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-->--'''Emile:''' "Ah don't care if it ''wuhhhhs'' poyfict, it ''esn't'' woykin', which means ''you'' screw'd up!"

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[[caption-width-right:256:If he can finish [[NintendoHard his own game]] you ''know'' he's a badass.]]

* ''Disney/TheRescuers'' has the Devil's Bayou-dwelling {{Funny Animal}}s, led by the muskrat couple Ellie Mae and Luke, who are of great help to the protagonists against Medusa in the climax.
* Ray the Cajun firefly in ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is usually just a big goofball, but proves to be a PintsizedPowerhouse when fighting Dr. Facilier's {{living shadow}} minions.

It gets real hot down in Louisiana.\\

* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/SplinterCellDoubleAgent'', [[WesternTerrorists Emile Dufraisne]], is from Louisiana and has both the name and thick Yat accent to prove it. He takes the 'ragin' part a great deal further than most examples on this page, though, considering his short temper, [[BadBoss flagrant disregard for the lives of his own people]], and his plan to [[spoiler: blow up New York City with a FantasticNuke]].

* ''Disney/TheRescuers'' has the Devil's Bayou-dwelling {{Funny Animal}}s, led by the muskrat couple Ellie Mae and Luke, who help the protagonists against Medua in the climax.

One of many ways to make a character more badass: Make him from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans (or at least somewhere in Louisiana). Maybe he honed his skills wrestling alligators in the bayou like his Australian counterpart the AwesomeAussie, maybe he has [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo powers]], but he's a native of TheBigEasy and he's gonna let you know it.

One of many ways to make a character more badass: Make him from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans (or at least somewhere in Louisiana). Maybe he honed his skills wrestling alligators in the bayou, maybe he has [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo powers]], but he's a native of TheBigEasy and he's gonna let you know it.

* Desiree Thibodeau in Film/GatorBait is a rare female example.

* The publicity material for ''Film/TheRoom'' used the term "ragin' Cajun" several times to describe Tommy Wiseau, who's [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent pretty clearly not originally from America]], let alone Louisiana.

* A fantasy episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' reimagines Chief Wiggum and Principal Skinner as hard-living New Orleans police detectives. Wiggum is still from Springfield in this continuity (having fled town because of "massive corruption" on his part), but Skinner claims to have actually been born and raised in N'awlins. Their nemesis is the [[LargeAndInCharge corpulent crime boss]] Big Daddy, who is voiced by Gailard Sartain - who with his French last name could possibly be a real-life Cajun, despite hailing from Oklahoma.

* In ''Disney/MonstersInc'', [[spoiler:the protagonists dispose of Randall by stranding him in a trailer in the Louisiana bayou, where he is beaten with a shovel by an old Cajun woman who thinks he's an alligator]].

Of course, characters don't have to be Cajun - or even French - to qualify. All they have to do is be from Louisiana - or somewhere near Louisiana - and fit the stereotype. And they can be from any part of the Gulf Coast, which stretches from southeastern Texas to Florida. Many people don't realize this, but the UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} area has the largest number of Cajuns outside Louisiana, especially after Hurricane Katrina (leading to some bitter irony when Harvey hit Houston), and there are significant Cajun communities across much of Texas.

Of course, characters don't have to be Cajun - or even French - to qualify. All they have to do is be from Louisiana - or somewhere near Louisiana - and fit the stereotype. And they can be from any part of the Gulf Coast, which stretches from southeastern Texas to Florida. Many people don't realize this, but the UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} area has the largest number of Cajuns outside Louisiana.

* Freddie from ''VideoGame/ValiantHeartsTheGreatWar'' is a Lousiana Creole who is one of the playable protagonists. He's ''introduced'' when he launches a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Germans in retaliation for killing his fiancée when the church they were to be wedded in was bombed.

* For some, ComicBook/{{Gambit}} of the Comicbook/{{X-Men}} is nothing more than a collection of various stereotypes about thieves and Cajuns all rolled into one that has only recently been given any major CharacterDevelopment. He was raised by your run-of-the-mill Cajun thieves' guild after being kidnapped at birth, and their leader was advised by a black Catholic [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo priestess]] type! He has a Cajun accent so hardcore that even the writers of the ''X-Men'' books can't help parodying it now and then! Every time Gambit has a few issues in New Orleans, he ''will'' have scenes in the swamps, the French Quarter or both, and some mention of gumbo or jambalaya ''will'' be made, I gerr-on-tee it. One of his taunts in the game ''Videogame/XMenLegends'' even is "Watch out for ragin' Cajun!"

Note that Cajun does not mean from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans. In fact, New Orleans is specifically ''not'' Cajun, as the culture exists in the Acadiana region, whose urban center is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette,_Louisiana Lafayette]]. {{The Big Easy}}'s specific ethnic group is known as Creole. The word itself is a corruption of "Acadian", the term for the French-speakers of [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} eastern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, particularly New Brunswick]]. That's right--the Cajuns are originally from Canada. They trekked down to Louisiana by several routes after the UsefulNotes/FrenchAndIndianWar resulted in the transfer of Canada to British rule. As a result, the Cajuns have a Southern U.S. culture with French-Canadian roots, and are an ethnic group mainly living in southwestern Louisiana, but many creators can't tell the difference. See TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun for further details]]. Hint: New Orleans is more metropolitan/city, and Cajun is more pastoral/country (except the aforementioned Lafayette).

* James Carville, a U.S. political pundit with an accent, temperament, and [[BaldOfAwesome badass cueball]] to match, and is even called "the Ragin' Cajun".

One of many ways to make a character more badass: Make him from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans. Maybe he honed his skills wrestling alligators in the bayou, maybe he has [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo powers]], but he's a native of TheBigEasy and he's gonna let you know it.