History Main / CrystalLandscape

* ''Anime/Pokemon3'': The Unown collectively grant the wishes of the young girl Molly, transforming her family's mansion into a palace made of pure crystal. Their corrupting influence proceeds to spread outward, turning everything else into a bizarre landscape covered in flowers and plant-like growths made out of pure crystal.

%%** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'': Crystal Egg Zone from the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem and UsefulNotes/GameGear versions of, accessed by finding all six Chaos Emeralds hidden in the previous levels.

* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' has the mountainous Crystal Peak area aboveground next to the town of Dirtmouth, which is filled with pink crystalline caverns [[AbandonedMine that were once mined for their abundant riches]]. The area is crawling with crystalized bug enemies, and the reanimated remains of the civilized bugs who still dig away endlessly with their mining equipment, long after their own death and the fall of their kingdom.
* The Rubinia level in ''VideoGame/{{Hydorah}}'' takes the player through a thicket of rubies drifting through space, some of them having angry faces that [[GemstoneAssault shoot smaller ruby pieces]]. If the player manages to get through that and the boss at the end, they will reach a treasure cache where, as the mystic floating head reassures, they will find something that will help them "become a hero".

* ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'': Ine of Helen Cartwright's {{Dream Land}}s in Nightopia manifests as Crystal Castle, also known as the Land of Glass. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As its name implies]], the world and everything in it is made of a crystalline glass.

%%**''VideoGame/SonicRushSeries'': Coral Cave from ''Sonic Rush Adventure'' combines this with UndergroundLevel and UnderTheSea.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' episode "What's at the Center of the Earth? Minerals!", the Drill Train's drill breaks when it hits a large topaz crystal. Fortunately, the cave is full of crystals, so the Conductor tells the kids to find an even harder mineral. Shiny loves the cave so much that she suggests making it into an underground station.

%%* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':%%[=ZCEs=] -- how are these examples?

* ''ComicBook/CrystarCrystalWarrior'' is set on the planet Crystalium, [[WorthlessYellowRocks where crystals that would be priceless on Earth are as common as rocks]], and are indeed used as rocks for building. Conversely, when the heroes briefly visit ComicBook/DoctorStrange's Sanctum Sanctorum, they can't believe the incalculable wealth on display there: wooden furniture and shelf after shelf of paper books.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: In the Golden Age the moon has glass volcanoes which are covered with sparkly glass sheets and have valleys full of clear crystalline structures between them.

%%* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':%%ZCEs -- how are these examples?

* ''VideoGame/Subnautica: Below Zero'' has the Crystal Cave and [[spoiler:Fabricator Cave]], located in the deepest trenches of the ocean, and are both beautiful and full of deadly sea monsters.

* ''VideoGame/SubnauticaBelowZero'' has the Crystal Cave and [[spoiler:Fabricator Cave]], located in the deepest trenches of the ocean, and are both beautiful and full of deadly sea monsters.

* ''VideoGame/StarControlOrigins'' has crystal planets. They tend to be quite dangerous but loaded with valuable resources.

* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', the underground village and caves leading to it in chapters 6-8 feature glowing crystals protruding from the ground and walls.

* At one point the player character of ''VideoGame/{{Gris}}'' lands in a cave where the walls are made of ice crystals. The core mechanic in this area is that at regular intervals a freezing event occurs, which creates a frozen replica of the character that can be used as a stepping stone if done right.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bionicle}}: the Game'', most of Po-Wahi is taken up by a MinecartMadness level that loops through caves full of colorful, glowing crystal formations. If you want to stop and gawk, pausing the game reveals that the textures for the crystals are animated.

* In ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'', one of Helen Cartwright's [[DreamLand Dream Lands]] in Nightopia manifests as Crystal Castle, also known as the Land of Glass. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As its name implies]], the world and everything in it is made of a crystalline glass.
* ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'': The Crystal Caves are a series of caverns filled with orange crystals, as well as [[CrystallineCreature living crystal enemies]]. [[spoiler:An alternate version of the area can be accessed, called the Cursed Crystal Caves, which is host to ''[[PurpleIsPowerful purple]]'' crystals.]]

** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', the first two areas of [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon the End of the World]] handle this trope in different ways. The first area, called the Final Dimension, at first appears to be an empty sky with invisible walls to keep you on the path. The preset battles in the area reveal that you are walking on solid ground and the invisible walls are actually cliffs made of columnar crystals of various dull colors. The Giant Crevasse after that is a huge, colorful canyon with ledges everywhere and giant crystals jutting out of random points on every surface. The ground in both areas is covered by thick layers of a fine crystal dust, which can also be seen dripping off the cliffs in the Final Dimension if one looks closely.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' also has a DummiedOut area called the Crumbling Island, an area representing Destiny Islands collapsing in on itself and being absorbed by the End of the World. The ground and cliffs are mostly purple with bright yellow and orange crystals jutting out in many places. The few remaining trees have been reduced to root-like structures being cracked apart by jagged masses of blue crystal.

** The Depths of Darkness in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts02BirthBySleepAFragmentaryPassage'' is a cave full of tall, rounded rock formations whose tops are shot through with cracks full of some kind of glowing blue crystal, leaving areas away from the entrance to [[spoiler:Destiny Islands]] in an eerie blue half-light. Freestanding crystal formations become more and more common closer to said entrance and a few of the rock formations have been broken open, revealing that they have cores of the same crystalline material. The [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Castle of Dreams]] and [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Enchanted Dominion]] worlds are also becoming encrusted with the stuff in places.

* The Moon Kingdom in ''VideoGame/KlonoaDoorToPhantomile'' sits on (or perhaps ''is'') a giant floating castle, with many parts of the castle made from crystal as well.

* In ''VideoGame/MystIVRevelation'', the Prison Age of Spire consists of huge stone palaces with a greenish glowing crystalline mineral that allows the rock to float. [[spoiler: A greenish, star-like core at the bottom of the age creates this phenomenon.]] The crystals themselves are also capable of holding near-infinite amounts of electricity, which give off a sound when discharged. [[spoiler: Among other uses, [[BigBad Sirrus]] engineered some of the crystals as sonic bombs to destroy [[AppliedPhlebotinum Nara]] and escape Spire.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, you think it looks pretty? Try eating fresh quartz for a solid month and see if you think it's pretty then!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E03TemporalEdict Temporal Edict]]", the planet Gelrak is covered in fields of towering purple crystals covered in complex carvings by the locals, who center every part of their culture around using and/or revering crystals.

* In ''Anime/Pokemon3'', the Unown collectively grant the wishes of the young girl Molly, transforming her family's mansion into a palace made of pure crystal. Their corrupting influence proceeds to spread outward, turning everything else into pure crystal.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PoohsGrandAdventure'' the sinister lair, Skull, is filled with massive crystals that range from moderate structures to gargantuan spires.