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[[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]].]]
[[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]].]]
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]].
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 & Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Cromartie High School]]''
* ''[[Cromartie High School]]''
* ''[[Macross]]''
* ''[[Macross]]''
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== Comics -- Books ==
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Creature Tech]]''
* ''[[Creature Tech]]''
* ''[[Ghostopolis]]''
* ''[[Ghostopolis]]''
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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''{{verify|reason=Isn't that a distance, not a location?}}
* ''[[Abarat]]''
* ''[[Abarat]]''
* ''Barchester Towers''
* ''Barchester Towers''
* ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Barrayar]]'', ''Komarr'', and ''Cetaganda'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]].
* ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Barrayar]]'', ''Komarr'', and ''Cetaganda'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]].
* ''Brighton Rock''
* ''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)
* ''[[Callahan'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]].
* ''[[Chasm City]]'' by [[Alastair Reynolds]].
* ''Cold Comfort Farm''
* ''Cold Comfort Farm''
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' series in general and at least one book, ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', in particular.
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' series in general and at least one book, ''[[The Last Continent]]'', in particular.
* The [[Divine Comedy]]: ''Inferno'', ''Purgatorio'' and ''Paradiso''.
* The [[Divine Comedy]]: ''Inferno'', ''Purgatorio'' and ''Paradiso''.
* ''[[Elantris]]''
* ''[[Elantris]]''
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== Live-Action TV ==
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[21 Jump Street]]''
* ''[[21 Jump Street]]''
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''
* ''[[30 Rock]]''
* ''[[Babylon 5]]''. It even includes the phrase "the place" right in the [[Opening Narration]]: "The year is 2260. The Place: Babylon FIVE."
* ''[[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]]''
* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''

Revision as of 22:58, 12 July 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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