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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Because ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' centers around [[This Is a Drill|drills]], this naturally crops up. Mostly toward the end of the first arc, where Team Gurren, for example, traps the enemy battleship Dai-Gunzen in a huge pit. The resulting battle causes the nearby volcanos to ([[Chekhov's Volcano|predictably]]) explode.
* In ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', the MPU, a spy satellite [[
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** Supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. The Celtic pantheon section mentioned a deity named Dunatis who could instantaneously raise a mountain peak from a flat plain or flatten a giant mountain into a prairie.
** Supplement ''Netheril, Empire of Magic''. Spells available to Netherese spellcasters included ''Mavin's Create Volcano'' and ''Proctiv's Move Mountain''.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* This was one of Peter Molyneux's favorite aspects of the game that would become ''[[Populous]]'' and as such is an important part of all the games. In ''[[Populous:
* Pretty much the whole point of ''[[From Dust]]''. The player carries around large amounts of dirt, lava or water in order to gradually create bridges or barriers against environmental hazards.
* The ''[[
* In ''[[Spore]]'''s space stage, there are numerous tools to modify the shape of any planet you care to visit. However, these are entirely cosmetic and have no tactical or political effects. Also, colonies automatically flatten an area around them when placed.
* In ''[[Minecraft]]'', you can pretty much change everything you can immediately see, from creating a mountain, destroying it, then building it again.
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