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== [[Anime]] ==
== [[Anime]] ==
* In ''[[X 1999|X/1999]]'', The Dragons of Heaven has their headquarters under the Diet Building, while the Dragons of Earth reside under the Tokyo Government offices.
* In ''[[X 1999]]'', The Dragons of Heaven has their headquarters under the Diet Building, while the Dragons of Earth reside under the Tokyo Government offices.
* ''[[Read or Die (Anime)|Read or Die]]'' has its network of superspies based in a secret underground lair beneath the British Library. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that they also work ''for'' the [[Milkman Conspiracy|British Library]].
* ''[[Read or Die]]'' has its network of superspies based in a secret underground lair beneath the British Library. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that they also work ''for'' the [[Milkman Conspiracy|British Library]].
* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' used several floors of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building as HQ for HYPNOS.
* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' used several floors of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building as HQ for HYPNOS.


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* The [[All-Star Squadron]] were based in the Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 New York's World Fair. The Perisphere was their headquarters, and the Trylon was their [[Cool Garage]].
* The [[All-Star Squadron]] were based in the Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 New York's World Fair. The Perisphere was their headquarters, and the Trylon was their [[Cool Garage]].
* In [[Peter David]]'s [[Spy Boy]], the "good" spy team (this troper can never remember if they were S.H.I.R.T.S or S.K.I.N.S) had their invisible headquarters suspended between the tops of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. (This got moved later, for obvious reasons.)
* In [[Peter David]]'s [[Spy Boy]], the "good" spy team (this troper can never remember if they were S.H.I.R.T.S or S.K.I.N.S) had their invisible headquarters suspended between the tops of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. (This got moved later, for obvious reasons.)
* In ''[[Invincible (Comic Book)|Invincible]]'' spinoff ''Guarding the Globe'', Cecil shows team leader Brit around a new Guardians of the Globe satellite base -- inside Big Ben. Brit isn't sold on the idea, and Cecil suggests having the Sphinx hollowed out to make room for a base there, too, maybe with a jet hangar. Brit can't tell if he's joking or not. He wasn't; a couple of issues later it's revealed that this is exactly what he did
* In ''[[Invincible]]'' spinoff ''Guarding the Globe'', Cecil shows team leader Brit around a new Guardians of the Globe satellite base -- inside Big Ben. Brit isn't sold on the idea, and Cecil suggests having the Sphinx hollowed out to make room for a base there, too, maybe with a jet hangar. Brit can't tell if he's joking or not. He wasn't; a couple of issues later it's revealed that this is exactly what he did


== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Team America World Police]]'' has the base in Mount Rushmore again.
* ''[[Team America: World Police]]'' has the base in Mount Rushmore again.
* The villains in ''[[North By Northwest]]'' have a house on Mount Rushmore's peak.
* The villains in ''[[North by Northwest]]'' have a house on Mount Rushmore's peak.
* In the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'' Dr. Evil has a base in the Space Needle.
* In the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'' Dr. Evil has a base in the Space Needle.
** And in ''[[Austin Powers]] in Goldmember'', Dr. Evil's base is behind the Hollywood sign.
** And in ''[[Austin Powers]] in Goldmember'', Dr. Evil's base is behind the Hollywood sign.
* The first live-action ''[[Transformers (Film)|Transformers]]'' movie had the FBI keeping Megatron and the All Spark inside Hoover Dam, which in the story was actually built to block out the Allspark's energy signature...or something.
* The first live-action ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie had the FBI keeping Megatron and the All Spark inside Hoover Dam, which in the story was actually built to block out the Allspark's energy signature...or something.
* In ''[[National Treasure (Film)|National Treasure]]: Book of Secrets'' the ancient mythical city of Cíbola was hidden behind Mount Rushmore. Or rather Mount Rushmore was created to hide Cíbola.
* In ''[[National Treasure]]: Book of Secrets'' the ancient mythical city of Cíbola was hidden behind Mount Rushmore. Or rather Mount Rushmore was created to hide Cíbola.
* The huge movie studio in ''[[The Truman Show (Film)|The Truman Show]]'' was behind the Hollywood Sign.
* The huge movie studio in ''[[The Truman Show]]'' was behind the Hollywood Sign.
