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* [[SubvertedTrope What could possibly be threatening]] about a place called [[VideoGame/{{ResidentEvil}} Raccoon City]]?
* [[SubvertedTrope What could possibly be threatening]] about a place called [[VideoGame/NightInTheWoods Possum Springs]]?

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* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'': [[SubvertedTrope What could possibly be threatening]] about a place called [[VideoGame/{{ResidentEvil}} Raccoon City]]?
City?
* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'': [[SubvertedTrope What could possibly be threatening]] about a place called [[VideoGame/NightInTheWoods Possum Springs]]?Springs?



* In ''Glittermitten Grove'' the default name for the town you have to build is Tickleborough.

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* In ''Glittermitten Grove'' ''VideoGame/GlittermittenGrove'' the default name for the town you have to build is Tickleborough.



* Possibly the most literal example: ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' is set in the town of Cutetown.
** And is right down the road from Cheap Gag.

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* Possibly the most literal example: ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' is set in the town of Cutetown.
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Cutetown. And is right down the road from Cheap Gag.



* Bill Clinton, from a town called Hope. (..., Arkansas)

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* Bill Clinton, from a town called Hope. (..., Arkansas)Arkansas.)
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* Hopeulikit, Georgia. It's pronounced "Hope You Like It".
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** The townspeople have petitioned the Austrian government to change the name of the town to stop the literal thousands of people who come by every year to laugh at the town name.

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** The townspeople have petitioned the Austrian government to change the name of the town to stop the literal thousands of people who come by every year to laugh at the town name. The local council ultimately did change the name to "Fugging" in 2021.
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[[caption-width-right:800:Not only is it called Happyville, the owner of the house is a cat named Maple Claws, putting snowballs in a snow blower summons a giant snowman boss, and the place is permanently frozen over. And that's not even MENTIONING the GingerbreadHouse!]]

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[[caption-width-right:800:Not only is it called Happyville, the owner of the house is a cat named Maple Claws, putting snowballs in a snow blower summons a giant snowman boss, Claws and the place is permanently frozen over. And that's not even MENTIONING the GingerbreadHouse!]]
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[[quoteright:800:[[VideoGame/MapleStory https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ms_happyville.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:800:Not only is it called Happyville, the owner of the house is a cat named Maple Claws, putting snowballs in a snow blower summons a giant snowman boss, and the place is permanently frozen over. And that's not even MENTIONING the GingerbreadHouse!]]
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* ''Series/{{Bunheads}}'' is set in Paradise, California.



* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' is set in Charming, California.


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* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' is set in Charming, California.
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* Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico. Originally called Hot Springs, it was renamed after a cheesy '50s game show, but had a movie made with that title in the '90s that gave it [[CrapsackWorld a whole new meaning.]]
** New Mexico also has a Pep, Pie Town, Candy Kitchen, Sunshine, and Loving, among others.

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* Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico. Originally called Hot Springs, it was renamed after a cheesy '50s the game show, but had a show of the same name offered to broadcast from any town that would change its name to it. A movie made with that title in the '90s that gave it [[CrapsackWorld a whole new meaning.]]
** New Mexico also has a Pep, Pie Town, Candy Kitchen, Sunshine, and Loving, among others.others (though the latter is named after early cattle baron Oliver Loving).



** Another version has it that on being told they could not have Santa Fe, one of the town fathers snarked “Maybe you’ld rather we called it Santa CLAUS.”

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** Another version has it that on being told they could not have Santa Fe, one of the town fathers snarked “Maybe you’ld you’d rather we called it Santa CLAUS.”



* Intercourse, Pennsylvania. The fellows from ''Series/TopGear'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzirm6TwcXA were rather baffled.]]

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* Intercourse, Pennsylvania. The fellows from ''Series/TopGear'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzirm6TwcXA were rather baffled.]]baffled]] (it's basically a HaveAGayOldTime situation where "intercourse" used to be a more innocent term and in this case it was either used as a synonym for "junction" or "fellowship").

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