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Amusement parks are popular locations for confrontations, probably because there's so much neat stuff to play around with:
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See also [[Souvenir Land]] for the not-so-exciting version and [[Theme Park]] for when it becomes more of a medium. Compare [[Pinball Zone]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The events of the first episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' take place in an amusement park, which is also used for the climax of the fourth movie.
* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' Manga has, in addition to [[Amusement Park of Doom|Kaibaland]], a regular amusement park that Yugi and Anzu go to during summer break. Too bad a [[Mad Bomber]] has rigged the Ferris Wheel to explode.
* One episode of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' had the climax take place in an abandoned amusement park, as the crazed assassin tried to kill Spike.
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* ''[[All There in the Manual|StrikerS Sound Stage X]]'' of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has the Marine Garden, a newly built amusement park by the sea which incidentally, uncovered some [[Underwater Ruins]] {{spoiler|[[King in the Mountain|that contained the sleeping]] [[Shrouded in Myth|Dark King Ixpellia]]}} during its construction. Needless to say, the park doesn't make it to the end of the story intact.
** In Episode 10, Caro recounts Fate and Arf taking her to an amusement park, and her being sad when they have to go home.
** ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection]]'' starts at a brand-new amusement park that Alisa Bannings's parents own and operate. Like the one in ''StrikerS Sound Stage X'', it doesn't survive intact, either.
* Clovisland in [[Code Geass]], an amusement park Clovis built before his death that features a carousel and other attractions. C.C. goes there to meet with Mao.
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', King Faust of Edolas has one of these inside his already titanic castle. This is were three of his henchmen are fought.
* In ''Lotte no Omocha'', Naoya took Lotte there, as suggested by Judit. Asuha and Elíka follow them along and spy on them, as well.
* The climatic battle of ''[[Girls und Panzer]] [[The Movie|Der Film]]'' takes place at an abandoned amusement park that's sized just right for tank battles. The terrain plays an important part, as does the Ferris Wheel.
== Comic Books ==
* This is the standard hideout for [[Batman]]'s Joker. Sometimes it's an [[Amusement Park of Doom]], sometimes it's an ordinary park. Given how often the Joker needs to resettle, Gotham City must have an awful lot of these.
** That's certainly justified. If you were living in that city, wouldn't you want to amuse yourself as often as possible too?
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== Film ==
* The [[James Bond (film)|Bond]] flick ''[[The Living Daylights]]''.
* In the movie version of ''[[The Wiz]]'', in which Oz is a fantasy version of New York City, the Tin Man is an abandoned animatronic at a long-closed amusement park (represented by Coney Island's Cyclone roller coaster). "Hurry, hurry, step right up and save a life..."
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== Literature ==
* ''[[The Shadow]]'' novel ''The Freak Show Murders''.
* ''[[Doc Savage]]'' story "World's Fair Goblin."
== Live
* The ''[[Monk]]'' episode "Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival" has Monk (who's afraid of heights, among many other things) eventually chase the villain on the ferris wheel.
* ''[[Highlander the Series]]'' had at least one battle/quickening in an amusement park.
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* The Japanese [[Game Show]] ''[[Tokyo Friend Park 2]]'' is designed around an amusement park motif, complete with its own foam-rubber mascot, with the individual games referred to as "attractions". Additionally, the usual bonus prize for a [[Flawless Victory|perfect run]] in the main game is an international trip to a Disneyland (either California or Paris).
* An abandoned amusement park was the site of the final convergence and showdown in ''[[The Fugitive (TV series)|The Fugitive]]''.
* In episode 7 of the Korean series ''[[Strong Girl Bong-soon]]'', Bong-soon takes Min-hyeok to [[w:Seoul Land|Seoul Land]], an actual park near Seoul, to cheer him up.
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* The now long-gone Palisades Park (located for many decades in the [[Joisey|New Jersey]] town of the same name, right on the Hudson river) is the setting for Freddy "Boom-Boom" Cannon's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkNVwV5zquM 1962 song of the same name].
== Video Games ==
* Amusement parks are stock levels in platform games: Carnival Night Zone in ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles]]'', Witchyworld in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'', Twinkle Park in ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'', Krazy Kremland in ''[[Donkey Kong Country
* ''[[Disney Epic Mickey]]'' takes place in the Cartoon Wasteland, a modified replica of [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]].
