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{{quote|''There is only one city in America.
''There is only one city in the world.''
|'''[[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]''', "P.S.O.K."}}
[[New York City]] seems to get all the attention in American fiction.
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Are aliens landing in UFOs? They'll land in Queens. Is there a neighborhood full of world-class martial artists with superhuman powers? That's Chinatown. [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]? Madison Square Garden's got your front-row seats. A magical gateway between worlds? Look in Queens Midtown Tunnel ... or even Central Park.
The rule seems to be that if a series or movie proposal does not require another setting ([[
In other words, everything is better with a side helping of
At the very least, New York is where a great many writers live, or come from (the rest reside in ''[[Los Angeles|LA]]''), which makes it [[Creator Provincialism|more interesting to the]] ''[[Creator Provincialism|writers]]'' than anything elsewhere. Not to mention "[[Write What You Know|writing what they know]]." Picture how these guys tend to portray [[Deep South|the South]] and [[Down
The bias is especially obvious when characters speak about ''specific'' parts of New York casually (''everybody'' in the world knows which subway train you have to take to get to 115th street, right?), while the entirety of Middle America usually consists of about ten distinct places, or when any group of people naturally includes a [[You Have to Have Jews|Jewish person]], because isn't one eighth of the population ''everywhere'' Jewish?
There ''is'' a reason for this: the skyline is just so darn recognizable. In addition, New York City is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States (and the
Compare [[Fulton Street Folly]], the localized version where everything inexplicably happens in Lower Manhattan because it's relatively easy to film there. See also [[Tokyo Is the Center of
See also [[Brooklyn Rage]]. Contrast with [[Canada Does Not Exist]], where nothing interesting is ever permitted to happen north of the border.
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Advertising ==
*
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWUDHqYKaG8 This Pizza Hut commercial] - what style of pizza do the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles| Ninja Turtles]] order? New York style, of course!
* ''[[
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[
▲* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' occasionally makes a few nods to (including strips that take place in) New York. Which isn't that surprising when you consider the series having started there. The author lived there for a while.
* The primary focal point for most of ''[[Baccano
▲* In ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'', the very obvious ruins of New York City (now called Paradigm City) are not just the center but the practical extent of the universe.
▲* The primary focal point for most of ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!'' is New York. There is an exception in the Flying Pussyfoot story, which takes place on a transcontinental railroad...heading to New York.
* ''[[Red Garden]]'' takes place around the Greater New York Area, though mostly on Roosevelt Island.
* New York City becomes the background of the climatic showdown in ''[[Blood
== Comic Books ==
== Comics ==▼
* Virtually all the heroes of the [[Marvel Universe]] set up shop in New York, as well as the major teams like [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] and the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]. (The [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] were usually based in Westchester County before the move to Utopia, off the coast of San Francisco.) Part of this was their distinction of living in a "real city" versus most of the fictional DC ones. Teams not set in New York are either the rare [[West Coast Team|West Coast teams]], the "international" teams that pop up every so often, or jokes (the Great Lakes Avengers). Naturally, all the bad stuff for them to save the world from occurs in New York as well.
** This is so pervasive that Marvel sells [http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Comics-Guide-York-City/dp/1416531416 Their own guide to New York], allowing you to walk around and see all the real inspirations for the comic sites.
** Until recently, there was a giant, crowded, vibrant, multicultural ghetto of Mutants in lower Manhattan, known as Mutant Town, occupying roughly the space of our world's Alphabet City. Given that this overpopulated ghetto full of superpowered, alienated freaks was barely even mentioned outside its own book, District X (swiftly cancelled), it might perhaps have made more sense to set it down in a city that wasn't already swarming with superheroes, and the subject of 99% of Marvel's comics output. But, hey, New York is
* The major [[The DCU|DC]] comic book to be set in the real NYC was the 80s run of ''[[The New Teen Titans]]'' which had the original Titans Tower on an island in the East River.
** Superheroes that have lived in [[The DCU]]'s New York include the [[Green Lantern
* [[Doc Savage]] had his headquarters in the Empire State Building, and most of his stories had a large section in NYC before heading off to more exotic locales.
