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| San Francisco | |
| Category: | City |
| Planet: | Earth |
| Continent: | North America |
| Country: | United States of America |
| State: | California |
| Points of interest: | American Museum of Natural History; Buckland Auction House; Chestnut Hills; Golden Gate Bridge; Halliwell Manor; Quake; Revenia Institute; San Francisco Ape Colony; San Francisco Police Department; Talmadge, The |
San Francisco is a major American city located in the U.S. state of California. The city is named for Saint Francis of Assisi and was founded on June 29th, 1776. It is the county seat of San Francisco count and the fourth most populous city in the state. San Francisco is a port city, known for being a major cultural and financial center. One of the city's most notable landmarks is the Golden Gate Bridge, which crosses the San Francisco Bay, linking San Francisco County with Marin County.
San Francisco was the central setting for the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. In the film, an parasitic alien organism comes to Earth and begins subverting the city's population by spawning clone duplicates grown from pods. A health inspector named Matthew Bennell and a small group of people try to expose and combat the threat, but they fail to stop a group of "pod people" from sending high volumes of pod sees on tankers bound for other ports of call. In this, San Francisco proved to be ground zero for an invasion that soon overwhelmed the entire world.
Points of Interest[]
- Black Widow's mansion
- The Black Widow's mansion is located on the North Shore of San Francisco in the state of California. The Black Widow began leasing the mansion early on in her career when she was partners with Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil. The Widow's mentor and foster father, Ivan Petrovich lived at the mansion as well. Murdock followed Natasha to San Francisco and began staying at the mansion rent-free while he was working at the law firm of Broderick, Sloan & Murdock. [1] The hippie supervillain, Angar the Screamer, began causing chaos throughout the city. He raided the mansion and managed to capture Daredevil, though the hero later escaped. [2] The Mandrill attacked the Widow's mansion and used his powers to mentally enslave her, forcing her to lure Daredevil into a trap. [3] Eventually, the Black Widow and Daredevil decided to leave San Francisco and return to New York City, though they were no longer romantically attached to one another. [4]
- Chestnut Hills
- Chestnut Hills was a neighborhood located within the city of San Francisco in the U.S. state of California. In 1986, Chestnut Hills became the epicenter of a string of bizarre and gruesome murders perpetuated a being that the came to refer to as "Closet Creature". The sheriff of Chestnut Hills was a man named Sam Ketchem. The town newspaper was the Daily Globe, which was run a managing editor named Ben Bernstein and included reporters Richard Clark and a d-bag nicknamed "Scoop" Johnson. Other citizens of note included scientist Doctor Philip Pennyworth, Professor Diane Bennett, Father Martin Finnegan, Roy Crane and his wife Margo.
- San Francisco Ape Colony
- The San Francisco Ape Colony was established in the Muir Woods Park twelve miles north of San Francisco around the year 2016. Apes who had been intellectually mutated by exposure to the ALZ-112 treatment claimed this region as their territory following a violent uprising that took place on the Golden Gate Bridge. The first intelligent ape affected by ALZ-112 was a chimpanzee named Caesar, who became the leader of the ape colony. The apes remained at this location until 2026, when Caesar led a mass exodus a prolonged war with the Alpha-Omega command squadron in Northern California. They eventually settled down in a quasi-desert region dubbed Oasis.
- Smelly Tulip
- The Smelly Tulip is a Vegan restaurant located in San Francisco. In DC Comics, the teen heroes Cassie Sandsmark and Tim Drake shared a romantic lunch here while discussing recent tragedies they had suffered in their lives. They had to abandon their lunch to go fight a group of masked criminals hijacking an armored car. [5]
- Union Square
- Union Square is a 2.6-acre (1.1-hectare) public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco, California. "Union Square" also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district that surrounds the plaza for several blocks.[citation needed] The area got its name because it was once used for Thomas Starr King rallies and support for the Union Army during the American Civil War, earning its designation as a California Historical Landmark.
Films that take place in San Francisco[]
- 2177: The San Francisco Love Hacker Crimes
- Core, The (partially)
- Creature Walks Among Us, The (partially)
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Doctor Who (1996)
- Godzilla (2014)
- Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
- Interview With the Vampire
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Invisible Man, The (2020)
- It Came from Beneath the Sea
- Pacific Rim
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Star Trek (2009)
- Terminator: Genisys
- Time After Time (1979)
- Venom
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage
TV shows that take place in San Francisco[]
Episodes that take place in San Francisco[]
Comics that take place in San Francisco[]
- Brother Power the Geek 1
- Brother Power the Geek 2
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol 3
- Daredevil, Volume 1 (Issues 87-110 only)
- Hellboy: Seed of Destruction 1 ("Monkeyman & O'Brien)
- Hellboy: Seed of Destruction 2 ("Monkeyman & O'Brien)
- Preacher 13
- Preacher 14
- Preacher 15
- Vamps: Pumpkin Time 1
- Wolverine Vol 2 12
Characters from San Francisco[]
People who were born in San Francisco[]
- Bradford Dillman
- Charles Barton
- Christopher DeFaria
- David Strathairn
- Jack N. Green
- Jean Marie Hon
- Julie Caitlin Brown
- Michael Lehmann
- Pat Welsh
- Sammee Tong
- Stafford Repp
- Stefanianna Christopherson
People who died in San Francisco[]
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