History Main / Cyberspace

* Half of of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'s'' episode "Down the Rabbit Hole" took place in ''VideoGame/SecondLife.''

* The Digital Worlds in the {{anime}} ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' were {{Alternate Universe}}s created when the first computer was made, according to the [[AllThereInTheManual Official Backstory.]] The "what goes on there screws with technology outside" factor is greatly downplayed compared to most series that use this trope, but it exists.

* The {{anime}} ''Anime/DotHackSign'' (and the Franchise/DotHack series in general) takes place in "The World", an {{MMORPG}} with a Cyberspace interface.

* The {{anime}} ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'' had [[EverythingIsOnline everything hooked up]] to a Cyberspace version of the Internet, as did the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series it was based on.

* The central plot of ''Anime/SummerWars'' revolves around Oz, a cyberspace communications network.

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* In the Creator/{{Toonami}} TIE ''WesternAnimation/TrappedInHyperspace'', TOM has to go into the Absolution's system to try and get rid of a virus that's infected them. Not like Swayzak (the virus) [[EvilIsSexy could be seen as a threat]]...

** Cyber Station Zone from ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' is Eggman's digital base of operations where just about everything is pixelated. The playable character becomes pixelated about a third into the level and can even transform into a digital octopus or mouse when prompted.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'', like ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', takes place in VirtualReality where VR Duels are set in cyberspace constructed with the latest technology.

* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' revolves around the concept, taking place in a VirtualReality MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame (VR MMORPG) in which thousands of players immerse their consciousness completely within a virtual reality, but find that they can no longer log out. The creator of the game issues an ultimatum: if anyone completes the game by defeating the FinalBoss on the 100th floor, they will be allowed to log out. However, if their avatar dies, then [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame the helmet used to play the game will unleash a pulse of microwave radiation that will fry their brain, killing them in real life]]. The game aspect is much like a {{Roguelike}}, the main virtual reality aspect is just the visual and audio realism... and the imminent death. Subsequent story arcs take place in different VR MMO games, but without the dangers from having one's consciousness trapped in the game.

* A couple of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' have Timmy asking his fairies to turn him into data so he can interact with machines from the inside. He has journeyed through the internet to retrieve an e-mail he regretted sending to his crush in "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E23InformationStuporHighway Information Stupor Highway]]", invaded other cartoon shows by travelling through the broadcast signals in the TV movie, "[[WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers Channel Chasers]]", and transformed the fictional universe of an outdated videogame into a virtual reality players can interact with in "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS1E2PowerMad Power Mad!]]".

* A couple of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' have Timmy asking his fairies to turn him into data so he can interact with machines from the inside. He has journeyed through the internet to retrieve an e-mail he regretted sending to his crush, invaded other cartoon shows by travelling through the broadcast signals, and transformed the fictional universe of an outdated videogame into a virtual reality players can interact with.

* The Televerse in ''VideoGame/BurnCycle'', which [[KnowledgeBroker ASCII]] reside in to trade data with people in the real world, and places like the Sum Zero bar have public terminals to interface with it. Near the end, [[PlayerCharacter Sol Cutter]] gets uploaded into the Televerse as a virtual construct, in the hopes of finding a way to defuse the titular virus in his head. The Televerse resembles a myriad of neuron-like pathways connecting to warped points in the "ceiling" that lead to different locations, including ''Sol's [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind own memories]]''.

Has a subtrope of TheInternetIsAnOcean, when cyberspace is an aquaticly portrayed. Frequently pops up in {{Cyberpunk}} and PostCyberpunk settings. See also TheMetaverse, which is when society at large uses the Internet this way. Compare PlatonicCave, HardLight (where Cyberspace can manipulate the physical world), and InsideAComputerSystem (which may be completely self-contained and have no connection to the outside world or other people).

Frequently pops up in {{Cyberpunk}} and PostCyberpunk settings. See also TheMetaverse, which is when society at large uses the Internet this way. Compare PlatonicCave, HardLight (where Cyberspace can manipulate the physical world), and InsideAComputerSystem (which may be completely self-contained and have no connection to the outside world or other people).

* Creator/KenAkamatsu has a way of depicting the internet as an endless ocean, as in his first work ''Manga/AILoveYou'' and later work ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''. Tuna is a DOS attack...

* ''Film/OldMasterQ: Incredible Pet Detective'' has the titular character, as well as Mr Chou and Big Potato and other characters. The first two get sucked in with a dog, swimming in a literal [[WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko Digital Sea]] and the three end up [[ShoutOut looking like]] [[Film/TheMatrix Neo]], [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} a T-800]] and [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]. [[WidgetSeries It's that kind of movie.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', four of the main characters travel to a virtual world to battle a malevolent A.I. bent on world domination. Everything in the digital universe is rendered in 3D, sharply contrasting the traditional 2D animation of the real world segments. There's also the Digital Sea which exists outside the world of Lyoko...which is literally an ocean made up of the Internet's data.

* ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Get it Together!'' combines this with TrappedInTVLand. Wario and his company are trapped inside the game they just finished developing and have to remove all the bugs within it ([[ExcusePlot by completing microgames]]) in order to escape.

* The ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode that centers around Porygon has the main trio loaded into a computer. Or it would [[CanonDiscontinuity if such an episode had been made]].

* The world of ''Manga/ShimejiSimulation'' is later revealed to be this, as Yomikawa pointed out that their world is a simulated reality within a fusiform-shaped computer presumed to be floating within space.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'', an on-rails shooter/[[RhythmGame rhythm action game]] for the Dreamcast, [=PS2=] and the Xbox 360 based entirely around the process of of hacking into a MasterComputer that is [[MemeticMutation doubting her existence]]. Very much an example of HollywoodHacking via ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation -- the obligatory vector graphics are present and correct. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation But the main character could also be a virus]].

* VideoGame/WarioWare Get it Together takes place almost entirely in Cyberspace as like some of the other examples of this trope, [[FatBastard Wario]] and friends are trapped inside the actual game itself and need to fight the Game Bugs tampering with it.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'', like ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', takes place in VirtualReality where VR Duels are set in cyberspace constructed with the latest technology.

* ''LightNovel/TheLegendaryMoonlightSculptor'' is about the main character Weed's adventure in the titled VRMMORPG. It is so realistic that those who advance beyond a certain stage in the cooking skill are said to be assured of a job for the rest of their life as any restaurant would welcome them as a professional chef. The game's system assists all combat and skills with tooltips the character can see, and players can let the game guide their actions at the penalty of decreasing the action's effect. The game thankfully does not use KilledOffForReal or other issues as a plot device like other VRMMORPG based stories often do. The focus is instead on the [[ManipulativeBastard main character]] as he tries to earn money for his hospitalized grandma and college-bound younger sister through [[RealMoneyTrade selling items for money]].

* The backstory of ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' features the DMMORPG (Dive Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) known as Yggdrasil, a fully immersive virtual fantasy world. As the story starts, it's being shut down, with the protagonist staying online until the final moments... and then finds himself somehow transformed into his player avatar (an obscenely powerful lich sorcerer) and transported along with his guild base and all its [=NPCs=] into a new world.

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