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== Live-Action TV ==
* Anthony references this trope in the Brazil episode of the travel/food show ''[[Anthony Bourduain]]: No Reservations'', and also averts it; they're four months early for Carnivale. They do stop by at a dance school, though.
** His post-Katrina New Orleans episode is a complete aversion. Tony came there not at the time of Mardi Gras, focused only on how people struggle to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|stay]] [[Too Soon|afloat]], and showcased the destruction the hurricane brought. Tony, in a [[Deadpan Snarker|very uncharacteristic tone]], showed how much of a big
* The ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episode ''[[wikipedia:The Masks|The Masks]]'' takes place during Mardi Gras, though it occurs indoors so we don't see the actual festival.
* In the Season 1 episode "Machismo" of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', the BAU team arrive in Mexico on, you guessed it, the Day of the Dead.
* In season one of ''[[Treme]]'', an entire episode is devoted to Mardi Gras 2006, the first after Hurricane Katrina. However, the season's actual climax comes on St. Joseph's Day.
* In one episode of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', the characters go to Mexico and briefly take part in the Day of the Dead celebrations. A few episodes ago the date had been established as November 18, 16 days after the Day of the Dead.
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