Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Midway City is devastated by the Enchantress in ''Film/SuicideSquad'', and the members of Task Force X wander through the deserted city shortly after arriving.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
Cities are a great sign of city achievement. They're huge, filled with people, and hubs of business, which makes it narratively interesting to see them [[SceneryGorn torn down.]] Fire raining from the sky, buildings collapsing on each other, monsters roaming the streets, and any kitchen sinks left intact being thrown in your face.
to:
Cities are a great sign of city achievement. They're huge, filled with people, and hubs of business, which makes it narratively interesting to see them [[SceneryGorn torn down.]] down]]. Fire raining from the sky, buildings collapsing on each other, monsters roaming the streets, and any kitchen sinks left intact being thrown in your face.
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/LostCities'': Each chapter describes the abandoned ruins of a fantastical city long after its abandonment and destruction. The writing mostly focuses on themes of decaying grandeur and of the downfall of hubris, as the halls, monuments and achievements of what was once a mighty city sit lonely and abandoned, slowly succumbing to the ravages of nature.
[[/folder]]
* ''Fanfic/LostCities'': Each chapter describes the abandoned ruins of a fantastical city long after its abandonment and destruction. The writing mostly focuses on themes of decaying grandeur and of the downfall of hubris, as the halls, monuments and achievements of what was once a mighty city sit lonely and abandoned, slowly succumbing to the ravages of nature.
[[/folder]]
Deleted line(s) 22 (click to see context) :
Deleted line(s) 44 (click to see context) :
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
%%Examples on this page have been alphabetized.
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** During the massive battle at the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Metropolis is reduced to a smoke-filled wasteland for the survivors to straggle around while avoiding collapsing buildings.
** In the sequel ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', the same environment is presented, but from the perspective of a desperate ComicBook/{{Batman}}, who sees Superman tear through buildings with his heat vision.
** During the massive battle at the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Metropolis is reduced to a smoke-filled wasteland for the survivors to straggle around while avoiding collapsing buildings.
** In the sequel ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', the same environment is presented, but from the perspective of a desperate ComicBook/{{Batman}}, who sees Superman tear through buildings with his heat vision.
* ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay'' reduces the Capitol to this by its second part, between the hundreds of traps the Gamemakers have placed all over the city and [[spoiler:the bombings by the rebel insurgency.]]
Deleted line(s) 24,26 (click to see context) :
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** During the massive battle at the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Metropolis is reduced to a smoke-filled wasteland for the survivors to straggle around while avoiding collapsing buildings.
** In the sequel ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', the same environment is presented, but from the perspective of a desperate ComicBook/{{Batman}}, who sees Superman tear through buildings with his heat vision.
** During the massive battle at the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Metropolis is reduced to a smoke-filled wasteland for the survivors to straggle around while avoiding collapsing buildings.
** In the sequel ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', the same environment is presented, but from the perspective of a desperate ComicBook/{{Batman}}, who sees Superman tear through buildings with his heat vision.
Deleted line(s) 31 (click to see context) :
* ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay'' reduces the Capitol to this by its second part, between the hundreds of traps the Gamemakers have placed all over the city and [[spoiler:the bombings by the rebel insurgency.]]
Deleted line(s) 45 (click to see context) :
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "The Day of the Doctor" depicts the capital of Gallifrey as the Daleks begin to destroy the planet. This destruction is what pushes the War Doctor past the GodzillaThreshold and leads him to use the Moment to end the Time War.
Added DiffLines:
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "The Day of the Doctor" depicts the capital of Gallifrey as the Daleks begin to destroy the planet. This destruction is what pushes the War Doctor past the GodzillaThreshold and leads him to use the Moment to end the Time War.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* Arrowverse:
to:
* Arrowverse:''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'':
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'' turns Central City into this in "Out of Time", thanks to the Weather Wizard's tidal wave.
to:
* Arrowverse:
** ''Series/TheFlash2014'' turns Central City into this in "Out of Time", thanks to the Weather Wizard's tidalwave.wave. However, we don't actually see the ruins thanks to Barry reversing time.
** Played straight in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', where the Legends visit a future Star City, left in ruins by Deathstroke's attacks and defended only by the new Green Arrow. The Legends do manage to end Deathstroke's reign of terror, but there are plenty of criminals in the city to the help fill the vacuum.
