Small Town Boredom: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''Just a small-town girl, living in a lonely world.''~~<br />~~

{{quote|''Just a small-town girl, living in a lonely world.''

''She took the midnight train going anywhere.''|'''Journey''', ''Don't Stop Believin'''}}

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* The titular character in ''Big Fish''.

* In ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'', while Clarice Starling is interviewing a girl in Belvedere, Ohio, the girl asks her:

{{quote| '''Girl:''' Is that a good job, FBI agent? You get to travel around and stuff? I mean, better places than this?}}

{{quote|'''Girl:''' Is that a good job, FBI agent? You get to travel around and stuff? I mean, better places than this?}}

** This is also the theme of the big [[Hannibal Lecture]], delivered by the [[Trope Namer]].

* In ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'', Alex Rogan really wants to get out of the boring trailer park where he lives.

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* [[Taylor Swift]], particularly in "White Horse".

* While the song itself isn't about it, but the song "White Kids Love Hip-Hop" by [[MC Chris]] has a spoken-word monologue by [[The Brak Show|Andy Merril]] along these lines.

{{quote| Aw man, there's nothing to do in this stupid town. Rope swing's busted, stinkin' cops always kicking me out of the park, manager of the 7-11 always saying 'Get off my curb, you good-for-nothings!'. All the girls already know I'm a bad kisser so they won't come anywhere near me. I dunno how many times I've been to T.G.I.F; a kid can eat an Onion Bloom only so many times. Bowling's boring, the skating rink's been taken over by twelve-year-olds. There ain't no good movies out. Blockbuster never has any good games in. I don't want to play [[Star Wars|Bombad Racing!]] I mean, what the heck is that? I'm sick of all my records but any time I go to the record store, I forget what I want to get! And there ain't nothing on TV! Not a stupid thing! There ain't nothing to do but take naps, and wait patiently for death!"}}

{{quote|Aw man, there's nothing to do in this stupid town. Rope swing's busted, stinkin' cops always kicking me out of the park, manager of the 7-11 always saying 'Get off my curb, you good-for-nothings!'. All the girls already know I'm a bad kisser so they won't come anywhere near me. I dunno how many times I've been to T.G.I.F; a kid can eat an Onion Bloom only so many times. Bowling's boring, the skating rink's been taken over by twelve-year-olds. There ain't no good movies out. Blockbuster never has any good games in. I don't want to play [[Star Wars|Bombad Racing!]] I mean, what the heck is that? I'm sick of all my records but any time I go to the record store, I forget what I want to get! And there ain't nothing on TV! Not a stupid thing! There ain't nothing to do but take naps, and wait patiently for death!"}}

* Sara Evans' "Bible Song;" after the narrator's cousin [[Driven to Suicide|commits suicide to escape]], she gets out before she goes the same way ("so no one would sing some Bible song over me").

* Steve Earle's "Someday".