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{{quote|''[[Hypocritical Humor|''Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!'']]''
|'''President Merkin Muffley''', ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''}}
Take [[The Bridge]] off the [[Cool Ship]], and put it in [[The White House]] or an [[Elaborate Underground Base]], and what you get is '''The War Room'''. It's the nerve center for an entire country, criminal organization, secret society, hidden military base, or whatnot. It generally comes in one of three flavors:
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{{examples}}
== General ==▼
* Any [[Supervillain Lair]] worth its salt (except when the [[Big Bad]] doesn't care to hear what his [[Evil Minions]] say).▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Central Dogma, the NERV command center in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
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== [[Film]] ==
* The movie ''[[Fail Safe]]''.
* ''[[Apollo 13]]''.
* Ur-example: ''[[Dr.
* Pier 24 in San Francisco from ''[[The Rock]]'' was the location of a mobile FBI War Room. The equipment and staffers were brought in on trucks.
* ATAC in ''[[Under Siege
* In the movie ''[[WarGames]]'' a set is built to represent NORAD's War Room. Much larger and more impressive than the real thing. In a possible [[Shout-Out]] to the ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' quote at the top, General Beringer tells someone not to run in the room, as they could get hurt.
** But for some reason, the NORAD war room you see in the movies never has any Canadians present, even though it's the North American Air Defence alliance.
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* In ''[[Star Wars]]'', the Rebel Alliance keeps multiple War Rooms—one on Yavin IV, one on Hoth, and one aboard ''Home One'', as well as others we don't get to see. The Galactic Empire, of course, had one on the Death Star, in which the notorious "I find your lack of faith disturbing" scene occurred. The Jedi council chamber might also qualify, even though matters of war are not the only thing discussed there.
* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' has type 1 of the [[Crazy Awesome]] variety, where you need your tongue, both elbows, feet and your {{spoiler|rear-end}} scanned just to get in.
* Nixon's War Room in the ''[[Watchmen]]'' movie is based on that in ''Dr. Strangelove'
* Averted in the 2008 spy film ''[[Body of Lies]]''.
{{quote|"No it's just me and you...what, did you think there would be some kind of war room and people running about with clipboards?"}}
* ''[[Octopussy]]'' included a rare example of a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120725004012/http://www.bondmovies.com/stills/octopussy/11.jpg Soviet War Room].
▲== General ==
▲* Any [[Supervillain Lair]] worth its salt (except when the [[Big Bad]] doesn't care to hear what his [[Evil Minions]] say).
== [[Literature]] ==
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* The Army of Light's War Room on ''[[Babylon 5]]'', which was a different set from [[The Bridge]].
* CTU Los Angeles in ''[[24]]'', as well as various enclaves, retreats, and bunkers employed by the various presidents depicted on the show.
** In an example of [[Life Imitates Art]], a new Counter-terrorism center in Washington DC was modeled on the layout of the ''24'' set.
* The main area of the [[Torchwood]] Hub.
* Astrometrics serves this function in the later seasons of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.
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* The Hall of Justice from ''[[Superfriends]]''.
* The Watchtower space station has one on ''[[Justice League]]''.
* WOOHP Headquarters in ''[[Totally Spies!]]''
* The [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|Fire Nation]] war room of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is only shown in flashbacks in two episodes, but they provide information vital to the plot: the reason why Zuko got his scar, and [[Big Bad|Firelord Ozai]]'s plans for the [[Grand Finale]].
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