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{{quote|''"They say Tapioca's a real tyrant... he's cruel and he's vain... In fact he's so vain he changed the name of the capital from Los Dopicos. He called it Tapiocapolis after himself."''|'''[[Tintin
Many a self-aggrandizing dictator has not been satisfied merely with building entire factories to produce busts and portraits of himself. For these rulers, the ultimate statement of their power has been to name or [[Meaningful Rename|rename]] entire towns after themselves. Don't be surprised if there's a big [[Our Founder]] statue in the central plaza or entrance. Or both.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[The Tower of Druaga (
* Leopard of ''[[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo]]'', being big enough to contain a city structure within him, takes pride in his city by, for example, naming all the animal species within him after himself. ''Crocodilius leopardus'', anyone?
* ''[[Kirby of the Stars]]'': King Dedede has his name and face carved all over Pupu Village/Cappy Town; from TV channels to its money, almost everything has Dedede's face in it.
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** Also deserving of mention is Planet Vegeta, which was renamed after the royal line of the Saiyans' king <ref>''Every'' male member in this family who ascends the throne seems to bear this name.</ref> after they defeated the Tuffles.
* A possible<ref>We don't know who actually named the city</ref> and somewhat [[Narm|Narmful]] example from the ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' novel ''Frozen Teardrop'', where the capital of Mars is {{spoiler|Relena City}}. It's also used to establish a [[Face Heel Turn]], as normally the character in question would be the '''last''' person to found an Egopolis.
* And when you've got a city that's named [[Kyo Kara Maoh
== Comics -- Books ==
* In ''[[Tintin
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], Dr. Doom renamed Latveria's capital Doomstadt, also renaming several of the nation's other cities (to Doomburg, Doomwood, Doomton, etc.) Latveria's greatest holiday is Doom's Day, which is celebrated whenever Doom feels like celebrating.
* This doesn't have to be a dictator in the French adaptation of the Disney comics: Duckburg is called Donaldville for no apparent reason, and Mouseton is called Mickeyville. The English names have the excuse that "Duck" and "Mouse" seem to be common names, but ...
* Mocked in ''[[
* In some fairly old ''[[
* An old issue of ''[[Hsu and Chan]]'' has the title brothers create an MMORPG similar to ''[[Second Life]]'' in which the player lives out lower-middle class life in Tanakapolis. In the game, taxes, the monthly fees to play the game, and other fees are paid by leaving large sacks of money at the foot of two solid gold statues of the brothers and begging that the brothers would not smite you for their own amusement.
{{quote| '''Hsu Statue:''' Louder!}}
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== Comics -- Newspaper ==
* ''[[Doonesbury]]'' has a running storyline involving the country of Berzerkistan, led by [[The Unpronounceable|Trff Bmzklfrpz]]. Not only did he [http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2007/11/12/ name a city, lake and mountain range for himself], but he later expanded the name to [http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2008/03/09/ a month of the year, a plant, and a bird].
* ''[[Flash Gordon (
* Jason in ''[[FoxTrot]]'' names the setting of his [[Show Within a Show|Slug-Man comics]] "Jasonopolis". Naming things after himself is a [[Running Gag]] for him in general.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* In ''[[Megamind]]'', Hal Stewart (the cameraman wooing for news reporter Roxanne Ritchie) is {{spoiler|the "unfortunate" recipient of Metro Man's super powers, and calls himself "Tighten"(a misspelling of "Titan"). However, he decides to become a supervillain instead. He goes over the edge when he finds out Megamind is in love with Roxanne, and causes chaos in the city. One of the things "Tighten" proceeds to do is burn "Tightenville" into the cityscape of Metro City.}}
* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove
* ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'': After {{spoiler|enslaving everyone in Bikini Bottom with his mind controlling Chum Bucket helmets, Plankton converts Bikini Bottom into Planktopolis, complete with several giant stone statues of himself.}}
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* In the first ''[[Superman (
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[Street Fighter (
* Todd Spengo does this to an entire planet in the backstory of ''[[Mom and Dad Save The World]]''. Whatever it was is lost to the sands of history, but he is proud to be the Emperor of Planet Spengo.
* ''[[Tron
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* In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]], they have the [[Planetville|ecumenopolis]] [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Empress_Teta_system Empress Teta], which was named after the empress who united the planet and fought off the Sith invasion.
* [[Star Wars]]: [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Utoxx_Prentioch Utoxx Prentioch] names his [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Prentioch%27s_Dominion Imperial Remnant faction] and [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Prentioch flagship] after himself. [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Imperial_Remnant_factions\]
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]] [[Ultramarines (
* In the ''[[Tunnels]]'' series, [[Adventure Archaeologist]] Dr. Burrows, while heroic, has a somewhat alarming tendency to attempt to rename anything he discoveries after himself.
