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* ''[[BioShockInfinite/BurialAtSea BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea: Episode 2]]'' starts with a leisure stroll down a vibrant and gorgeous esplanade over Seine, Paris, filled with nice, friendly people ([[FriendToAllLivingThings and a little birdie]]). The game being what it is, [[spoiler:it quickly descends into NightmareFuel]].
* Melodia of ''[[Videogame/HarmoKnight HarmoKnight]]'' is this, but in a more [[BandLand musical]] way. Everything is in the shape of notes and instruments, but it just looks ''so happy!'' You could even think that this could basically be a musical [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Pop Star]] with more human characters. This place is a musician's dream come true.

* ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'': Once you get past the [[BulletHell customary greeting]], Gensokyo could very well qualify. Nobody ever dies ([[MemeticMutation except that one bat]]), all the notable locals are cute girls, and whenever something goes horribly wrong, inevitably the {{Miko}} and the CuteWitch save the day and [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriend]] whatever was causing the problem.

%%%* ''Film/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad''

They're often intended to be a {{Utopia}}, [[BellisariosMaxim so don't worry about the details.]]

[[SugarWiki/SweetExists We have one of these.]] See the SelfDemonstratingArticle for SelfDemonstrating/SugarBowl for an [[ApocalypticLog in-character description made by a visitor]].

Not to be confused with the elusive {{Macguffin}} of ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''... whatever it is. Also not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball game known as the Sugar Bowl nor the [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]] stadium of the same name; for that, see UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball.

* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' as the name implies it's about a world of bright colors and rainbows. The villains are quite the opposite; black and white and hate colors.

* ''Yellow Submarine'' has Pepperland, which is described as an 'unearthly paradise' and is portrayed as a never-ending Victorian-era garden party. The plot kicks off when the Blue Meanies lay waste to the place, and Old Fred is forced to take the Yellow Submarine and go somewhere - ANYWHERE - to get help.

There is NoAntagonist. The villains here are [[HarmlessVillain harmless]]. Sometimes you can have a sweet setting with [[VileVillainSaccharineShow unexpectedly creepy and/or evil bad guys]] who may or may not be [[EvilCannotStandCuteness allergic to anything saccharine]], but even in that case, the kind of permanent damage they can do is likely minor. Expect a HeelFaceTurn via CareBearStare and/or DefeatMeansFriendship. There might be a character who finds the place SickeninglySweet.

* ''{{Anime/Aria}}'' takes place in the city of New Venice, in a futuristic terraformed Mars.

Not to be confused with the elusive {{Macguffin}} of ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''... whatever it is. Also not to be confused with the American football game known as the Sugar Bowl; for that, see UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball.

* ''Fanfic/AWildBadficAppearedCommentaries'': According to various bits of information from the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smashers]], the Smash Mansion, the {{Fanon}} mansion where the fighters (and in ''[=AWBfA!=]'' itself, the Assist Trophies and extra characters as well) reside while they aren't fighting, is portrayed as one. It is a big house populated mostly by the multiverse's nicest, kindest, most heroic, well, heroes, resulting in a CloseKnitCommunity where most of the characters are friends or at least care about each other, also comfortably housing hundreds upon hundreds of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} and other creatures, birthday or holiday parties are thrown seemingly every other week ''at the very least'', some of them by [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the face of gaming himself]], the residents can fight with all manner of lethal weapons and not get hurt whatsoever as long as they are in a designated stage because of magic, nobody ever ages also due to magic, everything is managed by the giant, benevolent, floating hand of a god (and his CloudCuckoolander brother) that cast the spells in the first place and can fix and create anything to their whims, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and there is no school]]. While there ''are'' the villains to worry about, they are ''vastly'' outnumbered by heroic characters (with only two at most being serious threats anyway) and constantly kept under check. It is deliberately implied to be an impossibly awesome place to live (especially to the characters from medieval settings like ''Fire Emblem'', who are still adjusting over a year into their arrival), with businesses to serve the fighters implied to be bustling around it and even TV from our world somehow able to air in it, providing a haven for all manner of [[Franchise/FireEmblem broken soldiers]], [[VideoGame/{{Mother}} children who have lost sight]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker of their childhoods]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} heroes who have been alone for a great deal of their lives]], and tired adventurers among their ever-increasing ranks. And don't worry about matters back home; time flows much faster within it, so they are only actually away for a very short amount of time. Granted, since it is once again populated mostly by some of the purest heroes in the multiverse, described by [[AuthorAvatar Erika]] herself as "The video game equivalent of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague or ComicBook/{{Avengers}}" and "the nicest guys in the multiverse", this is pretty justified.

