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== Film ==
== Film ==
* In the movie version of ''[[The Fugitive (Film)|The Fugitive]]'', Richard Kimble evades capture in Chicago by losing himself in the St. Patrick's Day parade. Funnily enough, this scene ''wasn't'' in the original script - Kimble was going to escape the federal building just as the doors closed between him and Gerard instead - but the crew decided to include it into the story when St. Paddy came while shooting was ongoing in Chicago, thus [[Mind Screw|making this a Real Life occurrence of the trope]].
* In the movie version of ''[[The Fugitive (film)|The Fugitive]]'', Richard Kimble evades capture in Chicago by losing himself in the St. Patrick's Day parade. Funnily enough, this scene ''wasn't'' in the original script - Kimble was going to escape the federal building just as the doors closed between him and Gerard instead - but the crew decided to include it into the story when St. Paddy came while shooting was ongoing in Chicago, thus [[Mind Screw|making this a Real Life occurrence of the trope]].
* In ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', the League is first assembled in London, in a very wet and foggy ''July'' as a title-card makes clear; and their first assignment takes them to Venice, during Venice's signature festival, Carnival. This, of course, is the exact same holiday as Mardi Gras or Shrovetide -- the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, thus the day on which Catholics overindulge in vices and partying before beginning their Lenten fast. Ash Wednesday is 40 days before Easter, therefore Carnival ''never'' falls in late summer in the northern hemisphere.
* In ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', the League is first assembled in London, in a very wet and foggy ''July'' as a title-card makes clear; and their first assignment takes them to Venice, during Venice's signature festival, Carnival. This, of course, is the exact same holiday as Mardi Gras or Shrovetide -- the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, thus the day on which Catholics overindulge in vices and partying before beginning their Lenten fast. Ash Wednesday is 40 days before Easter, therefore Carnival ''never'' falls in late summer in the northern hemisphere.
* The [[James Bond (Film)|James Bond]] movie ''[[Moonraker (Film)|Moonraker]]'' also has a Carnival scene in Rio. And ''[[Thunderball (Film)|Thunderball]]'' has a Junkanoo ("Our local Mardi Gras") scene in the Bahamas.
* The [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movie ''[[Moonraker]]'' also has a Carnival scene in Rio. And ''[[Thunderball]]'' has a Junkanoo ("Our local Mardi Gras") scene in the Bahamas.
** Averted in ''[[Live and Let Die (Film)|Live and Let Die]]'', of all things. It's actually not Mardi Gras when Bond visits [[The Big Easy]]. The parades of people dancing on Bourbon Street are [[wikipedia:Jazz funeral|funeral processions]].
** Averted in ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'', of all things. It's actually not Mardi Gras when Bond visits [[The Big Easy]]. The parades of people dancing on Bourbon Street are [[wikipedia:Jazz funeral|funeral processions]].
** For what it's worth, [[Jonn|we]] generally have Junkanoo on Boxing Day (Dec 26th), and New Years, (barring delays) but currently have smaller performances yearly for tourists.
** For what it's worth, [[Jonn|we]] generally have Junkanoo on Boxing Day (Dec 26th), and New Years, (barring delays) but currently have smaller performances yearly for tourists.
** Of course, the one time Bond visits Siena (''[[Quantum of Solace (Film)|Quantum of Solace]]''), it's during the annual ''Palio di Siena'' horse-race that completely takes over the city's central plaza. Predictably, Bond gets into a footchase and firefight with a baddie right in the middle of it.
** Of course, the one time Bond visits Siena (''[[Quantum of Solace]]''), it's during the annual ''Palio di Siena'' horse-race that completely takes over the city's central plaza. Predictably, Bond gets into a footchase and firefight with a baddie right in the middle of it.
* ''[[The Neverending Story (Film)|The Neverending Story]] 3: Escape From Fantasia'' takes this to ludicrous levels. At one point, Falcor manages to blend in a Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown. ''The next day'', all the Fantasians are blending in a crowd celebrating ''Halloween''.
* ''[[The Neverending Story (film)|The Neverending Story]] 3: Escape From Fantasia'' takes this to ludicrous levels. At one point, Falcor manages to blend in a Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown. ''The next day'', all the Fantasians are blending in a crowd celebrating ''Halloween''.
* Averted in David Fincher's ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'', which is set almost exclusively in [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]], and features no on-screen Mardi Gras.
* Averted in David Fincher's ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'', which is set almost exclusively in [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]], and features no on-screen Mardi Gras.
** The movie does, however, feature Hurricane Katrina, which is apparently the other main thing the city is famous for now.
** The movie does, however, feature Hurricane Katrina, which is apparently the other main thing the city is famous for now.
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* The movie ''[[Mr. Bean|Mr Bean's Holiday]]'' is set in the end of June, but Mr Bean still manages to visit Cannes during the famous film festival. Which happens in May.
* The movie ''[[Mr. Bean|Mr Bean's Holiday]]'' is set in the end of June, but Mr Bean still manages to visit Cannes during the famous film festival. Which happens in May.
