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* ''[[Father Ted]]'' puts a Chinatown on Craggy Island.
* ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' and ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'' often had stories set in Honolulu's Chinatown, not the least reason being the distinctive '30s architecture and the (until recently, [[Truth in Television]]) dangerous and seedy reputation of the main street in Chinatown, Hotel Street. In fact, the Wo Fat building, a Chinatown landmark, had its name borrowed by ''Hawaii 5-0's'' production staff for one of their recurring villains, a [[Red China|Chinese communist agent]].
**The episode ''China Doll'' has a few more classy Chinese-American neighborhoods which cater to richer folks. These seem more rural and gentrified.
* Philadelphia has a large Chinatown that for some reason never appears in fiction. Except in ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' the gang occasionally visit Philly's Chinatown. In one episode, the gang discusses how disappointed they are that Chinatown is nothing like ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'', and Charlie is astounded by a group of men passing fish back and forth on the sidewalk. In another episode, Charlie and Dee seek out exotic meat at a grotesque Chinatown butcher shop and purchase some monkey.
* An odd, apparently [[Ripped from the Headlines]] plot began circulating on [[Police Procedural]] shows in 2008 that featured the ancient (and increasingly rare) Chinese practice of "[[wikipedia:Ghost marriage (Chinese)|ghost brides]]": the family of a young man who died before getting married had a spiritual [[Arranged Marriage]] with a deceased girl. The shows' plots revolved around the twist that whoever was arranging the ghost weddings ignored the ''deceased'' part for the prospective spiritual daughter-in-law. Shows that used this plot:
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