* Chapter 59 of ''FanFic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'' deliberately makes the setting of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' into this trope, as a parody of how Creator/FourKidsEntertainment would have treated the show had it gotten its hands on it. Haruhi's powers are reimagined as the power of [[Memes/SpongeBobSquarePants imagination]], and everyone else in the SOS Brigade is only there to learn about the true meaning of friendship from her. Taniguchi is chaste and SickeninglySweethearts with Ryouko, and even the Anti-SOS Brigade is nice.
* In ''FanFic/AWildBadficAppearedCommentaries'', according to various bits of information from the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smashers]], the Smash Mansion, the {{Fanon}} mansion where the fighters (and in ''[=AWBfA!=]'' itself, the Assist Trophies and extra characters as well) reside while they aren't fighting, is portrayed as one. It is a big house populated mostly by the multiverse's nicest, kindest, most heroic, well, heroes, resulting in a CloseKnitCommunity where most of the characters are friends or at least care about each other, also comfortably housing hundreds upon hundreds of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} and other creatures, birthday or holiday parties are thrown seemingly every other week ''at the very least'', some of them by [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the face of gaming himself]], the residents can fight with all manner of lethal weapons and not get hurt whatsoever as long as they are in a designated stage because of magic, nobody ever ages also due to magic, everything is managed by the giant, benevolent, floating hand of a god (and his CloudCuckoolander brother) that cast the spells in the first place and can fix and create anything to their whims, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and there is no school]]. While there ''are'' the villains to worry about, they are ''vastly'' outnumbered by heroic characters (with only two at most being serious threats anyway) and constantly kept under check. It is deliberately implied to be an impossibly awesome place to live (especially to the characters from medieval settings like ''Fire Emblem'', who are still adjusting over a year into their arrival), with businesses to serve the fighters implied to be bustling around it and even TV from our world somehow able to air in it, providing a haven for all manner of [[Franchise/FireEmblem broken soldiers]], [[VideoGame/{{Mother}} children who have lost sight]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker of their childhoods]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} heroes who have been alone for a great deal of their lives]], and tired adventurers among their ever-increasing ranks. And don't worry about matters back home; time flows much faster within it, so they are only actually away for a very short amount of time. Granted, since it is once again populated mostly by some of the purest heroes in the multiverse, described by [[AuthorAvatar Erika]] herself as "The video game equivalent of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague or ComicBook/{{Avengers}}" and "the nicest guys in the multiverse", this is pretty justified.

* The entire ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' series could probably qualify. The Mushroom Kingdom is an idyllic land where Toad people romp happily and the only real problem the kingdom ever seems to have is Bowser's penchant for kidnapping the Princess. This is a problem Mario consistently resolves in short order. Then they all go [[GoKartingWithBowser go-karting or play sports together]].

* Chapter 59 of ''FanFic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'' deliberately makes the setting of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' into this trope, as a parody of how Creator/FourKidsEntertainment would have treated the show had it gotten its hands on it. Haruhi's powers are reimagined as the power of [[Memes/SpongeBobSquarePants imagination]], and everyone else in the SOS Brigade is only there to learn about the true meaning of friendship from her. Taniguchi is chaste and SickeninglySweethearts with Ryouko, and even the Anti-SOS Brigade is nice.

* ''Manga/ThoughYoungPeopleRecoilFromEnteringTheBlackMagicIndustry'' features a setting that is actually a very nice place to live. The people are mostly friendly. The air and water is clean. There are serious subjects mentioned and shown, such as suicide and worker oppression, but their occurrence is rare.

* In the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' setting ''{{TabletopGame/Planescape}}'', the Outer Plane of Elysium isn't quite this goody-goody, but it's still filled with magical Good-aligned humanimals, brims with bounteous natural beauty, and has an inconvenient habit of turning anyone who stays for more than a week or two (and repeatedly fails their will save) into a blissed-out hippie zombie who has completely forgotten why he came there and has no desire ever to leave. This trait is only shared by the plane's evil counterpart, the Gray Wastes of Hades, an endless plain of gray dusts. Except that it doesn't make you happy at all. The only reason people don't just lay down and die is that it's futile as most of them are already DeadToBeginWith.

* In the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' setting ''{{TabletopGame/Planescape}}'', the Outer Plane of Elysium isn't quite this goody-goody, but it's still filled with magical Good-aligned humanimals, brims with bounteous natural beauty, and has an inconvenient habit of turning anyone who stays for more than a week or two (and repeatedly fails their will save) into a blissed-out hippie zombie who has completely forgotten why he came there and has no desire ever to leave. This trait is only shared by the plane's evil counterpart, the Gray Wastes of Hades, an endless plain of gray dusts. Except that it doesn't make you happy at all. The only reason people don't just lay down and die is that it's futile as most of them are already dead to begin with.

* ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'': Doomageddon, the team's pet/mascot a pan-dimensional Doomhound (Originally HellHound before the censors noticed) once lost a tooth, causing the hole left behind to suck everything into another dimension. Doktor Frogg saw the other dimension briefly but the viewers couldn't see except that it was mentioned as a "Land of endless nightmares" Later on when everyone does end up within, the "Land of endless nightmares" is a world of rainbows, singing mountains, candy, and Unicorns. To a evil mad scientist like Doktor Frogg, this is Hell.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': Apparently this is how [[spoiler:The Pyro]] sees the world. [[spoiler:Melee weapons are lollipops, the other team is cherubs, and fire is rainbows. Ammo crates are presents and Health packs are cakes/cupcakes too.]] Unfortunately, it's a bit of a CrapsaccharineWorld as well- Mayor [[{{Unicorn}} Balloonicorn]][[note]]Mayor? Don't be ridiculous. We're talking about an inflatable unicorn here. He's the Municipal Ombudsman.[[/note]] is an alcoholic with a hair-trigger temper, appears to be in debt, has a bit of a nicotine addiction, and his wife's cheating on him. [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lZNrdr0dL._SX425_.jpg But isn't he the cutest thing ever?]]
** And now with special googles, provided by the same company that also made [[spoiler:Pyro's mask]], every class can experience it.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' plays with this. On the one hand, we're assured that civilization has outgrown savagery, war, poverty and discrimination. However, the longer the franchise goes on, the more we see examples of these qualities come up, largely due to the need for {{conflict}}. For instance, the friendly bickering between the human [=McCoy=] and Vulcan Spock in the original series becomes more explicitly FantasticRacism later on.

* ''[[BioShockInfinite/BurialAtSea BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea: Episode 2]]'' starts with a leisure stroll down a vibrant and gorgeous esplanade over Seine, Paris, filled with nice, friendly people ([[FriendToAllLivingTHings and a little birdie]]). The game being what it is, [[spoiler:it quickly descends into NightmareFuel]].