* The Marvel ''[[Transformers]]'' comics feature New York increasingly predominantly throughout their run, even though the crashed Autobot spaceship is located at Mt. St. Hilary in the Cascades in Oregon and the early comics tended to head over to Portland if they needed a metropolitan area to trash with giant robots. The switch to New York came after the anti-robot task force known as RAAT set up shop there, and several later Decepticon bases were set up in the region. In a nihilistic alternate future the shattered corpse of Rodimus Prime is even displayed as hanging between the partially collapsed Twin Towers.
* There is one DC comic set in New York City -- ''[[Watchmen (
** To be fair, {{spoiler|Ozymandias blows quite a few cities up, we just get to see the New York bit go sky high}}.
* ''[[
* The protagonists of Garth Ennis' ''[[The Boys]]'' base themselves in New York City.
* Mega-City-One from ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' is essentially supposed to be New York City in the 22nd Century... and stretch from about Boston to Charlotte in current continuity.
* Where does [[The Devil]] hang out after stealing your soul? Well, in [[J
* In Kurt Busiek's ''The Wizard's Tale,'' a bumbling evil wizard crosses from his dimension to ours looking for a book of spells. Naturally he arrives in the harbor and his quest leads him to Queens.
== Films -- Animation ==
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* ''[[An American Tail]]'': where else would a story about (anthropomorphic mouse) immigrants from Europe be set?
* The lyrics to the opening song of Disney's ''[[Oliver and Company]]'' borderline-Lampshade this:
{{quote|
In New York City.
It's a big old, bad old, tough old town, it's true.
But beginnings are contagious there
They're always setting stages there
They're always turning pages there for you.'' }}
** Also the film stars
* The [[The Reveal|Big Reveal]] at the end of ''[[
* ''[[
* The animals from ''[[Madagascar]]'' live in Central Park Zoo, and a lot of local humor is sprinkled in the script, mostly thanks to one of the writers having worked on ''[[Seinfeld]]''. The first act is basically a festival of New York gags, and features landmarks like Times Square, the Essex House, 7th Avenue, Grand Central Station, and the Rockefeller ice rink. Lincoln Center, the Knicks, Metro North railroad, and Lexington Avenue being mentioned.
* One of the films in ''[[
* The "Rhapsody in Blue" segment of ''[[Fantasia 2000]]''. The artwork was inspired by New York caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, whose cartoons chronicled the Broadway scene for the New York Times theater section.
== Films -- Live Action ==
* There are eight million stories in ''[[The Naked City]]''
* ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]''. Not only does it set itself in early 1950s New York, but it ''flashes back to 500 years earlier when Manhattan Isle was pre-Peter Minuit''.
* In ''[[Godspell]]'' (1973), the clown-Christ begins his ministry in the middle of Central Park, and wanders all over the (empty) city with his disciples.
* Ever notice that in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', as well as its sequel and [[Animated Adaptation]], that nearly ''everything''
* In the 1978 film adaptation of ''[[The Wiz]]'', the role of Oz is played by a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Fantasy Counterpart]] of New York City. For instance, Emerald City is the World Trade Center area; also note the five Chrysler Buildings on the skyline.
** Strange, because Seattle's nickname is the "Emerald City".
* ''[[
* The fairy-tale characters from ''[[Enchanted]]'' end up in New York... because, naturally, New York is the opposite of a fairy-tale kingdom.
* ''[[I Am Legend]]'' depicted the city abandoned after a plague decimated the human race.
* ''[[Cloverfield]]'' featured a gigantic monster laying waste to the city.
* ''[[Gangs of New York]]'', obviously. Portrays New York as the 1860s equivalent of [[Gangsterland]].
* ''Hercules in New York''. Zeus blasts Hercules with a lightning bolt, casting him out of Olympus. After some strange encounters in the air and at sea, Hercules arrives in New York City. It's somewhat justified by the obvious lack of budget of that movie.
* How did George Taylor learn that the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' was {{spoiler|actually Earth?}} Answer: {{spoiler|[[It Was His Sled|He saw the Statue of Liberty, and realized he was once again in New York.]] }}
* In ''[[Coming to America]],'' Prince Akeem of Zamunda announces his determination to go to America to find a bride. His servant Semmi replies, "All right... New York or Los Angeles?"
** Lampshaded; to find his royal bride, he thinks ''Queens'' is the obvious place.
* ''[[Live and Let Die (
* ''[[Hancock]]''. {{spoiler|If an ancient curse forces you to leave Los Angeles, where would you move? Exactly.}}
* ''[[Hellboy II]]: The Golden Army''. The Elven King has his throne room in a NYC Railyard.
