| Description | Location |
| Washington town where Laura Palmer was murdered and you can get a damn fine cup o' coffee | |
| Setting for the story within the book in The Neverending Story | |
| This town's name means friendship, not to mention frequent shark attacks, in the Jaws franchise | |
| Any of the superstates from George Orwell's 1984 | |
| Kal El's now destroyed homeworld in Superman | |
| Hometown of the Flash | |
| Setting of the wedding day massacre on Dynasty | |
| Any of the Massachusetts towns where HP Lovecraft stages much of his malevolence | |
| Home of the Norse Gods, location of Valhalla | |
| Setting for Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto III | |
| Home of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends | |
| Homeworld of The Doctor and the Time Lords in Doctor Who | |
| Surface city above the Hive, setting for most of the Resident Evil videogames and movies | |
| Chicago suburb that served as the locale for such John Hughes films as Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Pretty in Pink | |
| Setting for Richard Russo's 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and Ed Harris-starring miniseries | |
| Place where Jason Voorhees drowned, then resurfaced to kill a bunch of horny teens | |
| Maine city with an unusually high per capita murder rate, keeping Jessica Fletcher quite busy on Murder, She Wrote | |
| Metropolitan community defended primarily by The Tick | |