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* The ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'' film takes place in fictional Coast City, but there are a lot of recognizable New Orleans landmarks in several scenes. Then again, almost every DC Universe city is a disguised version of a "real world" city. (Just ''which'' city, though, is sometimes [[Fan Wank|open to debate]]...)
* In ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension]]'' has a number of these scattered throughout. For instance, palm trees are visible in front of what is alleged to be the New Brunswick, NJ police headquarters. And Grovers Mills, NJ -- in reality a rural area made up mostly of farmland and residential districts -- looks like a giant industrial park.
* ''[[The Descent (Filmfilm)|The Descent]]'' is supposedly set in the American south, but the flora in the external shots is glaringly incorrect, especially the overhead shots of the pine trees. It was filmed in Scotland, which has a completely different conifer species predominating.
* ''[[Jingle All the Way]]'' is set in the [[Twin Cities]], but occasionally can't decide ''which'' of the two cities it's in. In one scene, the action jumps from Rice Park (in downtown St. Paul) to background shots of downtown Minneapolis (about 9 miles away).
* In ''[[The X Files Fight the Future]]'', they try and convince the audience that downtown LA is downtown Dallas, and that north Texas is both undeveloped and desert, whereas in reality it's developed and grassland.
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* One episode of the US version of ''[[The Office]]'' had the cast visit Lake Scranton for a beach party. There is no beach or sandy shore at Lake Scranton, which is [http://www.carlabraham.com/Photo%20147.JPG on a hillside and surrounded by trees], a result of [[California Doubling]].
* Spoofed in ''[[Police Squad!]]'', where the Roman Colosseum and Leaning Tower of Pisa are back-projected during a trip to "Little Italy."
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has been filmed for the last several years in [[Useful Notes/New Zealand|New Zealand]], with geography that is obviously not North American. And the seasons reversed. Some [[Lampshade Hanging]] has been employed with minor characters being "sent to New Zealand" to get rid of them. Of course, through the show's entire history, [[Stock Footage]] obviously shot in Japan has been commonplace, leading to the overwhelming prevalence of Japanese cars (not [[Everybody Owns a Ford]] in this universe), Japanese signage, a usually large number of HOV and bicycle lanes, and extras who spontaneously become Asian.
** The 15th season went even further in their mistakes as the Rangers were constantly visiting other countries in their quest. They visit the Florida Everglades which, unlike the real place, has a very noticeable mountain range in the background.
*** On another occasion they visit Stonehenge in Britain. The field in which it's set is supposed to be flat, with a fence surrounding the structure itself and two roads very close by. Neither the roads nor the fence can be seen in the episode and the field is fairly hilly.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The opening cutscene for ''[[Resident Evil 2 (Video Game)]]'' shows a sign for "Grady's Inn" with a 212 area code, which is exclusive to Manhattan.
* ''[[Resistance|Resistance 2]]'' has a secret military bunker on [[San Francisco|Angel Island]] when you exit the bunker The Bay Bridge has suspiciously been painted red.
** Then again, the series is set in an [[Alternate Universe]], with the point of divergence from ours being around the 1900s (the bridge's construction began in 1933)
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