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* Many amusement parks and funfairs will often have an attraction that tries to invoke this trope in its visitors, with mazes made of weirdly shaped mirrors, slanted rooms at weird angles (where gravity goes in a different direction than the apparent orientation of the room), hallways with rotating walls causing dizziness, and myriads of other weird and moving geometry designed to confuse the senses.
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* [[EldritchLocation/{{Film}} Film -- Live-Action]]

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* Conceptualizing how the world appears to animals with radically-different BizarreAlienSenses -- echolocation, electroreception, vibratory sense, etc -- can reveal how different even an ordinary room must seem to them. Any species that can perceive radio signals as sound or sight would be driven blind or deaf immediately, if not completely insane.

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* Conceptualizing how the world appears to animals with radically-different BizarreAlienSenses -- echolocation, electroreception, vibratory sense, etc -- can reveal how different even an ordinary room must seem to them. Any species that can perceive radio signals as sound or sight would be driven blind or deaf immediately, if not completely insane.insane [[note]]Fortunately, it's unlikely to be a trait that evolves on Earth. Radio waves have too long a wavelength to meaningfully interact with biological organisms so it would be very difficult to develop organs capable of detecting them via natural evolution[[/note]].
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* ''WebAnimation/FlipnoteWarrior'': Mome wakes up in a bizarre, unnatural-looking world. Within just a few steps, the location changes from a park to a street to a traditional Japanese mansion. It turns out to be a dream.
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See also GeniusLoci, GardenOfEvil, OminousFloatingCastle, WorldTree, HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace, BiggerOnTheInside, YearInsideHourOutside, JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, OminousClouds, VoidBetweenTheWorlds, and TooStrangeToShow.

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See also GeniusLoci, GardenOfEvil, OminousFloatingCastle, WorldTree, HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace, BiggerOnTheInside, YearInsideHourOutside, YearOutsideHourInside, JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, OminousClouds, VoidBetweenTheWorlds, and TooStrangeToShow.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Volume 9 introduces [[TheWonderland the Ever After]], a strange world that is accessed by falling through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and which is dominanted by an enormous WorldTree. It functions by different rules to Remnant, being a PatchworkMap of "acres" with bridge-linked self-contained environments. The Jungle Acre has golden skies and two suns, the King's Acre has green skies and one sun, and the Gardens Acre is perpetual darkness lit only by biolumiscent plants and fungi. The world is an EmpathicEnvironment, whose weather responds to strong emotion and thunderstorms externalise the inner troubles of those caught in them. The Tree is the realm's only exit, but no-one can go it; it must instead come to them. [[spoiler:Only self-acceptance and the need for renewal and get a person to the Tree, which can mean either succumbing to or overcoming trauma, depending on the situation.]]

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Volume 9 introduces [[TheWonderland the Ever After]], a strange world that is accessed by falling through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and which is dominanted by an enormous WorldTree. It functions by different rules to Remnant, being a PatchworkMap of "acres" with bridge-linked self-contained environments. The Jungle Acre has golden skies and two suns, the King's Acre has green skies and one sun, and the Gardens Acre is perpetual darkness lit only by biolumiscent plants and fungi. The world is an EmpathicEnvironment, whose weather responds to strong emotion and thunderstorms externalise the inner troubles of those caught in them. The Tree is the realm's only exit, but no-one can go it; it must instead come to them. [[spoiler:Only self-acceptance and the need for renewal and can get a person to the Tree, which can mean either succumbing to or overcoming trauma, depending on the situation.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 9, Team RWBY and Jaune end up in the Ever After, a strange world that is accessed by falling through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and which doesn't function by Remnant's rules. It is dominated by an enormous WorldTree, and is [[PatchworkMap split into acres]] with self-contained environments linked by bridges. The Jungle Acre has golden skies, two suns and [[TalkingAnimal talking mice]], the King's Acre has green skies, one sun and a fortress that [[AlienGeometries looks and functions]] like an [[Creator/MCEscher M. C. Escher image]], and the Gardens Acre is a place of permanent darkness lit only by giant bioluminescent plants and fungi. The world is an EmpathicEnvironment that triggers rain when people are sad or sunshine when they're resolved and hopeful, and anyone who gets caught in a punderstorm will find their inner conflicts or dilemmas manifesting as a visual puzzle they have to solve; if they can't, they must wait for the storm to pass. The only way out of the realm, is to reach the Tree... except any attempt to travel there instantly traps the person in an UnnaturallyLoopingLocation until they stop attempting to reach it. The rule in the realm is that people cannot go to the Tree, the Tree has to come to them [[spoiler: which can only occur when the people in question are willing to face their trauma and need for renewal, something that a good chunk of the case, especially the traumatized Jaune, struggle to do]].

