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** [[http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/modernmaterialist/2009/05/flickr_lowerManhattan_eight_double.jpg New York City.]]
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* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' mostly takes place in MegaCity One, which originally spanned the entire Eastern seaboard of the United States until it was seriously trimmed down during "The Apocalypse War" thanks to saturation nuking. Architecturally, it's a mishmash of styles from different decades with early stories even depicting (at the time of publishing) iconic New York buildings and landmarks, such as the World Trade Centre, the Statue Of Liberty, and the Empire State Building, dwarfed by newer city blocks.
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* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070319 Mechanicsburg]] (also see [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070321 the next page]]) from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. It became a modern city filled with tourists after the disappearance of its former rulers. However, when Agatha, the rightful heir, returns and the [[ForDoomTheBellTolls Doom Bell]] is [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111104 rung]], the city reverts back to its old self. Also, the city is controlled by a [[GeniusLoci sentient castle]] and all residents are automatically [[UndyingLoyalty loyal minions]] of the Heterodyne.
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** Modern/Greater Lisbon, Portugal. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Expo16.jpg Parque]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_este.jpg das]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Lisboa_-_Expo98_-_Vista_Geral.jpg Nações,]] [[http://imagens.casa.sapo.pt/imoveis/640x480/Escritorio-Venda-Arrendamento-Lisboa-Sao-Mamede-Marques-de-Pombal.47938790.jpg Amoreira,]] [[http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/1049132.jpg Praça Marquês de Pombal]]. (Not to be confused with [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_Comercio.jpg old,]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_jeronimos.jpg Royal]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_torre_de_belem.jpg Lisbon.]])

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** Modern/Greater Lisbon, Portugal. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Expo16.jpg Parque]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_este.jpg das]] das [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Lisboa_-_Expo98_-_Vista_Geral.jpg Nações,]] [[http://imagens.casa.sapo.pt/imoveis/640x480/Escritorio-Venda-Arrendamento-Lisboa-Sao-Mamede-Marques-de-Pombal.47938790.jpg Amoreira,]] [[http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/1049132.jpg Nações,]] Amoreira, Praça Marquês de Pombal]]. Pombal. (Not to be confused with [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_Comercio.jpg old,]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_jeronimos.jpg Royal]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_torre_de_belem.jpg old, Royal Lisbon.]]))
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* Zaofu in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', a city made entirely of metal. The city is made to look like a congregation of lotus flowers, that stay open in the day and are closed at night.

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* Zaofu in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', a city made entirely of metal. The city is made to look like a congregation of lotus flowers, flowers that stay open in the day and are closed at night.
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* The [[http://cdn.awn.com/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/image/featured/1029571-watch-disney-unveils-deleted-scenes-zootopia.jpg?itok=Rodf1NYM city]] of ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' with its multifaceted districts enabled by the installation of artificial climate zones.

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* The [[http://cdn.awn.com/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/image/featured/1029571-watch-disney-unveils-deleted-scenes-zootopia.jpg?itok=Rodf1NYM city]] of ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' with its multifaceted districts enabled by the installation of artificial climate zones.
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* Inkopolis from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''.
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In fictional settings authors often decide to make great cities for their work. In "classic" sci-fi the city served as a common trope to be used to represent whatever society that existed. They, when animated, drawn or otherwise shown a DesignStudentsOrgasm usually occurs. This comes in two flavors and is often the capital of TheFederation, TheAlliance, TheEmpire, or TheRepublic. Is usually a CityOfAdventure.

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In fictional settings authors often decide to make great cities for their work. In "classic" sci-fi the city served as a common trope to be used to represent whatever society that existed. They, when animated, drawn or otherwise shown a DesignStudentsOrgasm usually occurs. This comes in two flavors and is often the capital of TheFederation, TheAlliance, TheEmpire, or TheRepublic. Is usually a CityOfAdventure.
CityOfAdventure. If part of its coolness comes from bright lights, it may be a NeonCity.
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** [[https://livejapan.com/en/article-a0001580/ Tokyo]] Old, meet new.

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* Zaofu in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', a city made entirely of metal. The city is made to look like a congregation of Lotus flowers, that stay open in the day, but are closed by night.

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* Zaofu in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', a city made entirely of metal. The city is made to look like a congregation of Lotus lotus flowers, that stay open in the day, but day and are closed by at night.




