History Main / RefugeeFromTvLand

* The plot of the ''FatAlbert'' movie.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' episode "Through the Door" had a group of fairy-tale characters (including PrinceCharming, Literature/RobinHood, and a genie) escaping into Ponyland from behind a magical door that leads to the "Land of Legends".

* Gabby Gilbert is from ''VH1 I Love The 80s''.

* Butch, a 50s film character from two episodes of ''Series/BigWolfOnCampus''. In his first episode, Merton attempts to {{Technobabble}} up an explanation, only to realises that it makes no sense even by the standards of the FantasyKitchenSink they live in.

* The Disney film ''{{Enchanted}}'' has a fairytale Princess, her handsome Prince, a wicked Queen, and SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer transported to modern New York City.
* The LiveActionAdaptation of ''TheSmurfs'' has been criticized for having a similar plot to ''{{Enchanted}}''

* The 1994 ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' finale featured Spider-man teaming up with various Spider-men from alternate universes including a powerless Spider-man who played the character on TV. This culminates in the main Spider-Man of the series visiting the real world and taking ''StanLee'' webslinging.

* "The Sun Always Shines on TV", the sequel to {{A-ha}}'s video "Take On Me" has the 80's Girl bringing Motorcycle Guy out of the comic.

* There is a ''{{Yeralash}}'' episode about a bicyclist from a school mathematics textbook who chases down two boys and makes them finally solve the problem.

* Butch, a 50s film character from two episodes of ''BigWolfOnCampus''. In his first episode, Merton attempts to {{Technobabble}} up an explanation, only to realises that it makes no sense even by the standards of the FantasyKitchenSink they live in.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' had an ExpandedUniverse comic book written in honor of the 50th anniversary where the Doctor travels to an alternate dimension where ''Doctor Who'' is a fictional, long running tv show, and he's just a fictional character, most recently played by Creator/MattSmith. During the course of the adventure he gets [[YourCostumeNeedsWork second place in a cosplay contest]], meets fans he's inspired throughout the years, [[NoBudget saves the always budget-less BBCmoney by letting them film his latest adventure]], and confirms that while Creator/ElisabethSladen may have tragically passed away, [[CharacterOutlivesActor her beloved character Sarah Jane Smith is still very much alive chasing adventures offscreen]].

* WoodyAllen's ''Film/ThePurpleRoseOfCairo''.

* "The Kugelmass Episode" by Woody Allen sees Literature/MadameBovary transported to modern New York. Initially thrilled by the experience, she soon becomes jaded -- "I want to get a job or go to a class, because watching TV all day is the pits" -- and demands to be returned to 19th Century France. Conversely, Kugelmass himself becomes TrappedInTVLand.

* ''AceLightning''

* ''Film/LastActionHero'' has a CowboyCop from an early '90s action movie arrive in the real world. (It's better than it looks, and sounds.)

* In an episode of ''The Adventures of SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'', "It's Dangly Deever Time", they bring a character from an old kid's TV show to reality (the titular Dangly Deever, an obvious parody of Howdy Doody). In this case, however, the problem wasn't the character -- for some reason, this also created a murderous [[EvilTwin evil duplicate]]. The good Deever ended up having to go back too for Sam and Max to be able to get rid of the evil one.

* In one episode of ''{{Freakazoid}}'', the titular character pursues one of his nemeses into... a fancon. While trying to find or avoid one another, they deal with over-eager convention-goers, fans dressed up like them, and being forced to sit on a panel regarding their cartoon.

* The 1994 ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' finale featured Spider-man teaming up with various Spider-men from alternate universes including a powerless Spider-man who played the character on TV. This culminates in the main Spider-Man of the series visiting the real world and taking ''StanLee'' webslinging.
* The ''MyLittlePony and Friends'' episode "Through the Door" had a group of fairy-tale characters (including PrinceCharming, RobinHood, and a genie) escaping into Ponyland from behind a magical door that leads to the "Land of Legends".
* WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents had the Crimson Chin taken out of his comic. This results in him discovering he is imaginary, growing depressed and almost getting his comic book cancelled.
* The Groovie Goolies used this in a memorable if freaky sequence. The bratty Hauntleroy has stolen Wolfie's guitar and flees into 'Mad Mirror Land', where all four characters (Including Drac and Frankie) get turned into live-action versions, still operating by cartoon laws, for the most part. It was originally part of a seriously weird, not-so-hot crossover with the LooneyTunes, and then was re-edited for syndication as a separate episode. Original, B&W : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIP36Rc_CIo / Reedit color : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqxaJbMqZUA&feature=related
* In the [[QuickDrawMcGraw Snooper & Blabber]] cartoon "The Lion Is Busy," the detectives are chasing a loose mountain lion (an early version of Snagglepuss) into an adventurer's club. As they come across a line of adventurers in safari gear and pith helmets, Snooper asks if any of these "fugitives from a late, late show" has seen the lion.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Dipper summoned a video game character named "Rumble McSkirmish" to scare Robbie, Rumble quickly thinks anyone he must fight is an evil enemy he must eliminate.

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* A ''Webcomic/RealLifeComics'' storyline had Tony accidentally transported to "our" world (represented via superimposing Tony on real photos) and meeting Greg Dean. With Real!Greg's help, he manages to return to the comic's universe. And what are Tony's first words as soon as he gets back?
-->'''Tony''': Save that dimensional code...[[MagnificentBastard and mark it as "leverage"!]]
* Eri-Chan from OkashinaOkashi escaped the frames of the webcomic, and promptly got stuck in the comments section.
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* Wiki/SCPFoundation put its typical creepy spin on this: [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1304 SCP-1304]] is a violent sacrifice ritual. If you write a book where a character has it done to them, soon after publication the victim will get reincarnated as a human in the real world. They won't have memories of their fictional past, but their life will mirror that in the novel, as closely as reality allows.
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* ''VideoGame/StayTooned'' subverts this trope. The player's remote (with the push of a [[BigRedButton]]) allows several cartoons to escape the TV, but in the process also turn the entire apartment building into cartoon form.

* ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'': Sir William, Earl of Marshall, a KnightInShiningArmor in an Imagination Station adventure, comes out of the Imagination Station with Isaac and accuses Eugene of being a "student of darkness", tries to rescue Mr. Barclay from being eaten by his car, and tries ice cream before Isaac realizes TheGameNeverStopped.

* In the book version of ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'', the door's fourth (black) destination is the present day. Both RefugeeFromTVLand and TrappedInTVLand come into play, because Howl originally came from the present day and also takes several people back there at one point.

* Loony Leo is a cartoon lion brought to life in ''AstroCity''.