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This is one of the simplest ways of naming a work of fiction. Like [[Character Title]], where the story is named after the main character in the story, [[The Place]] is where the main location is used as the title. [[The Place]] need not be where most of the action is set, it is sufficient for it to be important to the plot. If we don't know that the title is a place until near the end, then this place is [[The Namesake]].▼
[[File:Laputa english poster.jpg|frame|link=Laputa: Castle in the Sky|The location is so ubiquitous it's a [[Castle in the Sky|trope]].]]
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▲This is one of the simplest ways of naming a work of fiction. Like [[Character Title]], where the story is named after the main character in the story, [['''The Place]]''' is where the main location is used as the title. [['''The Place]]''' need not be where most of the action is set, it is sufficient for it to be important to the plot. If we don't know that the title is a place until near the end, then this place is [[The Namesake]].
 
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== Anime &and Manga ==
* ''[[Sakigake Cromartie Koukou|Cromartie High School]]''
* ''[[MacrossCromartie High School]]''
* ''[[Metropolis (Anime)|MetropolisMacross]]''
* ''[[Metropolis (anime)|Metropolis]]''
* ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]''. Only the last third is set there, but the initial two thirds are all about ''getting'' to the titular location.
 
 
== Comics --Comic Books ==
* ''[[Creature Tech]]''
* ''[[Ghostopolis]]''
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* ''[[Gorky Park]]''
* ''[[Gosford Park]]''
* ''[[House of Wax (Film)|House of Wax]]''
* ''[[House On Haunted Hill (Film)|House Onon Haunted Hill]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (Film)|Indiana Jones and Thethe Temple of Doom]]''
** ''[[Indiana Jones and Thethe Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Thethe Crystal Skull]]''
* ''[[Jurassic Park]]''
* ''[[LAL.A. Confidential]]''
* ''[[Lakeview Terrace]]''
* ''Manhattan''
* ''[[Metropolis]]''
* ''[[Moulin Rouge]]''
* ''[[Mulholland Drive]]''
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''{{verify|reason=Isn't that a distance, not a location?}}
* ''[[Abarat (Literature)|Abarat]]''
* ''Barchester Towers''
* ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Barrayar]]'', ''Komarr'', and ''Cetaganda'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]].
* ''Brighton Rock''
* ''[[Callahans Crosstime Saloon (Literature)|CallahansCallahan's Crosstime Saloon]]'' (the second time the Saloon moved locations, they did in fact decide just to call the new building The Place)
* ''[[Chasm City]]'' by [[Alastair Reynolds]].
* ''Cold Comfort Farm''
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' series in general and at least one book, ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', in particular.
* The [[Divine Comedy]]: ''Inferno'', ''Purgatorio'' and ''Paradiso''.
* ''[[Elantris]]''
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* ''The House of the Seven Gables''
* ''Howards End''
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Literaturenovel)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
* ''Main Street'' by Sinclair Lewis
* ''[[Mansfield Park]]''
* ''Middlesex'' by Jeffrey Eugenides
* ''[[Mistress MashamsMasham's Repose (Literature)|Mistress Mashams Repose]]''
* ''[[My Side of the Mountain (Literature)|My Side of the Mountain]]''
* ''[[The Mysterious Island]]''
* "New Archangel", a 2009 short story by Desmond Warzel, takes place in Sitka, [[Alaska]], which [[Tsarist Russia|at the time the story is set]] was called Novoarkhangelsk, or New Archangel.
* ''[[Northanger Abbey (Literature)|Northanger Abbey]]''
* ''Poland'' (Michener again)
* ''Pompeii''
* ''[[Redwall]]'' and its sequel ''Mossflower''. Also the later books ''Salamandastron'' and ''Loamhedge''.
* ''[[Ring WorldRingworld]]''
* ''[[Salems'Salem's Lot]]''
* ''[[The Secret Garden]]''
* ''[[Solaris (Literature)|Solaris]]''
* ''[[Sophies World|Sophie's World]]''
* ''[[Earthsea Trilogy|The Tombs of Atuan]]''
* ''Texas'' (Michener yet ''again'')
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* ''Waverley''
* ''Twilight'' book 1 was originally named Forks, but Stephenie Meyer changed the name since.
* ''[[Wuthering Heights (Literaturenovel)|Wuthering Heights]]''
* ''Berlin Alexanderplatz''
* ''[[The Dark Tower]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Two Towers]]'' (Notable in that we don't know for certain ''which'' two towers it refers to. It could have been any pair out of Orthanc, Barad-Dur, Minas Tirith, Minas Morgul, or the Tower of Cirith Ungol. [[The Movie]] definitively identifies it as the first two, but Tolkien himself [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_TowersThe Two Towers#Title |named different pairs at different times.]])
