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* In ''Anime/TamagotchiHappiestStoryInTheUniverse'', the various Tamagotchis on Tamagotchi Planet are flattened into literal walking pieces of paper as a result of Kikitchi deciding to visit "The World's Happiest Story" and causing Tamagotchi Planet to slowly turn into a storybook.
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** Almost everyone is literally a paper cutout.

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** Almost everyone is literally a paper cutout. And so are most objects and such, which even act as such.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', 2-D Man is almost completely flat and has the ability [[RubberMan to stretch to incredible lengths]] after a FreakLabAccident. Unfortunately, [[BlessedWithSuck he and his compatriots can't pass as normal humans anymore]] and are confined to their headquarters when they aren't superheroing.
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* In the ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Spa Wars", Iddiyappam Appa, the owner of Appa Spa, chases after Samosa when he steals the remote control for all the spa equipment. Samosa uses the remote to squash Appa flat with one of the pieces of spa equipment, causing him to emerge completely flat and remain so for a few seconds before promptly reinflating himself back to normal.
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* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In "Shape Shift", Lamput gets the docs to transform into a flat sheet resembling a crosswalk, getting them walked on by multiple people crossing the street at once. A few seconds later, it skips to nighttime where they shapeshift out of that form, revealing those people left them flattened.

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* In episode 61 of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', Wolffy sings a [[MagicMusic magic song]] to flatten himself, allowing him to squeeze through the gate to Goat Village easily.
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* ''Literature/FlatStanley'' is about a boy who is [[AmusingInjuries flattened by a falling bulletin board]].

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* ''Literature/FlatStanley'' (shown in the page image) is about a boy who is [[AmusingInjuries flattened by a falling bulletin board]].
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** Turned into a gameplay element in the sequel, ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': Mario can turn into a paper airplane, turn sideways to fit through cracks (and even has to hop to move around in said form) and several other [[CursedWithAwesome curses]].

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** Turned into a gameplay element in the sequel, second game, ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': Mario can turn into a paper airplane, turn sideways to fit through cracks (and even has to hop to move around in said form) and several other [[CursedWithAwesome curses]].



** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' [[SerialEscalation takes it a step further again]], portraying colour as the literal lifeblood of the Paper Mario universe.

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** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' [[SerialEscalation [[SequelEscalation takes it a step further again]], portraying colour as the literal lifeblood of the Paper Mario universe.
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* Papyrus from ''The Chimera Program'' arc of ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' can turn himself completely flat and fold himself into a variety of shapes. He can also fold his arms into blades to attack people.
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* ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolophones_conifera Dolophones Conifera]]'' aka the Wrap-around spider is capable of flattening itself to wrap around branches to camouflage itself.
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* The "flattening iron" of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' can turn objects and people paper-thin and -light (in case of people, it seems the iron also makes them unconscious while being flat), making them easy to be moved and stored. By spraying water on the flattened objects, they can be turned back into their original shapes and weight.

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* The "flattening iron" of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' can turn objects and people paper-thin and -light (in case of people, it seems the iron also makes them unconscious while being flat), making them easy to be moved moved, rolled and stored. By spraying water on the flattened objects, they can be turned back into their original shapes and weight.
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* The "flattening iron" of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' can turn objects and people paper-thin and -light (in case of people, it seems the iron also make them unconscious while being flat), making them easy to be moved and stored. By spraying water on the flattened objects, they can be turned back into their original shapes and weight.

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* The "flattening iron" of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' can turn objects and people paper-thin and -light (in case of people, it seems the iron also make makes them unconscious while being flat), making them easy to be moved and stored. By spraying water on the flattened objects, they can be turned back into their original shapes and weight.
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* The "flattening iron" of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' can turn objects and people paper-thin and -light (in case of people, it seems the iron also make them unconscious while being flat), making them easy to be moved and stored. By spraying water on the flattened objects, they can be turned back into their original shapes and weight.
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* Edge Shot, a Pro Hero in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', is able to do this thanks to his Quirk, allowing him to pass through tight spaces and compress himself so tightly that he can attack faster than the speed of sound.
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** One of the episodes in the reboot seasons has the Planet Express ship and its crew involved in an accident at relativistic speeds, and the professor had recently installed a dimensional drift drive. It results in them being reduced to 2 dimensions.
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* Everyone in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon: My Little Shop''.

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* Everyone in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon: My Little Shop''.''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMyLittleShop''.
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* Slim from ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' looks exactly like the Prince, only paper-thin. In one level, if you're not controlling either of them, you can even find the Prince [[FunnyBackgroundEvent sitting on a photocopier with Slip emerging from the printer.]]

