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* [[Britain Is Only London|London, England]]
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A consequence of [[The Eiffel Tower Effect]], see also [[Monumental Damage]]. Compare [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] - when the monuments are fictional, and the architects aren't limited by common sense. Or, often, the laws of physics. See also [[Landmarking the Hidden Base]] and [[Weaponized Landmark]], which go a little way explaining why some of the battles take place where they do. This can lead to a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] if some disaster ends up later destroying the monument you so gleefully smash in your work.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Besides [[Tokyo Tower]], ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' also fought a battle in and around the Tokyo Dome.
* Tokyo Big Sight, with its quadruple-inverted-pyramid shape is becoming popular for situations that poke fun at manga fans, possibly because it's the home of [[Comiket]].
** The second episode of ''[[Nurse Witch Komugi]]'' had the bad guys turn the convention center into a giant robot, Big Sightron.
*** In a DVD Bonus, Big Sightron gains its own [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD3dtfJ4Vtw Video PV].
** [[Ultimate Girls]] faced off with their final foe atop and beneath the distinctive structure.
** [[Hellsing]] lightened its fourth OVA finish by showing the villains heading to Big Sight afterwards to sell [[Manga]] and perform various [[Otaku]] activities.
** ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' sets the climactic battle between the Arbalest and the Behemoth here.
* A fight in the second episode of ''[[Shinzo]]'', a fascinating and [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]-loving series which takes place [[After the End]], finally shatters the already-wrecked Statue of Liberty. Nobody but the viewer knows the significance of it.
* One of the most memorable battle of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' occurs on the fictional Pyramid of the Southern Cross, built by the will of [[Complete Monster|Souther, worthless child enslaving brute of an Emperor]] and [[The Messiah|Kenshiro, the hero of the franchise.]]
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* In ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|Uncanny X-Men]]'' #200, there's a big fight in Paris that includes Colossus getting thrown through the rose window of Notre Dame. This was the big payoff from Marvel having sent the comic's art team to Paris for X-Men publicity and story authenticity.
** The issue before that featured the beginning of a big battle in the National Holocaust Memorial in New York, which was only ended when Magneto agreed to be arrested so Freedom Force would quit destroying shit.
* In a climactic battle in the ''[[The New Universe|Psi-Force]]'' comic, the good
* Recently done in Secret Avengers during the Fear Itself arc. A mutant Senator with vaguely defined powers to "bring history to life", animates The Lincoln Memorial and exhibits from The Smithsonian to battle the invading enemies.
== [[Film]] ==
* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] fought a major [[Evil Minions|minion]] or two at the Eiffel Tower in ''[[A View to a Kill]]''. The final confrontation took place over the Golden Gate Bridge.
** Also he ends up hanging off of a hot-air balloon above the landmark then called the Millenium Dome (now the O2 Arena) in ''[[
* The final showdown between apes and humans in ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]'' takes place on the Golden Gate Bridge.
* Although not a national landmark, the movie ''[[Highlander]]'' had the final battle take place at the Silvercup Studios roof, with the "Silvercup" sign a local landmark.
* Parodied in the film ''[[Team America: World Police]]''
* Another cinematic example: ''[[King Kong]]'' climbed the Empire State Building in 1933, making this [[Older Than Television]].
** King Kong climbed the south tower of the World Trade Center before jumping to the north tower in the 1976 version.
* Seems that Alfred Hitchcock liked this trope a lot:
** The climax of ''[[North by Northwest]]'' took place in and around a [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030114222/http://www.jetsetmodern.com/modatmovies.htm fake Frank Lloyd Wright house] on Mount Rushmore.
*** The ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "North by North Quahog" adapted this sequence.
** The Royal Albert Hall in ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''.
** The Statue of Liberty in ''[[Saboteur]]''.
** Big Ben in the '70s remake of ''[[The 39 Steps]]''.
* The live action ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'' film parodied this with a climax that took place on "Mount Richmore", a mountain carved Mount Rushmore-style to look like the Rich family. Earlier in the film, the villain actually watches a little of ''[[North by Northwest]]''.
* In the final battle in ''[[Way of the Dragon]]'', Bruce Lee and a very hairy-chested Chuck Norris duke it out in Rome's Coliseum.
* The Hong Kong [[Wuxia]] ''[[A Man Called Hero]]'' (as well as its original source material ''[[Manhua]]'' (Hong-Kong Manga) [[Chinese Hero]] featured an epic final duel between China and Japan's greatest warriors... on top of the Statue of Liberty.
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* ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' also has a climactic fight in Big Ben. Notable as one of the earliest examples of [[Conspicuous CG]].
