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Occasionally inverted when an occupying power takes control of a landmark of some kind, forcing the defenders to destroy said landmark.
 
A consequence of the [[The Eiffel Tower Effect]]. Frequently seen in [[Disaster Movie|disaster movies]]. Compare [[Monumental Battle]] and [[Rushmore Refacement]]. [[Tokyo Tower]] gets messed up so much it's also its own trope. See [[Weaponized Landmark]] when the monument shoots back. Not to be confused with [[Monumental Theft]] or [[For Massive Damage|damage that is monumental in the "very big" sense]].
 
[[The Points Mean Nothing|Extra points]] if you knock them over.
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When characters deliberately aim for monuments for symbolic value, this overlaps with [[Smash the Symbol]].
 
Compare [[Washington, D.C. Invasion]], [[Big Applesauce]], [[The Tokyo Fireball]].
 
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