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* Slim Slip from ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' looks exactly like the Prince, only paper-thin. In one level, if you're not controlling either of them, you can even find the Prince [[FunnyBackgroundEvent sitting on a photocopier with Slip emerging from the printer.]]
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* Slim from ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' looks exactly like the Prince, only paper-thin. In one level, if you're not controlling either of them, you can even find the Prince [[FunnyBackgroundEvent sitting on a photocopier with Slip emerging from the printer.]]
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* In chapter 12 of Dr. Hitomi's Infirmary, Usui becomes one of these when a giant falls on her. [[spoiler: It also turns her into a FourthWallObserver]]

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* In chapter 12 of Dr. ''Dr. Hitomi's Infirmary, Infirmary'', Usui becomes one of these when a giant falls on her. [[spoiler: It also turns her into a FourthWallObserver]]



%%* [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Mr. Game]] [[VideoGame/GameAndWatch & Watch]]

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%%* [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''' Mr. Game]] [[VideoGame/GameAndWatch Game & Watch]]Watch takes the original UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch style and goes with it. He's a completely 2-dimensional character, though he's actually a 3D model made to look 2D.
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* In ''Manga/{{JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable}}'', Terunosuke Miyamoto's stand, Enigma, allows him to turn both objects and people into paper.

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* In ''Manga/{{JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable}}'', ''Manga/{{JoJos Bizarre Adventure Diamond Is Unbreakable}}'', Terunosuke Miyamoto's stand, Enigma, allows him to turn both objects and people into paper.
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* In ''Manga/{{JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable}}'', Terunosuke Miyamoto's stand, Enigma, allows him to turn both objects and people into paper.
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** VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash [{SerialEscalation takes it a step further again]], portraying colour as the literal lifeblood of the Paper Mario universe.

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** VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash [{SerialEscalation ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' [[SerialEscalation takes it a step further again]], portraying colour as the literal lifeblood of the Paper Mario universe.
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** VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash [{SerialEscalation takes it a step further again]], portraying colour as the literal lifeblood of the Paper Mario universe.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Lisa becomes self-conscious about her weigh and sees an advertisement where the child models are displayed like this.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Lisa becomes Lisa, who is self-conscious about her weigh weight, visits a store selling ridiculously undersized clothing and sees an advertisement where the a video of a child models are displayed like this.runway model who is almost invisible when viewed in profile.


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* In the 1937 ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' short "Speaking of the Weather" does this to a caricature of William Powell (a VisualPun to his role in ''Film/TheThinMan'').
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* In the ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' setting ''TabletopGame/WonderlandNoMore'' by TripleAceGames one of the player-character races is a Playing Card. It is an AliceInWonderland setting, after all. They have the ability to 'turn sideways' against an opponent, giving that opponent a penalty to hit them in combat. They can also slip under doors and such.

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* In the ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' setting ''TabletopGame/WonderlandNoMore'' by TripleAceGames Creator/TripleAceGames one of the player-character races is a Playing Card. It is an AliceInWonderland Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland setting, after all. They have the ability to 'turn sideways' against an opponent, giving that opponent a penalty to hit them in combat. They can also slip under doors and such.
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* One episode of ''WebVideo/TheSonicAmigos'' has Mario, Sonic, Knuckles and Rayman get [[VideoGame/PaperMario turned to paper]] as a result of one of Eggman's evil schemes.
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* Bill Cipher of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is a ''triangle'', not a pyramid. Whenever he appears, he only has two sides, front and back. [[spoiler: Even when he escapes into the real world and gives himself a physical form, his default is a thin triangular plate.]]

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* Bill Cipher of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is a ''triangle'', not a pyramid. Whenever he appears, he only has two sides, front and back. He is not just flat, but literally two-dimensional, as was apparently everyone from his home dimension. [[spoiler: Even when he escapes into the real world and gives himself a physical form, his default is a thin triangular plate.]]

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* ''Literature/{{Flatland}}'' has an entire paper-thin WORLD.

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* ''Literature/{{Flatland}}'' has [[FlatWorld an entire paper-thin WORLD.WORLD]].


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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline Flatline]] has an ''EldritchHorror'' species called the [[Characters/DoctorWhoAliensAndMonsters Boneless]] by the Twelfth Doctor are a particularly nasty take upon what the lesser dimensional beings can wreak upon our world.
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** Also, during ''The Beast With A Billion Backs'', Fry and his date went on a 2D Tunnel of Love ride.
* On ''UglyAmericans'', a wizard rival of Leonard's is trapped between dimensions, manifesting himself as a paper cutout.

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** Also, during During ''The Beast With A Billion Backs'', Fry and his date went on a 2D Tunnel of Love ride.
* On ''UglyAmericans'', ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'', a wizard rival of Leonard's is trapped between dimensions, manifesting himself as a paper cutout.
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* The characters in ''VideoGame/{{Snipperclips}}'' are Paper People who literally cut each other into pieces. (It doesn't hurt them and they can reform on a whim.)
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* UB-04 Blade (Kartana) from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' is a 1-foot tall origami-looking [[EldritchAbomination Ultra Beast]] who is flat like origami. It also sports lots of blade-based moves, an ''insanely high'' attack of 181, and can cut a steel tower in one slice, which means it'll be giving out the most painful papercuts ever.

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