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Sometimes a model can actually be one of the special effects props on a show, thrown in as a [[Genius Bonus|nod to attentive fans]].

 

* [[Miniature Effects]] (the models have a meta use in the show)

* [[Model Planning]] (using these when describing plans)

* [[This Is What the Building Will Look Like]] (a model of a future construction we are not likely to see completed).

 

* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', Bill Adama worked on a model of an Age of Sail ship over the course of the show, which he ends up destroying it in a fit of rage. The destruction was an ad lib by Edward James Olmos, who didn't know the model was very expensive (after all, in [[Real Life]] someone working full time can take a couple months to build one) and in fact on loan from a museum.

** [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Whoops.]] Still, it was that very act that REALLY drove home how screwed up things were in that episode.

* In ''[[The Mighty Boosh]] episode'' "The Nightmare of Milky Joe" there appears to be a ship in the distance that may rescue our heroes from the island they're stranded on. It's only a model, as Vince proves when he reaches out and plucks it right off the horizon.

* In The Architect Sketch from a ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' episode, the model for a set of flats has collapsing floors and catches on fire. During a presentation to the clients, no less.

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