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Down L.A. Drain

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Down L.A. Drain	comment	Fun fact: That's not just a storm drain system, that's what's left of the Los Angeles River (which would be dry in the summer if not for lawn runoff, and which has been put into concrete channels for almost its entire length). The river is pretty much gone now (except during sudden downpours), mostly due to urban development and diverting its tributaries. A major 1938 flood (yes, the river was once substantial enough that it overflowed its banks from time to time) that forced the recall of the then-mayor caused the Army Corps of Engineers to concrete the living daylights out of large portions of it, resulting in the grey manmade ditch you see today. Note that this is not the same as the L.A. sewer system. Basically, these large concrete channels get a lot of mileage for chase scenes in movies because they look interesting, they allow for a lot of speed, there's no traffic you need to block or divert for filming, and they're conveniently nearby for any shows or movies produced in the Los Angeles area (that is to say, anything produced in Hollywood, which is quite a bit of stuff). It's kind of like the urban car chase equivalent of Bronson Canyon and Caves and Kirk's Rock. May overlap with Absurdly-Spacious Sewer. Not to be confused with Down the Drain. If you want to see the river in something approaching its natural state, go north to Van Nuys and the Sepulveda flood-control basin (another result of the aforementioned 1938 flood), east of Griffith Park for a 3-mile stretch (now open since 2013 to kayaking and boating), or south to San Pedro and Long Beach, where the river still flows into the sea, sans concrete. There have been many calls to try and restore the rest of the river to a natural state, but none of them seem to have gained much traction at local, state or Federal levels. Compare with Artificial Riverbank for the Japanese equivalent built for similar reasons.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_1377df	comment	Terminator 2: Judgment Day, when the T-800 first encounters and rescues John Connor from the T-1000 (the motorcycle vs. truck scene), was filmed at the corner of Plummer and Hayvenhurst in Northridge, in the Bull Creek wash, a tributary to the L.A. river.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_1face1d7	comment	The guys of Adam-12 visit it a time or two in the series.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_21b21f35	comment	BoJack Horseman: BoJack meets a sketchy drug dealer here in "Ancient History". While no car chases happen (although Officer Meow-Meow Fuzzycheeks does take the drug dealer down), its importance as a setting to the film industry is talked about.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_2212773a	comment	Frequently used by Angel on Angel.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_22212fe4	comment	Bosch: Bosch and Irving stroll down the LA River and talk about how the city's spruced it up a little bit, but it's still an ugly concrete ditch. In episode 4, Bosch's pursuit of Reynard Waits through the sewers ends up with Bosch in the concrete ditch, having lost Waits. In episode 4-3 Drake meets Sheehan at the LA River and comments about how much he hates it.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_261c8d3f	comment	The Simpsons: In "Bye Bye Nerdie", Bart and Lisa miss the school bus, and Marge chases the bus around the drain system so that it stops and they can catch it. This location's overuse in car chase scenes was made fun of in "The Old Man And The Key", when Abe races a rival group of seniors through a similar ditch in Springfield. In The Simpsons Movie, Homer uses part of a similar ditch to get onto the dome.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_2675c915	comment	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4 has Phil Coulson race Robbie Reyes into here.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_28b53408	type	Down L.A. Drain
Down L.A. Drain / int_28b53408	comment	The Fairport canals visited early on in F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate are almost a carbon copy of the Los Angeles riverbed ditches.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_2b94f852	comment	A car chase in Cleopatra Jones takes us through here.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_30940081	comment	Grand Theft Auto V also has them in its version of Los Santos, and they get used in several missions. The climax of the Jewel Store Job has the player escape from the cops through the sewers and out into the river. In the mission "Hood Safari", after Franklin, Trevor, and Lamar get into a huge shootout with the Ballas, they escape from the cops by jet skiing through the river. In the mission "Fame or Shame", Michael and Trevor chase Lazlow up the river and humiliate him as revenge for him embarrassing Michael's daughter Tracey on national television. Sometimes when switching to Trevor, he'll be in the middle of throwing some poor sap off a bridge and into the canal.