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This is the use of models or Props to represent the areas used to make plans, given that such things are easier when people have the context of an area to see what to do.
Of course, the Unspoken Plan Guarantee means the plan rarely works as expected. But it still lets the audience not only know the plan, but also have an idea of what's happening when things go wrong.
A miniature is one of the most common forms of model for this, but CGI models are getting more common. Sometimes the model can even be 1:1 scale, usually if precision in the plan is a must. Holograms are also popular in more futuristic settings.
In Real Life, relief maps were not widely used in the 17th and 18th centuries, so models were common—especially when it came to military engineering, where a model was a must-have if you were building or besieging a fortress.
The Big Board and Planning with Props are Sister Tropes, which often overlap with this.
A Sub-Trope of Only a Model. Compare Exposition Diagram. Compare This Is What the Building Will Look Like, which deals specifically with construction projects and is often (but not always) associated with bad guys.
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In the episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1", Burns uses a model Springfield to show Smithers his plan to block out the Sun in order to make everyone more reliant on the power plant. After Smithers quits due to Burns' descent into "cartoonish super-villainy", Monty begins stomping on the model for fun:
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The Reveal in The Kennel Murder Case involves this, as Philo Vance uses a model of the Coe residence and the apartment building next door to demonstrate how the murder went down.
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Star Wars (Franchise)
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The Death Star attack plans in the Star Wars films A New Hope and Return of the Jedi are done with CGI models.
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Big Bad
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Cyrus Grissom does a hasty model to set up an ambush on the DEA/National Guard force in Con Air.
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Worth It
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In "Night of the Living Pharmacists," Phineas explains the plan to end the zombie apocalypse using a scale model. With the zombies breaking in as he speaks, Candace asks whether it was really worth the time to make the model. He says it was.
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A Running Gag in the Back to the Future trilogy: Doc Brown builds elaborate models of city blocks or canyons to demonstrate his plans to Marty, then apologizes for "the crudity of the model". It also catches on fire, repeatedly.
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