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9	WhereTheHellIsSpringfield in WesternAnimation.
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12	!!Works with their own pages:
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14	* ''WhereTheHellIsSpringfield/TheSimpsons''
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17	* Most animated Creator/PBSKids shows are set in Springfields:
18	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' takes place in Elwood City, with no clear location other than the fact it's somewhere in the United States--it must be somewhere in the Northern United States, because for any episodes that take place in the winter, there's always a decent amount of snow on the ground.
19	*** It's far enough away from New York City where Buster and the Read-family had to fly there.
20	*** The characters are within driving distance from Washington, D.C.
21	*** In 2020, [[https://twitter.com/arthurpbs/status/1255635213411106816 the show's official Twitter account confirmed Elwood City to be in Pennsylvania]]. Even before 2020, Pennsylvania was strongly implied to be Elwood City's location given it is the childhood home of Arthur creator Marc Brown and such clues as the presence of nearby Amish communities.
22	** ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl''[='s=] Fair City never has its location fully explained; all we know is that it's near a body of water.
23	** ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' never gives clues as to where the Foolish Magistrate's village is. Most fans and [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] have concluded it's in modern-day Fujian province, as hinted by the scenery.
24	** ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool'': Given the show's focus and somewhat short run, it's somewhat understandable that the location of the school and the characters' homes wouldn't be identified. At best, we can assume that it's somewhere reasonably northern, but not ultra-northern, as it's cold enough for a good, school-canceling snow to not be unusual in the winter, but still gets good and warm in summer. Some fans have concluded it's somewhere in New England (where the original books' author Creator/RosemaryWells attended the Boston Museum School in Massachusetts), presumably in either New Hampshire or Vermont.
25	** It's hard to tell where ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' is set, with it either being in or near Montreal, Quebec (where the show was made) or the Northeastern United States.
26	** ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'' takes place in Wagstaff City, meaning that it could take place in either Maine or Arizona, since they both have towns called Flagstaff.
27	** ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'': We don't know where Animal Town is located. Most fans think that it's in California. The map in the online "Elinor's Nature Adventure" game shows that the series takes place on Sandford Lake Trail, which ''is'' in California (it's in the Tahoe National Forest). Even so, Animal Town doesn't seem to be near a lake, and it does get a lot of snow in winter.
28	** ''WesternAnimation/HeroElementary'': Citytown's exact location is never said, but "Heroes in Space" suggests that it's somewhere in the Deep South of the US (definitely not Florida since we barely see any palm trees).
29	** ''WesternAnimation/SplashAndBubbles'': It's implied that much of Reeftown is in the Pacific, probably between the coasts of Asia and Australia, considering Bubbles' species (she's a Mandarin dragonet).
30	** ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': The exact location of the Treeborhood is deliberately kept vague, but we know it takes place in the real world since [=JunJun=] and his family are from the Philippines, Sammy and Quique have Puerto Rican heritage, and Ellie is Jamaican.
31	** ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': It's never said where exactly Xavier, Yadina, and Brad live. It doesn't help we don't see much of their location other than the museum, the playground, and the inside of the school. Most fans headcanon that they live in New Jersey, since that's where co-creator Chris Eliopoulos is from (Co-creator Brad Meltzer is from Florida, but the lack of palm trees and the amount of snow prove that it doesn't take place there).
32	* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' used a town named Springfield, in the episode "There's No Place Like Springfield", where Shipwreck was subjected to a TrumanShowPlot to try to get him to spill classified information.
33	** We also never got a firm location for the GI Joe base. One of the writers established it was somewhere in the Western US (supported by the desert surroundings), but that's all we know.
34	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' is set in the city of Lawndale; although WordOfGod says that it's in Maryland, this contradicts several episodes which show that it’s driving distance from desert and mountains. The city itself is always green, though, and it's also only a few hours’ drive from Boston, and one episode dealt with a hurricane. The city is most likely situated on the East Coast, in a mid-Atlantic state (such as New Jersey, Maryland, or Virginia) or somewhere in New England.
35	* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'', in which the city is literally named "The City". This leads to landmarks being named things like "City City Hall".
36	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
37	** The show takes place in a small town called Peach Creek. [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow The finale movie]] has Jonny onboard a bus driven by Plank (somehow), racing through highways, and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/edwikia/images/5/50/Peach_Creek.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170329174020 a distant city can be seen]]. It seems to resemble UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, which is where AKA Cartoon was based.
