History Main / SmallUniverseAfterAll

* ''Film/Dracula3000'' is set in a region of space [[SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance inconsistently referred to]] as the Carpathian System and the Carpathian Galaxy.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'', after rescuing [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter the Ma-Non]] from the Ganglion, you learn that there is a governing body called the Samaar Federation that has authority over a whopping '''six million lightyears.''' That means, at a minimum, the Samaar Federation controls at least three major galaxies: the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Triangulum Galaxy (Andromeda and Triangulum are roughly 2.5 - 3 million ly away) as well as dozens of minor dwarf galaxies. Even more mindblowing is just how casually the Ma-Non tell you this, like it's no big deal. And then they tell you that the Ganglion, this [[ScaryDogmaticAliens incredibly powerful alien fleet you've been fighting]], are actually [[AlwaysABiggerFish just small fries]] and are nothing more than [[TheSyndicate a criminal syndicate.]]

** Due to the fact that some aliens that look like E.T. make a cameo in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' and that the ExpandedUniverse said that they intended to make an expedition to another galaxy, popular {{Fanon}} has it that E.T. comes from the Franchise/StarWars Galaxy.

* The original ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Battlestar Galactica]]'' started off in the Cyrannus galaxy and had the crew move to our own on the quest to reach Earth.

** On the behind the scenes features of the DVD for ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'', Creator/StevenSpielberg says the aliens aren't from Mars and probably come from as far away as E.T..

** ''Comicbook/{{Hawkman}}'': The titular hero's home planet Thanagar used to orbit the real life star, Polaris. It has since been retconned into the fictional Polaris Galaxy--that or Thanagarians have their own name for the Milky Way Galaxy.

* ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' Is all [[TheMilkyWayIsTheOnlyWay set within one galaxy]] but Alana suggests fleeing to another galaxy to avoid the war, as other people have done.

* Downplayed in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. For example, while the Andromeda-based civilizations of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' are capable of traveling to Earth if need be, it's implied to be rather inconvenient to actually do so. Also, while each of the Nine Realms from ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and its sequels are located in a different galaxy, convenient travel between them is only possible using the Bifrost or other fixed portals; when the Bifrost is out of commission during ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Odin has to resort to a dangerous method involving dark energy to transport Thor to Earth.

* Literal case in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' where the universe only has four galaxies.

** The Eastern and Western Galaxies only exist to give King Kai rival gods and their alien subjects for Goku to fight in the afterlife tournament.

* The two warring races in ''Vampire Wars'' are said to have used entire galaxies as their battleground.

** Franchise/{{Superman}} and ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'': Most continuities put their home planet Krypton in our galaxy but in ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'', it's in the Andromeda Galaxy.

** ''Comicbook/{{Hawkman}}'': Hawkman's home planet Thanagar used to orbit the real life star, Polaris. It has since been retconned into the fictional Polaris Galaxy--that or Thanagarians have their own name for the Milky Way Galaxy.

* In ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', Jor-El mentions that Superman will have to pass through six galaxies to reach Earth; he also talks about the 28 known galaxies a lot.

** In ''Film/{{Supergirl}}'', a news report near the start says that Superman is on a [[DeusExitMachina peacekeeping mission]] in a galaxy hundreds of trillions of light years away.

* The ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series spans at least three separate galaxies, with intergalactic travel normally taking weeks. The voyage from the Solana galaxy to Bogon in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'' resembles a luxury cruise while the ship taking the heroes to Polaris in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'' [[SleeperStarship knocks them out]] for most of the trip.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 3'', the opening states that the Koppaites travelled 279,000 light years to reach PNF-404 (heavily hinted to be the Earth at some point in the distant future). While the exact size of the Milky Way is not precisely known, the largest estimates only put it at 180,000 light years in diameter, meaning that the planet Koppai must be located in another galaxy (there are a number of dwarf galaxies within that radius as possibilities).

** Due to the fact that some aliens that look like E.T. make a cameo in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' and that the ExpandedUniverse said that they intended to make an expedition to another galaxy, popular {{Fanon}} has it that E.T. comes from the StarWars Galaxy.

** ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'': The [[TheFederation United Planets]] government from the ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} has been replaced by the United Galaxies.

* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', Petey has no particular problems with waging an intergalactic war against some dark-matter entities from Andromeda, thanks to Teraport technology - that is, true Teleportation, instant movement [[{{Fictionary}} regardless]] of distance.

** Assuming a maximum warp speed of 10 times the speed of light, [[SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance the 2.5 million mile journey from the Andromeda to the Milky Way would take at least 250,000 years...]]

* While ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' is ''set'' in a single (unnamed) galaxy full of {{Baby Planet}}s, other galaxies are apparently in reach. Lord Dominator is apparently from another galaxy, and after she [[spoiler:destroys every planet there]], one of her robots suggest moving onto another.