Fictional universe facts for kids
A fictional universe is a made-up world. It is the setting for one or many stories. You can find these worlds in books, movies, television shows, and role-playing games. Every story creates its own world. A fictional universe is used when parts of a story connect to other stories or games.
Fictional universes are often found in science fiction and fantasy tales. But they can be in any type of story. A fictional universe usually has special things that make it different from the real world. These differences can be small, like new cities, or huge, like entire galaxies. In most fictional universes, the laws of physics might be different. This allows things like magic or space travel to other planets to exist. Fictional universes can also be set in the past, present, or future.
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Famous Fictional Worlds
Many fictional universes exist. They often connect different types of stories and media.
The Star Wars Universe
The Star Wars universe began with the first movie, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, in 1977. This movie created a world full of people and planets. It had space travel, alien creatures, and a special power called the Force. Two more movies were made in this same universe.
After that, many books, comic books, and video games added to the Star Wars story. They introduced new characters, places, and adventures. These new stories often happened during the time of the first movies. Or they showed what happened after the movies ended. Later, three more movies were made that explored earlier times in the universe's history. This led to even more stories about the characters' pasts and their worlds.
The Buffyverse
In 1997, Joss Whedon created a TV series called Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was based on a movie he wrote earlier. The show's stories mostly took place in the fictional town of Sunnydale, California. This series featured creatures like vampires and werewolves. It also dealt with magic.
Over time, as more stories were written, it became known as the Buffyverse. Even though the main story was in one town, its events affected other towns, parallel worlds, and even different times. Characters from Buffy also appeared in another show, Angel, which was set in Los Angeles. This show also had demons and vampires. The Buffyverse has been used in many books and video games. Writers also created comic books that told stories happening at the same time as the TV series. Whedon himself wrote comics about a vampire slayer from the future named Fray. He also wrote a comic series called Season Eight, which continued the stories of the TV characters after the show ended.
Other Popular Fictional Worlds
Almost every type of story has its own created universe. Many of these started in one form and then grew into many others. For example, Harry Potter began as a series of books. Then it became movies and video games.
- Movies and Television
- Back to the Future - Features Time travel.
- Star Trek - Explores space travel and futuristic technology.
- Video Games
- Grand Theft Auto - Has fictional cities that are like real ones, such as Liberty City (like New York City) or Los Santos (like Los Angeles).
- Final Fantasy - Includes fantasy creatures and magic.
- The Warcraft series and World of Warcraft - Full of fantasy creatures and magic.
- Books
- Harry Potter - A world of magic.
- Middle-earth - Features a made-up mythology and fantasy creatures.
- The Marvel Universe (in Marvel Comics) - Has super-human powers like flying, aliens, magic, and advanced technology.
- Role-playing Games
- Forgotten Realms - A world with fantasy creatures and magic.
- Dragonlance - Features Dragons and magic.
- Specific Locations
- Batman comics - Set in Gotham City.
- Superman comics - Set in Metropolis.
- Arthur show - Takes place in Elmwood City and Crown City.
- Adventure Time show - Features the Candy Kingdom.
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In Spanish: Universo de ficción para niños
