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** It's apparently pronounced "fyoo-king". Also, all the signs with the town's name on it are bolted down because tourists kept stealing them.
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* At the end of the second season of HellGirl, there is a town called Lovely Hills. Needless to say, it is [[UnderStatement not so lovely.]]
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* At the end of the second season of HellGirl, there is a town called Lovely Hills. Needless to say, it is [[UnderStatement not so lovely.]]
It's ''not.''
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* Another inversion: there is a town in Norway called Hell; there is also one in Michigan. Oddly, enough, both Michigan and Norway also play host to cities named Paradis(e), and one of the ones in Norway isn't terribly far from/is on the same train line as Hell.
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* Another inversion: there is a town in Norway called Hell; there is also one in Michigan. Oddly, Oddly enough, both Michigan and Norway also play host to cities named Paradis(e), and one of the ones in Norway isn't terribly far from/is on the same train line as Hell.
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* Another inversion: there is a town in Norway called Hell.
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* Another inversion: there is a town in Norway called Hell; there is also one in Michigan. Oddly, enough, both Michigan and Norway also play host to cities named Paradis(e), and one of the ones in Norway isn't terribly far from/is on the same train line as Hell.
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** All of the town names in the Japanese version of ''{{MOTHER}}'' are named after holidays. Including a town named Mother's Day.
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* Another inversion: there is a town in Norway called Hell.
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Beware; sometimes the cutesy name hides a TownWithADarkSecret.
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* ''Eerie, Indiana.'' = weirdness abounds
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* ''Eerie, Indiana.'' = weirdness aboundsabounds.
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** And in canada there's also "Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis-du-Ha!_Ha!]]
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** And in canada Canada there's also "Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis-du-Ha!_Ha!]]
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* FibberMcGeeAndMolly hail from Wistful Vista.
* FibberMcGeeAndMolly hail from Wistful Vista.
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* A little village up the coast, [[{{LookingForGroup}} Pretty Pretty Unicorn]]. Currently on the way to Kethenecia. The major is an undead warlock named Richard. They missionaries didn't know that. Neither did they know the whole village wasn't exactly alive.
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* A little village up the coast, [[{{LookingForGroup}} Pretty Pretty Unicorn]]. Currently on the way to Kethenecia. The major mayor is an undead warlock named Richard. They missionaries didn't know that. Neither did they know the whole village wasn't exactly alive.
* LifeSketch is set in a town named [[HannahMontana Hannah]], in the state of [[PunnyName Montana]]. A place where vampires are socially accepted as members of society. [[hottip:*:and apparently so are dragons, since nobody freaks out when Monguilla shows up in a restaurant.]]
* LifeSketch is set in a town named [[HannahMontana Hannah]], in the state of [[PunnyName Montana]]. A place where vampires are socially accepted as members of society. [[hottip:*:and apparently so are dragons, since nobody freaks out when Monguilla shows up in a restaurant.]]
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* [[SubvertedTrope What could possibly be threatening]] about a place called "''SilentHill''?"
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* During the AmalgamUniverse event, the comic ''Generation Hex'' (a combination of GenerationX and JonahHex) was set in a town called Humanity. The story was an homage to the film ''PaleRider''.
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* ''TheQuickAndTheDead'' is set in a town called Redemption.
* During the AmalgamUniverse event, the comic ''Generation Hex'' (a combination of GenerationX and JonahHex) was set in a town called Humanity. The story was an homage to the film ''PaleRider''.
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* ''TheQuickAndTheDead'' is set in a town called Redemption.
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* ''PushingDaisies'' has two of its leads hail from a town called ''Coeur d' Coeurs'' (Heart of Hearts). Aw.
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* ''PushingDaisies'' has two of its leads hail from a town called ''Coeur d' des Coeurs'' (Heart of Hearts). Aw.
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* Sweet Home and Happy Valley, Oregon. Oregon also amusingly inverts this trope with the towns of Drain and Boring.
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* Sweet Home and Happy Valley, Oregon. Oregon also amusingly inverts this trope with the towns of Drain and Boring. Boring.
* Westward Ho! (exclamation mark is correct) is an English seaside resort that got its name from a CharlesKingsley novel that was popular enough to have a town named after it.
* Westward Ho! (exclamation mark is correct) is an English seaside resort that got its name from a CharlesKingsley novel that was popular enough to have a town named after it.
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* There was a popular 19th century poem (which later became a song) called "Ben Bolt", which opened with the line "Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt." In 1904 a town was founded in south Texas, a few miles away from the established town of Alice (named for a daughter of a prominent rancher)...yeah, they decided to call the new town Ben Bolt.
