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{{quote|''"They say Tapioca's a real tyrant... he's cruel and he's vain... In fact he's so vain he changed the name of the capital from Los Dopicos. He called it Tapiocapolis after himself."''|'''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]''', ''Tintin and the Picaros''}}
Many a self-aggrandizing dictator has not been satisfied merely with building entire factories to produce busts and portraits of himself. For these rulers, the ultimate statement of their power has been to name or [[Meaningful Rename|rename]] entire towns after themselves. Don't be surprised if there's a big [[Our Founder]] statue in the central plaza or entrance. Or both.
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Compare [[Conspicuous Consumption]] and [[Airstrip One]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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== Comics -- Books ==
* In ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'', we have General Tapioca, who renamed the capital of his country to Tapiocapolis. {{spoiler|[[Black and Grey Morality|Later, he is overthrown by General Alcázar, who renames the city as Alcázarpolis.]]}}
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], Dr. Doom renamed Latveria's capital Doomstadt, also renaming several of the nation's other cities (to Doomburg, Doomwood, Doomton, etc.) Latveria's greatest holiday is Doom's Day, which is celebrated whenever Doom feels like celebrating.
* This doesn't have to be a dictator in the French adaptation of the Disney comics: Duckburg is called Donaldville for no apparent reason, and Mouseton is called Mickeyville. The English names have the excuse that "Duck" and "Mouse" seem to be common names, but ...
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== Films -- Animation ==
* In ''[[Megamind]]'', Hal Stewart (the cameraman wooing for news reporter Roxanne Ritchie) is {{spoiler|the "unfortunate" recipient of Metro Man's super powers, and calls himself "Tighten"(a misspelling of "Titan"). However, he decides to become a supervillain instead. He goes over the edge when he finds out Megamind is in love with Roxanne, and causes chaos in the city. One of the things "Tighten" proceeds to do is burn "Tightenville" into the cityscape of Metro City.}}
* ''[[The
* ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'': After {{spoiler|enslaving everyone in Bikini Bottom with his mind controlling Chum Bucket helmets, Plankton converts Bikini Bottom into Planktopolis, complete with several giant stone statues of himself.}}
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So saying, Captain Nemo unfurled a black flag bearing a gold "N" on its quartered bunting. Then, turning toward the orb of day, whose last rays were licking at the sea's horizon:<br />
"Farewell, O sun!" he called. "Disappear, O radiant orb! Retire beneath this open sea, and let six months of night spread their shadows over ''my new domains!"'' }}
* One [[Alternate History]] book, derived from [[Very Loosely Based
* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: ''Game Over'' introduces Henry "Hank" Jellicoe, who has a mansion in a location with his name on it. His company Jellicoe Global Securities naturally has his name on it. ''Cross Roads'' reveals that he has an airline with his name on it. As it turns out, all this is [[Foreshadowing]] to [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|Jellicoe is a [[Complete Monster]]}}.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', the noble house Arryn rules the Vale of Arryn. It is implied that the first Andal king named the place after himself when he conquered it.
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* A prime example is the team the Slaycity Slayers from ''[[Mutant League Football]]'', where both team and city got their name changed as part of the contract with star player K.T. Slayer.
* In ''[[Dragon Quest III (Video Game)|Dragon Quest III]]'', this happens to a modest little frontier town that the heroes help get established. Over time, the village's leader starts seriously abusing their power, until, at the height of their reign, they're practically living like a king. The twist? {{spoiler|Said egomaniac is the Merchant you convinced to settle down there in the first place and help it grow.}}
* You wouldn't know just from playing ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'', but the empire's capital of Palamecia is actually the last name of its leader, Mateus Palamecia. Not unrealistic, as lots of ruling houses either lent their name to the land they owned or vice versa. Too bad [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him The Emperor]], and you only learn his real name in [[All There in the Manual|the (Japan-only) novelization]], also that none of them seem to go into detail about which was "Palamecia" first, the country or the imperial line.
