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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' episode "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place", where it's revealed that Ferenginar has a memorial to the losses during the Dominion War. But since it was made by the [[ProudMerchantRace Ferengi]], it's for loss of ''profit'', not loss of life.
-->'''Mariner:''' Man, I gotta give it to you. Ferengi keep it on brand.
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* In the first Literature/{{Quiller}} novel, he visits a Jewish school that the principal informs him is built over the remains of a concentration camp that had been destroyed by the Nazis in an attempt to hide what went on there. "So we built this monument to our dead. We thought it was better than a stone on a plaque."
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* ''Memorial'' by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon. A scientist plans to detonate nuclear material to create a permanently radioactive crater that will deter Mankind from atomic war. He [[GoneHorriblyRight succeeded too well]] when an attempt by the authorities to seize the material accidentally achieves critical mass and detonates it, triggering a nuclear war and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt creating a memorial of a different kind]].

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* ''Memorial'' by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon. A scientist plans to detonate nuclear material to create a permanently radioactive crater that will deter Mankind from atomic war. He [[GoneHorriblyRight succeeded succeeds too well]] when an attempt by the authorities to seize the material causes it to accidentally achieves achieve critical mass and detonates it, detonate, triggering a nuclear war and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt creating a memorial of a different kind]].
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye:'' Necroworld, home of the supposedly mythical Necrobot, is dedicated to every dead Cybertronian. Around each statue are flowers representing every Cybertronian killed by the subject. Bumblebee has a small field. Megatron's stretch across the horizon. The Necrobot also keeps a monolith dedicated to every Cybertronian whose corpse he was unable to find, the "Disappeared", with their names inscribed.
* ''ComicBook/Transformers2019:'' The Memorial Crater, the sight of the final battle of the [[GreatOffscreenWar War of the Threefold Spark]]. Cyclonus maintains a vigil over it, and gets extremely pissed when it's blown up.

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* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', a memorial to those lost in [[Film/ManOfSteel Zod's attack]] has been erected in Metropolis. The memorial also has a large statue of Comicbook/{{Superman}}, something that's very controversial InUniverse, since many feel he is responsible for the devastation. During the film, it gets vandalised by Wallace O'Keefe, a man crippled during the attack, who paints "False God" on the statue of Superman, and [[spoiler: the whole monument gets destroyed by Doomsday]].
* ''Film/FatherAndSoldier'' is set during ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarI'' ends with a view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Paris. The film suggests that one of the protagonists, who is from Africa, is in fact the unknown soldier.

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In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', a memorial to those lost in [[Film/ManOfSteel Zod's attack]] has been erected in Metropolis. The memorial also has a large statue of Comicbook/{{Superman}}, something that's very controversial InUniverse, since many feel he is responsible for the devastation. During the film, it gets vandalised by Wallace O'Keefe, a man crippled during the attack, who paints "False God" on the statue of Superman, and [[spoiler: the whole monument gets destroyed by Doomsday]].
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** In ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Lois Lane mourns Clark/Superman everyday at the remains of the monument, which ends up being the site of a battle between a [[ResurrectionSickness confused resurrected]] Superman and the nascent Justice League, getting wrecked further in the struggle.
* ''Film/FatherAndSoldier'' is set during ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarI'' UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and ends with a view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Soldier in Paris.UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}. The film suggests that one of the protagonists, who is from Africa, is in fact the unknown soldier.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': There is a memorial garden with a number of statues and large stones with the names of those who have died keeping the monstrosities behind Dooms Doorway contained on Themyscira.

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': There is a memorial garden with a number of statues [[{{Sculptures}} statues]] and large stones with the names of those who have died keeping the monstrosities behind Dooms Doorway contained on Themyscira.
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* ''Film/FatherAndSoldier'' is set during ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarI'' ends with a view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Paris. The film suggests that one of the protagonists, who is from Africa, is in fact the unknown soldier.
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* In ''FanFic/FromFakeDreams'', a ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' FanFic, Saber and Gilgamesh realize that Shirou's reality marble is a memorial to the deeds and lives of the heroes who wielded the originals of the weapons inside it.

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* In ''FanFic/FromFakeDreams'', a ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' FanFic, Saber and Gilgamesh realize that Shirou's reality marble Reality Marble is a memorial to the deeds and lives of the heroes who wielded the originals of the weapons inside it.
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* In ''Literature/CrestOfTheStars'', the Abh monument listing the names of every single person to have died in the line of duty to the Empire is considered of equal cultural importance to the crown jewels. When an act of treachery leaves the capital vulnerable to attack, Lafiel and Jinto are tasked with removing all the cenotaphs from the monument and evacuating them to the new, temporary capital.
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* In the noughties revival of ''The [=VCs=]'', a future war strip in ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', the main characters attend a memorial service for one of their fallen troopers at Arlington, which has expanded so much that it's now a maze, as opposed to a wall.
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* Several episodes of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' include scenes with veterans visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.

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* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': There's a massive memorial to [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the half of the population that were Snapped away]] in San Francisco. Presumably, there are similar monuments in major cities all around the world. After spending five years trapped in the Quantum Realm, Scott Lang frantically searches through the memorial to make sure his daughter Cassie is still alive, only to find his own name mistakenly listed.

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