** Of course, there's nothing hidden about it, given that it's a gigantic dome clearly visible from space.
** Of course, there's nothing hidden about it, given that it's a gigantic dome clearly visible from space.
* ''[[Q the Winged Serpent (Film)|Q the Winged Serpent]]'' nests in the top of the Chrysler Building in [[New York City]].
* ''[[Q – The Winged Serpent|Q the Winged Serpent]]'' nests in the top of the Chrysler Building in [[New York City]].
* CONTROL headquarters was under the Smithsonian Castle in ''[[Get Smart (Film)|Get Smart]]''.
* CONTROL headquarters was under the Smithsonian Castle in ''[[Get Smart (film)|Get Smart]]''.
* ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man With the Golden Gun]]'': The wreck of RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is used as an MI6 base.
* ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]'': The wreck of RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is used as an MI6 base.
* [[The Return of Captain Invincible|Captain Invincible]] had a hidden base in the head of the Statue of Liberty... when he wasn't drunk off his mind in the Australian outback
* [[The Return of Captain Invincible|Captain Invincible]] had a hidden base in the head of the Statue of Liberty... when he wasn't drunk off his mind in the Australian outback
* In the ''[[Judge Dredd (Film)|Judge Dredd]]'' film, Rico's secret cloning lab is located in the head of the Statue of Liberty.
* In the ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]'' film, Rico's secret cloning lab is located in the head of the Statue of Liberty.


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
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{{quote| '''Donna:''' What, there's like a secret base hidden under a major London landmark?<br />
{{quote| '''Donna:''' What, there's like a secret base hidden under a major London landmark?<br />
'''The Doctor:''' I know, unheard of... }}
'''The Doctor:''' I know, unheard of... }}
** Under Roald Dahl Plass, near the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, where The Hub is based in the [[Whoniverse]] spin-off ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' (and in "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E11 Utopia|Utopia]]", "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E12 The Stolen Earth|The Stolen Earth]]" and "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E13 Journeys End|Journey's End]]").
** Under Roald Dahl Plass, near the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, where The Hub is based in the [[Whoniverse]] spin-off ''[[Torchwood]]'' (and in "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E11 Utopia|Utopia]]", "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E12 The Stolen Earth|The Stolen Earth]]" and "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E13 Journeys End|Journey's End]]").
* UNIT had one: Under the Tower of London in "The Christmas Invasion". It beat their early place that had a conspicuous "Keep Out" sign.
* UNIT had one: Under the Tower of London in "The Christmas Invasion". It beat their early place that had a conspicuous "Keep Out" sign.
* Various bad guys have based themselves in/under:
* Various bad guys have based themselves in/under:
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* Nearly ''everything'' in ''[[Fallout]] 3'', since the game takes place in Washington, D.C. [[After the End]]. The most recognizable are probably the Washington Monument (Brotherhood of Steel and Three Dog's communications relay), the Pentagon (Brotherhood of Steel), the Mall and Museum of Science (Super Mutants), Museum of History (Ghouls), the Jefferson Memorial (Project Purity), the Lincoln Memorial (Slavers and eventually freed slaves), the ruined Capitol Building (in some ways the [[Bonus Dungeon]]), and the White House Crater.
* Nearly ''everything'' in ''[[Fallout]] 3'', since the game takes place in Washington, D.C. [[After the End]]. The most recognizable are probably the Washington Monument (Brotherhood of Steel and Three Dog's communications relay), the Pentagon (Brotherhood of Steel), the Mall and Museum of Science (Super Mutants), Museum of History (Ghouls), the Jefferson Memorial (Project Purity), the Lincoln Memorial (Slavers and eventually freed slaves), the ruined Capitol Building (in some ways the [[Bonus Dungeon]]), and the White House Crater.
** Justified with the Pentagon and the Lincoln Memorial. The Brotherhood chose the Pentagon both because it was easily defensible and because it contained plenty of pre-War technology (including {{spoiler|Liberty Prime}}). The slavers don't want slaves to be exposed to anything related to [[Abraham Lincoln]].
** Justified with the Pentagon and the Lincoln Memorial. The Brotherhood chose the Pentagon both because it was easily defensible and because it contained plenty of pre-War technology (including {{spoiler|Liberty Prime}}). The slavers don't want slaves to be exposed to anything related to [[Abraham Lincoln]].
