History Main / AnotherDimension

* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' begins in EDEN, which consists of a lost civilization and the Transbaal Empire; ''Galaxy Angel II'' brings in two more dimensions, ABSOLUTE and NEUE.

* This trope is nearly omnipresent in SuperHero and supernatural comics. A comprehensive list would take up many, many pages.

* This is also Marvel's favorite HandWave whenever something requires physics-breaking power; [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]]'s extra mass is taken from one, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} travels through one when teleporting, and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} gets his eyebeams from one where relativity works differently.

* Deconstructed in ''Machinima/FreemansMind''. Freeman shows a great deal of annoyance over the misuse of the word ''dimension''.
-->'''Gordon:''' I'm pretty sure these aliens are ''three'' dimensional. Probably from somewhere deep in space but space isn't another dimension!

* Machinima/MinecraftDiaries includes 3-the [[{{Hell}} Nether]], The [[LandOfFaerie Wyvern Dimension]], and [[BlankWhiteVoid Irene’s Dimension]]

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has discovered a lot of these, ranging from entire worlds to alternate timelines. To name a few:

** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' had a villain who came from "Dimension X", a world accessible through glowing portals.

* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' comes from one of these. She has threatened to deport [[{{Keet}} Beast]] [[SpotTheImposter Boy]] to Another Dimension. She goes to what certainly looks like Another Dimension to deliver a glorified cell phone. Maybe it's so easy for her because [[spoiler:she is a living, humanoid interdimensional portal.]]

* This is also Marvel's favorite HandWave whenever something requires physics-breaking power; [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]]'s extra mass is taken from one, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} travels through one when teleporting, and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} gets his eyebeams from one where relativity works differently.

* See also: FinalBossNewDimension.

* ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'': There's pocket dimension Jade ends up in in the prologue — it consists solely of a small island floating in a multicolored void. We also see Jade entering the shadow realm at will: it appears to consist of islands, covered in mountains and jungles, floating in shadows that seem to shift between air and liquid composition. And it appears to be toxic to non-Shadowkhan, whom the shadows burn (while at the same time granting Shadowkhan increased power and a Healing Factor). It's explained later that this is just one branch of the Shadow Realm, which exists across the multiverse, with some branches being like this, and others being like what was shown in canon.

* ''Webcomic/{{Blindsprings}}'' has the [[TheLostWoods forest otherworld]] in which Tamaura lives at the start of the story.

** One notable example is the Microverse. Most associated with the Comicbook/{{Micronauts}}, it's the place where your mass goes when you [[ComicBook/AntMan shrink.]] If you shrink down far enough, your consciousness goes there, too, and you're suddenly in a strange new universe.

* ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan'' comes from a realm with very different dimensional properties.

** ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' has both [[WackyLand Magicant]] and Moonside.

* In ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} story ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'', Kara is kidnapped and brought to the Innerverse, an alternate dimension created by her dark side which exists inside her mind.
* Mr. Mxyzptlk, of the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics, is from the 5th dimension, a world where everyone's nigh-omnipotent and there's a month called Pants.

* Raven of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' comes from one of these. She has threatened to deport [[{{Keet}} Beast]] [[SpotTheImposter Boy]] to Another Dimension. She goes to what certainly looks like Another Dimension to deliver a glorified cell phone. Maybe it's so easy for her because [[spoiler:she is a living, humanoid interdimensional portal.]]

* Similar to ''Sliders'', the whole point of ''Script/AHDotComTheSeries''.

* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' alludes to this in the third installment of the OVA series. Though all of the story takes place on the prime plane, there are some sequences which feature inter-dimensional travelers attempting to wage war against Tokimi. In the final episode, it's revealed that the universe contains ''[[UpToEleven eleven]]'' planes of existence -- [[spoiler: and then Tenchi threatens to break past all of those into the Hyperdimension, which is apparently the dwelling place of the gods themselves.]]

Often referred to as "parallel world" or "parallel dimension" because said traditional dimensions (up, down, forward, back, left, right) will never get you to them from ours. Like parallel lines, to get from one to the other you have to go a direction not provided. This unique direction is usually only used to travel to and from the world, once you get there it's back to the traditinoal ones

The popular usage of this term is incorrect; "other dimensions" are not locations, but the means by which you get to them.[[note]]And let's not talk about "parallel dimensions", which is [[LogicBomb a contradiction in its own right]].[[/note]] Our universe, as far as we know, contains four dimensions: three dimensions of space, plus time. We have free movement in the first three, but are locked in a continuous forward motion in the last.

* In ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions'', Aigami's Quantum Cube can trap people in other dimensions. Anyone not part of the dimension originally will die, and he wants to stop Kaiba and Yugi because if the Pharaoh is reborn into the world people in Aigami's dimension will have no future.

* ''Film/{{Ultraviolet}}'' has this as a HandWave for Violet's {{Hammerspace}} weapons.

An ancient trope, still used. Another Dimension refers to universes that are "next" to our own, which require [[InterdimensionalTravelDevice magic or high-end technology]] to travel to and from. In theory, from our world they are in a direction other than the directions we are familiar with.

* This was used in ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Puyo Pop Fever]]'' to give a HandWave for how Arle appears in Primp Town, the retooled setting introduced by Sega in that game, despite Amitie being meant as her Primp Town equivalent. In the story mode, Arle explains to Amitie that she got sent way off the map during a routine round of Puyo Puyo, and Amitie thinks doing it again will send her back to where she was. In later ''Puyo Puyo'' games, dimension-hopping becomes a common plot point.

* Fluidic space, the area inhabited by Species 8472 in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. It's an alternate dimension, only accessed through portals established in the region itself.

** In ''Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters'', the Digital World is replaced with a physical representation of the Internet called the Net Ocean. It can be reached through the [[DarkWorld AR Fields]] that crop up whenever an [[MonsterOfTheWeek Appmon]] causes mayhem.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheSecretDoor'', the Secret Door leads to the magicla kingdom of Zinnia.