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Simple worlds invaded by "real world" elements
=== Film ===
* In ''[[Pleasantville]]'', the protagonists are
* ''[[Cool World]]'' has elements of both types; the Type I example is the humans transported to Cool World.
=== Literature ===
* In ''[[Flatland]]'', A Square is visited by a sphere from the mysterious dimension of "up" and interacts with the strange world of the third dimension. A sphere manifests as a circle that grows and shrinks, able to bypass all flatlander doors and walls and even touch "inside" a flatlander. The protagonist eventually learns to think multi-dimensionally and is considered insane by most.
=== Webcomics ===
* ''[[
Earth-like worlds invaded by alien elements
=== Film ===
* ''[[
* ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' is a quasi-example. On the one hand, when an action hero crosses over from the world of movies into the real world, he nearly dies from a gun shot he'd normally shrug off as [[Just a Flesh Wound]]; similarly, a villain who makes the same leap is delighted to discover that in the real world [[The Bad Guy Wins|the bad guy winning]] is actually possible. However, when Death crosses over into reality from the movie world, he's still able to kill people just by touching them. We also see that, when the movie hero shoots the movie villain in his cybernetic eye, it causes a ridiculously huge explosion, even when they're both in the real world.
* As noted above, ''[[Cool World]]'' has elements of both types; the Type II example is Holli Would's attempt to become a human, and the affects it has on the "real" world.
=== Literature ===
* The stories of [[
* [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''The Gods Themselves'' is a story based around a new form of energy that arises when people discover how to exchange matter between parallel universes. The protagonist slowly realises that as they exchange matter between worlds some of the cosmological constants also change very slightly, but with potentially apocalyptic consequences.
=== Live Action TV ===
* In ''[[
* The climax of season 5 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' involves the literal breakdown of all dimensional barriers as Glory tries to make her way home; all manner of demon worlds begin to bleed over and into Sunnydale before the rift is closed.
=== Manga ===
* In ''[[
=== Tabletop Games ===
* The ''[[
* The game ''Torg'' is explicitely this trope, in which Earth is invaded by a number of other worlds that each have their own genre-like set of laws (which are spelled out in detail for each area, so in the pre-historic themed North America technology does not work and groups of people devolve into small tribes, whilst in the Pulp themed Middle-East people people drift into stereotypes, their allegiances become easily changeable and good triumphs over evil). The playable characters are those rare individuals who are able to carry their own native laws of physics around with them and exercise them against others.
* ''[[
* ''Dark Conspiracy''. Parts of the U.S. have been taken over by Dark Minions invading through portals from their home dimensions. These areas are known as "Demonground", and they're filled the corruption flowing from the portals. Common elements include bizarre vegetation and weird organic tunnels.
* ''Witch Hunter: The Invisible World''. Hellpoints are direct doorways to Hell itself. The areas around them are filled with malign influence and evil creatures. Demons may easily enter the world at these places.
=== Video Games ===
* In ''[[
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[[Category:When Dimensions Collide]]
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[[Category:Otherworld Tropes]]
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[[Category:The Multiverse]]
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