Maps of Movies

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

Where Monsters vs. Aliens says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

An animated film with no film locations: the places on screen are only on the page, not on the set.

Scenes and places

The wedding that ends in a meteorite (2009)

Susan prepares to marry weatherman Derek, who has just swapped their Paris honeymoon for Fresno to chase a career break. A meteorite hits her, and during the ceremony she grows to fifty feet tall and wrecks the church.

Set in Modesto, California — Susan's wedding day in the Central Valley city of Modesto, where a meteorite hits her. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A city in California's Central Valley, used as Susan's hometown.

The secret prison for monsters (2009)

Susan wakes up in a secret facility run by General Monger and meets four fellow inmates. The government renames her Ginormica and bans all contact with her family.

Set in Government monster facility (location not stated) — A top-secret government facility holding captured monsters; the film never says where it is.

A fictional site; Wikipedia gives no location.

The robot comes to San Francisco (2009)

A giant alien probe stomps toward the city, and the military cannot stop it. Once there, it senses the glowing Quantonium in Ginormica and locks on to her.

Set in San Francisco — The city the alien probe marches on, hunting for the Quantonium inside Ginormica. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Real city, drawn by the animators from photographs; no location filming.

The monsters fight at the Golden Gate Bridge (2009)

Ginormica and her friends face the probe on the bridge. They win by using pieces of the bridge itself, and the government sets them free.

Set in Golden Gate Bridge — The famous suspension bridge where the monsters turn parts of the bridge against the probe. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The red-orange suspension bridge across the Golden Gate strait.

Taken up into the mothership (2009)

Back home with her new friends, Ginormica loses Derek and finds a new confidence. Then Gallaxhar's ship arrives and abducts her.

Set in Gallaxhar's spaceship — The squid-like overlord Gallaxhar's mothership, which has no place on Earth.

Fictional spaceship; no real-world position.

Back in Modesto, as heroes (2009)

Back in Modesto the people praise the monsters. Derek tries to win Susan back for the publicity, and she turns him down on live TV.

Set in Modesto, California — The hometown crowd cheers the monsters after the alien threat is over. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Same Central Valley city as the opening scene.

Characters

• Susan Murphy / Ginormica — A bride hit by a meteorite who grows fifty feet tall.
• B.O.B. and the monsters — A brainless blue gelatinous mass and her fellow monsters, who join her fight.