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* Not sure if a theme park counts, but Six Flags New Orleans. It closed in 2005 to prepare for Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. It's ''creepy as fuck'' and unfortunately it's due to be torn down in [[strike:January]] [[strike:February]] who the hell knows when.

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* Not sure if a theme park counts, but Six Flags New Orleans. It closed in 2005 to prepare for Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. It's ''creepy as fuck'' and unfortunately it's due to be torn down in [[strike:January]] [[strike:February]] in...who the hell knows when.

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* Chernobyl has a few that can be seen in documentaries. (But that comes with the whole "city of creepy abandoned stuff" thing.)
** You probably mean Prypiat, the town built to house the plant workers. Chernobyl wasn't completely abandoned (although it should have been) and doesn't look half as creepy.

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* Chernobyl Prypiat has a few that can be seen in documentaries. (But that comes with the whole "city of creepy abandoned stuff" thing.)
** You probably mean Prypiat, the town built to house the plant workers. Chernobyl wasn't completely abandoned (although it should have been) and doesn't look half as creepy.
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* Not sure if a theme park counts, but Six Flags New Orleans. It closed in 2005 to prepare for Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. It's ''creepy as fuck'' and unfortunately it's due to be torn down in [[strike:January]] February(?) 2011.

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* Not sure if a theme park counts, but Six Flags New Orleans. It closed in 2005 to prepare for Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. It's ''creepy as fuck'' and unfortunately it's due to be torn down in [[strike:January]] February(?) 2011.[[strike:February]] who the hell knows when.
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** Look carefully in that scene. RobertDuvall, in a priest costume, is on one of the swings.

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** Look carefully in that scene. RobertDuvall, Robert Duvall, in a priest costume, is on one of the swings.
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** ''[{CallOfDutyBlackOps Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' also has an empty playground. It's in the level "Rebirth", right in the middle of the area covered with [[DeadlyGas Nova-6]].

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** ''[{CallOfDutyBlackOps ''[[CallOfDutyBlackOps Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' also has an empty playground. It's in the level "Rebirth", right in the middle of the area covered with [[DeadlyGas Nova-6]].
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** ''[{CallOfDutyBlackOps Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' also has an empty playground. It's in the level "Rebirth", right in the middle of the area covered with [[DeadlyGas Nova-6]].
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* [[HomestarRunner Papa Cardgage's Puddin Patch.]] No one there but Senor Cardgage.
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* ''RedDawn'': Matt and Jed are sitting in one of these [[spoiler: as they die]].
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* Not sure if a theme park counts, but Six Flags New Orleans. It closed in 2005 to prepare for Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. It's ''creepy as fuck'' and unfortunately it's due to be torn down in January 2011.

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* Not sure if a theme park counts, but Six Flags New Orleans. It closed in 2005 to prepare for Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. It's ''creepy as fuck'' and unfortunately it's due to be torn down in January [[strike:January]] February(?) 2011.
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* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Robot Hell is located under one of these.

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* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Robot Hell is located under one On ''AmericanDad'', there was an abandoned playground in the vasectomy clinic video showing the wonders of these.
a childless future.
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* One rather creepy scene in {{Paprika}} is set in one of these.

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* One rather creepy scene in {{Paprika}} ''{{Paprika}}'' is set in one of these.
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* One rather creepy scene in {{Paprika}} is set in one of these.
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* Americana Amusement Park, shown in ''LifeAfterPeople''.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpyfW4LxaZ0&feature=watch_response Water Wonderland]] near Odessa, Texas.
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* Not sure if a theme park counts, but Six Flags New Orleans. It closed in 2005 to prepare for Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. It's ''creepy as fuck'' and unfortunately it's due to be torn down in January 2011.
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* In Left4Dead 2 there's an abandoned playground in the level of ''Hard Rain'', this serves as a landmark for the player(s) when their getting back to the boat.
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* There's a few in ''{{Half-Life 2}}'', which are both creepy to see and fun to explore - a lot of the equipment responds to the physics engine. They're abandoned since humanity's reproduction was repressed 20 years prior, so [[HideYourChildren all the kids are grown up and there's no replacements being born]].

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* There's a few in ''{{Half-Life 2}}'', which are both creepy to see and fun to explore - a lot of the equipment responds to the physics engine. They're abandoned since humanity's reproduction was repressed 20 years prior, so [[HideYourChildren all the kids are grown up and there's no replacements being born]]. You can also hear the faint laughing of children in the first one you come across.
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* In ''Futurama'', Robot Hell is located under one of these.