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_30f3c938	comment	In the finale of Volcano, they demolished an empty high-rise so it would fall into the path of a stream of lava flowing down a street, directing it into a storm drain where it would flow into the sea.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_457b671e	comment	24: Near the end of season three, jet fighters launch a bombing run to destroy a villain's helicopter parked here.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_47894b84	comment	The Discovery Channel show The Colony was a "survival experiment" set in a What If? After the End setting where Humanity has been wiped out by a disease. The gathered "survivors" had to band together to survive by any means that they could. Housing and warmth, defenses from animals and raiders, food, running water- all the necessities needed to survive. The 1st installment was filmed in an abandoned industrial park surrounding the Los Angeles river channels. The surrounding area was cordoned off from the public to ensure that the immersion wasn't broken. This also included making sure that no cars or planes were heard passing by.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_49cb0175	comment	In Ralph Breaks the Internet, the Car Chase between Vanellope and Shank leads them into an area reminiscent of the LA river drainage system.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_4c87ebce	comment	The car chase in Repo Man goes into the drains as well.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_53ca8cfa	comment	An Infinity, Inc. A Day In The Lime Light story about Yolanda Montez as Wildcat has her finding her brother Jose playing hooky with a bunch of his friends in this location, with her seeking after him because of a Satchel Switcheroo.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_5425ce75	comment	Grand Theft Auto The Los Santos storm drain system appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and is where most of the mission "Just Business" takes place; it can also be visited in "Gray Imports". Before and after that, it's a good way to slink around half the city, as it has slopes that lead to street level everywhere, and there's absolutely no traffic. Grand Theft Auto V also has them in its version of Los Santos, and they get used in several missions. The climax of the Jewel Store Job has the player escape from the cops through the sewers and out into the river. In the mission "Hood Safari", after Franklin, Trevor, and Lamar get into a huge shootout with the Ballas, they escape from the cops by jet skiing through the river. In the mission "Fame or Shame", Michael and Trevor chase Lazlow up the river and humiliate him as revenge for him embarrassing Michael's daughter Tracey on national television. Sometimes when switching to Trevor, he'll be in the middle of throwing some poor sap off a bridge and into the canal.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_5690420f	comment	DuckTales (1987): In "New Gizmo Kids on the Block", the police chase Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys along a Los Angeles River lookalike ditch.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_56a63131	comment	In The Simpsons Movie, Homer uses part of a similar ditch to get onto the dome.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_58602f09	type	Down L.A. Drain
Down L.A. Drain / int_58602f09	comment	In the film Point Break (1991), Utah chases one of the "Ex-President" bank robbers on foot, ending with him injuring his knee after jumping into the viaduct and his quarry getting away.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_5d654598	type	Down L.A. Drain
Down L.A. Drain / int_5d654598	comment	A few tracks in Split/Second (2010) are set in a storm drain system obviously based on LA's.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_5eff4a2f	comment	The plot of Chinatown revolves around the LA water system. The concrete structures are featured.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_610c498	comment	Need for Speed: Underground, which is set in a No Communities Were Harmed version of LA, has several races that take you through empty storm drains.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_6ad790db	comment	An episode of Top Gear (US) uses this to test three-period muscle cars and their 21st-century replacements. During a race from the Valley of Fire down to Palm Springs (and later onto the US/Mexico border) in Season 19, the UK version of Top Gear made a stop at one of these. Though, after a bout of tire-spinning from Clarkson, Hammond, and May, they had to make a swift exit.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_6bb65020	comment	The eponymous critter in Big Ass Spider! takes up residence here for a brief time during its rampage; obviously intended as a homage to Them!
