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** The original was filmed in Hope and Blairstown, both in the Skylands.

* Most [[Troma]] movies, particularly ''The [[Toxic Avenger]]''.

* ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' spends a fair chunk of the movie in Princeton. (Although the university [http://www.michaelbay.com/archives/site/2008-2010/newsblog/files/d56f71572ffbeb023c7bea941830a529-226.php is left unnamed], it's pretty obvious that Sam's not going to [[wikipedia:Westminster Choir College|Westminster Choir College]].)

* ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' spends a fair chunk of the movie in Princeton. (Although the university [http://www.michaelbay.com/archives/site/2008-2010/newsblog/files/d56f71572ffbeb023c7bea941830a529-226.php is left unnamed]{{Dead link}}, it's pretty obvious that Sam's not going to [[wikipedia:Westminster Choir College|Westminster Choir College]].)

* The slasher film ''[[The Prowler]]'' takes place in Avalon Bay, New Jersey.

* ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' (aka ''Leon'') [[You Fail Geography Forever|fails Jersey geography spectacularly]] in its final moments: Mathilda is at the Spenser School, which is (according to an overheard conversation) supposed to be in Wildwood, New Jersey. However, the final moments of the film show that it overlooks the Hudson River and Manhattan. Wildwood is in fact an oceanfront community near the tip of Cape May, over 150 miles away from New York City. (The scene was actually filmed at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken.)

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** Particularly notable is ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', which has devoted entire episodes to mocking Jersey, despite the writers seeming to have no idea what the state is like.<ref>Nobody would say "There's a motel just down the Turnpike." The Turnpike runs the entire length of the state with very few exits, and is used to travel long distances quickly. They probably meant the Parkway.</ref>

* Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, the fictional hospital where ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' takes place, is in New Jersey.

** A genuine Princeton-Plainsboro hospital now exists on Route 1; the [http://www.princetonhcs.org/default.aspx?p=6234 design of it] has obviously been inspired by ''House''. (The actual building used for ''House'' is just a mile or so away -- it's the back side of Princeton University's Frist Student Center.)

** A genuine Princeton-Plainsboro hospital now exists on Route 1; the [http://www.princetonhcs.org/default.aspx?p=6234 design of it]{{Dead link}} has obviously been inspired by ''House''. (The actual building used for ''House'' is just a mile or so away -- it's the back side of Princeton University's Frist Student Center.)

* ''[[The Sopranos]]'' was set in New Jersey, and helped to reinforce many of the Mafia stereotypes.

* ''[[Point Pleasant]]'' was set on the Jersey Shore, but was filmed in California. [[Did Not Do the Research|It showed]].

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* The automatic censor at Worth1000.com changes "hell" to "[[Place Worse Than Death|New Jersey]]".

* Michael Jones, [[Rooster Teeth]] employee and star of ''Rage Quit'', was a New Jersey resident before he moved to Austin, TX to work at RT full time.

* ''[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=234191 The End of the World: The Jersey War]''. On December 21, 2012, Snooki turns into an [[Eldritch Abomination]] and gives birth to a tide of hair-gelled, tanned, A-shirt-wearing insectoid gremlins onto New Jersey, while a poisonous black gas that smells like hairspray swells over the landscape.

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130621163637/http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=234191 The End of the World: The Jersey War]''. On December 21, 2012, Snooki turns into an [[Eldritch Abomination]] and gives birth to a tide of hair-gelled, tanned, A-shirt-wearing insectoid gremlins onto New Jersey, while a poisonous black gas that smells like hairspray swells over the landscape.

* Among the [[Urban Legends]] circulating in ''[[Fenspace]]'' is the (false) tale of [http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Myths_of_Fenspace#The_New_Jersey_Tripod the New Jersey Tripod].

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* An old cartoon in ''The New Yorker'' shows a religious pilgrim walking through a dark tunnel with a glum look on his face. The caption explains that he has just learned that "the light at the end of the tunnel" is New Jersey.

* Why do so many people move from New Jersey to [[Hollywood New England|Vermont]]? They were in the northbound lane, had to go that far out of their way to make a U-turn and figured they might as well stay...

* In late 2011 a New Jersey resident created a demographic map of the state (which is the current picture for the Trivia:Joisey page). Thanks to Facebook and Twitter it immediately went viral and made the local papers. A couple of politicians were unhappy with the portrayal, but the vast majority of residents found it to be hilarious and pretty much dead-on, as seen [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/nj_man_puts_rednecks_hippies_a.html/ here]

* In late 2011 a New Jersey resident created a demographic map of the state (which is the current picture for the Trivia:Joisey page). Thanks to Facebook and Twitter it immediately went viral and made the local papers. A couple of politicians were unhappy with the portrayal, but the vast majority of residents found it to be hilarious and pretty much dead-on, as seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20130724031641/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/nj_man_puts_rednecks_hippies_a.html here]

* [[Light Bulb Joke|'''Q:''' How many people from New Jersey does it take to change a light bulb?]] '''A:''' Three: One to change the bulb, one to witness, and the third to shoot the witness.