History PlayingWith / MonumentalDamage

* '''Straight''': An evil alien overlord named Zuko destroys the Art/StatueOfLiberty in the invasion, to show he means business.
* '''Exaggerated''': Zuko destroys ALL of the world's famous landmarks onscreen.

** Zuko damages the Statue of Liberty only.
** Zuko destroys the statue, but we only get to see a shrunken and brief clip of it being destroyed.

** Liberty Island is hosting a secret base that could oppose Zuko, and the Statue happens to be [[LandmarkingTheHiddenBase standing on top of it]].
** Zuko wants to instill fear into the people of New York.

** Zuko builds more of these statues.

** The Statue of Liberty destroys Zuko and/or the city instead.

** Zuko gets killed before he destroys the Stature of Liberty.
** Zuko was about to destroy it, but the screen cuts away, with only the people seen in shock.

* '''Parodied''': Zuko draws a target on the Statue of Liberty and fires a dart-like missile at it, destroying it in the process.

* '''Invoked''': Zuko decides to go after the statue first.
* '''Exploited''': The Statue of Liberty was used as bait in order to lure Zuko's forces into a trap.
* '''Defied''': The government doesn't want Zuko to destroy the Statue of Liberty, so there are extra forces protecting it.

* '''Deconstructed''': Zuko destroys the One WTC, thus creating huge public backlash against the creator and Zuko (and making him TheScrappy).
* '''Reconstructed''': Zuko was deliberately a HateSink to begin with, so the creator can use the WTC's destruction to draw more hate into Zuko.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Zuko accidentally destroys the Statue of Liberty with only a waffle iron; HilaritySues.
* '''Played For Drama''': People were seen dying in vain as Zuko destroys the Statue of Liberty.

** Zuko destroys the statue, but we only get to see a shrunken and brief clip of it being destroyed

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Enforced''': The creator of the comic/films wants to add it in so it can be more recognisable to the audience.

* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Straight''': An evil alien overlord named Zuko destroys the UsefulNotes/StatueOfLiberty in the invasion, to show he means business.

** The landmarks are actually weaponised.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** The humans destroy the statue.

* '''Deconstructed''': Zuko destroys the One WTC, thus creating huge public backlash against the creator and Zako (and making him TheScrappy).

* '''Straight''': An evil alien overlord named Zako destroys the UsefulNotes/StatueOfLiberty in the invasion, to show he means business.
* '''Exaggerated''': Zako destroys ALL of the world's famous landmarks onscreen.

** Zako damages the Statue of Liberty only.
** Zako destroys the statue, but we only get to see a shrunken and brief clip of it being destroyed

** Zako wants to instill fear into the people of New York.
* '''Inverted''': Zako builds more of these statues.

** Zako gets killed before he destroys the Stature of Liberty.
** Zako was about to destroy it, but the screen cuts away, with only the people seen in shock.

* '''Parodied''': Zako draws a target on the Statue of Liberty and fires a dart-like missile at it, destroying it in the process.

* '''Exploited''': The Statue of Liberty was used as bait in order to lure Zako's forces into a trap.

* '''Deconstructed''': Zako destroys the One WTC, thus creating huge public backlash against the creator and Zako (and making him TheScrappy).

* '''Played For Drama''': People were seen dying in vain as Zako destroys the Statue of Liberty.

* '''Exploited''': ???

** Zako gets killed before destroying the Stature of Liberty.

* '''Double Subverted''': Then the Statue of Liberty was seen already destroyed in the aftermath.
* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "he likes to take down the landmarks first."

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Implied''': ???