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Down L.A. Drain / int_6c9193a1	comment	The Venture Bros. mostly avoided real-world locations until season six, but "The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together, Part 2" does have a scene set in the L.A. River. The Cleaner drops the Ventures off thereafter freeing them from the L.A.P.D.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_6ce0d19c	comment	In the Quantum Leap episode "The Kamikaze Kid" [sic] Sam leaps into a 17-year-old racing enthusiast in San Gabriel Valley, CA. He and the bad guy of the episode have their climactic race in the drains.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_6f04b075	comment	The 2003 Mark Wahlberg remake of The Italian Job has the heroes driving through the viaducts in Mini Coopers as part of their getaway.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_6f6fb1ff	comment	The Crew, of course, has them in its representation of LA. Bonus points for your introduction to Vincent: he's working as a stunt driver on a movie filming in the LA River.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_723e2d04	type	Down L.A. Drain
Down L.A. Drain / int_723e2d04	comment	The car chase in To Live and Die in L.A. includes a section where Chance and Vukovich are pursued through the L.A. storm drains.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_72a1ac51	comment	The Los Santos storm drain system appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and is where most of the mission "Just Business" takes place; it can also be visited in "Gray Imports". Before and after that, it's a good way to slink around half the city, as it has slopes that lead to street level everywhere, and there's absolutely no traffic.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_7bf6a74c	comment	The Beverly Hillbillies: In "Christmas at the Clampetts", the hillbillies receive a boat as a gift from Mr. Drysdale. Jed, having heard of the Los Angeles River, directs Jethro to take the family down to the "stream". The hillbillies are disappointed, to say the least.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_7dbd94ca	comment	The final scene of Circle is set here, before moving out to a nearby street.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_7ff6586b	comment	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension was shot at the Sepulveda Dam, which holds back part of the river as a flood control measure.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_84809b33	comment	You can drive the LA river in the video game L.A. Noire. A DLC mission culminates in a car chase down the river. The final mission takes you into the Absurdly-Spacious Sewer beneath the river channel.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_8509db53	comment	It's the site of the car race in the film version of Grease.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_9518407	comment	CSI: Cyber: In "Gone in 6 Seconds", the FBI catch the hacker responsible for the Murder by Remote Control Vehicle in the Los Angeles river channels. This was the spot of the car crash that cost him the use of his legs, so that is why he chose it for his ultimate revenge.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_976efc02	comment	Discussed in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie. They're having a Grease-style car race in the river, and Crow riffs "The L.A. River, for all your car-chase needs!"
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Down L.A. Drain / int_997387b2	comment	A drag race in the river plays a pivotal role in Turbo. It's where the main character, a snail that wants to be fast, gets Super Speed after getting caught inside one of the cars' engines, and gets an infusion of nitrous oxide.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_9ce50739	comment	Midnight Club: Los Angeles: Also happens to be a drivable location there.◊
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Down L.A. Drain / int_9e6cec94	comment	Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) has an L.A. river chase scene.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_a1126aef	comment	In The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Villanazul metaphorically uses this as part of his "No More Holding Back" Speech to inspire the people of the barrio to "cross the river" from the Wrong Side of the Tracks.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_a2add1d3	comment	Snapper Canal in Splatoon 2 is a playable stage set in a large urban canal running under a train bridge, which bears several similarities to the L.A. River. According to Pearl, the canal may also be used for filming high-speed chase scenes in action movies.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_a5fec434	comment	In Twisted Metal (1995), set in Los Angeles, a canal similar to the LA river runs through the Cyburbia stage.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_ac303d1f	comment	In Boulevard Nights, Raymond's neighborhood directly abuts the LA "River"; in the opening scene he and a buddy scamper down into the concrete ditch to drink beer. Later, after Chuco gets shot, Raymond takes the car on a wild careening ride through the drain as he races to the hospital.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_bfb83ad6	comment	Freaky Friday (1976): The madcap chase Annabel leads the cops on ends here, as a wild ride through the LA River basin ends with both cop cars getting wrecked.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_cc45664	comment	Kim Lip of LOONA runs down one of these channels in "Girl Front".
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Down L.A. Drain / int_ec52a5b9	comment	In Transformers (2007), Sector Seven are chasing after the Autobots, Sam, and Mikaela, and they wind up there, as well subsequently capturing Bumblebee not far from the 4th Street bridge.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_f5799bd9	comment	An episode of The Critic when Jay is working as a screenwriter has him chase down the producer in a car chase that ends at the Los Angeles River, complete with helpful sign lampshading its overuse for this purpose in media.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_fcfa72e	comment	There's some driving down the L.A. river in the film Drive (2011). Since The Driver seems to see himself as a character in a film, this is a direct nod to the trope itself.
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Down L.A. Drain / int_febb8460	comment	Something that looks suspiciously like the LA river drain system can be seen in exterior shots of the Torumekian capital city of Tolas in the manga version of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, suggesting Tolas may in fact be a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.note It is also worth mentioning that artificial riverbanks similar in appearance to the L.A. river drain system (but with grass instead of concrete) are a common sight in Japan as well.
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