38	** A couple of the later episodes indicate that Peach Creak is located in the United States--in one episode (one that takes place in October), Jonny throws an Arbor Day Party and invites the Eds, but Double-D points out that Arbor Day isn't for another six months[[note]]In the United States, Arbor Day is always celebrated on the last Friday in April, which can be anywhere from April 24th to April 30th. In Canada, where the show is produced, the date of Arbor Day varies between provinces, with no national date set--there is, however, National Forest Week, which is set during the last full week of September and the Wednesday of that particular week is known as National Tree Day[[/note]]. And in another episode, Eddy discovers that his ancestors founded Peach Creek, and as shown in the book where he discovered this, Eddy's ancestor looks just like him, but in Puritan-style clothing[[note]]This indicates that Peach Creek is probably somewhere in the New England-region of the American Northeast--and to go off of that, Peach Creek could be located in Massachusetts, since that's where the pilgrims (and later, the puritans) ultimately settled[[/note]]. Eddy also tries to pass off turkey basters as "Canadian squirt guns," which actually works, basically spelling out that the cul de sac isn't in Canada.
39	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' takes place in the fictional town of Endsville. We never get any clues about where the town is, and it doesn't help that, being one of Creator/CartoonNetwork's more absurd shows, the geography of the town and the natural scenery surrounding it can readily change to fit the plot.
40	* ''WesternAnimation/NedsNewt'': Friendly Falls could be anywhere in central North America, but in at least one season 3 episode, a Canadian flag is seen flying in front of Ned's school.
41	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo'': The town Milo and his friends live in is almost always indentified as Halverston and Area, but beyond that, it's hard to pin down specifically where it is -- it could be pretty much anywhere in North America. (although the episode "[[Recap/CaptainFlamingoS1E4BeyondTheThundermonkeyDomeGumControl Gum Control]]" showed a Canadian flag hanging in the gym.) Averted when you realized that one of the two names that made up the town's name rhymes with Palmerston (a real neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario).
42	* ''WesternAnimation/IggyArbuckle'': The extremely small, rustic pioneer town of Mooseknuckle (where almost all of the characters live) is located right next to the Kookamunga, a massive, massive, ''massive'' national park that takes in mountains, deserts, lakes, barren tundra, ice caps, and forests. The park is defintely somewhere in the western US states or Canadian provinces ... but which ones? (The Kookamunga could even traverse ''several'' states/provinces.) The prominent presence of the town's totem pole would make British Columbia, Alaska, or Washington the most likely suspects.
43	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has both the City of Townsville and the Town of Citysville. The Townsville mayor puts the city at latitude 32 degrees north by longitude 212 degrees west (which doesn't exist, as longitude only goes up to 180; even if one chooses to wrap that around the 180th meridian, that coordinate would lie somewhere in the ocean). There is a city called Townsville in Australia, but the show is definitely set in the USA. The hinted proximity to the unknown town where ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' takes place would put it in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon or Northern California).
44	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' doesn't even give a name to the town where the home is, much less a general location. It is hinted, however, to take place in or near Townsville. WordOfGod would later state that the town is located somewhere in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon or Northern California).
45	* ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'' is set in a town which is universally referred to as "Town" -- complete with extensive pauses and shifty eye movements from the characters. One episode puts them near UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, but this is based only on how long it took them to drive to Las Vegas. The most likely location is UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, home of both the production company and Creator/AdultSwim; the freeway map seems to correspond, and the Haggar Pants Arena is a carbon copy of the Georgia Dome (albeit with a giant pair of dress pants attached to the roof).
46	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' takes its sweet time getting around to telling you that the Tennysons are originally from the town of Bellwood. But no installment in the entire franchise, especially those that spend more of their time in the town rather than having the characters WalkingTheEarth bother to say ''where'' in the United States it is. We've never seen it snowing there, and there is a desert within fifty miles of the town, leading most fans to assume it's somewhere in the American Southwest; something backed up by writer Matt Wayne, who stated he treats the town as such. However, in the live-action ''Film/Ben10AlienSwarm'', a map on a computer showed Bellwood to be in the upper Midwest near the Minnesota-Wisconsin area. Meanwhile, ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' reveals that Kevin ran away to New York City when he was a child, while ''WesternAnimation/Ben10GeneratorRexHeroesUnited'' has Ben mistake the city near Rex's home base of Providence HQ, which located in New York State, for Bellwood when transported to his universe, implying that state. [[WordOfGod Dwayne McDuffie]], showrunner for ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' and ''Ultimate Alien'' believed Bellwood was in the same state as Springfield from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
47	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is set in Arlen, Texas. Where in Texas Arlen is, however, is never made clear. It's in Heimlich County (which is also made up), and geographical details change from one episode to the next.
