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Compare with: [[Level Ate]], which covers settings that are ''literally'' made out of sugar. Contrast with [[Crapsack World]], the [[Mirror Universe]] of this trope. [[Crap Saccharine World]] is a subversion of this. Also, [[Sugar Apocalypse]], where bad things happen to good universes.
[[Sugar Wiki|We have one of these.]] See the [[Self
[[Not to Be Confused With]] the [[MacGuffin]] in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', or with the [[Useful Notes/Collegiate American Football|Collegiate American Football]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Bowl game] held annually in [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]] on or around January 1st or The Super Bowl.
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== Comic Books ==
* The French comic series ''Les Womoks'', a sci-fi parody series about a bunch of sub-par space troopers, features the Albon, an alien [[Sugar Bowl]] civilization of [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Ridiculously Cute Critters]]. They seldom come out of encounters with the Womoks without getting the business end of an explosion, yet somehow never lose their ludicrously optimistic view of life, even after their world gets invaded by the setting's [[Proud Warrior Race]] bad guys. And after their homeworld gets blown to pieces in the following liberation? They happily live on the resulting [[Floating Continent]] Islands, happily enjoying the view.
* ''[[Widgey Q Butterfluff]]'' is a [[Deconstructive Parody]] of shows like this, where the attempts by Widgey and her friends to deal with [[Very Special Episode]] fodder like adolescence and [[G
* The Smurf Village in ''[[The Smurfs (Comic Book)|The Smurfs]]'' started off as [[Mordor]] in the ''[[Johan and Peewit]]'' comic book story ''The Flute with Six Holes'' (later renamed ''The Smurfs and the Magic Flute''), located in what was called The Cursed Land. When the Smurfs got their own series, the village was relocated to a flourishing animal-filled forest until eventually it became a [[Sugar Bowl]].
* In the [[Franco Belgian Comics|Belgian comic]] ''[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Rameau Olivier Rameau]'', the [[Dream Land]] setting of Rêverose ("Pink Dream") is very much this; a happy and fantastic place "strictly forbidden to boring people". It isn't entirely devoid of a dark side, though, as some places are governed by nightmares. Nor it is entirely childish, as evidenced by [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|Colombe Tiredaile]], the hero's [[Love Interest]], who has since become quite the sex symbol, thanks to the cartoonist Dany not being shy about drawing her rather au natural.
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== Comic Strips ==
* While theoretically set in our world, ''[[Rose Is Rose (Comic Strip)|Rose Is Rose]]'' is constantly on the brink of this. The word "[[Never Say Die|die]]" has never been used and will never be used, nobody ever suffers even minor injuries, no one is ever more than mildly embarrassed unless they're overreacting, no one has ever gotten a bad grade on their report card, and swatting a fly would be a major [[Out
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* ''[[Rayman (Video Game)|Rayman]]'': In the first game, they have a world made [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMYlNOCTqs&feature=related entirely of musical instruments], a world [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKQXUSnb1M&feature=related based on pencils] and a final level [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFFWLtnD1T8 made entirely out of candy.]
* ''[[Kirby (Video Game)|Kirby]]''
** Dreamland, the main setting of the franchise. Its geography is even named after different types of kid's food. And yet there's enough [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]] around that it gets darn near a [[Cosmic Horror Story]] world, even through [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Kirby beats them on a regular basis]]. Although it makes a twisted kind of sense in the end- what better for [[Always Chaotic Evil]] enemies that [[What Measure Is a Non
** Then they went and made a world out of fabric in ''[[Kirbys Epic Yarn (Video Game)|Kirbys Epic Yarn]]''. Which also had a [[Level Ate]] if you were wondering.
* Common to the point of cliché in 8-bit and 16-bit platformers, especially those with an [[Excuse Plot]]. E.g. ''Zool'', ''James Pond: Robocod'', ''Putty'' and others.
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* ''[[The Magic Roundabout (Animation)|The Magic Roundabout]]'' would almost certainly count if it weren't for both ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'' and the recent movie
* ''[[My Little Pony (Franchise)|My Little Pony]]'' has a reputation for this. Not entirely undeserved, especially in the [[Tastes Like Diabetes|cartoons for the G3/G3.5 toyline]], but the pilot specials, [[The Movie]], and the original ''My Little Pony and Friends'' show had the ponies frequently dealing with supernatural threats to their peaceful lives, ranging from rampaging monsters to wicked witches to [[Evil Overlord|Evil Overlords]].
** ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' takes place in a world where ponies can move the clouds around to make it rain or shine, and plants and animals need to be ''told'' to grow or hibernate. Thus, changing seasons is a large community project. The inhabitants are so accustomed to this way of life that the Everfree Forest - an untamed wilderness where animals take care of themselves, plants grow on their own, and weather occurs independently of pony intervention - is considered spooky and unnatural. And again, there are monsters aplenty.
** Not that Ponyville (or Equestria as a whole) is a paradise on Earth, in the G4 series. Plenty of incidence of species intolerance (the townspeople's reaction to Zecora) and generally bad attitudes (The episode [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E19 Putting Your Hoof Down|Putting Your Hoof Down]] is chocked full of Ponyville residents acting like real douches.)
* ''[[The Smurfs (Animation)|The Smurfs]]''. Gargamel has only succeeded in making one permanent change to the Smurf Village -- introducing a [[The Smurfette Principle|female smurf]].
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