History Main / Cloudcuckooland

Or, to be simple, this is the place where the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} lives. It's the only place in fiction where being a Cloudcuckoolander is happenstance--in these environments, the characters you remember are going to be the normal ones.

* [[FantasticFour Dr. Doom]] rules the fictional Eastern European country of Latveria with an iron fist.

* Kazakhstan in ''Borat'' is treated this way. It [[DidNotDoTheResearch didn't work]] [[UnfortunateImplications so well]], despite trying to take RefugeInAudacity.

* Kazakhstan in ''Borat'' is treated this way. It [[DidNotDoTheResearch]] didn't work [[UnfortunateImplications]] so well, despite trying to take RefugeInAudacity.

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* JungleWaItsumoHaleNochiGuu features one in the AnotherDimension that is [[spoiler: one of]] Guu's stomach[[spoiler: s]]. The two (human) residents are not particularly concerned about the rather surreal landscape and creatures that surround them.

** There is also Moonside. No means Yes and Yes means no in Moonside. "Do you understand?" "No." "I knew you'd get it."

* Tri-Ace loves this trope in their optional dungeons. Lots of Fourth Wall breaking abounds, from the developers readily acknowledging {{Retirony}} on an early character in ''ValkyrieProfileCovenantOfThePlume'', to the announcements from nowhere informing the characters that they're entering BonusDungeon territory (and from time to time, characters even noting that "[That enemy] was a lot tougher than in the main story!"), to absolute unbridled madness (such as kobold versions of main characters in ''ValkyrieProfileSilmeria'', and the constant barrage of unending craziness from mostly everyone in Covenant, ranging from [[spoiler: old characters discussing their advanced age in a JRPG, most of the female cast mercilessly mocking the main character and mistakenly getting the impression that he's done {{Squick}}-worthy things with a pair of underaged characters with their mother present in the conversation, Hrist challenging the party just because she's pissed over the fact that she hasn't gotten her own game yet, Freya challenging the party because the party's resident {{Jerkass}} mage told her that she's extremely beautiful yet wouldn't even consider getting into a relationship with her because of her undeniably advanced age despite her being a goddess and immortal and Gabriel and Ethereal Queen lamenting over the fact that Seraphic Gate is starting to show its age and slowly falling apart while trying to get their next role in a reality show starring Silmeria]] to enemies getting progressively weirder names, from tall armored warriors getting names like [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Unit 00]], vampires that are literally called Accepting Blood Donors, bug enemies getting names like [[TheBeatles George and Ringo]], wolf enemies being called Dire (unfitting animal name here) and Gabriel himself getting an everchanging title on each playthrough, including Posessed, Obsessed, Depressed and Underdressed and Wylfred's father getting increasingly stranger meanings for "father". When all the above is juxtapositioned with the main quest's extreme seriousness and and over-the-top olde english, it's even funnier.)

* TruthInTelevision, at least according to {{FARK}}: Florida. [[OnlyInFlorida Just... Florida]]. It has its own tag ''for a reason.''

* Perhaps the earliest popular version of this trope is ''Wacky Land'', as made famous by [[LooneyTunes Porky Pig]]. Of course, maybe the real moral of that story is that a cartoon universe [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit isn't a safe place for normal humans to be]].

* Canada from SouthPark. The Canadians quite often break into song, have flapping heads and beady eyes, and the only aspect of Canadian humor seems to be fart jokes. This isn't to mention Canada itself seems to be a version of Oz.

* Susano of {{Okami}}, at least until {{Orochi}} threatens the love of his life, the chosen sacrifice. [[ExpositionFairy Issun]] argues that Waka is as well, for the first two-thirds or so of the game.

* In ''TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'', Wellsville is definitely a cloud cuckooland. InAWorld where superheroes (Who can skip rocks on Neptune) run arond in blue and red striped tights, metal plates and tattoos get main character status, and everything (And we mean EVERYTHING) is SeriousBusiness, Wellsville is just plain weird.

