History Main / DownInTheDumps

* The Junkeons of ''{{Transformers}}'' are on a whole planet that is a junkyard.

* The Junkyard from ''SecretOfMana'' combines this with ToyTime. All the derelict toys found here are actually weapons employed in a war long time ago that were eventually discarded.

* Also the base of the ''SWATKats''.

* DependingOnTheArtist [[NeonGenesisEvangelion the EVA dumping ground]] [[TheSimpsonsDidIt of course]].
* Rena's hiding place in ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' is an old van in a junkyard.
* [[GundamWing Duo]] works in a junkyard, eventually taking ownership of it with his then-girlfriend Hilde.

* In ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians: The Titan's Curse'', Percy and crew fight the giant automaton Talos in the junkyard of the the gods.

* The very first episode of ''Doctor Who'', "An Unearthly Child" has the TARDIS located in a junkyard. Much later and much, much farther away, the episode "The Doctor's Wife" also took place in a junk yard.

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* Earth, in the new ''AstroBoy'' film, has become a sort of LandfillBeyondTheStars to the residents of Cloud City, who have since forgotten that they left quite a few people behind.

* Adventure game ''[[VideoGame/DownInTheDumps Down In The Dumps]]'' mainly takes place, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in the dumps]].

* New Junk City, the first level of the first ''EarthwormJim'' game, is a giant junk heap complete with guard dogs and a construction worker boss.

* This is where the [[HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats Catillac Cats]] live.

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* This is the base of ''TheRobonicStooges''.

* In ''{{Goldeneye}}'', James meets his long-lost nemesis in a sort of junkyard for statues of Soviet heroes.

* ''Corvette Summer'' (1978) starts in an auto junkyard, as a group of high school kids look for a car to fix up as their auto shop project for the year.

* ''The Three Investigators'' had their HQ in a junkyard.

* ''Salvage 1'' mostly took place in a junkyard.

* Effluvia the garbage planet in ''Adventures of Rad Gravity''.

* Chuck Jones' ''No Barking'' opens with a sunrise (music: the peaceful part of the "William Tell Overture") in what looks like a sylvan garden in silhouette with an ornate gate - which, as the light grows, turns out to be a bed frame in the city dump, where Claude Cat peacefully dozes.

Dumps and junkyards are a common setting for fights, club houses, secret meetings, and the various other fantastic situations fictional characters get themselves into. There's something about dumps-- everything there is dirty, old, worn out, broken. Symbolically, it's a place of decay; pragmatically, there's lots of junk to play with ([[IncrediblyLamePun sorry]]), and it can be broken [[StuffBlowingUp or blown up]] without having to worry about property damage.

Expect towering columns of crushed cars and neat piles of assorted garbage, perfect for hiding behind; a giant magnet or claw that can be easily operated by someone without training; a ConveyorBeltODoom leading into a crushing machine or incinerator; plenty of TrashTalk ([[IncrediblyLamePun sorry again]]); and [[RealIsBrown brown]].

* Dust Man's stage in ''MegaMan 4'', and Junk Man's stage in ''MegaMan 7''.

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* DependingOnTheArtist [[NeonGenesisEvangelion the EVA dumping ground]] [[TheSimpsonsDidIt of course]].
* Rena's hiding place in ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' is an old van in a junkyard.

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* ''The Three Investigators'' (TropeNamer for WhatsASecretFour?) had their HQ in a junkyard.

* The kids of [[http://centralcitytower.blogspot.com/2010/02/continuing-where-we-left-off-we-present.html Project 0]] frequent a 'Machine Graveyard.' Owen's [[AbandonedWarehouse home]] home probably counts too.

* The kids of [[http://centralcitytower.blogspot.com/2010/02/continuing-where-we-left-off-we-present.html Project 0]] frequent a 'Machine Graveyard.' Owen's home probably counts too.

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The kids of [[http://centralcitytower.blogspot.com/2010/02/continuing-where-we-left-off-we-present.html Project 0]] frequent a 'Machine Graveyard.' Owen's home probably counts too.