History Main / TrophyRoom

* The Shadow Gallery, V's stronghold from ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', is where he keeps various cultural items stolen from the hyper-censoring megalomaniacal government.
** The Shadow Gallery exists in the film adaptation, too. It also shows Gordon Deitrich as having a similar trophy room, including a satirical painting of the BigBad in drag and a copy of the Qur'an. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his owning the latter has him put to death by Sutler's thugs when they arrest him.]]

* In ''ComicBook/{{BPRD}}'', the new CEO of Zinco Corporation, Mr. Pope, has a secret room stuffed to the gills with Nazi memorabilia, including from some of their [[StupidJetpackHitler wacky supertech]] and [[{{Ghostapo}} disturbing occult artifact]] collections, including stuff related to [[ApocalypseCult Project Ragna Rok]].

* In ''Film/SlavegirlsFromBeyondinfinity'', EgomaniacHunter Zed has a trophy room that houses both the heads and skins of the animals he has hunted, and [[HumanHeadOnTheWall the preserved heads of the people]] [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame he has hunted]].

One good way to establish a character's {{backstory}} and personality is to give them a Trophy Room or wall full of trophies and mementos of their accomplishments. It may be revealed with a camera pan in the intro (which can double nicely as {{exposition}} thanks to newspaper clippings and magazine covers), as background SceneryPorn to their home, or worked into the script when another character discovers it and becomes awestruck (or fearstruck, read on). Potential owners include but are not limited to: actors, rock stars, {{Adventurer Archaeologist}}s, football players, hunters, officers (police and military), politicians, [[GoGetterGirl Go-Getter Girls]], and high-ranking members of an ArtifactCollectionAgency.

* The modest "I keep it in the toilet" variant gets deconstructed on ''Radio/OldHarrysGame''. When Edith says this about her awards, Satan points out that it's the only room where a visitor has nothing to do but stare at the walls.

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* Lady Red's Trophy Room in ''WebComic/DraconiaChronicles'' has such things as "Perfect Attendance" and "Spelling Bee, Second Place," to the confusion of a certain StalkerWithACrush. Due to how her [[FantasticCasteSystem caste]] of dragon is treated, she's had to work twice as hard as everyone else for half the recognition. She's earned her title after a century of hard work and is damn proud of it.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', after being falsely accused of cheating, he went to Chaulkie's (All-Bluffsville Boy Football player) house to confront him, only to get shanghai'd into seeing the trophy room of Chaulkie's big brother, and realized the young man was suffering from under intense pressure to match up to the impossible legacy.
* In the "Dial M for Monkey" segment of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', Huntor has a trophy room which includes the displayed heads of Franchise/{{Marvel|Universe}}'s Wolverine and [[Franchise/TheDCU DC's]] Cyborg.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' GrandFinale "Graduation", Warhok implied that he and Warmonga have one, and planned to [[DeadGuyOnDisplay add Kim to it]].
-->'''Warhok:''' Come Warmonga, we will take this one as a trophy. She will look handsome mounted beside your Thorgoggle spine.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Batman's batcave has a several items he had collected from his previous cases, such as the giant coin, the robot T-Rex, and Mr. Freeze's ice gun. In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', he has the costumes of his old RoguesGallery on display.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "The Wrestler" has Stan showing Steve the a room full of trophies he won from when he was a wrestler in high school. Francine tells Stan to stop boasting about the room, while Steve notes that he's lived in the house all his life and never knew about the room before.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Trandoshan [[EgomaniacHunter Garnac]] has a creepy one filled with the mounted heads and hides of many ''Star Wars'' creatures and races he's hunted. Disturbingly, he tries to add [[KidHero Ahsoka]]'s head to his collection.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GoodVibes'' episode "The Grass is Always Greener" has Woodie showing Mondo his old room with a bunch of trophies...which his parents bought on [=eBay=] to compensate for they son's lack of achievement. The only trophy he genuinely won was for a TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} trading card tournament.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': The episode "Yahrzeit" showed the Trophy Rooms of ''two'' Neo-Nazi characters, both full of Nazi memorabilia, guns and items taken from Holocaust victims. Definitely at the creepier end of the spectrum. Accordingly, this is the only episode of the series that opens with a viewer-discretion notice.

* Inverted but serving the same purpose in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', with Doc Hudson leaving his three Piston Cups laying around the garage rather than proudly displayed; one is in a pile of junk parts, one has an oily rag lying on it, and the third is on a workbench, holding wrenches. He had completely left the racing world behind, and attached no importance to them anymore.