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* In ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper'' the "Sweety Cakes" bake shop is shaped like a giant cake.

* The Chokey Chicken of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
* The balcony of the pizzeria from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is shaped like a slice of pizza when seen from above. The floor is the cheese and the tables are the pepperoni.

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' has [=McSpankey's=] Burgers, shaped like a giant burger (though it also has a giant Scotsman's head on the side).

* ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'' has quite a few of these such as Taco Bull which is shaped as a taco bull.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Lard Lad donuts shaped as a giant boy holding at platter with an donut.

* ''VieoGame/ThemePark'' has the Coffee Shop, Pokey Cola, Big Time Fries and the Big Time Burger shops.

Sometimes the easiest way to tell what a store sells is by looking at the shape of the store itself. Like a library shaped like a stack of books or a Burger Shack that's a giant burger, ShapedLikeWhatItSells is a building that is modeled and designed to look like the product(s) that's inside of it. According to ''The Field Guide to Sprawl,'' in RealLife, the name for this type of a building is a "duck," after a duck-shaped duckling stand. (The term was coined by architect Robert Venturi.)

* [[http://www.neopets.com/objects.phtml The main shops]] of ''Franchise/{{Neopets}}'' are themed like this: The food shop is a hamburger, the book shop is a book, the auction house is a mallet, the post office is a postal parcel, the pizza shop is a pizza, the school supply shop is a pencil, the music shop is a tuba of sorts, health food shop is broccoli, the defence item shop is a helmet, the gift shop is a gift box, the bakery is a peppercake house, the collectible card shop is a cardhouse, the hot dog shop is a hot dog, and the chocolate factory has chocolate topping.

* The Oscar Mayer Wiener-Mobile is shaped like a giant wiener.

[[caption-width-right:307:The Big Chicken, an Atlanta landmark. Yes, the eyes and beak move.]]

* At a slight stretch, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Headquarters BMW Headquarters]] in Munich is intended to evoke four cylinders in a car engine (with the fiddly bit on top bearing a passing resemblance to spark plugs and cylinder valves, and the round museum next to it is supposed to look like a cylinder head.

* VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas has two examples of this that can be found in the Mojave. The first is the Sunset Sarsaparilla factory that has a front entrance shaped liked a bottle of the titular drink. The second is the Dino Delight motel which has a giant Dinky The Dinosaur stature that doubles as a shop that sells small Dinky action figures as well as a few other things. Interestingly, both locations need to be photographed for a sidequest where an artist in New Vegas uses them for inspiration for making his own neon signs.

* The Chokey Chicken of Rocko's Modern Life.

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* The [[Film/TheCatInTheHat film adaptation of ''The Cat in the Hat'']] went with this design philosophy for the surrounding town, [[http://www.diffenbacher.com/photos/2003/Pomona/view1.jpg placing large, 2-3 meters-tall sculptures of merchandise on storefronts where you would expect to see signs]] to produce a whimsical aesthetic. Depicted in the movie itself is a hardware store with a sculpture of a hammer about to drive in a nail, a shoe store depicting a shoe, and the florist with a sculpture of a daisy-like flower in a flowerpot.

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A Subtrope of {{Bizarchitecture}}. Not to be confused with ShapedLikeItself. Compare with ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' 4, Monolith Burger does this, probably for laughs because it's a parody of McDonalds. You even have to work there to make money.

* One ''JudgeDredd'' story started with an EstablishingShot of Mega-City One that included a [[FlyingCar fly]]-thru [[FutureFoodIsArtificial munceburger]] joint shaped like a giant burger.
* In ''GorskyAndButch'', the fish-themed mad scientist Fishtein's secret hideout is shaped like a giant cod.

* The Pie Hole of ''PushingDaisies'' is shaped like a giant pie.

* ''TheBradyBunch'': A client, Beebee Gallini, freaks Mike out when she asks him to design her makeup factory first in the shape of a powder puff, then a lipstick, and finally a compact, complete with hinged roof.

* ''MyNameIsEarl'': [[http://images.wikia.com/mynameisearl/images/e/ea/1x13a.jpg Pop's Hot Dog Cart]] in "Stole P's HD Cart."

* In ''RollercoasterTycoon'', almost every concession stand has an option to be shaped like the things it sells (and most of these do so by default): A lemonade stand shaped like a lemon, a cold drinks stand shaped like four cans, a burger stand shaped like a cheeseburger...
* ''ThemePark'' has the Coffee Shop, Pokey Cola, Big Time Fries and the Big Time Burger shops.

* In ''SpaceQuest'' 4, Monolith Burger does this, probably for laughs because it's a parody of McDonalds. You even have to work there to make money.

* Used in ''{{CatDog}}'', in the case of [[MakesSenseInContext bodily parts]].

* ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' has a few:

* ''JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' has [=McSpankey's=] Burgers, shaped like a giant burger (though it also has a giant Scotsman's head on the side).

* The page image is a picture of The Big Chicken, a real Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant built specifically to look like... well, a big chicken. It's in Marietta, Georgia.

* FalloutNewVegas has two examples of this that can be found in the Mojave. The first is the Sunset Sarsaparilla factory that has a front entrance shaped liked a bottle of the titular drink. The second is the Dino Delight motel which has a giant Dinky The Dinosaur stature that doubles as a shop that sells small Dinky action figures as well as a few other things. Interestingly, both locations need to be photographed for a sidequest where an artist in New Vegas uses them for inspiration for making his own neon signs.

* ''BanjoTooie'' has Big Al's Burgers and Salty Joe's Fries, a hamburger stand and french fry stand shaped like their respective products.

* [[http://www.neopets.com/objects.phtml The main shops]] of ''{{NeoPets}}'' are themed like this: The food shop is a hamburger, the book shop is a book, the auction house is a mallet, the post office is a postal parcel, the pizza shop is a pizza, the school supply shop is a pencil, the music shop is a tuba of sorts, health food shop is broccoli, the defence item shop is a helmet, the gift shop is a gift box, the bakery is a peppercake house, the collectible card shop is a cardhouse, the hot dog shop is a hot dog, and the chocolate factory has chocolate topping.