Eiffel Tower Effect / Western Animation

• The Beatles:
  • "Help!" has Paul chasing fashion thief Jacques Le Zipper up the Eiffel Tower. The bulk of the action during the song takes place there.
  • "Thank You Girl" opens with a pan of the city of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in full view.
  • "Hold Me Tight" has the boys touring Times Square in New York City and Ringo is counting the lights ("They say there's a broken heart for every light on Broadway"). George and Ringo visit the Statue of Liberty where they think a foreign spy is trying to blow it up.
• BoJack Horseman: The titular character's house has a crystal-clear view of the Hollywoo(d) sign from the living room, reminding us of the celebrity setting.
• Danger Mouse:
  • "The Statue of Liberty Caper" has Baron Greenback not only stealing said statue, but also some other noteworthy structural icons of New York City—Yankee Stadium and the Empire State Building among them.
  • "Danger Mouse On The Orient Express" starts with DM and Penfold in a gondola on the Grand Canal of Venice.
  • Any Danger Mouse episodes that open in London will usually feature Buckingham Palace and/or Big Ben.
• Averted in the opening to Darkwing Duck. What appears to be San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge is actually St. Canard and the Audobon Bay Bridge.
• In the DuckTales opening, the nephews run across the desert, being chased by a mummy. About six pyramids are in the background, establishing an Egyptian setting.
• Family Guy: Parodied in "Peter & Lois' Wedding"; during flashback scenes, the Twin Towers show up in every Establishing Shot to show that it's The '90s, even in scenes not taking place in New York.
• Averted in the Freakazoid! opening. The Capitol Building would establish Washington, D.C., but this is just a model held by Freakazoid.
• Parodied by an episode of Futurama. when the gang goes to the beach just in time for the beach to be overrun by Omicronians, with Fry walking onto the beach, and saying, "Hey, the Statue of Liberty!" and then Leela shows off a series of others. Leela and Bender explain that a supervillain moved them all to that particular beach after becoming Governor of New New York, adding his face to Mount Rushmore.
• Gargoyles had shots of both the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe when the characters went to Paris. There was a shot of Big Ben in the London episode. This trope can also be done with wildlife if an animal is particularly tied to the area. When the group is sent to Australia during the World Tour season, a kangaroo is passing by just as they show up, instantly cluing them in on where they are.
• In the Godzilla: The Series opening, the Brooklyn Bridge and Twin Towers establish New York City.
• In one opening to Goof Troop, a photo album shows Max's family posing in front of the Eiffel Tower and the Egyptian pyramids.
• In the Histeria! opening, The Sphinx and pyramids establish Egypt.
• In the opening credits of Jackie Chan Adventures the Golden Gate Bridge is a regular feature, and in the Grand Finale it is damaged along with half the city. However, once the Big Bad is defeated the city magically is repaired, saving the bridge presumably. Also, the Bay Bridge, Transamerica Pyramid, and Coit Tower make appearances throughout the show.
• In The Karate Kid opening, the Leaning Tower of Pisa establishes Italy, The Sphinx establishes Egypt, and the Statue of Liberty establishes New York City.
• The Mighty Mouse cartoon "Sunny Italy" opens with a shot of the Tower of Pisa. The villain Oil Can Harry is trying to tip the tower over as he has Pearl Pureheart tied to a rail at the tower's summit where she is dangling by one foot. The Grand Canal is seen as well as the Coliseum in Rome, where Mighty Mouse is battling attacking lions.
• Considering it takes place in Paris, Miraculous Ladybug regularly places the Trope Namer in the background of shots, regardless of whether it would actually be visible from that location and angle. The intro notably features the protagonist Marinette standing atop the tower and overlooking the city before transforming into Ladybug and leaping from it. It's most obvious when battles take place at the Louvre, when it will actually jump around from shot-to-shot (in Real Life, the Eiffel Tower is visible to the Louvre's west). About the only times this trope is avoided in outdoor scenes are for the battles that take place at the Eiffel Tower itself.
• In the Muppet Babies opening, the Grand Canal establishes the city of Venice.
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: The episode "Rarity Takes Manehattan" is set in Equestria's version of New York, complete with pony versions of the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge, and many other recognizable landmarks.
• Parodied in Phineas and Ferb in a quick gag on a family trip to England. After his father points out various English landmarks in a series of cuts, Phineas lampshades how small England seems with all their notable landmarks inexplicably in one place.
• Played for Laughs in the Rocko's Modern Life episode "Road Rash". When Heffer tells Rocko to take a shortcut on their motorcycle trip, they end up passing random world landmarks: Egyptian Pyramids, Stonehenge (Heffer even tells Rocko to "turn right at Stonehenge,") a Venetian canal, Moai Statues on Easter Island, the Eiffel Tower (obviously), and the Taj Mahal in India, complete with Regional Riffs for those areas are being played.
• Justified in The Simpsons. The CN Tower features prominently in the episode where they go to Toronto, but this is just Truth in Television. It's so tall you really can see it from damn near anywhere within city limits (cf. Real Life). If anything, they don't show it enough.
• The Snowman had no need of a specific setting, but it got one anyway courtesy of the gratuitous appearance of Brighton Pavilion in one of the flying sequences. Creator Raymond Briggs lives near Brighton, and evidently so does the boy in the story.
• In the opening to Taz-Mania, a large sandstone formation resembling Uluru is present, establishing central Australia. ^note Which is odd, as Tasmanian Devils live in forests and coastal woodlands, not deserts. Also they are native to Tasmania (thus the name) and do not exist in mainland Australia outside of zoos and sanctuaries
• In the Thundarr the Barbarian intro, the Golden Gate Bridge establishes the city of San Francisco. The wreckage of the Titanic establishes part of the ocean floor has surfaced.
• After Timon & Pumbaa decide not to eat a snail when they get trapped in a mailing package, Pumbaa worries that whomever is at the destination might hurt their new friend. Timon reassured them that the only way that could happen is if they ended up "in France, where snails are considered a delicacy". Cue the package opening up, and a clear view of the Eiffel Tower-ig over them.
• In the Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? opening, the Chinese guardian lion and Chinese temple rooftop establishes the location as China, possibly the Forbidden City. The Sphinx and the pyramids in the desert establish the location as Egypt. The Statue of Liberty and Twin Towers establish New York City.