* ''[[Men in Black (
* New York is the favorite target of disaster movies. See ''[[Meteor]]'', ''[[Armageddon]]'', ''[[Independence Day]]'', ''[[Deep Impact]]'', ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'', etc. Averted, however, in ''2012''.
* The hero of the ''[[
* ''[[Hitch]]'' is about a New York love doctor.
* ''[[Q
* Earlier [[Woody Allen]] movies, period. Nowadays he seems to shoot exclusively in Europe, but earlier on, shooting in New York was one of his trademarks.
* The gateway thing is played with in ''[[Being John Malkovich]]'': Those who enter {{spoiler|the mind of John Malkovich}} find themselves teleported to the New Jersey Turnpike after ten minutes.
* ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
* King Vidor's 1928 film ''The Crowd'', including a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ivu5bhZ6jY&feature=related memorable sequence] when the protagonist first arrives which highlights the film's theme of urban alienation.
* Buddy (Will Ferrell) in ''[[Elf]]'' finds out his real dad lives and works in, naturally, Manhattan, leading to many [[Fish Out of Water]] moments.
* The 2008 remake of ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' is set in New York, even though the original was set in Washington D.C.
* The climax of ''[[King Kong]]'' is of Kong climbing the Empire State Building (in the 1933 and 2005 versions), and the World Trade Center (in the 1976 version).
* ''[[
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* The Coen brothers' ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'', a period piece (
* ''[[Hamlet 2]]'' and ''Real Women Have Curves'' both end with the protagonists going to NYC.
* ''[[
* In ''[[The
* ''It's All About Love'' by Thomas Vinteberg takes place in Manhattan. Although it's mostly shot in Scandinavia.
* In ''A Simple Wish'', the meeting place for the annual convention of the North American Fairy Godmothers Association is in Manhattan. In fact it's just down 82nd Street from the Metropolitan.
* [[Down With Love]].
* The ''[[
{{quote|
* [[Spike Lee]]'s [[Crooklyn]]
** ''[[Do the Right Thing]]''
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* ''[[Trixie Belden]] and the Mystery of the Blinking Eye'' takes place in New York, and mentions many of its famous landmarks.
* The original ''Gremlins'' was set in small town America but the sequel, ''Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' takes place in New York (and features a stand-in for Donald Trump).
* The live-action film adaptation of ''[[The Smurfs (
== Literature ==
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* ''It's Kind of a Funny Story'' takes place smack-dab in the middle of Manhattan.
* ''[[Border Town]]'' is a [[Shared Universe]] story about a portal to the Elflands opening in a city that is ''very'' heavily implied to be New York.
* Literary adventurers such as the Gray Seal, the Shadow, the Spider, Doc Savage, and others had bases of operation in New York.
* ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' says outright that America is the current center of Western civilization, so all of the mythological sites that used to be in Greece or Rome are now in America. The Sea of Monsters, for example, isn't the Mediterranean anymore... it's the Bermuda Triangle. Where's Mount Olympus, one might ask? The 600th floor of the Empire State Building. Where else.
* The first entry in Diane Duane's ''[[Young Wizards]]'' series takes place almost exclusively in one of two alternate Manhattans; the final battle itself features every tree in Central Park, and ''every statue in New York City'', defending the entire universe from an army of carnivorous taxi-cabs and lost-soul werewolves led by the being that invented Death, by reading a love song for existence itself. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|It is exactly as beautiful as it sounds.]]
** Partly justified, because the high population density of major cities causes "worldwall thinning" and makes it easier to travel between the two worlds. (In the early chapters, the kids have to commute in from the suburbs to find a worldgate.) On the other hand, Union City (NJ) and [
** Duane's somewhat-forgotten (but recently republished) Young Wizards short story ''Uptown Local'' takes place on (a slightly more interdimensional version of) the NYC subway system, and elaborates on the idea of the power of places where people crowd together and interact, naming the three most magical places on earth as Westminster Abbey, the Capitoline Hill in Rome, and the NYC subway. ''So You Want to be a Wizard'' also mentions, and ''Book of Night with Moon'' revisits, a worldgate complex (interdimensional transit station) hidden beneath Grand Central Terminal.
