History Main / CoolestClubEver

* Club Shangri-La in ''VideoGame/{{Orangeblood}}'' is this, being owned by one of the playable characters (Machiko), though by the time Vanilla arrives it's been taken over by a rival gang. After clearing the gang out, it becomes a TraumaInn for the party to use as well as serving as their base of operations.

* Club Planetarium in ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'', although it is somewhat undermined by the fact that its owner, DJ Subatomic Supernova, happens to be a {{Jerkass}} LazyBum who'd much rather lounge about than actually play the music that his audience paid to listen to (at least, until Bunk Bed Junction show up). In fact, it's mentioned that his "One Night Only!" rave has been going on for ''three years'' by the time the story begins, with him not even bothering to change the poster outside. Also, it was once an observatory before he converted it into what it is now.

* Club Planetarium in ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'', although it is somewhat undermined by the fact that its owner, DJ Subatomic Supernova, happens to be a {{Jerkass}} LazyBum who'd much rather lounge about than actually play music (at least, until Bunk Bed Junction show up). In fact, it's mentioned that his "One Night Only!" rave has been going on for ''three years'' by the time the story begins, with him not even bothering to change the poster outside. Also, it was once an observatory before he converted it into what it is now.

* The Devil's Dalliance in ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry''. It also serves as a front for the demons to seduce the clientele into becoming their [[TheQuisling Quislings]] . After Dante gets inside (by punching the Bouncer out [[PrecisionFStrike and "adding" his name to the list]]), the interior winds up transforming into a [[DesignStudentsOrgasm Design Student's Gladiatorial Arena]] to entertain the demonic [=VIPs=].

Nightclubs in fiction are always much cooler, bigger, and cleaner than the ones you find in the downtown of your town (unless your town happens to be [[BigApplesauce New York City]], UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}, [[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Ibiza]] or UsefulNotes/{{London}}). Expect to see a [[WannabeLine line around the block to get in]] whether the club is full or not, though some people need only wink at the {{Bouncer}} or have a spot on the guest list and in they go (this seldom includes the main protagonist unless they're a sexy woman). And, as with the HighSchoolDance, expect ''everybody in attendance'' to be dancing around and having a great time (whereas, in RealLife, you're likely to see a lot of MoodDissonance among the attendees and more than a few people who just want to go home). There might even be DancingRoyalty clearing the dance-floor with their amazing dance moves or leading a FlashMob-esque dance sequence.

* ''VideoGame/LANoire'' invokes this trope with a surprisingly realistic twist, combining actual cultural tropes of the day to make up what would genuinely be the coolest club in a coolest city (at the time). It's an ultra-suave music hall in the heart of Hollywood that features its own imported Nazi movie-babe\crooner singer, a band of hottest black jazzmen of the day who have just discovered both bebop and heroin, is protected by the chief of the local Vice department itself and caters exclusively to the clientele comprised of movie stars, fat cats and corrupt government officials. And has a French-Caribbean Negro butler.

* ''CallOfJuarezTheCartel'' has two- the Panorama and the El Dorado.

* The club Xibalba located at the fictional city of Helverton, Colorado in Dee Snider's 1998 ''Film/{{Strangeland}}''. The club seems to be a metal/fetish club that features the band Snot, is packed full of dancers, still has other patrons waiting to get in line outside in the rain (under umbrellas), and has onstage fetish acts and fire breathers as well as some patrons are being flogged in BDSM acts on the main floor of the club and seems to have a back area for certain "VIP" patrons to relax in silence. The depicted club was filmed in The Church nightclub of Denver, Colorado, which while the real club does have Gothic nights on Wednesday and Industrial/EBM nights on Sunday (and other themes on other days), it isn't nightly as this film portrays it and not as intense on a constant basis.

* The club Xibalba located at the fictional city of Helverton, Colorado in Dee Snider's 1998 ''Film/Strangeland''. The club seems to be a metal/fetish club that features the band Snot, is packed full of dancers, still has other patrons waiting to get in line outside in the rain (under umbrellas), and has onstage fetish acts and fire breathers as well as some patrons are being flogged in BDSM acts on the main floor of the club and seems to have a back area for certain "VIP" patrons to relax in silence. The depicted club was filmed in The Church nightclub of Denver, Colorado, which while the real club does have Gothic nights on Wednesday and Industrial/EBM nights on Sunday, it isn't nightly as this film portrays it and not as intense on a constant basis.

* The club Xibalba located at the fictional city of Helverton, Colorado in Dee Snider's 1998 ''Film/StrangeLand''. The club seems to be a metal/fetish club that features the band Snot, is packed full of dancers, still has other patrons waiting to get in line outside in the rain (under umbrellas), and has onstage fetish acts and fire breathers as well as some patrons are being flogged in BDSM acts on the main floor of the club and seems to have a back area for certain "VIP" patrons to relax in silence. The depicted club was filmed in The Church nightclub of Denver, Colorado, which while the real club does have Gothic nights on Wednesday and Industrial/EBM nights on Sunday, it isn't nightly as this film portrays it and not as intense on a constant basis.

Nightclubs in fiction are always much cooler, bigger, and cleaner than the ones you find in the downtown of your town (unless your town happens to be [[BigApplesauce New York City]], UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}, [[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Ibiza]] or UsefulNotes/{{London}}). Expect to see a [[WannabeLine line around the block to get in]] whether the club is full or not, though some people need only wink at the {{Bouncer}} or have a spot on the guest list and in they go (this seldom includes the main protagonist unless they're a sexy female). And, as with the HighSchoolDance, expect ''everybody in attendance'' to be dancing around and having a great time (whereas, in RealLife, you're likely to see a lot of MoodDissonance among the attendees and more than a few people who just want to go home). There might even be DancingRoyalty clearing the dance-floor with their amazing dance moves or leading a FlashMob-esque dance sequence.

* ''Series/BurnNotice'' is SpyFiction and set in [[OnlyInMiami Miami]]. For them ''not'' to toss this in--usually when dealing with TheCartel or TheMafia--would practically be blasphemy.

* One of these appear in ''Film/TheMask'', the Congo Bongo club where Tina is a singer.

* ''Film/TheMatrix'': The Merovingian's Hel Club.

See also WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame, for the gay version.

For cool "clubs" in the other sense of the word, see CarryABigStick.

* The Malibu in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', the second-most expensive property up for sale. It's a pretty swanky place, apart from the Village People tribute band on stage.

* In Gotham City, this is the case of the Iceberg Lounge which Franchise/{{Batman}} foe Comicbook/ThePenguin runs as a legit front to cover his illegal activities. As a gimmick is is quite literally cool.

* ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' uses this trope on an almost weekly basis, although perhaps due to the age of the central characters there's an equal tendency for them to hit supposedly amazing restaurants instead of bars and clubs (see also ImprobableFoodBudget). It's usually justified as Samantha, who works in PR, is usually promoting the club and is able to get her friends in for the opening.

* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' has the Snakehole Lounge, which is surprisingly large, well-appointed, and well-attended considering it's in a small town in Indiana. At least there never seems to be a line to get in.
** The Bulge is also pretty nice and consistently packed, considering that it's a gay bar in rural Indiana.