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Ah, Great Britain. Mother of America. Land of the... Big Red Buses.
In Hollywood, any characters visiting Britain will stop in one place: Central London. They'll catch a ride on those cool red buses, try to make [[British Royal Guards|the Guards at the palace]] laugh, get into a debate about whether it's fries or chips, and at some point meet the Royal Family. The [[Establishing Shot]] will show Westminster Palace, Tower Bridge, The London Eye, or all of the above to a brief [[Standard Snippet]] of "Rule Britannia", just in case you weren't clear on the location. If the makers think they're being subtle, it will feature a red phone box, a red Routemaster Bus driving by (very rare in real life), and a red-and-blue London Transport sign for one of London's major interchange stations like Liverpool Street or Kings Cross.
This, despite the real-life London being 607 sq miles in area, the characters will never leave Central London (around 24 square miles), if they even make it more than half a mile from the river. And London is just one city in ''England'', which is itself just one of ''three'' countries that make up Great Britain, the largest island in the United Kingdom, which includes Northern Ireland and lots of other islands. Of course, Hollywood England is a tiny place. It's an island, for trope's sake! While there may be a bit more to it than just London, it's not a whole lot more. If Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland cross their fingers and hope ''really hard'', they might just make an appearance in the form of [[Scotireland]].
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* Averted in [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]], the important bit of British action took place in Scotland.
* For the most part, it's averted in [[Hellsing]]. Until the [[Big Bad]] [[Those Wacky Nazis|Millennium]] fully enters the series, we have action taking place in an undisclosed British suburb, an abandoned factory and warehouse in Badrick, Ireland, outside the town of Cheddar ([[Shown Their Work|actual places]]), the Hellsing Organization, Britain's National Gallery, a hotel in Rio de Janiero, and an undisclosed suburb of Brazil. Even when they reveal themselves fully, the fight afterward takes place in presumably the English Channel on a British ship taken over by Millennium. London is their main target and the last five manga volumes/OVAs pretty much take place there; clearly, this is not a case of generalization.
* Nice [[Death Note]] subversion; the British characters all come from Winchester, and while the viewer isn't hammered over the head with it, a few visuals and spoken references seem to relate to the famous cathedral there. (Some animator, evidently confusing Winchester with Westminster, managed to shove in a shot of Big Ben ''anyway'', but still.)
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Maka, Soul, Tsubaki and Black Star fight [[Big Badass Wolf|Free]] for the first time on what appears to be Tower Bridge (although it looks nothing like it, so it might be Albert Bridge or another suspension bridge in London. Either way the geography's somewhat messed up).
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* An issue of ''[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]]'' features a half-page shot of various giant egg-yolks that were attacking various cities around the world being dispersed of by the Bunny From Beyond. One of the cities under attack was "Loondon" (Earth-C's London), depicted by a shot of a guard standing in front of (Earth-C's) Buckingham Palace watching an attacking egg-yolk get disintegrated.
* ''[[Millie the Model]]'''s pal Toni seemed to think Liverpool was just a short bus ride away from Buckingham Palace, [http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2011/03/millie-model-in-london-night-3.html as shown by this panel].
* This attitude is satirised in the comic strip ''The Critics'' in ''[[Viz]]''. The Critics are completely ignorant of the UK outside of London, to the extent they sometimes don't seem aware it exists at all. Even when they are aware, they believe large cities such as Liverpool or Newcastle are small villages, and are very snobby and condescending about them despite admitting to knowing nothing about them.
== Film ==
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Command
** ''Red Alert 3'' at least places the mission outside of London, but the accent part is in full force for the allied commanders that are from Britain.
*** Although averted less than you would think, as the mission is set in Brighton, which is known by some as 'London-By-The-Sea' for good reason.
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