* In ''[[So Long and Thanks For All The Fish]]'', we get to see what Ford's original article would be about Earth. In it, he includes advice for aliens who land in New York, as in where to land (anywhere), what to do (become a taxi driver), and where to go eat.
* Most of the non-action scenes in ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' take place in NYC. Darn near lampshaded in the final scene, when the banker is noting the location of his investments, and all of them are totally or partially in New York.
* The events of Caleb Carr's [[The Alienist]] are set primarily in New Your City in 1896.
* In John Birmingham's ''After America'' Manhatten is the scene of a battle for control between the restored US government and a coalition of pirates, mostly from West Africa and jihadis {{spoiler|looking for a homeland after the Second Holocaust}}. A third group, funded and armed by [[The Mafiya]] sits the battle out.
* ''[[
* "New York" is the only place name that makes it into [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists/Contemporary_fiction the list of 2000 most used words in contemporary fiction], at #1966.
* In Max Brallier's ''Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?,'' the zombie outbreak takes place in New York City and features much of the Big Apple's landscape.
* In the [[In Death]] series, both the text and some of the characters treat New York City with a reverence bordering on religion. In one book Roarke feels the need to point out to Eve that New York isn't the center of the universe, to which Eve replies that it should be. The fact that New York state exists beyond New York City is generally ignored.
* The [[
* The ''[[
* The [[Kiki Strike]] books focus on a secret underground city in the middle of New York. The book is spliced with facts about the real life New York City and it's history as well.
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Law
** The French title for the franchise is even ''New York'', with a subtitle for each series (''New York - police judiciaire'', ''New York - section criminelle'', etc.).
* [[The Naked City]], which had a TV series besides the film mentioned above.
* In the ''[[Food Network Challenge]]'' episode "Celebration Cakes", one of the teams presented a cake celebrating the grand re-opening of New York's Museum of Modern Art; the team's assumption seemed to be that this would be worth more points due to a theme other than a birthday or baby shower cake, such as presented by the competing teams.
* A prime example of the [[Spin
* Season one of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' has many of its superpowered heroes meet up in New York, seeking to prevent a nuclear explosion there. However, the series does also have many crucial scenes set in Las Vegas and Texas, and the occasional few in Japan or India.
** As at least one critic pointed out, "Save the cheerleader, save New York" would have been a more accurate tagline for season one.
** Volume Five's conclusion returns to this trope with Central Park being the backdrop for Samuel's dastardly plan and, by extension, also used during the setup for Volume Six.
* [[MTV]] was established in the New York area and since the move to its iconic Times Square studio it has become even more NY-centric, filming nearly all of its dating and reality shows in and around the city.
* [[New Amsterdam]]
* The original [[Time Travel]] episode of ''[[Star Trek:
* The portal which opens between our world and the world where fairy tales are real in ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]'' is, located in New York's Central Park. What makes this miniseries a particularly striking example of the trope is how the opening titles quite conspicuously, and jaw-droppingly, magically morph the New York City skyline into a fantasy land to suggest the crossing over of magic into the real world. The sequence, quite justifiably, won an Emmy. To watch the sequence, go [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcKgcF-FU9M here.]
* The fourth season midseason finale of ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** The ''actual'' finale, meanwhile, {{spoiler|fast-forwarded 150,000 years from prehistoric Earth to show the two "angel" characters chatting about the future of humanity (and Cylonity), while walking through Times Square.}}
* The main characters of ''[[Californication]]'' were originally from New York, and Hank often pontificates on its superiority.
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** In addition, events the [[Alternate Universe]] take place in New York, including the Statue of Liberty as the headquarters of the Department of Defense and the gateway between worlds in an opera house in Brooklyn.
* ''[[The Job]]'' and ''[[Rescue Me]]'' both take place in New York, but in the latter's case, it's kind of important to the story, what with the main character being a 9/11 survivor.
* The History Channel's documentary series ''[[Life After People]]'' consistently plays into this trope. They do talk about other places but at least once an episode they have to go into detail about what will happen to the landmarks in New York over the centuries after humans disappear.
** To be fair, the show is made by an American cable channel, and due to the effects of this trope, New York landmarks are most likely to be recognized by the majority of viewers. And urban landmarks are the most massively constructed of modern civilization.
* The PBS-BBC children's series ''[[Ghostwriter (TV series)|Ghostwriter]]'' was set in Brooklyn.