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* In ''Futurama'', ''{{Futurama}}'', Robot Hell is located under one of these.
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* In ''Futurama'', Robot Hell is located under one of these.
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* The ''{{Firefly}}'' movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' has one of these in the [[spoiler:"newly destroyed by Alliance forces"]] colony on Haven. River wanders through one and get a nice [[FramedSubject framed shot]] between a swing set that is on fire.

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* The ''{{Firefly}}'' movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' has one of these in the [[spoiler:"newly [[spoiler:newly destroyed by Alliance forces"]] forces]] colony on Haven. River wanders through one and get a nice [[FramedSubject framed shot]] between a swing set that is on fire.



* In ''HarryPotter/{{Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}'', he sits in an abandoned playground after a fight with the Dursleys when the Grim appears. The playground is only empty because it's the middle of the night, but in [[Film/HarryPotter the movie version]], art director [=~Dave McKean~=] (you know, the guy who did ''TheSandman'' cover art) makes the scene surprisingly creepy.

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* In ''HarryPotter/{{Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}'', he sits in an abandoned playground after a fight with the Dursleys when the Grim appears. The playground is only empty because it's the middle of the night, but in [[Film/HarryPotter the movie version]], art director [=~Dave McKean~=] (you know, the guy who did ''TheSandman'' cover art) makes the scene surprisingly creepy.creepy, even though it's daylight.

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* The FatherBrown story "The God of the Gongs":
--> "A bird flew over it in silence. And I felt that no man would ever be happy there again."
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* The Barracks on ''{{Lost}}'' have a swingset, which was used happily by the Dharma kids (Ben, Charlotte) in the 70s. However, in present day it just serves as a reminder that the Others can't have children.
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* In ''FanFic/AeonEntelechyEvangelion'' in the dome where Rei lives (and the Dome itself is a GhostTown) there is a "recreational area", a small patch of grass with the tree (probably transplanted) on it, which has a [[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon swing]].
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* Prypiat (the town built to house the plant workers of Chernobyl) has a few that can be seen in documentaries. (But that comes with the whole "city of creepy abandoned stuff" thing.)

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* Prypiat (the town built to house the plant workers of Chernobyl) Chernobyl has a few that can be seen in documentaries. (But that comes with the whole "city of creepy abandoned stuff" thing.)
** You probably mean Prypiat, the town built to house the plant workers. Chernobyl wasn't completely abandoned (although it should have been) and doesn't look half as creepy.

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* Chernobyl has a few that can be seen in documentaries. (But that comes with the whole "city of creepy abandoned stuff" thing.)
** You probably mean Prypiat, the town built to house the plant workers. Chernobyl wasn't completely abandoned (although it should have been) and doesn't look half as creepy.
* This troper lives next door to a playground, and it hasn't been used since I turned eight. Since then, I never wanted to look at it at night. It all changed when one of the neighbors had kids.
* This troper found the abandoned playground in the woods near her house the best to go in. It was just the right level of creepy, stuff rusted over and overgrown plants. This was on a marine base and one wonders what happened to get it to that state.

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* Chernobyl Prypiat (the town built to house the plant workers of Chernobyl) has a few that can be seen in documentaries. (But that comes with the whole "city of creepy abandoned stuff" thing.)
** You probably mean Prypiat, the town built to house the plant workers. Chernobyl wasn't completely abandoned (although it should have been) and doesn't look half as creepy.
* This troper lives next door to a playground, and it hasn't been used since I turned eight. Since then, I never wanted to look at it at night. It all changed when one of the neighbors had kids.
* This troper found the abandoned playground in the woods near her house the best to go in. It was just the right level of creepy, stuff rusted over and overgrown plants. This was on a marine base and one wonders what happened to get it to that state.
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* This troper found the abandoned playground in the woods near her house the best to go in. It was just the right level of creepy, stuff rusted over and overgrown plants. This was on a marine base and one wonders what happened to get it to that state.
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* One entry in MarbleHornets has Alex fleeing (or [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation seeking out]]) the Slender Man in a deserted playground.

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* One entry in MarbleHornets ''MarbleHornets'' has Alex fleeing (or [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation seeking out]]) the Slender Man in a deserted playground.

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