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'''The Tower''' is Card XVI in the [[Tarot Motifs|tarot deck]], although mostly symbolic. In the Rider-Waite deck, it's a tower being shattered by lightning. Generally speaking, it represents a [[Go Mad From the Revelation|truth unearthing something not pleasant]].
 
==== In fiction, The Tower may appear as ====:
 
* [[Big Fancy Castle]]
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The [[Living Labyrinth|Labyrinth]] or [[Dungeon]] is the inverse trope: a more expansive version of the Ominous Castle or Megastructure, with more stuff [[Beneath the Earth|below than above]]. See also [[Big Labyrinthine Building]], which may or may not be a Babel-like megastructure. Compare with [[Building of Adventure]].
 
=== '''Subtropes and related tropes ===:'''
 
* [[Big Fancy Castle]]
* [[Clock Tower]]
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Also, see [[Tarot Motifs]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Kami's Watch Tower from ''[[Dragon Ball]]''