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A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Only a Model]].

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* In ''[[Darkman]]'', Louis Strack Jr shows a model of his new waterfront city development to Julie.

* The model of the Museum of the Strange in ''[[Beetlejuice (Film)|Beetlejuice]]''.

* The 1983 movie ''[[Get Crazy]]'' follows this trope explicitly, as the corrupt music producer displays a model of his big sinister skyscraper to a meeting of big sinister investors. All that stands in his way of building it is the old-school music theater run by the good guys.

* Shows up in ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man 2]]'' with the miniature Stark Expo model. Also becomes a plot point when it turns out that {{spoiler|the model is also a "blueprint" of sorts for synthesizing an element that can replace the potentially-toxic palladium currently used for arc reactors like the one keeping Tony alive}}.

* Lampshaded in ''[[Austin Powers|Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'' when Number 2 shows Dr. Evil a collection of minututre models of companies they own including a factory that makes miniature models of factories

* The waterfront stadium plan in [[Stargate City|Vancouver]] -- I mean, [[California Doubling|San Francisco]]! -- in ''[[Romeo Must Die (Film)|Romeo Must Die]]''.

* Reflecting history, ''[[Downfall (Film)|Downfall]]'' has Hitler obsessing over a massive scale model of what he wanted to turn Berlin into.

* ''[[Star Wars]] Episode II: [[Attack of the Clones]]'' features a miniature hologram of what is soon known as the Death Star

* From ''[[News Radio]]'', [[Eccentric Millionaire|Jimmy James]]' [[Department of Redundancy Department|Jimmy James Towers]], a colossal pair of J's.

* All architects in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' build models. Occasionally models of dinosaurs that breathe fire.

* A ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' [[James Bond]] parody sketch didn't even get that far - archvillain Christopher Walken has Bond captive in his lair that's still under construction and way behind schedule, and he has to resort to showing Bond conceptual renderings of the various deathtraps he would be subjected to.

* One of these shows up in the second series of ''[[Waterloo Road]]'' when [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Roger Aspinall]] intends to rebuild the school as the [[Egopolis|Roger Aspinall Academy]]. His disaffected son later trashes it with a fire extinguisher.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In Part 1 of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' two-parter "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", Burns shows Smithers a model of Springfield to demonstrate his plan to block out the Sun. After he kicks Smithers out, Burns starts stomping the buildings, only to accidentally crush the miniature power plant.

* An episode of ''[[Rugrats]]'' had Angelica trying to sneak away from her mom's boring business meeting so she could play with the scale model of the theme park he company was planning. Yes, she utterly wrecks the set.

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