History Main / OnlyInFlorida

* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGO'': During Izzy's military invasion of Florida, we are introduced to a strange man with an autopsy scar, a drug habit, and a face that appears to have been partially torn off and sewn back on. After he robbed a bank as a distraction and appeared in the news, he earned the FandomNickname of "Florida Man". He is later shown to not only be connected to Izzy's past, but also [[spoiler:having been around for about 200 years, [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1259/ always appearing in newspaper articles that only identify him as a "Florida Man"]].]]

* In one of his "Cringe of the Week" videos, WebVideo/FilthyFrank discuss a man in Florida biting off the head of a hamster at a party, then thinking that hamster blood is the key to immortality. Then there's this line mid video:

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'' takes place in the Sunshine State in 2011, and is widely regarded as [[SerialEscalation one of the weirder parts]] of the series. After all, only Florida would play host to such events as a prison escape with invisible zombies, [[RefugeeFromTVLand fictional characters]] [[MageInManhattan coming to life]], "rods"[[labelnote:*]]visual artifacts in photographs that don't exist in real life[[/labelnote]] capable of absorbing body heat being weaponized, and ''rainbows that turn people into snails via subliminal messaging''. The protagonist's group is no slouch either, consisting of: a delinquent who can unravel parts of her body into strings, a prison veteran who can duplicate items via attaching stickers to them, a young boy born in prison that can use "ghost objects"[[labelnote:*]]Described as objects that have been destroyed in a location in the past[[/labelnote]], a sentient colony of plankton that takes the form of a prisoner whose corpse it absorbed, an amnesiac who can exert control over the weather and/or atmosphere[[labelnote:*]]A secondary ability of his is responsible for the aforementioned rainbows turning people into snails[[/labelnote]], and a dangerously-obsessive inmate who can "imprint" an attack on any surface as well as phasing through solid objects while changing their composition. And all of this is on the long path to fighting and defeating the BigBad of the Part whose power and threat initially comes from being able to turn people's memories and abilities into CD-like discs that are transferrable to others, then later on gains control of the forces of gravity by fusing with a plant-human-hybrid baby, before ultimately becoming capable of [[spoiler: increasing the flow of time]] in order to [[spoiler:perform a CosmicReset on the universe]]. [[spoiler:He succeeds, if only partly, and the series ends up changing the setting to an entire alternate universe going forward.]] And Florida is to thank for it.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'' takes place in the Sunshine State in 2011, and is widely regarded as [[SerialEscalation one of the weirder parts]] of the series. After all, only Florida would play host to such events as a prison escape with invisible zombies, [[RefugeeFromTVLand fictional characters]] [[MageInManhattan coming to life]], "rods"[[labelnote:*]]visual artifacts in photographs that don't exist in real life[[/labelnote]] capable of absorbing body heat being weaponized, and ''rainbows that turn people into snails via subliminal messaging''. And all of this is on the long path to fighting and defeating the BigBad of the Part whose power and threat initially comes from being able to turn people's memories and abilities into CD-like discs that are transferrable to others, then later on gains control of the forces of gravity by fusing with a green plant-human-hybrid baby, before ultimately becoming capable of [[spoiler: increasing the flow of time]] in order to [[spoiler:perform a CosmicReset on the universe]]. [[spoiler:He succeeds, if only partly, and the series ends up changing the setting to an entire alternate universe going forward.]] And Florida is to thank for it.

* ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' (Part 6 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' overall) takes place in the Sunshine State in 2011, and is widely regarded as [[SerialEscalation one of the weirder parts]] of the series. After all, only Florida would play host to such events as a prison escape with invisible zombies, [[RefugeeFromTVLand fictional characters]] [[MageInManhattan coming to life]], "rods"[[labelnote:*]]visual artifacts in photographs that don't exist in real life[[/labelnote]] capable of absorbing body heat being weaponized, and ''rainbows that turn people into snails via subliminal messaging''. And all of this is on the long path to fighting and defeating the BigBad of the Part whose power and threat initially comes from being able to turn people's memories and abilities into CD-like discs that are transferrable to others, then later on gains control of the forces of gravity by fusing with a green plant-human-hybrid baby, before ultimately becoming capable of [[spoiler: increasing the flow of time]] in order to [[spoiler:perform a CosmicReset on the universe]]. [[spoiler:He succeeds, if only partly, and the series ends up changing the setting to an entire alternate universe going forward.]] And Florida is to thank for it.

* ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' (Part 6 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' overall) takes place in the Sunshine State in 2011, and is widely regarded as [[SerialEscalation one of the weirder parts]] of the series. After all, only Florida would play host to such events as a prison escape with invisible zombies, [[RefugeeFromTVLand fictional characters]] [[MageInManhattan coming to life]], "rods"[[labelnote:*]]visual artifacts in photographs that don't exist in real life[[/labelnote]] capable of absorbing body heat being weaponized, and ''rainbows that turn people into snails via subliminal messaging''. And all of this is on the long path to fighting and defeating the BigBad of the Part who can initially turn people's memories and abilities into discs that are transferrable to others, then later on gains control of the forces of gravity by fusing with an infant plant-human... thing, and then ultimately becomes capable of [[spoiler: increasing the flow of time to perform a CosmicReset on the universe]].

* Former child star and current Seattle DJ Danny Bonaduce has a segment during the news portion of his morning drive program titled "Our 'Things Are Not Right in Florida' Story of the Day."

Given the fact that such headlines are usually worded in the manner of "Florida Man does X," MemeticMutation has opted to interpret this to mean that all of these bizarre acts are the work of a ''[[AmalgamatedIndividual single specific individual]]'', a "[[SuperZeroes superhero]]"/supervillain named Florida Man, who is considered to be the AnthropomorphicPersonification of ChaoticStupid and the Avatar of Meth.

[[caption-width-right:350:Florida Man Hijacks [=TV Tropes=] Caption.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Florida Man Hijacks TVTropes Caption.]]

Given the fact that such headlines are usually worded in the manner of "Florida Man does X," MemeticMutation has opted to interpret this to mean that all of these bizarre acts are the work of a ''single specific individual'', a "[[SuperZeroes superhero]]"/supervillain named Florida Man, who is considered to be the AnthropomorphicPersonification of ChaoticStupid and the Avatar of Meth.

[[caption-width-right:350:Florida Man Hijacks TVTropes Caption]]

* In ''VideoGame/AfterTheEndACrusaderKingsIIMod'', the two biggest powers in post-apocalyptic Florida are a tribal cult that worships Mickey Mouse, and the descendants of Shriners who read ''Literature/ArabianNights'' and decided to rebuild civilization [[ArabianNightsDays in its image]].

* Cenk from ''Radio/TheYoungTurks'' comments on this often.

Of course, Florida doesn't ''actually'' have more weirdos per capita than any other state with a similarly large and diverse population. They're just more willing to talk about it. In most other states, the details of crimes and legal proceedings are either classified or not available right away, whereas Florida is quite proud of its [[http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/how-floridas-proud-open-government-laws-lead-to-the-shame-of-florida-man-news-stories-7608595 transparency laws]], also known as "sunshine laws", which give reporters easier access to police reports and court documents. So whereas an Ohio headline would read "Maple Heights woman arrested after assaulting sister," a ''Florida'' headline gets to go the extra mile and say "Manatee woman[[note]]That is, a woman from Manatee County, ''not'' some half-human aberration, though, this being Florida, you can't entirely rule out the existence of such a creature[[/note]] punched sister during fight over vibrator." Of course, the manner in which these laws are enforced can themselves create some weird "only in Florida" stories, sometimes even creating ARareSentence in the process; see, for instance, the time when a father and son who were both Miami-Dade County commissioners had to [[http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2015/05/a-father-and-son-talk-but-first-a-legally-required-notice-to-the-public.html file a public notice]] just to have a private chat because they'd be discussing public transit issues, or when the governor was legally required to invite journalists to [[http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24515023.html cover his wedding]].

* ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' (Part 6 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' overall) takes place in the Sunshine State in 2011, and is widely regarded as [[SerialEscalation one of the weirder parts]] of the series. After all, only Florida would play host to such events as a prison escape with invisible zombies, [[RefugeeFromTVLand fictional characters]] [[MageInManhattan coming to life]], "rods"[[labelnote:*]]visual artifacts in photographs that don't exist in real life[[/labelnote]] capable of absorbing body heat being weaponized, and ''rainbows that turn people into snails via subliminal messaging''. And all of this is on the long path to reaching Cape Canaveral to stop the BigBad [[spoiler:from resetting the universe]].

* ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' (Part 6 of the series overall) takes place in the Sunshine State in 2011, and is widely regarded as [[SerialEscalation one of the weirder installments]] of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. After all, only Florida would play host to such events as a prison escape with invisible zombies, [[RefugeeFromTVLand fictional characters]] [[MageInManhattan coming to life]], "rods"[[labelnote:*]]visual artifacts in photographs that don't exist in real life[[/labelnote]] capable of absorbing body heat being weaponized, and ''rainbows that turn people into snails via subliminal messaging''. And all of this is on the long path to reaching Cape Canaveral to stop the BigBad [[spoiler:from resetting the universe]].

* ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' (Part 6 of the series overall) is widely regarded as [[SerialEscalation one of the weirder installments]] of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. After all, only Florida would play host to such events as a prison escape with invisible zombies, [[RefugeeFromTVLand fictional characters]] [[MageInManhattan coming to life]], "rods"[[labelnote:*]]visual artifacts in photographs that don't exist in real life[[/labelnote]] capable of absorbing body heat being weaponized, and ''rainbows that turn people into snails via subliminal messaging''. And all of this is on the long path to stopping the BigBad [[spoiler:from resetting the universe]].

* ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' is widely regarded as [[SerialEscalation one of the weirder installments]] of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. After all, only Florida would have a prison escape with invisible zombies, [[RefugeeFromTVLand fictional characters]] [[MageInManhattan coming to life]], "rods"[[labelnote:*]]visual artifacts in photographs that don't exist in real life[[/labelnote]] absorbing body heat being weaponized, and ''rainbows turning people into snails'' on the way to stop the BigBad [[spoiler:from resetting the universe]].

* In season 12 of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'', devout evangelical Christian boorish homophobes Luke and Becky [[NewTransferStudent just moved up from Florida]]. They're widely believed to be a TakeThat to the Florida Family Association (see the "Real Life" section).

Of course, Florida doesn't ''actually'' have more weirdos than any other state with a large and diverse population. They're just more willing to talk about it. In most other states, the details of crimes and legal proceedings are either classified or not available right away, whereas Florida is quite proud of its [[http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/how-floridas-proud-open-government-laws-lead-to-the-shame-of-florida-man-news-stories-7608595 transparency laws]], also known as "sunshine laws", which give reporters easier access to police reports and court documents. So whereas an Ohio headline would read "Maple Heights woman arrested after assaulting sister," a ''Florida'' headline gets to go the extra mile and say "Manatee woman[[note]]That is, a woman from Manatee County, ''not'' some half-human aberration, though, this being Florida, you can't entirely rule out the existence of such a creature[[/note]] punched sister during fight over vibrator." Of course, the manner in which these laws are enforced can themselves create some weird "only in Florida" stories, sometimes even creating ARareSentence in the process; see, for instance, the time when a father and son who were both Miami-Dade County commissioners had to [[http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2015/05/a-father-and-son-talk-but-first-a-legally-required-notice-to-the-public.html file a public notice]] just to have a private chat because they'd be discussing public transit issues, or when the governor was legally required to invite journalists to [[http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24515023.html cover his wedding]].

* Creator/TimDorsey has a series about [[PunnyName Serge A. Storms]], CrazyAwesome and AxCrazy criminal/tour guide whose obsessions with Florida history drives a lot of the crazy plots.

* ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' has an NPC called Florida Man (Real name: Nicholas Velmorres), who acts very oddly in the Miami level, insisting on calling Sugar "Product", to which the person he calls to ask about where said sugar is confuses it for Cocaine. He returns in ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' as a Berlin nightclub patron, selling weird drugs, live tigers, and other stuff.