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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Adventurers!]]'': [http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/20041009.html "Why are you just targeting landmarks?"]
== Web Original ==▼
* Operation Teufelseelöwe is an AH.Com thread lampshading many tropes. The Tower of London is destroyed by Panza tanks (prior to which the Ravens fly off with the Crown Jewels'. The Nazi attack on London also gets Tower Bridge:▼
{{quote|'The beautiful Tower Bridge, a marvel of turn-of-the-century engineering...▼
Bold and daring, she is, the perfect statement of Old World meets New as she lay in the shadow of the Tower of London. With a landmark of this fame, this glory, this history, you know it's totally fucked in a TL like this.' }}▼
* The Statue of Liberty is ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s #1 [http://www.cracked.com/article_19924_5-iconic-building-that-were-barely-saved-from-destruction_p2.html Iconic Building That Was Barely Saved from Destruction] because "when Lady Liberty gets destroyed, it means the apocalypse is here".▼
== Western Animation ==
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* As mentioned under Film, in the original ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' the episode "Atlantis Arise" centered on the Decepticons allying with the city of Sub-Atlantica to attack [[Washington, D.C. Invasion|Washington, DC]]. The Decepticons damaged the Washington Monument to the point where it would have toppled had the Autobots not intervened, and Megatron himself strode into the Lincoln Memorial and ripped the Abraham Lincoln part of the statue off to claim its chair as his throne. Impossible (hence why the movie version shot the statue), but the symbolism is still effective.
* Even in [[Real Life]] there have always been concerns that the Leaning Tower of Pisa will eventually fall, and in an ''[[Underdog]]'' cartoon, it actually happens. The hero manages to catch it with ease, but stabilizing it takes him about one-and-a-half episodes of the four-parter.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in the [[MGM]] cartoon "Little Johnny Jet". As the protagonist and his son (both [[Sentient Vehicle| anthropomorphic airplanes]]) rocket around the world at high speed, some famous monuments get the Trope equivalent of [[Amusing Injuries]]; the Sphinx is given a crew cut, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is tilted in the ''other'' direction, the Eiffel Tower barely avoids a collision by lifting its "legs", and rushing past the Statue of Liberty results in a [[Panty Shot]] as her dress is blown to the side. [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|
▲== Web Original ==
▲* Operation Teufelseelöwe is an AH.Com thread lampshading many tropes. The Tower of London is destroyed by Panza tanks (prior to which the Ravens fly off with the Crown Jewels'. The Nazi attack on London also gets Tower Bridge:
▲{{quote|'The beautiful Tower Bridge, a marvel of turn-of-the-century engineering...
▲Bold and daring, she is, the perfect statement of Old World meets New as she lay in the shadow of the Tower of London. With a landmark of this fame, this glory, this history, you know it's totally fucked in a TL like this.' }}
▲* The Statue of Liberty is ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s #1 [http://www.cracked.com/article_19924_5-iconic-building-that-were-barely-saved-from-destruction_p2.html Iconic Building That Was Barely Saved from Destruction] because "when Lady Liberty gets destroyed, it means the apocalypse is here".
== Real Life ==
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