* In ''[[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]'' the invading aliens damage the Capitol building and the Supreme Court building.
* In ''[[Mars Attacks
** You forgot they melted the Eiffel Tower. ''After'' France [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys|attempted to negotiate with them]].
* The first third of ''[[Superman II]]'' features both a fight with terrorists at the Eiffel Tower and a daring rescue (or two) at Niagara Falls.
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** ''[[Assassin's Creed|Assassin's Creed 2]]'' features many of Firenze's and Venice's landmarks, and the final mission involves sneaking into the {{spoiler|Vatican to assassinate [[Historical Villain Upgrade|Pope Alexander VI]]}}.
* The first ''[[Blade]]'' movie ends with a short scene of Blade hunting vampires in Moscow. Where, exactly? Well, on the Red Square, konechno!
* ''[[Rush Hour]] 3'' ends with Jackie Chan facing off against the [[Big Bad]] in a swordfight that starts in the Jules Verne restaurant of the Eiffel Tower and ends up on the girders of the outside. As is ''Rush Hour'' tradition, the baddie {{spoiler|falls to his death onto a glass booth below}}.
* Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones dangle from the skybridge of the KLCC Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in ''[[Entrapment]]''.
* ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]''. The final battle between Dredd and Rico takes place ''inside'' the Statue of Liberty.
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' had Big Ben partially destroyed (and Ten Downing Street ''completely'' destroyed) in ''Aliens of London/World War III'', and then there's the Battle of Canary Wharf in ''Army of Ghosts/Doomsday'' in and around the Canary Wharf Tower which, due to the [[Weird Al Effect]], is now thought by countless Americans to be called "the Torchwood Tower" in real life...
** And the original series had the world-conquering supercomputer WOTAN based in the Post Office/BT Tower.
*** In [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31
* ''[[Highlander the Series]]'' had MacLeod use the Eiffel Tower to kill two birds with one stone: By killing his opponent, who had hidden a computer counting down to initiate his master plan somewhere in central Paris, Mac caused the tower to act as an antenna for his quickening, shorting out every computer for miles.
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* The climax of ''[[Ghost Recon]]: Advanced Warfighter'' takes place at the Presidential Palace in downtown Mexico City, as well as the adjoining plaza [[wikipedia:Zócalo|El Zócalo]], the second most iconic location in the city. Several missions earlier, the hardest scene (as well as the final showdown) occurs at the ''first'' most iconic location, [[wikipedia:El Ángel|Plaza del Ángel]], where the US Embassy is blown up by insurgents.
* ''[[The Conduit]]'' has several stages in or near various Washington D.C. landmarks.
* Several missions in [[Command
** There was a bit of a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when you got to fight in New York, optionally destroying the World Trade Center... they had to rename it in a patch.
** Red Alert 3 has many more famous buildings around the battles. Some need to be destroyed to complete the mission, others have been fitted with weaponry to be used against you, including a [[Weaponized Landmark|weaponized Mount Rushmore with laser eyes!]]
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* The third ''[[Onimusha]]'' game, which partly takes place in modern Paris, features several of these.
* ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'' featured this in pretty much every mission. Statue of Liberty? Fought a giant tank. Grand Canyon ([[Rule of Funny|which is somehow in Utah]])? 'copter. Alcatraz? Took down a giant rail gun. White House? Don't you mean the "Fight House?" Hell, in the D.C. missions, you can go parading around and shooting up monuments (namely Lincoln) for some funny dialogue.
* ''[[Fallout 3]]'' features a ''lot'' of Washington landmarks. The more recognizable monuments actually get less plot-critical appearances, and the climactic battle takes place in and around the less familiar Jefferson Memorial.
** ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' features a major battle over Hoover Dam, one of the last remaining sources of electricity in the wasteland.
* The [[Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] of ''[[Red Faction]] II'' is set inside the Statue of Sopot.
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* The ''[[Rugrats]]'' once battled an egomaniacal... theme park owner's right-hand man in Paris, taking in the Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower.
* This happened several times in ''[[Gargoyles]]'', along with a tendency to deface or destroy the monuments with giant laser beams. The Statue of Liberty, World Trade Center, Uluru, and Notre Dame du Paris all saw fighting, while the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens were severely damaged.
* ''[[Miraculous Ladybug]]''; Thusfar, the series has had no less than four fight scenes at the Eiffel Tower. Sure, the series takes place in Paris, but they have yet to feature landmarks like the Arc de Triomphe or Notre Dame Cathedral yet.
== Real Life ==
* The [[wikipedia:Defense of the Great Wall|Defense of the Great Wall]] in 1933. One of several battles in history at or around the Great Wall of China (hardly a surprise, given
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