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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,
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== Anime
* ''[[
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[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
* ''[[Chasm City]]'' by [[Alastair Reynolds]].
* ''Cold Comfort Farm''
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' series in general and at least one book, ''[[
* The [[Divine Comedy]]: ''Inferno'', ''Purgatorio'' and ''Paradiso''.
* ''[[Elantris]]''
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* ''[[Redwall]]'' and its sequel ''Mossflower''. Also the later books ''Salamandastron'' and ''Loamhedge''.
* ''[[Ringworld]]''
* ''[['Salem's Lot]]''
* ''[[The Secret Garden]]''
* ''[[Solaris]]''
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* ''Berlin Alexanderplatz''
* ''[[The Dark Tower]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter and
* ''[[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
* ''[[Babylon 5]]''. It even includes the phrase "the place" right in the [[Opening Narration]]: "The year is 2260.
* ''[[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]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[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
* ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''
* ''[[Studio 60
* ''[[Summer Heights High]]''
* ''[[The OC]]''
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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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