48	** It's most likely somewhere near Dallas, in the UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex. Creator/MikeJudge once lived in the Dallas suburb of Garland, which is considered the closest analogue to Arlen. Arlen is also said to be within driving distance of Arkansas and Oklahoma[[note]]Of course, being within a day's drive of Arkansas and Oklahoma doesn't do much to narrow the location within Texas down; El Paso is about as far as you can get from Arkansas and still be in Texas and it's only around 12 hours drive from Texarkana[[/note]].
49	** It may be a suburb of Austin. Strickland Propane's RealLife counterpart is based in Leander, only a short drive from Austin. Austin and Arlen even apparently share a zip code. And about 60 miles from Austin is another candidate region, Bell County, with references to the cities of Belton and Killeen.
50	** It may be in the far south of Texas along the Gulf of Mexico. The waterpark in "Four Wave Intersection" is eerily similar to the Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark in South Padre Island, Texas; the same episode mentions that Boomhauer was a highly-renowned surfer in Corpus Christi. "Escape from Party Island" also features a short journey to Port Aransas.
51	** Its location relative to the Mexican border is uncertain. In "Three Days of the Kahn-Do", Hank says it's an eight-hour drive to the border, but later episodes (such as "The Perils of Polling") have characters traveling to Mexico and back in the same day.
52	** One known fact, from S06 E14, is that Arlen is 500 miles away from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfa,_Texas Marfa]].
53	** And it did {{cross over}} with ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in a brief cameo, but they only mentioned that Arlen is 2,000 miles from Springfield, which doesn't clear anything up one way or the other[[note]]Although it ''does'' make sense if considering the constant hints about the Simpsons' Springfield being that of Oregon, which is located at ''2,052'' miles from Garland, Texas[[/note]].
54	* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' is set in an undefined location in France. Satellite shots show the action clearly taking place in the southern suburbs of Paris, but which one is not clear. The characters never name the town, nor do they refer to the river as the Seine. "The Factory" was inspired by a real Renault factory in Boulogne-Billancourt, a southern Paris suburb (the factory was demolished in 2004). Kadic Academy, on the other hand, was inspired by the Lycée Lakanal, based in Sceaux, further to the South. Meanwhile, the English dub [[CulturalTranslation didn't even acknowledge that it was in France]].
55	* ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'': Good luck figuring out where the Rescue Heroes Command Centre is located. It's isolated, and seems to be in somewhat mountainous territory -- and they seem to be able to travel from it to any location in the world in minutes.
56	* Unlike its [[Literature/TheRailwaySeries source material]], ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' was initially ambiguous as to the location of its setting, the island of Sodor. It seemed to be broadly British in terms of scenery, architecture, and terminology with mentions of an unnamed "mainland". Later seasons became gradually more explicit about the island's location which followed suit with the books, placing Sodor between the Isle of Man and the Walney Channel, off of Barrow-in-Furness.
57	* Bigg City in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tugs}}'' is never clearly given a location. One episode is called "4th of July" and features a very red-white-and-blue themed regatta, suggesting an American location. The architecture, vehicles, and generally the sheer size of the place suggests America. However, almost all the characters have British accents, and not a single one has an American accent. Wherever it is, it's at the mouth of a river near extensive logging camps, and it sometimes freezes over in winter. WordOfGod suggests that inspiration was taken from New York, Chicago and Baltimore.
58	* The city in which the Ranger Tree resides in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is said by [[WordOfGod Tad Stones]] to be a mixture of [[BigApplesauce New York]] and UsefulNotes/LosAngeles.
59	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' downplays this. Quahog is definitively a suburb of Rhode Island's capital city of Providence. The Providence skyline can be seen behind the Griffin's house, Brian can casually commute from home to Brown University, and the airport Quagmire works at is T. F. Green Airport. The exact location of Quahog in Rhode Island, however, has been inconsistent. The location of the skyline behind the house and the size of Quahog would make it an analogue for Cranston (due south of Providence) or Johnston (due west of Providence), but some episodes include maps that put Quahog in Tiverton (in the far southeast of the state near Newport and bordering Fall River, MA) or Lincoln (north of Providence), and the skyline of Providence can't be seen from either of those towns.
60	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has several examples:
61	** The show itself takes place in Danville, which is somewhere in the Tri-State Area. It's never stated ''which'' Tri-State area, and later episodes suggest it was actually named after a guy called "John P. Tristate". There are also [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville eighteen Danvilles]] strewn across the U.S. and Canada, so it could be any one of them. We do know that the family can drive to Mount Rushmore and back in a day, and ThePilot shows it on a map somewhere around Denver. But "Hail Doofania" has [[MadScientist Doofenshmirtz]] putting his micronation in the San Francisco Bay Area (which does have a Danville), and its radio station starts with a "W" (implying that it's east of the Mississippi).
