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14	An alternate or parallel universe inhabited by cartoon characters (usually [[{{Toon}} zany]], ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''-style characters) and governed by {{Toon physics}} and the {{Rule of Funny}}. It exists alongside a more realistic universe, usually portrayed in live-action.
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16	Though the trope is sometimes {{played straight}}, it's also a frequent target of {{deconstruction}}. The latter may highlight the impossibility of Toon physics, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the violence in nominally kid-friendly cartoons]], or the {{fantastic racism}} that might ensue if Toons really existed. Or any number of other things, really.
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18	Subtrope of AlternateUniverse and RogerRabbitEffect. Expect many {{Alternate Species Counterpart}}s when this trope occurs. Compare with {{Toontown}}, where toon and man are separated by simple geography instead of different dimensions.
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20	!!Examples
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24	[[folder:Comic Books]]
25	* In the ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'' comic ''The Coyote Gospel'', a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]] expy is banished to "the hell above" -- reality -- for daring to question why cartoon characters must live such painful, violent lives. He appears on Earth as a grotesque "realistic" incarnation of himself, and becomes a [[TheMessiah messianic figure]] by taking on all other Toons' pain as his own -- [[IronicHell by being killed in various ways and springing back to life, forever, on the same lonely desert road]].
26	* ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' originally took place on an alternate Earth (Earth-C), which ComicBook/{{Superman}} crossed over into once. They have their own alternate too, Earth C-Minus, where the events that Rodney Rabbit writes in comic books take place for real. After ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', the Zoo Crew's world became Earth-26 of the DC multiverse.
27	* ''ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}}'' (IDW) initially had two ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' universes: one in which ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', ''Film/GhostbustersII'', [[{{VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame}} the 2009 video game]], and the IDW series take place, and one in which the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' and ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'' take place, and the films are fictional. While there are some callbacks and references between the two (mostly in the form of background gags, although Janine's appearance in the comics is a hybrid between her cartoon and film appearances, and an alternate version of Kylie from ''Extreme Ghostbusters'' is part of the New Ghostbusters team), they remained mostly separate... until 2015, when IDW did a limited-miniseries crossover between both 'verses. The ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}}'' universe was added in 2017 with another miniseries crossover, and it became a full-on multiverse in a 2018 miniseries crossover, which among other things introduced the universe of the Tokyopop Ghostbusters manga and a universe that ran ahead of the ''Real Ghostbusters'' universe, where it's currently the ''Extreme Ghostbusters'' era.
28	* This is the explanation in some (but by no means all) ''Creator/DCComics Meet [[Comicbook/HannaBarberaBeyond Hanna Barbera]]'' and ''DC Comics Meet Comicbook/LooneyTunes'' oneshots.
29	* ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' comes from an [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals anthropomorphic-animal universe]], albeit without actual cartoon physics.
30	* ''Comicbook/TomStrong'' had Funnyland, home to RighteousRabbit Warren Strong, his wife Patience, their daughters Topsy, Turvey, and Fluffytail, and their CunningLikeAFox enemy Basil Saveen. Funnyland reappears, along with some other alternate universes from ''Tom Strong'', in ''Comicbook/TheTerrifics'', where it's also home to the Dr Dread counterpart Ducktor Dread.
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33	[[folder:Fanfiction]]
34	* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' "outside continuity" pub ''Fanfic/ThisTimeRound'' has an alternate tooniverse called ''This Toon Round'', which contains toonified versions of ''Doctor Who'' characters (including Tardis Tails the cat and Lizzy the lizard from one very weird ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' story) and ''TTR'''s own cast (including {{Author Avatar}}s) as well as various British cartoon characters such as WesternAnimation/DangerMouse and WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit.
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37	[[folder:Films -- (Mostly) Animation]]
38	* ''Boonie Bears: Entangled Worlds'', based on the hit Chinese animated show, suggests that the ''Animation/BoonieBears'' universe is this trope, as the main antagonist is an intelligent businessman who lives in the live-action ScienceFiction-fueled universe, and sends a TerribleTrio of humans to raid powerful objects from animated universes. Interestingly, unlike most examples here, the humans from the live-action universe [[ToonTransformation are animated in the "tooniverse"]].
39	* ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAnimatedMovieTrilogy Garfield Gets Real]]'', where both the "real world" and Garfield's world are CG animated.
40	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'':
41	** While ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' is CGI, some dimensions are given heavy stylisation, making them read as "tooniverses" in comparison to the more "realistic" worlds of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter B. Parker]], and [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]]; Peni Parker is an {{anime}} character complete with MouthFlaps that don't sync up with her actual speech, ComicBook/SpiderHam is a Creator/TexAvery cartoon character who can [[{{Hammerspace}} produce hammers and anvils from nowhere]], [[spoiler:and in TheStinger, [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]] finds himself visiting [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon]]]]. With the exception of the last one, the traveler always maintains their artstyles in foreign universes. Scorpion even refers to Spider-Ham as a "cartoon" during the final battle. TheStinger of the live-action film ''Film/{{Venom\|2018}}'' states that ''Into the Spider-Verse'' takes place "in an AlternateUniverse".