* The King (Mickey Mouse) in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Though he's on your side, you have to wonder about a king who stamps his silhouette on damn near everything in his realm....
* Depending on how you play, you can name your alliance in ''[[Star Control]] 2'' after yourself.
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* ''[[Rune Factory Frontier]]'' has a side character named Roland (which was [[Dub Name Change|changed to Nolan]] in the localization), the former king of the Kingdom of Roland. It's unspecified whether this is in effect or inverted (i.e. he was named Roland ''because'' he was to be the King of Roland).
* The ''[[War Craft]]'' universe has the city of Thaurissan, named by (and after) Sorcerer-thane Thaurissan when he declared himself emperor of the Dark Iron dwarves. Destroyed when Emperor Thaurissan summoned Ragnaros the Firelord, its ruins are in what became the Burning Steppes.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', when Groose accidentally falls down to the surface, he realizes how nice of a place it looks. Grand music starts building up, and then he decides to christen it...Grooseland. The music promptly dies in hilarious fashion. Naturally, the name doesn't stick.
* As the name would suggest, Neo Bowser City in ''[[Mario Kart]] 7'' is one.
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== Web Comics ==
* The infamous ''[[Sonichu]]'' comics are set in "Cwcville", after '''C'''hristian '''W'''eston '''C'''handler. (It's apparently pronounced "Quick-ville" judging by the audiobooks and the bad puns.) The currency is named after him (C-Quarters, W-Quarters, and confusingly [[Department of Redundancy Department|C-QUARTERS]]), the only known radio station is KCWC, the drink of choice is CWC Cola <ref>You'd think the official beverage would be [[Nes CWC]].</ref>), and the mayor's birthday is ''celebrated as a holiday'', under the name of Christian Love Day.<br />Hell, the entire city cold be considered nothing more of an extension of [[Small Name, Big Ego|his egotism.]] Strangely, the city was founded by his father Bob. [[Unperson|One can only assume he's removed all evidence of the man.]]
* The terrible country of Tyrinaria in ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', home to Lord Tyrinar The Bloody, and source of a good deal of backstory motivation for Haley. The problem being that, by the time Haley gets to the continent where it is located, it's not there anymore; countries there tend to get conquered, renamed, and conquered again every year or so. At current time, there's a Cruelvania, Dictatoria, and two Despotonias (East and West).
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** Kyoshi Island was named after Avatar Kyoshi, its most famous past resident. Pretty [[Justified]], since {{spoiler|she basically ''made'' it herself, breaking her home peninsula off from the mainland}}.
* In ''[[Re Boot (Animation)|Re Boot]]'', when Megabyte {{spoiler|takes over [[City of Adventure|Mainframe]]}}, he {{spoiler|re}}names it Megaframe.
* In ''[[The
* ''[[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]''
** Dr. Drakken plans way too far ahead, to what he'll name certain places after his "inevitable victory". When he launches an attack on the Great White North, he plans to rename it Drakanada.
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** Dr. Doofenshmirtz built his own floating city and called it... Doofania.
** There's also the [[Bad Future]] version of Danville ruled by Doofenshmirtz as well as the [[Alternate Universe|alternate dimension]] ruled by an eviler Doofenshmirtz from [[Phineas and Ferb The Movie Across The 2nd Dimension|the movie.]]
** And of course, a meta-example: the show takes place in Danville, Jefferson County, [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|Some Unspecified State]]. The show's creators are named Dan and Jeff.
* Simultaneously subverted and inverted with the title theme park in the direct-to-DVD release ''Pollyworld''. The subversion is the fact that it's a theme park and not a country. The inversion is that [[Polly Pocket]]'s father created the theme park and named it after her daughter, making it a lot like U.S. fast food chain Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers.
* In an episode of ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series (Animation)|Sabrina the Animated Series]]'', Sabrina travels back in time three times to prevent herself from being portrayed as a hero. Oon the fourth try, she travels back 100 years to turn the bridge from wood to stone; when she returns, she finds that Greendale is now called Sabrinaville, and everyone in town is now named "Sabrina".
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