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[[File:city1_4470.png|link=Robo Cop|right| It's made of popsicle sticks, old lava lamps, and held together with pure smugness.]]
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So a character, often a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], has a big construction project planned. The problem is that the odds are this project will not come to fruition, or even if it does, we are just likely to see ground broken on it at the end. So the writers have this character show a model of it so the audience can know what it would look like.
So a character, often a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], has a big construction project planned. The problem is that the odds are this project will not come to fruition, or even if it does, we are just likely to see ground broken on it at the end. So the writers have this character show a model of it so the audience can know what it would look like.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Adolf Hitler]] had [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146III-373<!-- 2C_Modell_der_Neugestaltung_Berlins_28%22Germania%22%29.jpg one of these]], for the whole of Berlin upon becoming ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welthauptstadt_Germania Welthaupstadt Germania]]'' ("World Capital Germania"). It also shows up on ''Film/{{Downfall}}''. -->
* [[Adolf Hitler]] had [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146III-373%2C_Modell_der_Neugestaltung_Berlins_%28%22Germania%22%29.jpg one of these], for the whole of Berlin upon becoming ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welthauptstadt_Germania Welthaupstadt Germania]'' ("World Capital Germania"). It also shows up on ''[[Downfall (Film)|Downfall]]''.


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