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Should a giant entity mistake it for the real deal, [[This Billboard Needs Some Salt]] will likely ensue.
 
A Subtrope of [[BizarchitectureBizarrchitecture]].
 
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* In a borderline case, the original Hard Rock Cafe at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida (now long gone and replaced by a much larger complex) sat upon a raised platform shaped like a guitar (complete with a long neck stretching out into the parking lot). The walls of the restaurant itself followed the shape of the guitar's box.
* You've [[Seen It a Million Times]] on TV and movies: [[w:Randy's Donuts|Randy's Donuts]], the place with the giant donut on top.
* Averted by [[w:Lucy the Elephant|Lucy the Elephant]] in Margate, NJ. Over this elephant-shaped building's nearly century-and-a-half lifespan it has been (among other things) a restaurant, a tavern, a hotel and a real estate office, but has never been the site of an elephant dealership.
* [[w:Gibeau Orange Julep|Gibeau Orange Julep]] in [[Montreal]] operates out of a three-storey orange.
 
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