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* [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]]'s song "Bomb New Jersey" (the other Voltaire). However, there are enough in-jokes that only people from New Jersey would get that it's hard to be offended.
** Voltaire grew up in New Jersey (and hated it), and mentions it in more then one of his songs. For example: "Hell in a Handbasket".
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''And I might like it that way.
''No this ain't no lie, I'd rather be Kentucky Fried
''Than live and kicking in Jersey any day''
* [[Bruce Springsteen]] is from New Jersey, and several of his songs are love letters to his home state. Several others are about how much the state sucks (see: "Born to Run"). He also contributed the [[Ending Theme]] for the above-mentioned ''[[The Wrestler]]''.
* [[Less Than Jake]]'s song, "Never Going Back to New Jersey"
* John Gorka has a song called "I'm from New Jersey," which is a pretty accurate impression of residents' reactions to New Jersey jokes. Can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMTM7wrCs4 here].
* The [[Bloodhound Gang]]'s "Ten Best Things About New Jersey", which is [[Take That|around 10 seconds of silence]].
* The band Fountains of Wayne got its name from [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a lawn-decoration store in Wayne by that name, which closed in 2009.]]
** They sing about Jersey a lot, too -- "Hackensack", for instance.
* The rock band [[My Chemical Romance]] is from Newark. And even then, three of them are from Belleville and one is from Kearny.
* Back in the day, between North Jersey (places like Maxwell's, the Loop Lounge, VFW halls, Alex Saavedra's house/the Eyeball Records house, people's basements) and Central Jersey (Club Bene/Club Krome, Birch Hill, Starland, many places all over New Brunswick including people's basements, The Stone Pony, Asbury Lanes), there was a pretty busy scene going on. (In New Brunswick, though, almost all of the best clubs have been lost to the unstoppable growth of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, aka the Hospital That Ate New Brunswick.)
* Dean Friedman's 1977 song "Ariel" is about a Jersey boy who meets a spacey Jewish girl in Paramus Park and falls in love with her.
* The Bouncing Souls are from Jersey, and reference the state (especially Asbury Park) a lot in their songs.
* "My Ancestral Homeland, New Jersey" by [[The World Inferno Friendship Society|The World/Inferno Friendship Society]]. Their first album, "The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League," also takes place there.
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] has a song called "I'll Sue Ya", which states, "I sued Delta Airlines / 'cause they sold me a ticket to New Jersey / I went there, and it SUCKED!" It never fails to get massive cheers when he performs in New Jersey.
* [[Bon Jovi]]'s fourth studio album was named ''New Jersey'', and most of the band hails from the state.
* [[The Gaslight Anthem]], a Springsteen-esque punk band, are from and sing about New Jersey. They've even appeared on stage with The Boss
* [[Titus Andronicus (band)|Titus Andronicus]], an indie-punk band, are from and sing about New Jersey
* [[Tom Waits]]' song "Jersey Girl".
* [[Modern Man]]
* [[Uncle Floyd]], himself a home-grown Jersey act and phenomenon as noted above, had in his repertoire a parody of "Deep in the Heart of Texas" called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heMk1orhchc "Deep in the Heart of Jersey"].
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[The Fusco Brothers]]'', which takes place in Newark, combines types 2 and 3. As the page quote indicates, the very name of the state is treated as a joke.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
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== Theatre ==
* This bit from ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'':
{{quote|'''[[John Adams]]:''' Wake up Franklin, you're going to New Brunswick.
'''[[Benjamin Franklin]]:''' ''[half asleep]'' Like hell I am, what for?
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** And of course, the running joke about the delegation from New Jersey not being present.
{{quote|'''John Hancock:''' New Jersey. Where the hell is New Jersey?
'''John Dickinson:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Somewhere between New York and Pennsylvania.
** Which leads to the most love New Jersey has even been shown on screen: When the New Jersey delegates enter just in time to tie the vote for independence, prompting John Adams and co. to run to embrace them.
* In ''[[One Touch of Venus]]'', the characters, being New Yorkers, sing a number called "Way Out West In New Jersey," whose premise is that the territory beyond the Hudson River might as well be [[The Wild West]].
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* The jukebox musical ''[[Jersey Boys]]'' about the singing group, [[Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons]].
* ''[[The Toxic Avenger]]'' musical is particularly gleeful in its bashing of New Jersey. The [[Villain Song]] is called "Jersey Girl", and it describes the mayor of Tromaville to be evil and slutty. Then there's the opening song that establishes the setting.
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''Don't need a map, just follow the smell
''A place full of filthy air
''A place filled with dark despair
''A place you have no prayer
''A place called New Jersey''
== Video Games ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* According to Faye of ''[[Questionable Content]]'' New Jersey is where Wonder Bread is mined. Yes, ''mined.''
== Web Original ==
* ''[http://www.mynewhaircut.com/ My New Haircut]''. Originally a pair of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5QJ9i_o5vo viral] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90if6EPsgeQ videos] (warning: [[NSFW]]<ref>Rated "R" for Real Fuckin' Funny. Mature audiences only. Viewer discretion is advised. This film contains graphic language. Kiss my ass.</ref>) that [[Affectionate Parody|affectionately parodied]] the Jersey guido lifestyle, it's now{{when}} being turned into a web series. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=Q5QJ9i_o5vo&v=HlVYLuI5isk&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_504016 Here's the trailer.]
