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* The ultimate fate of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum Richfield Coliseum]] near UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} (applying "near" generously). It opened in 1974 and for twenty years it was the home of the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Cavaliers]] and the main arena for touring productions stopping in the Cleveland area. On paper, the idea was to put it roughly halfway between Cleveland and Akron, but in practice, it was nowhere near either city, located in rural farmland with no nearby restaurants, hotels, or nightclubs (plus you needed a car to get there). This made the Coliseum very unpopular with locals due to its inconvenience. In 1994, Gund Arena was built in downtown Cleveland, while the Coliseum was demolished in 1999 after five years of vacancy (What ''else'' would you do with a basketball stadium in the middle of nowhere?). The site of the Coliseum and its massive parking lot have since been allowed to return to nature as part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and as soon as 2001 the site was nothing but a large empty field that a driver wouldn't think twice about (though birdwatchers love the area due to the birds it attracts).
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* The ultimate fate of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum Richfield Coliseum]] near UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} (applying "near" generously). It opened in 1974 and for twenty years it was the home of the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Cavaliers]] and the main arena for touring productions stopping in the Cleveland area. On paper, the idea was to put it roughly halfway between Cleveland and Akron, but in practice, it was nowhere near either city, located in rural farmland with no nearby restaurants, hotels, or nightclubs (plus you needed a nightclubs, and the only way there was by car to get there). This made the Coliseum very unpopular in a region with locals due to its inconvenience. notoriously harsh winters. In 1994, Gund Arena was built in downtown Cleveland, Cleveland and proved ''much'' more popular for obvious reasons, while the Coliseum was demolished in 1999 after five years of vacancy (What ''else'' would you do with a basketball stadium arena in the middle of nowhere?). The site of the Coliseum and its massive parking lot have since been allowed to return to nature as part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and as soon as 2001 within two years the site was nothing but a large empty field that a driver wouldn't think twice about (though about, though birdwatchers love the area due to the birds wildlife it attracts).attracts.
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* The ultimate fate of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum Richfield Coliseum]] near UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} (applying "near" generously). It opened in 1974 and for twenty years it was the home of the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Cavaliers]] and the main arena for touring productions stopping in the Cleveland area. On paper, the idea was to put it roughly halfway between Cleveland and Akron, but in practice, it was nowhere near either city, located in rural farmland with no nearby restaurants, hotels, or nightclubs (plus you needed a car to get there). This made the Coliseum very unpopular with locals due to its inconvenience. In 1994, Gund Arena was built in downtown Cleveland, while the Coliseum was demolished in 1999 after five years of vacancy (What ''else'' would you do with a basketball stadium in the middle of nowhere?). The site of the Coliseum and its massive parking lot have since been allowed to return to nature as part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and as soon as 2001 the site was nothing but a large empty field that a driver wouldn't think twice about (though birdwatchers love the area due to the birds it attracts).
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The old farm in the Harfoots subplot is a place where ruins and statues of some old kingdom are covered by berries, moss and other comestible plants.
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* ''VideoGame/Metro2033'': In the sequels, ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' and ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'', nature is on full display in any season other than winter. ''Last Light'' especially shows Moscow in early spring, and with the thawing ice, a lot of greenery can be seen taking over the ruins and wrecks of the old world.
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Compare to NewEden, where society can benefit and start anew after nature has erased what they created countless ages ago. Contrast RagnarokProofing, where society builds something that ''will'' withstand the test of time. Could overlap with RuinsOfTheModernAge, GaiasVengeance and HumanitysWake. A GreenThumb with an EcoTerrorist bent may deliberately invoke this trope with their powers.
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Compare to NewEden, where society can benefit and start anew after nature has erased what they created countless ages ago. Contrast RagnarokProofing, where society builds something that ''will'' withstand the test of time. Could overlap with RuinsOfTheModernAge, GaiasVengeance and HumanitysWake. A GreenThumb with an EcoTerrorist bent may deliberately invoke this trope with their powers.
powers. The Pripyat-style variant of StandardPostApocalypticSetting is invariably this.
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%%* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' shows that this has happened to the buildings from the original park. In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' it's shown to be happening to the newer park as well.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 60% of humanity has been killed off by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Ellie are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly to come up and touch its face.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 60% of humanity has been killed off by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Ellie are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly Ellie to come up and touch its face.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 99% of humanity has been killed off by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Elly are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly to come up and touch its face.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 99% 60% of humanity has been killed off by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Elly Ellie are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly to come up and touch its face.
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* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheGreenGiantLegend'' have Doraemon and friends uncovering the plot from a race of hostile PlantAliens whose planet is covered entirely by vegetation, and intends to drop a green nuke on earth to convert our world's surface into one like theirs, with the humans and animals subjected to {{transflormation}}. By the ending, [[spoiler:the aliens actually ''succeeds'' in [[YouAreTooLate dropping the nuke in Tokyo]] and turns the city into a plant-covered wasteland, with vines and the like all over the Tokyo Tower. However, thanks to Doraemon's [[TimeStandsStill Stop Watch]] being prematurely activated earlier in the adventure, it turns out Doraemon and friends can still reverse the nuke's effects and save the world]].
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* Film/KingKong2005 has a number of ancient stone ruins in the interior of Skull Island, long since reclaimed by vines, weeds, moss, and plants. Much of the island’s broken terrain, when looked at more closely, turns out to largely consist of ancient streets and structures long since overgrown with vegetation. The only structure relatively free of such growth is the gigantic, ancient wall that protects the surviving natives, and the ancient tombs that now serve as their refuge.
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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', when the Scouting Corps finally make it back to Shiganshina, the buildings have begun to grow vines and moss over their surfaces.
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** The people of Laputa abandoned their floating castles and continents a long time ago, so the magic technology the characters find upon visiting the titular castle in the sky is overrun with nature.
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* In the BeachEpisode of ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'', the kids wander off from the beach and discover an old city long abandoned. The streets are covered in overgrown vegetation, and when they inspect an old mansion, they find a tree growing through the middle of an old piano.
* The story of ''Manga/DrStone'' begins when all of mankind is [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] by a green aura that encompasses the planet. As the decades, centuries and millennia pass, wildlife slowly returns to cities, vegetation overgrows abandoned buildings, concrete structures crumble and steel skyscrapers rust and collapse. After 3700 years, protagonist [[ScienceHero Senku Ishigami]] awakens in a Stone World devoid of technology.
