Only One Setting

Only One Setting is what happens when there's no more than one setting. In this instance, the writers must use that setting for every episode, otherwise the episode taking place in another place is non-canon.

Usually common in preschool shows, but there are some shows with just one single setting that are aimed at older audiences.

See also The Next Day is Always the Same, in which this can also extend to only one single *day*, as well as most, if not all, of the events taking place on that specific day.

Keep in mind, the following locations/actions do not count for this trope:

* Time-travelling to the past or future, if one travels so far into the past or future that the setting couldn't have existed in those times (see *I Got a Rocket*, *Futurama*). This trope can still be played straight if one time-travels to an era where the setting *still* exists in some form.
* Earth, since most media take place on Earth. Though Earth can still qualify for this trope if it's the primary setting of a show about time-space travel (see *Doctor Who* during the Third Doctor's tenure).
* Crossing dimensions to an alternate version of the setting (see *Pokémon* with the Reverse World).
	+ Alternatively, crossing dimensions to a "mirrored" version of the setting (see *Doraemon* when he uses the Reverse World Mirror).
* Rearranging the setting to include landmarks from other settings (see *Doraemon*, again, with the Moving Map).

Alternatively, locations do not count against this trope if they're shown on a TV within the show.

If it's the only setting of a specific *arc* to a series that otherwise averts this, that's a case of Padding Filler Z or, if said setting is a specific planet, Planet-or-Villain Saga.

The following networks/examples now have their own pages:

* Cartoon Network
* Nickelodeon
* CanCon
* Anime and Manga
* Disney (including examples from Fox shows)
* Videogames

## Examples

* Anthology series like The Twilight Zone tend to subvert this due to the fact that they're anthology series.
* Gloria's House takes place in only one town, with only two main families: The Nits and the Purrfects.
* The majority of Sherlock Holmes stories take place in London.
* Pinky Dinky Doo takes place entirely in a setting known as "The Great Big City". Keep in mind that this wouldn't be the first time Pinky's creator Jim Jinkins used only one setting in one of his shows.
* The film *12 Angry Men* is notable for having most of the film using only one set (in this case, the jury room).
* Many *Doctor Who* episodes from the Third Doctor's tenure take place entirely on Earth. This is a result of the Doctor's exile to Earth.
* Averted in *South Park* despite the titular town being in the name. Lots of different places are shown: Canada, Japan, China, *French* Canada, Washington, D.C., Arkansas... And yes, averted in *The Stick of Truth* and *The Fractured but Whole* due to Canada being a visitable place (and actually required to visit in the main story of the former). In fact, the first episode where Trey Parker and Matt Stone defied this trope was in episode 3 by showing Denver (though it would still be another three episodes before anyone from South Park goes outside of the town). Ironically enough, the very first videogame based on the show (unrelated to the aforementioned *Stick of Truth* or *Fractured but Whole*) plays this completely straight by being entirely set in the entire town.

TBA.