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* ''Film/MioInTheLandOfFaraway'' has the lush and beautiful Land of Faraway contrasting with darker, more barren Land Outside.

* The Franchise/CareBears live in the soft and serene land of Care-a-Lot in the clouds, while villains such as [[AnIcePerson Professor Coldheart]] or [[EvilSorcerer No Heart]] live in creepy old castles in areas just as dark and gloomy as their evil inhabitants.
* WesternAnimation/TheCharmkins has the quiet [[{{Pun}} charming]] and scenic Charmworld, home to the innocent and childlike Charmkins. Of course, they’re menaced by the dastardly Dragonweed and his cronies who live in the nearby Thistledown, a murky and muddy [[SwampsAreEvil swamp]] teeming with filth and weeds.

* WesternAnimation/LadyLovelyLocks is the Princess of her kindly kingdom, ruling it benevolently with her many friends. But they’re opposed by the villains of Tangleland, ruled by the wicked Duchess Ravenwaves who plots to cut Lady Lovely Locks hair and take over the kingdom for herself.
* The WesternAnimation/MoonDreamers live in the celestial realm of Starry Up, giving good dreams to all the sleeping children of the world. But the evil [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Scowlene]] and her minions live in the Monstrous Middle, where they plot to keep everyone awake and make them just as miserable as the insomniac Scowlene herself.
* The Land of WesternAnimation/PeppermintRose is home to beautiful flowers of lovely scents and colors. But it is soon invaded by a clan of [[VillainousGlutton gluttonous]] [[ToughBeetles beetles]] from the land of Bugoonya, which has become a barren wasteland likely due to the beetles own voracious hunger.
* WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite and the Color Kids live in Rainbowland, a bright and cheery world where they spread color and joy to everyone they meet. Except for The Pits, a dreary and dull spot of the world where the malevolent [[MeaningfulName Murky Dismal]] and his henchmen [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Lurky]] reside, hatching villainous schemes to bring doom and gloom to Rainbowland.

* WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake and friends live in the idyllic Strawberryland, a place of sugary sweetness and happiness where they have fun and adventure. But they’re often threatened by that no-good, mean, miserable and silly old sneak, [[DastardlyWhiplash The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak.]] The aforementioned Porcupine Peak is a barren mountain with the Pieman’s lair known as the pie tin palace at very the top, fit only for the Pieman and his flock of [[FeatheredFiend Berry Birds]] to live in.

* WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite and the Color Kids live in Rainbowland, a bright and cheery world where they spread color and joy to everyone they meet. Except for The Pits, a dreary and dull spot of the world where the malevolent [[MeaningfulName Murky Dismal]] and his henchmen [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Lurky]] reside, and hatch villainous schemes to bring doom and gloom to Rainbowland.

* WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake and friends live in the idyllic Strawberryland, a place of sugary sweetness and happiness where they have fun and adventure. But they’re often threatened by that no-good, mean, miserable and silly old sneak, [[DastardlyWhiplash the Peculiar Purple Pieman]] of Porcupine Peak. The aforementioned Porcupine Peak is a barren mountain, with the Pieman’s lair known as the pie tin palace at very the top, fit for only the Pieman and his flock of [[FeatheredFiend Berry Birds]] to live in.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': Ordinary grasslands and forests are the safest places to explore, with wilder biomes like jungle and desert a little worse. What ''isn't'' safe? The bare discolored stone wrapped with thorns that makes up TheCorruption. Played with, though, in that the hard-mode Hallow biome is a literal fairyland ... with EverythingTryingToKillYou.

* WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake and friends live in the idyllic Strawberryland, a place of sugary sweetness and happiness where they have fun and adventure. But they’re often threatened by that no-good, mean, miserable and silly old sneak, the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak. The aforementioned Porcupine Peak is a barren mountain, with the Pieman’s lair known as the pie tin palace at very the top, fit for only the [[DastardlyWhiplash Pieman]] and his flock of [[FeatheredFiend Berry Birds]] to live in.

* The WesternAnimation/MoonDreamers live in the celestial realm of Starry Up, giving good dreams to all the sleeping children of the world. But the evil Queen Scowlene and her minions live in the Monstrous Middle, where they plot to keep everyone awake and make them just as miserable as the insomniac Scowlene herself.

* WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake and friends live in the idyllic Strawberryland, a place of sugary sweetness and happiness where they have fun and adventure. But they’re often threatened by that no-good, mean, miserable and silly old sneak, the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak. The aforementioned Porcupine Peak is a barren mountain, with the Pieman’s lair known as the pie tin palace at very the top, fit for only the Pieman and his flock of Berry Birds to live in.

* WesternAnimation/LadyLovelyLocks is the Princess of her kindly kingdom, ruling it benevolently with her many friends. But they’re opposed by the villains of Tangleland, ruled by the wicked Duchess Ravenwaves who plots to cut Lady Lovely Locks hair and rule the kingdom for herself.