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': A scene has the exploration team encountering the ruins of several buildings that, thanks to Godzilla's HostileTerraforming, had become giant hedges and this allowed them to keep their shape even after several thousand years.
* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', a vision of a possible future Tokyo shows the city abandoned and the buildings overgrown with vegetation.
* The story of ''Manga/DrStone'' begins when all of mankind is [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] by a green aura that encompasses the planet. As the decades, centuries and millennia pass, wildlife slowly returns to cities, vegetation overgrows abandoned buildings, concrete structures crumble and steel skyscrapers rust and collapse. After 3700 years, protagonist [[ScienceHero Senku Ishigami]] awakens in a Stone World devoid of technology.
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': A scene has the exploration team encountering the ruins of several buildings that, thanks to Godzilla's HostileTerraforming, had become giant hedges and this allowed them to keep their shape even after several thousand years.
* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', a vision of a possible future Tokyo shows the city abandoned and the buildings overgrown with vegetation.
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* ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'': In the BeachEpisode of ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'', BeachEpisode, the kids wander off from the beach and discover an old city long abandoned. The streets are covered in overgrown vegetation, and when they inspect an old mansion, they find a tree growing through the middle of an old piano.
* ''Manga/DrStone'': The storyof ''Manga/DrStone'' begins when all of mankind is [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] by a green aura that encompasses the planet. As the decades, centuries and millennia pass, wildlife slowly returns to cities, vegetation overgrows abandoned buildings, concrete structures crumble and steel skyscrapers rust and collapse. After 3700 years, protagonist [[ScienceHero Senku Ishigami]] awakens in a Stone World devoid of technology.
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': A scene has the exploration team encountering the ruins of several buildings that, thanks to Godzilla's HostileTerraforming,had have become giant hedges and this hedges, which allowed them to keep their shape even after several thousand years.
*In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', a ''Manga/{{X1999}}'': A vision of a possible future Tokyo shows the city abandoned and the buildings overgrown with vegetation.
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* This is the point of Creator/GeorgeCarlin's "The Planet is Fine" bit. He complains about the "Save the Earth" framing of environmentalism, because the earth will long survive anything humanity can throw at it.
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* This is the point of Creator/GeorgeCarlin's "The Planet is Fine" bit. He complains about the "Save the Earth" framing of environmentalism, because the earth Earth will long survive anything humanity can throw at it.
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* In ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers'', Manhattan becomes overrun by plant life as a result of the Green Lama rebuilding Shangra-La there. A similar thing happens after he and the other Superpowers invade Washington, with large trees sprouting around the White House and the Pentagon.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', the team's Malibu house becomes buried in rose vines after Klara loses control of her powers in an accident involving a drone crash. What's left of the house ends up being destroyed shortly afterwards when the military invades the house to try and salvage the drone.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', the team's Malibu house becomes buried in rose vines after Klara loses control of her powers in an accident involving a drone crash. What's left of the house ends up being destroyed shortly afterwards when the military invades the house to try and salvage the drone.
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* In ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers'', ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers'': Manhattan becomes overrun by plant life as a result of the Green Lama rebuilding Shangra-La there. A similar thing happens after he and the other Superpowers invade Washington, with large trees sprouting around the White House and the Pentagon.
*In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': The team's Malibu house becomes buried in rose vines after Klara loses control of her powers in an accident involving a drone crash. What's left of the house ends up being destroyed shortly afterwards when the military invades the house to try and salvage the drone.
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* Once the villain that threatened to clearcut ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' has been defeated, both he and his hijacked machine, the Leveler, get shrouded in flora. With the help of magic fairies, plants galore sprout around, into and through the GiantMecha, breaking it with expanding stalks and tendrils. The whole conversion takes mere minutes.
* Though once entirely mechanized, ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' has become overgrown with bizarre flora that covers its entire surface. Only [=B.E.N.'s=] home lends any clue that advanced science ever existed there. A hatchway in the floor reveals "miles and miles of machinery that run through the entire course of the inside of this planet," all in working condition despite centuries of disuse.
* The epilogue scene of ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' has Stanley (the titular Troll) doing this to ''the whole of New York'' with his GreenThumb powers.
* Though once entirely mechanized, ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' has become overgrown with bizarre flora that covers its entire surface. Only [=B.E.N.'s=] home lends any clue that advanced science ever existed there. A hatchway in the floor reveals "miles and miles of machinery that run through the entire course of the inside of this planet," all in working condition despite centuries of disuse.
* The epilogue scene of ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' has Stanley (the titular Troll) doing this to ''the whole of New York'' with his GreenThumb powers.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'': Once the villain that threatened to clearcut ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' the forest has been defeated, both he and his hijacked machine, the Leveler, get shrouded in flora. With the help of magic fairies, plants galore sprout around, into and through the GiantMecha, breaking it with expanding stalks and tendrils. The whole conversion takes mere minutes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'': Though once entirely mechanized,''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' the hidden planet has become overgrown with bizarre flora that covers its entire surface. Only [=B.E.N.'s=] home lends any clue that advanced science ever existed there. A hatchway in the floor reveals "miles and miles of machinery that run through the entire course of the inside of this planet," planet", all in working condition despite centuries of disuse.
* %%* ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'': The epilogue scene of ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' has Stanley (the titular Troll) doing this to ''the whole of New York'' with his GreenThumb powers.%%Doing what?
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* ''Film/Godzilla2014'': The ruins of Janjira fifteen years after the DistantPrologue[='s=] events have suffered this. This is actually a relevant plot point, as not only is vegetation overwhelming the buildings and murky water flooding in, but the presence of wild dogs in the ruins makes Joe realize that [[spoiler:the ruins are not really irradiated at all]].
* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': Due to the [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]]' {{terraform}}ing effect, it's revealed that this has happened at a rapid rate to the ruins of Las Vegas and San Francisco where Godzilla and the [=MUTOs=] rampaged during the 2014 film. It can be safely presumed it'll probably also happen in [[spoiler:Boston and perhaps other destroyed cities after this film's ending]].
* ''Film/IAmLegend'' showcases a New York City that is heavily reclaimed by wildlife and flora.
* ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'' shows the city of Las Vegas has been reclaimed by the desert after the ZombieApocalypse picked it clean.
* In ''Film/DamnationAlley'', Las Vegas has been reclaimed by the desert (except for a few buildings such as the ''Circus Circus'' Casino) in the handful of years following WorldWarIII.
* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': Due to the [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]]' {{terraform}}ing effect, it's revealed that this has happened at a rapid rate to the ruins of Las Vegas and San Francisco where Godzilla and the [=MUTOs=] rampaged during the 2014 film. It can be safely presumed it'll probably also happen in [[spoiler:Boston and perhaps other destroyed cities after this film's ending]].
* ''Film/IAmLegend'' showcases a New York City that is heavily reclaimed by wildlife and flora.
* ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'' shows the city of Las Vegas has been reclaimed by the desert after the ZombieApocalypse picked it clean.
* In ''Film/DamnationAlley'', Las Vegas has been reclaimed by the desert (except for a few buildings such as the ''Circus Circus'' Casino) in the handful of years following WorldWarIII.
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* During ''Film/LogansRun'' from the domed city, Logan 5 and Jennifer 7 wander into a landscape shaped like Washington, D.C., but heavily overgrown with ferns, ivy and kudzu. Only the Capitol dome pokes above the greenery. There, Logan and Jenny encounter a dotty old man living in the Senate chamber, which is rife with moss and lichens.
* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' shows that this has happened to the buildings from the original park.
** In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' it's shown to be happening to the newer park as well.
* In ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', absolutely nothing remains of the buildings of the Krell in the surface of the planet (underground being another story), now reclaimed by desert and forest after it was razed clean in a single night [[spoiler:courtesy of their monsters of the Id]].
* A small-scale example happens in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. When Scott is walking through the suburbs of San Francisco, houses and sections of sidewalk are shown being covered with overgrowth from house plants and trees because there was nobody there to maintain it.
* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' shows that this has happened to the buildings from the original park.
** In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' it's shown to be happening to the newer park as well.
* In ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', absolutely nothing remains of the buildings of the Krell in the surface of the planet (underground being another story), now reclaimed by desert and forest after it was razed clean in a single night [[spoiler:courtesy of their monsters of the Id]].
* A small-scale example happens in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. When Scott is walking through the suburbs of San Francisco, houses and sections of sidewalk are shown being covered with overgrowth from house plants and trees because there was nobody there to maintain it.
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* During ''Film/LogansRun'' ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': A small-scale example happens. When Scott is walking through the suburbs of San Francisco, houses and sections of sidewalk are shown being covered with overgrowth from house plants and trees because there was nobody there to maintain it.
* ''Film/DamnationAlley'': Las Vegas has been reclaimed by the desert (except for a few buildings such as the ''Circus Circus'' Casino) in the handful of years following WorldWarIII.
* ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'': Absolutely nothing remains of the buildings of the Krell in the surface of the planet (underground being another story), now reclaimed by desert and forest after it was razed clean in a single night [[spoiler:courtesy of their monsters of the Id]].
* ''Film/Godzilla2014'': The ruins of Janjira fifteen years after the DistantPrologue's events have suffered this. This is actually a relevant plot point, as not only is vegetation overwhelming the buildings and murky water flooding in, but the presence of wild dogs in the ruins makes Joe realize that [[spoiler:the ruins are not really irradiated at all]].
* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': Due to the [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]]' {{terraform}}ing effect, it's revealed that this has happened at a rapid rate to the ruins of Las Vegas and San Francisco where Godzilla and the [=MUTOs=] rampaged during the 2014 film. It can be safely presumed it'll probably also happen in [[spoiler:Boston and perhaps other destroyed cities after this film's ending]].
* ''Film/IAmLegend'' showcases a New York City that is heavily reclaimed by wildlife and flora.
%%* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' shows that this has happened to the buildings from the original park. In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' it's shown to be happening to the newer park as well.
* ''Film/LogansRun'': After fleeing the domed city, Logan 5 and Jennifer 7 wander into a landscape shaped like Washington, D.C., but heavily overgrown with ferns, ivy and kudzu. Only the Capitol dome pokes above the greenery. There, Logan and Jenny encounter a dotty old man living in the Senate chamber, which is rife with moss and lichens.
*''Film/JurassicWorld'' ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'' shows that this the city of Las Vegas has happened to the buildings from the original park.
** In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' it's shown to be happening to the newer park as well.
* In ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', absolutely nothing remains of the buildings of the Krell in the surface of the planet (underground being another story), nowbeen reclaimed by the desert and forest after it was razed clean in a single night [[spoiler:courtesy of their monsters of the Id]].
* A small-scale example happens in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. When Scott is walking through the suburbs of San Francisco, houses and sections of sidewalk are shown being covered with overgrowth from house plants and trees because there was nobody there to maintain it.ZombieApocalypse picked it clean.
* ''Film/DamnationAlley'': Las Vegas has been reclaimed by the desert (except for a few buildings such as the ''Circus Circus'' Casino) in the handful of years following WorldWarIII.
* ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'': Absolutely nothing remains of the buildings of the Krell in the surface of the planet (underground being another story), now reclaimed by desert and forest after it was razed clean in a single night [[spoiler:courtesy of their monsters of the Id]].
* ''Film/Godzilla2014'': The ruins of Janjira fifteen years after the DistantPrologue's events have suffered this. This is actually a relevant plot point, as not only is vegetation overwhelming the buildings and murky water flooding in, but the presence of wild dogs in the ruins makes Joe realize that [[spoiler:the ruins are not really irradiated at all]].
* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': Due to the [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]]' {{terraform}}ing effect, it's revealed that this has happened at a rapid rate to the ruins of Las Vegas and San Francisco where Godzilla and the [=MUTOs=] rampaged during the 2014 film. It can be safely presumed it'll probably also happen in [[spoiler:Boston and perhaps other destroyed cities after this film's ending]].
* ''Film/IAmLegend'' showcases a New York City that is heavily reclaimed by wildlife and flora.
%%* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' shows that this has happened to the buildings from the original park. In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' it's shown to be happening to the newer park as well.
