"They didn't die. The surfing contest is quite the event for Vermilion City. The city should have been empty. Well, a trainer or two might have bit the dust, but... heh."
—Lance after leveling Vermilion City with one attack, Pokémon Adventures
"It's a good thing Venice is apparently EMPTY, or that might've been kinda dangerous!"
—Jaden Yuki, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series: BBT Abridged
Iron Man: Nick, I need a big, empty building to smash Banner into. What can you do for me?
Nick Fury: Evacuation crews are clearing everything within a three miles radius, Tony. Gimme ten seconds and I'll punch up a zip code for you.
Iron Man: Ten more seconds and this lunatic will have peeled his way through to my G-String, general! I need something now!
Nick Fury: Grand Central has just been evacuated! You're good to go! Repeat - YOU'RE GOOD TO GO!
[After destroying several skyscrapers in the city with a laser.]
Kray: Genocide Cultivation Beam! It destroys mountains turning them into farmland. Just one of the terraforming tools we'll use on our new planet. I wasn't expecting to have to use it here...
Galo: Hey! What about the people inside?!
Kray: They're all in underground shelters, obviously.
