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Environmental Symbolism
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One way for authors to subtly (or overtly) convey and reinforce the mood of a scene, episode, or even the genre of the work is to make the environment symbolize it. Much like a character with an Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance, a setting can be made rife with symbolism to play up the emotional theme at work. Generally, the whole setting itself will reflect the overall mood of the show, while a special location for a given scene will display the current mood of the characters. |
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The whole Terminator franchise. Rarely is there a setting that doesn't seem artificial and futuristic and coldly systematic or wasteland=y or fascist-y in some way in order to show how easily we could slip into the robo-endtimes or scenes that are similar to how humans will fight robots in the future. There are quite a few settings to choose from: Corporate megaliths, computer stores, cement and steel everywhere, hospitals, police stations, deserts, ghettos, construction equipment, factories, warehouses, video game arcades, robot shows, etcetera. Even Sarah's offscreen death by cancer, most likely due to environmental reasons shows what living in a toxic, artificial world can do. | |
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In the Puella Magi Madoka Magica, there is background symbolism in the movie we didn't see in the Anime. In the alley scene where Madoka and Kyouko are talking, you can see wind chimes of a unicorn and a mermaid. The unicorn has its horn pointed to the mermaid, which is symbolic of Sayaka as the mermaid and Kyouko as the unicorn - think of their witch forms. That the horn is pointed to the mermaid refers to Kyouko attacking Oktavia. | |
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In Devil May Cry 4, all of Nero's battles with Dante take place in some classy room to show how those aren't completely serious fights, and Dante isn't serious about killing Nero; more like toying him instead. By comparison, the final battle in The Savior's heart is much darker in terms of the arena's appearance, and more climactic in terms of the tone. | |
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In Devil May Cry 5 the battles with Urizen/Vergil have clear symbolism related to how much we know and feel about him. The first is in a blood soaked throne made of vines as he appears to the world and the protagonists as a demon king come to drink the world's blood dry for power. The second area is in a warped recreation of Dante and Vergil's childhood home, through which the demon realm continously bleeds through as the battle progresses. A reflection of how they have been isolated and split from each other on the day Mundus' demons attacked and killed their mother. The final battle takes place on top of the Quiloth tree in the midst of the sky. While intense it shows that there aren't actually a whole lot of stakes involved, as Vergil intends to do what Dante wants with the Yamato regardless of the fights outcome. It also represents that the two are finally free to put aside their reivalry for something new, which Nero shows up to knock into them. | |
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The Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back comes with a heavy dose of Snow Means Death, as the Rebels narrowly effect a Tactical Withdrawal in the face of an Imperial assault on the frozen planet they have hidden out on. Cloud City, as its name implies, hovers over the clouds as a symbolic gesture that they consider themselves above the machinations of the Empire. | |
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The Graveyard from the infamous showdown scene at the end of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly emphasised the finality of the paths of the three principle characters. Sergio Leone had so brilliantly set up a situation where all three men couldn't possibly leave alive. Not to mention it was designed to look like a Roman circus, as if the graves of the dead were watching the three men fight. Most of the bits of architecture in the film resemble gallows, a running theme of the film. |
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Star Trek: Enterprise openly exposed the bolts and screws used to hold the sets together, giving it a Zee Rust appearance and submarine feel. | |
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Racer and the Geek is just so chock full of symbolism that it would take paragraphs to explain all of it, especially in the more recent chapters. | |
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In I'm Thinking of Ending Things, over the course of the night, the narrator notices numerous creepy, small details about the places around her (such as the lock on the inside of the basement door and one of the girls at Dairy Queen missing a fingernail). These symbolize that Jake's dream is deteriorating and become more nightmarish as he gets closer to death. | |
