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{{quote|''Work all night and I drink da rum<br />

''Daylight come and me wan' go home<br />

''Stack banana 'till de mornin' come<br />

''Daylight come and me wan' go home''|Harry Belafonte, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}Jpg-KIKD5gU The Banana Boat Song]". <ref>You may recognize it from [[Beetlejuice (Film)|a certain movie that didn't take place in the Caribbean...]]</ref>}}

Excludes Cuba (since circa 1959) [[Especially Zoidberg|and Haiti]]. Jamaica is a specialized case, mostly due to a perceived abundance of Reggae and Rastafari folks [[The Stoner|with a penchant for the "Wisdom Weed"]]. The Bahamas is often mistaken for Jamaica much to the chagrin of BOTH''both'' countries' citizens. This is despite, however, a minority of Rastafarians in Jamaica.

Also known as [[The Spanish Main]]. Because it used to be full of [[Badass Spaniard|Badass Spaniards]]s and [[Pirate Booty|their loot]].

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* There have been two one-shot comics with the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]] visiting [[Useful Notes/Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]. They even fought a [[Chupacabra]].

== Fanfic[[Fan Works]] ==

* The [[Comics Nix]] [[So Bad ItsIt's Good|"masterpiece"]] ''[[Scooby Doo]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5915590/1/Scooby_Doo_and_the_Trip_of_Lust and the Trip of Lust]'' is set in "Jamaca Island, the earth of Bob Marley and [[Stevie Wonder]]." ([[Did Not Do the Research|the latter of whom isn't actually from Jamaica]].)

* ''[[Captain Blood (Film)|Captain Blood]]'' is set in the Caribbean; Jamaica and Tortuga are particularized.

* The fictional nation of San Monique from the [[James Bond]] movie ''Live and Let Die''.

* Neil Gaiman's ''[[Anansi Boys (Literature)|Anansi Boys]]'', played straight. (Yes. ''Neil Gaiman'' played something straight.) Well, kind of. Apparently [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|people in the Caribbean are mad about country music]], and hand out limes to passersby. Although Fat Charlie was only given the lime because he expressed disbelief that limes grew there, so he was given one. Other than that no limes were handed about, except by Fat Charlie himself who became unusually attached to the lime, and {{spoiler|proposed to Daisy with it}}. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

* Harry Maybourne escapes to such a place in one epsiode of [[Stargate SG -1]].

{{quote| ''Since the Yankee come to Trinidad''<br />

''They got the young girls all goin' mad''<br />

''Young girls say they treat 'em nice''<br />

''Make Trinidad like paradise''<br />

''Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola''<br />

''Go down Point Koomahnah''<br />

''Both mother and daughter''<br />

* The ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series uses this, since it owes a lot to the original ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' ride, [[Older Than They Think|or vice versa]]. The [[Escape Fromfrom Monkey Island|fourth game]] actually features Guybrush trying to save the Caribbean from being converted into a tourist's paradise by a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|conniving Australian businessman]].

* ''[[Sid Meiers Pirates (Video Game)|Sid MeiersMeier's Pirates!]]''

* The trolls of ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' seem to blend both this trope and Mayincatec. The Darkspear have Jamaican accents and practice a fantasy equivalent of voodoo, while other tribes practice blood sorcery similar to human sacrifice and convene around ziggurats.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160429145111/http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=149300 This] role playing thread on [[Alternate History Dot ComAlternateHistory.com]] features an entire [[Played for Laughs]] [[Punk Punk]] setting based on this trope...

* ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'' spans the world, but the main locations of Cape Suzette and Louie's are definitely in a very Caribbean or South Pacific setting.

* The ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animationanimation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' episode "Battle of the Bulge" features three fruit-devouring, evil-doing Jamaican fruit bats complete with the matching accent.

* In a ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' episode, the hamsters go on a vacation at Jamaica's KND sector. One of the operatives there is your stereotypical Jamaican who hilariously seems to be the only one who can stomach Lizzie's horrible cooking.

{{quote| "It's PIE time, mon! ...o.o That be some GOOD pie, mon!"}}

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