History UsefulNotes / ToledoOhio

* In the 1985 film of ''Film/BrewstersMillions'', it is mentioned that Brewster's highest-paying job was a year playing for the Toledo Mud Hens.

!!Tropes applying to Toledo:

* InherentlyFunnyWords: Toh-Lee-Doh. It's pretty fun to say all the "oh" sounds.
** For many years and two separate terms had a mayor named "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carty_Finkbeiner Carty Finkbeiner]]". (CAR-tee FINK-bye-ner)
* NamesTheSame: With Toledo, Spain. No one is completely sure if the two cities are related by name or not, but they are official sister cities. When the work of the celebrated Toledo, Spain artist El Greco (1541–1614) came to Toledo, Ohio on tour in the 1980s, the Toledo Museum of Art called it "El Greco comes home".
** Although it is somewhat important to note that there is a pronunciation difference between the two cities. Toledo, Ohio, is toh-LEE-doh whereas Toledo, Spain, is toh-LEY-doh.
** Toledo, Spain has a street named Calle de Toledo, Ohio. [[http://www.bhalu.com/naveen/photo/spain-99/toledo/toledo-ohio.html Picture]]
** And Toledo, Ohio's major newspaper is called ''The Blade'', to honor the Spanish city's legendary steel industry.
* PretextForWar: Toledo almost came to that in 1835–36. The state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan both wanted the "Toledo strip", the entire strip of land bordering Michigan and Ohio including Toledo and stretching to Indiana -- due to subjective interpretation of both laws and geography. The dispute came to the point where both Michigan and Ohio assembled their militias. Finally, the federal government intervened before any formal hostilities and they gave the Toledo strip to Ohio. Ohio was a swing state for the upcoming presidential election ([[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything as it always has been]]), so President UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson wanted to keep Ohio happy, and Michigan was still just a territory with no electoral votes and no representation in Congress. In 1837, as one of Jackson's last presidential acts, Michigan was given statehood and that upper peninsula it still has today, [[WinWinEnding which ended up being rich in resources]]. (So who ''really'' lost? Wisconsin!) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War Feel free to check out the full story on Wikipedia.]]
** While on the subject, the Toledo War has an interesting connection to the trope YouAreNumberSix -- Having a number instead of a name. Major Benjamin F. Stickney, an Ohio partisan, had two sons who were ''actually named'' "One" and "Two."[[note]]The assumption by their parents was they could choose their own names as they got older, but One and Two never did, seeming happy with their names.[[/note]] Two Stickney goes down in history for being responsible for the only bloodshed of the "war", when he stabbed a Michigan Sheriff's Deputy (whose injuries were non-life-threatening).
* WaterSourceTampering: Made national news when a citywide ban on drinking municipal water affecting 400,000 people was issued for about 48 hours, August 2–4, 2014. An algae bloom in Lake Erie -- caused by fertilizer runoff from the Maumee River, thus a manmade problem -- was releasing a toxin into the water supply and the citizens were warned against drinking and washing in it.
** Social media was having fun calling it the "(Empty) Glass City"

%%!!Tropes as portrayed in fiction:

* '''Katie Holmes:''' actress, ex-wife of Creator/TomCruise—yes, the one he acted crazy about on ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow''.

* '''Adrianne Palicki:''' Actress, best known for ''FridayNightLights'' and ''almost'' being WonderWoman.

* '''Katie Holmes:''' actress, ex-wife of TomCruise—yes, the one he acted crazy about on ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow''.

* '''Katie Holmes:''' actress, ex-wife of TomCruise—yes, the one he acted crazy about on ''TheOprahWinfreyShow''.

* '''Creator/DawsButler:''' Voice actor who voiced WesternAnimation/YogiBear, [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]], and many other famed characters.

* '''DawsButler:''' Voice actor who voiced WesternAnimation/YogiBear, [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]], and many other famed characters.

* '''DawsButler:''' Voice actor who voiced YogiBear, HuckleberryHound, and many other famed characters.

* John Denver popularized the song "Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio". It was written in 1967 when Randy Sparks and his group arrived in Toledo at 10 PM on a Saturday night, and found everything closed. Following a performance of the song on ''The Tonight Show'', there was a large public outcry from Toledo residents. [[AnswerSong In response, the City Fathers recorded a song entitled "We're Strong For Toledo".]] Ultimately the controversy was such that John Denver cancelled a concert shortly thereafter, but when Denver returned for a 1980 concert, he set a one-show attendance record at the venue, Centennial Hall, and sang the song as well to the approval of the crowd.