* In the film ''[[Double Jeopardy]]'', as Libby tracks her ex down in New Orleans, sure enough, there's a large, Mardi Gras style party going on in the street, allowing her to evade her pursuers.
* In the film ''[[Double Jeopardy]]'', as Libby tracks her ex down in New Orleans, sure enough, there's a large, Mardi Gras style party going on in the street, allowing her to evade her pursuers.
* The [[Larry Cohen]] films ''God Told Me To'' and ''[[Maniac Cop (Film)|Maniac Cop]]'' are both set in New York, and both prominently feature the St. Patrick's Day parade.
* The [[Larry Cohen]] films ''God Told Me To'' and ''[[Maniac Cop]]'' are both set in New York, and both prominently feature the St. Patrick's Day parade.
* In ''[[Rio]]'', all the time they spend there just happens to perfectly time up with the countdown to Carnival.
* In ''[[Rio]]'', all the time they spend there just happens to perfectly time up with the countdown to Carnival.




== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* It even works for [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Fantasy Counterpart Cultures]]: in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'', Granny, Nanny and Magrat have a stopover in a vaguely Spanish small town, and end up caught in the middle of a "running of the bulls" knock-off known only as The Thing with the Bulls. When they get to Genua, it's in time for the local equivalent of Mardi Gras, also known as Samedi Nuit Mort ("[[Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Dead]]" [[Bilingual Bonus|in French]]).
* It even works for [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Fantasy Counterpart Cultures]]: in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'', Granny, Nanny and Magrat have a stopover in a vaguely Spanish small town, and end up caught in the middle of a "running of the bulls" knock-off known only as The Thing with the Bulls. When they get to Genua, it's in time for the local equivalent of Mardi Gras, also known as Samedi Nuit Mort ("[[Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Dead]]" [[Bilingual Bonus|in French]]).
* On the edge of this trope is a party in ''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', where the conditions are just right to keep the party going endlessly.
* On the edge of this trope is a party in ''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', where the conditions are just right to keep the party going endlessly.
* Talon gets run over by a Mardi Gras float actually driven by the god Bacchus in Sherrilyn Kenyon's [[The Dark Hunters|Dark Hunter]] series.
* Talon gets run over by a Mardi Gras float actually driven by the god Bacchus in Sherrilyn Kenyon's [[The Dark Hunters|Dark Hunter]] series.
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== Videogames ==
== Videogames ==
* Averted in ''[[The Adventures of Bayou Billy]]'', where despite the game playing straight [[The Big Easy|many of the usual New Orleans tropes]], it doesn't take place during Mardi Gras.
* Averted in ''[[The Adventures of Bayou Billy]]'', where despite the game playing straight [[The Big Easy|many of the usual New Orleans tropes]], it doesn't take place during Mardi Gras.
* Averted in ''[[Gabriel Knight (Video Game)|Gabriel Knight]]: Sins of the Fathers''. Most of the game takes place in [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]] over the course of several days in June, with only passing references to Mardi Gras.
* Averted in ''[[Gabriel Knight]]: Sins of the Fathers''. Most of the game takes place in [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]] over the course of several days in June, with only passing references to Mardi Gras.
* The heroes of ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]'' arrive in Tolbi just in time for its annual "Colosso" festival.
* The heroes of ''[[Golden Sun]]'' arrive in Tolbi just in time for its annual "Colosso" festival.
* The first stage of ''[[Sly Cooper|Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]]'' has Sly foil the plan of Octavio, an opera singer turned mob boss, to destroy buildings in Venice, Italy, to make people opera fans again on the first day of Carnaval.
* The first stage of ''[[Sly Cooper|Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]]'' has Sly foil the plan of Octavio, an opera singer turned mob boss, to destroy buildings in Venice, Italy, to make people opera fans again on the first day of Carnaval.
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]] 2'' has the zombies and the [[Badass Crew]] show up in New Orleans while the "Louisiana Festival" is underway.
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]] 2'' has the zombies and the [[Badass Crew]] show up in New Orleans while the "Louisiana Festival" is underway.
** Which, it should be noted, has Mardi Gras colors of gold, green, and purple, and is in October.
** Which, it should be noted, has Mardi Gras colors of gold, green, and purple, and is in October.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IX]]'', Zidane's party arrives in Lindblum just in time for the Festival of the Hunt, where various animals (notably a giant warthog-like creature called a Zaghnol) are let loose in the streets for contestants to hunt. By taking down the Zaghnol, you all but guarantee that Zidane will win the competition (and 5000 gil).
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', Zidane's party arrives in Lindblum just in time for the Festival of the Hunt, where various animals (notably a giant warthog-like creature called a Zaghnol) are let loose in the streets for contestants to hunt. By taking down the Zaghnol, you all but guarantee that Zidane will win the competition (and 5000 gil).
