History Main / NothingExcitingEverHappensHere

* ''[[Series/TheKidsInTheHall The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town]]'' takes place in the fictional town of [[CanadaEh Shuckton, Ontario, Canada]], which, prior to losing its bid for the 2028 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, was famous for its rat fur industry.

* Almost said ad verbatim in "Film/{{TheGoonies}}" by lead character Mikey. In fact, it's the very first thing he says in the movie. 'Oh, bummer. Nothing exciting ever happens around here anyway. Who needs the Goondocks? Who needs this house? I can't wait to get outta here.'

* Almost said ad verbatim in Film/{{TheGoonies}} by lead character Mikey. In fact, it's the very first thing he says in the movie. 'Oh, bummer. Nothing exciting ever happens around here anyway. Who needs the Goondocks? Who needs this house? I can't wait to get outta here.'

* Almost said ad verbatim in Film/TheGoonies by lead character Mikey. In fact, it's the very first thing he says in the movie. 'Oh, bummer. Nothing exciting ever happens around here anyway. Who needs the Goondocks? Who needs this house? I can't wait to get outta here.'

* Almost said ad verbatim in "Film/TheGoonies" by lead character Mikey. In fact, it's the very first thing he says in the movie. 'Oh, bummer. Nothing exciting ever happens around here anyway. Who needs the Goondocks? Who needs this house? I can't wait to get outta here.'

* In ''Franchise/StarWars,'' Luke complains of Tatooine that, "Well, if there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from." In the first episode of the radio dramatization of ''Film/ANewHope'', Biggs tells Luke that he only feels that way about Tatooine because he hasn't been anywhere else. It turns out Luke is quite wrong: ''everything'' happens on Tatooine. More than half the Films have a major plot point on the planet, which just might be why everybody likes it most.

*** She is, of course, 100% wrong.

* ''Literature/AbsolutelyTruly'': Truly is [=NOT=] wild of her family's move to the small town of Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire. That is, not until finding a letter in a copy of Charlotte's Web in her family's bookstore.

* In ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', Bella Swan finds out that the small town of Forks, WA is home to vampires and werewolves.

* In an odd variation, Virginia Lewis of ''Series/The10thKingdom'', despite living in the BigApplesauce, thinks to herself (in voiceover narration) on the way to work at the beginning of the miniseries that she knew "nothing exciting was ever going to happen" to her and "some people just lead quiet lives". Cue her running into a golden retriever on her bicycle [[FreakyFriday who is actually a transformed prince]] [[FracturedFairytale from the world of fairy tales]], [[CallToAdventure and...]]

* The backstory of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' has the protagonist (a nameless marine only known as "Doomguy") physically assault his superior officer during an incident where he was being instructed to gun down civilians. To save face for having to admit to committing such an atrocity by putting him on court-martial, the marines simply [[ReassignedToAntarctica reassign him]] as far out of the way as they could to oversee a very mild-mannered operation being undertaken by a large government contractor, the Union Aerospace Corporation, on the moons of Mars. However, thanks to their experiments with teleporting matter through Hell, TheLegionsOfHell end up overrunning the bases stationed on Phobos and Deimos and what was supposed to be a mundane mission turns into a brutal fight for survival.

* In an odd variation, Virginia Lewis of ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'', despite living in the BigApplesauce, thinks to herself (in voiceover narration) on the way to work at the beginning of the miniseries that she knew "nothing exciting was ever going to happen" to her and "some people just lead quiet lives". Cue her running into a golden retriever on her bicycle [[FreakyFriday who is actually a transformed prince]] [[FracturedFairytale from the world of fairy tales]], [[CallToAdventure and...]]

* In ''Film/HomeAlone'', Buzz claims that the family lives on the most boring street in the country "where nothing remotely dangerous will ever happen"...while Kevin is preparing to fight off burglars Harry and Marv.

* Variation on this trope in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' when John says "Nothing ever happens to ''me''." Then he meets the [[ManicPixieDreamGirl titular protagonist]] and [[WeirdnessMagnet hoo]] [[TheyFightCrime boy]]...

'''2nd Bear:''' This bear also.
*** Seconds later a large explosion consumes them both.

-->'''Zack:''' A Mako reactor outside Midgar usually means...\\

* Nibelheim in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' until a defective Makou reactor triggers out a catastrophic and unlikely chain of events.

* ''The Dark Side of Nowhere'' centers on the protagonist discovering that ''everyone'' in his [[Creator/NormanRockwell Norman Rockwell-esque]] town, including himself, is really an alien. The frequent booster shots they've received all their lives have been chemicals to suppress their Adonis-level good looks and blend in with humanity. And the message has just come through that the time has come to gear up for the invasion...

* In "Hill of Fire", the main character is a farmer who spends the whole story using this trope's very title to gripe about his hometown. At the end of the book, [[TemptingFate there's been a volcanic eruption in his cornfield.]]
** That's actually a true story -- the volcano Parcuitin appeared in a cornfield in Mexico in 1943 and erupted on and off until 1952. The village was destroyed, but no one was killed, except for three people struck by lightning.

* Creator/StephenKing's horror stories are often set in the town of Derry, Maine, which is King's fictional version of Bangor, Maine, population 31,000.
** He actually went there in ''Literature/TheLangoliers''.

* Tandy Gardens, setting of ''Webcomic/TheWotch,'' is said to be this sort of place in the first strip. By now, everyone in the city's probably been [[InvoluntaryTransformation turned into something]] once. At least once. Two words: Myth Virus.

* The first episode of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' is all about the two squads in Blood Gulch noting how nothing happens in that canyon. Of course, two episodes later two rookies arrive, the Red one is sent on a SnipeHunt that culminates in one of the Blues dying, and it all goes downhill from there.

Where is the most dangerous place on the planet to live? Not the [[CityOfAdventure city where something exciting is always happening]]. Not {{Mordor}}. Not a HauntedHeadquarters. Not [[BigApplesauce the crime-ridden big city]]. Not even [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Tokyo]]. Not even a PlaceWorseThanDeath. The most dangerous place to live in is the small, quiet, unknown town where "[[BlatantLies nothing exciting ever happens]]."

* Nail in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' finds Namek dreadfully boring. He spends his first appearance simply TemptingFate by going on and on about how he literally doesn't care what happens as long as it breaks the monotony. Cue Freeza and his army.

* [[UsefulNotes/VietnamWar Vietnam vet]] and ex-[[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous Green Beret]] [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} John Rambo]] makes the mistake of stumbling into such a town in ''Film/FirstBlood''. Its sheriff Will Teasle wants it to remain a boring town where nothing ever happens, and he’ll do anything to keep it that way. Including running a {{PTSD}} stricken combat vet out of town, because he doesn’t like the way he looks. Then arresting that vet for “vagrancy” when he walks back into the town just to get something to eat. Then inflicting ColdBloodedTorture when Rambo is [[UsefulNotes/{{Trigger}} triggered]] by his experiences as a POW during the booking process at the jail. Then Rambo escapes and [[FromBadToWorse the town gets way more excitement than it can handle]].