* The Franchise/CareBears live in the soft and serene land of Care-a-Lot in the clouds, while villains such as [[AnIcePerson Professor Coldheart]] or [[EvilSorcerer No Heart]] live in creepy old castles in areas just as dark and gloomy as their villainous inhabitants.

* The Franchise/CareBears live in the soft and serene land of Care-a-Lot in the clouds, while villains such as [[AnIcePerson Professor Coldheart]] or [[EvilSorcerer No Heart]] live in creepy old castles in areas just as dark and gloomy as their villainous inhabitants themselves.

* The Land of WesternAnimation/PeppermintRose is home to beautiful flowers of lovely scents and colors. But it is soon invaded by a clan of [[VillainousGlutton gluttonous]] [[ToughBeetles beetles]] from the land of Bugoonya, which has become a barren wasteland likely due to the beetles voracious hunger.

* The Franchise/CareBears live in the soft and serene land of Care-a-Lot in the clouds, while villains such as [[AnIcePerson Professor Coldheart]] or [[EvilSorcerer No Heart]] live in creepy old castles in areas just as dark and gloomy as the villainous inhabitants themselves.

* The WesternAnimation/MoonDreamers live in the celestial realm of Starry Up, giving good dreams to all the sleeping children of the world. But the evil Queen Scowlene and her minions live in the Monstrous Middle, where they plot to keep everyone awake and make them just as miserable as the insomniac Scowlene herself.
* The Land of WesternAnimation/PeppermintRose is home to beautiful flowers of lovely scents and colors. But it is soon invaded by a clan of [[VillainousGlutton gluttonous]] [[ToughBeetles beetles]] from the land of Bugoonya, which has become a barren wasteland likely due to the beetles voracious hunger.

* The Franchise/CareBears live in the soft and serene land of Care-a-Lot in the clouds, while villains such as [[AnIcePerson Professor Coldheart]] or [[EvilSorcerer No Heart]] live in creepy old castles in areas just as dark and gloomy as their villainous inhabitants themselves.

* WesternAnimation/TheCharmkins has the quiet [[{{Pun}} charming]] and scenic Charmworld, home to the innocent and childlike Charmkins. Of course, they’re menaced by the dastardly Dragonweed and his cronies who live in the nearby Thistledown, a murky and muddy [[SwampsAreEvil swamp]] filled with filth and weeds.

* WesternAnimation/TheCharmkins has the quiet [[{{Pun}} charming]] and scenic Charmland, home to the innocent childlike Charmkins. Of course, they’re menaced by the dastardly Dragonweed and his cronies who live in the nearby Thistledown, a murky and muddy [[SwampsAreEvil swamp]] filled with weeds and gunk.

* Played with in ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}}''. Wreathe is a futuristic shiny chrome utopia for humanity, while Mortasheen is a smog-covered WretchedHive, crawling with abominations and ruled by {{Mad Scientist}}s. However, in case the name didn't tip you off, '''Mortasheen''' is the playable faction, and ultimately the conflict between the two factions is [[GreyAndGreyMorality a morally grey affair]]. Mortasheen is a messed-up place, but that doesn't necessarily justify Wreathe's [[FantasticRacism xenophobia]], oppression and [[KnightTemplar obsession with wiping Mortasheen off the surface of the planet]].

* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': The undead originate from the artic continent of Northrend and spread Blight, a gray-black corruption of the ground from their buildings. It doesn't harm the living (trees turn the same color, but are mechanically no different), but instead lets them regenerate faster to compensate for their limited healing in the early game. By comparison, the Alliance live in a temperate European climate, the Night Elves in lush forest, and the Horde in desert oases.

* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'': The heroes live in green and peaceful fairytale kingdoms. Maleficent's castle is a dark mass of spires perched on a tall spire in a dark land of rocky crags under a gloomy sky.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Dr. Eggman invariably turns the lands he rules into cold, urbanized, hopelessly {{polluted wasteland}}s made up of factories and overrun by MechaMooks. Any given game's final world, generally taking place in the heart of Robotnik's domain, will be [[EternalEngine a robot factory owned and operated by the doctor himself]]. In a few cases, such as [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Oil Ocean Zone]], these factories also affect the environments around them.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' games typically have the Mushroom Kingdom consist of pleasant grasslands and verdant woods with clear blue skies, while Bowser's domain is a barren wasteland of dangerous lava and hazardous mountains.

** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', Scar's old followers were exiled into another empty patch of wasteland outside the Pride Lands. This seems to be mostly empty, dusty desert, the only feature of note being a titanic termite mound where the exiled lions live.[[note]]Where the termites get the grass they need to survive is anyone's guess[[/note]] Much like the hyenas, the lions' motive is to get out of the wasteland where they were sent and take back control of the Pride Lands.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' the hyenas similarly live in a wasteland, but in a twist this also applies to the non-evil ones. Meanwhile [[spoiler:Scar's resurrected demon ghost]] lives in a VolcanoLair. In the third season however the antagonists are nomadic so they don't live in any particular dumpster.