History Main / WeaponizedLandmark

* In ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'', the secret weapon of the Information Alliance is a massive seaborne fortress created from ''Manhattan island''.

* This has popped up a couple of times in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. One episode sees [[EnemyWithout Toxic Rick]] do this to a mood tower to spread a toxifying wave across the planet, and apparently one of the things the Galactic Federation did when they took over the Earth was weaponize the Eiffel Tower. Later on as revealed in a ColdOpen for one episode in Season 5, the Statue of Liberty was actually a TrojanHorse that housed a giant female mecha inside of it. Never trust the French indeed.

* In the ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' book ''Literature/BattleGround2020'', the Winter Court stores weapons inside the sculpture Cloud Gate.

* The French sentai homage ''WebVideo/FranceFive'' revolves around the idea that the Eiffel Tower is a shamanic totem holding the evil galactic empire at bay. The tower was destroyed in episode 4, but episode 6 shows that it was rebuilt following a long and hard battle resulting in the defeat of said empire.

* Dr. Wily animated the Statue of Liberty via magic in the Ruby-Spears ''WesternAnimation/{{Mega Man|RubySpears}}'' cartoon. As Lady Liberty broke off one of her crown's spikes to attack, she was restored to normal at the end.

* The Primevals in ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' can assimilate pretty much any organic or inorganic matter and convert it into a body, but a few of them use landmarks; thus, we get MonstersOfTheWeek based on the Great Wall of China, two pyramids (one in Egypt and one in Mexico), a Moai and the Sphinx. [[spoiler:Later on, we see Weaponized ''Planetoids'' when they possess ''the moons of Jupiter''.]]

* ''Manga/GetterRobo Hein'' uses the Statue of Liberty as a giant cannon/jet piloted by a HumongousMecha.

* Back in the early 2010s when Website/{{Cracked}} was still hosting their weekly Photoshop contests, one of the funnier entries, [[https://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_189_11-things-cia-keeping-from-us 11 Things The CIA Is Keeping From Us]] have it's winner being [[spoiler:Theodore Roosevelt's head on Mount Rushmore]] converted into a HumongousMecha.

* Back in the early 2010s when Website/{{Cracked}} was still hosting their weekly Photoshop contests, one of the funnier entries, [[https://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_189_11-things-cia-keeping-from-us 11 Things The CIA Is Keeping From Us]] have it's winner being [[spoiler:THeodore Roosevelt's head on Mount Rushmore]] converted into a HumungousMecha.

** The TropeNamer is ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3,'' which is '''loaded''' with these: [[spoiler:Mount Rushmore]] has gigantic laser cannons mounted inside [[spoiler:the Presidents' heads]] (one of which has the range to hit Moscow), [[spoiler: Griffith Observatory]] has a giant cannon built into it, [[spoiler:Leningrad's Winter Palace]] transforms into a humongous space center, the [[spoiler:[[EenieMeenieMinyMoai Moai Heads]]]] are actually weapons turrets or man-cannons… It got to the point where there's a building category named "Weaponized Landmark", because of the sheer ubiquitity of these things in the game. In fact, the only monument that isn't weaponized in some way is [[spoiler:the Statue of Liberty]].
* The weaponized [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai Moai]] in the ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' series--one of the earliest examples in video games, having appeared from the very first game and serving as a series staple after that.

If the landmark is sufficiently old, this could end up as a LostSuperweapon. If the opposition ever discovers the location (or even existence) of the weapon, MonumentalDamage or a MonumentalBattle are all but assured.

* In ''[[https://reviewersunite.com/2017/05/31/jumping-the-soapbox-los-disneys/comment-page-1/ Los Disneys]]'', a satirical Creator/{{Disney}}[=-=]bashing total conversion mod for ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'', [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney World]] becomes the capital of the Republic of Los Disneys, formerly known as the state of Florida until Disney bought it from a bankrupt US government. The animatronics on famous rides like ''Ride/ItsASmallWorld'', ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'', and ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' turn out to be [[HostileAnimatronics programmed to kill intruders like you]], and your goal is to reach an underground lab beneath the park where CEO Michael Eisner seeks to clone Creator/WaltDisney and bring him back to life as TheAntiChrist in order to TakeOverTheWorld. ("Sounds ridiculous? I assure you, this is no joke.") Destroying Walt's frozen corpse sets off a DoomsdayDevice, with nuclear missiles launched out of Cinderella Castle.