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 9, Team RWBY and Jaune end up in 9 introduces [[TheWonderland the Ever After, After]], a strange world that is accessed by falling through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and which doesn't function by Remnant's rules. It is dominated dominanted by an enormous WorldTree, and is [[PatchworkMap split into acres]] WorldTree. It functions by different rules to Remnant, being a PatchworkMap of "acres" with bridge-linked self-contained environments linked by bridges. environments. The Jungle Acre has golden skies, skies and two suns and [[TalkingAnimal talking mice]], suns, the King's Acre has green skies, skies and one sun and a fortress that [[AlienGeometries looks and functions]] like an [[Creator/MCEscher M. C. Escher image]], sun, and the Gardens Acre is a place of permanent perpetual darkness lit only by giant bioluminescent biolumiscent plants and fungi. The world is an EmpathicEnvironment that triggers rain when people are sad or sunshine when they're resolved EmpathicEnvironment, whose weather responds to strong emotion and hopeful, and anyone who gets thunderstorms externalise the inner troubles of those caught in a punderstorm will find their inner conflicts or dilemmas manifesting as a visual puzzle they have to solve; if they can't, they them. The Tree is the realm's only exit, but no-one can go it; it must wait instead come to them. [[spoiler:Only self-acceptance and the need for the storm to pass. The only way out of the realm, is to reach the Tree... except any attempt to travel there instantly traps the renewal and get a person in an UnnaturallyLoopingLocation until they stop attempting to reach it. The rule in the realm is that people cannot go to the Tree, the Tree has to come to them [[spoiler: which can only occur when mean either succumbing to or overcoming trauma, depending on the people in question are willing to face their trauma and need for renewal, something that a good chunk of the case, especially the traumatized Jaune, struggle to do]].situation.]]
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* The Red Night in ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes''.

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** The kingdom of Hades of Myth/GreekMythology, which was thought to be accessible by the RealLife River Acheron in Greece.

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* In the original run of ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'', Episode 7 introduced the frightening '''Minus World'''. Historically referred to by the simple, cold moniker of "World 36", it is revealed to be a pocket dimension from which there is no escape, being a play on an element of 8 bit processors and showing what would happen if such a concept was turned into an actual world. During an ancient war between the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopas, it stands out from the majority of the series for its extremely dark implications about the Mushroom Kingdom's past, a well as it's nature. It was used as a method of execution by both sides, who would throw their prisoners down the warp pipe to starve to death; their corpses, as well as those of anyone unfortunate enough to stumble inside, litter the ground of the zone. What makes this so chilling is how it takes the simple idea of a world that scrolls on and on forever, and reveals how much a hellish prison if it actually existed as a world. The fact that everyone, ''including Mecha Sonic'' cannot escape the pull of this world without the benefit of Kolorado's watch pulling a DeusExMachina is proof of just how ''dangerous'' this place really is. The creepy atmosphere of the Pipe Maze and the backstory told by Professor Frankly only adds to the sense of dread that this place evokes.

