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* ''Fanfic/MetalGearGreen'': The HPSC had made deals with the African warlords to keep numerous tourist hotspot cities like N'ụlọ intact with a fifty mile ceasefire zone around those cities to prop up Hero Society. As Bison thinks about it, he is left with the horrible realization that had the Congo Tyrant not been hyper-focused on Snake, then millions of innocent people would be killed or enslaved by the Congo Tyrant or whatever warlord there was in the vicinity.
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* TheReveal of ''Dead Man’s Revenge'' (1994) is that all inhabitants of Rawlings are former victims of the RobberBaron running an elaborate con to get revenge and their money back. At the end of the movie, they clear out leaving Rawlings a GhostTown, which it apparently was beforehand.

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* TheReveal of ''Dead Man’s Revenge'' ''Film/DeadMansRevenge'' (1994) is that all inhabitants of Rawlings are former victims of the RobberBaron running an elaborate con to get revenge and their money back. At the end of the movie, they clear out leaving Rawlings a GhostTown, which it apparently was beforehand.

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The Master is at times portrayed as a former friend, but at this point in the series he's strictly an enemy who is trying to kill the Doctor


** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", a WhamEpisode of the series (as it's the Fifth Doctor's first story, post-regeneration), has this trope as its major plotline. Castrovalva looks and feels like a city, except it's a trap set by the Doctor's [[FriendlyEnemy frenemy]], The Master, in order to trap the Doctor, but [[HoistByHisOwnPetard it ends up turning on the master]].

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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", a WhamEpisode of the series (as it's the Fifth Doctor's first story, post-regeneration), has this trope as its major plotline. Castrovalva looks and feels like a city, except it's a trap set by the Doctor's [[FriendlyEnemy frenemy]], enemy, The Master, in order to trap the Doctor, but [[HoistByHisOwnPetard it ends up turning on the master]].
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* TheReveal of ''Dead Man’s Revenge'' (1994) is that all inhabitants of Rawlings are former victims of the RobberBaron running an elaborate con to get revenge and their money back. At the end of the movie, they clear out leaving Rawlings a GhostTown, which it apparently was beforehand.
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* ''Film/TheAvengers1998''. Steed is introduced walking through a delightful English village where EveryoneIsTryingToKillYou (except the nuns). After the reveal that it's all a training exercise by The Ministry, we're shown the village is actually a constructed set.

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* ''Film/TheAvengers1998''. Steed is introduced walking through a delightful cobblestoned English village where EveryoneIsTryingToKillYou the inhabitants (except the nuns). nuns) are all trying to attack him. After the reveal that it's all a training exercise by The Ministry, we're shown the village is actually a constructed set.
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* ''Film/TheAvengers1998''. Steed is introduced walking through a delightful English village where EveryoneIsTryingToKillYou (except the nuns). After the reveal that it's all a training exercise by The Ministry, we're shown the village is actually a constructed set.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E150StopoverInAQuietTown Stopover in a Quiet Town]]" a man and woman wake up in a completely deserted town. As they explore it they regularly hear a young girl's laughter. At the end they discover that the town is actually [[spoiler:the toy of a gigantic alien girl who is keeping them as her playthings]].

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E150StopoverInAQuietTown "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E30StopoverInAQuietTown Stopover in a Quiet Town]]" a man and woman wake up in a completely deserted town. As they explore it they regularly hear a young girl's laughter. At the end they discover that the town is actually [[spoiler:the toy of a gigantic alien girl who is keeping them as her playthings]].
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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'': After the title character escapes from the warehouse, he comes upon a suburban neighborhood and goes in looking for help. In short order, he discovers the neighborhood is entirely populated by mannequins. A short time later, he realizes he's walked into a nuclear test site and they're about to conduct the test.

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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'': After the title character escapes from the warehouse, he comes upon a suburban neighborhood and goes in looking for help. In short order, he discovers the neighborhood is entirely populated by mannequins. A short time later, he realizes he's walked into a nuclear test site and they're about to conduct the test. Cue OhCrap.
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* During the onset of the UsefulNotes/ArabSpring, Syrian state broadcasters [[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-09-27/the-fake-cities-of-syria-s-unrest denied that]] protests were taking place around the country. The footage of the protests, according to them, was from replicas of actual Syrian towns built by Al-Jazeera news network for propaganda purposes.

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