{{quote| '''Dr. Burrows:''' "The Garden of the Second Sun"... I shall call it "Roger Burrows Land"!}}
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', when Cuffy Meigs and his "Friends of the People" take over Project X, they rename its site "Meigsville", the intended capital of their feudal domain. It doesn't last long.
* [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]: Captain Nemo offers us a variant when he claims ''an entire continent'' for himself, acting like a sovereign:
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** The ''Tropico'' Series of videogames. The Main/Playable Character, ''El Presidente'' has the option of building monuments to himself, not only to please his or her own ego, but also to appease the ''Loyalist'' Faction In-Game.
** In [[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie|the OVA]], Robotnik already has his city of Eggmanland (or Robotropolis in the English dub). The lights of the city even form [http://info.sonicretro.org/File:Eggmanland.jpg a picture of his face].
* New Pork City from ''[[
* In ''Rocket: Robot on Wheels'', Jojo the Raccoon, tired of being second banana to Whoopie World, kidnaps the eponymous walrus and rewires the whole park. Towards the end of the game, you discover that Jojo built his own amusement park called JojoWorld. After thwarting Jojo's schemes, Whoopie World is renamed RocketLand after the protagonist.
* In ''[[
* A familial example could be found in The Republic of Dave in ''[[Fallout]] 3'', a small ranch owned by a guy named Dave, who took it over from his father Tom, back when it was the Kingdom of Tom. Nonetheless it is actually run on a democracy, with an election that can be rigged so that his son or wife can win, which if they do he'll go off to make a new Republic of Dave.
{{quote| Come visit the scenic Republic of Dave! Formerly the Kingdom of Tom, formerly the New Republic of Stevie-Ray, [[Running Gag|formerly Billsylvania,]] [[Overly Long Gag|formerly the Republic of Stevie-Ray, formerly the Kingdom of Larry...]]}}
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* Rezopolis, from ''[[Gex]]''.
* A prime example is the team the Slaycity Slayers from ''[[Mutant League Football]]'', where both team and city got their name changed as part of the contract with star player K.T. Slayer.
* In ''[[
* You wouldn't know just from playing ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'', but the empire's capital of Palamecia is actually the last name of its leader, Mateus Palamecia. Not unrealistic, as lots of ruling houses either lent their name to the land they owned or vice versa. Too bad [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him The Emperor]], and you only learn his real name in [[All There in the Manual|the (Japan-only) novelization]], also that none of them seem to go into detail about which was "Palamecia" first, the country or the imperial line.
* The King (Mickey Mouse) in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Though he's on your side, you have to wonder about a king who stamps his silhouette on damn near everything in his realm....
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* One of the worlds that your journey brings you to in ''[[Little Big Planet]] 2'' is Avalonia, an [[Eternal Engine]] city created by Avalon Centrifuge. A rare example of a good guy doing this.
* ''[[Rune Factory Frontier]]'' has a side character named Roland (which was [[Dub Name Change|changed to Nolan]] in the localization), the former king of the Kingdom of Roland. It's unspecified whether this is in effect or inverted (i.e. he was named Roland ''because'' he was to be the King of Roland).
* The ''[[
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* As the name would suggest, Neo Bowser City in ''[[Mario Kart]] 7'' is one.
== Web Animation ==
* ''[[
** Strong Bad has his own country in a vacant lot behind Bubs' Concession Stand, Strong Badia (Population: Tire).
** In the second episode of ''[[Strong
*** A tiny part of Strong Badia is claimed by the Cheat and the Tire as "The Cheat and Tireia." (Yes, it rhymes with "diarrhea." And yes, Strong Bad noticed.)
*** Homestar and Marzipan found Marzistar (or is it Homezipan?) at Marzy's house.
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== Web Comics ==
* The infamous ''[[Sonichu]]'' comics are set in "Cwcville", after '''C'''hristian '''W'''eston '''C'''handler. (It's apparently pronounced "Quick-ville" judging by the audiobooks and the bad puns.) The currency is named after him (C-Quarters, W-Quarters, and confusingly [[Department of Redundancy Department|C-QUARTERS]]), the only known radio station is KCWC, the drink of choice is CWC Cola <ref>You'd think the official beverage would be [[Nes CWC]].</ref>), and the mayor's birthday is ''celebrated as a holiday'', under the name of Christian Love Day.<br />Hell, the entire city cold be considered nothing more of an extension of [[Small Name, Big Ego|his egotism.]] Strangely, the city was founded by his father Bob. [[Unperson|One can only assume he's removed all evidence of the man.]]
* The terrible country of Tyrinaria in ''[[The Order of the Stick
== Web Original ==
* Liquid from ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'' tried to get [[Warrior Heaven|Outer Heaven]] named "Liquidia" a few times, but [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|his colleagues]] don't go for it.
