluded from the outside world although the main character is unaware of the artificial nature of the situation (it's all to keep him from ever leaving the fake town where everyone else is a paid actor).
* Most of ''[[The Truman Show]]'' takes place in a small society that is extremely secluded from the outside world although the main character is unaware of the artificial nature of the situation (it's all to keep him from ever leaving the fake town where everyone else is a paid actor).
* ''[[Dark City]]'' appears to be an ordinary city on earth. But it's actually {{spoiler|some kind of space-station.}}
* ''[[Dark City]]'' appears to be an ordinary city on earth. But it's actually {{spoiler|some kind of space-station.}}
* In ''[[Beetlejuice (Film)|Beetlejuice]]'', the main characters are stuck in their house, unable to have any contact with the surrounding world. At first, they do not realize that they are dead and haunting the house in which they lived.
* In ''[[Beetlejuice]]'', the main characters are stuck in their house, unable to have any contact with the surrounding world. At first, they do not realize that they are dead and haunting the house in which they lived.
* In ''[[The Others (Film)|The Others]]'', the main character keeps her children locked in the darkened house due to their genetic disorder which makes sunlight lethal to them.
* In ''[[The Others (film)|The Others]]'', the main character keeps her children locked in the darkened house due to their genetic disorder which makes sunlight lethal to them.
* The coffin in [[Buried]].
* The coffin in [[Buried]].


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** Well... {{spoiler|not since the last Ice Age, anyway}}.
** Well... {{spoiler|not since the last Ice Age, anyway}}.
* Most of the places in ''[[The Little Prince]]'', if the story is to be taken literally at all.
* Most of the places in ''[[The Little Prince]]'', if the story is to be taken literally at all.
* For most of ''[[Robinson Crusoe (Literature)|Robinson Crusoe]]'', the title character is stuck on a deserted island.
* For most of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'', the title character is stuck on a deserted island.
* ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' feature a group of teenagers stuck on a deserted island. Unlike Robinson Crusoe, they quickly go wild instead of building a new little civilization.
* ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' feature a group of teenagers stuck on a deserted island. Unlike Robinson Crusoe, they quickly go wild instead of building a new little civilization.
* The Greene tribe in ''Non-Stop'' are familiar with the idea that they're living in a [[Generation Ship]], but they generally mock it, considering the ship to be all of existence.
* The Greene tribe in ''Non-Stop'' are familiar with the idea that they're living in a [[Generation Ship]], but they generally mock it, considering the ship to be all of existence.
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* The exiled brother and sister Ged encounters on a small island in [[Earthsea Trilogy|A Wizard of Earthsea]]. They were marooned on the island as small children, and having spent their whole lives there have "forgotten that there were other people in the world."
* The exiled brother and sister Ged encounters on a small island in [[Earthsea Trilogy|A Wizard of Earthsea]]. They were marooned on the island as small children, and having spent their whole lives there have "forgotten that there were other people in the world."
* ''The City of Ember'': The city {{spoiler|was built underground as a refuge from a nuclear apocalypse}}, but the instructions for escape were lost long ago, and now the city's supplies are running out.
* ''The City of Ember'': The city {{spoiler|was built underground as a refuge from a nuclear apocalypse}}, but the instructions for escape were lost long ago, and now the city's supplies are running out.
* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life The Universe And Everything]]'', the planet of Krikkit has a thick haze covering the outer atmosphere, so it's inhabitants can't even see the stars.
* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life The Universe And Everything]]'', the planet of Krikkit has a thick haze covering the outer atmosphere, so it's inhabitants can't even see the stars.
* In ''[[Being There]]'', mentally challenged Chance the Gardener knows no home aside from The Old Man's residence until he is middle-aged and his benefactor's death means he must leave it. He is aware of the outside world, but only through television.
* In ''[[Being There]]'', mentally challenged Chance the Gardener knows no home aside from The Old Man's residence until he is middle-aged and his benefactor's death means he must leave it. He is aware of the outside world, but only through television.


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]'' episode "Random Thoughts", the trope is discussed by Seven Of Nine. She argues that the ship ''ought'' to seclude itself, in order to avoid the dangers of the surrounding civilizations.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Random Thoughts", the trope is discussed by Seven Of Nine. She argues that the ship ''ought'' to seclude itself, in order to avoid the dangers of the surrounding civilizations.
* In one episode of ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', USS Enterprise fits in a very disturbing way. Dr Crusher has started noticing that people and places are disappearing, without anyone but her even remembering them. After a while, the starship is all that's left of the universe, and the few crewmen who are left still treat her like a [[Windmill Crusader]] for believing that a universe outside the ship ever existed. {{spoiler|and in this case, it is NOT a case of [[No Mere Windmill]]. It turns out that Dr. Crusher was a Don Quixote after all... but the misguided kind, not the insane kind. Eventually she realizes: "If there's nothing wrong with me, then there has to be something wrong with the universe".}}
* In one episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', USS Enterprise fits in a very disturbing way. Dr Crusher has started noticing that people and places are disappearing, without anyone but her even remembering them. After a while, the starship is all that's left of the universe, and the few crewmen who are left still treat her like a [[Windmill Crusader]] for believing that a universe outside the ship ever existed. {{spoiler|and in this case, it is NOT a case of [[No Mere Windmill]]. It turns out that Dr. Crusher was a Don Quixote after all... but the misguided kind, not the insane kind. Eventually she realizes: "If there's nothing wrong with me, then there has to be something wrong with the universe".}}
* In ''[[Lost]]'', the island usually works so that no one gets in and no one gets out. {{spoiler|This is because Jacob said so. In the final episode, Hugo takes over as the guardian of the island and changes the rules.}}
* In ''[[Lost]]'', the island usually works so that no one gets in and no one gets out. {{spoiler|This is because Jacob said so. In the final episode, Hugo takes over as the guardian of the island and changes the rules.}}
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episode "It's a Good Life" takes place in a small town and its environs that were removed from the Earth by a young boy with [[Reality Warper]] powers.
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episode "It's a Good Life" takes place in a small town and its environs that were removed from the Earth by a young boy with [[Reality Warper]] powers.
** ''Possibly'' removed from the Earth. It's just as feasible that Anthony ''removed the Earth from around it''.
** ''Possibly'' removed from the Earth. It's just as feasible that Anthony ''removed the Earth from around it''.
* ''[[Gilligans Island]]'': the island that Gilligan and the others never seem able to leave.
* ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'': the island that Gilligan and the others never seem able to leave.
* [[Wonder Woman (TV)|Wonder Woman TV Series]]: The amazons claim [[Hidden Elf Village|Paradise Island]] is this: the youngest of these immortals [[Lady Land|have never seen a man before]]. However, [[Plot Hole|Princess Diana recognizes a parachute, and the Queen can read Trevor’s english written documents without any problem]].
* [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman TV Series]]: The amazons claim [[Hidden Elf Village|Paradise Island]] is this: the youngest of these immortals [[Lady Land|have never seen a man before]]. However, [[Plot Hole|Princess Diana recognizes a parachute, and the Queen can read Trevor’s english written documents without any problem]].


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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