History Main / ShapedLikeWhatItSells

* In ''VideoGame/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...
* ''VideoGame/ThemePark'' has the Coffee Shop, Pokey Cola, Big Time Fries and the Big Time Burger shops.
* ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'' has Big Al's Burgers and Salty Joe's Fries, a hamburger stand and french fry stand shaped like their respective products.
* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' 4, Monolith Burger does this, probably for laughs because it's a parody of UsefulNotes/McDonalds. You even have to work there to make money.

* The ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series has an interesting aversion to this trope: rather than being shaped like what they sell, buildings are often shaped like the pokemon who own them.
* In ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper'', the "Sweety Cakes" bake shop is shaped like a giant cake.

In rare cases, this is TruthInTelevision, as some companies build facilities in the shape of their product as a promotional tactic and some towns have buildings shaped like iconic items from their region as a tourist attraction.

In rare cases, this is TruthInTelevision, as some companies build facilities in the shape of their product as a promotional tactic.

* The film adaptation of ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' 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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[[caption-width-right:307:The Big Chicken, an UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} landmark. Yes, the eyes and beak move.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' some of the buildings in Pleasure Island, including a smoking house shaped like a pipe and a pool hall in the form of an eight-ball.

* One wall of the Kansas City Public Library parking garage is designed to look like a shelf of books (with the stairwells as bookends). It's called [[http://www.kclibrary.org/community-bookshelf The Community Bookshelf]].

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, Shaped Like What It Sells 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), or mimetic architecture.

* In ''[[WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld Stampy's Lovely World]]'', the bakery, "Stampy's Hot Buns", is shaped like a cake.

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, Shaped Like What It Sells 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.)

* One of the highway exits leading to the national library in Tehran has a wall shaped like a giant bookshelf.

* In the 1990s the Segaworld Carnival, part of the Trocadero Amusement Complex in London, had a UsefulNotes/McDonald's shaped like a carton of fries.

* In the 1990s the Segaworld Carnival, part of the Trocadero Amusement Complex in London, had a McDonald's shaped like a carton of fries.

* ''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.

A Subtrope of {{Bizarrchitecture}}. Supertrope of TheDinnermoble. Not to be confused with ShapedLikeItself. Compare with ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* In ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' some of the buildings in Pleasure Island, including a smoking house shaped like a pipe and a pool hall in the form of an eight-ball.

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

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Lard Lad donuts shaped as a giant boy holding at platter with an donut.

* In the 1990s the Segaworld Carnival, part of the Trocadero Amusement Complex in London, had a Macdonalds shaped like a carton of fries.

* 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.