** Or you can hang back and be a spectator instead, thus letting your [[Lady of War]] friend win the competition and setting up the means of getting a nice [[Disc One Nuke]] in the process...
** Or you can hang back and be a spectator instead, thus letting your [[Lady of War]] friend win the competition and setting up the means of getting a nice [[Disc One Nuke]] in the process...
* In ''[[Hitman]]: Blood Money'', one of 47's missions is to prevent a politician from being assassinated while taking part in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade. Problem is, the title card explicitly states that the date for the mission is October 24.
* In ''[[Hitman]]: Blood Money'', one of 47's missions is to prevent a politician from being assassinated while taking part in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade. Problem is, the title card explicitly states that the date for the mission is October 24.
** In addition, there isn't just one "Mardi Gras Parade". There's over 40.
** In addition, there isn't just one "Mardi Gras Parade". There's over 40.
* The four parts of ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' take place on four consecutive Days of the Dead.
* The four parts of ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' take place on four consecutive Days of the Dead.
* ''[[Monkey Island 2]]''. "Son, it's always Mardi Gras on Booty Island."
* ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge]]''. "Son, it's always Mardi Gras on Booty Island."




== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' takes place in [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]], and as such has the obligatory Mardi Gras scene.
* ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' takes place in [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]], and as such has the obligatory Mardi Gras scene.
* In the ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' episode "When Mice Were Men", the Rangers travel to [[Toros Y Flamenco|Spain]]; to a place named "Tramplonia", to be more precise. The Running of the Bulls is not only inevitable in this setting, but even a key element in the plot.
* In the ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' episode "When Mice Were Men", the Rangers travel to [[Toros Y Flamenco|Spain]]; to a place named "Tramplonia", to be more precise. The Running of the Bulls is not only inevitable in this setting, but even a key element in the plot.
* In an episode of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', the bad guys tail Jackie to [[Toros Y Flamenco|Pamplona, Spain]], and end up getting caught up in the Running of the Bulls. In another episode, Jackie has to travel to Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. Also, given the show's setting in San Francisco and the main protagonist's Chinese origins it comes as no surprise that several episodes take place at Chinese New Year (including one season finale in China itself).
* In an episode of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', the bad guys tail Jackie to [[Toros Y Flamenco|Pamplona, Spain]], and end up getting caught up in the Running of the Bulls. In another episode, Jackie has to travel to Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. Also, given the show's setting in San Francisco and the main protagonist's Chinese origins it comes as no surprise that several episodes take place at Chinese New Year (including one season finale in China itself).
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Chief Wiggum and "Skinny Boy" (Principal Skinner), on their spinoff crime drama set in [[The Big Easy]], [[Failed a Spot Check|do not realize it is Mardi Gras]].
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Chief Wiggum and "Skinny Boy" (Principal Skinner), on their spinoff crime drama set in [[The Big Easy]], [[Failed a Spot Check|do not realize it is Mardi Gras]].
{{quote| Wiggum: There any parties going on today?<br />
{{quote| Wiggum: There any parties going on today?<br />
Skinner: It's not really a party town, chief. Though if I remember correctly, the locals do occasionally hold a function called...smarty...something. }}
Skinner: It's not really a party town, chief. Though if I remember correctly, the locals do occasionally hold a function called...smarty...something. }}
** The episode where the Simpsons visit Brazil puts them in the middle of the Carnivale.
** The episode where the Simpsons visit Brazil puts them in the middle of the Carnivale.
* ''[[X Men Evolution]]'' has a season four episode where Rogue and Gambit go to [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]], and it just happens to be during Mardi Gras.
* ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' has a season four episode where Rogue and Gambit go to [[The Big Easy|New Orleans]], and it just happens to be during Mardi Gras.
* ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' has an episode, "Home Adrone", which ends up with a drone being sold to the Chinese mafia. Stan and Steve has to get it back, and find it's been turned into a dragon float for Chinese New Year.
* ''[[American Dad]]'' has an episode, "Home Adrone", which ends up with a drone being sold to the Chinese mafia. Stan and Steve has to get it back, and find it's been turned into a dragon float for Chinese New Year.
* ''[[The Princess and The Frog]]'', which is set in New Orleans, primarily takes place during the last three days of Mardi Gras. Justified, in that the event is actually vital to the plot.
* ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', which is set in New Orleans, primarily takes place during the last three days of Mardi Gras. Justified, in that the event is actually vital to the plot.
** And besides, no one would forgive Disney if they made an animated musical set in The Big Easy and DIDN'T include a Mardi Gras sequence.
** And besides, no one would forgive Disney if they made an animated musical set in The Big Easy and DIDN'T include a Mardi Gras sequence.
* In ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (Animation)|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'', Ezekiel Rage's [[Start of Darkness]] happened in what seems to be Mexico during (you guessed it) Día de los Muertos.
* In ''[[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'', Ezekiel Rage's [[Start of Darkness]] happened in what seems to be Mexico during (you guessed it) Día de los Muertos.




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