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** In the second episode of the Ninth Doctor's series, we are introduced to the Face of Boe, an enormous disembodied head in a tank, clearly an extremely expensive prop. It takes practically no part in the story other than looking exotic. Fans with some grasp of the economics of television production ''knew'' they'd be seeing more of it. And so it proved, as it returned in the following series.

* Notably averted in the animated film ''[[KungFuPanda]]'', in which Jackie Chan's character Monkey got surprisingly few lines, making many people wonder why they had to get ''Jackie Chan'' for that role when they could've essentially gone with anyone.

Do not confuse with MoneyShot.

** A Brazilian and Venezuelan fad during TheNineties and early Nougties: build their own {{Xanadu}} location, namely a small town (usually only the facades, but still), or a department store. In an infamous case, a ''small mall'' set was built, but when the soap tanked and the set became too expensive to maintain, they ''blew it up'' on camera to do the double feat of disposing of the set and adding more drama to the plot (incidentally [[DropABridgeOnThem using the explosion to dispose of the most unpopular charaters]]).

** A Brazilian and Venezuelan fad during TheNineties and early Nougties: build their own {{Xanadu}} location, namely a small town (usually only the facades, but still), or a department store. In an infamous case, a ''small mall'' set was built, but when the soap tanked and the set became too expensive to maintain, they ''blew off it'' on camera to do the double feat of disposing of the set and adding more drama to the plot (incidentally [[DropABridgeOnThem using the explosion to dispose of the most unpopular charaters]]).

* ''{{Out of Africa}}'', although it might be [[JustifiedTrope justified]].

* Averted oddly enough in ''{{Forgetting Sarah Marshall}}'' which was shot on location in Hawaii and showed almost none of it.
* SceneryPorn aside, the production design (props, costumes, sets etc) of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy easily qualify.
** Averted all through the movies because of time constraints, or simple practicality. They spent a lot of money, and also made a lot of stuff, most of which never ended up in the finished movies (either due to never being filmed at all or cut from the film), and stuff even gets left out of the extended 'full' versions. Did you know that Theoden's armour has a small engraving of a horse, the symbol of Rohan, for no other reason than that they thought the armour would contain it in real life? In one scene Jackson requested a new dress for Eowyn, and the costumers designed and made it for what wound up being a shot from the shoulders up that only wound up in the Extended Edition.
* Averted at the editor's insistence in ''{{Jaws}}'', with the shark only glimpsed for a few seconds at a time. StevenSpielberg argued, but later agreed that it was for the best that the "[[SpecialEffectsFailure giant white floating turd]]" not spend long onscreen.
* Averted in the first VeggieTales movie... a lot of the money actually went to background objects. The creators commented that if you were to open a barrel on the pirates' ship, you would find a bunch of fish models. They reined it in considerably for the second film, and the improvement in quality is visible.

*** The Arctic Special is made of this trope.

* The Nostalgia Chick shouts "Trailer Shot!" when there's a pretty-looking scene of the dragon in ''{{Dragonheart}}'' flaps his wings.

* If it's an expensive actor, then we'll see a lot of that actor. You got this guy because you didn't want the PoorMansSubstitute.

* All the ''Star Trek'' series and films have generally been filmed in the greater Los Angeles area. In some cases locations have been used since professional film making began in LA and are still used today.

* Disney's pioneering 1982 CGI film ''{{Tron}}'' featured a relatively tiny amount of actual CGI, amounting to less than five minutes' worth in a feature-length film. However, the extensive use of footage from the famous Light Cycle sequence in television spots and trailers gave the impression that the entire film was computer generated.

** Please tell me they didn't achieve this by relocating Uluru closer to Sydney...

** When part of the action on Colombian soap ''YoSoyBettyLaFea'' moved from dull Bogotá to sunny Cartagena de Indias, there were a lot of scenes showing Betty wander by the beautiful beaches and the pretty buildings of the latter city.
*** The Mexican version ''La fea más bella'' didn't miss a single chance to show off when the action shifted from Mexico City to Acapulco and New York.
** A Brazilian and Venezuelan fad during TheNineties and early Nougties: build their own {{Xanadu}} location, namely a small town (usually only the facades, but still), or a department store. In an infamous case, a ''small mall'' set was built, but when the soap tanked and the set became too expensive to maintain, they ''blew off it'' on camera to do the double feat of disposing of the set and adding more drama to the plot (incidentally [[DroppingABridgeOnThem using the explosion to dispose of the most unpopular charaters]]).

* Averted at the editor's insistence in ''{{Jaws}}'', with the shark only glimpsed for a few seconds at a time. Steven Spielberg argued, but later agreed that it was for the best that the "[[SpecialEffectsFailure giant white floating turd]]" not spend long onscreen.

* {{Inception}} takes this trope to a new level, given that it was shot in 5 different countries. There's quite a lot of SceneryPorn, but it doesn't end there, especially in Paris. We don't just see Paris; we see it ''fold into itself like a taco''!
* {{Titanic}}: They made the most expensive film made up to that point, and damned if you don't see every penny of it.
* {{Avatar}} surely qualifies too.

* The original ''BattlestarGalactica'' shot the episode ''The Lost Planet of the Gods'' on location in Egypt, and used [[SpecialEffectsFailure a shot of the pyramids of Giza]] as an establishing shot for the lost human homeworld of Kobol.

* The sitcom ''TheFactsOfLife'' had a special set in Australia. Much footage of Syndey's Harbour Bridge and Opera House, as well as Uluru was shown.

* The ''Sci-Fi Channel'' original movie ''Dead Men Walking'' did this with a special effect. The admittedly cool-looking bit of zombies excevating a torso loses it's shock value when it is seen again and again and again on completely different victims.

* In addition to dedicating an entire episode to their Japanese train vs. car race, TopGear filmed several Japanese car reviews while they were in the country.

* The DoctorWho production team actually traveled to Paris for ''City of Death'', the first time a DoctorWho story was shot outside of Britain. Most of the story was set in Paris anyway, but the director made sure to include gratuitous shots of the Doctor and Romana walking around Parisian locations in the first episode. Less effective use was made of Amsterdam in ''Arc of Infinity'', but in ''Planet of Fire'' the Mediterranean island of Lanzarote doubled as itself and as an alien planet.

* An episode of ''{{Angel}}'' had Angel being poisoned by a leech-like parasite that forced him to remain asleep and having crazy nightmares. The director, David Boreanaz himself, said that there were two main props of the leech, one crafted out of a spongy material with some slime on it and another that had full animatronics and cost them 85 thousand dollars. He resorted to filming as little of the costly prop as possible because he felt it was too goofy looking and the cheaper sponge prop actually worked better. He wouldn't have used it at all if it wasn't for the fact it cost 85 thousand dollars.

* {{Titianic}}: They made the most expensive film made up to that point, and damned if you don't see every penny of it.

** Ever wonder why Kirk and the gang found ''another'' Earth clone? The production team did manage a lot for making do with so little. ''Especially'' for the Nazi episode.

* Averted in the first VeggieTales movie... a lot of the money actually went to background objects. The creators commented that if you were to open a barrel on the pirates' ship, you would find a bunch of fish models. They reigned it in considerably for the second film, and the improvement in quality is visible.