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* Creator/RobertAltman's ''Film/TheLongGoodbye'' is an adaptation of Creator/RaymondChandler's ''Philip Marlowe'' story of the same name, but has many scenes drenched in the California sunlight.

* GrandTheftAutoViceCity, GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas and GrandTheftAutoV fit the bill.

Sunshine Noir is a trope that combines elements of ShiningCity and CityNoir. The setting may be a CrapsackWorld filled with gangsters, drug deals gone wrong, undercover police officers, criminal drifters, and violent youths. However, the setting does not necessarily ''look'' like a CrapsackWorld. This setting either tries to accentuate how lively it is, or is filled with beautiful sunshine and stylish chrome cars. Expect signs in the background (or the opening credits/title page of the story) to include a colorful neon font. Expect there to be a huge focus on vibrant, neon-lit nightlife in these kinds of settings. If not, expect to hear upbeat, poppy music playing in the background as undercover detectives bust a drug deal or as a young getaway driver makes his great escape. Often, in this setting, there is a juxtaposition of happy scenes set in broad daylight with events that would normally mark a WretchedHive. However, unlike a WretchedHive, this setting tends to be clean and polished. The setting in this peculiar type of Noir is usually a ViceCity, that looks particularly ''fun'' on the surface, with charming characters, colorful and quirky fashions, but is, due to its underworld of crime, a CrapsaccharineWorld. May sometimes overlap with CyberpunkCity.

* ''Videogame/HotlineMiami'': well, to varying degrees. It is certainly this in [[spoiler: Biker's arc]]. In Jacket's arc it is definitely a WretchedHive, although due to SanitySlippage Jacket tends to be something of a WeirdnessMagnet. The game has been stated to have been partially inspired by ''Film/{{Drive}}'' as well.

SunshineNoir is a trope that combines elements of ShiningCity and CityNoir. The setting may be a CrapsackWorld filled with gangsters, drug deals gone wrong, undercover police officers, criminal drifters, and violent youths. However, the setting does not necessarily ''look'' like a CrapsackWorld. This setting either tries to accentuate how lively it is, or is filled with beautiful sunshine and stylish chrome cars. Expect signs in the background (or the opening credits/title page of the story) to include a colorful neon font. Expect there to be a huge focus on vibrant, neon-lit nightlife in these kinds of settings. If not, expect to hear upbeat, poppy music playing in the background as undercover detectives bust a drug deal or as a young getaway driver makes his great escape. Often, in this setting, there is a juxtaposition of happy scenes set in broad daylight with events that would normally mark a WretchedHive. However, unlike a WretchedHive, this setting tends to be clean and polished. The setting in this peculiar type of Noir is usually a ViceCity, that looks particularly ''fun'' on the surface, with charming characters, colorful and quirky fashions, but is, due to its underworld of crime, a CrapsaccharineWorld. May sometimes overlap with CyberpunkCity.

Compare DaylightHorror, the supernatural or GothicHorror version. Not to be confused with ''film soleil'', which is (roughly) [[FilmNoir Neo-Noir]] in a NewOldWest setting.

Compare DaylightHorror, the supernatural or GothicHorror version.

%%* ''Series/MiamiVice'': combines this with ViceCity.

* ''{{Chinatown}}'': The TropeCodifier, famous for its golden yellow cinematography. According to an interview with Roman Polanski, Robert Towne was furious when he saw the sunny colors he was using. When Towne had wrote the script, he assumed the film would have the dark red filter the Film/{{Godfather}} had made so popular.

* ''Videogame/HotlineMiami'': well, to varying degrees. It is certainly this in [[spoiler: Biker's arc]]. In Jacket's arc it is definitely a WretchedHive, although due to SanitySlippage Jacket tends to be something of a WeirdnessMagnet. The game has been stated to have been partially inspired by ''Film/{{Drive}}'' as well.
* ''Series/MagnumPI'', a detective show set in sunny Hawaii, featuring beaches, women in bikinis and men in flowery shirts, and including every single Noir trope you could possibly think of.
* ''Series/MiamiVice'': combines this with ViceCity.
* ''Series/TropicalHeat'' is set on the fictional island Key Mariah, which is beautiful, sunny and full of thugs.
* ''Videogame/MaxPayne 3'' moves its nighttime NYC setting to sunny Brazil. Rather than a black leather jacket, Max spends most of the game wearing a colorful Hawaiian shirt.