* The US ''[[Life On Mars]]'' remake was moved to New York, despite the original having been set [[Oop North|in Manchester]], a city whose US parallel would be more on the lines of Philadelphia or Detroit.
* ''[[
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' is naturally set in Manhattan's Upper East Side and, on occasion, Brooklyn.
* An entire episode, "I Heart NJ," of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' is dedicated to a series of arguments between the characters regarding whether New York or New Jersey is superior. Long-term relationships hang in the balance as they try to resolve this question. The result is an episode that is headscratchingly [[Continuity Lock Out|locked-out]] for viewers outside of the Tri-State area.
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* ''[[Spin City]]'': A multi-camera sitcom revolving around workers at City Hall in Lower Manhattan.
* ''[[Friends]]''
* ''[[
** On the other hand, it references several things that only people who've been to New York know about, such as Duane Reade, cornbread from Sylvia's, the F Train being in Queens, and the G Train being horrible.
* ''[[The Wayans Bros]]'': The Brothers and Pops live in Harlem.
* ''[[What I Like About You]]''
* ''[[Mad About You]]''
* The ''[[
** And then we have "New Earth" and "Gridlock", set 5 billion years into the future, in "New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York".
* ''[[Sex and
* ''[[The Doctor Oz Show]]'' is filmed in New York. Call-outs for participants to appear on the show usually specify that they must live in New York, or at least the tristate area.
* ''[[Will and Grace]]''
* ''[[
* The season two finale of ''[[Glee]]'' is set in New York. Since this [[Musical Episode|is]] [[The Musical Musical|Glee]], a Broadway scene is practically compulsory.
* ''[[Raising the Bar]]''
* Subverted with ''[[
* The famous opening sequence of ''[[The Sopranos]]'', which takes place primarily in New Jersey, depicts main character Tony Soprano driving ''away'' from New York. Series creator David Chase says this was specifically to underline the fact that, in contrast to most gangster movies, it was not set there.
* ''[[Blue Bloods]]'', which is actually shot in NY, [
* ''[[Castle]]'' is set in New York.
* ''[[How to Make It
== Music ==
* [[
** Although in the context of the album (''Turnstiles''), which is really a [[Concept Album]], "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" is really about going '''back''' to New York ''from'' L.A.
** And lots of his songs contain plenty of references to places in NYC, too many to list.
* UK artist Estelle's popular song "American Boy" lists off all the places in the US she'd like to visit, with New York listed first and more often than any other place (5 times). It also mentions Broadway and Brooklyn.
* Gothic heavy rockers the [[Blue
{{quote|
** Local references in their songs include the dystopian ''Joan Crawford Has Risen From The Grave'', in which the revenant allegedly Satanist actress returns to Brooklyn as a zombie, spreading terror and loathing, so as to find Christina and discuss some of the more contentious points of ''Mommie, Dearest''.
* Steely Dan throws around NYC-specific terms and locations so often that at least one website has been created specifically to explain these references to non-New Yorkers.
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]] are New York-based, and apparently their songs are packed with obscure references, especially Village landmarks and personalities
* The Bronx is recognized as the birthplace of hip hop. As a result, many rappers make it no secret that they hail from New York City, and countless hip hop songs have been made in honor of its boroughs, neighborhoods, and culture. Even rappers from elsewhere in the world tend to eventually make reference to the city out of respect to the music's origins.
* [[
** Beastie Boys bring up New York in their music pretty often (it is their hometown, after all). More well-known examples of NYC appearing in their music, however, would include the song "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" and the album ''To the 5 Boroughs''.
* Often in [[
* Dead Prez "NYPD" recounts the history of the city. Also echoes the nickname of the city "Eight Million Stories".
* Andrew WK's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wi5IhvkKo I Love New York City] is pretty [[Exactly What It Says
* According to [[
* "Empire State Of Mind," performed by New York natives [[Jay
** "N.Y. State Of Mind" by [[Nas]] paints a far grittier picture of the city.
* The [[Genesis (
* [[
* [[Music/The Velvet Underground|Lou Reed]] has an album called "New York". He also sang about the city's gossip culture in "New York Telephone Conversation":
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* Willie Nile's adopted hometown is New York (considering he's from it's Crapsack World Evil Twin, Buffalo, this is hardly surprising), and he likes to mention it from time to time.