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Sonic the Hedgehog (2006): The first levels of all three main hedgehogs is reflective of their outlooks. Sonic has a sunny beach, showing his carefree and determined mindset. Shadow goes through a snow covered fortress, an emblem of his drive to find his goals regardless of the risks. Silver's is a fire burnt city, displaying his desperate objective to find a peaceful future. | |
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In Injustice: Gods Among Us, the heroes are transported to another dimension from a lush green park with a golden statue of Superman lifting up a globe, set to a blue sky. When Batman and Joker appear in the Regime world, it is within a grey urban district near a silver statue of Superman standing atop the globe, all under a dusk-toned sky. | |
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RWBY: The four main areas of human civilization have clear symbolism in how they relate to the teams story. Beacon is a lovely area bordered with lush foliage. While inviting, it also gives an air of complacency as the main focus is the animal-like Grimm that thrive in the woods. A world shaking event destroys Beacon when an attack is levelled from the unseen areas of the world. Haven is more rocky and bordered by ocean, showing that life is harder but nonetheless flourishes in spite of its difficulties. Here the heroes face great challenges but prevail in spite of the odds. Atlas is a floating city of military technology situated in the middle of a frozen wasteland hovering over the industrial town of Mantle. The elite of Atlas toil on their equipment while the common people below unendingly work for their benefit. Notably, from the view from Atlas Mantle cannot be seen at all. Team RWBY has to work to remind Atlas of the trials of Mantle while helping them complete a project to reunite the world. When Atlas decides to abandon its post, they have to keep them in place while sending a message warning the world of the threat. Vacuo is in a desert region. The heroes must prove the resiliency of humanity in the face of unending assault with minimal resources. |
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The Hunger Games: The sun sets almost instantly in the forest as the Muttations attack, and immediately rises after Cato dies, reinforcing the fact that it's the endgame. The Gamemakers control literally everything inside the Arena. | |
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Planet Gunsmoke in Trigun is a drought-stricken, Old West-ish place. Vash The Stampede is a depressive, Old West-ish guy. When he and Knives land on the planet and he cries over Rem's death, his tears are echoed by the falling debris of the SEEDS ship, and when he defeats his brother in the last episode, the nearby townsfolk who've been drilling a well finally strike water. | |
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As tempers rise over the course of 12 Angry Men, the room seems to get more and more claustrophobic; that's not an effect: the actual walls were gradually moved closer in as the film goes on, making the room smaller and smaller. | |
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In Crowns of the Kingdom, compare the location of each crown to the type and quality of the light when Mickey finds it. | |
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The Soul Rooms in both the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime reflect the psychological state of their owners. | |
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Elden Ring: While there are many different side areas to discover there are five basic areas of gameplay that absolutely must be crossed that all roughly show the birth and death of the world. Limgrave is a verdant but harsh place where greenery is abundant. Many quests begin here and a lot of npc's can be found here. Liurnia is a water covered and rocky area presided over by a massive school for sorcery in the middle. Knowledge about the state of the world and for spells to learn is abundant but there are many obstacles to acquiring it that can stifle your progress. Many side quests are brought into full swing here. Altus Plateau is very unique for having yellows and browns as its dominant colors. Most side quests end here and your journey to the capital city of Leyndall ends. The Mountaintop of Giants is a snow covered zone where life is few and far between. The only side quest npc's is one who advocates for the end of the world by fire and one that professes the gods should be held accountable for their actions and his befuddled assistant. Leyndall, Ashen Capital is the final area that you must go through to complete the game. The center of the world is now burning and you go through the capitals ash covered remains, the only side quest npc's found are a dead man with a final gift and his rambling assistant if he followed him. |
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The battle in the Emperor's throne room in Return of the Jedi featured severely muted colors, and twisted if angular structures. The only splashes of colors, the red Royal Guard, were pointedly sent away. The only colors in the fight are the lightsabers and Luke's face. | |