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* There was a popular 19th century poem (which later became a song) called "Ben Bolt", which opened with the line "Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt." Bolt?" In 1904 a town was founded in south Texas, a few miles away from the established town of Alice (named for a daughter of a prominent rancher)...yeah, they decided to call the new town Ben Bolt.
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* Schoenchen, Kansas. The name is German and hard to translate: "schoen" means beautiful and "-chen" is a diminutive, similar to "-ette". To a German, it sounds like a whole basket of puppies and kittens looking up. And the basket is made of something fluffy. And sugar coated.
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* Schoenchen, Kansas. The name is German and hard to translate: In German, "schoen" means beautiful and "-chen" is a diminutive, similar to "-ette". To a German, it sounds like a whole basket of puppies and kittens looking up. And the basket is made of something fluffy. And sugar coated.
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* Schoenchen, Kansas. The name is German and hard to translate: "schoen" means beautiful and "-chen" is added to words to make them sound cute. The best translation would be "cutely beautiful". To a German, it sounds like a whole basket of puppies and kittens looking up. And the basket is made of something fluffy. And sugar coated.
** -chen is a diminutive, like the more familiar to Americans -ito or -ette. For example, der Hund = dog, das Hundchen = puppy.
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* Schoenchen, Kansas. The name is German and hard to translate: "schoen" means beautiful and "-chen" is added a diminutive, similar to words to make them sound cute. The best translation would be "cutely beautiful". "-ette". To a German, it sounds like a whole basket of puppies and kittens looking up. And the basket is made of something fluffy. And sugar coated.
** -chen is a diminutive, like the more familiar to Americans -ito or -ette. For example, der Hund = dog, das Hundchen = puppy.coated.
** -chen is a diminutive, like the more familiar to Americans -ito or -ette. For example, der Hund = dog, das Hundchen = puppy.
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* Sweet Home and Happy Valley, Oregon. Oregon also amusingly inverts this trope with the towns of Drain and Boring.
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* Santa Claus, Indiana. It was originally named Santa Fe, but there was already a Santa Fe, Indiana so in 1856 the postal service told them to change the name. The (probably apocryphal) story is that at a Christmas Eve church service a child heard bells and shouted "it's Santa Claus!", and the town leaders liked the sound of it.
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* Santa Claus, Indiana. It was originally named Santa Fe, but there was already a Santa Fe, Indiana so in 1856 the postal service told them [[PleaseSelectNewCityName to change the name.name]]. The (probably apocryphal) story is that at a Christmas Eve church service a child heard bells and shouted "it's Santa Claus!", and the town leaders liked the sound of it.
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* Santa Claus, Indiana. It was originally named Santa Fe, but there was already a Santa Fe, Indiana so in 1856 the postal service told them to change the name. The (probably apocryphal) story is that at a Christmas Eve church service a child heard bells and shouted "it's Santa Claus!", and the town leaders liked the sound of it.
* There was a popular 19th century poem (which later became a song) called "Ben Bolt", which opened with the line "Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt." In 1904 a town was founded in south Texas, a few miles away from the established town of Alice (named for a daughter of a prominent rancher)...yeah, they decided to call the new town Ben Bolt.
* There was a popular 19th century poem (which later became a song) called "Ben Bolt", which opened with the line "Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt." In 1904 a town was founded in south Texas, a few miles away from the established town of Alice (named for a daughter of a prominent rancher)...yeah, they decided to call the new town Ben Bolt.
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** -chen is a diminutive, like the more familiar to Americans -ito or -ette. For example, der Hund = dog, das Hundchen = puppy.
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* Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico. Named 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.]]
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** And is right down the road from Cheap Gag.
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* ''PushingDaisies'' has ''Couer d' Couers'' (Heart of Hearts) the name of the hometown of Ned and Chuck. Aw.
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* ''PushingDaisies'' has ''Couer two of its leads hail from a town called ''Coeur d' Couers'' Coeurs'' (Heart of Hearts) the name of the hometown of Ned and Chuck.Hearts). Aw.
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* Inversion: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria Fucking, Austria]]. It's about 1500 years old, with a population of 104. Named after a guy named Focko.
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* The '''ultimate''' parody of this trope: ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''s Sunnydale, the most evil and horrible place on the ''planet.''
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* The '''ultimate''' parody of this trope: ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''s ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has Sunnydale, probably the most evil and horrible place on in the ''planet.''setting.
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* No Name, Colorado. Apparently when surveying was being done in the area the townsfolk didn't have a name yet and the surveyor marked it as well... No Name. And there it stuck.
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* At the end of the second season of HellGirl, there is a town called Lovely Hills. Needless to say, it is [[UnderStatement not so lovely.]]
* At the end of the second season of HellGirl, there is a town called Lovely Hills. Needless to say, it is [[UnderStatement not so lovely.]]