* ''[[Hitman
* A very twisted amusement park is featured in a level of ''[[Blood]]''. It also has a merry-go-round of gargoyles, and several shooting games with prizes.
* The fifth chapter of ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' is set in a themed amusement park, with the stalls, benches, and rides looking like various monsters in the series (Mostly [[Everything's Better with Penguins|Prinnies]]).
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' featured the famous Gold Saucer, which had, among a wide variety of more or less annoying mini games, a Ferris Wheel where you could date one of your
* [[Ace Lightning]] has the "Carnival of Doom" in the videogame - and it's not-quite-so-creepy-but-often-equally-dangerous equivalent in the Real World.
* The ''[[Rollercoaster Tycoon]]'' series are [[Simulation Game
* ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)|Fahrenheit]]
* In [[The Slayground]], other criminals once cornered Parker in an amusement park.
* The [[Silent Hill]] Amusement Park is the seat of several cherished memories for the protagonists of the first and third games, as well as Shattered Memories, as well as the origin point for blood-spattered creepy series mascot Robbie the Rabbit, ''and'' it's home to some of the creepiest fights in the entire series, particularly in 3.
* Specter Land in ''[[Ape Escape]]''.
* In ''[[Curse of Monkey Island]]'', the villian has built his own evil amusement park.
* One of the maps included in the DLC for ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]'' takes place in an abandoned Amusement Park.
* Le-MU in ''Ever17'' may seem more like an [[Amusement Park of Doom]], but {{spoiler|the first incident with the real Takeshi Kuranari was an actual accident, which was later replicated with Kid/Kaburaki in place of Takeshi, Sara in place of Coco and You'aki in place of You'haru, making it an [[Amusement Park of Doom]].}}
* ''[[Lego Adaptation Game|LEGO Batman]]'' has a couple of levels set in an abandoned Amusement Park (once through for the good guys and once through as the Joker)
* ''[[Drawn to Life]]: [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] Edition'' has an amusement park world.
* Played with "[[Scooby Doo]]: Mystery Mayhem"'s Second
* Baby Park from ''[[Mario Kart|Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' is an example. The track layout would suggest otherwise, but look at the background!
* ''Nintendo Land'' for the [[Wii U]].
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* Towards the end of Season 2 of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', Beast Boy takes on Slade in an amusement-park one-on-one - complete with a duel on top of the Ferris Wheel, and a chase through the confusing corridors of the [[Hall of Mirrors]].
* Similarly, Coney Island played the role of battleground in the ''[[Gargoyles]]'' episode "The Reckoning".
* Coney Island shows up again in ''[[The Spectacular Spider]]-Man.'' Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus duke it out, causing chaos amongst the fairgoers and practically destroying every ride in their way. Doctor Octopus pulls a [[Hostage for McGuffin]] by leaving a [[
* The ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' episode "Seer No Evil" takes the heroes to a full-blown fairground (which is sort of a mobile
* In the world of [[Doug]], there is a late 1970s-themed
* An interesting coincidence: ''The Real [[Ghostbusters]]'' and ''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters|Filmations Ghostbusters]]'' have one episode apiece that not only take place in an Amusement Park, but also share the episode title "Rollerghoster"! That's about where the similarities end, though.
* The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]' second fight against [[Nanomachines|Nano]] took place in Coney Island. Eventually, its roller coaster proves instrumental in its defeat.
* The final level of the game on ''[[Scooby Doo]] and the Cyber-Chase'' takes place at an abandoned amusement park.
** One of the 70's Scooby-Doo Mystery Movies find [[Ink Suit Actor]] [[Dick Van Dyke]] trying to reopen an abandoned amusment park.
* On ''[[Ben 10]]'', Zombozo lives in one. Ben and Kevin lampshade how silly the whole thing is at various points. But the real star is Gwen, who {{spoiler|[[Mind Rape
** [[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]] has The Pier from "Pier Pressure" which is a more benevolent version that Ben takes his [[Love Interest]] Julie to for a date. Unfortunately it keeps getting interrupted by a mini-version of Upgrade who is looking for help.
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' has Dinoland where a few episodes take place.
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