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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]". You may recognize it from [[Beetlejuice (Film)|a certain movie that didn't take place in the Caribbean...]]}}
 
A chain of tropical paradises mostly between Florida and South America. The Caribbean is known for cruises, beaches, resorts, and the occasional [[Pirate]] infestation. Beware of [[The Bermuda Triangle]], while you're at it, too. Includes Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and others.
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** Pirates of the Caribbean existed before the movie trilogy, as a ride in Disneyland. Just to clarify.
** The movie was filmed in Puerto Rico.
* ''[[Captain Blood (Film)|Captain Blood]]'' is set in the Caribbean; Jamaica and Tortuga are particularized.
* ''[[Cool Runnings]]''
* The fictional nation of San Monique from the [[James Bond]] movie ''Live and Let Die''.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* 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]].
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Harry Maybourne escapes to such a place in one epsiode of [[Stargate SG -1]].
 
== [[Music]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* 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 Meiers 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.
* ''[[Tropico]]'' takes place in a more modern Carribean, with you as a dictator of a [[Banana Republic]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[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.
** Probably the South Pacific, since the show is apparently based on [[Tales of the Gold Monkey]].
** And in one episode they visit Panda La.
* 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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