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* ''[[spoiler: RevolutionaryGirlUtena]]''. In one possible interpretation.
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* ''[[spoiler: RevolutionaryGirlUtena]]''.''RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. In one possible interpretation.
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* The first level of teaching for potential Great Ones in Tsuranuanni, in Raymond E Feist's {{The Riftwar Cycle}}, .
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* The first level of teaching for potential Great Ones in Tsuranuanni, in Raymond E Feist's {{The ''{{The Riftwar Cycle}}, .
Cycle}}''.
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** CSLewis applied the DiscWorld spelling "dwarfs".
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* In ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' the "Meta-World" (where the witches play) ''[[MindScrew might]]'' be one of these.
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* In ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' the "Meta-World" (where the witches play) ''[[MindScrew might]]'' be one of these.
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* the Airship in ''RuleOfRose'' is very much one of these, as it mixes together Jennifer's most traumatic experiences and memories together, while forcing her to face them to move forward.
* the Airship in ''RuleOfRose'' is very much one of these, as it mixes together Jennifer's most traumatic experiences and memories together, while forcing her to face them to move forward.
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* ''AngelBeats''
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* Wilhelm Reich -- guru to a few, crackpot to everyone else -- believed that a sinister force called the Emotional Plague has put humanity in "the trap". Everyone yearns to leave the trap, but no one dares make a move for the exit, which is supposed to be obvious to everyone entrapped within. There's ... a lot of sexuality and anxiety involved.
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* In David Brin and Gregory Benford's ''Heart Of The Comet'', Virginia the computer wiz has her [[BrainUploading brain uploaded]] to the AI core she's been trying to create sentience in because her body is too badly injured to live. The "space" in the computer seems too small to fit her mind into it, until she works out a different way of looking at it and arranging herself.
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* In David Brin and Gregory Benford's GregoryBenford's ''Heart Of The Comet'', Virginia the computer wiz has her [[BrainUploading brain uploaded]] to the AI core she's been trying to create sentience in because her body is too badly injured to live. The "space" in the computer seems too small to fit her mind into it, until she works out a different way of looking at it and arranging herself.
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->''The Earthman's walls are crude and literal, so that their existence is obtrusive and obvious - and there are always some who long to escape. The Aurorans' walls are immaterial and aren't even seen as walls, so that none can even conceive of escaping.''''
--> ''IsaacAsimov''
-> ''I can't fly!''
-> ''Have you ever tried?''
--> ''IsaacAsimov''
-> ''I can't fly!''
-> ''Have you ever tried?''
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--> Does apply to ALL animals (even humans)
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* Referenced in the {{Discworld}} novel ''Small Gods'': an Omnian says "we have no word for 'slave'." An Ephebian retorts: "I imagine that a fish has no word for 'water'."
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For a more literal construct, compare CityInABottle.
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For a more literal construct, see also CityInABottle.
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This often overlaps LotusEaterMachine and {{Oubliette}}. Also see: ArmorPiercingQuestion and OrpheanRescue.
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This often overlaps LotusEaterMachine LotusEaterMachine, EpiphanicPurgatory and {{Oubliette}}. Also see: ArmorPiercingQuestion and OrpheanRescue.
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* Arguably, hell itself in Niven and Pournelle's ''{{Inferno}}''.
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** Of course, Hell likes to throw curve balls sometimes. At least two of the residents that we've seen so far have either no memory of what they did that got them condemned to Hell - or no memory at all, prior to ending up in Hell. In both cases, it's noted that this kind of screws the individual over. It's also implied, though, that Hell itself may be a GeniusLoci that acts as a sadistic jailer.
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** Of course, Hell likes to throw curve balls sometimes. At least two of the residents that we've seen so far have either no memory of what they did that got them condemned to Hell - or no memory at all, prior to ending up in Hell. In both cases, it's noted that this kind of screws the individual over. It's also implied, though, that Hell itself may be a GeniusLoci that acts as a sadistic jailer.
jailer. [[spoiler: In Jack's case]], this was ''self-inflicted''. [[spoiler: At the moment of his death, he pleaded with {{God}} to erase his memories.]]
