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* In ''[[The Core]]'', the collapse of Earth's magnetic field targets the Colisseum in Rome, and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, without touching much else.
* In ''[[The Core]]'', the collapse of Earth's magnetic field targets the Colisseum in Rome, and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, without touching much else.
* In ''[[Armageddon]]'', showers of small meteors come in advance of the Big Doomsday Rock. They could strike anywhere on earth. Where does the biggest of the Harbingers of Doom hit? Dead center on the Eiffel Tower. Which city was the first to get hit by these small meteors? [[Big Applesauce|New York City]]. And said meteor shower damages/destroys several NYC landmarks, including Grand Central Station, the Chrysler Building -- and the Twin Towers. (The third shower hits Shanghai, but fails to find a globally-recognisable monument.)
* In ''[[Armageddon]]'', showers of small meteors come in advance of the Big Doomsday Rock. They could strike anywhere on earth. Where does the biggest of the Harbingers of Doom hit? Dead center on the Eiffel Tower. Which city was the first to get hit by these small meteors? [[Big Applesauce|New York City]]. And said meteor shower damages/destroys several NYC landmarks, including Grand Central Station, the Chrysler Building -- and the Twin Towers. (The third shower hits Shanghai, but fails to find a globally-recognisable monument.)
* In ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]'', a saucer rolls a giant bowling ball and knocks over some of the statues on Easter Island. Next they cut down the Washington Monument as a [[Shout-Out]] to the aforementioned Harryhausen movie, plus [[Jerkass|keeps tilting it from one side to another]] so panicking civilians don't know which way to run.<br /><br />They are also shown melting the Eiffel Tower in the background while slaughtering the French President and his cabinet, and taking a picture in the Taj Mahal while blowing it up at the same time.
* In ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'', a saucer rolls a giant bowling ball and knocks over some of the statues on Easter Island. Next they cut down the Washington Monument as a [[Shout-Out]] to the aforementioned Harryhausen movie, plus [[Jerkass|keeps tilting it from one side to another]] so panicking civilians don't know which way to run.<br /><br />They are also shown melting the Eiffel Tower in the background while slaughtering the French President and his cabinet, and taking a picture in the Taj Mahal while blowing it up at the same time.
* Subverted in ''[[Resident Evil: Extinction|Resident Evil Extinction]]'', where the Statue of Liberty is buried in sand... along with the Sphinx and Eiffel Tower, since they're all Las Vegas casino structures. Played straight with Las Vegas itself. The Las Vegas damage from ''[[Con Air]]'' pales in comparison, which is a pity because 1. it was filmed in the real Las Vegas, and 2. buildings marked for demolition in real life were destroyed for real in the movie.
* Subverted in ''[[Resident Evil: Extinction|Resident Evil Extinction]]'', where the Statue of Liberty is buried in sand... along with the Sphinx and Eiffel Tower, since they're all Las Vegas casino structures. Played straight with Las Vegas itself. The Las Vegas damage from ''[[Con Air]]'' pales in comparison, which is a pity because 1. it was filmed in the real Las Vegas, and 2. buildings marked for demolition in real life were destroyed for real in the movie.
* ''Domino'' - A ballsy Vegas example has [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters|a character sympathetic to Afghani rebels]] blow half the top off the Stratosphere Tower, which is a real 1,000+ foot observation needle. Then, [[The Hero]] falls down the elevator shaft in a cabin just like the ones used at the actual tower (though real ones don't have an speedometer on the floor counter). The whole scene was done with startling accuracy and the Stratosphere signed off on it's name/identity being used all over the darn thing, giving it that [[Too Soon]] quality.
* ''Domino'' - A ballsy Vegas example has [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters|a character sympathetic to Afghani rebels]] blow half the top off the Stratosphere Tower, which is a real 1,000+ foot observation needle. Then, [[The Hero]] falls down the elevator shaft in a cabin just like the ones used at the actual tower (though real ones don't have an speedometer on the floor counter). The whole scene was done with startling accuracy and the Stratosphere signed off on it's name/identity being used all over the darn thing, giving it that [[Too Soon]] quality.
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* ''[[Posleen War Series]]'' - The Washington Monument comes under massive fire from plasma and HVM rounds, as a reaction to a human sniper using the monument as a firing point. The Lincoln Memorial also is destroyed, though by human forces.
* ''[[Posleen War Series]]'' - The Washington Monument comes under massive fire from plasma and HVM rounds, as a reaction to a human sniper using the monument as a firing point. The Lincoln Memorial also is destroyed, though by human forces.
* ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' - Invoked by Ciaphas, Hero Of The Imperium, in ''Cain's Last Stand''. He mentions that he hopes that an attack on the capital city of Perlia managed to destroy a particularly hated monument to him (a clock that features him decapitating an orc every hour), but he's disappointed to learn it's still standing.
* ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' - Invoked by Ciaphas, Hero Of The Imperium, in ''Cain's Last Stand''. He mentions that he hopes that an attack on the capital city of Perlia managed to destroy a particularly hated monument to him (a clock that features him decapitating an orc every hour), but he's disappointed to learn it's still standing.
* ''Vixen 03'', Clive Cussler's fifth [[NUMA Series|Dirk Pitt]] book, features a rare attack on the Lincoln Memorial. The roof collapses and the columns are knocked down but the statue remains upright. Five books later, [[Canon Dis Continuity|Cussler had already forgotten about that]].
* ''Vixen 03'', Clive Cussler's fifth [[NUMA Series|Dirk Pitt]] book, features a rare attack on the Lincoln Memorial. The roof collapses and the columns are knocked down but the statue remains upright. Five books later, [[Canon Discontinuity|Cussler had already forgotten about that]].
* In ''[[1632|1634: The Baltic War]]'', as part of the distractions during their escape from London, Harry Lefferts blows up the Tower of London and sets fire to the Globe Theater. Even funnier, his ''history teacher'' is present, and goes utterly berserk.
* In ''[[1632|1634: The Baltic War]]'', as part of the distractions during their escape from London, Harry Lefferts blows up the Tower of London and sets fire to the Globe Theater. Even funnier, his ''history teacher'' is present, and goes utterly berserk.
** There was also the German castle that got blown up in [[1632]], which is apparently a World Heritage Site.
** There was also the German castle that got blown up in [[1632]], which is apparently a World Heritage Site.
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