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Background Pony's story arc is parallel to the seasonal progression from summer to winter. It opens just before the summer solstice on a note of optimism. As the seasons progress toward the winter solstice, the protagonist's prospects become more hopeless and she undergoes a downward spiral into darkness. (Both the environment and her life gradually grow colder and darker.) In the early winter, she makes a heroic sacrifice. The last chapter begins in mid-winter (when the land is covered in snow) and fast-forwards through the rest of her life. | |
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Pet is about a woman held captive by her Stalker with a Crush in the basement of the animal shelter where he works. | |
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All of the dungeons in Persona 4 are reflections on how the characters see their reality like Naoto's secret base representing her childish side, Yukiko's castle reflecting how she feels like a princess waiting to be rescued from her prison, Rise's strip club representing how she feels like she's being turned into a piece of meat, Kanji's bathhouse connected with his hidden sexual desires that have gone to a huge extreme, Kubo's game dungeon representing his growing madness and disconnect from reality in favor of illusion, Adachi's twisted realm, the liquor store being run down, Nanako's childish vision of heaven, Izanami's foggy world and even the hub area representing how all of the town's interest in the murders. The shadows even count, representing various things in media. | |
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Sonic Adventure 2 contrasts the gameplay and locations of the Hero and Dark missions to show each sides conflicting ideologies. Sonic's first mission is in a sunlit city as he evades pursuers, culminating in a boss fight at night. Shadow's first mission is a boss fight and than he gets a level at night were he breaks through Gun's defences. | |
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The Expanse novella "Auberon" takes place on the eponymous extrasolar planet, which has an obnoxious, omnipresent odour, yet draws many human colonist with its promising interactions with Earth's biosphere. And where humans amass, organized crime's sure to appear as well. The protagonist, the new governor appointed by Laconia, is initially repulsed by the stench, but eventually gets used to it which foreshadows his own corruption. | |
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In Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Dante's first battle with Vergil is on the top of the Temen-ni-gru tower in the moonlight and rain. It's obvious since the sun isn't rising any time soon and the rain isn't stopping either, Dante won't be winning. Their second fight is in a much grimmer and dingier area because neither is going to win. Their final battle in a river of the Underworld is completely climactic (Orchestra and Latin music is playing in the background too) as the losing twin Vergil decides to dive down from atop the "waterfall". | |
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This is a huge part of the Silent Hill series. | |
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Sonic the Hedgehog begins in the tropical Green Hill Zone and steadily gets more industrial until it becomes a Blade Runneresque polluted wasteland, showing how Eggman's machines are destroying the ecosystem. | |
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The town in Edward Scissorhands is a bright and cheerful, if slightly off '50s suburbia, and thus has lots of bright pastels. The Professor's/Edward's castle, by contrast, is dark, empty and mechanical, in black and white. Since the whole thing is (possibly) about mental illness, the emptiness of it may symbolize Edward's loneliness, as well. This is Tim Burton's Signature Style; take a look at The Nightmare Before Christmas and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. |
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Pacific Rim: Bad weather persists for almost all of the film, especially whenever a Kaiju is on-screen, which in turn leads to a lot of Battle in the Rain. Only once the Breach is sealed and the Kaiju are stopped for good does the weather clear to a blue sky with puffy white clouds. Pretty fitting for a Climate Change Allegory. Trespasser makes landfall in San Francisco through thick white fog, obscuring its approach until it's too late. Knifehead surfaces off the coast of Anchorage during a fierce thunderstorm. The morning after, we see the weather conditions have turned to a snowstorm. It's also snowing when we see Raliegh working on the Wall and during Mako's memories of the Tokyo attack. Almost all the scenes in Hong Kong are set during rainfall, be it a drizzle or a downpour. During the final flight out to the Breach, the skies are a flat, uniform grey. |
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In Smallville, the eponymous town is always in brighter, warmer colours while Metropolis is colder and has a blue tone to it. | |