* In [[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]], UNATCO's HQ and therefore {{spoiler|1=a major MJ12 facility}} are both built on Liberty Island.
* In [[Deus Ex]], UNATCO's HQ and therefore {{spoiler|1=a major MJ12 facility}} are both built on Liberty Island.
** This one is justified in game as a symbolic decision. UNATCO was founded in response to a terrorist attack that destroyed the Statue of Liberty.
** This one is justified in game as a symbolic decision. UNATCO was founded in response to a terrorist attack that destroyed the Statue of Liberty.
* [[STALKER (Video Game)|STALKER]] is all about the [[Hive Mind|terrible]] [[Instrumentality|secret]] at the center of the Zone of Exclusion, buried deep within the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
* [[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (series)|STALKER]] is all about the [[Hive Mind|terrible]] [[Instrumentality|secret]] at the center of the Zone of Exclusion, buried deep within the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
** [[Conspiracy Theorist|Conspiracy Theorists]] might also get a shudder at the inclusion of the Duga-3 Over-The-Horizon-Radar array's inclusion, known in Number Station circles as the Russian Woodpecker, suspected [[Government Conspiracy|by some]] as being a [[Mind Control Device]] or [[Weather Control Machine]]. In the series, [[All Myths Are True|it does both.]]
** [[Conspiracy Theorist|Conspiracy Theorists]] might also get a shudder at the inclusion of the Duga-3 Over-The-Horizon-Radar array's inclusion, known in Number Station circles as the Russian Woodpecker, suspected [[Government Conspiracy|by some]] as being a [[Mind Control Device]] or [[Weather Control Machine]]. In the series, [[All Myths Are True|it does both.]]
*** Not to be confused with the Brain Scorcher from the first game, which is merely [[Fictional Counterpart|based on]] the Duga-3.
*** Not to be confused with the Brain Scorcher from the first game, which is merely [[Fictional Counterpart|based on]] the Duga-3.
* In [[Evil Genius (Video Game)|Evil Genius]], a rival genius tried to build an underground lair inside the Great Wall of China, consisting of a single corridor.
* In [[Evil Genius (video game)|Evil Genius]], a rival genius tried to build an underground lair inside the Great Wall of China, consisting of a single corridor.


== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'' has The Plumbers base be inside the ever-popular Mount Rushmore.
* ''[[Ben 10]]'' has The Plumbers base be inside the ever-popular Mount Rushmore.
* In one episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' Dr. Doofenschmirtz has a hidden base inside Lincoln's head at Mount Rushmore.
* In one episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' Dr. Doofenschmirtz has a hidden base inside Lincoln's head at Mount Rushmore.
* In ''[[Spider-Man the Animated Series]]'', the Kingpin's lair is in the Chrysler building. There's a secret underground entrance so people not in the know won't find out where his base is (even though the lair's high ceiling ''looks'' like the interior of the Chrysler Building's spire might be expected to look). Of course, by five seasons later, enough airborne bad guys have waltzed in and out that ''someone'' oughta suspect that something about that [[Villain With Good Publicity|nice philanthropist]] Wilson Fisk isn't kosher.
* In ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'', the Kingpin's lair is in the Chrysler building. There's a secret underground entrance so people not in the know won't find out where his base is (even though the lair's high ceiling ''looks'' like the interior of the Chrysler Building's spire might be expected to look). Of course, by five seasons later, enough airborne bad guys have waltzed in and out that ''someone'' oughta suspect that something about that [[Villain with Good Publicity|nice philanthropist]] Wilson Fisk isn't kosher.
* Parodied on ''[[The Venture Brothers]].'' The Monarch brags about how his base is in such a secret location that he flies by radar alone to get there, that it could be anywhere and nobody would find it...except that it's in the Grand Canyon and ''very'' visible.
* Parodied on ''[[The Venture Brothers]].'' The Monarch brags about how his base is in such a secret location that he flies by radar alone to get there, that it could be anywhere and nobody would find it...except that it's in the Grand Canyon and ''very'' visible.
* Parodied on [[The Simpsons]]. In one Treehouse of Horror episode, a missile launch pad is under the Eiffel Tower.
* Parodied on [[The Simpsons]]. In one Treehouse of Horror episode, a missile launch pad is under the Eiffel Tower.
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