History Main / WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon

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->''Work all night and I drink da rum\\
Daylight come and me wan' go home\\
Stack banana 'till de mornin' come\\
Daylight come and me wan' go home''
-->-- '''Creator/HarryBelafonte''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tou8-Cz8is "The Banana Boat Song"]] You may recognize it from [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} a certain movie that didn't take place in the Caribbean...]]

A chain of tropical paradises mostly between Florida and Venezuela. UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean is known for cruises, beaches, resorts, and the occasional {{pirate}} infestation. Beware of TheBermudaTriangle, while you're at it, too. Includes UsefulNotes/TheBahamas, UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}, [[UsefulNotes/BritishVirginIslands Virgin]] [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStatesVirginIslands Islands]], UsefulNotes/TrinidadAndTobago, the UsefulNotes/CaymanIslands and others.

Calypso or rhumba music is constantly being played, there's free fruit everywhere, everyone is constantly drunk and/or high, and may have a pet parrot. Nobody does any work, they just sit on the beach sipping fruity little drinks with umbrellas out of coconuts. At night, the careless or unlucky might see [[HollywoodVoodoo a voodoo ceremony.]]

{{Pirate}} attacks have to be dealt with, [[RuthlessModernPirates even in modern times]]. Except now they use machine guns instead of cutlasses and are less romanticized.

This trope for the most part excludes the Latin Caribbean islands such as Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti (which is Francophone), and Puerto Rico (a territory of the United States of America, an Anglophone country), and includes the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda in Northern America,[[note]]Bermuda is much further north than the Caribbean itself and considered part of Northern America/North America proper, being located east of the US in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, but is culturally Caribbean and an associate member of CARICOM[[/note]] the Central American country of Belize[[note]]An Anglophone country in Central America and one of the two Anglophone countries (the USA being the other) that Mexico borders[[/note]] and the Guiana countries of Guyana and Suriname in South America. Jamaica is a specialized case, mostly due to a perceived abundance of {{Reggae}} and Rastafari folks [[EruditeStoner with a penchant for the "Wisdom Weed"]]. The Bahamas is often mistaken for Jamaica much to the chagrin of BOTH countries' citizens. This is despite, however, a minority of Rastafarians in Jamaica.

If you find white people here in contemporary times they're likely to be sitting on a yacht, playing croquet or cricket, or lounging around in white suits and reading a newspaper in the lobby of a hotel that's seen better days. This is often used as [[TropicalEpilogue the final scene of a movie]], illustrating that a KarmaHoudini character made a successful RunForTheBorder. That, or they're probably American college kids who came down to one of the islands' many all-inclusive resorts for spring break because [[WildTeenParty the drinking age is lower]].

Also known as The Spanish Main (even though [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Main that term]] refers only to the Carribean coast of ''mainland'' Central and South America). Because it used to be full of Spaniards and [[PirateBooty their loot]].

A subtrope of TropicalIslandAdventure. Expect the soundtrack in this setting to be SteelDrumsAndSunshine. Has nothing to do with {{Mon}}s visiting Caribbean, mon.