** ''Series/TheFlash2014'' turns Central City into this in "Out of Time", thanks to the Weather Wizard's tidal
** Played straight in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', where the Legends visit a future Star City, left in ruins by Deathstroke's attacks and defended only by the new Green Arrow. The Legends do manage to end Deathstroke's reign of terror, but there are plenty of criminals in the city to the help fill the vacuum.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 40,41 (click to see context) from:
* In the original version of ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'', London is reduced to an empty city of with abandoned ruins, partially destroyed buildings, and an infestation of the extraterrestrial red weed.
to:
* In the original version of ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'', ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', London is reduced to an empty city of with abandoned ruins, partially destroyed buildings, and an infestation of the extraterrestrial red weed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In the original version of ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'', London is reduced to an empty city of with abandoned ruins, partially destroyed buildings, and an infestation of the extraterrestrial red weed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* During the first wave of attacks in ''Film/IndependenceDay'', Jasmine Dubrow and her son barely manage to survive the destruction of Los Angeles. The next day, she begins seeking out survivors, and the crumbling ruins of the city are shown in full detail.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Chapter 5 of ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy'', "Rapture", takes place in one, probably destroyed by the nuclear explosion at the end of chapter 4.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''TabletopGame/FlyingCircus'': Most of Himmilgard's surviving inhabitants live outside of the cities, which are still decimated from the war and are filled with supernatural poison gas. Some of the illustrations show off the SceneryGorn of the toxic ruins.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 17 (click to see context) :
Changed line(s) 43 (click to see context) from:
* For the fiftieth anniversary of ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Day of the Doctor" depicts the capital of Gallifrey as the Daleks begin to destroy the planet. This destruction is what pushes the War Doctor past the GodzillaThreshold and leads him to use the Moment to end the Time War.
to:
* For the fiftieth anniversary of ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/DoctorWho'': "The Day of the Doctor" depicts the capital of Gallifrey as the Daleks begin to destroy the planet. This destruction is what pushes the War Doctor past the GodzillaThreshold and leads him to use the Moment to end the Time War.
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Summerland}}'': The game is largely assumed to take place in or close by the ruins of pre-Event towns, cities and suburbs. Consequently, the ruins of civilization are a major feature within the Sea of Leaves. Most have been severely damaged by burgeoning trees and often heavily covered by plant growth and leaf litter, but the remnants of walls, roads and entire buildings are common sights, the tunnels of former subways and sewers are important travel routes, and several survivor communities exist within the hulks of more intact buildings.
[[/folder]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Summerland}}'': The game is largely assumed to take place in or close by the ruins of pre-Event towns, cities and suburbs. Consequently, the ruins of civilization are a major feature within the Sea of Leaves. Most have been severely damaged by burgeoning trees and often heavily covered by plant growth and leaf litter, but the remnants of walls, roads and entire buildings are common sights, the tunnels of former subways and sewers are important travel routes, and several survivor communities exist within the hulks of more intact buildings.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** [[spoiler:The ruins get torn down when peace is achieved humans and robots.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
* ''Literature/TheLastHuman'': Every day, [=XR=]_935 and its assigned parent-bots walk through the crumbling remains of a human city to get to and from work. Parent_1 and Parent_2 state to [=XR=] that the reason the ruins were left as they are is as a reminder of humanity's flaws.
to:
* ''Literature/TheLastHuman'': ''Literature/TheLastHuman2019'': Every day, [=XR=]_935 and its assigned parent-bots walk through the crumbling remains of a human city to get to and from work. Parent_1 and Parent_2 state to [=XR=] that the reason the ruins were left as they are is as a reminder of humanity's flaws.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Literature/TheLastHuman'': Every day, [=XR=]_935 and its assigned parent-bots walk through the crumbling remains of a human city to get to and from work. Parent_1 and Parent_2 state to [=XR=] that the reason the ruins were left as they are is as a reminder of humanity's flaws.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:Real Life]]
* Prypiat, Ukraine, the site of the UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} disaster.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Voices in the Earth", Professor Donald Knowles, Jacinda Carlyle, Archer and Bledsoe explore the 1,000-year-old decaying ruins of a city on the [[EarthThatWas dead Earth]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E66Two Two]]", the man and woman are the first people to set foot in the ruined city since the war that devastated the world five years earlier. They discover the skeletal remains of several people and even two birds that someone kept as pets.
to:
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E66Two Two]]", the man and woman are the first people to set foot in the ruined city since the war that devastated the world five years earlier. They discover the skeletal remains of several people and even two birds that someone kept as pets.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''VideoGame/{{Miscreated}}'' is set in a world destroyed by The Final War and mutated by the mutant plague by the fallout.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 41,44 (click to see context) from:
* For the fiftieth anniversary of ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Day of the Doctor" depicts the capital of Gallifrey as the Daleks begin to destroy the planet. This destruction is what pushes the Doctor pass the GodzillaThreshold and use the Moment to end the war.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'' turns Central City into this in "Out of Time," thanks to the Weather Wizard's tidal wave.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' dabbles into this in "The End," when Dean has a vision of the world upon Satan's rise to power.
