Eiffel Tower in Popular Culture - Other Appearances

Other Appearances

• 1977 The tower appears in background shots in Wim Wenders's The American Friend
• 1980 The song "Sexy Eiffel Tower", by the pop group Bow Wow Wow.
• 1981 Condorman attempts to fly off the tower in the movie by the same name.
• 1984 Robert J. Moriarty flew a Beechcraft V-35 Bonanza, N111MS, owned by Mike Smith of Mike Smith Speed Conversions in Johnson City, Kansas, through the arches under the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

• 1993 In a Bill Nye the Science Guy episode titled "Magnetism", Bill Nye mentions two examples of "very tall metal towers" and the first one is the Eiffel Tower. The tower is shown onscreen when he mentions it.
• 1996 - In the 1996 PlayStation game Twisted Metal 2 Players are able blow up the Eiffel Tower using a Remote Bomb
• 1997 - Current Programs on the Fashion TV channel are headed by an animated Eiffel Tower logo complete with lighting display, accompanied by the words "MichelAdam Presents".
• 1998 The tower is stolen by Rex the Runt and his associates in order to replace Blackpool Tower after it is destroyed by an explosion at Bob's International Hiccup Centre following Doctor Dog's takeover of the facility. After the Eiffel Tower is put into place at Blackpool Beach, the Union Jack is flown from its top and Bad Bob comments that "no one will even notice the difference."
• 1999 The Bloodhound Gang's singe The Bad Touch music video, the Eiffel Tower can be seen in many shots.
• 2000 In Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, the babies are atop the tower while using the giant Reptar invention.
• 2000 In the real-time strategy game of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Soviet forces turn the tower into a giant, extremely long ranged, incredibly powerful, and rapid firing tesla coil capable of destroying all French forces in the area and a major portion of the city. For copyright reasons, it is called the "Paris Tower" in the game, and has a radical change in design, however enough of the original design remains for the tower to be recognized.
• 2000 The Eiffel Tower makes a couple of appearances in Max Steel; in overhead shots of the city, the building the European N-Tek base is located under, and the scene where an hour-long EMP is almost used.
• 2001 In The Royal Tenenbaums, the tower appears reflected on the window in a brief scene of Margot Tenenbaum (Gwyneth Paltrow) with her French lover.
• 2001 In Beyblade, The Eiffel tower is the arena to two battles in episode 33 and 34 of season 1.
• 2003 The tower is seen in the Paris map of Midnight Club.
• 2003 In The Core, the tower is seen when the Earth's electromagnetic field repairs itself.
• 2003 The tower features in Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
• 2003 The Deathray Davies song "The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower"
• 2004 In Van Helsing, the tower is under construction.
• 2004 In Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, the tower is turned into a stronghold time-portal built by Genma Head-Scientist Guildenstein.
• 2004 The tower flies and moves around Paris in the puppet version of Without a Paddle, in a scene that starts only after the credits end.
• 2004 The Tower is the end location for a near fatal terrorist attack in the video game Shadow Ops: Red Mercury'
• 2004 The tower is seen in Eurotrip, and mentioned when a protagonist asks whether they should "check out the huge line at the Eiffel Tower".
• 2005 The tower features in A View from the Eiffel Tower by Montenegrin director Nikola Vukčević.
• 2005 In Evil Genius, the tower can be shrunk and stolen.
• 2005 The tower can be built as a World Wonder in Civilization IV.
• 2005 In Munich the tower can be seen in the background.
• 2006 In the game Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, part of the French Resistance level requires the player to destroy German anti-aircraft guns on and around the tower.
• 2005 In the BBC documentary End Days, when the accelerator of particles is destroyed, natural disaster hit Europe. The Eiffel Tower is seen on television when the hole reaches Europe.
• 2007 In Mr. Bean's Holiday, Mr. Bean goes past the tower in a taxi.
• 2008 In Impact, The Tower was seen when comets flying all over The Tower and A News Broadcaster standing right in front of the Tower.
• 2008 In NYC: Tornado Terror, After destroying New York City, the tornado moves east towards Paris. A small tornado forms right in front of the tower and the green electricity that previously appeared in New York appears on the Tower briefly.
• 2009 in video games The tower plays a vital role in the plot of The Saboteur.
• 2010 In The Suite Life On Deck, Cody and Baley break up on the Tower, and Zack and Woody Skydive onto it.
• 2010 In Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!, Phineas and Isabella walk near the tower while Isbaella is singing "City of Love". Later, Ferb and Vanessa are on the tower. When Ferb decides to get her a flower, Vanessa has left from her dad, Dr. Doofenshritz.
• 2010 In a 2010 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno the host mentioned in his monologue that there's been a string of art thefts in Paris. He then showed a doctored news report from Paris with the Eiffel Tower being stolen via helicopter in the background.