History Main / ConstructionIsAwesome

* GaiasRevenge and other Green phenomena.

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* In ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'', a circus is "built". During a storm. By faceless burly black dudes. And elephants. It is '''awe'''some.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', this is subverted: the Pharaonic monuments are impressive, but [[ArtisticLicenseHistory they are built with]] ''slave labor''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'', the entirety of BigApplesauce is invaded by flower plants.

* In Max Fleischer's ''WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels'', the Liliputians binding Gullliver and transporting him to town.
* The mice and birds making Cinderella's dress in Disney's ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}''.
* The climax of ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'', in which [[spoiler:Crysta and the other fairies cause a tree to grow around Hexus, imprisoning him again.]]

* In ''OriginSpiritsOfThePast'', in what is probably [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome the most]] [[AwesomeAnimation beautiful]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome opening]] for an anime movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdRwvnr21H4&feature=related ever]], the genetic engineering of super-powered plants on the moon is [[{{Montage}} juxtaposed]] to their subsequent explosive growth to the point that THE MOON IS SPLIT IN HALF, ''burning reentry into Earth's atmosphere'', and '''''growing to cover all of the planet'''''. It combines the Creation and Growth aspects of this trope with DestructionIsCool.

* There was that... huge... geological thing Lex Luthor used in ''SupermanReturns''.

* Kind of AnAesop in ''OfficeSpace'', where the hero quits his stressful, unsatisfying desk job and finds working at a construction site much more fulfilling in the end.
* The barn raising in ''{{Witness}}''. Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode where they get a pool.

* The entire plot ''ThePillarsOfTheEarth'' centers around the expansion/reconstruction of Philip's church into a massive cathedral.

* The Alchemical ''{{Exalted}}'' has ''becoming a'' metropolis/patropolis as their final stage of evolution. In their case, they are so Awesome, they become Construction.

* In ''ATrollInCentralPark'', the entirety of BigApplesauce is invaded by flower plants.

* The climax of ''FerngullyTheLastRainforest'', in which [[spoiler:Crysta and the other fairies cause a tree to grow around Hexus, imprisoning him again.]]

* ''PhineasAndFerb'' building their inventions, all the time.

* In the lore of ''DungeonsAndDragons'' 4e, this is Erathis' paradigm.

* In ''MyNeighborTotoro'', the Forest God and the kids magically grow a few seeds into a MASSIVE WorldTree. In the morning, the tree is gone, but the seeds have germinated abnormally fast.

* The various stages of the creation of ''IronMan's'' [[PowerArmor armour]].
* Parodied in ''[[{{Asterix}} Asterix and Cleopatra]]'' where the latter task an architect with the building of a palace for Caesar in just three months. An impossible task so he hole the druide Getafix whose magic potion suddenly make the construction work much faster with the now super strong workers throwing the giant stone blocks between each other.

* The construction of the [[StarWars Death Star.]] The construction of the [[AttackOfTheClones Clone Army.]] The construction of [[WeCanRebuildHim Lord Vader.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjR4_CbPpQ WORK IT, MAKE IT, DO IT, MAKES US, HARDER BETTER FASTER STRONGER, MORE THAN EVER HOUR AFTER, OUR WORK IS NEVER OVER]].

Related to CreationSequence, HardWorkMontage, ATeamMontage, and maybe a ForgingScene. Also, apparently, BuildingIsWelding, because it's showy, flashy, and '''[[FlashDance manly.]]'''

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* SocialistRealism is all about this.
** Behold, [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/44425842@N00/3751993839/lightbox/ GLORIOUS]] [[http://launch.springvilleartmuseum.org/files/fck_uploaded_files/image/Picture%20064.jpg MOTHER]] [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F3vi--16yH4/S98TqneH4XI/AAAAAAAAANY/i5UKPd4xDWU/s1600/SocialRealism6.jpg RUSSIA]]!

* Weapon Construction: A special sort of example: the construction of tools of destruction takes some of its awe from [[DestructionIsCool the use the creation is intended for]].

* The Alchemical ''{{Exalted}}'' has ''becoming a'' metropolis/patropolis as their final stage of evolution. In their case, [[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou they are so Awesome, they become Construction]].

* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', the reforging of the sword Narsil into Anduril, the forging of the Nine, the Seven, the Three and the One, the creation and armament of Saruman's army.

* The barn raising in ''{{Witness}}''. Parodied in ''TheSimpsons'' episode where they get a pool.

* In ''TheLordOfTheRings'', the reforging of the sword Narsil into Anduril, the forging of the Nine, the Seven, the Three and the One, the creation and armament of Saruman's army.

* Also parodied a pair of times with [[BoomTown Boom Towns]] in LuckyLuke with people running around with half houses, a saloon owner building the saloon around the already waiting costumers, an entire city build without streets and so on.

* In ''ThePrinceOfEgypt'', this is subverted: the Pharaonic monuments are impressive, but [[ArtisticLicenseHistory they are built with]] ''slave labor''.

* The construction of the various IronMan suits in [[Film/IronMan the eponymous films]] combines this trope with technologyPorn.

* In ''ThePrinceOfEgypt'', this is subverted: the Pharaonic monuments are impressive, but [[DidNotDoTheResearch they are built with]] ''slave labor''.

* The various stages of the creation of ''[[IronMan Iron Man's]]'' [[PowerArmor armour]].

* ''MerrieMelodies'' short "Rhapsody in Rivets", in which a skyscraper is built to music, with the foreman acting as a CartoonConductor.

* The construction of the [[StarWars Death Star.]] The construction of the [[AttackOfTheClones Clone Army.]] The construction of [[WeCanRebuildHim Lord Vader.]] In the latter cases may border on WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome ([[MemeticMutation "Do Not Want."]])

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* The mindset of [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame your average dwarves]].

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* In ''MaxFleischersGulliversTravels'', the Liliputians binding Gullliver and transporting him to town.

* [[{{Cyborg}} Franky]] from ''OnePiece'' clearly puts a lot of heart into everything he builds, as do the workers from Water 7. His mentor Tom builds "With a don!"
* In ''FullmetalAlchemist'', alchemy makes construction (and repairs) very easy, but cool-looking nonetheless.

* The point of virtually all city-building games. ''Pharaoh'' has you building pyramids (sometimes [[BeyondTheImpossible more than one]] in a single city), while providing (by ancient standards) ridiculously high living standard for your citizens.

* Some of the stuff the protagonist uses in ''{{Tron}}'' once he regains his Admin powers.
* A major theme in ''TronLegacy''.

* The scene in the ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "Tales of Ba Sing Se", when [[TheChosenOne Aang]] builds a new zoo compound using [[DishingOutDirt earthbending]].

* In ''{{Dumbo}}'', a circus is "built". During a storm. By faceless burly black dudes. And elephants. It is '''awe'''some.