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** {{Justified with Brotherhood and the manga [[spoiler:since the country is run by an inhuman creature that doesn't really care too much about the country itself]].

* Night City is the default setting for R. Talsorian Games' ''{{Cyberpunk 2020}}'' game.

* Raccoon City in the ''ResidentEvil'' series.

* Neopolis from AlanMoore's ''Top10'' series sounds no less plausible than Naples, Italy, until you break it into it's constituent parts... [[NewNeoCity New (Neo) City (polis)]]

* ''{{Megamind}}'' takes place in Metro City.
* TheIncredibles live in Metroville (a ShoutOut to ''{{Superman}}'' -- the name's a portmanteau of Metropolis and {{Smallville}}). Judging by the name of the bank, the opening scene takes place in Municiberg.

* St. Canard (literally "St. Duck") from ''DarkwingDuck''.

* The Town in ''BackToTheFuture'' is named Hill Valley.

* Whenever Creator/RobertAHeinlein placed a colony on the Moon, it was called Luna City. (The Chinese colony in ''TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' was called "Hong Kong Luna".)

* ''TheMatrix'': Supplemental material reveal that the entire action of the Trilogy is taking place in a certain "Mega City". Also, when Neo is being interrogated by Agent Smith, his birthplace is listed as "Capitol City". Possibly justified by TheMatrix being, you know, not real and all.

* The Nameless City in HPLovecraft's short story of the same name.

* Liberty City and Vice City in the ''GrandTheftAuto'' series.

* Similar to the French Disney comic example, [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Donkey Kong]]'s home island is named Donkey Kong Island. It has also gone by the names Kongoland (in ''CaptainNTheGameMaster''), Kongo Bongo Island (in [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry the DKC cartoon]]), and Kong Isle (in the ''DonkeyKong64'' manual).

* Rivet City in ''{{Fallout 3}}''

** Much of Heinlein's fiction took place ''in the same universe,'' making this an example of continuity, not lack of imagination.

* Golden City in DarkHorseComics.

* ''{{Megamind}}'' takes place in Metro City.

* [[CityNoir Greysky City]], [[SinglePaletteTown Azure City]] and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cliffport]] in ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick''.

* Autobot City in ''{{Transformers}}''.
* Wharf City in ''SushiPack''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with the City of Townsville and the Town of Citysville. Also the Town of Farmsville.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The capital of [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield the state Springfield is in]] is named Capital (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS sometimes]] Capitol) City.
* Fish City in ''WesternAnimation/FishPolice''. One wonders how they name all their other cities, if they exist.
* The 2009 [[ContinuityReboot incarnation]] of ''StrawberryShortcake'' lives in Berry Bitty City.

* Timmy Turner of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' lives in Dimmsdale, which is a town over from Brightburg. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the town was named after Dale Dimm.
* ''TheTick'''s The City. Supposedly a mistranslation of its original French name, "Les Citrons".

* One episode of ''WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' featured the gang going to Munchville, Ohio. That town is known as the location of several snack factories, including the Scooby Snack factory, which the gang got to visit [[CharlieAndTheChocolateParody as a prize for winning a contest]].

* Milwaukee, as famously pointed out by Wayne's World by AliceCooper, is derived from a Potowatomi[[hottip:*: Potowatomi is part of the Algonquin family of languages, but not actually an Algonquin word as was claimed in the movie.]] word meaning "good land," although some translations have it as "fine land" or "rich beautiful land."

Related to {{Premiseville}} and ThemeNaming.

Note: Not every city that has a name ending in ''City'' is an example of this trope. Even if the name appears to be unimaginative, if it is justified or explained by the backstory, it is not an example of this trope.

* Pretty much every town or city in ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}''.

* The ''{{Literature/Honorverse}}'' has Landing City, as in 'the place where the first colonist's shuttle landed, as the capital of Manticore. Helen Zilwiki lampshades it in ''Storm from the Shadows''.

* Whenever RobertAHeinlein placed a colony on the Moon, it was called Luna City. (The Chinese colony in ''TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' was called "Hong Kong Luna".)

* How about {{TabletopGame/Warhammer}}'s [[RodentsofUnusualSize Skavenblight]]? [[ArbitrarySkepticism Not that the Skaven actually exist, of course...]]

* ''[[KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Kingdom Hearts: Chain Of Memories]]'': Castle Oblivion. It's dangerous.
* Rivet City in ''{{Fallout}} 3''

* ''{{VideoGame/inFamous}}'' takes place in Empire City.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The capital of [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield the state Springfield is in]] is named Capital (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS sometimes]] Capitol) City.

* ''TheTick'''s The City. Supposedly a mistranslation of its original French name, "Les Citrons".

* Milwaukee, as famously pointed out by Wayne's World by AliceCooper, is derived from a Potowatomi[[hottip:*: Potowatomi is part of the Algonquin family of languages, but not actually an Algonquin word as was claimed in the movie.]] word meaning "good land," although some translations have it as "fine land" or "rich beautiful land."

* Warren Ellis' ''Ignition City'', which is actually a spaceport.

* Whenever RobertAHeinlein placed a colony on the Moon, it was called Luna City. (The Chinese colony in ''TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' was called "Hong Kong in Luna".)

* Ba Sing Se from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' means "Impenetrable City", due to the giant walls surrounding it.

* Fish City in ''FishPolice''. One wonders how they name all their other cities, if they exist.

* Ba Sing Se from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' means "Impenetrable City", due to the giant walls surrounding it.

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist''. Most of the action happens in Central City and East City, and it also has a North, West and South City.