Eiffel Tower Effect: Difference between revisions

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The trope namer is on the Champ de Mars in Paris and was completed in 1889. [[The Other Wiki]] calls the Eiffel Tower "one of the most recognizable structures in the world."

== [[Anime]] ==

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** Maybe not so odd on a TV fx budget.

* Whenever Gibbs in ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'' flashes back to his time in Paris with Sheppard, the Eiffel Tower is intercut about every other frame or so with stock footage of two people on a bed.

* Parodied in ''[[Police Squad]]''. Frank Drebin goes to question the relative of a victim in [[Friendly Local Chinatown|Little Italy]]; as he drives there, [[Stock Footage]] of the Coliseum is rear projected behind him. When he arrives, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is visible from the apartment.

* Parodied in ''[[Police Squad!]]''. Frank Drebin goes to question the relative of a victim in [[Friendly Local Chinatown|Little Italy]]; as he drives there, [[Stock Footage]] of the Coliseum is rear projected behind him. When he arrives, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is visible from the apartment.

** The view from the Police Squad office window changes from episode to episode. In one, the Eiffel Tower can be seen; in another, the US Capitol Building is clearly visible.

* In the ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' episode "Rio", set in, Rio, the opening shot shows Caine getting down on one knee dramatically, and then pans up to reveal the Christ the Redeemer statue just before the YEEEEAAAAHHH. This statue is in virtually every shot of the episode. Caine even looks up at it (dramatically) after the episode's climactic knife fight.

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** In Snake and Spike's wedding episode the DP tried valiantly to get them (on a lakeside boardwalk) and the tower's observation pod in the shot at the same time. And couldn't.

* In ''[[Smallville (TV)|Smallville]]'', when Lana Lang visits Paris, the Notre Dame cathedral is always shown whenever the episode shifts to her story.

* ''[[~~Greys~~ Anatomy (TV)|Greys Anatomy]]'' is set in Seattle. The space needle is prominently displayed.

* ''[[Grey's Anatomy (TV)|Greys Anatomy]]'' is set in Seattle. The space needle is prominently displayed.

* The studio of the London-based breakfast news programme ''Daybreak'' has a window wall with a view of the London skyline, centred on the dome of St Paul's Cathedral. So far, so [[Justified Trope]], but where the trope really comes into play is that, with the show being on at 6am, in the winter it's still dark outside. So the production company pay to have the cathedral lit up specially.

* On ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' and its spin-off ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'', Cardiff is always represented by the Roald Dahl Plass, with its recognizable Millenium Centre and Water Tower. On ''Torchwood'' a sweeping aerial shot of the Plass is frequently used to indicate the action is moving to the Torchwood Hub, which is directly beneath the Water Tower.

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** It also shows up in in the first installment of the trilogy, ''[[Fated to Love You (TV)|Fated to Love You]]''.

** It's actually shown and identified by caption in the first episode of ''[[Love Keeps Going (TV)|Love Keeps Going]]''.

* It wasn't until the third season that ''[[~~I Carly~~ (TV)|I Carly]]'' added an establishing shot of the [[The Other Rainforest|Seattle]] skyline with the Space Needle prominent.

* It wasn't until the third season that ''[[ICarly (TV)|I Carly]]'' added an establishing shot of the [[The Other Rainforest|Seattle]] skyline with the Space Needle prominent.

== [[Video Games]] ==

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** There's also the scarred remains of the Capitol building (which you can freely explore), along with several national museums (these are within walking distance in real life, too, though all that walking to be done on the Mall is [[Space Compression|conveniently abridged]]). Oh, and if you're feeling patriotic, you can always go visit the White House, or rather the smoldering radioactive hole where it ''used'' to be.

* The first level of ''Jungle Strike'' is set in Washington DC (the jungle comes later), so the bad guys' first targets are the Washington Monument, the Capitol Building, and the Library of Congress, with your base at the White House.

* In every version of ''Where In The World Is [[Carmen Sandiego]]?'', going to almost any country will immediately take you to its most famous landmark, which [[~~Its~~ a Small World After All|just happens to be where the crook last was]]. Slightly subverted in the third version in which the Golden Gate Bridge, of all places, is the U.S. locale, presumably because the heroes' headquarters is supposed to be in [[San Francisco]].

* In every version of ''Where In The World Is [[Carmen Sandiego]]?'', going to almost any country will immediately take you to its most famous landmark, which [[It's a Small World After All|just happens to be where the crook last was]]. Slightly subverted in the third version in which the Golden Gate Bridge, of all places, is the U.S. locale, presumably because the heroes' headquarters is supposed to be in [[San Francisco]].

* Act 3 of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'' takes place in an unnamed city somewhere in ''"Eastern Europe"''. However, the Charles Bridge makes it very obvious that it's Prague.

* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise)|Shin Megami Tensei]]'': Imagine had, in its intro, as one of the last surviving elements of Tokyo, the Tokyo Tower. Somewhat ironic given that game's portrayed genre, that tower's survival ratio is extremely low indeed.

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* ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'' had shots of both the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe when the characters went to Paris. I'm pretty sure there was a shot of Big Ben in the London episode.

** This trope can also be done with wildlife if an animal is particularly tied to the area. When the group is sent to Australia during the World Tour season, a kangaroo is passing by just as they show up, instantly cluing them in on where they are.

* In ''[[Monsters Inc. (Animation)|Monsters Inc.]]'', when Mike and Sully go through the [[Portal Network]] of closet doors to escape Randall, guess what Parisian landmark is visible outside one of the bedrooms?

* In ''[[Monsters, Inc. (Animation)|Monsters Inc.]]'', when Mike and Sully go through the [[Portal Network]] of closet doors to escape Randall, guess what Parisian landmark is visible outside one of the bedrooms?

** It's also the first landmark Remy sees when he emerges from the sewers in ''[[Ratatouille]]''.

** Also in ''[[Monsters Inc. (Animation)|Monsters Inc.]]'' You can see Mt. Fuji in the room with the sliding door.

** Also in ''[[Monsters, Inc. (Animation)|Monsters Inc.]]'' You can see Mt. Fuji in the room with the sliding door.

** The Himalayas are also mentioned earlier in the movie.

* Parodied by an episode of ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''. when the gang goes to the beach just in time for the beach to be overrun by Omicronians, with Fry walking onto the beach, and saying, "Hey, the Statue of liberty!" and then Leela shows off a series of others, and Bender comments about a particular evil scientist who moved them all to that particular beach after becoming ruler of the planet, and superimposing his face over one of the presidents on Mount Rushmore.