* ''Film/LogansRun'': After fleeing the domed city, Logan 5 and Jennifer 7 wander into a landscape shaped like Washington, D.C., but heavily overgrown with ferns, ivy and kudzu. Only the Capitol dome pokes above the greenery. There, Logan and Jenny encounter a dotty old man living in the Senate chamber, which is rife with moss and lichens.
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** In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' it's shown to be happening to the newer park as well.
* In ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', absolutely nothing remains of the buildings of the Krell in the surface of the planet (underground being another story), now
* A small-scale example happens in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. When Scott is walking through the suburbs of San Francisco, houses and sections of sidewalk are shown being covered with overgrowth from house plants and trees because there was nobody there to maintain it.
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* In ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}'', Polgara revisits the site of the former city of Vo Wacune and laments that the trees have overrun the site "so soon"- the trees in question being full-grown redwoods.
* Mowgli from ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' decides that a human village that is home to a MilesGloriosus needs to be eradicated. Mowgli's strategy: "Let the jungle in." He starts a rumor that the tastiest greens are found in the village's crop fields. Herbivores come to graze, wrecking the crops; then predators come to hunt the herbivores, endangering the populace. Finally, as the villagers finally flee, Hathi the Elephant and his sons demolish the huts. Then the jungle reduces the village to muddy heaps in a month, and by the end of the rains it is gone.
* ''Literature/TheWumpWorld'': The peaceful, grass-eating wumps are driven underground when an alien race called the Pollutians arrives and begins building all over the planet. Eventually, they smog it up so much they have to leave... But it turns out they haven't completely destroyed the greenery, and in time it begins to grow back over the cities.
* In ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'', Luke returns to Yoda’s home on Dagobah five years after the events of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' in search of anything that might help him train Leia, only to find this trope in effect.
* Mowgli from ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' decides that a human village that is home to a MilesGloriosus needs to be eradicated. Mowgli's strategy: "Let the jungle in." He starts a rumor that the tastiest greens are found in the village's crop fields. Herbivores come to graze, wrecking the crops; then predators come to hunt the herbivores, endangering the populace. Finally, as the villagers finally flee, Hathi the Elephant and his sons demolish the huts. Then the jungle reduces the village to muddy heaps in a month, and by the end of the rains it is gone.
* ''Literature/TheWumpWorld'': The peaceful, grass-eating wumps are driven underground when an alien race called the Pollutians arrives and begins building all over the planet. Eventually, they smog it up so much they have to leave... But it turns out they haven't completely destroyed the greenery, and in time it begins to grow back over the cities.
* In ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'', Luke returns to Yoda’s home on Dagobah five years after the events of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' in search of anything that might help him train Leia, only to find this trope in effect.
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* In ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}'', ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}'': Polgara revisits the site of the former city of Vo Wacune and laments that the trees have overrun the site "so soon"- soon" -- the trees in question being full-grown redwoods.
*Mowgli from ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' decides that a human village that is home to a MilesGloriosus needs to be eradicated. Mowgli's strategy: "Let the jungle in." He starts a rumor that the tastiest greens are found in the village's crop fields. Herbivores come to graze, wrecking the crops; then predators come to hunt the herbivores, endangering the populace. Finally, as the villagers finally flee, Hathi the Elephant and his sons demolish the huts. Then the jungle reduces the village to muddy heaps in a month, and by the end of the rains it is gone.
* ''Literature/TheWumpWorld'': The peaceful, grass-eating wumps are driven underground when an alien race called the Pollutians arrives and begins building all over the planet. Eventually, they smog it up so much they have to leave... But it turns out they haven't completely destroyed the greenery, and in time it begins to grow back over the cities.
* In ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'',''Literature/HeirToTheEmpire'': Luke returns to Yoda’s Yoda's home on Dagobah five years after the events of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeVIReturnOfTheJedi'' in search of anything that might help him train Leia, only to find this trope that, after half a decade of neglect in effect.a wild swamp, erosion and plant life have almost completely destroyed the ruins.
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* ''Literature/TheWumpWorld'': The peaceful, grass-eating wumps are driven underground when an alien race called the Pollutians arrives and begins building all over the planet. Eventually, they smog it up so much they have to leave... But it turns out they haven't completely destroyed the greenery, and in time it begins to grow back over the cities.
* In ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'',
* ''Literature/TheJungleBook'': Mowgli decides that a human village that is home to a MilesGloriosus needs to be eradicated and leads the animals into destroying it, the jungle reduces the village to muddy heaps in a month, and by the end of the rains it is gone.
* ''Literature/TheWumpWorld'': The peaceful, grass-eating wumps are driven underground when an alien race called the Pollutians arrives and begins building all over the planet. Eventually, they smog it up so much they have to leave... But it turns out they haven't completely destroyed the greenery, and in time it begins to grow back over the cities.
* ''Literature/TheWumpWorld'': The peaceful, grass-eating wumps are driven underground when an alien race called the Pollutians arrives and begins building all over the planet. Eventually, they smog it up so much they have to leave... But it turns out they haven't completely destroyed the greenery, and in time it begins to grow back over the cities.
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* In the Music/TalkingHeads song "(Nothing But) Flowers," a man longs for the shopping malls, fast-food restaurants, cars and other accoutrements of civilization that disappeared when vegetation gradually overtook them and returned humanity to a NewEden state.
* ''Beautiful Decline'' by Music/AbneyPark is all about the Earth's inevitable return to its natural state post-humanity's extinction.
* ''Beautiful Decline'' by Music/AbneyPark is all about the Earth's inevitable return to its natural state post-humanity's extinction.
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* In the Music/TalkingHeads song "(Nothing But) Flowers," a man longs for the shopping malls, fast-food restaurants, cars and other accoutrements of civilization that disappeared when vegetation gradually overtook them and returned humanity to a NewEden state.
*Music/AbneyPark: ''Beautiful Decline'' by Music/AbneyPark is all about the Earth's inevitable return to its natural state post-humanity's extinction.
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* Music/TalkingHeads: In "(Nothing But) Flowers", a man longs for the shopping malls, fast-food restaurants, cars and other accoutrements of civilization that disappeared when vegetation gradually overtook them and returned humanity to a NewEden state.
