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* In ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' George & Mary Bailey move into an old abandoned mansion which until then had been used for the local teens to throw rocks at.

* Probably because it's a major deathtrap, the abandoned firehouse in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' remains conveniently available until Venkman ''et al'' need a place of business.

'''Stantz:''' Hey. Does this pole still work? ''(slides down)'' Wow, this place is great! When can we move in?! }}

* Inverted in ''[[The Shadow (film)|The Shadow]]'' (1994 film version): [[Big Bad]] Shiwan Khan uses his [[Mind Control]] powers to hide an entire skyscraper mega-hotel in plain sight by convincing everyone that it's a semi-active construction site.

** The Factory is actually a fairly close reproduction of an [http://www.lightningfield.com/04/07/050228.html abandoned] [http://aprslw.webs.com/realcodelyoko.htm Renault factory] on Ile Seguin in the Seine River, in Boulogne-Billancourt outside Paris. It was shut down in 1992 and demolished by 2005; the island currently awaits the construction of some sort of cultural project, probably a large art museum. (The show's factory mainly differs in color scheme; the original factory was mostly white on the outside, while the show's is more beige.)

* Parodied and averted in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', where Homer tries to hide in an [[Abandoned Warehouse]] only to find it's now no longer abandoned.