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* The commercials for Malibu rum seem to invoke this trope, despite the fact that Malibu is located in California. The rum itself, however, was invented in Curacao.
* Commercials for 7Up from the early 80s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUbV0BjzPeY featured a guy like this]] (portrayed by Creator/GeoffreyHolder, believe it or not) emphasizing that the beverage had no caffeine, artificial flavors, or artificial colors.
* The 2000s-early 2010s [[https://youtu.be/aRMXr5-_VFw commercials]] for Apple Jacks cereal features [=CinnaMon=], a cinnamon stick with a beanie, dreadlocks, eyelid piercing, and sandals, who always raced against Bad Apple to get to the bowl first. He's noticeably laid-back, tends to win the race at his own pace, and has a very distinct Jamaican accent.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* There have been two one-shot comics with the ComicBook/FantasticFour visiting UsefulNotes/PuertoRico. They even fought a {{Chupacabra}}.
* ''ComicBook/{{Foxtrot}}'': Roger, BumblingDad extraordinaire, once took his family to the Caribbeany resort- a place where you can drive or fly, as it's located a thousand miles from the nearest ocean. Other highlights include the steel drum concert being a guy with a synthesizer ("Oops. Didn't mean to hit "bagpipes" just then.") and a romantic sunset that's interrupted with a giant "Swipe Credit Card To Continue" message every five minutes.
* ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'' and his family are all Jamaican.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5915590/1/Scooby_Doo_and_the_Trip_of_Lust "Scooby Doo and the Trip of Lust"]] is set in "Jamaca Island, the earth of Music/BobMarley and Music/StevieWonder." (the latter of whom isn't actually from Jamaica).
* The ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' story [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9503862/1/Dreadlock-Holiday "Dreadlock Holiday,"]] set after the episode "Anonymous", has Matt fleeing to Jamaica for some R&R after being humiliated in court. Alesha follows him to make amends and they end up embarking on a relationship after reconciling.
* In ''Fanfic/OSMUFanfictionFriction'', Oswald becomes struck with an odd disease known as Patoisitis, which causes its victim to speak in a thick Jamaican accent. When he realizes that the accent causes him to become near-incomprehensible to his partners, he decides to resort to using gestures to communicate instead.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' has this as its main setting, obviously.
* The movie ''Film/CaptainRon'', at one point, has the protagonist's children partying in a festival on an unnamed Caribbean island[[note]]The movie was filmed in Puerto Rico, if that helps[[/note]] while their parents are arrested for smuggling revolutionaries onto the island. Later, they run afoul of the "Pirates of the Caribbean", as Captain Ron calls them, and get their boat stolen at gunpoint. (This movie was made before the Disney movie trilogy, so viewers will awkwardly hear the children's dad saying Captain Ron "went to Disneyland too many times," referring to the ride on which the movie was based).
* ''Film/CaptainBlood'' is set in the Caribbean; Jamaica and Tortuga are particularized.
* ''Film/CoolRunnings'' -- or, to be more accurate, the early part of the movie when everyone is still in Jamaica.
* ''[[Film/JackFrost1997 Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]'' moves the titular killer snowman to The Bahamas. Must be one hell of a sunscreen.
* The [[DuelingWorks documentaries]] ''Film/{{Fyre}}'' and ''Film/FyreFraud'' both explore the disastrous failed attempt to organize a luxury music festival in The Bahamas. Both documentaries feature perspectives from the locals, many of whom were skeptical of the event from the beginning.
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** Crab Key and neighboring islands of Jamaica in ''Film/DrNo''. When James Bond asks Quarrel where he took Dr. Strangway, Quarrel points to the harbor, saying, "That there's the Caribbean. That's where I took him."
** The fictional nation of San Monique in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''. Though it becomes less of a paradise the moment the viewer sees the inhabitants practice {{Human Sacrifice}}s for their HollywoodVoodoo "religion".
** In ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', Bond has gone to Jamaica to live a carefree retirement there. Of course, there's some {{Reggae}} playing in the streets. It was actually filmed in and around Goldeneye, the estate of Bond's late creator Creator/IanFleming.
* At the end of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Dr. Lecter has escaped to an unnamed island and saunters off into the crowd of locals as the credits roll.
* Spoofed in the comedy ''Film/{{Water|1985}}''. The island of Cascara is poor as there are no beaches for tourists and it's too windy to play bridge.
* ''Film/ClubParadise'', a Creator/RobinWilliams vehicle, includes pretty much every Caribbean trope except the pirates.
* In the "Voodoo" segment of ''Film/DrTerrorsHouseOfHorrors'', the only aspects of the West Indies that are shown are calypso music and HollywoodVoodoo.
* ''Film/IStillKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' takes place at a resort in the Bahamas. Comes complete with the porter Estes using voodoo to try and protect the main characters, and Creator/JackBlack playing a PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy DreadlockRasta.
* ''Film/ClubDread'' takes place on a Caribbean island owned by Coconut Pete, a parody of Music/JimmyBuffett who built his career on the idealized version of this trope and proceeded to open a tropical resort that milks it for all it's worth.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Neil Gaiman's ''Literature/AnansiBoys'', played straight. (Yes. ''Neil Gaiman'' played something straight.) Well, kind of. Apparently [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff people in the Caribbean are mad about country music]], and hand out limes to passersby. Although Fat Charlie was only given the lime because he expressed disbelief that limes grew there, so he was given one. Other than that no limes were handed about, except by Fat Charlie himself who became unusually attached to the lime, and [[spoiler:proposed to Daisy with it]]. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* ''Literature/JamesBond'' has several stories set in Jamaica, including ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'', ''Literature/DrNo'', ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' and ''Literature/OctopussyAndTheLivingDaylights''. No surprise, as Creator/IanFleming was very fond of the country, even building a house, Goldeneye, there.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Harry Maybourne escapes to such a place in one epsiode of ''Series/StargateSG1''.
* Part one of the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' two-parter, "The Fisher King", takes place with Derek Morgan and Elle Greenaway vacationing in Jamaica, with scenes invoking this trope.
* ''Series/DeathInParadise'' is set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie, described in Episode 3.3 as a "pretty island" that is "situated in the Eastern Caribbean Sea" and "one-tenth the size of its north-west neighbour Guadeloupe"; this would make Saint Marie about 63 square miles (160 km2) in size. Saint Marie is a British Overseas Territory, but about 30% of its people are of French culture due to previous history, with the language still widely spoken.
* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'': Michael comes back from a great vacation at a Jamaican resort and decides to bring his vacation back with him to work. He gets about half a cornrow in his hair, tries unsuccessfully to learn the steel drum, and, in a subversion, tries throwing a luau.
* The two-part ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' VacationEpisode "My Soul on Fire" is set in the Bahamas. Turk is delighted to notice "They got brothers on the money", holding a $1 bill with an image of Sir Lynden Pindling, the first Prime Minister.
* A skit on ''Series/SesameStreet'' had Kermit sing about his cousin, a "Caribbean Amphibian".
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[[folder:Music]]