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Last One Standing uses the day and height of the sun as metaphors for life. The final location being on a hill outside Ponyville is symbolic for the smallness of the individual and their life. | |
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Resident Evil: You start off in a creepy mansion, then move into an underground laboratory. As soon as this happens, the creatures start getting weirder and more freakish. | |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine put them on an uninviting alien space station to demonstrate the difficulty and frustrations with working with another culture. As a note, the Defiant was given a very utilitarian and minimalistic set-up to look like a Federation-style war ship. | |
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Gotham City from Batman, to reflect the nature of Batman and his more noir-ish adventures, is usually depicted as a dark, grimy, cramped and gothic urban nightmare of a city, usually seen at night; Metropolis from Superman is more often depicted as an almost-futuristic steel-and-glass environment, usually a bit more open and clean and is more often seen during the day to reflect Superman's more optimistic nature. Frank Miller said that Metropolis is New York in the day, while Gotham is New York at night. This is actually taken to real issues when the superheroes switch haunts every now and then — not only are they both dealing with unfamiliar territory, but Batman complains that the smooth buildings of Metropolis have no catches for his grappling hooks or hiding places, while Superman's X-ray vision is impaired by lead in Gotham's older buildings. The crooks in both cities sure are caught by surprise though. | |
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Gunnerkrigg Court: The eponymous Court is massive and maze-like, with a muted color scheme and many dark corners. It fits well with the story's focus on the mysterious and the (slightly) macabre. | |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Kansas is described as "grey". This is reflected in the 1939 film, too. | |
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The Star Trek ships. Star Trek: The Next Generation had a solid wood arch bending around the command seats. It was put there because Gene Roddenberry wanted the ship to have a homely, organic feel as an exploratory ship, not a war ship. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine put them on an uninviting alien space station to demonstrate the difficulty and frustrations with working with another culture. As a note, the Defiant was given a very utilitarian and minimalistic set-up to look like a Federation-style war ship. Star Trek: Voyager scaled-down all of the sets to show a small crew that were really out on their own. Star Trek: Enterprise openly exposed the bolts and screws used to hold the sets together, giving it a Zee Rust appearance and submarine feel. |
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The first of The Garden of Sinners films has quite a few beautifully detailed buildings as the scenery... but most of them are in some form of decay and/or abandoned, reflecting the despair in the story and the crumbling of the human condition. It also represents Japan's economic crisis in the late 1990s, when the film takes place. | |
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MonsterVerse: A recurring but not universal motif due to the Titans' Fisher King effects on their surroundings, as well as Green Aesop and Climate Change Allegory shenanigans. Benevolent Titans like Mothra, Kong, and Godzilla are associated with lush jungles and waters. The MUTOs are associated with, (somewhat contradictorily) both rainy, overcast skies and the desert: inhospitable and not preferable to humans, but still capable of sustaining a rich ecosystem all it’s own, reflecting their nature as Non Malicious Monsters. Ghidorah is associated with the icy wasteland of Mysterious Antarctica, and also with hurricanes, lightning, and storm surges. Mechagodzilla is associated with the harsh, angular, cold, and entirely artificial interior of Apex Cybernetics’s labs and HQ. |
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Tatooine in A New Hope is a barren wasteland to emphasize that Luke really has nothing to live for on this planet, relatives notwithstanding. The base where the Rebels plan their counterattack, Yavin IV, has lush foliage to show that this is a place of peace. | |
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Pretty common for the theatrics in Death Note; a death always carries a grittier or grainier air, and some stuff glows more than it should (like open doors, police floodlights, and windows). | |
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The Wizard of Oz. See Literature. | |
