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* [[Characters/AmphibiaMarcyWu Marcy Wu]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' loves role playing games and video games to the point of obliviousness to the real world. This is the main source of [[TheKlutz her chronic clumsiness]]. Getting transported into the titular fantasy world is a dream come true for her[[spoiler:, especially because she planned to come there]].

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* [[Characters/AmphibiaMarcyWu Marcy Wu]] Wu from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' loves role playing games and video games to the point of obliviousness to the real world. This is the main source of [[TheKlutz her chronic clumsiness]]. Getting transported into the titular fantasy world is a dream come true for her[[spoiler:, especially because she planned to come there]].
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* Bill Cipher uses this to prey on [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': rather than a physical prison, he keeps her in a pocket dimension that is filled with all her favourite things like cute stuff, fantasy, magic, happiness, and fun, knowing that even if she realises that she's being held prisoner, she won't ''want'' to escape.

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* Bill Cipher uses this to prey on [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] Pines in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': rather than a physical prison, he keeps her in a pocket dimension that is filled with all her favourite things like cute stuff, fantasy, magic, happiness, and fun, knowing that even if she realises that she's being held prisoner, she won't ''want'' to escape.
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* [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] uses this to prey on [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': rather than a physical prison, he keeps her in a pocket dimension that is filled with all her favourite things like cute stuff, fantasy, magic, happiness, and fun, knowing that even if she realises that she's being held prisoner, she won't ''want'' to escape.

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* [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] Cipher uses this to prey on [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': rather than a physical prison, he keeps her in a pocket dimension that is filled with all her favourite things like cute stuff, fantasy, magic, happiness, and fun, knowing that even if she realises that she's being held prisoner, she won't ''want'' to escape.
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* The first two verses of "Cool for Cats" by Music/{{Squeeze}} are about the singer watching TV, the second two are about him going to the pub and picking up a girl at a disco. He concludes "It's not like it is on the telly when it's cool for cats."

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* The first two verses of "Cool for Cats" by Music/{{Squeeze}} Music/{{Squeeze|Band}} are about the singer watching TV, the second two are about him going to the pub and picking up a girl at a disco. He concludes "It's not like it is on the telly when it's cool for cats."
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* The first two verses of "Cool for Cats" by Music/{{Squeeze}} are about the singer watching TV, the second two are about him going to the pub and picking up a girl at a disco. He concludes "It's not like it is on the telly when it's cool for cats."
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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E23AWorldOfDifference A World of Difference]]", Brinkley thinks that Gerald Raigan has [[LostInCharacter convinced himself that he is Arthur Curtis]], whom he is playing in ''The Private World of Arthur Curtis'', as he is attracted by the character's happy life with his loving wife Marian and daughter Tina.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E30AStopAtWilloughby A Stop at Willoughby]]", the extremely stressed advertising executive Gart Williams keeps dreaming of Willoughby, an idyllic 1888 town straight out of Creator/MarkTwain's work. By the end, he gets his wish at [[spoiler:Willoughby Funeral Home]].

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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E23AWorldOfDifference "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E23AWorldOfDifference A World of Difference]]", Brinkley thinks that Gerald Raigan has [[LostInCharacter convinced himself that he is Arthur Curtis]], whom he is playing in ''The Private World of Arthur Curtis'', as he is attracted by the character's happy life with his loving wife Marian and daughter Tina.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E30AStopAtWilloughby "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E30AStopAtWilloughby A Stop at Willoughby]]", the extremely stressed advertising executive Gart Williams keeps dreaming of Willoughby, an idyllic 1888 town straight out of Creator/MarkTwain's work. By the end, he gets his wish at [[spoiler:Willoughby Funeral Home]].

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* Not initially in Norman Juster's ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'', as Milo does not use the titular tollbooth because he hopes to go to fantastical kingdoms, but because he's got nothing better to do at the time. In the end, however, he states he might go back for a visit when he finds the time.