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In fiction, the city is a favorite to mean a not-really-significant-place. Even its residents aren't immune to this. Once a tourism campaign for the city ("Tole'''do'''" as in things to ''do''), was turned into a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' reference of "[[CatchPhrase D'oh!]]" instead of "Do".

** For many years and two separate terms had a mayor named "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carty_Finkbeiner Carty Finkbeiner]]". (Car-TEE FINK-bye-ner)

** For many years and two separate terms had a mayor named "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carty_Finkbeiner Carty Finkbeiner]]".

* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', set in DrewCarey's real hometown of Cleveland, makes several references to Toledo. A few notable examples include Mr. Wick being sent there by the Winfred Louder board for retraining, Mimi being rewarded for a good idea with a gift certificate that can only be used at their Toledo store (and only under some very specific conditions), and Drew's brother Steve attending a porcelain doll convention hosted by the city.

!!Tropes applying to Toledo:

* InherentlyFunnyWords: Toh-Lee-Doh. It's pretty fun to say all the "oh" sounds.
** For many years and two separate terms had a mayor named "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carty_Finkbeiner Carty Finkbeiner]]".
* NamesTheSame: With Toledo, Spain. No one is completely sure if the two cities are related by name or not, but they are official sister cities. When the work of the celebrated Toledo, Spain artist El Greco (1541–1614) came to Toledo, Ohio on tour in the 1980s, the Toledo Museum of Art called it "El Greco comes home".
** Although it is somewhat important to note that there is a pronunciation difference between the two cities. Toledo, Ohio, is toh-LEE-doh whereas Toledo, Spain, is toh-LEY-doh.
** Toledo, Spain has a street named Calle de Toledo, Ohio. [[http://www.bhalu.com/naveen/photo/spain-99/toledo/toledo-ohio.html Picture]]
** And Toledo, Ohio's major newspaper is called ''The Blade'', to honor the Spanish city's legendary steel industry.
* PretextForWar: Toledo almost came to that in 1835–36. The state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan both wanted the "Toledo strip", the entire strip of land bordering Michigan and Ohio including Toledo and stretching to Indiana -- due to subjective interpretation of both laws and geography. The dispute came to the point where both Michigan and Ohio assembled their militias. Finally, the federal government intervened before any formal hostilities and they gave the Toledo strip to Ohio. Ohio was a swing state for the upcoming presidential election ([[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything as it always has been]]), so President UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson wanted to keep Ohio happy, and Michigan was still just a territory with no electoral votes and no representation in Congress. In 1837, as one of Jackson's last presidential acts, Michigan was given statehood and that upper peninsula it still has today, [[WinWinEnding which ended up being rich in resources]]. (So who ''really'' lost? Wisconsin!) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War Feel free to check out the full story on Wikipedia.]]
** While on the subject, the Toledo War has an interesting connection to the trope YouAreNumberSix -- Having a number instead of a name. Major Benjamin F. Stickney, an Ohio partisan, had two sons who were ''actually named'' "One" and "Two."[[note]]The assumption by their parents was they could choose their own names as they got older, but One and Two never did, seeming happy with their names.[[/note]] Two Stickney goes down in history for being responsible for the only bloodshed of the "war", when he stabbed a Michigan Sheriff's Deputy (whose injuries were non-life-threatening).
* WaterSourceTampering: Made national news when a citywide ban on drinking municipal water affecting 400,000 people was issued for about 48 hours, August 2–4, 2014. An algae bloom in Lake Erie -- caused by fertilizer runoff from the Maumee River, thus a manmade problem -- was releasing a toxin into the water supply and the citizens were warned against drinking and washing in it.
** Social media was having fun calling it the "(Empty) Glass City"

* '''DawsButler:''' Voice actor who voiced YogiBear, HuckleberryHound, and many other famed characters.

While having taken a sizable hit in the collapse of the auto industry along with the neighboring cities of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} and UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, it has still become a city well known for its industry, particularly in glass (giving it its nickname of the Glass City) and auto assembly, as well as for its art community, education, and local sports teams. It also prides itself on the Toledo Zoo, which is touted as being one of the top ten in the nation.

!!Works set in or referencing Toledo, Ohio

* In Creator/MichaelMoore's breakthrough film, ''Roger & Me'', Michael and his film crew impersonate a film crew from Toledo.

