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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Deconstructed in ''[[The Thirteenth Floor]]''. As the cover says: "Question reality".
* ''[[The Truman Show]]'' has two plotlines that eventually merge. The "inner" plotline suffers heavily from World Limited to the Plot, but the "outer" plotline reveals that this is caused by [[The Masquerade|manipulation]] rather than bad storytelling.
* Deliberately invoked in the ''[[Cube]]'' series. The inconsistent internal logic from movie to movie is designed to eliminate the possibility of a wider world beyond the Cube.
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** Later, it turns out that characters who aren't relevant enough to the plot to be named actually don't even ''[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0703.html have]'' names... at least not until they [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0472.html become relevant] to the plot.
* ''[[Homestuck]]'': the world outside of the main characters' lives appears almost desolate. None of them seem to have any other friends apart from themselves and characters on the periphery of their interpersonal interactions (their guardians) appear almost vacant and robotic. And they're not really [[Angst? What Angst?|very affected]] by {{spoiler|Earth's imminent and unavoidable destruction}} either.
** On the other hand, there are cases where we do have a glimpse outside the plot, with current events like how [[Barack Obama]] is the president, and other people completely irrelevant to the plot, like the [[Twitter|Serious Business]] and [[
** At one point Jade is shown browsing a real artist's gallery on [[Furry Fandom|Fur Affinity]].
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