History Main / HollywoodNewEngland

In reality, New England is one of the oldest regions of the United States: six separate states with a mountain range up the middle, and the gulf stream just offshore, so the climate, weather, geography, and political culture are all a lot more variable than that found in most other regions of the country. Seacoast Massachusets is a very different place from the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, the "Northern Plantations" of Maine or the Green Mountains of Vermont, and each region has its own variations of culture, accent, traditions, and even climate. A fact which is pretty much lost on Hollywood.

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* Much of the comic strip ''Non Sequitur'' is set in in the fictional town of Whatchacallit, Maine.
* One ''FoxTrot'' strip had Peter and Jason deciding to adopt this accent while eating clam chowder, with Peter even saying "Pahk the cah in tha Hahvahd Yahd" in the throwaway panels. They stop upon threat of violence from Paige.

* HPLovecraft (Sensing a trend here...)

*** There is a line in one trailer for ''The Town'' that the Boston-based [[http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/09/20/filmcast-ep-116-the-town/ SlashFilmcast]] couldn't let pass without comment. Apparently, there are "over 300 bank robberies in Charlestown" every year. Which means that we should be hearing about at least ''[[CrapsackWorld one bank robbery per day''.

* Jim Rome loves to play this up on his radio show, particularly involving one of two things: Pete Gillen's "Duke is Duke" comment ("They're on TV more than ''Leave it to BEAHVAHHHH!''... reruns."), or his favorite movie, ''GoodWillHunting'' ("Let's go beat up some rich kids-[[VerbalTic AAAAAAAAHH]]!").

* ''QuestionableContent'' is an exception to the "western Massachusetts doesn't exist" rule, taking place in Northampton. Of course, this is because the creator [[WriteWhoYouKnow lives in that area]].

** And ''TheTown'' takes place in Charlestown, another Boston neighborhood. Maybe we should just rename this trope [[HollywoodNewEngland Ben Affleck New England]].

** Same for the mayor of Boston, Thomas "Mumbles" Menino.

* Most of John Irving's novels (''The World According to Garp'', ''The Cider House Rules'', ''A Prayer for Owen Meany'') take place in New England.

In reality, New England is one of the oldest regions of the United States with six states with a mountain range up the middle, and the gulf stream just offshore, andthe climate, weather, geography, and political culture are all a lot more variable than in most other regions of the country. Seacoast Massachusets is a very different place from the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, the "Northern Plantations" of Maine or the Green Mountains of Vermont, and each region has its own culture, accent and traditions. A fact which is pretty much lost on Hollywood.

Be awayah that pahking yah cah in Hahvahd Yahd will prob'ly get yah towed.

** Hawkeye Pierce was supposedly from Crabapple Cove, Maine, though (perhaps wisely) neither Donald Sutherland nor Alan Alda ever attempted a proper downeast accent.

* Presumably, Thurston Howell from ''GilligansIsland''.

This trope mostly covers Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and eastern Massachusetts ({{Boston}}, Plymouth, Cape Cod, and the islands). Connecticut is made up entirely of generic suburbs of New York, while western Massachusetts ("west'a Woostah"), for all intents and purposes, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg does not exist]]. As anyone from Bahstin will tell you, it's a wicked good city. In addition, there's a new competitor in the cliché-stakes: "Southie", home of the {{Southies}}, which (as depicted in media) is not so much South Boston as it is a crime-ridden, extremely northerly borough of [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Whaya they tawk funny.

Will always find a way to say "Pahk my cah in Hahvad Yahd". Ask a New Englander to say it, and they'll send you to the hospital. ESPECIALLY if they're a Southie

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Elzar's accent is, contrary to popular belief, a ''New Bedford'' accent. Elzar is, of course, ethnically Neptunian, but apparently hails from Massachussets anyhow.
** Well, he ''is'' supposed to be an Emeril Lagasse {{expy}}... SoYeah.

* While the '60s garage-rock classic "Dirty Water" has become an iconic Boston anthem, the band that recorded it (the Standells) were ironically based out of L.A.

* When made man Nicky Cavella first appears in ''The Punisher'', he and his partners arrive in New York from Boston. The first thing his liaison to the local mob families asks him is, "So you guys are from Boston too, huh? Did ya leave ya cahh inna pahkin' laht?"