* [[James Rolfe]], of ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'' fame, is from southern New Jersey and filmed the first 50 episodes (and a few segments of the 51st episode) in the state. In college, he made a film called ''[http://www.cinemassacre.com/new/?p=184 Legend of the Blue Hole]'' that was inspired by ''Weird NJ'' and New Jersey's urban legends. He has plans to make sequels to it, but thanks to his work doing ''AVGN'' videos, those plans have been [[Development Hell|put on hold indefinitely]].
* From ''[[Cracked.com]]'': [http://www.cracked.com/funny-258-new-jersey/ "A Pop Culture Tour of New Jersey."]
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'''Michelangelo''': Yeah, I don't think they heard you over in Joisey. }}
** The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|1987]] series had characters making references and similes to New Jersey.
* [[Bugs Bunny]]: [[w:8 Ball Bunny|"Ho''bo''ken?]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmDj6Cvcag Ooooooooh, I'm ''dyin{{'}}'' again!"]
* According to ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', Care-A-Lot is turned into New Jersey as a result of the [[Care Bears]] provoking the [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Great Cloudkeeper's]] wrath when they begin an [[Sugar Apocalypse|ethnic cleansing]] of the Care Bear Cousins.
{{quote|'''John Corzine:''' Hello. I'm New Jersey governor John Corzine. I hope you've enjoyed this reenactment of our state's proud history. [eats some rainbow] The Garden State: Come get in on some of this rainbow!}}
* [[Batman: The Animated Series|Harley]] [[Batman|Quinn]] has a New Jersey accent, which mixes with the implications of Gotham City in relation to New Jersey.
* Squirt, the street smart chihuahua in [[The Hub
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', they do a parody of ''[[Jersey Shore]]'' when Fat Tony invites them to his mansion after Selma snubbed Marge at their wedding.
** In another episode, Marge and Homer are supposed to go to Dayton, Ohio for an elderly relative's birthday, but decide to take a last-minute romantic getaway to Miami...then wind up in Atlantic City when they find they're being tailed by Bart and Lisa. Homer and Marge are making out in a glass elevator, and Marge expresses (mock) concern about other people seeing them.
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== Other ==
* The magazine ''[http://www.weirdnj.com/ Weird NJ]'' has undoubtedly contributed to New Jersey's reputation as a [[Weirdness Magnet]]. Teenagers will often go on tours of the state using the magazine as their guide. Has been spun off into two books, as well as books covering other states.
* Atlantic City has the distinction of being the original setting for the board game ''[[Monopoly]]''. While other variations (read: licensed editions) of the game are abound, official [[Tournament Play]] uses the AC-based version, a fact that many Shore residents are proud (and defensive) of. (And yes, it's possible to stand at the intersection of Boardwalk and Park Place.)
* Most media about [[The American Revolution]] will reference New Jersey in some capacity. The state played a pivotal role in the war, being the host of some of its most famous battles. [[George Washington]]'s crossing of the Delaware River, immortalized by the famous painting, was the beginning of his attack on Trenton, and he made his winter camp at Morristown twice in the war.
** New York and Philadelphia (two of the three largest cities in the colonies at the time, with Patriot hotbed Boston the other) are literally next to it, and control of New Jersey meant quick access to both.
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* Why did New York get all the lawyers and New Jersey get all the toxic waste? [[Take That|New Jersey got first pick.]]
* Speaking to almost any Pennsylvanian about New Jersey will almost inevitably result in them stating that New Jersey should be blown up. Why, you ask? Because New Jersey is the armpit of the country and Pennsylvania needs a beach. What lovely neighbors...
** It does not help that immediately across the river from
*** Nor does it help that on the other side of that very same river is Philadelphia.
* The vast majority of bridges leading out of New Jersey (either east across the Hudson to New York or west across the Delaware to Pennsylvania) are tolled (those that aren't are small ones that trucks wouldn't be able to use). Moreover (in order to avoid perpetual traffic congestion in New York or Philadelphia), all tolls are one-way leaving New Jersey—it's free to enter New Jersey, but you have to pay to leave it (and it ain't cheap—the Holland Tunnel to Lower Manhattan, for instance, costs $15 in cash as of 2018).
** Unlike, say, the Brooklyn Bridge with its raised promenade, the Manhattan-NJ tunnels are not pedestrian-friendly. [[Lord of the Rings|One does not simply walk into Jersey]].
*** On the contrary, friend. The Ben Franklin Bridge has not one, but ''two'' walkways on each side of the bridge that you can walk from Philly into Jersey. Though it takes you into Camden, which is pretty much the worst city in the country.
** The Holland Tunnel is particularly cruel: it's labeled as an Interstate, but it's an at-grade road with driveways and stoplights.<ref>Interstate 78 was originally planned to go through Lower Manhattan and into Brooklyn, but this would have required demolishing a lot of residences and led to "freeway revolts" that forced its cancellation.</ref> Which leads us to....
* 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
* [[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.
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