* ''Dreadlock Holiday'', by Music/TenCC.
* The song "Kokomo" by Music/TheBeachBoys.
** And "Sloop John B., covered by the Beach Boys
* Music/TheAndrewsSisters' classic "Rum and Coca-Cola" is about American tourists in Trinidad.
-->''Since the Yankee come to Trinidad\\
They got the young girls all goin' mad\\
Young girls say they treat 'em nice\\
Make Trinidad like paradise\\
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola\\
Go down Point Koomahnah\\
Both mother and daughter\\
Workin' for the Yankee dollar''
* Steel drum music is another bit of Trinidad & Tobago culture that is commonly used as a generic "island" music cue in popular culture. Notice that "Kokomo" uses steel drums and mentions a dozen tropical locales but not Trinidad or Tobago.
* Parts of the album ''Waiting For Cousteau'' by Music/JeanMichelJarre which was recorded on the island of Trinidad include a big local steel drum band. "Calypso" even comes with a somehow Caribbean groove.
* Music/GreatBigSea sang "Penelope," about a Jamaican bazaar worker who moves to Chicago to become a domestic and to search for her lost uncle. She goes back, secure in the knowledge that the slow-paced life in the tropics is far better than the frantic concrete mess that is The Big City. [[EpilepticTrees Can be seen as an analogy for Newfoundlanders moving to big-city Canada and longing for home]].
* [[Music/RIOGroup R.I.O]] used this as their theme during the release of their album ''Shine On''. They used marimba synthesizers and singer Tony T. provided reggae-sounding vocals. This was mixed with {{Electronic Dance Music}} but the band no longer uses this theme, since Tony T shortly left the group.
* The spoken intro to ''We're going to Barbados'' by Typically Tropical is in the voice of a West Indian pilot welcoming his passengers to a landing in Bridgetown, Barbados.
* And of course reggae, though sharply tones down the idyllic tone, being done by people who actually live there and have to put up with all the down side as well.
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[[folder:Pinballs]]
* The ShrunkenHead in ''Pinball/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' has an over-the-top generic Caribbean accent, cheers for the PlayerCharacter on occasion, and apparently likes to read factoids from the pinball machine's namesake.
-->"Dat's so weird, mon!"
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* Championship Wrestling From Florida was also a launching point into the Caribbean for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, also running shows in Puerto Rico, The Bahamas and The Dominican Republic.
* An aspect of Wrestling/PedroMorales's gimmick as the first Latin American to win a recognized world title in pro wrestling.
* This was basically the video hyping [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]]'s WWF debut, showing him strolling through an open air Cuban Market. repeated almost verbatim for Wrestling/{{Carlito|Colon}}'s WWE debut video, just in Puerto Rico.
* In 2011, Florida based promotion Ring Warriors became a new millennium springboard for the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA to promote events throughout the Caribbean. Several wrestlers were brought in from the region and the Bahamas division from the 1980s was reestablished during a tour there. The wrestlers stuck around but the Bahamas title was retired after Ring Warriors left the NWA.
* One goal of The World Wrestling League was to increase global awareness of Caribbean Pro Wrestling. This became less pronounced when they started running their own shows in addition to collaborative events, causing the Puerto Rican version of the World Wrestling Council and Dominican Wrestling Entertainment to leave the WWL, which in turn lead to WWL focuse more on competing with [[CreateYourOwnVillain it's would be rivals.]]
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[[folder:Radio]]
* The original radio version of ''Radio/BoldVenture'' was set in pre-revolution Cuba (and made heavy use of calypso music). The television version (made in 1959) moved the action to Trinidad.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Toys/LegoPirates
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* Sky and Sarah's trip to Havana in ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'' (pre-Castro, of course).
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}}: World In Flames'': The pirate faction is made up of dreadloched, tie-dye wearing people with strong Jamaican accents.
* The ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series uses this, since it owes a lot to the original ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' ride, [[OlderThanTheyThink or vice versa]]. ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' actually features Guybrush trying to save the Caribbean from being converted into a tourist's paradise by a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive conniving Australian businessman]].
* ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates''
* The trolls of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' seem to blend both this trope and {{Mayincatec}}. The Darkspear have Jamaican accents and practice a fantasy equivalent of voodoo, while other tribes practice blood sorcery similar to human sacrifice and convene around ziggurats.
--> What do you mean what kind of accent is dis? ''It's a TROLL accent!'' I swear, jamaican me crazy!
* ''VideoGame/{{Tropico}}'' takes place in a more modern Caribbean, with you as a dictator of a BananaRepublic.
* ''VideoGame/TheJourneyDown'' is set in St. Armando, a metropolis with a distinctly Western Atlantic flavor.
* Dee Jay from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series embodies the laid-back Jamaican stereotype, being a FunPersonified character who is also a DanceBattler. His stage in ''Super Street Fighter II'' is in a beachside restaurant, with a band and dancers, and the BGM ([[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn probably performed by the band]]) has a distinct calypso feel.
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' takes place almost exclusively in the Caribbean during the end of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy and involves becoming a famous pirate, among other things. Historical pirates such as Blackbeard make appearances.
* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'':
** The Allied Hydrofoil (the AntiAir ship, which can also prevent vehicles from attacking) has a strong Caribbean accent.
** An odd effect of TimeTravel that doesn't get commented upon (in the vein of Hawaii belonging to Japan in the the first game) is that several islands in the Caribbean apparently belong to the family of one of the Japanese commanders.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Rayne of ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' goes to Jamaica in one story arc.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=149300 This]] role playing thread on Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom features an entire PlayedForLaughs PunkPunk setting based on this trope...
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Battle of the Bulge" features three fruit-devouring, evil-doing Jamaican fruit bats complete with the matching accent.
* In a ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode, the hamsters go on a vacation at Jamaica's KND sector. The operatives are ''very'' laid-back to the point of not knowing what an emergency is, and persistently offer mango smoothies to everyone. One of the operatives there is your stereotypical Jamaican who hilariously seems to be the only one who can stomach Lizzie's horrible cooking.
--> "It's PIE time, mon! ...o.o That be some GOOD pie, mon!"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has Hermes, who is as Jamaican as they come, being a former limbo champ and constantly saying "Mon". On the other hand, he is an ObstructiveBureaucrat who revels in this fact.
* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''. Static aka Virgil Hawkins, is Jamaican, and speaks with a second generation slight patois.
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* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': The Allied Hydrofoil (the AntiAir ship, which can also prevent vehicles from attacking) has a strong Caribbean accent.