* ''Series/{{Mash}}''. Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger is from Toledo; [[ActorSharedBackground as is Jamie Farr, the actor playing him]](Farr is actually from the Toledo suburb of Sylvania, which, interestingly, didn't suffer an electrical outage during the Great Blackout of 2003, which '''did''' cause a blackout in Toledo proper).

* ''Series/MelissaAndJoey'' is set in Toledo, and Melissa is a councilwoman.

* ''TheDrewCareyShow'', set in Drew Carey's real hometown of Cleveland, makes several references to Toledo. A few notable examples include Mr. Wick being sent there by the Winfred Louder board for retraining, Mimi being rewarded for a good idea with a gift certificate that can only be used at their Toledo store (and only under some very specific conditions), and Drew's brother Steve attending a porcelain doll convention hosted by the city.

[[AC: Music]]
* John Denver popularized the song entitled ''Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio''. It was written in 1967 when Randy Sparks and his group arrived in Toledo at 10 PM on a Saturday night, and found everything closed. Following a performance of the song on ''The Tonight Show'', there was a large public outcry from Toledo residents. [[AnswerSong In response, the City Fathers recorded a song entitled "We're Strong For Toledo"]]. Ultimately the controversy was such that John Denver cancelled a concert shortly thereafter, but when Denver returned for a 1980 concert, he set a one-show attendance record at the venue, Centennial Hall, and sang the song as well to the approval of the crowd.
-->''You ask how I know of Toledo, Ohio / well, [[YearInsideHourOutside I spent a week there one day]]...''
* In Kenny Rogers' ''Lucille'', the singer mentions being "[i]n a bar in Toledo, across from the depot."
* ''Our Song'', on Music/{{Yes}}' ''90125'' album mentions the city several times.
[[AC: Theater]]
* The old man in ''The Time of Your Life'' identified in the Dramatis Personae as "Kit Carson" (which may or may not be his name). Among his many stories is one about herding cattle on a bicycle in Toledo, Ohio in the year 1918, when a hurricane struck the town and left him floating northwest sitting on the roof of a house.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* In his WhereAreTheyNow epilogue in ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing'', it is said that N. Gin opened a custom auto parts store in Toledo.

[[AC: Western Animation]]
* The original ''VeggieTales'' short "Where's God When I'm S-s-scared?" reveals that the actor playing [=FrankenCelery=] in a horror movie that scared Junior Asparagus is actually a pretty nice guy. His name is Phil Winklestein, and he`s from Toledo, Ohio.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': Marlene points out that a zoo inmate Skipper believes "disappeared under suspicious circumstances" was actually just transferred to Toledo. (Trivia: Toledo actually does have [[http://www.toledozoo.org/ a rather nice zoo]])

* NamesTheSame: With Toledo, Spain. No one is completely sure if the two cities are related by name or not, but they are official sister cities. When the work of the celebrated Toledo, Spain artist El Greco (1541-1614) came to Toledo, Ohio on tour in the 1980's, the Toledo Museum of Art called it "El Greco comes home".
** Although, it is somewhat important to note that there is a pronunciation difference between the two cities. Toledo, Ohio, is toh-LEE-doh whereas Toledo, Spain, is toh-LEY-doh.

* PretextForWar: Toledo almost came to that in 1835-36. The state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan both wanted the "Toledo strip", the entire strip of land bordering Michigan and Ohio including Toledo and stretching to Indiana - due to subjective interpretation of both laws and geography. The dispute came to the point where both Michigan and Ohio assembled their militias. Finally, the federal government intervened before any formal hostilities and they gave the Toledo strip to Ohio. Ohio was a swing state for the upcoming presidential election ([[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything as it always has been]]), so President AndrewJackson wanted to keep Ohio happy, and Michigan was still just a territory with no electoral votes and no representation in Congress. In 1837, as one of Jackson's last presidential acts, Michigan was given statehood and that upper peninsula it still has today, [[WinWinEnding which ended up being rich in resources]]. (So who ''really'' lost? Wisconsin!) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War Feel free to check out the full story on Wikipedia.]]
** While on the subject, the Toledo War has an interesting connection to the trope YouAreNumberSix - Having a number instead of a name. Major Benjamin F. Stickney, an Ohio partisan, had two sons who were ''actually named'' "One" and "Two"[[note]]The assumption by their parents was they could choose their own names as they got older, but One and Two never did, seeming happy with their names.[[/note]]. Two Stickney goes down in history for being responsible for the only bloodshed of the "war", when he stabbed a Michigan Sheriff's Deputy (whose injuries were non-life-threatening).
* WaterSourceTampering: Made national news when a citywide ban on drinking municipal water affecting 400,000 people was issued for about 48 hours, August 2-4 2014. An algae bloom in Lake Erie - caused by fertilizer runoff from the Maumee River, thus a man-made problem - was releasing a toxin into the water supply and the citizens were warned against drinking and washing in it.