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* Not initially in Norman Juster's ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'', as Milo does not use the titular tollbooth because he hopes to go to fantastical kingdoms, but because he's got nothing better to do at the time. In the end, however, he states he might go back for a visit when he finds the time. {{Subverted|Trope}}, or perhaps even {{defied|Trope}}, as he ends the story thinking there's so many exciting things around him in the real world to explore.
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** In one episode, Homer gets on the bad side of a corrupt private detective, who ends up blackmailing Nelson for dirt on Lisa by stealing a photo of Nelson with ''WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarves}}'' at Disneyland. Nelson is relieved to have the photo back, but not for the reason you'd think.

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** In one episode, Homer gets on the bad side of a corrupt private detective, who ends up blackmailing Nelson for dirt on Lisa by stealing a photo of Nelson with ''WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarves}}'' White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}'' at Disneyland. Nelson is relieved to have the photo back, but not for the reason you'd think.
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** In one episode, Homer gets on the bad side of a corrupt private detective, who ends up blackmailing Nelson for dirt on Lisa by stealing a photo of Nelson with ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite'' at Disneyland. Nelson is relieved to have the photo back, but not for the reason you'd think.

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** In one episode, Homer gets on the bad side of a corrupt private detective, who ends up blackmailing Nelson for dirt on Lisa by stealing a photo of Nelson with ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarves}}'' at Disneyland. Nelson is relieved to have the photo back, but not for the reason you'd think.
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** In one episode, Homer gets on the bad side of a corrupt private detective, who ends up blackmailing Nelson for dirt on Lisa by stealing a photo of Nelson with ''Franchise/SnowWhite'' at Disneyland. Nelson is relieved to have the photo back, but not for the reason you'd think.

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** In one episode, Homer gets on the bad side of a corrupt private detective, who ends up blackmailing Nelson for dirt on Lisa by stealing a photo of Nelson with ''Franchise/SnowWhite'' ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite'' at Disneyland. Nelson is relieved to have the photo back, but not for the reason you'd think.
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* An abnormal psychology textbook from 2006 or so contained a section on really hard-core [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] fans. It advised readers ''not'' to regard these fans as schizophrenic or otherwise mentally ill, because, devoted though they are, they will quite readily admit that Elvis really has [[JustForPun left the building]].

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* An abnormal psychology textbook from 2006 or so contained a section on really hard-core [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] fans. It advised readers ''not'' to regard these fans as schizophrenic or otherwise mentally ill, because, devoted though they are, they will quite readily admit that Elvis really has [[JustForPun left the building]].building.
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Compare {{Mythopoeia}}, CannotTellFictionFromReality. For RealLife examples of people really believing fictional characters are real, see DaydreamBeliever. See also ThinksLikeARomanceNovel, for one form this can take.

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Compare {{Mythopoeia}}, CannotTellFictionFromReality. For RealLife examples of people really believing fictional characters are real, see DaydreamBeliever. See also ThinksLikeARomanceNovel, for one form this can take.
take. If someone wishes a fictional character were real because they have sexual feelings for them, that's PerverseSexualLust.
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-->'''Book Keeper''': As sweet as dreams may be, eventually we all have to wake up.
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* An Website/SCPFoundation researcher working on SCP-1230 that produced an extensive fantasy world in the sleeping user committed suicide upon waking up. Having spent the equivalent of [[HourOutsideYearInside 200 years inside]], he couldn't bear to return to his reality. In a subversion of the usual Foundation-contained EldritchAbomination, the entity of the fantasy-making book had a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and went into such a debilitating HeroicBSOD that it refused to even communicate for weeks. When it finally "wrote" something on the pages, all it could say was "[[WellIntentionedExtremist I'm so sorry. I never intended for this to happen. I just wanted to make people happy...]]" on every single page, while the book was soaked with tears.

