# Movies in which the Statue of Liberty is destroyed or ruined **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232 "2014-01-31T20:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/21 "2014-02-01T09:35:46Z")
Stolen in the year leading up to Despicable Me. …The small one, from Las Vegas. Video game example: Lady Liberty’s damaged head was found in an art dealer and overall nasty guy’s private vault in Mass Effect 2. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/22 "2014-02-02T09:47:41Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > It was far from destroyed, and actually in impossibly good shape considering how thin the copper skin really is compared to the hardened concrete buildings that are apparently gone without a trace. Listen, I’ve visited the Statue of Liberty. Take it from me, [it’s pretty ruined](http://sciencefictionruminations.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/adventures-in-science-fiction-cover-art-the-statue-of-liberty/) in _Planet of the Apes_. I would definitely have noticed if it looked like this on the day we visited and would have registered a complaint for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/23 "2014-02-02T12:36:34Z")
In the alternate universe in the TV show Fringe, the Statue of Liberty is bronze colored instead of green, making it arguably the rare fiction that \*improves \*the statue (unfortunately, Liberty Island is also the headquarters of the US DoD, and off-limits to the public). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/24 "2014-02-02T18:27:34Z")
Another comic book example: [Doomsday +1 (No.1)](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KypEs8uC3b4/TS9eGOIXjKI/AAAAAAAABFU/q_uZbfwhKGM/s1600/Doomsday-Plus-One-01-00.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/25 "2014-07-28T19:36:04Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Day After Tomorrow. Hit by giant tsunami. Also in _Deep Impact_, at 1:50 here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl0USo6q1js](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl0USo6q1js) > [@Morbo](#): > > In **Children Of Men** they show it being destroyed in an ad by a nuclear terrorist attack > [@j666](#): > > Really? I don’t remember that at all … I just saw the movie a few months ago, and I don’t recall that, either. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/26 "2014-07-28T19:40:25Z")
Here’s a nice list: > **[Statue of Liberty in popular culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty_in_popular_culture#Damage_and_destruction)** > > After its unveiling in 1886, the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, quickly became iconic, and began to be featured on posters, postcards, pictures and books. The statue's likeness has also appeared in films, television programs, music videos, and video games, and has been used in logos, on postage stamps and coins, and in theatrical productions. Liberty Enlightening the World remains a popular local, national, and international political symbol o... ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/27 "2014-07-28T19:55:41Z")
Wow, Wiki has a list for, like, _everything!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/28 "2014-07-28T20:00:05Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Video game example: Lady Liberty’s damaged head was found in an art dealer and overall nasty guy’s private vault in Mass Effect 2. Example 2: She got her head blowed clean off in (before) Deus Ex. I also have to assume that all the firepower Our Hero unleashes inside the lady can’t be doing any good. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/29 "2014-07-28T20:21:41Z")
Prepare for [Sharknado 2](http://tve_static-syfy.nbcuni.com/prod/image/330/747/Sharknado2_detail_2560x1450_1280x725_268736067814.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232/30 "2014-07-29T01:03:44Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Listen, I’ve visited the Statue of Liberty. Take it from me, [it’s pretty ruined](http://sciencefictionruminations.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/adventures-in-science-fiction-cover-art-the-statue-of-liberty/) in _Planet of the Apes_. I would definitely have noticed if it looked like this on the day we visited and would have registered a complaint for sure. I was gonna ask if the _Planet of the Apes_ iconic ending was the first time the Statue was used that way, but that link gave me the answer, thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-statue-of-liberty-is-destroyed-or-ruined/680232.md?page=1)