The one big exception to this is Cloudcuckooland. This is a place with some really strange customs and traditions. While a FishOutOfWater or an unforgiving viewer might just instantly assume that mental illness must be involved when they land in an unfamiliar location and everyone just acts strange for no reason, all doubts are laid aside once the reality of this location sets in. In Cloudcuckooland, ''everyone'' acts like a culturally out of it nutjob, even when they're talking to each other about completely mundane things. When in Cloudcuckooland, survival in the cultural environment relies on one strict observance--as far as everybody here is concerned, [[TomatoInTheMirror you're the one who's ''really'' crazy!]]

* Surreal British [[TheSeventies Seventies]] kids' TV Show ''JamieAndTheMagicTorch'' had one of these that Jamie travelled to, helpfully called Cuckooland.

* In ''TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'', Wellsville is definitely a cloud cuckooland. InAWorld where superheroes (Who can skip rocks on Neptune) run arond in blue and red striped tights, metal plates and tatoos get main character status, and everything (And we mean EVERYTHING) is SeriousBusiness, Wellsville is just plain weird.

* Dibley from TheVicarOfDibley definitely counts, give nhow nearly everyone acts like a loon, and the place itself is often shown to be far from normal.

* Japan, or at least it is stereotyped as such.

** The stage design particular is rather weird and random. Some believe that it's a dumping ground for all the leftover ideas the devs had after making all the other levels.
* Tri-Ace loves this trope in their optional dungeons. Lots of Fourth Wall breaking abound, from the developers readily acknowledging {{Retirony}} on an early character in ''ValkyrieProfileCovenantOfThePlume'', to the announcements from nowhere informing the characters that they're entering BonusDungeon territory (and from time to time, characters even noting that "[That enemy] was a lot tougher than in the main story!"), to absolute unbridled madness (such as kobold versions of main characters in ''ValkyrieProfileSilmeria'', and the constant barrage of unending craziness from mostly everyone in Covenant, ranging from [[spoiler: old characters discussing about their advanced age in a JRPG, most of the female cast mercilessly mocking the main character and mistakingly getting the impression that he's done {{Squick}}-worthy things with a pair of underaged characters with their mother present in the conversation, Hrist challenging the party just because she's pissed over the fact that she hasn't gotten her own game yet, Freya challenging the party because the party's resident {{Jerkass}} mage told her that she's extremely beautiful yet wouldn't even consider getting into a relationship with her because of her undeniably advanced age despite her being a goddess and immortal and Gabriel and Ethereal Queen lamenting over the fact that Seraphic Gate is starting to show its age and slowly falling apart while trying to get their next role in a reality show starring Silmeria]] to enemies getting progressively weirder names, from tall armored warriors getting names like [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Unit 00]], vampires that are literally called Accepting Blood Donors, bug enemies getting names like [[TheBeatles George and Ringo]], wolf enemies being called Dire (unfitting animal name here) and Gabriel himself getting an everchanging title on each playthrough, including Posessed, Obsessed, Depressed and Underdressed and Wylfred's father getting increasingly stranger meanings for "father". When all the above is juxtapositioned with the main quest's extreme seriousness and and over-the-top olde english, it's even funnier.)

** Similarly, the Tex Avery cartoon ''The Cat Who Hated People'', the moon is portrayed in a very similar way as Wacky Land.

* Canada from {{South Park}}. The Canadians quite often break into song, have flapping heads and beady eyes, and the only aspect of Canadian humor seems to be fart jokes. This isn't to mention Canada itself seems to be a version of Oz.

* ''Jamie and the Magic Torch'' was set in a literal {{Cloudcuckooland}} (actually named that) which was also a {{Dreamland}}.

*** [[CloudCuckooLand Cloud Cuckoo]] [[Widget Series Series]]?

--->'''''Pooh''''': [[Don'tExplainTheJoke You mean Elephants and Weasels.]]

* In the AlternateDimension in which Yuuri is swept in ''KyoKaraMaoh'', there are some ''bizarre'' traditions. For example, dropping a spork is a signal of intent to fight someone, an ArmorPiercingSlap on the left cheek is a legit marriage proposal, and there are some ''unusual'' greetings.