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* ''[[{{TheMatrix}} The Animatrix]]'' has a story where a professional athlete nearly frees himself from the Matrix by becoming aware of the artificial state of the world around him while breaking the world record of the 100m dash. [[MindScrew I think.]]
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* ''[[{{TheMatrix}} The Animatrix]]'' has a story where a professional athlete nearly frees himself from the Matrix by becoming aware of the artificial state of the world around him while breaking the world record of the 100m dash. [[MindScrew I we think.]]
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* ''{{Jack}}'' has the residents of Hell, all of whom are stuck there until 1) they realize that what they did to get condemned there was ''bad and wrong'', and manage to admit this to themselves, and 2) ask for forgiveness. After that, it's a matter of working to the point where the angels keeping an eye on things down there are willing to say that you've earned the chance to reincarnate and try again.
** Of course, Hell likes to throw curve balls sometimes. At least two of the residents that we've seen so far have either no memory of what they did that got them condemned to Hell - or no memory at all, prior to ending up in Hell. In both cases, it's noted that this kind of screws the individual over. It's also implied, though, that Hell itself may be a GeniusLoci that acts as a sadistic jailer.
* ''{{Jack}}'' has the residents of Hell, all of whom are stuck there until 1) they realize that what they did to get condemned there was ''bad and wrong'', and manage to admit this to themselves, and 2) ask for forgiveness. After that, it's a matter of working to the point where the angels keeping an eye on things down there are willing to say that you've earned the chance to reincarnate and try again.
** Of course, Hell likes to throw curve balls sometimes. At least two of the residents that we've seen so far have either no memory of what they did that got them condemned to Hell - or no memory at all, prior to ending up in Hell. In both cases, it's noted that this kind of screws the individual over. It's also implied, though, that Hell itself may be a GeniusLoci that acts as a sadistic jailer.
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* The poem ''To Althea, from Prison'' by Richard Lovelace. [[PlayingWithATrope Not really a straight example]] in that he actually is in a very real prison, and stays there, but the "epiphany" part is what [[ThePowerOfLove sets his ''mind'' free]]. At any rate, the first two lines of the last stanza are possibly the UrExample.
-> ''Stone walls do not a prison make,''
-> ''Nor iron bars a cage;''
-> ''Minds innocent and quiet take''
-> ''That for an hermitage;''
-> ''If I have freedom in my love''
-> ''And in my soul am free,''
-> ''Angels alone, that soar above,''
-> ''Enjoy such liberty.''
-> ''Stone walls do not a prison make,''
-> ''Nor iron bars a cage;''
-> ''Minds innocent and quiet take''
-> ''That for an hermitage;''
-> ''If I have freedom in my love''
-> ''And in my soul am free,''
-> ''Angels alone, that soar above,''
-> ''Enjoy such liberty.''
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* In the 2005 series of DoctorWho, the episodes [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] do this with the whole population of Earth, and eventually the Doctor and Co. too, leading the recapper at TelevisionWithoutPity to go on an elaborate Gnosticism-based (see Real Life example below) interpretation of the story. You think he's talking out of his ass, that the show isn't that deep - until you realise that he's able to predict the plot of the finale with scary accuracy, including a reveal that no-one was expecting... [[spoiler: (That the Bad Wolf would be something good - Sophia, full of mystic knowledge, come to defeat the false god and release them all from the prison.)]]
-->'''The Editor''': Well, now. There's an interesting point. Is a slave a slave if he doesn't know he's enslaved?
-->'''The Editor''': Well, now. There's an interesting point. Is a slave a slave if he doesn't know he's enslaved?
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** Actually an adaptation of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment real-life psychological experiment]]. Except in this one, the "guards" aren't ''told'' to be cruel. They just become that way because they're playing the role of guards. Much scarier.