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* An Website/SCPFoundation researcher working on SCP-1230 that produced an extensive fantasy world in the sleeping user committed suicide upon waking up. Having spent the equivalent of [[HourOutsideYearInside [[YearInsideHourOutside 200 years inside]], he couldn't bear to return to his reality. In a subversion of the usual Foundation-contained EldritchAbomination, the entity of the fantasy-making book had a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and went into such a debilitating HeroicBSOD that it refused to even communicate for weeks. When it finally "wrote" something on the pages, all it could say was "[[WellIntentionedExtremist I'm so sorry. I never intended for this to happen. I just wanted to make people happy...]]" on every single page, while the book was soaked with tears.
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* An Website/SCPFoundation researcher working on an SCP that produced an extensive fantasy world in the sleeping user committed suicide on waking up. Having spent 200 years inside, he just couldn't return to real life. In a subversion of the usual Foundation-contained EldritchAbomination, the entity of the fantasy-making book had a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and went into such a debilitating HeroicBSOD that it refused to even communicate for weeks. When it finally "wrote" something on the pages, all it could say was "[[WellIntentionedExtremist I'm so sorry. I never intended for this to happen. I just wanted to make people happy...]]" on every single page, while the book was soaked with tears.

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* An Website/SCPFoundation researcher working on an SCP SCP-1230 that produced an extensive fantasy world in the sleeping user committed suicide on upon waking up. Having spent the equivalent of [[HourOutsideYearInside 200 years inside, inside]], he just couldn't bear to return to real life.his reality. In a subversion of the usual Foundation-contained EldritchAbomination, the entity of the fantasy-making book had a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and went into such a debilitating HeroicBSOD that it refused to even communicate for weeks. When it finally "wrote" something on the pages, all it could say was "[[WellIntentionedExtremist I'm so sorry. I never intended for this to happen. I just wanted to make people happy...]]" on every single page, while the book was soaked with tears.
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* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': When the man that will become the supervillain the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Mock Turtle]] was a child, he always was trapped in wardrobes. Everyone else thought he was an idiot. But he was trying to find a portal to [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]. If he could have found [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz a twister]] or [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland a rabbit hole]], he would have tried those too. As an adult, when fleeing from enemies that want to kill him, alone and broken, [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz he happened to be in Kansas and saw a twister. That gave him hope]]. So he got to Astro City, where the superhuman community defeated his enemies and welcomed him. So he went to the roof of a building, [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz put on his green visor, and all Astro City looked like an Emerald City.]]

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* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': When the man that will become the supervillain As a child, the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Mock Turtle]] was a child, he always was trapped in wardrobes. Everyone else thought he was an idiot. But wardrobes because he was trying to find a portal to [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]. If As an adult, after arriving in Astro City and accepted into the super-community, he could have found sees the city from above. Through his green-tinted visor, he breathlessly notes that it resembles an [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz a twister]] or [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland a rabbit hole]], he would have tried those too. As an adult, when fleeing from enemies that want to kill him, alone and broken, [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz he happened to be in Kansas and saw a twister. That gave him hope]]. So he got to Astro City, where the superhuman community defeated his enemies and welcomed him. So he went to the roof of a building, [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz put on his green visor, and all Astro City looked like an Emerald City.]]City]].
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* Marcy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' loves role playing games and video games to the point of obliviousness to the real world. This is the main source of [[TheKlutz her chronic clumsiness]]. Getting transported into the titular fantasy world is a dream come true for her[[spoiler:, especially because she planned to come there]].
* [[EldritchAbomination Bill]] uses this to prey on Mabel in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': rather than a physical prison, he keeps her in a pocket dimension that is filled with all her favourite things like cute stuff, fantasy, magic, happiness, and fun, knowing that even if she realises that she's being held prisoner, she won't ''want'' to escape.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Before arriving in the Boiling Isles, Luz didn't fit in, and often poured over fantasy novels to imagine some place where she could. [[AscendedFangirl She got her wish]], [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor to an extent]], when she arrives on the Boiling Isles, even if it's "[[WretchedHive not the PG fantasy world [she] dreamed of]]".

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* [[Characters/AmphibiaMarcyWu Marcy Wu]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' loves role playing games and video games to the point of obliviousness to the real world. This is the main source of [[TheKlutz her chronic clumsiness]]. Getting transported into the titular fantasy world is a dream come true for her[[spoiler:, especially because she planned to come there]].
* [[EldritchAbomination Bill]] [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] uses this to prey on [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': rather than a physical prison, he keeps her in a pocket dimension that is filled with all her favourite things like cute stuff, fantasy, magic, happiness, and fun, knowing that even if she realises that she's being held prisoner, she won't ''want'' to escape.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Before arriving in the Boiling Isles, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]] didn't fit in, and often poured over fantasy novels to imagine some place where she could. [[AscendedFangirl She got her wish]], [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor to an extent]], when she arrives on the Boiling Isles, even if it's "[[WretchedHive not the PG fantasy world [she] dreamed of]]".



