History Main / HulaAndLuaus

* DisneyThemeParks has the attraction ''The Enchanted Tiki Room'', plus the Polynesian resort at Disney World. Rumors persist of a park that will be built in Hawaii itself.

* Micah Taylor, known for such gimmicks as "SANDY BEACH" as well as [[TagTeam teaming]] as LOCO with MOCO in the Hawaiian Express.

* Al Lolotai, better known by his nickname Alo Leilani, wrestled with a Hawaiian shirt pattern on his trunks, had waist wrap plus a sarong as part of his entrance gear, carried a sling blade and handed out [[CheapPop leis for the fans to put around their necks]], [[MrFanservice especially the lady fans]].

* Al Lolotai, better known by his nickname Alo Leilani, wrestled with a Hawaiian shirt pattern on his trunks, had waist wrap as part of his entrance gear, carried a sling blade and handed out [[CheapPop leis for the fans to put around their necks]], [[MrFanservice especially the lady fans]].

* Al Lolotai, better known by his nickname Alo Leilani, wrestled with a Hawaiian shirt pattern on his trunks, had a hula ring thing as entrance gear, carried a sling blade and handed out [[CheapPop leis for the fans to put around their necks]], [[MrFanservice especially the lady fans]].

* The normally [[WrestlingMonster monstrous]] Wrestling/AjaKong decided to run with this trope when Hawai'i Championship Wrestling came to Japan and ran join shows with Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1, becoming "Hula Kong".

Usually doesn't apply to series set in Hawaii, such as ''Series/MagnumPI'' or ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'', as the location is simply local flavor.

* While ''Series/DogTheBountyHunter'' doesn't fall under this trope, being actually based in Hawai'i, it does subvert the image of Honolulu as a glamorous resort town for viewers too young to remember ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' or ''MagnumPI'', showing that it, too, has its slums and the problems typically found there.

Usually doesn't apply to series set in Hawaii, such as ''MagnumPI'' or ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'', as the location is simply local flavor.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', if your Sim dies of old age with a full (platinum) aspiration, [[DontFearTheReaper the Grim Reaper]] shows up in a lei, accompanied by two hula girls to the tune "Aloha Oe," before handing the dying Sim a drink and taking his/her suitcase.

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* ''{{Film/North}}'' had a [[DudeNotFunny highly offensive]] version of this.

* In ''Film/TwentyTwelve'', the characters plan on stopping in Honolulu in order to refuel on their flight from [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]] to the Arks in China. [[spoiler:The entire city - hell, the entire island it's on - is covered in lava from the crust movement in the Earth making the volcanoes go into overdrive]]

* * The season 3 finale of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' takes place in Hawaii and uses all the cliches.
* The {{Goofy}} cartoon "Hello Aloha".

* As the page quote shows, ''{{WesternAnimation/Freakazoid}}'' used this trope as part of a pseudo-MisterSandmanSequence when Freakazoid was thrown back in time to Pearl Harbor.
* The finale of ''TotalDramaWorldTour'' takes place in Hawaii and uses all the cliches.
* The {{Goofy}} cartoon "Hello Aloha".

* Despite being set in medieval Europe, the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "Virtual Smurfality" has the initial beach setting in the Imaginarium full of virtual Smurfettes wearing floral wreaths and doing dances similar to the hula.

* Plump, friendly men with ukuleles and names like "James Humunupukapu'a", or "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwoole Israel Kamakawiwo'ole]]". Asian surnames are strangely unheard of, especially in a state where Asian Americans make up nearly two-fifths of the population.
* Skinny, sexy girls in coconut bras and grass skirts, even though most ethnic Pacific Islanders are plumper than the average American, not helped by the popularity of spam, fried stuff, and fried spam (although Hawaii is one of the thinner states overall), and most residents get their clothes from the mall rather than a palm tree.
* Everyone wearing {{Hawaiian shirt|edTourist}}s. Okay, this one is actually true, even in the workplace, since the tropical weather doesn't take kindly to layered 3-piece suits. However, business and casual Hawaiian shirts are more subdued than the loud tourist versions, and locally made shirts tend to get expensive.

* {{Justified|Trope}} in both the film and series ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', in that there's always a hula going on because the main characters and their family work in the tourist industry. In one episode, they go to Honolulu and it's just a regular city. Most of the characters, notably, are also ethnically realistic looking. Nani does fit the "sexy skinny girl" part, but she only dresses in coconut bras and grass skirts as part of her work uniform. She normally wears jeans and a T-shirt, and c'mon...she probably just takes good care of herself. Hawaii is just as much a part of the US as Nebraska, which means that some people will be fat and some will be thin.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' did not have one in the actual series run, given it was set in SanFrancisco, but the TieInNovel ''Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii'' has Monk and Natalie travel to Kauai. They go to a luau - where the main course is supposed to be a pig buried in a pit covered with banana leaves to trap in heat, but the workers instead dig up [[MysteryMagnet a murder victim's body]].

* Everyone wearing {{Hawaiian shirt|edTourist}}s. Okay, this one is actually true, even in the workplace, since the tropical weather doesn't take kindly to layered 3-piece suits. However, business and casual Hawaiian shirts are more subdued than the loud tourist versions.
* Surfing. [[TruthInTelevision True]], especially with O'ahu's famous North Shore, crawling with surfers.
* Volcanoes.

* Tourists. ''Tons'' of tourists. (This is true in some places, but other parts of the state are relatively free of these guys.)

* Local kids hanging out all day in the sun instead of going to school. (This is something of truth in television, especially with college students from out of state.)

* Surfing. True, especially with O'ahu's famous North Shore, crawling with surfers.

* Skinny, sexy girls in coconut bras and grass skirts, even though most ethnic Pacific Islanders are plumper than the average American, not helped by the popularity of spam, fried stuff, and fired spam (although Hawaii is one of the thinner states overall), and most residents get their clothes from the mall rather than a palm tree.

* Skinny, sexy girls in coconut bras and grass skirts, even though most ethnic Pacific Islanders are plumper than the average American (although Hawaii is one of the thinner states overall), and most residents get their clothes from the mall rather than a palm tree.

* Surfing.

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* In ''ForgettingSarahMarshall'', the main character goes to Hawaii on vacation after breaking up with his super hot celebrity girlfriend. The Hawaii pictured features pretty much everything listed above minus the volcanoes, though he ''is'' tourist resort staffed almost entirely be white people.

* In ''Film/TwentyTwelve'', the characters plan on stopping in Honolulu in order to refuel on their flight from [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]] to the Arks in China. [[spoiler:The entire island is covered in lava. Given that the islands are made from Volcanic activity, and that there are active volcanoes...]]

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} in Paradise''.

* In ''ForgettingSarahMarshall'', the main character goes to Hawaii on vacation after breaking up with his super hot celebrity girlfriend. The Hawaii pictured features pretty much everything listed above minus the volcanoes.
** To be fair, he is at a tourist resort staffed almost entirely be white people.

** Not to mention...take a look at her below the waist. She's actually got quite a distinctive figure compared to most animated girls.
* ''RocketPower'' played everything but the skinny women part straight, as most of them were as fat as visiting relative Tito.