62	** Doofenshmirtz comes from the fictional nation of Drusselstein, a tiny European {{Ruritania}}. It might be a fictional region of Germany, as Doof's dad spoke German, Doof himself has "some sort of a German accent", and he's been known to use German words on occasion (like ''dummkopf'', meaning "idiot"). We later see that it has its own princess (whom Ferb describes as speaking with "an upper-class Drusselsteinian vocal pattern"). It might be based on a European micronation like Liechtenstein, a tiny monarchy in the Alps that uses German as an official language, but Drusselstein seems to be much a much poorer country.
63	* Coolsville, the hometown of the Mystery Inc. gang in ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo''. Its state is never mentioned, but it's hinted it may be in California, due to some costal settings depicted, and a [[ItsAlwaysSpring rather spring-like]] Valentine's Day seen in "A Scooby-Doo Valentine", and any time there is snow in both series, it's outside of Coolsville in some way.
64	* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', whose title pooch lives with his owners in the middle of a wasteland region literally called Nowhere (and is said to be somewhere in Kansas).
65	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': While the [[TitleCharacter Title Character's]] hometown of Middleton is confirmed to be in the United States, it's exact geographical location is never explicitly stated. But based on what little available canonical evidence there is, many fans assume that it's located somewhere in Colorado--and assuming that Middleton really is in Colorado, it appears to be near either Silverton (a small town in the southwestern part of the state) or a suburb of the capital city of Denver.
66	* Amity Park from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has been hinted at to be anywhere from the American Deep South in states like Louisiana, to Pacific Northwest states like Oregon and Washington. General consensus amongst the fanbase is that it's located in the American Midwest, but that doesn't explain why Casper High has "Northwestern Standardized Testing". David Kaufman, Danny's voice actor shares the fanbase's opinion, stating that Amity Park is likely in Minnesota, but no other crew or cast member has said anything on the matter.
67	* The city where ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' takes place doesn't have a clearly defined location; in fact, it appears to be named "City". It's most likely in Texas, though; radio callsigns start with "K", it seems to be close to the Mexican border, and it gets hit by a tornado at one point. Then again, "Skips v. Technology" states that the park was once a battleground during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, putting it further east. Furthermore, {{Christmas Episode}}s generally depict the city with at least some snow on the ground, placing it further north; snow is rare in Texas.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': The location of Mordhaus, Dethklok's home, and the surrounding land is up for grabs. People have tried to get clues based on how Dethklok got to various gigs, but then it starts getting inconsistent. The only thing fans can conclude is that it ''isn't'' Los Angeles. Or the Marianas Trench. And season three reveals that Mordhaus can ''[[GlobalAirship fly]]''.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' come from Frostbite Falls, supposedly in Minnesota, which is just about as conveniently populated as Springfield, although it is based on the real Minnesota town of International Falls (and even resides in the same county). Boris and Natasha (and their respective cohorts, superiors and employers) come from Pottsylvania, a tiny eastern European republic, which according to the 1992 ''Film/BorisAndNatasha'' film is nestled between the two ''other'' tiny eastern European republics of Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} and [[{{Pun}} Yursovania]].
70	* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBusterClub'' takes place in Singletown, whose location is never explained beyond the town being nestled in the valley of a very mountainous region.
71	* {{Parodied\|trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''; Brain creates his own country named [[{{Egopolis}} Brainania]], and Pinky accidentally declares war on the U.S. The U.S. immediately capitulates because they don’t know where Brainania is, and they can't go to war with a country they can't find.
72	* The city in which the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' series takes place is never explicitly named in the show, though it's shown to be on the west coast of the United States, usually assumed to be California. In the comics based on the animated series, it's given the moniker of Jump City, which carries over to the spin-off GagSeries ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''; meanwhile, the Titans East live in and protect "Steel City", which is assumed to be an analogue for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
73	* The animated ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' takes place in "Junctionville, U.S.A." Literally -- this is what's written on all of the mail that gets delivered to the place.
74	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' is set in [[EverytownAmerica Dimmsdale]]. The Christmas Special puts it in Southern California, one episode has Vicky reference to the Eastern U.S. being 3 hours ahead of them, and it's near Hollywood, the desert, beach, and forested mountains, but a TimeTravel escapade reveals that it was a British colony at the time of its founding (complete with YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe). The only real-life "Dimsdale" is in Alberta, Canada.
75	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': Bluffington is only shown to be near Bloatsburg. Creator Jim Jenkins says it's based on his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. In a FreezeFrameBonus, Skeeter has a "Visit Virginia" sign in his room, and the geography looks similar to Virginia.
