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* [[This Is What the Building Will Look Like]] (a model of a future construction we are not likely to see completed).
Name comes from a line in ''[[Monty Python and
Compare [[Fun Size]].
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* The climax of ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' is in a model of the town (including an infamous weaponizing of it).
* In the live-action ''[[The Flintstones|Flintstones]]'' movie, [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Cliff Vandercave]] shows off a model of a new house-manufacturing machine to the company board. Everyone is impressed, except for Fred, who points out that the house the model made is much too small for anyone to live in.
* ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' "NICE FUCKING MODEL!" * honk honk*
* There's also the City of the Future in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man 2]]'' {{spoiler|which turns out to be some important piece of plot-related phlebotinum.}}
* [[Goldfinger]] had a very impressive scale model of Fort Knox and its surroundings.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Batman: Mask of the Phantasm]]'', the climatic battle between Batman and the Joker takes place within a model of what Gotham City might look like in the future. The Joker disguises himself by wearing a skyscraper on his head. An episode of the tv series opens with the apparent explosion of an entire Gotham neighborhood, only for it to be revealed as a model, with the [[Big Bad]] of the episode detailing his plans to make it really happen.
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Hail Doofania!", Doofenshmirtz makes a scale model ([[Everything's Better with Plushies|made of felt]]) of his floating city, Doofania. By the end of the episode, the city has sunk and only the model remains.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Mr. Burns shows off a scale model of Springfield when he's demonstrating his plan to blot out the sun.
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