* A literal instance occurred in ''ComicBook/ComicBook/PsiForce,'' when the title hero-entity clobbers a Russian paranormal with the Washington Monument.

* In ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' #222, [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1126:evil-lincoln&catid=29:confounding-comic-covers-index&Itemid=32 "The Monumental Menace!"]] Cap fights an animated Lincoln Memorial statue.

* A 1971 ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' story had Art/TheSphinx being [[AncientAstronauts left behind by aliens]] as a weapon.

* When the British invade in ''[[WesternAnimation/AmericaTheMotionPicture America: The Motion Picture]]'', they have Big Ben as a HumongousMecha that kills ''Myth/PaulBunyan'' by sending a cuckoo through his head.

* Stonehenge is a LostSuperweapon that detonates Pyramids [[ApocalypseHow all over the world]] for… some reason, in ''Series/StonehengeApocalypse''.

* A 1971 ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' story had Art/TheSphinx being [[AncientAstronauts left behind by aliens]] as a weapon.

* Mt. Rushmore was turned into a four-headed golem in ''{{Superman}}'' #209, as seen on [[http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee175/koenmasgurl88/motivational%20posters/MotivationalEpicLevelGolems.jpg this poster.]]

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* The infamous fanfic ''[[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/04/fan_fiction_friday_prince_william_kate_middleton_a.php Garfield's Royal Rescue]]'' by ShakespeareHemingway (an author who loves to portray Garfield as a GaryStu) has Prince William turn the Big Ben clock tower into a giant laser cannon.
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', the Civil Defense Tower is this. Then Dr. Wily gets hold of it…

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* Dr. Wily animated the Statue of Liberty via magic in the Ruby-Spears ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'' cartoon. As Lady Liberty broke off one of her crown's spikes to attack, she was restored to normal at the end.

!!Examples

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Park_%28disambiguation%29 Battery parks,]] inverted in that they started as bunches of really powerful weapons, then the ground that they were on/in later became landmarked parks.

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_ship museum ships]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_guardian gate guardians,]] in that they were weapons ''to begin with'' and disarmed and turned into landmarks. In most cases, despite being relatively intact, the costs and effort it would take to repair and bring the equipment [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece back into service]] is prohibitively high to the point of impracticality but not completely impossible.

* A literal instance occurred in ''[[ComicBook/TheNewUniverse Psi-Force]],'' when the title hero-entity clobbers a Russian paranormal with the Washington Monument.

* ''Film/MenInBlackII'' has [[spoiler:the Statue of Liberty as a city-wide [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralizer]].]]

** The TropeNamer is ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3,'' which is '''loaded''' with these: [[spoiler:Mount Rushmore]] has gigantic laser cannons mounted inside [[spoiler:the Presidents' heads]] (one of which has the range to hit Moscow), [[spoiler: Griffith Observatory]] has a giant cannon built into it, [[spoiler:Leningrad's Winter Palace]] transforms into a humongous space center, the [[spoiler:[[EenieMeenieMinyMoai Moai Heads]]]] are actually weapons turrets or man-cannons… It got to the point where there's a building category named "Weaponized Landmark", because of the sheer ubiquitity of these things in the game.

* In ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' #222, [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1126:evil-lincoln&catid=29:confounding-comic-covers-index&Itemid=32 "The Monumental Menac* Parodied in a ''Film/SpyKids'' comic from an issue of ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures''. The evil organization. F.A.N.G. steals Mount Rushmore and places the heads aboard an enormous robot body, only to realize they have no plan for WHAT the robot is supposed to do afterward.e!"]] Cap fights an animated Lincoln Memorial statue.