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* Bluebeard (Caster) from ''LightNovel/FateZero'', so much so that the supervisor temporarily put the war on hold and offered a reward of an extra command seal to whoever killed him. Then he summoned a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant monster]] [[TheWormThatWalks made of slugs]] and the JSDF called in some F-15Js'. [[spoiler:One gets eaten by supersonic tentacles, the other gets hijacked by an epic hero summoned from beyond the grave, and proceeds to have an aerial dogfight against another epic hero flying a magitech airplane.]] Somehow TheMasquerade survived.

* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer!'' has an EvilOverlord from a MagicalLand fleeing to modern day Tokyo after being nearly defeated by the local hero. There he finds his magic powers don't work as they used to and ends up taking a job at a fast-food joint to make ends meet. He still intends to TakeOverTheWorld, though he's actually [[GoingNative more worried about getting a promotion]] for the time being.

* The sorceress Morgaine and her son Mordred from [[KingArthur Arthurian legend]] arrive here from their MagicalLand in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "Battlefield". ("Battlefield" takes place entirely in the countryside, though, rather the city.)

* At the end of ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', Chuck De Nomolos travels back from the 27th century to kill Bill and Ted at The Battle of The Bands competition when his robot assassin's fail. He even broadcasts himself on every [=TV=] channel in the world.

* Debatably, King Koopa from ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. His intent wasn't to destroy Brooklyn, though. Just simply conquer it.

* The main plot of the third arc of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' involves a duo of elves entering New York from another reality in an attempt to kidnap people with powerful enough magical potential.

* The main plot of the third arc of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' involves a duo of elves entering New York from another reality in an attempt to kidnap people with powerful enough magical potential.

[[Film/MaidInManhattan Not involving J-Lo in any way]], unless she's playing the person doing it. Compare RealWorldEpisode, RefugeeFromTVLand, and AliensInCardiff (if they land in a less spectacular city). Usually involves SaveBothWorlds. Not to be confused with UrbanFantasy.

* A lift of this occurs in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', Creator/CSLewis's {{prequel}} to ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]''. Jadis, a former empress from [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed a world that she herself destroyed]], invades London in roughly the same era as ''The Story of the Amulet''. Or at least she tries. Magic is inherent to a dimension here, and so she has no power in our world, though she does have SuperStrength. She threatens to invade our world in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''--by which point she's known as the White Witch--but that's a clear bluff.

* A lift of this occurs in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', Creator/CSLewis's {{prequel}} to ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]''. Jadis, the former empress in [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed a world that she herself destroyed]], invades London in roughly the same era as ''The Story of the Amulet''. Or at least she tries. Magic is inherent to a dimension here, and so she has no power in our world, though she does have SuperStrength. She threatens to invade our world in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''--by which point she's known as the White Witch--but that's a clear bluff.

* This trope is OlderThanTelevision, occurring in Chapter 8 of Creator/ENesbit's 1906 children's novel ''The Story of the Amulet'' (the second sequel to ''Literature/FiveChildrenAndIt''. A queen from ancient Babylon (who doesn't have magical powers, though they do exist in the novel) {{time travel}}s to UsefulNotes/{{London}} during TheEdwardianEra.
* A lift of this occurs in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', Creator/CSLewis's {{prequel}} to ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]''. Jadis, the former empress in [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed a world that she herself destroyed]] invades London (in roughly the same time period as ''The Story of the Amulet''). Or at least she tries. Magic is inherent to a dimension here, and so she has no power in our world, though she does have SuperStrength. She threatens to invade our world in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''--by which point she's known as the White Witch--but that's a clear bluff.

* OlderThanTelevision: Occurs in Chapter 8 of the early TimeTravel children's novel ''Literature/TheStoryOfTheAmulet'' (1902) by Creator/ENesbit: A queen from ancient Babylon (who doesn't have magical powers, though they do exist in the novel) ends up in "modern" (1900s) London.
* A lift of this occurs in the ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]'' prequel, ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'' when the wicked Jadis (a.k.a. the White Witch) invades London (of roughly the same time period as ''The Story of the Amulet''). Or at least she tries. Magic is inherent to a dimension here, and so she has no power in our world, but does have SuperStrength. She threatens to invade our world in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', but that's a clear bluff.

** Villainess the Queen of Fables is the WickedStepmother from ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. The twist is that in the DCU, (a [[{{Grimmification}} bloodier version of]]) the events of the fairytale [[AllMythsAreTrue actually happened]], but then Snow White used a magic book to RetGone the whole thing into fiction, so the Queen is also a sort of SealedEvilInACan. When the magic book is reopened, the Queen takes over Manhattan and becomes convinced that Franchise/WonderWoman is Snow White.

* ''Anime/ReCreators'': The premise features fictional characters from several works of different genres entering the real world to meet their creators.

* TheFairFolk in ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld II: The Globe'' and the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Auditors]] in ''The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch''. Both set to slow down human progress so that we can't create a colony ship before the world becomes a giant snowball again.

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** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': As seen in the page image, TricksterGod Loki forces the people of Stuttgart, Germany to [[KneelBeforeZod kneel before him]].

* Queen Narissa from ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.

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[[caption-width-right:263:[-Well, technically, a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Mage-God-Prince]] in [[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} Stuttgart]], but close enough. [[note]]And [[EnforcedTrope he does eventually end up]] in [[BigApplesauce Manhattan]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin itself]] at the climax.]][[/note]]-]

[[Film/MaidInManhattan Not involving J-Lo in any way]], unless she's playing the person doing it. Compare WelcomeToTheRealWorld, RefugeeFromTVLand, and AliensInCardiff (if they land in a less spectacular city). Usually involves SaveBothWorlds. Not to be confused with UrbanFantasy.

* A lift of this occurs in the ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]'' prequel, ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'' when the wicked Jadis (a.k.a. the White Witch) invades London (of roughly the same time period as ''The Story of the Amulet''). Or at least she tries. Magic is inherent to a dimension here, and so she has no power in our world, but does have SuperStrength. She threatens to invade our world in ''The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'', but that's a clear bluff.

** Villainess the Queen of Fables is the WickedStepmother from ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. The twist is that in the DCU, (a [[{{Grimmification}} bloodier version of]]) the events of the fairytale [[AllMythsAreTrue actually happened]], but then Snow White used a magic book to RetGone the whole thing into fiction, so the Queen is also a sort of SealedEvilInACan. When the magic book is reopened, the Queen takes over Manhattan and becomes convinced that WonderWoman is Snow White.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' has an example in the [[EvilCounterpart "Evil Enchantress" clone of Paige]] from the S4 episode, appropriately titled "Paige from the Past."