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->[...] the local peasantry has developed a taste for broad-brimmed sombreros and big ponchos, under which they can catch a lot of siestas. They aren't so much lazy as sensibly comatose.
-->--[[https://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2177 A Fistful of Tunes You Can Whistle]], {{Magazine/Pyramid}} magazine
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Not to be confused with a ''fiesta''. That's when the Spanish are much more active.
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In cartoons, the Mexican will typically (and illogically) be sleeping against a saguaro cactus, which are only found in the Sonora desert of southern Arizona in the southwestern USA and Sonora in north-west Mexico. Never mind the thousands of needles and narrow shade it provides.

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In cartoons, the Mexican will typically (and illogically) be sleeping against a saguaro cactus, [[AllDesertsHaveCacti which are only found in the Sonora desert of southern Arizona in the southwestern USA and Sonora in north-west Mexico. Mexico]]. [[FridgeLogic Never mind the thousands of needles and narrow shade it provides.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Siesta time already?]]
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There is a {{National Stereotype|s}} of Mexicans as being [[TheSlacker lazy]] and [[{{Sleepyhead}} taking siestas]] all the time. The classic image would be a Mexican character sleeping [[SombreroEqualsMexican under his sombrero]]. More modern variations of this stereotype might involve Mexican and Chicano characters who don't care that they're on welfare. The two main reasons for this trope are a relaxed sense of time that Mexico is reputed for and the siestas.

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There is a {{National Stereotype|s}} of Mexicans UsefulNotes/{{Mexic|o}}ans as being [[TheSlacker lazy]] and [[{{Sleepyhead}} taking siestas]] all the time. The classic image would be a Mexican character sleeping [[SombreroEqualsMexican under his sombrero]]. More modern variations of this stereotype might involve Mexican and Chicano characters who don't care that they're on welfare. The two main reasons for this trope are a relaxed sense of time that Mexico is reputed for and the siestas.



* In ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', a running [[DogsAreDumb Rantanplan]] and the [[TrackTrouble derailed train]] of Bud Bugman behind him pass through a village with two Mexicans with big hats named Juan and Pepe having a nap against a wall (a recurring imagery in [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke the comics]]). Juan lifts his hat a bit and tells Pepe about "the dog running like crazy". Pepe asks why he runs like crazy, Juan tells him it would be "too long to explain" and they go back to napping. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight They don't even bring up the train that just passed in front of them]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', a running [[DogsAreDumb Rantanplan]] and the [[TrackTrouble derailed train]] of Bud Bugman behind him pass through a village with two Mexicans with big hats sombreros named Juan and Pepe having a nap against a wall (a recurring imagery in [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke the comics]]). Juan lifts his hat sombrero a bit and tells Pepe about "the dog running like crazy". Pepe asks why he runs like crazy, Juan tells him it would be "too long to explain" and they go back to napping. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight They don't even bring up the fact that a train that just passed in front of them]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', a running [[DogsAreDumb Rantanplan]] and the [[TrackTrouble derailed train]] of Bud Bugman behind him pass through a village with two Mexicans with big hats named Juan and Pepe having a nap against a wall (a recurring imagery in [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke the comics]]). Juan lifts his hat a bit and tells Pepe about "the dog running like crazy". Pepe asks why he runs like crazy, Juan tells him it would be "too long to explain" and they go back to napping.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', a running [[DogsAreDumb Rantanplan]] and the [[TrackTrouble derailed train]] of Bud Bugman behind him pass through a village with two Mexicans with big hats named Juan and Pepe having a nap against a wall (a recurring imagery in [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke the comics]]). Juan lifts his hat a bit and tells Pepe about "the dog running like crazy". Pepe asks why he runs like crazy, Juan tells him it would be "too long to explain" and they go back to napping. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight They don't even bring up the train that just passed in front of them]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', a running [[DogsAreDumb Rantanplan]] and the [[TrackTrouble derailed train]] of Bud Bugman behind him pass through a village with two Mexicans named Juan and Pepe with big hats having a nap against a wall (a recurring imagery in the comics). Juan lifts his hat a bit and tells Pepe about "the dog running like crazy". Pepe asks why he runs like crazy, Juan tells him it would be "too long to explain" and they go back to napping.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', a running [[DogsAreDumb Rantanplan]] and the [[TrackTrouble derailed train]] of Bud Bugman behind him pass through a village with two Mexicans with big hats named Juan and Pepe with big hats having a nap against a wall (a recurring imagery in [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke the comics).comics]]). Juan lifts his hat a bit and tells Pepe about "the dog running like crazy". Pepe asks why he runs like crazy, Juan tells him it would be "too long to explain" and they go back to napping.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', a running [[DogsAreDumb Rantanplan]] and the [[TrackTrouble derailed train]] of Bud Bugman behind him pass through a village with two Mexicans named Juan and Pepe with big hats having a nap against a wall (a recurring imagery in the comics). Juan lifts his hat a bit and tells Pepe about "the dog running like crazy". Pepe asks why he runs like crazy, Juan tells him it would be "too long to explain" and they go back to napping.
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