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* In the future depicted by ''LightNovel/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'', not-Disney has made a habit out of buying defunct cities and converting them into amusement parks. The result is still clearly a city- but the immaculate, ideal ''version'' of a city, complete with an army of janitors and construction workers who come out at night to keep its flawless image maintained. Citizens remark that it's like living in a fairytale.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}: Lands of Creation'', which details the actual setting's TimeOfMyths, many Exalted channel their wealth and power into building their own personal utopias. Examples include Samiaren, the treetop city built out of amber, and Illio Stara, the size-shifting city built into one little bonsai. Some Exalted's ideas of 'utopia' are significantly creepier ([[BigBrotherIsWatching Dari]], for one), but even they must carefully conceal such horror with cleanliness and public amenities.
* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'', Tora is the magically shielded, self-sustaining city left behind from when AndManGrewProud. It is all carved of seamless marble, except the plinth that symbolized their vow of loyalty towards Del's kings, and filled with tapestries and fresh fruit that the protagonists (who come from the more medieval lands outside) find extremely welcome.



* Ankh-Morpork from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', though most of its dark has turned into grime and might occasionally become part of something served in a bun.

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* Ankh-Morpork from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', though most of its dark has turned into grime and (and might occasionally become part of something served in a bun.bun).
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SuperTrope to CityPlanet (the city is awesome because it takes over an entire planet/plane).

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* ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'': Hari Seldon explores multiple
areas of the planet-wide city Trantor, capital of the [[GalacticSuperpower Galactic Empire]], which is almost entirely enclosed and continues many kilometers underground.

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* As seen above, [[Franchise/StarWars Coruscant]] is a planet. It's so large they needed an entire [[AllThereInTheManual subsidiary guide just to explain how it worked.]]

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* As seen above, [[Franchise/StarWars Coruscant]] ''Franchise/StarWars'': Coruscant is a city that covers the entire planet. It's so large they needed an entire [[AllThereInTheManual subsidiary guide just to explain how it worked.]]



* Trantor from the ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'' series. It covers all the planet, it's the capital of the galactic empire, and continues many kilometers underground.

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* Trantor from ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'': Hari Seldon explores multiple
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the ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'' series. It covers all the planet, it's the planet-wide city Trantor, capital of the galactic empire, [[GalacticSuperpower Galactic Empire]], which is almost entirely enclosed and continues many kilometers underground.
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* The [[http://cdn.awn.com/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/image/featured/1029571-watch-disney-unveils-deleted-scenes-zootopia.jpg?itok=Rodf1NYM city]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' with its multifaceted districts enabled by the installation of artificial climate zones.

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* The [[http://cdn.awn.com/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/image/featured/1029571-watch-disney-unveils-deleted-scenes-zootopia.jpg?itok=Rodf1NYM city]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' with its multifaceted districts enabled by the installation of artificial climate zones.
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* Examples of both the above appear in ''Literature/TheReckoners.'' Newcago (the former city of Chicago) is dark and gritty, under a perpetually black sky, the entire city transmuted to steel with many living in tunnels beneath. Babilar (once New York) by contrast, is a bright and colorful party city where the waters rise up so high, the people live on the roofs and upper stories of skyscrapers. Ildithia (Atlanta) is a city of salt that grows out of the ground on one side, collapses on the other, cycling through once a week and so crawling across the landscape.
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* The city in ''Film/BladeRunner'' is certainly '''Dark and Gritty''', as depicted in fanart. [[http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/the-work/gallery-3/2019-post-alley here]] .
* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinotopia Dinotopia]]'''s [[http://dinotopia.wikia.com/wiki/Waterfall_City Waterfall City]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=5 Chel'el'sussoloth]], [[MeaningfulName literally means]] "City of light in the darkness". For LonelyRichKid Ariel, it's a fantasy world beyond her wildest dreams, to {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Lirel, it's a WretchedHive that also has CrystalSpiresAndTogas... perfect for having AHellOfATime.

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* The city in ''Film/BladeRunner'' is certainly '''Dark and Gritty''', as depicted in fanart. [[http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/the-work/gallery-3/2019-post-alley here]] .
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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinotopia Dinotopia]]'''s [[http://dinotopia.wikia.com/wiki/Waterfall_City Waterfall City]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=5 Chel'el'sussoloth]], Chel'el'sussoloth,]] [[MeaningfulName literally means]] "City of light in the darkness". For LonelyRichKid Ariel, it's a fantasy world beyond her wildest dreams, to {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Lirel, it's a WretchedHive that also has CrystalSpiresAndTogas... perfect for having AHellOfATime.



** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Aldera_City.JPG Aldera]].
** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cloud_City Cloud City]], which was allegedly inspired by Stratos City.
** "[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mos_Eisley Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.]]"

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** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Aldera_City.JPG Aldera]].
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** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cloud_City Cloud City]], City,]] which was allegedly inspired by Stratos City.
** "[[http://starwars.[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mos_Eisley Mos "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.]]""]]



** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Level_1313]] The darker side of Coruscant, probably even worse than Mos Eisley.

