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<div>:''Griffith Observatory is a place in the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''<br />
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[[Image:Movie GriffithObservatory Arrival.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Bumblebee, Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes watch the arrival of the Autobot protoforms on Earth.]]<br />
The '''Griffith Observatory''' is a big and fancy-looking, well, ''observatory'' (who'd have guessed?) ''presumably'' located in Los Angeles, California, in the United States of America (see trivia). Occasionally, it serves as a place for well-intentioned [[Autobot|alien robots]] to regroup and plan their next moves.<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===<br />
[[Image:Movie GriffithObservatory Autobots.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"Hiding in plain sight" takes on a whole new meaning.]]<br />
[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] drove [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] to the site of this closed observatory to watch the arrival of the [[Autobot]] [[Protoform|protoforms]]. After Bumblebee and his human friends were captured by [[Sector Seven]], the remaining Autobots regrouped at the observatory to discuss their next move. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* In the ''real world'', Griffith Observatory is located within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. There's nothing that would explicitly contradict the possibility of it also being located there in the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]], although that would make it rather doubtful that [[Sam Witwicky]]'s home town of [[Tranquility]] is located in the state of Nevada, as claimed by various movie-related media (but not the movie itself).<br />
* The Griffith Observatory is the second most prominent landmark in LA, even more so than the Hollywood Sign and can be seen for miles from the West, South and East. It's illogical to assume that the large Autobots hanging out on the building's exterior would not be noticed by anyone of the few million residents of the Los Angeles area.<br />
* Initially, the owners of Griffith Observatory were reluctant to allow the crew of ''Transformers'' to film there, as it was undergoing a major renovation at the time. However, they relented, as Susan Bay, a relative of director [[Michael Bay]], and her husband, [[Leonard Nimoy]], made substantial contributions to the funding of Griffith.<ref>According to Michael Bay on the ''Transformers'' DVD commentary.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[[wikipedia:Griffith_Observatory|Wikipedia article on Griffith Observatory]]<br />
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