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* In ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', during the course of Team Earthbound, Nova, and other's adventures in PMD-B, a post-apocalyptic version of the Alternate Timeline where humans were rendered virtually extinct by being turned into Pokémon, they find that many of the old cities have gotten a new coating of green. Azalea for instance was completely swallowed by Ilex Forest.
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* In ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', during ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'': During the course of Team Earthbound, Nova, and other's adventures in PMD-B, a post-apocalyptic version of the Alternate Timeline where humans were rendered virtually extinct by being turned into Pokémon, they find that many of the old cities have gotten a new coating of green. Azalea for instance was completely swallowed by Ilex Forest.
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* ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty]]'''s Overgrown multiplayer map is in the throes of this process.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout76'', Vault 94 is seemingly inaccessible because the inhabitants left after only 1 year after the bombs fell. After 25 years, sturdy looking trees have grown over the vault door.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'', the space colony Eurasia crashes into Earth, leading to lots of casualties. Fast forward to ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'', where it is revealed that, due to Eurasia's environmental conditioning system still being active, the ground zero has turned into a very lush green place, dubbed as Area Zero. The plot for said game revolves around protecting this area from your enemies.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 99% of humanity has been killed off by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Elly are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly to come up and touch its face.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout76'', Vault 94 is seemingly inaccessible because the inhabitants left after only 1 year after the bombs fell. After 25 years, sturdy looking trees have grown over the vault door.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'', the space colony Eurasia crashes into Earth, leading to lots of casualties. Fast forward to ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'', where it is revealed that, due to Eurasia's environmental conditioning system still being active, the ground zero has turned into a very lush green place, dubbed as Area Zero. The plot for said game revolves around protecting this area from your enemies.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 99% of humanity has been killed off by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Elly are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly to come up and touch its face.
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* ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': The European Dead Zone is named as such because a shard of Duty]]'''s Overgrown multiplayer map the Traveler fell nearby and causes strange phenomena on top of the centuries of war that has driven humanity away from the area. The entire area is a mix of decayed vehicles, salt mines, dilapidated buildings, and other structures that have been overtaken by grass, moss, and other greenery.
* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'''s second campaign expansion, ''The Ancient Gods: Part 1'', utilises this trope as the dominant theme of its second level, aptly named "Reclaimed Earth"; an abandoned, futuristic city becoming enveloped in vegetation and other greenery in thethroes aftermath of this process.
the demonic invasion in the base game.
*In ''VideoGame/Fallout76'', ''VideoGame/Fallout76'': Vault 94 is seemingly inaccessible because the inhabitants left after only 1 year after the bombs fell. After 25 years, sturdy looking trees have grown over the vault door.
*In ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'', the space colony Eurasia crashes into Earth, leading to lots of casualties. Fast forward to ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'', where it is revealed that, due to Eurasia's environmental conditioning system still being active, the ground zero has turned into a very lush green place, dubbed as Area Zero. The plot for said game revolves around protecting this area from your enemies.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' ends with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 99% of humanity has been killed off Red XIII's puppies looking over what appears to be Midgar choked by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Elly are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly to come up and touch its face.grass or vines.
* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'''s second campaign expansion, ''The Ancient Gods: Part 1'', utilises this trope as the dominant theme of its second level, aptly named "Reclaimed Earth"; an abandoned, futuristic city becoming enveloped in vegetation and other greenery in the
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* The setting of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' has quite a bit of it, along with a bit of RagnarokProofing for a select few bunkers. Although the natural environment is still contrasted with the eerily organic looking machines who now dominate the Earth.
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* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': The setting of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' has quite a bit of it, along with a bit of RagnarokProofing for a select few bunkers. Although the natural environment is still contrasted with the eerily organic looking machines who now dominate the Earth.Earth.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': Viridi weaponizes this trope with her Reset Bombs -- massive seeds that can regrow an entire forest in minutes. After one is dropped on a human settlement, all that's left are a few chunks of buildings being held up by giant vines and roots.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': The game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, which consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and an amusement park that have become covered by lush plant life.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 99% of humanity has been killed off by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Elly are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly to come up and touch its face.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': Viridi weaponizes this trope with her Reset Bombs -- massive seeds that can regrow an entire forest in minutes. After one is dropped on a human settlement, all that's left are a few chunks of buildings being held up by giant vines and roots.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': The game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, which consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and an amusement park that have become covered by lush plant life.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' takes this trope and runs with it for the purpose of SceneryPorn. The premise of the series is that more than 99% of humanity has been killed off by a deadly fungus, so there aren't enough survivors to simply maintain any upkeep. One example comes when Joel and Elly are exploring through a ruined building and they come across a giraffe who escaped from the zoo. The Giraffe is just casually eating leaves from a nearby tree growing in the building, and allows Elly to come up and touch its face.
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* "The Last Bastion" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to8yh83jlXg animated short]] for ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' shows that Bastion himself started off like this. After the Omnic war, he was shut down in the middle of a forest, was soon overtaken by lichen and moss until a bird landed in front of his sensor and woke him up. One of his game skins features the moss and dirt clumps still on his body.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' ends with Red XIII's puppies looking over what appears to be Midgar choked by grass or vines.
* Pretty much all outdoors locations in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' are former urban areas being slowly reclaimed by nature, some overgrown by plants, some simply covered by the desert sands in the thousands of years since humanity's extinction.
* The European Dead Zone in ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' is named as such because a shard of the Traveler fell nearby and causes strange phenomena on top of the centuries of war that has driven humanity away from the area. The entire area is a mix of decayed vehicles, salt mines, dilapidated buildings, and other structures that have been overtaken by grass, moss, and other greenery.
* Viridi from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' weaponizes this trope with her Reset Bombs -- massive seeds that can regrow an entire forest in minutes. After one is dropped on a human settlement, all that's left are a few chunks of buildings being held up by giant vines and roots.
* The ending of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' sees the western half of North America suddenly covered with pine trees thanks to Bigfoot magic. The actual ramifications of a forest just instantly sprouting up would be apocalyptic if it wasn't all PlayedForLaughs.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' ends with Red XIII's puppies looking over what appears to be Midgar choked by grass or vines.
* Pretty much all outdoors locations in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' are former urban areas being slowly reclaimed by nature, some overgrown by plants, some simply covered by the desert sands in the thousands of years since humanity's extinction.