* ''Series/SilkStalkings'' is about sexy, noir-style crimes among the super-rich in glamorous Palm Beach, Florida. The color palette is noticeably bright.
* Creator/RobertAltman's ''Film/TheLongGoodbye'' is an adaptation of Creator/RaymondChandler's ''Philip Marlowe'' story of the same name, but has many scenes drenched in the California sunlight.
* ''Literature/InherentVice'' and the [[Film/InherentVice film adaptation]] are both examples of this trope, and partly a GenreThrowback to the noirs of the 1970s.

%%* ''Videogame/MaxPayne 3''

* {{Chinatown}}: The TropeCodifier, famous for its golden yellow cinematography. According to an interview with Roman Polanski, Robert Towne was furious when he saw the sunny colors he was using. When Towne had wrote the script, he assumed the film would have the dark red filter the Film/{{Godfather}} had made so popular.

* ''Videogame/HotlineMiami'': well, to varying degrees. It is certainly this in [[spoiler: Biker's arc]]. In Jacket's arc it is definitely a WretchedHive, although due to SanitySlippage Jacket tends to be something of a WeirdnessMagnet.
** The game has been stated to have been partially inspired by ''Film/{{Drive}}'' as well.

* ''Film/{{Drive]]''. Pretty neon, chrome, sunshine, and an upbeat pop soundtrack juxtaposed with a serious crime drama? Check.
* HotlineMiami: well, to varying degrees. It is certainly this in [[spoiler: Biker's arc]]. In Jacket's arc it is definitely a WretchedHive, although due to SanitySlippage Jacket tends to be something of a WeirdnessMagnet.

* ''MagnumPI'', a detective show set in sunny Hawaii, featuring beaches, women in bikinis and men in flowery shirts, and including every single Noir trope you could possibly think of.
* MiamiVice: combines this with ViceCity.
* MaxPayne 3
* The ''Pusher'' film trilogy. This kind of setting is emphasized heavily in the remake, which uses bright, colorful urban environments and an upbeat electronic soundtrack to frame a relatively grim story of seedy dealings.

* ''Drive''. Pretty neon, chrome, sunshine, and an upbeat pop soundtrack juxtaposed with a serious crime drama? Check.

** The game has been stated to have been partially inspired by ''{{Drive}}'' as well.

* [[Film: Drive]]. Pretty neon, chrome, sunshine, and an upbeat pop soundtrack juxtaposed with a serious crime drama? Check.
* HotlineMiami: well, to varying degrees. It is certainly this in [[spoilers: Biker's arc]]. In Jacket's arc it is definitely a WretchedHive, although due to SanitySlippage Jacket tends to be something of a WeirdnessMagnet.

SunshineNoir is a trope that combines elements of ShiningCity and CityNoir. The setting may be a CrapsackWorld filled with gangsters, drug deals gone wrong, undercover police officers, criminal drifters, and violent youths. However, the setting does not necessarily ''look'' like a CrapsackWorld. This setting either tries to accentuate how lively it is, or is filled with beautiful sunshine and stylish chrome cars. Expect signs in the background (or the opening credits/title page of the story) to include a colorful neon font. Expect there to be a huge focus on vibrant, neon-lit nightlife in these kinds of settings. If not, expect to hear upbeat, poppy music playing in the background as undercover detectives bust a drug deal or as a young getaway driver makes his great escape. Often, in this setting, there is a juxtaposition of happy scenes set in broad daylight with events that would normally mark a WretchedHive. However, unlike a WretchedHive, this setting tends to be clean and polished. The setting in this peculiar type of Noir is usually a ViceCity, that looks particularly ''fun'' on the surface, with charming characters, colorful and quirky fashions, but is, due to its underworld of crime, a CrapsaccharineWorld. May sometimes overlap with CyberpunkCity.

SunshineNoir is a trope that combines elements of SunshineCity and CityNoir. The setting may be a CrapsackWorld filled with gangsters, drug deals gone wrong, undercover police officers, criminal drifters, and violent youths. However, the setting does not necessarily ''look'' like a CrapsackWorld. This setting either tries to accentuate how lively it is, or is filled with beautiful sunshine and stylish chrome cars. Expect there to be a huge focus on vibrant, neon-lit nightlife in these kinds of settings. If not, expect to hear upbeat, poppy music playing in the background as undercover detectives bust a drug deal or as a young getaway driver makes his great escape. Often, in this setting, there is a juxtaposition of happy scenes set in broad daylight with events that would normally mark a WretchedHive. However, unlike a WretchedHive, this setting tends to be clean and polished. The setting in this peculiar type of Noir is usually a ViceCity, that looks particularly ''fun'' on the surface, with charming characters, colorful and quirky fashions, but is, due to its underworld of crime, a CrapsaccharineWorld. May sometimes overlap with CyberpunkCity.