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Devil May Cry: In Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Dante's first battle with Vergil is on the top of the Temen-ni-gru tower in the moonlight and rain. It's obvious since the sun isn't rising any time soon and the rain isn't stopping either, Dante won't be winning. Their second fight is in a much grimmer and dingier area because neither is going to win. Their final battle in a river of the Underworld is completely climactic (Orchestra and Latin music is playing in the background too) as the losing twin Vergil decides to dive down from atop the "waterfall". In Devil May Cry 4, all of Nero's battles with Dante take place in some classy room to show how those aren't completely serious fights, and Dante isn't serious about killing Nero; more like toying him instead. By comparison, the final battle in The Savior's heart is much darker in terms of the arena's appearance, and more climactic in terms of the tone. In Devil May Cry 5 the battles with Urizen/Vergil have clear symbolism related to how much we know and feel about him. The first is in a blood soaked throne made of vines as he appears to the world and the protagonists as a demon king come to drink the world's blood dry for power. The second area is in a warped recreation of Dante and Vergil's childhood home, through which the demon realm continously bleeds through as the battle progresses. A reflection of how they have been isolated and split from each other on the day Mundus' demons attacked and killed their mother. The final battle takes place on top of the Quiloth tree in the midst of the sky. While intense it shows that there aren't actually a whole lot of stakes involved, as Vergil intends to do what Dante wants with the Yamato regardless of the fights outcome. It also represents that the two are finally free to put aside their reivalry for something new, which Nero shows up to knock into them. |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. While King Théoden is under Saruman's control, his hall is dark and colorless. After he regains his right mind, the lanterns and fires in his hall are lit. | |
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Norman Jayden's ARI screen in Heavy Rain changes from a peaceful, sunny meadow to a sunset to withering trees in a storm as his brain deteriorates from ARI abuse | |
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The Last of Us Part II: The three main areas of gameplay have clear symbolism. Jackson and the area around it are in the winter covered in snow, giving the clear feeling of incoming death. Not surprisingly the infected are the most plot critical here as their relentless assault on Abby, Joel and Tommy gives Abby the opening to exact her revenge on Joel. Seattle is a water logged city, half covered in ocean and with rainstorms every other day. The protagonists are bogged down in their problems that will not end as long as they are in this city. Santa Barbara is a sun drenched city. Here the protagonists sins are finally burned off in a final battle. While they leave injured they do so ready and willing to let go of all the pain that they had before. |
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Depending on what actions you take in Bioshock 2, the lighthouse at the end will either have a sunset (good ending), a darkening sky (not-so-good, but not-really-bad ending), to a raging hurricane (bad ending). | |
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Black Swan has a case of the protagonist interacting with the symbolism. When we first see it, Nina's bedroom is decorated like a five-year-old's: stuffed animals, satiny comforter, pink everywhere. When the strain of trying to be darker and more sensual for Tomas while remaining pure and naive for her mother starts getting to her, she stuffs the teddy bears in a bag and throws them into the incinerator. Her last line in the climactic Grew a Spine scene is "I'M MOVING OUT". | |
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Deadly Harvest uses the bleak Canadian winter with its harsh yellow and brown color palette to portray the disintegration of both society and the natural environment as a result of the Endless Winter brought on by Climate Change. | |
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Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog begins in the tropical Green Hill Zone and steadily gets more industrial until it becomes a Blade Runneresque polluted wasteland, showing how Eggman's machines are destroying the ecosystem. Sonic Adventure 2 contrasts the gameplay and locations of the Hero and Dark missions to show each sides conflicting ideologies. Sonic's first mission is in a sunlit city as he evades pursuers, culminating in a boss fight at night. Shadow's first mission is a boss fight and than he gets a level at night were he breaks through Gun's defences. Shadow the Hedgehog has the first level in a city under attack, where Shadow can take a side in the fight or take the Chaos Emerald for himself. Seeing as most first levels are lush hills, it readily shows how different this game will be. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006): The first levels of all three main hedgehogs is reflective of their outlooks. Sonic has a sunny beach, showing his carefree and determined mindset. Shadow goes through a snow covered fortress, an emblem of his drive to find his goals regardless of the risks. Silver's is a fire burnt city, displaying his desperate objective to find a peaceful future. Sonic Frontiers rolls out the first three islands in rough order of an ongoing war. The first is a homely green and peaceful island that was once home to an ancient civilization. The second is a desert, bordered by rocks, showing how the civilization barricaded themselves to fight for their lives. The third is a desolate volcano, symbolic of a desperate final stand. |