* This was basically the video hyping [[Wrestling/ScottHall RazorRamon]]'s WWF debut, showing him strolling through an open air Cuban Market. repeated almost verbatim for Wrestling/{{Carlito|Colon}}'s WWE debut video, just in Puerto Rico.

Also known as The Spanish Main (even though [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Main that term]] refers only to the Carribean coast of ''mainland'' South and Central America). Because it used to be full of Spaniards and [[PirateBooty their loot]].

Also known as The Spanish Main. Because it used to be full of Spaniards and [[PirateBooty their loot]].

This trope for the most part excludes the Latin Caribbean islands such as Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti (which is Francophone), and Puerto Rico (a territory of the United States of America, an Anglophone country), and includes the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda in Northern America[[note]]Bermuda is much further north than the Caribbean itself and considered part of Northern America/North America proper, being located east of the US in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, but is culturally Caribbean and an associate member of CARICOM[[/note]], the Central American country of Belize[[note]]An Anglophone country in Central America and one of the two Anglophone countries (the USA being the other) that Mexico borders[[/note]] and the Guiana countries of Guyana and Suriname in South America. Jamaica is a specialized case, mostly due to a perceived abundance of {{Reggae}} and Rastafari folks [[EruditeStoner with a penchant for the "Wisdom Weed"]]. The Bahamas is often mistaken for Jamaica much to the chagrin of BOTH countries' citizens. This is despite, however, a minority of Rastafarians in Jamaica.