* The ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Time Enough At Last" ends in this setting, since the world was destoyed by nuclear war.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'' turns Central City into this in "Out of Time," thanks to the Weather Wizard's tidal wave.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' dabbles into this in "The End," when Dean has a vision of the world upon Satan's rise to power.
* The ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Time Enough At Last" ends in this setting, since the world was destoyed by nuclear war.
to:
* For the fiftieth anniversary of ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Day of the Doctor" depicts the capital of Gallifrey as the Daleks begin to destroy the planet. This destruction is what pushes the War Doctor pass past the GodzillaThreshold and leads him to use the Moment to end the war.
Time War.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'' turns Central City into this in "Out ofTime," Time", thanks to the Weather Wizard's tidal wave.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' dabbles into this in "TheEnd," End" when Dean has a vision of the world upon Satan's rise to power.
*The ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Time ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time EnoughAt Last" at Last]]" ends in this setting, since the world was destoyed destroyed by [[WorldWarIII nuclear war.war]].
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E66Two Two]]", the man and woman are the first people to set foot in the ruined city since the war that devastated the world five years earlier. They discover the skeletal remains of several people and even two birds that someone kept as pets.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'' turns Central City into this in "Out of
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' dabbles into this in "The
*
** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E66Two Two]]", the man and woman are the first people to set foot in the ruined city since the war that devastated the world five years earlier. They discover the skeletal remains of several people and even two birds that someone kept as pets.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 69 (click to see context) from:
* The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series frequently employs this trope:
to:
* The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series frequently employs this trope:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/ForbiddenFlats'': Hope's group comes across a number of these on their trip to Heaven's Reach. Since in the book's world, all iron was rendered too soft to use for construction after the dropping of the [[FantasticNuke Green Bombs]], several buildings are either fallen over, or they've curled downwards from their own weight. Hope's group spends a night with a group of people living under a topped building. [[spoiler:Said people were who Hope's birth family lived with.]]
[[/folder]]
* ''Literature/ForbiddenFlats'': Hope's group comes across a number of these on their trip to Heaven's Reach. Since in the book's world, all iron was rendered too soft to use for construction after the dropping of the [[FantasticNuke Green Bombs]], several buildings are either fallen over, or they've curled downwards from their own weight. Hope's group spends a night with a group of people living under a topped building. [[spoiler:Said people were who Hope's birth family lived with.]]
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 64 (click to see context) from:
* ''VideoGame/{{Sheltered}} is set in the aftermath of a nuclear war, meaning the landscape has plenty of ruined buildings in it.
to:
* ''VideoGame/{{Sheltered}} ''VideoGame/{{Sheltered}}'' is set in the aftermath of a nuclear war, meaning the landscape has plenty of ruined buildings in it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Film/RobotWorld'': The ruins the astronaut encounters on the planet include a suspension bridge, a residential area, and a military bunker. [[spoiler:This is because [[EarthAllAlong he's actually on Earth]].]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 78 (click to see context) from:
* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'', post-apocalyptic as it is, has the main characters pass through quite a few on their journey; particular attention is paid to what used to be Copenhagen, and [[RealPlaceBackground Real Place Backgrounds]] abound.
to:
* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'', post-apocalyptic as it is, has the main characters pass through quite a few on their journey; particular attention is paid to what used to be Copenhagen, and [[RealPlaceBackground Real {{Real Place Backgrounds]] Background}}s abound.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'', post-apocalyptic as it is, has the main characters pass through quite a few on their journey; particular attention is paid to what used to be Copenhagen, and [[RealPlaceBackground Real Place Backgrounds]] abound.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''VideoGame/{{Sheltered}} is set in the aftermath of a nuclear war, meaning the landscape has plenty of ruined buildings in it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Literature/EmilAndTheDetectives'': The 1964 Disney version is set in the late 1945-early 1946 ruins of Berlin.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In the wake of the Cataclysm event and through ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' Gotham is reduced to ruins, with nearly every building and bridge suffering structural damage and most of the taller ones having fallen over or been otherwise destroyed. Even after No-Mans Land is over entire sections of the city are condemned and roped off with caution tape, ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' shows that the old opera house in in such a section even though it's only about three blocks from his parents' apartment which is in an area that's being repaired and is bustling with activity.
[[/folder]]
* In the wake of the Cataclysm event and through ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' Gotham is reduced to ruins, with nearly every building and bridge suffering structural damage and most of the taller ones having fallen over or been otherwise destroyed. Even after No-Mans Land is over entire sections of the city are condemned and roped off with caution tape, ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' shows that the old opera house in in such a section even though it's only about three blocks from his parents' apartment which is in an area that's being repaired and is bustling with activity.
[[/folder]]