The Web Always Existed: Difference between revisions

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(Of course, [[Doctor Who (TV)|the Doctor]] could make a cell phone call through time, so theoretically...)

== [[Anime]] And [[Manga]] ==

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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* One of the [[Common Mary Sue Traits]].

** The protagonist of the ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fic [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/story-through-eyes-of-another-pony.html Through the Eyes of Another Pony] discovers that his smartphone still has internet access, completely inexplicably. To the author's credit, it's not just there solely for coolness; the Internet access is used to jump-start a plot peripety, and then disappears.

** The protagonist of the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fic [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/story-through-eyes-of-another-pony.html Through the Eyes of Another Pony] discovers that his smartphone still has internet access, completely inexplicably. To the author's credit, it's not just there solely for coolness; the Internet access is used to jump-start a plot peripety, and then disappears.

== [[Film]] ==

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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* Possibly the most spectacular example occurs in the ''[[Old World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|Old World of Darkness]]'' setting's ''[[Mage: The Ascension (Tabletop Game)|Mage: The Ascension]]'' game. A [[Magitek|Technocrat faction of Magi]] called the Virtual Adepts discovered that the lowest levels of the Internet accidentally connected to a part of the spirit-world called the Digital Web, allowing skilled hackers to manipulate reality by sending data through the Internet.

** Note that within the setting, the virtual adepts manage this trope twice, as on top of discovering that the internet had its own spirit-world and so had always existed, they had in fact already invented a primitive text-only internet (roughly equivalent to [[~~Use Net~~]]) back in the 19th century. And as an aspect of the setting was that the internet as the mundanes experience it has always been a considerably backwards version compared to the version of the internet used by the VA, then if a mundane went back in time to ww1 or ww2 with the right equipment they might have full access to an equivalent of [[TV Tropes]]. Or their equipment would explode from paradox. Or it wouldn't work. We don't recommend you test it.

** Note that within the setting, the virtual adepts manage this trope twice, as on top of discovering that the internet had its own spirit-world and so had always existed, they had in fact already invented a primitive text-only internet (roughly equivalent to [[UseNet]]) back in the 19th century. And as an aspect of the setting was that the internet as the mundanes experience it has always been a considerably backwards version compared to the version of the internet used by the VA, then if a mundane went back in time to ww1 or ww2 with the right equipment they might have full access to an equivalent of [[TV Tropes]]. Or their equipment would explode from paradox. Or it wouldn't work. We don't recommend you test it.

== [[Video Games]] ==