* "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5915590/1/Scooby_Doo_and_the_Trip_of_Lust Scooby Doo and the Trip of Lust]]" is set in "Jamaca Island, the earth of Music/BobMarley and Music/StevieWonder." (the latter of whom isn't actually from Jamaica).
* The ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' story "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9503862/1/Dreadlock-Holiday Dreadlock Holiday]]", set after the episode "Anonymous", has Matt fleeing to Jamaica for some R&R after being humiliated in court. Alesha follows him to make amends and they end up embarking on a relationship after reconciling.

-->-- '''Creator/HarryBelafonte''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tou8-Cz8is The Banana Boat Song]]". You may recognize it from [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} a certain movie that didn't take place in the Caribbean...]]

[[folder:Web Comics]]

A subtrope of TropicalIslandAdventure. Expect the soundtrack in this setting to be SteelDrumsAndSunshine. Has nothing to do with {{Mon}}, mon.

** In ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', Bond has gone to Jamaica to live a carefree retirement there. Of course, there's some {{Reggae}} playing in the streets. It was actually filmed in and around Goldeneye, the estate of Bond's creator Creator/IanFleming.

* ''Film/JamesBond''
** The fictional nation of San Monique from ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''.
** Also Crab Key and neighboring islands in ''Film/DrNo''. When James Bond asks Quarrel where he took Dr. Strangway, Quarrel points to the harbor, saying, "That there's the Caribbean. That's where I took him."

A chain of tropical paradises mostly between Florida and Venezuela. The Caribbean is known for cruises, beaches, resorts, and the occasional {{pirate}} infestation. Beware of TheBermudaTriangle, while you're at it, too. Includes The Bahamas, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, the Cayman Islands and others.

A subtrope of TropicalIslandAdventure. Has nothing to do with {{Mon}}, mon.

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* ''{{ComicBook/Foxtrot}}'': Roger, BumblingDad extraordinaire, once took his family to the Caribbeany resort- a place where you can drive or fly, as it's located a thousand miles from the nearest ocean. Other highlights include the steel drum concert being a guy with a synthesizer ("Oops. Didn't mean to hit "bagpipes" just then.") and a romantic sunset that's interrupted with a giant "Swipe Credit Card To Continue" message every five minutes.

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* Spoofed in the comedy ''Film/{{Water 1985}}''. The island of Cascara is poor as there are no beaches for tourists and it's too windy to play bridge.

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-->''Since the Yankee come to Trinidad''
-->''They got the young girls all goin' mad''
-->''Young girls say they treat 'em nice''
-->''Make Trinidad like paradise''
-->''Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola''
-->''Go down Point Koomahnah''
-->''Both mother and daughter''
-->''Workin' for the Yankee dollar''

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--> "Dat's so weird, mon!"

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[[folder: Radio ]]

[[folder: Toys ]]

* Toys/{{LEGO Pirates}}

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

A chain of tropical paradises mostly between Florida and South America. The Caribbean is known for cruises, beaches, resorts, and the occasional {{pirate}} infestation. Beware of TheBermudaTriangle, while you're at it, too. Includes The Bahamas, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, the Cayman Islands and others.

* ''Film/CoolRunnings''

Has nothing to do with {{Mon}}, mon.

This trope for the most part excludes the Latin Caribbean islands such as Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti (which is Francophone), and Puerto Rico (a territory of the United States of America, an Anglophone country), and includes the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda in Northern America[[note]]Bermuda is much further north than the Caribbean itself and considered part of Northern America/North America proper, being located east of the US in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, but is culturally Caribbean and an associate member of CARICOM[[/note]], the Central American country of Belize[[note]]An Anglophone country in Central America and one of the two Anglophone countries (the USA being the other) that Mexico borders[[/note]] and the Guiana countries of Guyana and Suriname in South America. Jamaica is a specialized case, mostly due to a perceived abundance of Reggae and Rastafari folks [[EruditeStoner with a penchant for the "Wisdom Weed"]]. The Bahamas is often mistaken for Jamaica much to the chagrin of BOTH countries' citizens. This is despite, however, a minority of Rastafarians in Jamaica.

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* The ComicsNix [[SoBadItsGood "masterpiece"]] ''Scooby-Doo [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5915590/1/Scooby_Doo_and_the_Trip_of_Lust and the Trip of Lust]]'' is set in "Jamaca Island, the earth of Music/BobMarley and Music/StevieWonder." (the latter of whom isn't actually from Jamaica).

-->-- '''Creator/HarryBelafonte''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpg-KIKD5gU The Banana Boat Song]]". You may recognize it from [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} a certain movie that didn't take place in the Caribbean...]]