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Sonic Frontiers rolls out the first three islands in rough order of an ongoing war. The first is a homely green and peaceful island that was once home to an ancient civilization. The second is a desert, bordered by rocks, showing how the civilization barricaded themselves to fight for their lives. The third is a desolate volcano, symbolic of a desperate final stand. | |
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In The Incredibles, the Insuricare offices are soul-crushingly drab, to better convey how much Bob Parr hates that job. Contrast that with the gorgeous jungle and Raygun Gothic architecture of Syndrome's island to see how much Bob loves being a superhero. The Parr home, with its Googie architecture, falls somewhere in the middle since Bob doesn't appreciate his family until it's almost too late. And Mirage points out the link between the brilliant-but-unstable Syndrome and his chosen home: | |
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In the Without a Trace episode "Silent Partner", two agents leave chilly New York City and the Victim of the Week's equally frosty wife to travel to warm and sunny Los Angeles (where he was last seen), where they meet his equally warm other wife. | |
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Princess Celestia's garden dream in Composure is so chock full of symbolism that it is harder to find a non-symbolic object than a symbolic one. Exemplified by the fact that there is not one, but three different interpretations for one fruit from one tree in one dream, all of which are different and could have drastic effects on the story's conclusion. In fact, the characters' different interpretations of what exactly the tree symbolizes is a plot point! | |
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The TARDIS console room "desktop" in Doctor Who, starting with the movie, tends to reflect the mood of the current Doctor incarnation and/or era: The first major redesign is introduced with the movie, becoming a sprawling, ornate room full of candles and Victorian furniture. This fits with the dandy-like Eight Doctor who makes his debut in the same movie. The War Doctor's console room (seen in "The Day of the Doctor") has the white, roundel walls like the "classic" incarnations with the coral support beams and the console later used by the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, reflecting this Doctor's status as a transitional incarnation. The coral-based design used by the Ninth and Tenth Doctors is supposed to show that TARDISes are organically grown. It also reflects the age of the ship and the MacGyvering repairs. The first Eleventh Doctor console room is asymmetrical and bathed in a warm copper colour, reflecting this Doctor's whimsical personality. After the Eleventh Doctor is forced to say goodbye to Amy and Rory, he switches to a stark, clinical metal room lit in cold aqua tones, more apt to his newfound morose mood. The same room is later redesigned by the Twelfth Doctor who adds orange lightning, bookshelves, a blackboard and more furniture, reflecting his "teacher/scholar" characterisation. The Thirteenth Doctor's relatively dark "crystal" console rooms seems to be a subversion, but it appears to be an Empathic Environment as it affects a cooler blue lighting when the Doctor's in a bad mood. To note, the actual console regains several whimsical controls and implements which the Doctor often plays with. |
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Pushing Daisies is set in a Retro World full of bright and cheery colors. The fish-eye perspective and high color saturation convey the Magical Realism of the setting. | |
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No More Heroes has each battlefield and the city itself reflect the characters... maybe. | |
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In Unpacking, the protagonist's long term belongings appear more damaged when she's going through the rougher parts of her life, and when she starts getting better they get repaired. | |
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Easy Rider: The film starts in the open landscape of the south west USA. Our hippy biker heroes get hassled by the cops, but they also meet friendly and cooperative people. Then the action moves to the Deep South, the horizon gets a lot closer, and the threat level gets a lot higher. | |
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Every single realm of the Endless in The Sandman (1989). When Orpheus visits Death, this leads to some confusion, and when Morpheus is imprisoned outside his realm it falls into chaos. | |