42	** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' adds various other animated universes, including a Vulture from a [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance "Renaissance"]] universe in the style of [[Creator/LeonardoDaVinci Da Vanci's]] drawings and another world BuiltWithLego. More in line with this trope, the various live-action ''Spider-Man'' movies are shown to exist in the multiverse and a few scenes have [[RogerRabbitEffect animated character on live-action backgrounds or vice-versa]]. Spot makes a stopover in the Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse to talk to [[Film/Venom2018 Mrs. Chen]], the Spider-Society show footage from the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse the Prowler of Earth-199999]] is one of the prisoners being sent back to their native dimension.
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45	[[folder:Films -- (Mostly) Live-Action]]
46	* ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'': The universe of the Isle of Naboombu is a WorldOfFunnyAnimals and, much like the chalk painting world of ''Film/MaryPoppins'', it is animated, and the live-action protagonists are transported to it by the magical bedknob. Sadly they went there [[AllForNothing for nothing]], as the Star of Astoroth containing the magic formula (which they were looking for) vanishes upon being brought in the "live-action" world... though they still get the formula, from the picture book Paul kept all this time, which happens to be about the Isle of Naboombu and features a clear drawing of the Star.
47	* ''Film/CoolWorld'': an alternate universe exists, populated by toons (or Doodles as they were called; the humans were called Noids).
48	* Dr Strange and America Chavez briefly fall through a cartoon universe when passing through several different worlds in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''.
49	* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' examines how common Disney Princess tropes would work in the real world after Giselle travels from the animated world of Andalasia to modern New York City. Oddly enough, it wasn't supposed to be a Disney film at first but became one.
50	** It's sequel ''Film/Disenchanted2022'' examines how they would apply to suburbia and also how Disney villain tropes would affect things too [[spoiler:after Giselle accidentally turns herself into a WickedStepmother by mistake.]] This time we get to see a little bit of what it's like for people from the real world to travel to the animated one.
51	* In the scene in ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' where Evyn briefly visits dozens of worlds and universes, one of them is an anime and in a fight with Jobu Tupaki has them enter a world where they turn into crayon doodles.
52	* Film/MaryPoppins and company jump into a chalk painting and end up in a world like this.
53	** In the sequel ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'', they go into a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Doulton Royal Doulton bowl]] with the animal paintings coming to life. The sequence where Mary Poppins takes the children under the sea (inside their bathtub) for a bath is also animated.
54	* In ''Film/SpaceJam'', the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters live in an alternate world that can be reached from an underground portal in the center of the Earth.
55	* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' takes place in a {{Cyberspace}} full of planets dedicated to Creator/WarnerBrothers properties. The Looney Tunes live on Tune World. We pass other planets devoted to the ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'', ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman Wonder Woman's]]''' Themyscira, ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''.
56	* In ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'', during "The Good Life" segment, Anthony uses his powers to send his "sister" Ethel into the cartoon world, where she's chased around for a moment before being eaten. In this case, though, the Toon universe seems to exist purely because of [[RealityWarper Anthony's dark powers]].
57	* In ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'', the scenes on Earth are live-action while the MagicalLand is animated.
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60	[[folder:Literature]]
61	* Steve Lyons' ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel, ''The Crooked World'' is set on the titular planet inhabited by [[{{Expy}} expies]] of famous cartoon characters.
62	* A planet called Toontown is mentioned in ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne''. Given the setting, it's probably a virtual recreation of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
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65	[[folder:(Mostly) Live-Action TV]]
66	* Invoked in ''Series/{{Community}}'', when Abed manages to convince Troy that he's found a doorway to a cartoon world outside Greendale Community College by painting an animated version of himself on a wall:
67	-->'''Troy:''' That's impossible!\
68	'''Abed:''' Nothing's impossible in here! Animals can talk, your heart is shaped like a heart, and the smell of pie can make you float! [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve You have to believe, Troy!]]\
69	''[Troy is just about to run headlong into the wall when:]''\
70	'''Abed:''' ''[leaping out from behind a bin]'' Wait! You don't have to believe.\
71	'''Troy:''' ''[clearly heartbroken]'' I didn't!... I didn't... ''[he storms off]''\
72	'''Abed:''' I may have done some damage there.
73	* The ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' episode "Brown Betty" ''might'' have featured such an alternate universe, as seen when story-world Nina Sharp communicates with story-world William Bell using the window device (though this may have been a choice to go for a retro-aesthetic).
74	* The HalloweenSpecial of ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'' briefly sends Jimmy and Golly into a cartoon world made of Milt Appleday's childhood drawings.
75	* The series regulars of the CW's ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' get sucked into a cursed TV and into the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' episode 'A Night of Fright Is No Delight." They try to go through the motions with the Scooby gang as per the episode's normal continuity but that gets deep-sixed as characters are killed off and painful real-life injuries are sustained. Once Sam, Dean, and Castiel figure out what's really going on, they now have to establish the status quo of the standard ScoobyDooHoax.