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* An example of playing with the concept slightly meta take by the [[{{tearjerker}} sad]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan fiction, ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/545/Equestria Equestria]]''. Equestria is shown to be [[spoiler:the perfect, idealized [[AllJustADream fantasy world]] that was to be the setting of a series of stories planned by a woman who was emotionally abused by her mother. She never got around to writing it and the emotional abuse that she suffered drove her into her dream world. There, she was no longer Tara but Twilight Sparkle. As a result of this she is institutionalized for a few years, causing her fantasy to grow even deeper.]]

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* An example of playing with the concept slightly meta take by the [[{{tearjerker}} [[TearJerker sad]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan fiction, ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/545/Equestria Equestria]]''. Equestria is shown to be [[spoiler:the perfect, idealized [[AllJustADream fantasy world]] that was to be the setting of a series of stories planned by a woman who was emotionally abused by her mother. She never got around to writing it and the emotional abuse that she suffered drove her into her dream world. There, she was no longer Tara but Twilight Sparkle. As a result of this she is institutionalized for a few years, causing her fantasy to grow even deeper.]]



* The plot "Yukari brings an outsider to Gensokyo" present in many ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fics is also popular because of this.

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* The plot "Yukari brings an outsider to Gensokyo" present in many ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fics is also popular because of this.



* "Silent Lucidity", a {{Power Ballad}} by American ProgressiveMetal group Music/{{Queensryche}}, centers around this. The lyrics are explicitly about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lucid_dreaming lucid dreaming]] and describe it as a psychological refuge, a fantasy realm set up for the "soul set free to fly". The band's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw official music video]] doubles down on these themes.

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* "Silent Lucidity", a {{Power Ballad}} PowerBallad by American ProgressiveMetal group Music/{{Queensryche}}, centers around this. The lyrics are explicitly about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lucid_dreaming lucid dreaming]] and describe it as a psychological refuge, a fantasy realm set up for the "soul set free to fly". The band's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw official music video]] doubles down on these themes.
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** Creator/MarkHamill confirmed a long term rumor that one Make-a-Wish child had the specific request to meet [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]], the ''actual'' Luke Skywalker. Hamill fulfilled the wish and stayed in character the whole time, with the child genuinely believing it ''was'' the Jedi Knight come to life. Hamill reflected it was one of the most humbling experiences of his life.
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* This is pretty much the definition of "chunibyou" given to the audience in ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', with the infected person being unsatisfied with reality and immersing themselves within a world of fantasy. In both the anime and the light novels, Rikka plays this the straightest out of the cast.

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* This is pretty much the definition of "chunibyou" given to the audience in ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', with the infected person being unsatisfied with reality and immersing themselves within a world of fantasy. In both the anime and the light novels, Rikka plays this the straightest out of the cast.
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* The #1 Website/{{Google}} search that begins with "Is [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]]..." is quite often "Is Edward Cullen real?" or some variation [[http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/CirnoCultist/media/isedwardreal_zpsdjb6cppm.png.html thereof]].

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* The #1 Website/{{Google}} search that begins with "Is [[Literature/{{Twilight}} [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Cullen]]..." is quite often "Is Edward Cullen real?" or some variation [[http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/CirnoCultist/media/isedwardreal_zpsdjb6cppm.png.html thereof]].
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* ''Series/{{Freaky}}'': In "Sitcom", a girl with a troubled home life fantasizes about being part of the perfect family in her favourite DomCom. Thhis turns into a case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishhFor when she becomes TrappedInTVLand.

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* ''Series/{{Freaky}}'': In "Sitcom", a girl with a troubled home life fantasizes about being part of the perfect family in her favourite DomCom. Thhis This turns into a case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishhFor BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor when she becomes TrappedInTVLand.

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