* The European Dead Zone in ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' is named as such because a shard of the Traveler fell nearby and causes strange phenomena on top of the centuries of war that has driven humanity away from the area. The entire area is a mix of decayed vehicles, salt mines, dilapidated buildings, and other structures that have been overtaken by grass, moss, and other greenery.
* Viridi from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' weaponizes this trope with her Reset Bombs -- massive seeds that can regrow an entire forest in minutes. After one is dropped on a human settlement, all that's left are a few chunks of buildings being held up by giant vines and roots.
* The ending of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' sees the western half of North America suddenly covered with pine trees thanks to Bigfoot magic. The actual ramifications of a forest just instantly sprouting up would be apocalyptic if it wasn't all PlayedForLaughs.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLostCrown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure'': Commented on by Nigel when he examines a weed-encroached pile of broken stonework and statuary in a neglected churchyard.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'': The space colony Eurasia crashes into Earth, leading to lots of casualties. Fast forward to ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'', where it is revealed that, due to Eurasia's environmental conditioning system still being active, the ground zero has turned into a very lush green place, dubbed as Area Zero. The plot for said game revolves around protecting this area from your enemies.
%%* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'': The Overgrown multiplayer map is in the throes of this process.
* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'': Most outdoors locations are former urban areas being slowly reclaimed by nature, some overgrown by plants, some simply covered by the desert sands in the thousands of years since humanity's extinction.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': "The Last Bastion" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to8yh83jlXg animated short]]for ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' shows that Bastion himself started off like this. After the Omnic war, he was shut down in the middle of a forest, was soon overtaken by lichen and moss until a bird landed in front of his sensor and woke him up. One of his game skins features the moss and dirt clumps still on his body.
*''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' ends with Red XIII's puppies looking over what appears to be Midgar choked by grass or vines.
* Pretty much all outdoors locations in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' are former urban areas being slowly reclaimed by nature, some overgrown by plants, some simply covered by the desert sands in the thousands of years since humanity's extinction.
* The European Dead Zone in ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' is named as such because a shard of the Traveler fell nearby and causes strange phenomena on top of the centuries of war that has driven humanity away from the area. The entire area is a mix of decayed vehicles, salt mines, dilapidated buildings, and other structures that have been overtaken by grass, moss, and other greenery.
* Viridi from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' weaponizes this trope with her Reset Bombs -- massive seeds that can regrow an entire forest in minutes. After one is dropped on a human settlement, all that's left are a few chunks of buildings being held up by giant vines and roots.
*''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'': The ending of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' sees the western half of North America suddenly covered with pine trees thanks to Bigfoot magic. The actual ramifications of a forest just instantly sprouting up would be apocalyptic if it wasn't all PlayedForLaughs.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'': The space colony Eurasia crashes into Earth, leading to lots of casualties. Fast forward to ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'', where it is revealed that, due to Eurasia's environmental conditioning system still being active, the ground zero has turned into a very lush green place, dubbed as Area Zero. The plot for said game revolves around protecting this area from your enemies.
%%* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'': The Overgrown multiplayer map is in the throes of this process.
* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'': Most outdoors locations are former urban areas being slowly reclaimed by nature, some overgrown by plants, some simply covered by the desert sands in the thousands of years since humanity's extinction.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': "The Last Bastion" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to8yh83jlXg animated short]]
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* Pretty much all outdoors locations in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' are former urban areas being slowly reclaimed by nature, some overgrown by plants, some simply covered by the desert sands in the thousands of years since humanity's extinction.
* The European Dead Zone in ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' is named as such because a shard of the Traveler fell nearby and causes strange phenomena on top of the centuries of war that has driven humanity away from the area. The entire area is a mix of decayed vehicles, salt mines, dilapidated buildings, and other structures that have been overtaken by grass, moss, and other greenery.
* Viridi from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' weaponizes this trope with her Reset Bombs -- massive seeds that can regrow an entire forest in minutes. After one is dropped on a human settlement, all that's left are a few chunks of buildings being held up by giant vines and roots.
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* Commented on by Nigel in ''VideoGame/TheLostCrown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure'', when he examines a weed-encroached pile of broken stonework and statuary in a neglected churchyard.
* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'''s second campaign expansion, ''The Ancient Gods: Part 1'', utilises this trope as the dominant theme of its second level, aptly named "Reclaimed Earth"; an abandoned, futuristic city becoming enveloped in vegetation and other greenery in the aftermath of the demonic invasion in the base game.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': The main setting of the game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, in which the world consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and even an amusement park.
* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'''s second campaign expansion, ''The Ancient Gods: Part 1'', utilises this trope as the dominant theme of its second level, aptly named "Reclaimed Earth"; an abandoned, futuristic city becoming enveloped in vegetation and other greenery in the aftermath of the demonic invasion in the base game.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': The main setting of the game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, in which the world consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and even an amusement park.
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* ''Webcomic/CyberScrapyard'': Long ago, this world was densely populated and technologically advanced. But after the mysterious catastrophe, most of humanity died, and most of the buildings and constructions were destroyed. To the beginning of the main events of the comics, devastated cities are absorbed by mutated flora and fauna.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows this beginning to happen with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
* The ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode "[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsThreeRobots Three Robots]]". Humanity has gone extinct due to an UnspecifiedApocalypse, and as the titular three robots explore a city where humans once lived, they come across buildings that are slowly being taken over by vegetation.
* The Season 6 premier of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has Morty [[spoiler:return to his own universe: the Cronenberg universe. The Cronenberg has almost completely grown over with trees and other vegetation]].
* The ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode "[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsThreeRobots Three Robots]]". Humanity has gone extinct due to an UnspecifiedApocalypse, and as the titular three robots explore a city where humans once lived, they come across buildings that are slowly being taken over by vegetation.
* The Season 6 premier of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has Morty [[spoiler:return to his own universe: the Cronenberg universe. The Cronenberg has almost completely grown over with trees and other vegetation]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'': The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' seasons, which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', show both [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:the original Jurassic park Park ruins]] but also shows this beginning to happen with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
*The ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'': In "[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsThreeRobots Three Robots]]". Humanity Robots]]", humanity has gone extinct due to an UnspecifiedApocalypse, and as the titular three robots explore a city where humans once lived, they come across buildings that are slowly being taken over by vegetation.