76	* Gardenia, the home town of Bloom, protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', appears to be in some English-speaking nation given the number of English signs, such as the big "Welcome to Gardenia" sign in the first episode. It certainly isn't Italy like some fans thought, since in Season 4 they had to travel to Italy in order to find a certain fairy.
77	* In ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', there's the town of Clamburg. With [[ShapedLikeItself clams]], Puritans and a relation to Vermont and Canada, you would assume it's somewhere in New England. However, that wouldn’t explain how it manages to be [[HeatWave blazing hot]] in December and February. The creator [[CreatorsCultureCarryover lives in Los Angeles, which may explain things]].
78	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'':
79	** "Central City", from the two-part episode "Megatron's Master Plan", It apparently isn't that far from Autobot Headquarters, but it otherwise has no defined location.
80	** The Autobots' crashed ship is also not given a specific location in the cartoon (although it did in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'', which put it near Portland, Oregon on the side of "Mount St. Hilary"). In "Cosmic Rust", though, Perceptor is left in Fox Creek Canyon, just three miles from Autobot Headquarters.
81	* ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder'': The Blue Falcon and Dog Wonder, a Batman and Robin parody, come from "Big City" in an undefined state. They have a port on the ocean and are near a huge lake -- an apparent joke on one of the great lakes.
82	* ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' is set in [[EverytownAmerica Hazelnut]], a suburban community with the vaguely defined "Tri-Nut Area". Philbert is the setting's nearest major "Nutropolis", and all the nearby towns also have nut-themed names.
83	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is pretty vague about where Peaceville is set specifically. While the creators jokingly said Peaceville was in the same region as [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Springfield]] when asked by fans on their social media, their more serious responses to fan questions hint the show is set in its origin country of Canada (for instance, they have confirmed that Laney's favorite food is ketchup-flavored potato chips, a very typically Canadian snack food). However, ''where'' in Canada is difficult to say, although it has been implied to be Ontario by the creators.
84	* ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'' is set in "Metrotown". Its location is hinted at when explosions and such are seen from space, suggesting it is near UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, Canada, where the show is made. And greater Vancouver also has a small neighborhood called Metrotown as well. Like Springfield, Metrotown has a statue of its founder, the aptly named "Jeremiah Metrotown".
85	* It's intentionally hard to tell where ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' is set, with many conflicting clues placing the setting anywhere from Venezuela to Brazil to ''Asia''. The spinoff series, ''WesternAnimation/GoDiegoGo'', seems to be somewhere set in Latin America. And the spinoff ''WesternAnimation/DorasExplorerGirls'' is equally vague; the city is unspecified, all of Dora's friends speak fluent [[GratuitousSpanish spanglish]], and it seems to be set in the same area as the original. Indeed, for the creators, it was important that the show and the character held a "pan-Latin American" feeling so that they could be identifiable for all American-born Latinos, instead of just a single group.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'', itself a co-production between the United States and Canada, can't decide whether Porkbelly is in the States or Canada, and even then, it can't even decide ''where'' in those countries it's in. On one hand, there are hints dropped here and there that Ontario is the setting, as the province's flag is visible outside Johnny's school in a few episodes, but its also been implied to British Columbia or Newfoundland. However, this is directly contradicted by Johnny visiting Canada in a few episodes and even trying to pass Dukey off as his cousin from Canada on a few occasions. Also consider the fact that the flag of California also appears around Porkbelly in a few episodes, while copies of the CIA and Area 51 are recurring parts of the show. Even then, one episode implies Porkbelly is in Minnesota, which is supported by the apparent closeness to the US-Canada border that pops up a few times and the characters' fondness for hockey (although the latter could also be a strong argument for the show being set in Canada).
87	* The animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' never really describes Heatherfield's location either, though the English version seems to be set in a North American city that has moderate snowfall in winter and is located by the ocean. (Some have speculated that, given the coastal location and topology, Heatherfield is located in Connecticut, possibly as an alternate counterpart to the real city of New Haven.)
88	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' franchise is very vague about this. The characters are mostly babies who have other things to worry about anyway. The setting is discussed in-depth [[https://nickelodeon.fandom.com/wiki/Rugrats#Setting here]], but many clues point to California, including California flags and license plates, and the ability to travel by car to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.