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* In the original run of ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'', Episode 7 introduced the frightening '''Minus World'''. Historically referred to by the simple, cold moniker of "World 36", it is revealed to be a pocket dimension from which there is no escape, being a play on an element of 8 bit processors and showing what would happen if such a concept was turned into an actual world. During an ancient war between the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopas, it It stands out from the majority of the series for its extremely dark implications about the Mushroom Kingdom's past, a well as it's nature. It was used as a method of execution by both sides, sides during an ancient war between the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopas, who would throw their prisoners down the warp pipe to starve to death; their corpses, as well as those of anyone unfortunate enough to stumble inside, litter the ground of the zone. What makes this so chilling is how it takes the simple idea of a world that scrolls on and on forever, and reveals how much a hellish prison it would be if it actually existed as a world. The fact that everyone, ''including Mecha Sonic'' cannot escape the pull of this world without the benefit of Kolorado's watch pulling a DeusExMachina is proof of just how ''dangerous'' this place really is. The creepy atmosphere of the Pipe Maze and the backstory told by Professor Frankly only adds to the sense of dread that this place evokes.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 9, Team RWBY and Jaune end up in the Ever After, a strange world that is accessed by falling through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and which doesn't function by Remnant's rules. It is dominated by an enormous WorldTree, and is [[PatchworkMap split into acres]] with self-contained environments linked by bridges. The Jungle Acre has golden skies, two suns and [[TalkingAnimal talking mice]], the King's Acre has green skies, one sun and a fortress that [[AlienGeometries looks and functions]] like an [[Creator/MCEscher M. C. Escher image]], and the Gardens Acre is a place of permanent darkness lit only by giant bioluminescent plants and fungi. The world is an EmpathicEnvironment that triggers rain when people are sad or sunshine when they're resolved and hopeful, and anyone who gets caught in a punderstorm will find their inner conflicts or dilemmas manifesting as a visual puzzle they have to solve; if they can't, they must wait for the storm to pass. The only way out of the realm, is to reach the Tree... except any attempt to travel there instantly traps the person in an UnnaturallyLoopingLocation until they stop attempting to reach it. The rule in the realm is that people cannot go to the Tree, the Tree has to come to them [[spoiler: which can only occur when the people in question are willing to face their trauma and need for renewal, something that a good chunk of the case, especially the traumatized Jaune, struggle to do for much of the Volume]].

