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* ''{{Serenity}}'': Haven. Also, Miranda, which isn't "desolate" so much as "[[GhostTown completely gorram empty]]".




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* The Fall of Coruscant in the NewJediOrder provided ample opportunity for these, including sequences throughout the ''Enemy Lines'' duology about a recon team returning to the ruins.




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* The Earth [[BookEnds portions]] of ''MassEffect3'', most prominently including an exploding human dreadnought. Also, the view from Menae (a moon of Palaven, the turian homeworld) of Palaven visibly burning -- Garrus even mentions that one particularly large firestorm was his home city.
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* All the descriptions of post-fall-of-card-games Domino in ''FanFic/DecksFallEveryoneDies'' are this and sometimes this is played for laughs.

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* All the descriptions of post-fall-of-card-games Domino in ''FanFic/DecksFallEveryoneDies'' are this and sometimes this is played for laughs.
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See also GhostCity, PlanetOfTheApesEnding, RuinsOfTheModernAge, and SceneryGorn. May feature in {{Mordor}} or the DoomedHometown after its demise.

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See also GhostCity, PlanetOfTheApesEnding, RuinsOfTheModernAge, and SceneryGorn. May feature in {{Mordor}} {{Mordor}}, the PollutedWasteland, or the DoomedHometown after its demise.
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** Also in the 06 game, panning over Crisis City.
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* The whole of ''Game/CannonFodder'' is one long Desolation Shot.

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* The whole of ''Game/CannonFodder'' ''VideoGame/CannonFodder'' is one long Desolation Shot.
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* ''[[{{Nine}} 9]]'' absolutely [[SceneryGorn revels in this]].

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* ''[[{{Nine}} 9]]'' ''Film/{{Nine}}'' absolutely [[SceneryGorn revels in this]].
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* All the descriptions of post-fall-of-card-games Domino in ''FanFic/DecksFallEveryoneDies'' are this and sometimes this is played for laughs.
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* The opening scene in {{Patton}} right after the flag speech shows a desert battlefield.
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* The description of Dead London in WarOfTheWorlds
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** Also used for the vision in the Mirror of Galadriel of the corruption of the Shire, which happens in reality in the book but is only used as a warning of the consequences of failure in the film.
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-->''"Absolute ruin. A fallen city is like a dried and decayed corpse; it's a husk that suggests a shape without fleshing out the details. The outline of the victim is there, and the empty holes where it used to look out upon the world... but glass or eye, the critical things that make it alive and breathing are long gone."''
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ruin. A fallen city is like a dried and decayed corpse; it's a husk that suggests a shape without fleshing out the details. The outline of the victim is there, and the empty holes where it used to look out upon the world... but glass or eye, the critical things that make it alive and breathing are long gone."''
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* The whole of ''VideoGames/CannonFodder'' is one long Desolation Shot.

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* The whole of ''VideoGames/CannonFodder'' ''Game/CannonFodder'' is one long Desolation Shot.
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* ''WaterWorld'' had this underwater.
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See also GhostCity, PlanetOfTheApesEnding, RuinsOfTheModernAge, and SceneryGorn. May feature in {{Mordor}}.

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See also GhostCity, PlanetOfTheApesEnding, RuinsOfTheModernAge, and SceneryGorn. May feature in {{Mordor}}.{{Mordor}} or the DoomedHometown after its demise.
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* Heavily done in StargateAtlantis, since the Wraith obliterates any world that resists them.
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* In the 2008 version of HortonHearsAWho, a very chilling one occurs of Whoville after Vlad drops it. A very sad contrast to the lively, carefree world it was not half an hour earlier.
** Don't worry though. The Whos [[HesJustHiding are just hiding.]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt As if they would really kill the Whos.]]
** The earlier featurette was even more severe; the city had literally been reduced to rubble, and the Whos crawl from it singing a sad song about how they wish they had listened to Dr. Who-bee's warnings.
* GalaxyRangers episode "Tortuna"
-->'''Doc:''' Dead Man's Desert sure has some strange formations.
-->'''Niko:''' All this was suburbs once. Millions of Tortunans lived here.
-->'''Doc:''' What happened to them?
-->'''Zach:''' The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[MoralEventHorizon came]].



* In [[TheLegendOfZelda]]: ''{{Ocarina of Time}}'', there is a panning shot of what used to be Hyrule Castle but has been destroyed by Ganondorf and made into a desolate wasteland.