-->-- '''Simon''' in ''[[Film/DieHard Die Hard With a Vengence]]''

* PretextForWar: Toledo almost came to that in 1835-36. The state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan both wanted the "Toledo strip", the entire strip of land bordering Michigan and Ohio including Toledo and stretching to Indiana - due to subjective interpretation of both laws and geography. The dispute came to the point where both Michigan and Ohio assembled their militias. Finally, the federal government intervened before any formal hostilities and they gave the Toledo strip to Ohio. Ohio was a swing state for the upcoming presidential election ([[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything as it always has been]]), so President AndrewJackson wanted to keep Ohio happy, and Michigan was still just a territory. In 1837, as one of Jackson's last presidential acts, Michigan was given statehood and that upper peninsula it still has today, [[WinWinEnding which ended up being rich in resources]]. (So who ''really'' lost? Wisconsin!) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War Feel free to check out the full story on Wikipedia.]]

* WaterSourceTampering: Made national news when a citywide ban on drinking municipal water was issued for about 48 hours, August 2-4 2014. An algae bloom in Lake Erie - caused by fertilizer runoff from the Maumee River, thus a man-made problem - was releasing a toxin into the water supply and the citizens were warned against drinking and washing in it.

* PretextForWar: Toledo almost came to that in 1835-36. The state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan both wanted the "Toledo strip", the entire strip of land bordering Michigan and Ohio including Toledo and stretching to Indiana—and the dispute came to the point where both Michigan and Ohio assembled their militias. Finally, the federal government intervened before any formal hostilities and they gave the Toledo strip to Ohio. Ohio was a swing state for the upcoming presidential election ([[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything as it always has been]]), so President AndrewJackson wanted to keep Ohio happy, and Michigan was still just a territory. In 1837, as one of Jackson's last presidential acts, Michigan was given statehood and that upper peninsula it still has today, [[WinWinEnding which ended up being rich in resources]]. (So who ''really'' lost? Wisconsin!) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War Feel free to check out the full story on Wikipedia.]]

** While on the subject, the Toledo War has an interesting connection to the trope YouAreNumberSix - Having a number instead of a name. Major Benjamin F. Stickney, an Ohio partisan, had two sons who were ''actually named'' "One" and "Two". Two Stickney goes down in history for being responsible for the only bloodshed of the "war", when he stabbed a Michigan Sheriff's Deputy (whose injuries were non-life-threatening).

* PretextForWar: Yes, Toledo almost came to that in 1835-36. The state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan both wanted the "Toledo strip", the entire strip of land bordering Michigan and Ohio including Toledo and stretching to Indiana—and the dispute came to the point where both Michigan and Ohio assembled their militias. Finally, the federal government intervened before any formal hostilities and they gave the Toledo strip to Ohio. Ohio was a swing state for the upcoming presidential election ([[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything as it always has been]]), so President AndrewJackson wanted to keep Ohio happy, and Michigan was still just a territory. In 1837, as one of Jackson's last presidential acts, Michigan was given statehood and that upper peninsula it still has today, [[WinWinEnding which ended up being rich in resources]]. (So who ''really'' lost? Wisconsin!) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War Feel free to check out the full story on Wikipedia.]]

Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}} and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the state of UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}} to the north. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River and originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory, then re-founded in 1837 after conclusion of the Toledo War[[note]]Yes, Ohio and Michigan had a (mostly) bloodless conflict over the city. Their militias were called in, though—it ''could'' have gotten ugly.[[/note]] at which time it was incorporated in Ohio. Toledo grew quickly as a result of the Miami and Erie Canal and its position on the railway line between UsefulNotes/{{New York|City}} and UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}.

* ''Series/{{Mash}}''. Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger is from Toledo; [[ActorSharedBackground as is Jamie Farr, the actor playing him]].

While having taken a sizable hit in the collapse of the auto industry along with the neighboring cities of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} and UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, it has still become a city well known for its industry, particularly in glass (giving it its nickname of the Glass City) and auto assembly, as well as for its art community, education, and local sports teams.