Do you hate when you land on an alien planet, do something foolish like nuke it or die on it, only to realize you were on Earth the entire time? It happens more often than you’d think in fiction (seriously, check out the massive TV Tropes page). In fact, it’s completely overused, but there’s a reason it’s overused—and that’s because when it worked, it really worked. Here’s an assortment of movies, TV shows, and books that revealed it was Earth All Along, and still managed to surprise us.
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10 Times It Was Earth All Along
The trope has been widely overused, but here are 10 great stories that did it right.
By
Rob Bricken
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