History Main / ForbiddenZone

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

* The Null Void in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10''. Kevin was scared and horrified of going there (or threatening to go there), Ben claimed it's worse than prison, Argit hesitated to go there, and [[BigBad Vilgax]] had an [[TwitchyEye eye twitch]] by just mentioning it, calling it accursed.

* Obviously ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (as seen in the page quote).
** Parodied with the planet Trisol, which actually turns out to be perfectly nice (provided you're not the emperor). It really is just a name.
** Also in the episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two", there was the Forbidden Valley (right next to the Permitted and Required Valleys). As it turns out, however, [[spoiler:the Forbidden Valley actually separates and stops Alcazar's brides from seeing the other four identical castles, where the other brides live]].
** The Forbidden World of Omega-3, dumping ground of all records of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (and the first six movies). Trying to approach it causes the Planet Express ship to crash. However, the greatest danger lies on the planet: One really annoying ''Star Trek'' fan.
* The short-lived Ruby-Spears animated series known as ''WesternAnimation/PiggsburgPigs'' featured an area right outside of their city that was known as the Forbidden Zone, and for good reason....it was populated by all manner of demonic creatures, from swamp monsters, to vampires, to aliens. Though for some reason, these creatures were more humanoid in appearance, whereas the Piggsburg populous were all anthropomorphic pigs that wore clothes. So whichever one was truly more frightening is left up to you.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' short "Lullaby Land", a tunnel is explicitly marked as forbidden for the baby to enter, but the baby crawls in anyway.
* In one of the flash forward episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', a teenage Bart works as a delivery boy for Apu, who tells him he has to deliver groceries to an elderly shut in (Mr Burns) in the "Forbidden Zone". Not the one with the smallpox, or radioactivity, or eternal midnight, but the one with the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Uniclams]].
* The cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' had a Forbidden Zone where a once-evil wizard lived.

* The Exclusion Zone around {{UsefulNotes/Chernobyl}} in Ukraine, including parts of Belarus. These days, you can actually go there, but not for long. Hundreds of people work there daily, but the area is large enough that a casual visitor is unlikely to see anybody else during a brief visit.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania Centralia, Pennsylvania]]. An underground coal fire expected to rage for hundreds of years means it's strictly off-limits. This town served as inspiration for ''Film/NothingButTrouble'' and ''Film/SilentHill''. To this day, there are still people who refuse to leave, although their numbers are dwindling.

** Perelandra (in the second book) has the 'fixed lands' as forbidden to the inhabitants, but it seems to be more to see if they would ''obey'' such an injunction with no reason given.

* ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'': In the TV adaptation of ''Literature/MonsterBlood'', Evan's great aunt Kathryn tells him not to go in the room upstairs in her house. He goes into the room out of curiosity but gets caught by aunt Kathryn, telling him that it's forbidden to enter. Evan and his new friend Andy go into the forbidden room, while aunt Kathryn was out of the house, and find a can of Monster Blood.

** ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' prominently features a Forbidden Zone, which contains the important information that [[spoiler:they were really on Earth the whole time.]] The area is actually called "The Forbidden Zone" and is also an inhospitable desert, so there's some practical reason beyond the withholding of scientific information.

* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' has Heaven's Gate and Hell's Gates, two mysterious zones that opened up over South America and Japan where conventional laws of physics are rendered null and void .

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* ''Series/BlakesSeven''
** Referred to by that exact name in episode "Pressure Point". Protected by automated defenses, the Forbidden Zone defends the Federation MasterComputer called Central Control. The crew get through by using their energy weapons as wire cutters and running very fast. [[spoiler:Only to discover that Control was moved years ago and the Zone is only maintained as SchmuckBait for the enemies of the Federation]].
** In "Breakdown", the Liberator has to make a short-cut through a prohibited space zone [[spoiler:which turns out to contain a SwirlyEnergyThingy destroying any ship that enters it.]]

* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', you'd have to be insane to even consider going into Reaver-occupied space. TheMovie sees our protagonists forced to do just that.

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', even landing on Talos IV is the only death sentence left on the books. It's due to the [[spoiler:mind-controlling aliens.]] Other examples include the [[TheNeutralZone Neutral Zones]] with the Klingons and Romulans, the Cardassian DMZ, and the xenophobic Tzenkethi and Tholians attacking any ship that comes too close to their homeworlds.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' God has sealed monsters, including the Leviathans who can easily kill Angels, in Purgatory.

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* ''[[Literature/BasLagCycle Bas Lag]]'' has a lot of these, given it's a bizarre DeathWorld dangers. But the Cacatopic Stain sticks out. It's a place where even Bas Lag's somewhat malleable laws of physics are thrown out the window. It's the breeding ground of the Slake Moths that bring New Crobuzon to its knees in ''Perdido Street Station,'' and we see it in person during ''Iron Council.'' Suffice to say, the "torque" magic that makes the Stain what it is was deployed as a weapon in one of New Crobuzon's wars; its effect was so horrid that they immediately carpet bombed the location with a ''completely different kind'' of FantasticNuke to ''cover it up.''

* The Zone in ''Film/{{Stalker}}''.

* ''Film/Oblivion2013''. While repairing the {{Attack Drone}}s, Jack Harper is repeatedly warned against flying his FutureCopter into high radiation areas left over from the nuclear war. [[spoiler:It's not clear if nukes were used, but the real reason is to prevent him finding there are other clone Jack and Victoria's doing the same job in those zones; they in turn are forbidden from going into his area.]]