# Is the Rocky statue in Creed the only example of a "real pretend" statue in film?
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**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758 "2023-06-19T04:03:17Z")
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### Author:  [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/1 "2023-06-19T04:03:17Z")
Watching Creed (it’s on Amazon Prime) there is a scene where the (fictional) Adonis Creed visits the (real) statue of (fictional) Rocky Balboa (who is of course real in the film’s universe). The statue is real (it’s outside the Philadelphia museum of art) but it’s of a fictional character.
Any other examples of this in film? The fictional character depicted IRL has to be from another film, so even if you think they qualify as fictional a statue of Jesus or Buddha in a film doesn’t count (unless it’s a statue of Jim Caviezel as Jesus, in a film where that is just a normal statue of Jesus, I guess!?)
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/2 "2023-06-19T04:20:05Z")
I found some statues of fictional movie characters. But I don’t know if any of them have appeared in a movie.
Darth Vader
[ ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPv1f1K9w1M_Bk2jtKsFGLxoZ8h174G5aMiw&usqp=CAU)
Godzilla
[ ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyNBZYA_jrnlAXdtn-DsGjslqNJs_-AofC3w&usqp=CAU)
Maria (_Metropolis_)
[ ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTq-qv7F8wXBTRv6kYQfZBSO1WNUVsAyqscSg&usqp=CAU)
Napoleon Dynamite
[ ](https://rotblattamrany.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Omri-Oscar-Napoleon-Dynamite-Statue-6.9.14.jpg)
Robocop
[ ](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2014/06/robocop-statue-unveiling.jpg)
Sean Thornton and Mary Kate Danaher (_The Quiet Man_)
[ ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTWp21-gbJXYgnlXH0-KFReQo67_A84yLm37Q&usqp=CAU)
Yoda
[ ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSAK_LKcDuIyolVIp7rY1IZsqlwR8JgIfYAZw&usqp=CAU)
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/3 "2023-06-19T09:52:52Z")
Does the Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park count? Placed in 1959 it has been seen in several movies.
Inspired by the books of course, but had already had several or many movie versions by 1959.
> **[On Location: Central Park’s Alice in Wonderland statue](https://filmgrimoire.com/2014/10/28/on-location-central-parks-alice-in-wonderland-statue/)**
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> Nestled away in the heart of Central Park lies a big, bronze statue of Alice in Wonderland, with her friends the Mad Hatter, the dormouse, the White Rabbit, and the Cheshire Cat. This sculpture was…
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/4 "2023-06-19T11:17:27Z")
Not a statue, but in Rocky III there’s a Rocky pinball machine (which is a real pinball machine featuring a fictional character in real life, but which features a character that is real in the film’s universe).
It looks like the machine they featured in the movie was just a mockup, though.
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/5 "2023-06-19T11:28:52Z")
There’s the statue of Zephram Cochram in Star Trek First Contact and of course multiple statues in
the Lord of the Rings films.
And a statue came to life in Jason and the Argonauts!
[ ](https://dinosaurdracula.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/68.jpg)
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/6 "2023-06-19T12:18:25Z")
From the TV show (not a movie) “Happy Days,” there’s the Bronze Fonz, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
> **[Bronze Fonz](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Fonz)**
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> The Bronze Fonz is a public artwork by American artist Gerald P. Sawyer, located on the Milwaukee Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bronze Fonz depicts Henry Winkler as "The Fonz," a character in the 1970s television series Happy Days, which was set in Milwaukee.
> The sculpture, made of bronze, depicts actor Henry Winkler as he appeared in his role as Arthur Fonzarelli (also known as "Fonzie" or "The Fonz"). Fonzarelli was an iconic character in the 1970s television show Happy Day...
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/7 "2023-06-19T13:25:50Z")
The Peter Pan statue in London’s Kensington Gardens was shown onscreen in **Hook**.
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/entropy1138/496996679)
The Ralph Kramden statue outside New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal was briefly seen in **World Trade Center**.
> **[Ralph Kramden Statue](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ralph-kramden-statue)**
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> An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/8 "2023-06-19T13:27:22Z")
[Moderating]
While the OP’s question is strictly speaking factual, I think it admits for a lot of discussion beyond that strict factual question, and since it’s about art (on multiple levels), I think it’ll be a better fir for Cafe Society.
Moving.
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### Author:  [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/9 "2023-06-19T21:22:36Z")
The Rocky statue started out as a “pretend pretend” statue, aka a prop. It was cast for a scene in Rocky III, then after filming was moved outside the Spectrum (the hockey/basketball arena at the time). It was moved back to the Art Museum for Rocky V, then back to the Spectrum, then finally back to the Art Museum in 2006. So it’s really just a prop that’s been re-used multiple times.
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rocky-statue-in-creed-the-only-example-of-a-real-pretend-statue-in-film/985758/10 "2023-06-20T12:12:13Z")
Is there a Mickey Mouse cartoon where he visits Disneyland and sees a statue of Mickey Mouse?