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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Where the streets have no name
''Where the devil's in all men
''If you knew what was at stake
''Pay or flee in Tortuga Bay"''|'''[[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]]''',"Tortuga Bay"}}
As far as humankind has dominated the sea, sailors have been considered as one of the lowest links of the social hierarchy, since these men spend many, many weeks at sea and usually not having a steady place to live, traveling a lot and usually, but not always, using the little wages they have on lowly pleasures. Hence, the typical image got through times on the settlements made to give these men a place to spend their wages and satisfy their urges.
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Type 1 is the '''Booty Bay''', usually the hangout of your favorite [[Pirates]], whether [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|they're idle]] or not. Expect them to be on an unknown location where authorities try to be on the margin of things and raids every once in a while. Set either somewhere in the [[Welcome to The Caribbean Luv|Caribbean]] or in Southeast Asia, though not exclusively, expect it to be on the 18th or the early 19th century. And yes, it's full of [[Pirate Girl|both kinds]] of [[Pirate Booty]].
Type 2 is the '''Stormalong Harbor''',<ref>Apparently named after [[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
This trope still has its echoes in present-day fiction, as dockyards remain a popular setting for police to uncover contraband of all sorts. Its friendlier counterpart is the [[Port Town]].
=== Here be examples: ===▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Roanapur from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' is a modern-day version
* ''[[Berserk]]'':
** Avast! The city of
* [[One Piece|The Grand Line]] in all its cliched piratey glory.▼
** ''
* ''[[One Piece]]'':
*** Mock Town is an insanely violent version of Type 1. It's so bad there, a man standing on top of a building challenging everyone to a fight and killing anyone who dares with his bare hands barely draws a crowd, much less a flaming man getting kicked out a window.▼
*** Water 7 is a type 2. Mostly legitimate businesses of shipwrights and traders, but it's still a place full of gambling, street parties, bars, and other places where you can spend several MILLION of the world's currency in a matter of hours and have nothing to show for it.▼
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▲* ''[[Berserk]]'' has an arc around a battle next to a port. Being a [[Crapsack World]] like few others, the whole town and implicitly its port fits this.
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== [[
* Madripoor in the [[Marvel Universe]] is a
== [[Film]] ==
* Sweethaven in the 1980 ''[[Popeye (film)|Popeye]]''
* Tortuga, Singapore and Shipwreck Cove from ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''. Jack tells his crew to be careful about the latter as it's apparently a [[Meaningful Name]].
** In reality, the actual wretched hive of the Caribbean during that time period was Port Royal. It shows up as the city Governor Swann runs, and is portrayed as being orderly and clean. Tortuga had been a notorious [[Wretched Hive]] in the late 17th century, but had cleaned up its act and lost that reputation by the time ''Pirates'' is apparently set.
*** The Tortuga of the film is still somewhat cleaned up and [[Disneyfication|Disney-fied]], compared to how you'd expect it to be in real life; women can walk safely around without any fears of being raped, for example. Considering that a lot of the pirates have no qualms about murder ( [[Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|at least in theory]]), that there are much more men than women everywhere in the film, and how most pirates spend a long time in boats without women, you'd expect that even pretty young men wouldn't be safe, let alone Elizabeth Swann.
* Samoa in ''[[Nate and Hayes]]''.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'': Mos Eisley -- and indeed, most of the rest of Tattooine -- is this trope [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]!
== Folklore ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Type 1 is parodied on ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' episode "The Legend of Old Gregg".
* [[Magnum, P.I.]] spends a lot of time in the Honolulu sailortown district [[They Fight Crime|chasing bad guys]]. It is swarming with mobsters, prostitutes, Drunken Sailors, Shore Patrolmen chasing the Drunken Sailors, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|litterbugs.]]
== [[Music]] ==
* Although the [[Frame Story]] takes place in the belly of a whale, a Type 2 figures prominently in "The Mariner's Revenge Song" by [[The Decemberists]].
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has Booty Bay, the [[Trope Namer]] for Type 1.
** Though, oddly enough, pirates have actually been ''banned'' from docking
** This is more a turf war between two pirate gangs, the Bloodsail Buccaneers and the Blackwater Raiders, who control Booty Bay.
* ''[[
** Port Sarim is the only sea town accessible to nonmembers, and the only pirate here would appear to be the friendly drunk Redbeard who just wants some Karamjan Rum.
** In the member's world is Brimhaven on the north end of Karamja as a firm example of Type 1.
** The Cabin Fever quest gives access to Mos Le'Harmless ([[Punny Name|pun]] [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|intended]]), a whole ''island'' populated by pirates.
** Port Phasmatys was once an example of Type 2, until it became a literal Ghost Town when all the residents were transformed into spirits. Surprising lack of [[Ghost Pirate
* ''[[EverQuest]] 1'' has the entire ''Legacy of Ykesha'' expansion. All the zones in that expansion are located on an island called Brokenskull Rock, and Brokenskull Rock swarms with pirates. One of the zones is called Dulak's Harbor.
* Smuggler's Cove in the computer game ''I Spy: Treasure Hunt'', especially in the past, but even in the present day, most townspeople seem obsessed with pirates and the sea.
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[[Category:Instant Index, Just Add Water]]
[[Category:Settings]]
[[Category:Wretched Hive]]
[[Category:Tropes At Sea]]
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