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* ''YouDontMessWithTheZohan'' has [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Walbridge's]] planned shopping mall [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome with a roller coaster.]] For added comedy there's also one of his [[MostCommonSuperpower hot supermodel girlfriend]].

* There's a model of how Shinra wants to remodel Midgar in their building in ''FinalFantasyVII''; you have to restore its missing pieces to move on.

* The model of Kuzcotopia in ''TheEmperorsNewGroove''.

* GodwinsLaw: AdolfHitler had [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146III-373%2C_Modell_der_Neugestaltung_Berlins_%28%22Germania%22%29.jpg one of these]], for the whole of Berlin upon becoming ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welthauptstadt_Germania Welthaupstadt Germania]]'' ("World Capital Germania"). It also shows up on ''{{Downfall}}''.

* The model of the Museum of the Strange in ''{{Beetlejuice}}''.
* ''[[YouDontMessWithTheZohan You Don't Mess With The Zohan]]'' has [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Walbridge's]] planned shopping mall [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome with a roller coaster.]] For added comedy there's also one of his [[MostCommonSuperpower hot supermodel girlfriend]].

A SubTrope of OnlyAModel. Will very often use a DramaticCurtainToss.

A SubTrope of OnlyAModel.

* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. During "The Architect Sketch", a man comes in with a model of a tall apartment building, and as he talks the model tips over, then some of the floors collapse, then it ''catches fire...'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2PyeXRwhCE See what happens next.]] (relevant part starts at 3:20, to pick up from end of this description go to 3:55)
* {{Hook}} features a model of a new hospital, built thanks to Wendy.

* ''[[{{Asterix}} The Mansions of the Gods]]'' begins with Caesar showing off a model of the Roman development that is to be built around the little Gaulish village.
* The model of Kuzcotopia in ''TheEmperorsNewGroove''.

* In the ''InspectorMorse'' episode "Twilight of the Gods", CorruptCorporateExecutive Andrew Baydon plans to endow a new college, and the model of it is on display.
* From ''{{Newsradio}}'', [[EccentricMillionaire Jimmy James]]' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Jimmy James Towers]], a colossal pair of J's.
* All architects in ''HowIMetYourMother'' build models. Occasionally models of dinosaurs that breathe fire.
** And, on one occasion, a model which evidently looked like a giant... [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything towering]]... [[FreudWasRight tower]].
* In Part 1 of ''TheSimpsons'' two-parter "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", Burns shows Smithers a model of Springfield to demonstrate his plan to block out the Sun. After he kicks Smithers out, Burns starts stomping the buildings, only to accidentally crush the miniature power plant.

* There's a model of how Shinra wants to remodel Midgar in their building in ''FinalFantasyVII''; you have to restore its missing pieces to move on.

* A SaturdayNightLive JamesBond parody sketch didn't even get that far - archvillain Christopher Walken has Bond captive in his lair that's still under construction and way behind schedule, and he has to resort to showing Bond conceptual renderings of the various deathtraps he would be subjected to.
* An episode of {{Rugrats}} had Angelica trying to sneak away from her mom's boring business meeting so she could play with the scale model of the theme park he company was planning. Yes, she utterly wrecks the set.

* LampShaded in the unaired pilot episode of ''ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' when the BigBad, Leonardo Leonardo (not a typo; that's actually the character's name), shows off his city of the future to much fanfare only to reveal an empty table. He then says with some embarrassment that he had ordered the model and it should be arriving some time next week.

* GodwinsLaw: AdolfHitler had [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146III-373%2C_Modell_der_Neugestaltung_Berlins_%28%22Germania%22%29.jpg one of these]], for the whole of Berlin upon becoming ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welthauptstadt_Germania Welthaupstadt Germania]]'' ("World Capital Germania"). It also shows up on ''{{Downfall}}''.

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* LampShaded in the unaired pilot episode of ''ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' when the BigBad, Leonardo Leonardo (not a typo; that's actually the character's name), shows off his city of the future to much fanfare only to reveal an empty table. He then says with some embarrassment that he had ordered the model and it should be arriving next week.

* LampShaded in the unaired pilot episode of ''ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' when the BigBad, Leonardo Leonardo (not a typo; that's actually the character's name), shows off his city of the future to much fanfare only to reveal an empty table. He then says with some embarrassment that he ordered the model last week, but it was delayed in shipping.

* LampShaded in the unaired pilot episode of ClerksTheAnimatedSeries when the BigBad, Leonardo Leonard (not a typo; that's actually the character's name), shows off his city of the future to much fanfare only to reveal an empty table. He then says with some embarrassment that he ordered the model last week, but it was delayed in shipping.

* LampShaded in the unaired pilot episode of ClerksTheAnimatedSeries when the BigBad Leonardo Leonard (not a typo; that's actually his name) shows off his city of the future to much fanfare only to reveal an empty table. He then says with some embarrassment that he ordered the model last week, but it was delayed in shipping.

* Lampshaded in the unaired pilot episode of ClerksTheAnimatedSeries when the BigBad shows off his city of the future to much fanfare only to reveal an empty table. He then says with some embarrassment that he ordered the model last week, but it was delayed in shipping.

* A twisted take on the concept occurs in OneCrazySummer. Bobcat Goldthwait, through a series of contrived coincidences, gets stuck in a Godzilla costume while spying on the Big Bad's business party where he is showing off his planned project to some Japanese investors. A cigar idly tossed away (still lit) ends up in the godzilla suit's mouth, Goldthwait goes berserk trying to get it out... and the Japanese investors are treated to the sight of Godzilla roaring and screeching, stomping the model flat. They find it hilarious, naturally.