*The ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS6E1Solaricks Solaricks]]", the Season 6 premier of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' premiere, has Morty [[spoiler:return to his own universe: the Cronenberg universe. The Cronenberg universe, which has been almost completely grown over with trees and other vegetation]].
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* ''Series/StationEleven'': Twenty years after a plague wiped out the vast majority of humanity, nature has started creeping into abandoned buildings. In one scene in the first episode, Jeevan and Kirsten walk by a tidy house before flash-forwards to twenty years later show it covered in vegetation.
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The reasons for the inhabitants leaving varies. In stories set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, perhaps there was a ZombieApocalypse or ecological catastrophe, and now it's an overgrown dystopian wasteland. In science fiction, perhaps aliens invaded the planet or the {{Terraforming}} technology failed.is malfunctioning. In fantasy, a WickedWitch may have cast a spell on the place. In a WildWest story, maybe the Gold Rush ended and now it's a GhostTown.
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For our entire history, humans have been taking advantage of our environment and manipulating it to suit our needs. We've built massive cities all over our planet, beating back the forces of nature at every turn. Forests and jungles are cleared to make way to lofty monuments to our accomplishments. What happens when we're not there to maintain our dominance? Nature returns in many forms, often with devastating consequences for whatever we left behind.
This trope comes into play when man or whatever sentient dominant species was around in the first place, has abandoned a location (be it a house, a city, or even a planet) and the natural ravages of plants, weather, animals, and time itself conspire to ruin whatever that society built. Buildings and bridges are toppled, roots break through roads, and vegetation shrouds whatever is left. The place is returned to as close as possible to what it would be if people had never been there at all.
The reasons for the inhabitants leaving varies. In stories set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, perhaps there was a ZombieApocalypse or ecological catastrophe, and now it's a dystopian wasteland. In science fiction, perhaps aliens invaded or the {{Terraforming}} technology failed. In fantasy, a WickedWitch may have cast a spell on the place. In a WildWest story, maybe the Gold Rush ended and now it's a GhostTown.
This trope comes into play when man or whatever sentient dominant species was around in the first place, has abandoned a location (be it a house, a city, or even a planet) and the natural ravages of plants, weather, animals, and time itself conspire to ruin whatever that society built. Buildings and bridges are toppled, roots break through roads, and vegetation shrouds whatever is left. The place is returned to as close as possible to what it would be if people had never been there at all.
The reasons for the inhabitants leaving varies. In stories set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, perhaps there was a ZombieApocalypse or ecological catastrophe, and now it's a dystopian wasteland. In science fiction, perhaps aliens invaded or the {{Terraforming}} technology failed. In fantasy, a WickedWitch may have cast a spell on the place. In a WildWest story, maybe the Gold Rush ended and now it's a GhostTown.
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For our entire history, humans have been taking advantage of our environment and manipulating it to suit our needs. We've built massive cities all over our planet, beating back the forces of nature at every turn. Forests and jungles are cleared to make way to for lofty monuments to our accomplishments. What happens when we're not there to maintain our dominance? Nature returns in many forms, often with devastating consequences for whatever we left behind.
This trope comes into play when man or whatever sentient dominant species was around in the first place, has abandoned a location (be it a house, a city, or even a planet) and the natural ravages of plants, weather, animals, and time itself conspire to ruin whatever that society built. Buildings and bridges are toppled, roots break through roads, artifacts rot and vegetation shrouds whatever is left. The place is returned to as close as possible to what it would be if people had never been there at all.
The reasons for the inhabitants leaving varies. In stories set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, perhaps there was a ZombieApocalypse or ecological catastrophe, and now it'sa an overgrown dystopian wasteland. In science fiction, perhaps aliens invaded the planet or the {{Terraforming}} technology failed. In fantasy, a WickedWitch may have cast a spell on the place. In a WildWest story, maybe the Gold Rush ended and now it's a GhostTown.
This trope comes into play when man or whatever sentient dominant species was around in the first place, has abandoned a location (be it a house, a city, or even a planet) and the natural ravages of plants, weather, animals, and time itself conspire to ruin whatever that society built. Buildings and bridges are toppled, roots break through roads, artifacts rot and vegetation shrouds whatever is left. The place is returned to as close as possible to what it would be if people had never been there at all.
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This trope comes into play when man or whatever sentient dominant species was around in the first place, has abandoned a location (be it a house, a city, or even a planet) and the natural ravages of plants, weather, animals, and time itself conspire to ruin whatever that society built and return it as close as possible to what it would be if people had never been there at all.
This trope comes into play when man or whatever sentient dominant species was around in the first place, has abandoned a location (be it a house, a city, or even a planet) and the natural ravages of plants, weather, animals, and time itself conspire to ruin whatever that society built and return it as close as possible to what it would be if people had never been there at all.
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For our entire history, humans have been taking advantage of our environment and manipulating it to suit our needs. We've built massive cities all over our planet, beating back the forces of nature at every turn. Forests and jungles are cleared to make way to lofty monuments to our accomplishments. What happens when we're not there to maintain our dominance? Nature returns, returns in many forms, often with devastating consequences for the abandoned remnants of whatever we left behind.
This trope comes into play when man or whatever sentient dominant species was around in the first place, has abandoned a location (be it a house, a city, or even a planet) and the natural ravages of plants, weather, animals, and time itself conspire to ruin whatever that societybuilt built. Buildings and return it bridges are toppled, roots break through roads, and vegetation shrouds whatever is left. The place is returned to as close as possible to what it would be if people had never been there at all.
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The reasons for the inhabitants leaving varies. In stories set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, perhaps there was a ZombieApocalypse or ecological catastrophe, and now it's a dystopian wasteland. In science fiction, perhaps aliens invaded or the terraforming technology failed. In fantasy, a WickedWitch may have cast a spell on the place. In a WildWest story, maybe the Gold Rush ended and now it's a GhostTown.
This trope comes into play when man or whatever sentient dominant species was around in the first place, has abandoned a location (be it a house, a city, or even a planet) and the natural ravages of plants, weather, animals, and time itself conspire to ruin whatever that society
The reasons for the inhabitants leaving varies. In stories set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, perhaps there was a ZombieApocalypse or ecological catastrophe, and now it's a dystopian wasteland. In science fiction, perhaps aliens invaded or the terraforming technology failed. In fantasy, a WickedWitch may have cast a spell on the place. In a WildWest story, maybe the Gold Rush ended and now it's a GhostTown.