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Requiem for a Dream depicts several characters' downward spiral into drug addiction and the associated destructive effects. It progresses from summer to autumn to winter — so clearly, in fact, that there is a title card before each act that states explicitly which season is to follow. | |
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In The Saboteur, Nazi-occupied areas are gloomy and Deliberately Monochrome except for small splashes of primary colours (yellow lights, red blood and swastikas, and the occasional blue French Resistance emblem), but as you liberate an area the colour saturation gradually rises until the area is full coloured and cheerful looking, indicating that its entirely free of Nazis (except those that wander in from neighboring occupied areas, most likely because they're chasing after you) | |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Angel’s statue of Kwan Yin in Season 1 – like a true Bodhisattva, Angel will delay his own enlightenment to ease the suffering of others. A sign saying BEWARE OF DOG is shown behind Spike on several occasions. At the end of "The Harvest", Angel is shown next to a sign that appears to say "WATCH YOU", symbolizing his role as Mysterious Watcher. When he walks away we see the sign actually reads 'WATCH YOUR STEP' providing inadvertent foreshadowing for Angel's Heel–Face Turn in Season 2. |
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Negima! Magister Negi Magi likes to use this to emphasize some of the character's tragic Back Stories; series lead Negi's home village in the snow, immortal vampire Evangeline's war-torn battlefields in the 1400's, Asuna's colossal, rune covered tower at dusk in which she was the tower's Barrier Maiden. Akamatsu loves his characterization (expect Cherry Blossoms during happy scenes). | |
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More properly, Firefly used this in both the design of each character's room (in Kaylee's case the engine room as well, since we saw her there more often) and the kitchen/dining room, which had wooden chairs and crafty decorations to give it a homey feel. Also, the Alliance ships and buildings are sterile grey and blue, to fully emphasise the difference between them and the warm and friendly Serenity and the dry, earthy planets on the Outer Rim. |
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Shadow the Hedgehog has the first level in a city under attack, where Shadow can take a side in the fight or take the Chaos Emerald for himself. Seeing as most first levels are lush hills, it readily shows how different this game will be. | |
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Star Trek: Voyager scaled-down all of the sets to show a small crew that were really out on their own. | |
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A blatant example is Revenge of the Sith with Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel on Mustafar, a lava planet! The eruptions are about Anakin's state of mind and him bursting into flames was about his final transformation. And when he is defeated, he is cast down into the flames. | |
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X-Men: Apocalypse: Nina's bedroom lamp is on to reflect the joy and warmth of her interaction with her father Erik. In contrast, Jean Grey's room is bathed in darkness because she's frightened by her apocalyptic "nightmare," and her emotional ties to her surrogate father Charles are based on their mutual struggles with telepathy. | |
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In Lupin III: Dead or Alive, the general decay that we see in establishing shots of Zufu hint to the suffering of the people under General Headhunter's rule. | |
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Inception: Limbo is a barren wasteland, representing Cobb's lifelessness and apathy due to his obsession with his wife's death. Level one of the Fischer job is wet and rainy, literally because the dreamer went to sleep needing to piss. | |
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The Need for Speed games are a reflection of this. Hot Pursuit 2, for example, has shiny glass-and-steel cities, lush forests and heavenly sunsets in a tropical island to match its laidback arcade racing with supercars. Underground has a shiny metropolis with glowing streetlights and Underground 2 also has a graphic filter that highlights neon, paint and street lights to highlight the Fast & Furious-style glamour of the street racing scene. Most Wanted, meanwhile, went for a glass-and-steel metropolis under the glowing daylight with a brown filter to give it a gritty city feel, while Carbon replaced the gritty brown with modern, cutting-edge blue to emphasize how much of a Serious Business is street racing in Palmont. | |
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Star Trek: The Next Generation had a solid wood arch bending around the command seats. It was put there because Gene Roddenberry wanted the ship to have a homely, organic feel as an exploratory ship, not a war ship. | |
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