History Main / HulaAndLuaus

* When hockey legend Wayne Gretsky hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' he appeared in a sketch, inspired by Elivis movies, called "Waikiki Hockey" where he played a Honolulu based hockey champion who also sang rock-and-roll.

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* Al Lolotai, better known by his nickname Alo Leilani, wrestled with a Hawaiian shirt pattern on his trunks, had waist ring 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]].

* Royal Hawaiian from Wrestling/{{GLOW}}, who would much on [[BigEater two pineapples at time]] on her way to the ring.

* Beaches.

->''"Hey, what is this place? Palm trees... hula girls... pineapples... hula girls... surfboards... hula girls!... hula girls!... [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment hula girls!]] Of course, it all adds up! [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering I've somehow landed in Norway!]]"''

* Ride/DisneyThemeParks has the attraction ''The Enchanted Tiki Room'', built around tikis and other elements of South Pacific culture.
** The Polynesian resort at WDW is this trope rendered in Florida. It has a regularly-scheduled luau dinner show, called "Spirit of Aloha", which features performances from not just Hawaii, but many other Polynesian islands.

* Plump, friendly ukulele players and names like "James Humunupukapu'a", or "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwoole Israel Kamakawiwo'ole]]". Asian surnames are strangely unheard of for a state where Asian Americans make up forty percent of the population.

* {{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.

* ''[[BackyardSports Backyard Basketball]]'' has the Whirling Hula Hoops team, which has a pineapple mascot with a Hawaiian shirt twirling a hula hoop around.

* Sexy skinny girls in coconut bras and grass skirts, even though ethnic Pacific Islanders run the full gamut of body sizes, and those hula girls most likely wear jeans and tank tops in their off-hours.

* Ride/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.

* MarkTwain went to Hawai'i, strangely enough. He writes about his first (and last) attempt at surfing, which ended with him buried in sand.

If the cast [[AlohaHawaii goes to Hawaii]], there will inevitably be a hula show and a luau.

* 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 by white people.

* FiftyFirstDates takes place on O'ahu, and features Nick, a big Hawaiian with tattoos on his face. Other than Hawaiian shirts and beaches, the setting doesn't factor too much into the story.

* {{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.
* The season 3 finale of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' takes place in Hawaii and uses all the cliches.
* The WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon "Hello Aloha".
* ''RocketPower'' played everything but the skinny women part straight, as most of them were as fat as visiting relative Tito. Hawai'i ''is'' known for its overweight populace, a result of Hawai'ians not being used to meat that wasn't fish.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials in Paradise]]''.

* ''SavedByTheBell: Hawaiian Style''

* Tracy Taylor's [[TheGimmick gimmick]] in a nutshell. Ring gear in loud bright patterns, skirts, surfing? Like most pro wrestlers, she's not exactly skinny though.

* In ''Film/TwentyTwelve'', the characters plan on stopping in Honolulu in order to refuel on their flight from UsefulNotes/LasVegas 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]].

* Parodied with the Brown Islands setting in ''[[TabletopGame/DisceworldRoleplayingGame GURPS Discworld Also]]'', where the natives think of surfing as a religion, and have a habit of reassuring visitors they stopped sacrificing people to the volcano ''ages'' ago, in a vague manner that suggests they can't quite remember if they'd any reason to.

* Parodied with the Brown Islands setting in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} {{Literature/Discworld}} Also'', where the natives think of surfing as a religion, and have a habit of reassuring visitors they stopped sacrificing people to the volcano ''ages'' ago, in a vague manner that suggests they can't quite remember if they'd any reason to.

* The Pritchett-Delgado-Dunphy clan go to Hawaii during Jay's birthday in ''ModernFamily''.

* Beaches.

* [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Did we mention the beaches?]]

* 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]].