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* This is the point of Creator/GeorgeCarlin's "The Planet is Fine" bit.
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* This is the point of Creator/GeorgeCarlin's "The Planet is Fine" bit. He complains about the "Save the Earth" framing of environmentalism, because the earth will long survive anything humanity can throw at it.
-->'''Carlin:''' The planet will be here for a long, long, long time after we're gone and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself 'cause that's what it does. It's a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm: the Earth plus Plastic.
-->'''Carlin:''' The planet will be here for a long, long, long time after we're gone and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself 'cause that's what it does. It's a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm: the Earth plus Plastic.
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* The Season 6 premier of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has Morty [[spoiler:return to his own universe: the Cronenberg universe. The Cronenberg has almost completely grown over with trees and other vegetation]].
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* The Season 6 premier of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has Morty [[spoiler:return to his own universe: the Cronenberg universe. The Cronenberg has almost completely grown over with trees and other vegetation]].
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* The Season 6 premier of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has Morty [[spoiler:return to his own universe: the Cronenberg universe. The Cronenberg has almost completely grown over with trees and other vegetation]].
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* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': The main setting of the game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, in which the world consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and even a amusement park.
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* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': The main setting of the game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, in which the world consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and even a an amusement park.
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I'm fairly sure only Senku and Taiju were awake the entire time. Everyone else quickly fell into a 3700 year coma. This is why the cave liquid alone was able to revive them, while everyone else needed the liquid-alcohol mixture.
* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', when the Scouting Corps finally make it back to Shiganshina, the buildings have begun to grow vines and moss over their surfaces.
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* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', a vision of a possible future Tokyo shows the city abandoned and the buildings overgrown with vegetation.
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': A scene has the exploration team encountering the ruins of several buildings that, thanks to Godzilla's HostileTerraforming, had become giant hedges and this allowed them to keep their shape even after several thousand years.
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': A scene has the exploration team encountering the ruins of several buildings that, thanks to Godzilla's HostileTerraforming, had become giant hedges and this allowed them to keep their shape even after several thousand years.
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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', when the Scouting Corps finally make it back to Shiganshina, the buildings have begun to grow vines and moss over their surfaces.
* ''Manga/DrStone'''s first episode shows all of mankind being turned to stone by some weird green aura that encompasses the planet. [[AndIMustScream Everyone is still fully conscious, but unable to do anything]] as a montage shows the passage of time as nature reclaims civilization. 3700 years pass by, showing vegetation retaking buildings until buildings and bridges begin to rust away and crumble until there's no remaining traces of any civilization save for petrified humans dotting the landscapes. The main characters are freed, but the big city they were in is now a huge forest.
* ''Manga/DrStone'''s first episode shows all of mankind being turned to stone by some weird green aura that encompasses the planet. [[AndIMustScream Everyone is still fully conscious, but unable to do anything]] as a montage shows the passage of time as nature reclaims civilization. 3700 years pass by, showing vegetation retaking buildings until buildings and bridges begin to rust away and crumble until there's no remaining traces of any civilization save for petrified humans dotting the landscapes. The main characters are freed, but the big city they were in is now a huge forest.
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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', The story of ''Manga/DrStone'' begins when the Scouting Corps finally make it back to Shiganshina, the buildings have begun to grow vines and moss over their surfaces.
* ''Manga/DrStone'''s first episode showsall of mankind being is [[TakenForGranite turned to stone stone]] by some weird a green aura that encompasses the planet. [[AndIMustScream Everyone is still fully conscious, but unable to do anything]] as a montage shows As the passage of time as nature reclaims civilization. 3700 years pass by, showing decades, centuries and millennia pass, wildlife slowly returns to cities, vegetation retaking overgrows abandoned buildings, concrete structures crumble and steel skyscrapers rust and collapse. After 3700 years, protagonist [[ScienceHero Senku Ishigami]] awakens in a Stone World devoid of technology.
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': A scene has the exploration team encountering the ruins of several buildingsuntil that, thanks to Godzilla's HostileTerraforming, had become giant hedges and this allowed them to keep their shape even after several thousand years.
* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', a vision of a possible future Tokyo shows the city abandoned and the buildingsand bridges begin to rust away and crumble until there's no remaining traces of any civilization save for petrified humans dotting the landscapes. The main characters are freed, but the big city they were in is now a huge forest.overgrown with vegetation.
* ''Manga/DrStone'''s first episode shows
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': A scene has the exploration team encountering the ruins of several buildings
* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', a vision of a possible future Tokyo shows the city abandoned and the buildings
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* ''VideoGame/UnrealTournamentIII:'' This is the basis of the ''[[DownloadableContent Titan Pack]]'' map [=DM-EdenInc=]. Once the funds for the research facility were over, the specimens under study grew up and overtook most of the building:
--> ''"This industrial complex was once a hydroponic research facility focused on saving rare and {{endangered species}}. When their grant ran out, funds dried up and all work was suspended. Months later, demo crews moved in to pave the path for a new highway and found that many of the research seedlings had taken root and continued to grow."''
--> ''"This industrial complex was once a hydroponic research facility focused on saving rare and {{endangered species}}. When their grant ran out, funds dried up and all work was suspended. Months later, demo crews moved in to pave the path for a new highway and found that many of the research seedlings had taken root and continued to grow."''
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* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand: The main setting of the game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, in which the world consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and even a amusement park.
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* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand: ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': The main setting of the game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, in which the world consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and even a amusement park.
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* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand: The main setting of the game is set in a world different from Planet Popstar, in which the world consists of mainly abandoned cities, a shopping mall, and even a amusement park.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows this beginning to happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows this beginning to happening happen with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows this beginning to happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows this beginning to happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows it beginning to happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows it this beginning to happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows the beginning of this happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows the it beginning of this to happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldEvolution'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows the beginning of this happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island.
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* The second and third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldEvolution'' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' which take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' shows both [[spoiler: The original Jurassic park ruins]] but also shows the beginning of this happening with the second park as the dinosaurs reclaim the island. island.