* Played with in ''[[Bonus Stage (
* The ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* Pineapple Pokopo and Pokoponesia in ''[[
* Not a leader, but ''[[
* Azulon City of ''[[
** Omashu was renamed to the city of New Ozai, after the current Fire Lord, after being conquered by the Fire Nation. This of course implies there is another city named Ozai.
*** Omashu itself was, according to legend, named after a pair of lovers named Oma and Shu.
** Kyoshi Island was named after Avatar Kyoshi, its most famous past resident. Pretty [[Justified]], since {{spoiler|she basically ''made'' it herself, breaking her home peninsula off from the mainland}}.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[The Emperor's New School
* ''[[
** Dr. Drakken plans way too far ahead, to what he'll name certain places after his "inevitable victory". When he launches an attack on the Great White North, he plans to rename it Drakanada.
** Shego pulls this herself. In the [[Bad Future|future where she takes over the world]], she changes Middleton to Shegoton, Upperton to North Shegoton, and even the clothing chain store Club Banana to Club Shego, leading to one of quotes in the [[Egopolis/Quotes|quote page]].
* Brain of ''[[Pinky and The Brain
* Even though it's a country, Petoria, named after Peter Griffin of ''[[
{{quote| '''Peter:''' I was gonna call it Peterland, but that gay bar down by the airport already took it.}}
** And in a slight variation, when Peter decides to "annex" his neighbor Joe's swimming pool as Petoria's "newest province", he renames it "Joehio".
* Crockerville in ''[[
* In the [[Wonderful Life]] episode of ''[[Donkey Kong Country (
* The ''[[Transformers]]'' episode, "Megatron's Master Plan." The Autobots have been driven from Earth and Megatron conquers a city. Megs: "I christen this city Megatronia One! Soon there will be many more!"
* The latest episode of ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
* ''[[
** Dr. Doofenshmirtz built his own floating city and called it... Doofania.
** There's also the [[Bad Future]] version of Danville ruled by Doofenshmirtz as well as the [[Alternate Universe|alternate dimension]] ruled by an eviler Doofenshmirtz from [[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across
** And of course, a meta-example: the show takes place in Danville, Jefferson County, [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|Some Unspecified State]]. The show's creators are named Dan and Jeff.
* Simultaneously subverted and inverted with the title theme park in the direct-to-DVD release ''Pollyworld''. The subversion is the fact that it's a theme park and not a country. The inversion is that [[Polly Pocket]]'s father created the theme park and named it after her daughter, making it a lot like U.S. fast food chain Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers.
* In an episode of ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[
* A veriation occurs in ''[[Jimmy Two
* On ''[[
* In ''[[
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*** His full name was Cecil Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, so he got not only the city, but two Maryland counties, Cecil and Calvert, named after him.
** New York was named after the Duke of York, King Charles II's brother, who happened at the time to be the head of the Royal Navy -- the military branch that won the war that gave England the Dutch colonies. The warrant renaming the colony specifically states that the settlement was renamed after the Duke. (Despite what some think, the city of York in England had nothing to do with it, except in the tangential sense that the duchy is named for the city.)
** The Carolinas were named after Charles I; Maryland after his queen, Henrietta Maria (unless you prefer to believe it was the Catholic settlers being sneaky - which is [[Epileptic Trees|wildly unrealistic]] and even [[The Man Is Sticking It to
*** Charlotte being named after the current queen must have made the [[The American Revolution|Battle of Charlotte]] a bit more humiliating.
** [[Denver]] was named after an early governor of Kansas Territory, James W. Denver.
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* Before the 20th century there is an occasional inversion of this trope: title-holders may be referred to by the name of their nation. For example, the king of England in ''[[Hamlet]]'' is just referred to as literally "England," and Oscar Wilde made a point of referring to the Prince of Wales as just "Wales."
** This tradition is still followed to some degree today by the [[British Royal Family]]: when members of the family who hold the title of Prince or Princess enroll in school or join the military (which all Princes must do, by family tradition), they use their geographic title, if any, as their surname. Thus Prince Harry, a member of the British Army's Blues and Royals, serves as Captain Henry Wales; when his cousin Beatrice went to the University of London, she was enrolled as Beatrice York.
** Also certain dynasties treated the name of their country as family names, e. g. the Habsburgs being called "the House of Austria". This is why in ''[[The Three Musketeers (
* The Philippines is named after King Philip of Spain. He never visited.
* The czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa founded several towns around the world, naming them after himself (Batawa in Ontario, Batadorp in the Netherlands, Batapur in Pakistan, Batanagar and Bataganj in India...) and centering them on his shoe factories. His half-brother Jan Antonín also founded Batatuba, Batayporã and Bataguassu in Brazil.
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