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* ''TheTrumanShow'' overlaps this with its own trope, [[TrumanShowPlot]], in that Truman doesn't realize he's been living his entire life trapped in a giant dome-shaped TV set and lied to by the people around him to prevent his desire to ever leave his hometown.
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* ''TheTrumanShow'' overlaps this with its own trope, [[TrumanShowPlot]], TrumanShowPlot, in that Truman doesn't realize he's been living his entire life trapped in a giant dome-shaped TV set and lied to by the people around him to prevent his desire to ever leave his hometown.
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* In ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' the "Meta-World" (where the witches play) ''[[MindScrew might]]'' be one of these.
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* Inverted in the ''FantasticFour'' when Reed is trapped in Doctor Doom's armor. To get out, he has to learn to think like Doom, thus trapping himself much more profoundly.
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* A plot point in ''HitherbyDragons'' is that people can be seperated from the world by a question they cannot answer. Of the few times these ''do'' get answered, the answer is usually along the lines of "the question isn't that important".
* A plot point in ''HitherbyDragons'' is that people can be seperated from the world by a question they cannot answer. Of the few times these ''do'' get answered, the answer is usually along the lines of "the question isn't that important".
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This often overlaps LotusEaterMachine and {{Oubliette}}. Also see: ArmorPiercingQuestion.
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* ''{{Heroes}}'': Matt traps Sylar in one of these in Volume 5, though he more intended for it to be an actual prison, as he never meant for Sylar to get out. However, when Peter forces himself into the dream to save Sylar, the two, after YEARS of quarreling, eventually make peace and are able to tear down the literal wall keeping them from waking up.
* An episode of {{Life}} dealt with a murder in a college where an experiment about prison was being conducted. [[spoiler: The professor told the guards to do whatever it takes to break the prisoners so they resorted to physical and psychological torture. The object is to get the students to act like prisoners. There's no need for locks, bars or even guards. When one of the students killed one of the guards, you could say it worked]].
* An episode of {{Life}} dealt with a murder in a college where an experiment about prison was being conducted. [[spoiler: The professor told the guards to do whatever it takes to break the prisoners so they resorted to physical and psychological torture. The object is to get the students to act like prisoners. There's no need for locks, bars or even guards. When one of the students killed one of the guards, you could say it worked]].
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* ''{{Heroes}}'': ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': Matt traps Sylar in one of these in Volume 5, though he more intended for it to be an actual prison, as he never meant for Sylar to get out. However, when Peter forces himself into the dream to save Sylar, the two, after YEARS of quarreling, eventually make peace and are able to tear down the literal wall keeping them from waking up.
* An episode of{{Life}} ''{{Life}}'' dealt with a murder in a college where an experiment about prison was being conducted. [[spoiler: The professor told the guards to do whatever it takes to break the prisoners so they resorted to physical and psychological torture. The object is to get the students to act like prisoners. There's no need for locks, bars or even guards. When one of the students killed one of the guards, you could say it worked]].
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* And White Wolf is at it again! In MageTheAwakening, you can actually do this ''twice''. Once, when you Awaken and realise that the entire reality is a prison of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}} demiurge-like Exarchs]]. Two, after the Awakening you can conquer the prison of reality and [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascend to Supernal Realms]].
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* And White Wolf is at it again! In MageTheAwakening, ''MageTheAwakening'', you can actually do this ''twice''. Once, when you Awaken and realise that the entire reality is a prison of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}} demiurge-like Exarchs]]. Two, after the Awakening you can conquer the prison of reality and [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascend to Supernal Realms]].
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* In XiaolinShowdown, an EnemyMime traps our heroes in an imaginary prison...until they realize they can simply imagine a doorknob to escape.
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* In XiaolinShowdown, ''XiaolinShowdown'', an EnemyMime traps our heroes in an imaginary prison...until they realize they can simply imagine a doorknob to escape.
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