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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]]''
* ''[[Macross]]''
* ''[[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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* ''[[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]]''
* ''Barchester Towers''
* ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Barrayar]]'', ''Komarr'', and ''Cetaganda'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]].
* ''Brighton Rock''
* ''[[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon|Callahans 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/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', in particular.
* The [[Divine Comedy]]: ''Inferno'', ''Purgatorio'' and ''Paradiso''.
* ''[[Elantris]]''
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* ''Pompeii''
* ''[[Redwall]]'' and its sequel ''Mossflower''. Also the later books ''Salamandastron'' and ''Loamhedge''.
* ''[[Ring WorldRingworld]]''
* ''[['Salem's Lot]]''
* ''[[The Secret Garden]]''
* ''[[Solaris]]''
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* ''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 [[wikipedia:The Two Towers#Title|named different pairs at different times.]])
* ''[[Perdido Street Station]]'' and ''[[The Scar]]'' by [[China Mieville]]
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[21 Jump Street]]''
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''
* ''[[Babylon 5]]''. 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]]''
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* ''[[Dollhouse]]''
* ''[[Eastenders]]''
* ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]''
* ''[[ER]]''
* ''[[Eureka]]''
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* ''[[Godiva'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]]''
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* ''[[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]]''
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]''. Three of the games are named after places in Tamriel.
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall|Daggerfall]]''
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Morrowind]]''
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|Skyrim]]''
*** ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|Oblivion]]'' is also a place name, albeit in a different dimension.
*** Even ''[[The Elder Scrolls: Arena|Arena]]'' counts since it's the Ehlnofey word for Nirn.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]: Vice City'' and ''San Andreas''
* ''[[Halo]]''
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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.
 
 
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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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