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* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland''. What appears to be a building turns out to be a model being admired by Idi Amin.

* Chief Iron's office in the beta version of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has a scale model of what appears to be a planned expansion of Raccoon City, but because the game was never completed, it's unclear what the real purpose of the model is.

A SubTrope of OnlyAModel.

* The waterfront stadium plan in [[StargateCity Vancouver]] -- er, [[CaliforniaDoubling San Francisco]]! -- in ''Film/RomeoMustDie''.

* One of these shows up in the second series of ''WaterlooRoad'' when [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Roger Aspinall]] intends to rebuild the school as the [[{{Egopolis}} Roger Aspinall Academy]]. His disaffected son later trashes it with a fire extinguisher.

** In a Weekend Update sketch, Jimmy Fallon interviewed the head architect building the then-future Greek Olympiad for the recent games. The guy was so proud that the ''model'' was finished but when Jimmy ask how much of the actual building was done, he broke it down to a very(, very) small portion.

* In ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' the big bad corporation has one of these. Amusingly [[spoiler: as the building they wanted gone finally gets registered as historic the large building is seen at the very end having been modified into two gigantic buildings with the little apartment building in between.]]

** And, on one occasion, a model which evidently looked like a giant... [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything towering]]... [[FreudWasRight tower]].

'''Burns:''' ''Model?''

'''Burns:''' Model?

'''Burns:''' ''(cocks revolver)'' I said, ''hop in.''

* In ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' the big bad corporation has one of these. Amusingly [spoiler: as the building they wanted gone finally gets registered as historic the large building is seen at the very end having been modified into two gigantic buildings with the little apartment building in between.]

* In ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded'' the big bad corporation has one of these.

* 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.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{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.

* From ''Film/AntMan,'' a model of the future Cross Technologies plaza is prominently featured in Darren Cross' presentations.
** [[https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfp1/t51.2885-15/e15/1389355_1596497460617328_2072247567_n.jpg It looks strangely familiar...]]

* ''StarWars Episode II: AttackOfTheClones'' features a miniature hologram of what is soon known as the Death Star
** Doubles as an EasterEgg, since it uses the 'correct' model of the original Death Star, where the hologram in A New Hope had the projector dish on the equator instead.

:::He later orders Smithers to get into it with him. Smithers assumes he's joking, the model being about the size of a basketball, but then Burns pulls out a gun.
-->'''Burns:''' Now, to the plant! We'll take the Spruce Moose. Hop in!\\
'''Smithers:''' ''[nervous laugh]'' Ah, sir...\\
'''Burns:''' ''[cocks revolver]'' I said, hop in.

* In ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'', he confuses a model for a finished design, and asks how it's supposed to help people "when they can't even fit inside the building?"
--> [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "What is this?! A center for ants?!"]]
** In fairness, the center should be at least...three times bigger than that.

* ''Series/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)

* ''Recap/TheMansionsOfTheGods'' begins with Caesar showing off a model of the Roman development that is to be built around the little Gaulish village. Played with somewhat, as an unusually large amount of it by the standards of this trope actually gets built before the end of the comic. ([[ItsGoingDown Inevitably, the Gauls reduce it to rubble]].)

* From ''{{Newsradio}}'', [[EccentricMillionaire Jimmy James]]' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Jimmy James Towers]], a colossal pair of J's.

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* ''Film/DieHard'': Hans Gruber and Joseph Takagi walk through an area showcasing some of the Nakatomi Corporation's construction projects - Takagi even thinks that the "terrorists" might be striking at Nakatomi because of one project in particular. Hans subverts expectations with the magnificent quote, "'And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.' Benefits of a classical education." He also takes the opportunity to lampshade his meticulous nature, talking about how he loved building models as a child, the exacting attention to every last conceivable detail...

* ''Film/{{PoliceAcademySix}}: City Under Seige'' featured high-profile crimes occurring along an old bus route which is later revealed to be the intended route of a new rail corridor, to be accompanied by massive development portrayed by a plan in the mayors office [[spoiler: it's all a plan to make this development happen cheaper by driving down property prices in the area - and the mayor is the major investor in the development...]]. When Captain Harris and Proctor attend a meeting with the mayor, of course Proctor tries to play with it.

* ''Film/PoliceAcademySix: City Under Seige'' featured high-profile crimes occurring along an old bus route which is later revealed to be the intended route of a new rail corridor, to be accompanied by massive development portrayed by a plan in the mayors office [[Spoiler:it's all a plan to make this development happen cheaper by driving down property prices in the area - and the mayor is the major investor in the development...]]. When Captain Harris and Proctor attend a meeting with the mayor, of course Proctor tries to play with it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1", Burns uses a model Springfield to show Smithers his plan to block out the Sun in order to make everyone more reliant on the power plant. After Smithers quits due to Burns' descent into "[[CardCarryingVillain cartoonish super-villainy]]", Monty begins stomping on the model for fun:
-->'''Mr. Burns:''' Take that, Bowlerama! ''(stomp)'' Take that, Convenience Mart! ''(stomp)'' [[RuleOfThree Take that]], Nuclear Power Plan- ''(stomp)'' [[OhCrap Oh, fiddlesticks.]]