89	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' is set in the fictional city of Hillwood. There are very few clues as to where the city is located, other than the fact that there are forests and mountains as well as the beach, all within driving distance. The looks of the city itself don't provide any evidence, but the natural scenery implies that it is somewhere along the Pacific Northwest. Indeed, creator Craig Bartlett is from Seattle, and he has stated that he based Arnold's city on an amalgam of northern cities such as Seattle and Portland, though there is also a little bit of New York City thrown into the mix, particularly with the Brooklyn-style brownstones and the subway. Another thing that suggests Brooklyn is the name of Arnold's elementary school, P.S. 118. The numbering of elementary schools is a system only used in New York City's education system.
90	* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' is a minor example. The fictional town of Ocean Shores is confirmed to be on the beaches of Southern California; it's just not confirmed exactly where it is along that coastal area (''i.e.'' if it's closer to Los Angeles or San Diego).
91	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' is set in the town of Retroville. It is never actually stated where in the country Retroville is, but several hints imply it is located in Texas (where the show's animation studio [=DNA=] Productions was based), including the warm climate and presence of ranches nearby. In fact, in the movie, when Goddard is converted to fly cycle mode, you can even see the "Bad Dog" vanity license plate being from Texas. However, in "Attack of the Pants", Carl at one point exclaims that his uncle is from Texas, though this might just be a throwaway line or an indication that Carl [[TheDitz doesn't know what state he lives in]]. Even if Retroville is in Texas, it's still unknown what part of the state it is in, which makes a difference since Texas is the second-largest state in the union behind Alaska.
92	* In ''WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals'', the location of the main characters' home town is purposefully vague in order to allow them to go to places like Hawaii, Australia, and France, and come back on the same day.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' is set in the town of Exclamation, U.S.A. The references to towns such as Santa Barbara and La Puenta indicate that the town is located in California. However, the existence of "St Paul's Mattress Discounters" indicate it is possibly set in or near St. Paul, Minnesota.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'' is set in Dillydale, which is located near Onionville – wherever that is. It may be in California; Mr. Scatterbrain once mentions taking a [[WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque wrong turn at Tahiti]], and there is a bridge similar to the Golden Gate Bridge.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'': Although X Middle School is easily large enough to qualify as a small city by itself, there's really no solid information on where it is beyond "somewhere that snows in the winter", "north of Tennessee", and "not Cleveland". Character accents don't help much, since you can find virtually any accent if you look hard enough -- everything from Southern to Scottish has been used at least once. Website/TheOtherWiki puts it in or around Minneapolis.
96	* ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' kept the location of Kokonino Kounty ambiguous for decades, until [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAdn_dscOZY this short]] established it's in Idaho.
97	* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' is set in an American city know as Downtown City. Its location in the country is unknown, but it seems to be based on New York and San Francisco.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' is all over North America. Whale mentions the U.S. Constitution in one episode, but the gang also seems to live relatively close to the North Pole.
99	* The Hallmark animated special ''WesternAnimation/JingleAllTheWay'' (no relation to the Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger [[Film/JingleAllTheWay comedy of the same name]]) takes place in Pineville. Website/TheOtherWiki states that there are at least seven Pinevilles in the United States. The sequel, ''Jingle and Bell's Christmas Star'', mentions "Palm City" -- there's one near San Diego, and the other is in Florida.
100	* On ''WesternAnimation/TootAndPuddle'', Woodcock Pocket and Pocket Hollow are somewhere in the United States, far north enough that it gets snow on Christmas. All the other locations on the show are analogues of real-world locations (but with FunnyAnimals). Beyond that, there are no hints as to where in the United States, and some episodes even implied it was set in Canada instead.
101	* The location of ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' (informally referred to as "Seymour's Bay" by writers) isn't in a given state, but it closely resembles San Francisco with all its old-fashioned architecture and steeply-sloped roads. Other clues, including people's accents and certain maps, would suggest it might be on the New Jersey coast. [[Recap/BobsBurgersS6E2TheLandShip One episode]] establishes the town’s history going back as far as the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812, seemingly confirming an East Coast location.
102	* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'' has a city setting that greatly resembles New York City, but there are suburban areas that suggest it's set in suburban California.
103	* It is never stated where ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon'' takes place.
104	* The city where ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' takes place is never even named, let alone given a location. Various zoom-ins from orbit, and some supplemental material of questionable canonicity, place it anywhere from Ohio to Ontario to Quebec -- the consensus is that it's somewhere in northern North America, but that's as far as it goes. A throwaway line in Issue 33 of the [[ComicBook/InvaderZimOni continuation comics]] confirms that the setting is in America (as opposed to Canada), but that doesn't really narrow things down much.
105	* The town that's home to Sector V in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is never named, nor is its location stated, though there are a few hints it's in the state of '''V'''irginia, and in one episode there is mention of a city called "Cleveland". In another episode, though, Numbuh 1 was able to travel on foot from the White House to the Sector V treehouse within a day, so it's likely just outside Washington D.C., though most of that episode was [[AllJustADream part of a simulation that was run]], so it's up for debate. The Virginia and Cleveland parts seem more plausible.