== Print Media ==
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== Pro Wrestling ==
* Generally subverted, as professional wrestling in America has a very regional history, meaning that although some wrestlers may come from New York or the Northeast, far more come from the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest.
** However it's worth noting that the ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'', which is the last major wrestling organization left standing from the old regional days had New York in its territory back then and New York and its Madison Square Garden arena was long considered home away from home for the McMahon family. Given that the Garden is only about a 35 mile drive from WWE headquarters, this is quite understandable.
== Puppet Shows ==
* Indoctrination to this trope starts early with ''[[
* ''[[Series/Avenue Q|Avenue Q]]''
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* The Heisman trophy is the most prestigious in college football, and it is awarded by the Manhattan-based Downtown Athletic Club. Interestingly, College Football is possibly the only sport that is not represented in the New York City area, which has no major teams within 30 miles.
* The NBA and NFL drafts are held each year in New York.
* Madison Square Garden has a snippet of Frank Sinatra singing "it's up to you, New York, New York!" that they use in [[Down to
* During the "Golden Age" of Baseball, New York City boasted three teams the Giants, playing in uptown Manhattan, the Yankees in the Bronx, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. These teams accounted for over half of the pennants and World Series titles from 1940 till the Dodgers and Giants moved west. They also boasted some of the most storied players Mays, Ruth, Robinson, Mantle, etc.
** Robinson became the first black man in modern major league baseball when he debuted for the Dodgers. The Yankees catcher Elston Howard was the first black American League MVP.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The starter setting for ''[[
* The paragon city for ''[[
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== Video Games ==
* The original [[Mario Bros
* Lampshaded in ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'': in the opening cutscene, the narrator proclaims that such an epic event in the world's history as described in the game could ONLY happen in New York City, "capital of the universe".
* NYPD officer Aya Brea encounters the first wave of a neo-mitochondrial epidemic in ''[[Parasite Eve]]'', which takes the player through the subways, Central Park Zoo, the Museum of Natural History, and the Statue of Liberty, all while fending off [[Body Horror]] at every turn. Why New York? Because it's fun to see it get trashed.
** Even the game's [[Bonus Dungeon]] takes place in one of the city's famous landmarks, the Chrysler Building.
* The ''[[Max Payne (
* Guess where ''[[Duke Nukem
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'''Duke:''' Time to de-worm the Big Apple! }}
* ''[[Prototype (
* The team working on ''[[Crysis (
** Oh, and it's had an epidemic of [[The Virus]], with the C.E.L.L. organization attempting to contain it by murdering any potential carriers-that is to say, anything that moves and isn't one of them. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]?
* ''True Crime: New York City'' takes place solely in Manhattan and allows the player to roam freely throughout the island.
* The first two games of the ''[[Def Jam Series]]'' of fighting games take place in New York City, with the third, ''Icon'', featuring the city as one of several locales.
* ''[[Punch
* In keeping with the Comic Book examples listed above, any video game based upon the [[Marvel Universe]] will usually be set at least partially in New York City, even if it's just one or two levels.
* The final set of missions in the PC game ''[[Crimson Skies]]'' are based in New York and involve the showdown between [[Loveable Rogue|Heroic]] [[Sky Pirate]] Nathan Zachary and [[Big Bad]] [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Lucas Miles.
* Invaders come and take over the United States, while a plumber from New York rises to fight back. No, it's not some [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Super Mario Brothers|Mario]] game - it's [[Freedom Fighters (
* NYC is a recurring location in ''[[
* Although not specifically by name - Liberty City of [[Grand Theft Auto]] fame gets progressively closer to it's real life counterpart with every passing sequel.
** Even Grand Theft Auto III was originally supposed to be closer to that goal than it ultimately was; but due to when it was released and, the[[The War
** By the time Grand Theft Auto IV was released, [[Too Soon]] had passed, and featured plenty of parodies and depictions of New York City (and the surrounding area). Going so far as to directly mimic famous landmarks and the current NYPD color/font scheme of their cars and the officers that drive them.
* ''[[Steel Battalion]]: Heavy Armor's'' debut trailer highlights an Operation Overlord-esque United States offensive on Manhattan in 2082 against a currently unknown enemy.
* ''[[Sakura Wars]]: So Long, My Love'' has demons attacking New York City (though previous installments took place in Tokyo and Paris).