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 9, Team RWBY and Jaune end up in the Ever After, a strange world that is accessed by falling through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and which doesn't function by Remnant's rules. It is dominated by an enormous WorldTree, and is [[PatchworkMap split into acres]] with self-contained environments linked by bridges. The Jungle Acre has golden skies, two suns and [[TalkingAnimal talking mice]], the King's Acre has green skies, one sun and a fortress that [[AlienGeometries looks and functions]] like an [[Creator/MCEscher M. C. Escher image]], and the Gardens Acre is a place of permanent darkness lit only by giant bioluminescent plants and fungi. The world is an EmpathicEnvironment that triggers rain when people are sad or sunshine when they're resolved and hopeful, and anyone who gets caught in a punderstorm will find their inner conflicts or dilemmas manifesting as a visual puzzle they have to solve; if they can't, they must wait for the storm to pass. The only way out of the realm, is to reach the Tree... except any attempt to travel there instantly traps the person in an UnnaturallyLoopingLocation until they stop attempting to reach it. The rule in the realm is that people cannot go to the Tree, the Tree has to come to them [[spoiler: which can only occur when the people in question are willing to face their trauma and need for renewal, something that a good chunk of the case, especially the traumatized Jaune, struggle to do for much do]].
* In the original run of ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'', Episode 7 introduced the frightening '''Minus World'''. Historically referred to by the simple, cold moniker of "World 36", it is revealed to be a pocket dimension from which there is no escape, being a play on an element of 8 bit processors and showing what would happen if such a concept was turned into an actual world. During an ancient war between the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopas, it stands out from the majority
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 9, Team RWBY and Jaune end up in the Ever After, a strange world that is accessed by falling through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and which doesn't function by Remnant's rules. It is dominated by an enormous WorldTree, and is [[PatchworkMap split into acres]] with self-contained environments linked by bridges. The Jungle Acre has golden skies, two suns and [[TalkingAnimal talking mice]], the King's Acre has green skies, one sun and a fortress that [[AlienGeometries looks and functions]] like an [[Creator/MCEscher M. C. Escher image]], and the Gardens Acre is a place of permanent darkness lit only by giant bioluminescent plants and fungi. The world is an EmpathicEnvironment that triggers rain when people are sad or sunshine when they're resolved and hopeful, and anyone who gets caught in a punderstorm will find their inner conflicts or dilemmas manifesting as a visual puzzle they have to solve; if they can't, they must wait for the storm to pass. The only way out of the realm, is to reach the Tree... except any attempt to travel there instantly traps the person in an UnnaturallyLoopingLocation until they stop attempting to reach it. The rule in the realm is that people cannot go to the Tree, the Tree has to come to them.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 9, Team RWBY and Jaune end up in the Ever After, a strange world that is accessed by falling through the VoidBetweenTheWorlds and which doesn't function by Remnant's rules. It is dominated by an enormous WorldTree, and is [[PatchworkMap split into acres]] with self-contained environments linked by bridges. The Jungle Acre has golden skies, two suns and [[TalkingAnimal talking mice]], the King's Acre has green skies, one sun and a fortress that [[AlienGeometries looks and functions]] like an [[Creator/MCEscher M. C. Escher image]], and the Gardens Acre is a place of permanent darkness lit only by giant bioluminescent plants and fungi. The world is an EmpathicEnvironment that triggers rain when people are sad or sunshine when they're resolved and hopeful, and anyone who gets caught in a punderstorm will find their inner conflicts or dilemmas manifesting as a visual puzzle they have to solve; if they can't, they must wait for the storm to pass. The only way out of the realm, is to reach the Tree... except any attempt to travel there instantly traps the person in an UnnaturallyLoopingLocation until they stop attempting to reach it. The rule in the realm is that people cannot go to the Tree, the Tree has to come to them.them [[spoiler: which can only occur when the people in question are willing to face their trauma and need for renewal, something that a good chunk of the case, especially the traumatized Jaune, struggle to do for much of the Volume]].
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* ''WebAnimation/HololiveERROR's'' Aogami Town kinda just ''decides'' to follow common sense a lot of the time. Other times, school hallways may seem like they stretch on forever until you spontaneously find the exit, the flow of time may be screwed up to where something takes way longer than you think it does, and the people in it may spontaneously forget that certain other people ''exist''. [[spoiler:A combination of it being haunted as all hell and the version of it we usually see being twisted by Shino's subconscious mind may have something to do with it all.]]
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* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', where everything paranormal is true.

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* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'': the titular desert town, where everything paranormal is true.true, a Faceless Old Woman secretly lives in your home, the city council is a hive mind of eldritch abominations, five-headed dragons get arrested for insurance fraud, the host of the community radio station has apparently been reporting since the 1800s, and the only roads going out of town loop back in on themselves.
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These are usually depicted as [[{{Mordor}} bad places]], but not always. The ones that aren't are usually sources of SurrealHumor.

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These are usually depicted as [[{{Mordor}} bad places]], but not always. The ones that aren't are usually sources of wonder, or perhaps forms of outright fun, such as SurrealHumor.



If it even exists in the same dimension as our InsignificantLittleBluePlanet, chances are it's either outside the world entirely (and often accessible only by a CoolGate), or [[LostWorld located in a strange, unknown corner of the Earth. It may have never been seen by man before]]. If so, expect at least one character, upon seeing it, to widen his eyes and gasp: [[StockPhrases "What is this place?!"]]

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If it even exists in the same dimension as our InsignificantLittleBluePlanet, seemingly InsignificantLittleBluePlanet that hangs somewhere in the perhaps infinite reaches of existence itself, chances are it's either outside the world entirely (and often accessible only by a CoolGate), or [[LostWorld located in a strange, unknown corner of the Earth. It may have never been seen by man before]]. If so, expect at least one character, upon seeing it, to widen his eyes and gasp: [[StockPhrases "What is this place?!"]]
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