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The [[Deep South]] in a (usually) more positive light. The Rural South in the United States is a land of [[Good Ol' Boy|honest, down-to-earth folks]], unlike the pretentious [[City Slicker
A [[Sub
Whether white or black, the churches are usually Baptist or Pentecostal, which is to say this trope usually averts [[Christianity Is Catholic]].
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Turn
** Ironically enough, Nochis (the town where the story begins) is placed in [[Joisey|New Jersey]] on official maps.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Gone
* ''[[The Blind Side]]'': Well, it's actually Tennessee, but still. The film also has elements of [[Deep South]].
* The fictional Crowley Corners, Tennessee from [[Hannah Montana]] the movie is one of these places. Actual filming was done in the city of Columbia, about 50 miles south of Nashville.
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* ''[[Forrest Gump]]''
* ''Fried Green Tomatoes''
* ''[[Midnight in
* ''Mystery Train''
* ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'': plays it both ways. Some of the Southerners are portrayed as rednecks and somewhat dim but the rest are presented as decent folks. The Northerners act more like stereotypical New Yawkers. It's basically stereotype vs. stereotype and [[Hilarity Ensues|played for laughs]].
* The movie ''[[Film/Sweet Home Alabama|Sweet Home Alabama]]'' is about a Southern girl who thought for a moment that some New York yuppie could be her Mr. Right. Obviously not; her Mr. Right is her childhood sweetheart back home in Alabama.
* ''[[The Notebook]]''
* ''Steel Magnolias''
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* ''[[Big Fish]]''
* ''[[Where the Heart Is]]''
* ''[[Divine Secrets of the Ya
* ''[[Harold
* The character of Wooderson from ''Dazed and Confused'' seems to inhabit this trope, although the rest of the film isn't particularly like this. (It's set in Austin, Texas.)
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* [[The McCoy|Dr. McCoy]] of ''[[Star Trek]]'' has a slight Southern accent (which was DeForest Kelley's natural accent; he was from Atlanta) and is a self-described "simple country doctor" from the "Old South" where he attended the University of Mississippi. He is presumably from this version of the South.
* Raytown in ''[[
* Mayberry, North Carolina in ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''.
* Hooterville in ''[[Green Acres]]'' and ''[[
* ''[[Evening Shade]]''.
* When ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' wasn't making the characters ridiculous characters it was showing the sense of honor and hospitality people have in the Southern US.
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== [[Music]] ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the song [http://popup.lala.com/popup/432627043556415892 "Sweet Home Alabama"]{{Dead link}} by the Southern Rock band [[
{{quote|My own song 'Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue|Neil Young, ''Waging Heavy Peace''}}
* Despite its [[Shout
* "Georgia on My Mind" by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, made famous by [[Ray Charles]], which was made the official state song in 1979, although originally written about Carmichael's sister, Georgia Carmichael.
* Phil Harris' song "That's What I Like About The South" is filled to the brim (of the mint julep) with this.
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN86d0CdgHQ Take Me Home, Country Road]'' does for West Virginia the same thing that ''Sweet Home Alabama'' does for Alabama.
** Similarly, James Taylor's "Carolina In My Mind" is about Taylor's childhood in North Carolina, but it's also popular in South Carolina.
*** Not to be confused with "South Carolina On My Mind" by Hank Martin and Buzz Alredge, South Carolina's (second) state song.
** Likewise, "My Old Kentucky Home" does the same for Kentucky.
* Too many [[Country Music]] songs to count.
* [[
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Pogo (
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Terrans from [[
** Taking it one step further, the [[Trope Namer]] song loads up on Jimmy's jukebox during the infamous [[Bar Fight]].
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