* [[Hydro Thunder]] has the "NY Disaster" course which is Manhattan submerged in a flood caused by a meteor strike at New York harbor.
* ''[[Test Drive]] Off-Road 3'''s New York is Manhattan in the middle of a blizzard.
* In ''[[Enslaved:
* Even though ''[[Modern Warfare]]'' and ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops
** It does appear in ''Modern Warfare 3'''s campaign mode, as the setting of the first two missions. "Black Tuesday" takes place around Wall Street, while "Hunter-Killer" is centered on a Russian submarine in New York Harbour.
* One of the early levels of ''[[Ninja Gaiden II]]'' (both the NES game and the entirely different Xbox360 / [[
* Much of ''[[The Darkness]]'' is set in downtown Manhattan, and allows players to explore the streets and subway tunnels in between violent encounters with local thugs, mobsters, and crooked cops.
* ''[[The Shivah]]'' is set in New York. At least partially justified in that both Judaism and organized crime has a strong presence in the real city and feature prominently in the game's plot. Plus, creator Dave Gilbert is an ethnic Jew living in New York, so he is probably [[Write What You Know|writing what he knows]].
* Eight of the Nine levels in ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' are based off real world locations, and the Empire City/Skyscraper Scamper level is heavily based off New York and some other American cities as a result.
* Manehattan in ''[[My Little Pony
* Lampshaded in [http://nonadventures.com/2011/10/01/london-galling/ this] [[The Non Adventures of Wonderella|Non-Adventures of Wonderella]] strip.▼
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', especially in the original comics and second animated series.
** The 80's series took place here in the first few seasons, but later seemed to move to an [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|unidentified big city]]
* ''[[Futurama]]''. Period.
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** Technically, this is New New York.
** Which makes it even better, since it's... [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Big Big Applesauce]]?
* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
* Magical creatures are drawn to New York in ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]''.
** At one point, there's even an episode in which they need to go to a different dimension, using a portal which is said to randomly appear anywhere at any time. [[Contrived Coincidence|Cue the portal "randomly" appearing in Central Park.]]
* They should change the name ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' to ''The Penguins Of New York''!
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* The second 1980's ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'' special takes place in "Big Apple City", a clear parallel to New York City. Additionally, there are various place names that are take offs on various locations in New York such as "Times Pear" (Times Square), "Sentimental Park" (Central Park), and "Spinach Village" (Greenwich Village).
* ''[[The Critic]]'' takes place in New York.
* In the ''[[
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* ''[[The Simpsons (
** The one where Bart forms a boy band. They find themselves in New York but Milhouse is clueless:
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* ''[[Argai the Prophecy]]'' features much of its action in New York.
== Real Life ==
* [[John Lennon]] famously gave this as a justification for why he abandoned his British roots to make his permanent home in NYC. "If I'd lived in Roman times, I'd have lived in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman Empire and New York is Rome itself."
** Then again, that choice got him shot and killed.
* Name a major American news network. Unless it's [[CNN]] (they're in [[Atlanta]]), it's based in New York.
* After the [[American Revolution]], and before [[Washington DC|Washington D.C.]] was built, New York City served as the capital city of the United States.
** Before being replaced by the more central [[Philadelphia (useful notes)|Philadelphia]], which hosted the Continental Congress before the Revolution as well.
* When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, New York became the only US city which could easily ship goods west of the Appalachian Mountains. The business culture and population of New York City exploded as a result, to the point where the growth was incomparable to other US cities. Much like modern TV writers, 19th century businessmen and merchants believed there were only two types of cities: "Places Called New York", and "Places Not Called New York".
** Modern day New Yorkers can also exhibit this attitude. And you know what? ''[[The Reveal|They're right.]]
* Call it ''[[Too Soon]]'' or even ''[[Dead Baby Comedy]]'', but the real-life September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York make this trope sickeningly self-authenticating, complete with many moments of ''[[It Gets Worse]]'' (multiple surprise attacks on different locations from an unknown enemy, with the precision of [[The Chessmaster|a Chessmaster]]) where, for that day at least, [[The Bad Guy Wins|the bad guys totally won]].
* New York City is called the "Financial Capital of the World". There is a reason why when you say, "Wall Street", everyone knows you are talking about money. While there are others, according to [[wikipedia: List of major stock exchanges|listings]] on [[The Other Wiki]] the New York Stock Exchange is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at over US$
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