* ''[[Perdido Street Station]]'' and ''[[The Scar (Literature)|The Scar]]'' by [[China Mieville]]
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[21 Jump Street]]''
* ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]''
* ''[[Babylon Five5]]''. It even includes the phrase "the place" right in the [[Opening Narration]]: "The year is 2260. [[The Place]]: Babylon FIVE."
* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''
* ''[[Boston Legal]]''
* ''[[Boston Public]]''
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* ''[[Dollhouse]]''
* ''[[Eastenders]]''
* ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]''
* ''[[ER]]''
* ''[[Eureka]]''
* ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
* ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (also an [[Epunymous Title]])
* ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' (''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'')
* ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (TV)|Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]''
* ''[[General Hospital]]''
* ''[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]''
* ''[[Godivas (TV)|GodivasGodiva's]]'' (also a [[Character Title]], since the owner of the restaurant named it after herself)
* ''[[Green Acres]]''
* ''[[HarpersHarper's Island]]''
* ''[[Haven]]''
* ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
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* ''[[Mercy]]'' (which takes place in Mercy Hospital)
* ''[[Miami Vice]]''
* ''Midsomer Murders''
* ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''
* ''[[The Office]]''
* ''[[Oz]]''
* ''[[Petticoat Junction (TV)|Petticoat Junction]]''
* ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]''
* ''[[Rome]]''
* ''[[Roswell]]''
* ''[[Smallville]]''
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
** [[Star Trek: Voyager]] and [[Star Trek: Enterprise]] also count, albeit loosely since [[The Place]] in question isn't always in the same... uh... place.
* ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''
* ''[[Studio 60 Onon the Sunset Strip]]''
* ''[[Summer Heights High]]''
* ''[[The OC]]''
* ''[[3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun]]''
* ''[[Treme]]''
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]''
* ''[[Waterloo Road]]''
* ''[[The West Wing]]''
* ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'' (A [[Epunymous Title|play on words]]: The main character is named Major James West.)
* ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''
* ''[[Zoobilee Zoo]]''
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]''. Three of the games are named after places in Tamriel.
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (Video Game)|Daggerfall]]''
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Video Game)|Morrowind]]''
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Video Game)|Skyrim]]''
*** ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Video Game)|Oblivion]]'' is also a place name, albeit in a different dimension.
*** Even ''[[The Elder Scrolls: Arena (Video Game)|Arena]]'' counts since it's the Ehlnofey word for Nirn.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]: Vice City'' and ''San Andreas''
* ''[[Halo]]''
* ''[[LEGOLego Island]]''
* ''[[The Oregon Trail]]''
** ''[[The Yukon Trail]]''
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* ''[[Super Robot Wars]] [[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|OG Saga]]: [[Endless Frontier]]''
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]''
* ''Gorky 17'', the European title of ''[[Odium]]''. It refers to a secret Russian city which features in the backstory, but isn't actually visited in the game.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Achewood (Webcomic)|Achewood]]''
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]''
* ''[[Wapsi Square (Webcomic)|Wapsi Square]]''
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]''
* ''[[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''
* ''[[South Park]]''
* ''[[Transformers]]: Cybertron''
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Latest revision as of 22:42, 12 August 2023

The location is so ubiquitous it's a trope.

This is one of the simplest ways of naming a work of fiction. Like Character Title, where the story is named after the main character in the story, The Place is where the main location is used as the title. The Place need not be where most of the action is set, it is sufficient for it to be important to the plot. If we don't know that the title is a place until near the end, then this place is The Namesake.

Examples of The Place include:

Anime and Manga


Comic Books


Films -- Animation


Films -- Live-Action


Literature


Live-Action TV


Puppet Shows


Video Games


Web Comics


Web Original


Western Animation

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