History UsefulNotes / Denver

Denver is the largest city in Colorado, as well as the state capital. It is nicknamed the "Mile High City", due to its elevation of 5,280 feet ([[CaptainObvious 1 mile]]). It has sports teams in all four American major leagues, (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) as well as having teams in other sports (Soccer, Lacrosse, Arena Football, Rugby, a few minor league teams, and even serves as the home base of Furniture Row Racing, one of the few UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} teams based outside Charlotte, North Carolina; let's just say it's a sports obsessed town). The team with the biggest following is the NFL's Denver Broncos.

** Also the US Capital in ''[[VideoGame/Resistance Resistance 2]]'', after DC is trashed by the Chimera in the tie-in book ''The Gathering Storm''. The city is destroyed off-screen (and most of the government killed) late in the game.

It is home to several universities, among them Metropolitan State University of Denver ("Metro State"), University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, and Regis University. The Molly Brown House, residence of one of the most famous Titanic survivors, is there.

Denver is the largest city in Colorado, as well as the state capital. It is nicknamed the "Mile High City", due to its elevation of 5,280 feet ([[CaptainObvious 1 mile]]). It has sports teams in all four American major leagues, (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) as well as having teams in other sports (Soccer, Lacrosse, Arena Football, Rugby, a few minor league teams, and even serves as the home base of Furniture Row Racing, one of the few UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} teams based outside Charlotte, North Carolina; let's just say it's a sports obsessed town) the one with the most following being the NFL's Denver Broncos.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}'' episode "Denver Is Down" has BigBad Doc Terror sinking the entire city into an underground cavern, where he intends to turn the populace into {{cyborg}}s.

* ''{{Series/Community}}'' (Jeff and Shirley are from there, and Greendale is implied to be located near Denver and/or Colorado Springs.)

Denver is the largest city in Colorado, as well as the state capital. It is nicknamed the "Mile High City", due to its elevation of 5,280 feet ([[CaptainObvious 1 mile]]). It has sports teams in all four American major leagues, (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) as well as having teams in other sports (Soccer, Lacrosse, Arena Football, Rugby, a few minor league teams, and even serves as the home base of Furniture Row Racing, one of the few UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} teams based outside Charlotte, North Carolina; let's just say it's a sports obsessed town) the one with the most following being the Denver Broncos of the NFL.

** Denver also becomes the U.S. capital in Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheDoorIntoSummer'' (after [[WorldWarIII The Six Weeks War]] destroys the Northeast) and Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/TheNewUniverse New Universe]] (after UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC is devastated by a fight between two paranormals).

** Denver also becomes the U.S. capital in Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheDoorIntoSummer'' (after [[WorldWarIII The Six Weeks War]] destroys the Northeast) and Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/TheNewUniverse New Universe]](after UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC is devastated by a fight between two paranormals).

** Denver also becomes the U.S. capital in Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/TheNewUniverse New Universe]] when UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC is devastated by a fight between two paranormals.

* At the start of ''TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'' series, Denver is the capital of the United States, though it's eventually evacuated as it's impossible to keep secure.
** Denver also becomes the US capital in Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/TheNewUniverse New Universe]] when UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC is devastated by a fight between two paranormals.

* ''GoodLuckCharlie''

* In the third book of the ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' series, Thomas and co. visit Denver in search for a former WICKED scientist who can remove the mind-controlling chip from Thomas and Minho. It's also revealed to house the other surviving Gladers after WICKED released them.

Despite having a high level of local government corruption (police corruption was once ranked as highest in the US) and ranking second in the US for pollution, Denver is generally portrayed as clean, friendly, and decidedly Midwestern. It is also often depicted as being next to the Rocky Mountains and being very cold and snowy, even though Denver is actually on the flat plains (though the mountains are still visible in the background[[note]]In pictures facing west, Denver has mountains; in pictures facing east, it might as well be in Kansas[[/note]]) and late spring through mid fall can be notoriously hot with arid and dry (albeit cold) winters being the norm.

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* It's implied that The Capitol of Panem, from Main/TheHungerGames, is located in what was once Denver.

* In what is almost certainly a nod to the above theory, the final mission of ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Blacklist'' takes place in an ElaborateUndergroundBase beneath Denver International Airport called "Site F."

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Despite having a high level of local government corruption (police corruption was once ranked as highest in the US) and ranking second in the US for pollution, Denver is generally portrayed as clean, friendly, and decidedly Midwestern. It is also often depicted as being next to the RockyMountains and being very cold and snowy, even though Denver is actually on the flat plains (though the mountains are still visible in the background[[note]]In pictures facing west, Denver has mountains; in pictures facing east, it might as well be in Kansas[[/note]]) and late spring through mid fall can be notoriously hot with arid and dry (albeit cold) winters being the norm.

* In what is almost certainly a nod to the above theory, the final mission of ''VideoGame/SplinterCellBlacklist'' takes place in an ElaborateUndergroundBase beneath Denver International Airport called "Site F."

* In what is almost certainly a nod to the above theory, the final mission of ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Blacklist'' takes place in an ElaborateUndergroundBase beneath Denver International Airport called "Site F."

Denver is the largest city in Colorado, as well as the state capital. It is nicknamed the "Mile High City", due to its elevation of 5,280 feet ([[CaptainObvious 1 mile]]). It has sports teams in all four American major leagues, (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) as well as having teams in other sports (Soccer, Lacrosse, Arena Football, Rugby, a few minor league teams, and even serves as the home base of Furniture Row Racing, one of the few {{NASCAR}} teams based outside Charlotte, North Carolina; let's just say it's a sports obsessed town) the one with the most following being the Denver Broncos of the NFL.

It is home to several universities, among them Metro State College of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, and Regis University. The Molly Brown House, residence of one of the most famous Titanic survivors, is there.

* ''{{Series/Community}}''

* ''ThingsToDoInDenverWhenYoureDead'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Yeah....]]

* It gets blown up in the novel ''TheSumOfAllFears''. [[spoiler: Changed to UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}} in the FilmOfTheBook]].

* ''{{Warehouse 13}}'' sets several episodes here, as Mycah is a native of nearby Colorado Springs, and her MyGreatestFailure moment occurred in Denver.