The Mountains of Illinois: Difference between revisions

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* Volume 1 of ''[[Vinland Saga]]'' shows us the majestic mountains on the coast of the Jutland Peninsula. In reality, the Danish coast is as flat as the Netherlands.

* [http://digipedia.db-destiny.net/fanatics_guide/fanatics_movie.htm The Fanatic's Guide to Digimon: The Movie] has this tidbit:

{{quote| The Japanese DigiDestined accompany Willis back to Manhattan. He is then seen phoning his mother, and informs her that he's "back on the island." And yet, in the background, are... mountains (see screenshot [on the linked page]). Yep, good ol' mountainous Manhattan.}}

{{quote|The Japanese DigiDestined accompany Willis back to Manhattan. He is then seen phoning his mother, and informs her that he's "back on the island." And yet, in the background, are... mountains (see screenshot [on the linked page]). Yep, good ol' mountainous Manhattan.}}

== Comics ==

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* Much snark has been made about [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] ''[[Pocahontas]]'' filling the flat area around Jamestown, Virginia with mountains and cliffs. While there are some tall mountains in Virginia, there are none anywhere near Jamestown.

** Or Norfolk, despite the fact that in ''[[Down Periscope]]'' peaks are visible from the naval base.

* The [[Jackie Chan]] film ''[[Rumble in The Bronx]]'' is supposed to take place in [[Big Applesauce|the Bronx, New York City]]. Of course it was filmed nowhere ''near'' the Bronx, but rather in [[California Doubling|Vancouver, British Columbia]]. The only remotely mountain-like higher land within view of New York City are [[wikipedia:The Palisades ~~chr~~(~~28)~~Hudson ~~Riverchr(29~~)|The Palisades]] in [[New Jersey]], which look ''nothing like'' the towering mist-shrouded Coast Mountains you can very clearly see in the background of several scenes in ''Rumble''.

* The [[Jackie Chan]] film ''[[Rumble in The Bronx]]'' is supposed to take place in [[Big Applesauce|the Bronx, New York City]]. Of course it was filmed nowhere ''near'' the Bronx, but rather in [[California Doubling|Vancouver, British Columbia]]. The only remotely mountain-like higher land within view of New York City are [[wikipedia:The Palisades (Hudson River)|The Palisades]] in [[New Jersey]], which look ''nothing like'' the towering mist-shrouded Coast Mountains you can very clearly see in the background of several scenes in ''Rumble''.

* ''[[The Rundown]]'' has some hills in [[The Amazon]]... considering the [[wikipedia:File:Brazil topo.jpg|highest places in the forest]] are nowhere near the Amazon river...

* The 1950s Hollywood Mountie movie ''Saskatchewan'' had the Mounties riding through the majestic snowcapped mountains of said province. A province which, in reality, is so stereotypically flat that Canadians make jokes about roof repair guys being treated in Saskatchewan like astronauts. (The pre-1905 District of Saskatchewan had considerably different boundaries, but encompassed no mountain ranges.)

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* ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]'' has mountains on the Arctic ice cap... which is in the middle of the frozen ocean, with no land in sight for miles.

* Parodied in a deleted scene from ''[[Airplane!]]'':

{{quote| '''Elaine:''' Ted, the altitude! We're falling, Ted! We're falling! ''The mountains, Ted! The mountains!''~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Elaine:''' Ted, the altitude! We're falling, Ted! We're falling! ''The mountains, Ted! The mountains!''

'''Ted:''' What mountains? We're over IOWA!~~<br />~~

'''Ted:''' What mountains? We're over IOWA!

'''Elaine:''' The... THE CORNFIELDS, TED! THE CORNFIELDS! }}

* In Kenneth Branagh's version of ''[[Hamlet]]'', the eponymous protagonist delivers his famous "my thoughts be bloody, or nothing worth" speech on top of the great, snowy peaks that don't actually exist in Denmark.

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* ''[[Point Pleasant]]'', which was set on [[Joisey|the Jersey Shore]], featured establishing shots of Plymouth, New Hampshire, a town hundreds of miles to the northeast in the mountains that looks nothing like anywhere in New Jersey.

* Averted and lampshaded in ''[[Corner Gas]]'', filmed on location in Saskatchewan. When a traveler comments about the flatness, [[Deadpan Snarker]] Brent points out the lack of mountains in the distance, ''not'' blocking your scenic view.

{{quote| '''Brent''': There's lots to see. Nothin' to block your view. Like the mountains back there. They're uh... Well, what the hell? I could've sworn there was a big mountain range back there. Juttin' up into the sky all purple and majestic. I must be thinkin' of a postcard I saw or somethin'. Hey, it is kinda flat, thanks for pointin' that out.}}

{{quote|'''Brent''': There's lots to see. Nothin' to block your view. Like the mountains back there. They're uh... Well, what the hell? I could've sworn there was a big mountain range back there. Juttin' up into the sky all purple and majestic. I must be thinkin' of a postcard I saw or somethin'. Hey, it is kinda flat, thanks for pointin' that out.}}

* Inverted in the US version of ''[[Queer as Folk]]''. It takes place in [[Pittsburgh]], which is located entirely within the Appalachian Mountains. You wouldn't know this from watching the show, however, since it was filmed in the rather flat [[Toronto]].

** To elaborate, a standard joke told to out-of-towners is that if a marble were placed on top of Mt. Washington in the city, it would not stop rolling until it reached Ohio.