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== Comic Books == |
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* [http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/365fourth/2010/10/day-11-habitat/ Habitat], from the [[Jack Kirby]] run on ''[[Superman]]'s Pal Jimmy Olsen''. It was inhabited by a biker gang by the time Jimmy and company stumbled across it, but it was built by The Hairies, [[Our Elves Are Different|youthful super-geniuses]] created by a [[Secret Project Refugee Family|secret government genetic engineering project]]. |
* [http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/365fourth/2010/10/day-11-habitat/ Habitat], from the [[Jack Kirby]] run on ''[[Superman]]'s Pal Jimmy Olsen''. It was inhabited by a biker gang by the time Jimmy and company stumbled across it, but it was built by The Hairies, [[Our Elves Are Different|youthful super-geniuses]] created by a [[Secret Project Refugee Family|secret government genetic engineering project]]. |
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== Toys == |
== Toys == |
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* The village of Le-Koro in ''[[Bionicle]]''. |
* The village of Le-Koro in ''[[Bionicle]]''. |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* Played with in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': [[Winged Humanoid|Arakkoa]] villages are textbook examples: Ground access is via a winding staircase within the tree, and most inhabitants live on interconnected platforms on top of the strongest branches. Darnassus, the Night Elven capital city is built on top of the giant tree Teldrassil, but is fairly level and has streets and stone structures. Troll villages, like Zabra'jin, are on the ground but are constructed out of wood and have rope bridges connecting the upper floors. |
* Played with in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': [[Winged Humanoid|Arakkoa]] villages are textbook examples: Ground access is via a winding staircase within the tree, and most inhabitants live on interconnected platforms on top of the strongest branches. Darnassus, the Night Elven capital city is built on top of the giant tree Teldrassil, but is fairly level and has streets and stone structures. Troll villages, like Zabra'jin, are on the ground but are constructed out of wood and have rope bridges connecting the upper floors. |
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* The wood elf city of Kelethin in ''[[EverQuest]]'' is this, complete with a lack of railings on the platforms and bridges, and numerous newbie corpses littering the ground below. |
* The wood elf city of Kelethin in ''[[EverQuest]]'' is this, complete with a lack of railings on the platforms and bridges, and numerous newbie corpses littering the ground below. |
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* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' has elven settlements called "Forest retreat" - all buildings are shaped from living trees; there are counterparts of workshops, but instead of being produced from raw materials, useful stuff [[Grows on Trees]]. |
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== Web Comics == |
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* ''[[The Noob]]'' [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=149 presents] "the glorious sight of Elfboro the Golden" (see also two pages later): |
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{{quote|'''Leggolas''': Alas, our numbers are dwindling... as humans multiply in their cities of stone, the elven race is dying off! Only a few ever get past level one and forth to a life of adventure! |
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'''Ohforf''': Why? |
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'''Leggolas''': Who knows? *sigh* |
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'''a new PC''': Yo, guys, where's the bank[[No OSHA Compliance|aaaaAAAAAH]] }} |
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* Windy999 [http://windy999.deviantart.com/art/Elven-Toilet-5263196 reminds] about some in[[Nobody Poops|evitable]] problems with this solution. |
* Windy999 [http://windy999.deviantart.com/art/Elven-Toilet-5263196 reminds] about some in[[Nobody Poops|evitable]] problems with this solution. |
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* In [[Quest of Camelittle]], Elfdust City is a magical Tree Top Town hidden within Elven Forest. |
* In [[Quest of Camelittle]], Elfdust City is a magical Tree Top Town hidden within Elven Forest. |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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* [[The Simpsons]]: Bart Simpson thought he and his friends could build one when they got trapped on an island, but it turned out it was hard to do so they went all ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' instead. |
* [[The Simpsons]]: Bart Simpson thought he and his friends could build one when they got trapped on an island, but it turned out it was hard to do so they went all ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' instead. |
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** Also when the Simpsons went to Africa thear hotel was in the trees easily twenty feet in the air. |
** Also when the Simpsons went to Africa thear hotel was in the trees easily twenty feet in the air. |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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