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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Hail Doofania!", Doofenshmirtz makes a scale model ([[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies made of felt]]) of his floating city, Doofania. By the end of the episode, the city has sunk and only the model remains.

* Spoofed in ''Film/{{Freaked}}''. Evil freakshow owner Elijah C. Skuggs shows off a model of his facilities, then proposes that the [[EvilInc Everything Execept Shoes Corporation]] upgrade it to 'Super Mega Freak World', which is represented a larger version of the same model.

A SubTrope of OnlyAModel. Compare ModelPlanning, which is about making an elaborate model to make some sort of plan of action. See also PicturePerfectPresentation.

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* In ''Film/BeatGirl'' the protagonist's father has one of these in his house, to show why she feels neglected.

** It also appears in VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope, where the fans [[FanNickname have given it the nickname of the]] [[MemeticMutation big building in Neu-Berlin]], much to the chagrin of the original lead developer.

* Reflecting history, ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' has Hitler obsessing over a massive scale model of what he wanted to turn Berlin into.

* In the ''Series/InspectorMorse'' episode "Twilight of the Gods", CorruptCorporateExecutive Andrew Baydon plans to endow a new college, and the model of it is on display.

* In 'Beat Girl' the protagonist's father has one of these in his house, to show why she feels neglected.

** The next guy misunderstood the instructions and presented what is essentially a building that would kill all the tenants (he normally designs abattoirs).

'''Zoolander:''' I don't wanna hear your excuses! The center has to be at least... ''three times'' bigger than this!

A SubTrope of OnlyAModel. Compare ModelPlanning, which is about making an elaborate model to make some sort of plan of action.

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

* From ''Film/AntMan,'' a model of the future Cross Technologies plaza is prominently featured in Darren Cross' presentations. When Scott shrinks and runs across it, the soundtrack references the ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'' example -- the track is titled, "A Center for Ants."

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

* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' ''Film/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.

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Boom Town" begins with Margaret Blaine (really an evil alien) showing off the model of a new power plant to the press. She is planning on blowing up the planet and escaping in a Tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator, which is hidden in the model of the power plant she's planning to blow up.

-->'''Burns:''' ...and it will carry 200 passengers from New Yorks' Idlewild airport to the Belgian Congo in 17 minutes!\\

* Going out of fashion with the increasing popularity of software like Photoshop and Blender, but these used to be a common sight at public meetings about proposed construction projects. Fictional examples of this trope tend to gloss over the fact that the model is rarely if ever completely identical to the final product as built; these things are built so that the project's backers, the local zoning board and -in theory- local residents can judge the aesthetic merits of the design and suggest alterations or improvements.

--> '''Fred:''' ''"I hate to bust your bubble, but if you build houses this small, who's gonna live in them?"''

* One section of ''VideoGames/TheLastOfUs'' has you pass through a room containing a model of a bridge that was apparently either designed or commissioned by whoever used to work there.