106	* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'': In general the nameless city where the heroes reside appears to be in a European or North-American setting[[note]]There's a HalloweenEpisode that shows the kids trick-or-treating, a tradition most prevalent in the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK, and during the ChristmasEpisode, [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas it starts snowing]][[/note]], but whenever the city is seen from space, it's location differs radically between episodes. So far, it's been suggested to be in France ("Gekko's Special Rock"), India ("Owlette's Luna Trouble", & "Owlette Comes Clean"), and Panama ("Moon Madness").
107	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Tremorton appears to take place in the eastern half of the United States, but specifics beyond that are not available. Fan discussion on the topic suggests possible states to include New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Louisiana]].
108	* O-Town from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. It's never [[{{Pun}} stated]] which state the show is set in. However, a map shown on-screen from "I Have No Son!" shows it may take place in either Ohio or Michigan, around Lake Erie. Then again, Ed Bighead has said that it hasn't snowed there in years (suggesting it's further south, while Ohio and Michigan are relatively close to Canada, which would mean it would logically get plenty of snow).
109	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wunschpunsch}}'' takes place in a un-named CityOfAdventure with no clues as to where it's located.
110	* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'': Adventure Bay is this trope. There are a few hints: It's near the water, there are mountains relatively nearby, it gets cold enough to snow, they drive on the right, a recurring destination is a desert, which [[AllDesertsHaveCacti the existence of cacti]] suggests it's the Mojave or Sonora, and another recurring destination is a jungle/rainforest with many Mayan-looking temples, suggesting it's the Lacandon. All this suggests the northern half of North America, but exactly where is a mystery. The only idea fans have is that it ''might'' be in Canada, where the show is made. ''[[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolMightyPups Mighty Pups]]'' throws a wrench in everything, though: a shot of space shows landmasses much different from what we're used to, so who knows what the geography or politics of this alternate Earth looks like?
111	* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyInMyPocketAdventuresInPocketville'' has the Big City as one of its major settings, besides Pocketville of course. Since the Big City is such a generic name for, well, a city, and many of its landmarks make it very vague on where exactly it would be located in, some have speculated that the Big City is UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity because of the park resembling Central Park, the prevalence of Italian cultural aspects, and pretty much looking like the standard American-style city, while others think it could possibly be San Francisco or somewhere in Italy (where the show comes from). However, many of the plant life designed in the Big City backgrounds, English text (though often misspelled) on certain signs, and people driving on the right-hand side of the road suggest that it's most likely in the United States.
112	* ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndValentino'' takes place in the fictional town of Monte Macabre. It has a large Mexican population, but it's unclear whether the series actually takes place in Mexico or if it's in a Southern United States border state. Many characters (including the brothers) have American accents, the text is in English, and the dollars seem American. However, one episode has the characters visit the Nazca Lines in Peru by hot-air balloon, with the round trip implied to take place in the course of a single day, which is... unrealistic either way, but would be a smidge more plausible if they lived in Mexico.
113	* ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' is quite an example. The show takes place on Lake Hoohaw, but where Lake Hoohaw is even located is never mentioned ''once'' in the entire show. The accents place it in [[SweetHomeAlabama the South]] while the fact it snows in the winter and is a rural fishing community situated on a lake places it somewhere on the East Coast.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' is very vague as to where the Great Forest is located. Most clues point to it being located in Ontario, Canada (where the show was made), but that hasn't been confirmed.
115	* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': The exact location of Big City in the United States hasn't been nailed down, except that it is over a thousand miles from Breakfast World (a substitute for [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World]]), which itself is 2,500 miles from Breakfast Land (which is likewise a substitute for Disneyland). If you relate those distances to their real-world analogues, that would put Big City on the eastern seaboard. Additionally, certain throwaway lines and background details seem to point to it being the show's equivalent of New York City.
116	* Owing to ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'''s status as a production of what was then a [[Creator/DiC multi-national company]], it's not clear what country Metro City is in. The only clues given are that it's in the middle of an area made up of farmland and that it snows there in the winter, and that it might be near [[WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats Westfinster]]. The [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget2015 reboot]], produced by a [[Creator/DHXMedia solely Canadian firm]], places it in Canada.
117	* ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons'' takes place for the most part in [=Camelhot=], and most of the characters have either various British accents or American accents, yet there are barely any clues as to where it is.
