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1[[AC:Fan Works]]
2->"How many times have I told you clowns?" a sky-commander shouted into his radio-mike. "Never shoot a flying saucer when it's over a national landmark!"
3-->-- ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''
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5->She reached down and yanked a monorail off its support pylons. Wielding it like a bat'leth, she headed for the nearest national monument and began to redecorate it with the fervour of a Creator/RayHarryhausen film.
6-->-- ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Half-Klingon''
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8[[AC:Film--Animation]]
9->''"It looks like the storm is following an unusual pattern of hitting the world's most famous landmarks first, then spreading to the rest of the world."''
10-->-- '''News Reporter''', ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs''
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12[[AC:Film--Live-Action]]
13->''"They like to get the landmarks."''
14-->-- '''David Levinson''', ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence''
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16->'''Apache Pilot:''' Damn. Ah... That's a negative [missile] impact, sir. That is negative impact.\
17'''Mayor Ebert:''' "Negative impact"? ''That's the goddamned Chrysler Building!''
18-->-- ''Film/Godzilla1998''
19
20->''"The Art/StatueOfLiberty? Good God, folks! [[ComicBook/SpiderMan He's]] about to destroy another national landmark."''
21-->-- '''J. Jonah Jameson''', ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
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23[[AC:Literature]]
24->[[Art/StatueOfLiberty Liberty]] had been one of the first to [[WorldWarIII get it]], her bronze beauty volatilized, radio-activated, and even now being carried about in vagrant winds, spreading over the earth...
25-->-- "Thunder and Roses", Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
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27[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
28->''If they don't blow up at least ten national monuments, I'm out of here!''
29-->-- '''Summer Blockbuster''' flavor text, ''TabletopGame/ChezGeek''
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31[[AC:Web Original]]
32->''"In 2002, aliens invaded and rebuilt the World Trade Center, only just to blow it up again. Which was kind of a dick move."''
33-->-- '''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]''' and '''Gabriel''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dySUiUxqgew Let's Play]] ''VideoGame/{{Manhunter}}''
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35->''"I could build my own facility, equip it with all kinds of modern equipment and technology, make it state of the art. Or I could somehow buy a national park and retrofit a 70-plus-year-old prison, because it would make a cool site for a big battle. There really is no question here, is there?"''
36-->-- '''Matt Wilson''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-x-men-3-the-last-stand-2006-part-on/ on]] ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''
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38->''"So why is Apocalypse attacking the Statue of Liberty? ''I have no idea''. I guess he just saw the opening of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie'' and figured it was a thing bad guys did every now and then."''
39-->-- '''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-3x11-obsession/ on]] ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', "Obsession"
40
41->'''The Major:''' Tonight... we annihilate London!\
42'''Vampire Nazi:''' Umm, all of London?\
43'''The Major:''' ''All'' of London. Buckingham Palace -- laid to waste. Big Ben -- toppled to the ground!\
44'''Vampire Nazi:''' The House of Parliament?\
45'''The Major:''' Eradicated.\
46'''Vampire Nazi #2:''' The Tower of London?\
47'''The Major:''' Obliterated!\
48'''Herr Doktor:''' The Holocaust Museum?\
49'''The Major:''' ''[gestures to halt]'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards Leave that be.]] No one will deny what [[ThoseWackyNazis we]] did.
50-->-- ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''
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52[[AC:Western Animation]]
53->'''Mega Man:''' Missed me again, number one son!\
54'''Proto Man:''' But I won't miss ''this'' time. ''(aims at the Lincoln Memorial)''\
55'''Mega Man:''' Oh, no! He's gonna blast President Lincoln! ''([[TakingTheBullet jumps in the way]] of Proto Man's blast)''\
56'''Proto Man:''' HA! I ''knew'' you'd risk yourself for Mr. Lincoln!
57-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'', "Mega-Pinocchio"

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