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* In [[TheLegendOfZelda]]: ''{{The Legend Of Zelda}}'': ''{{Ocarina of Time}}'', there is a panning shot of what used to be Hyrule Castle but has been destroyed by Ganondorf and made into a desolate wasteland.wasteland.

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* In the 2008 version of HortonHearsAWho, a very chilling one occurs of Whoville after Vlad drops it. A very sad contrast to the lively, carefree world it was not half an hour earlier.
** Don't worry though. The Whos [[HesJustHiding are just hiding.]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt As if they would really kill the Whos.]]
** The earlier featurette was even more severe; the city had literally been reduced to rubble, and the Whos crawl from it singing a sad song about how they wish they had listened to Dr. Who-bee's warnings.
* GalaxyRangers episode "Tortuna"
-->'''Doc:''' Dead Man's Desert sure has some strange formations.
-->'''Niko:''' All this was suburbs once. Millions of Tortunans lived here.
-->'''Doc:''' What happened to them?
-->'''Zach:''' The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[MoralEventHorizon came]].
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* Many establishing shots of [[Mordor]] in ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}''.

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* Many establishing shots of [[Mordor]] {{Mordor}} in ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}''.



* In '''{{The Legend of Zeld": Ocarina of Time}}'', there is a panning shot of what used to be Hyrule Castle but has been destroyed by Ganondorf and made into a desolate wasteland.

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* In '''{{The Legend of Zeld": Ocarina [[TheLegendOfZelda]]: ''{{Ocarina of Time}}'', there is a panning shot of what used to be Hyrule Castle but has been destroyed by Ganondorf and made into a desolate wasteland.

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* Many establishing shots of [[Mordor]] in ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}''.


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* In '''{{The Legend of Zeld": Ocarina of Time}}'', there is a panning shot of what used to be Hyrule Castle but has been destroyed by Ganondorf and made into a desolate wasteland.
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Doesn't even have to be in movies, too. Books can do this with a description of "now abandoned structures" or whatever.

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Doesn't even have to be in movies, too.either. Books can do this with a description of "now abandoned structures" or whatever.
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* The opening narration to ''FistOfTheNorthStar''.
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-->'''Zach:''' The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[[MoralEventHorizon came]].

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-->'''Zach:''' The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[[MoralEventHorizon [[MoralEventHorizon came]].
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-->'''Zach:''' The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]]] [[[MoralEventHorizon came]].

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-->'''Zach:''' The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]]] Queen]] [[[MoralEventHorizon came]].
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---'''Zach:''' The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]]] [[[MoralEventHorizon came]].

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* GalaxyRangers episode "Tortuna"
-->'''Doc:''' Dead Man's Desert sure has some strange formations.
-->'''Niko:''' All this was suburbs once. Millions of Tortunans lived here.
-->'''Doc:''' What happened to them?
---'''Zach:''' The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]]] [[[MoralEventHorizon came]].
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** The earlier featurette was even more severe; the city had literally been reduced to rubble, and the Whos crawl from it singing a sad song about how they wish they had listened to Dr. Who-bee's warnings.
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* Old London in ''FanFic/AeonNatumEngel'' and ''FanFic/AeonEntelechyEvangelion'', which gets more desolate which each Herald/Harbinger fight.
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* S.M. Stirling's "Emberverse" novels feature quite a few depictions of devastated towns and villages after the technology-destroying "Change."

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* S.[=~S. M. Stirling's "Emberverse" Stirling~=]'s "{{Emberverse}}" novels feature quite a few depictions of devastated towns and villages after the technology-destroying "Change."
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* ''HalfLife 2: Episode One'' is deliberately set up with these types of shots to highlight the devastation of City 17 in the wake of the Combine Citadel's destruction. Similiar shots are used again in Episode Two, to highlight the second and much more destructive explosion.

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* ''HalfLife 2: Episode One'' is deliberately set up with these types of shots to highlight the devastation of City 17 in the wake of the Combine Citadel's destruction. Similiar Similar shots are used again in Episode Two, to highlight the second and much more destructive explosion.
* Any time the PC of DragonAge is in the Deep Roads you get this, not necessarily a sweeping shot but you're still standing in the ruins of [[VestigialEmpire a once great empire]].

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