118	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': There's a real Crystal Cove south of Los Angeles proper along Pacific Coast Highway (California highway 1) between Newport Beach and Dana Point, but the show's Crystal Cove is simultaneously a Pacific coastal town founded by conquistadors, a former Old West town in the middle of the desert, and three miles from the bayou. At one point in the episode "Theater of Doom", it is mentioned that their location is next to the Pacific so the viewer can only assume that Crystal Cove is somewhere along the West Coast.
119	* ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'': The location of Westfinster is never fully explained. While most clues (including the coastal setting and the fact it snows in the winter) would put it on the East Coast, probably somewhere in the New England region (likely in the coastal regions of either Maine or Massachusetts), it's also implied to be near [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Metro City]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] they have access to WesternAnimation/KiddVideo's music (''WesternAnimation/KiddVideo'' and his band are in an alternate dimension).
120	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pelswick}}'': It's hard to tell where Bayview is, with varying clues placing it anywhere from near Portland, Oregon (where creator John Callahan hails from) to being a fictional counterpart to San Francisco, California.
121	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
122	** In "Tourist Trapped", the map of Oregon shows Gravity Falls to be dead-center in Oregon, somewhere between Crook and Deshutes county. But in "Scary-Oke", a doppler map places it closer to Baker City, almost on the border with Idaho. It is off both interstates that pass through Oregon and far from the coast and Portland, so it’s almost certainly in the middle of the state or in eastern Oregon. Given the landscape, it’s likely the former. Dipper even lampshades this trope in the GrandFinale by saying that the town isn’t on any maps.
123	** Stan, [[spoiler:Ford and Shermie’s]] hometown, the fictional Glass Shard Beach is somewhere along the eastern coast of New Jersey, but never stated where. It could be a stand in for Atlantic City or Ocean City since New York City isn’t mentioned to be anywhere near the town.
124	* ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'': It's hard to tell where any of the three localities of the "classic series" - Bobsville, Sunflower Valley and Fixham Harbour - are located, though most clues point to them being somewhere in England.
125	* In ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'', it's never stated where the title character and her family reside. All that we know is that they're known to get snowfall in the winter, and the location is far enough from Washington, D.C. that they have to fly on an airplane to get there.
126	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Many cities in the US are called Brighton, but just where is the Brighton in which the show takes place? It's downright {{parodied\|Trope}} in the first episode by having the pin representing Brighton have a super close-up, so much that no other cities can be seen. However, future episodes lessen the ambiguity. In "The Greatest Concert Ever", Kenny Star's tour bus starts out somewhere in eastern Nebraska, and given an estimated arrival time of 30 minutes later, is scheduled to arrive in Brighton. The highway map Molly uses displays Interstate 80, and Iowa is about 30 minutes east of eastern Nebraska. "The Turnip Twist" confirms Brighton is somewhere in the Midwest, and "Saving Christmas" shows Brighton's position relative to the Great Lakes, being west of the southern edge of Lake Michigan, placing Brighton either in Illinois or on the eastern edge of Iowa.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' creator Creator/MikeJudge said he likes to think their town of Highland was in West Texas or East New Mexico. Without his knowledge, animators working on ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHeadDoAmerica'' drew Texas license plates on the cars with led to Judge deciding the show was set in Texas and ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHeadDoTheUniverse'' finally averted the trope by confirming InUniverse that Highland was in Texas.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' takes place in Beach City, which is located in the state of… Delmarva. Creator/RebeccaSugar based it on some oceanic cites in Delaware; and it should also be noted that in RealLife, Delmarva is a peninsula shared between Delaware, Maryland (incidentally, Sugar's home state), and Virginia; but it’s still hard to say for certain if that’s the rough location that Delmarva is supposed to be.
129	* ''WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs'' is set in a mountainous area surrounded with pine trees and near the ocean. With this location, and its heavy video game themed story, it can be assumed it is somewhere in the Northwest, where many real life video game companies are based such as Nintendo, Valve, and Microsoft.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/DorgVanDango'': Though it's never been stated where Normill is, it's most likely somewhere in North America, given that this show was co-produced in Canada and Dorg's mom runs a 98¢ store.
131	* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': A sign in the first episode suggests that Metropolis should be ''somewhere'' west of the Mississippi river, being located 198 miles from the Kent farm, which is in Kansas. But the city appears to be on the coast - this is most visible in background shots to Episode 8, which show a a Manhattan-style island as the city's core, and an ocean horizon behind the airborne [[spoiler:Silver Banshee]].
132	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'' is set in Orchid Bay, which is heavily based on UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in terms of geography and architecture. However, in a few episodes, characters mention traveling ''to'' California, implying that Orchid Bay is in a different state.

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