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[[File:~~bending_destiny_4603~~.jpg|link=Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game|frame|A bending road, a tiny raincloud, a city in the middle of space, and a sun and starry night right next to each other. All seems pretty normal to me.]]

[[File:bending destiny 4603.jpg|link=Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game|frame|A bending road, a tiny raincloud, a city in the middle of space, and a sun and starry night right next to each other. All seems pretty normal to me.]]

{{quote|''"...Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain''

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''That grow so incredibly high..."''|[[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]], "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"}}

Improbable fauna, impossible flora, ~~and~~ ~~-- oh my -- the~~ sky's started melting. Yep, looks like you're in a [[World of Chaos]].

Improbable fauna, impossible flora, and—oh my—the sky's started melting. Yep, looks like you're in a '''World of Chaos'''.

This setting is a bizarre mixture of elements from our world thrown into a blender, with a few squirts of lemon and a pinch of LSD. Everything comes together in outlandish and unpredictable combinations. Bright colors, strange creatures, and total disregard for logic are all in play. Anything can and will happen.

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[[Alien Geometries]] may be commonplace. Not to be confused with [[Planet Eris]], which is a more mundane world with some fantastic elements. Worlds inhabited by [[Starfish Aliens]] may not qualify, as they may have a little more internal consistency even if they're beyond our comprehension, plus [[Uncanny Valley|the inclusion of recognizable elements is what gives this setting much of its edge]].

There's a good possibility you'll find yourself [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?|having tea with Cthulhu]]~~--possibly~~ literally, if someone is simultaneously homaging ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' and [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. Compare [[Eldritch Location]], [[Cloudcuckooland]], [[Planet Eris]] and [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]].

There's a good possibility you'll find yourself [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?|having tea with Cthulhu]]—possibly literally, if someone is simultaneously homaging ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' and [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. Compare [[Eldritch Location]], [[Cloudcuckooland]], [[Planet Eris]] and [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]].

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* Ironically, the Courts of Chaos in the ''[[Chronicles of Amber]]'' are NOT this. Sure, maybe the sun and moon circle each other in the sky, casting night and day on opposite sides of a band of twilight, but that doesn't mean it's not consistent.

* ''More Minds'' demonstrates what happens when absolutely everyone gains the power of [[Reality Warping]]. It's almost impossible to die, and you'll always have everything you want and need. This is ''not'' a good thing.

* A rare ''positive'' example of this can be found in the first installment of Ted Dekker's ''Circle'' series. Before humankind [[And Man Grew Proud|becomes corrupted by sin and Falls from Grace]], God does this sort of thing ''frequently'' ~~-- switching~~ the sky and sea in their places, changing the world's ~~colors -- when~~ he's in a playful mood.

* A rare ''positive'' example of this can be found in the first installment of Ted Dekker's ''Circle'' series. Before humankind [[And Man Grew Proud|becomes corrupted by sin and Falls from Grace]], God does this sort of thing ''frequently''—switching the sky and sea in their places, changing the world's colors—when he's in a playful mood.

== Live Action TV ==

* Many ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' animations take place in a [[World of Chaos]].

* Many ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' animations take place in a World of Chaos.

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** For that matter, this is what being in the Warp is like. Except it's [[Genius Loci|sentient]]. And it [[Everything Trying to Kill You|wants you dead.]]

* As you might expect, the lower levels of Wonderland in ''[[JAGS Wonderland]]''.

* Limbo in ''[[Planescape]]'' is another literal chaos world, a roiling mixture of all the elements that forms a vast primordial soup out of which emerge the strangest damn things. Order can be imposed temporarily by the willpower and imagination of sentient ~~beings--but~~ that just means that you really need to pay attention.

* Limbo in ''[[Planescape]]'' is another literal chaos world, a roiling mixture of all the elements that forms a vast primordial soup out of which emerge the strangest damn things. Order can be imposed temporarily by the willpower and imagination of sentient beings—but that just means that you really need to pay attention.

* And while on the subject of ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', the Far Realm, as expected of a [[H.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]]-inspired plane, definitely qualifies.

* The Wyld of ''[[Exalted]]''.

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* Possibly, the ''[[Grow]]'' series of flash games.

* The forum adventure ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'' is set mostly in one, only accessible through the forts the main characters make from their desks.

* Parodies on the ''[[Nightmare City]]'' flash movies made by a guy called Nch from ''a certain [[Image Board]]'' transform the setting from a furry sci-fi one into a [[World of Chaos]] composed of various [[Image Board]] [[Memetic Mutation|memes]].

* Parodies on the ''[[Nightmare City]]'' flash movies made by a guy called Nch from ''a certain [[Image Board]]'' transform the setting from a furry sci-fi one into a World of Chaos composed of various [[Image Board]] [[Memetic Mutation|memes]].

** Links for those of you who haven't seen 4Chan City: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Ar 4 Wz Q 7 K Hak]] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Ar 4 Wz Q 7 K Hak]]. Also note that Nightmare City was itself based on [[Memetic Mutation|characters]] from the japanese board 2ch.