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** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Level_1313]] The com/wiki/Level_1313 Level 1313, the darker side of Coruscant, probably even worse than Mos Eisley.]]



** [[http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g295424-Dubai.html Dubai]].
** [[http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/modernmaterialist/2009/05/flickr_lowerManhattan_eight_double.jpg New York City]].
** [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Hong_Kong_Night_Skyline.jpg Hong Kong]].
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul Seoul]]. Just whoa.

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** [[http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g295424-Dubai.html Dubai]].
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** [[http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/modernmaterialist/2009/05/flickr_lowerManhattan_eight_double.jpg New York City]].
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** [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Hong_Kong_Night_Skyline.jpg Hong Kong]].
Kong.]]
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul Seoul]]. Seoul.]] Just whoa.



** Modern/Greater Lisbon, Portugal. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Expo16.jpg Parque]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_este.jpg das]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Lisboa_-_Expo98_-_Vista_Geral.jpg Nações]], [[http://imagens.casa.sapo.pt/imoveis/640x480/Escritorio-Venda-Arrendamento-Lisboa-Sao-Mamede-Marques-de-Pombal.47938790.jpg Amoreira]], [[http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/1049132.jpg Praça Marquês de Pombal]]. (Not to be confused with [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_Comercio.jpg old]], [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_jeronimos.jpg Royal]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_torre_de_belem.jpg Lisbon]].)

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** Modern/Greater Lisbon, Portugal. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Expo16.jpg Parque]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_este.jpg das]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Lisboa_-_Expo98_-_Vista_Geral.jpg Nações]], Nações,]] [[http://imagens.casa.sapo.pt/imoveis/640x480/Escritorio-Venda-Arrendamento-Lisboa-Sao-Mamede-Marques-de-Pombal.47938790.jpg Amoreira]], Amoreira,]] [[http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/1049132.jpg Praça Marquês de Pombal]]. (Not to be confused with [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_Comercio.jpg old]], old,]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_jeronimos.jpg Royal]] [[http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/pfreire/paulo/Lisboa_torre_de_belem.jpg Lisbon]].)Lisbon.]])
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** [[http://www.higbank.com/images/higbank/sedeHongKong2004.jpg Hong Kong]].

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* Metru Nui from Franchise/{{BIONICLE}}.

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* Metru Nui from Franchise/{{BIONICLE}}.''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}''.
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*The City of [[EldritchLocation Yharnam]] from ''Videogame/{{Bloodborne}}'' won't win any prizes for urban planning, but its dark gothic structures, intricate streets and tall imposing spires make it a true sight to behold.
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* The Citadel from ''Franchise/MassEffect''. It's [[RuleOfCool a giant space station.]] Just [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Citadel check out its page]]. It is awesome. [[spoiler: Of course it was made by crazy Robo-Cthulu death farmers. But that's beside the point.]]
** Although it's getting beat up on at the time by Reapers, future Vancouver looks pretty impressive, as does the the asari city on Thessia. Illium, which you get an aerial car chase through in ''Lair of the Shadowbroker'' is similarly scenery-porn-tastic.

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* The Citadel from ''Franchise/MassEffect''. It's [[RuleOfCool a giant space station.]] Just [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Citadel check out its page]]. It is awesome. [[spoiler: Of course it was made by crazy Robo-Cthulu Robo-Cthulhu death farmers. But that's beside the point.]]
** Although it's getting beat up on at the time by Reapers, future Vancouver looks pretty impressive, as does the the asari city on Thessia. Illium, which you get an aerial car chase through in ''Lair of the Shadowbroker'' is similarly scenery-porn-tastic.
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* The [[http://cdn.awn.com/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/image/featured/1029571-watch-disney-unveils-deleted-scenes-zootopia.jpg?itok=Rodf1NYM city]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''with its multifaceted districts enabled by the installation of artificial climate zones.

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* The [[http://cdn.awn.com/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/image/featured/1029571-watch-disney-unveils-deleted-scenes-zootopia.jpg?itok=Rodf1NYM city]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''with its multifaceted districts enabled by the installation of artificial climate zones.
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*Starbase Yorktown in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' is like a DomedCity but with the dome being a perfect sphere, as it is ''in space.'' It is also beyond gigantic. ArtificialGravity will make the definition of "down" different for you than for the street twisting above you.
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* Metru Nui from Franchise/{{BIONICLE}}.
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* New Mombasa from ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', particularly in ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''.

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* New Mombasa from ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', particularly in ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''.''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'', where it feels legitimately futuristic.
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* New Mombasa from ''VideoGame/Halo3''.

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* New Mombasa from ''VideoGame/Halo3''.''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', particularly in ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''.

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