76	* ''Series/TheFairlyOddParentsFairlyOdder'' is a live-action reboot of ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' with Fairy World is still animated. Humans who go there undergo a ToonTransformation but fairies stay toons when they come to Earth.
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79	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
80	* Ani-Earth in the ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' setting for ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' is the Freedom equivalent of DC's Earth C-Minus, where the greatest heroes are the Furrydom League, and almost all damage is non-lethal (as explained in a sidebar titled "Boing!")
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83	[[folder:Video Games]]
84	* ''VideoGame/StayTooned'' is about cartoon characters leaving the TV. The human protagonist becomes TrappedInTVLand at the end.
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86	* The same year as ''Stay Tooned'', we got ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}'': The protagonist, a cartoon animator, ends up in a toon world.
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88	* The [[VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine Bendy]] franchise is a rare example of this trope PlayedForHorror. It takes place primarily in a nightmarish alternate dimension [[{{Retraux}} styled after early 1930s animation]] called The Cycle.
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91	[[folder:Web Comics]]
92	* The webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Hexenringe}}'' involves at least two dimensions -- one like ours and one which is populated by comics characters and other fictional creations.
93	* ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'' has an alternate universe with cartoon characters whose lives and personalities run parallel with those of the people of the main universe.
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96	[[folder:Web (Hybrid) Original]]
97	* The Second Dimension in ''WebVideo/TheCartoonMan'' trilogy serves as this.
98	* Season 2 of ''WebVideo/WorldsGreatestAdventures'' sends Rufus to Cartoonland in a teleporter accident; it's a cartoon world with a simplistic chalkboard-like art style, and ToonTransformation applies.
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101	[[folder:Western (Mostly) Animation]]
102	* The ''WesternAnimation/BionicSix'' also has an episode where the main characters travel to a Toonverse where their normally realistic style of animation became cartoony as does the physics.
103	* The Aniverse in ''[[ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars Bucky O'Hare]]'' has anthropomorphs aplenty, but sci-fi physics rather than cartoon ones.
104	* Timmy of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' sometimes goes into the [[{{comics}} comic book]] world of the Crimson Chin.
105	* The central plot of ''WesternAnimation/KiddVideo'': a band of rock musicians is taken into a Toon Universe made of what seem to be MTV's commercial breaks and abstract animated music videos.
106	* The ''[[https://youtube.com/watch?v=JM3hjD_W0yI Neverwhere]]'' short that the ''ComicBook/{{Den}}'' comics were based on starts on Earth in live action but the fantasy world is animated.
107	* An [[https://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/showthread.php?253817-The-SDCC-reveal-nobody-expected-Son-of-He-Man-series-pitch! early concept]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan'' would have been about He-Man and Skeletor sending their sons to the planet Primus in the future. The boys were going to be able to communicate with their fathers on Eternia over a video link but Eternia would have been in live-action. Occasionally the boys would summon their fathers to Primus who would ToonTransformation and help them win fights.
108	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode ''Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?'' the Ghostbusters get trapped in a cartoon world created by the mind of fictional animator [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Walt Fleishman]].
109	* Similarly, an episode of ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'' had Scooby and the gang get transported into the comic book world of Platypus Duck.
110	* A lot of Creator/WaltDisney ''WesternAnimation/AliceComedies'' start on live-action but have Alice going to sleep and dreaming she's in an animated world full of cartoon characters.
111	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' starts on a live-action Earth, then Kevin gets transported to the animated Videoland and visits various animated video game worlds.
112	* The ''WesternAnimation/CaptainStar'' episode, "Waiting For Sputnik" ends with the titular giant cat flying through a sort of Wormhole and emerging from a catflap in a giant live-action house.
113	* In ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', Earth is {{Animesque}} while [[{{Cyberspace}} Lyoko]] is [=CGI=]. The ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'' SequelSeries had the Real World in Live-Action with Lyoko still being computer animated. For once this is justified in that Lyoko is a VirtualReality, thus it ''would'' logically and by definition be made up of computer animation.
114	* Some of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' Halloween specials:
115	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E6TreehouseOfHorrorVI Treehouse Of Horror VI]]" gives us "Homer³" has Homer trapped in the Third Dimension, a bizarre [=CGI=] world. At the end, a [=CGI=] Homer is stranded on a live-action Earth.
116	** The "Terror Of Tiny Toon" segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse Of Horror IX]]" has Bart and Lisa TrappedInTVLand in ''JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' where ToonPhysics apply. When Homer changes channels, they briefly end up in a live-action episode of ''Live with Regis and Kathy Lee''.
117	** "Into the Homer-verse" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS32E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXXI Treehouse Of Horror XXXI]]" is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' where we see five AlternateUniverse versions of Homer, including a black and white variant, a pixelated version, an anime Homer and a blue cat "[[Creator/HannaBarbera Homer-Barbera]]".
118	* ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'' has a slideshow of the [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]] multiverse, which includes footage from ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'', the LiveActionAdaptation of the franchise. The end of the movie also shows another universe: our universe, where the franchise co-creators [[CreatorCameo Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird]] are putting the finishing touches to the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original Mirage comics]], hoping the book would sell well.
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