History Main / SunshineNoir

Compare DaylightHorror, the supernatural or GothicHorror version. Not to be confused with ''film soleil'', which is (roughly) quirky [[FilmNoir Neo-Noir]] in a NewOldWest setting. Also see HellishLA and SinisterSouthwest.

* The City in ''Videogame/MirrorsEdge'' is almost entirely white with some garishly bright colored highlights, with the sun glaring down from a cloudless sky in almost every level. At the same time it's almost devoid of signs of life and somewhat unsettlingly sterile.

Compare DaylightHorror, the supernatural or GothicHorror version. Not to be confused with ''film soleil'', which is (roughly) quirky [[FilmNoir Neo-Noir]] in a NewOldWest setting. Also see SinisterSouthwest.

This term was originally coined by ''Literature/Drive2005'' author James Sallis to describe his novels.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/FoodFight Foodfight!]]'' is almost always sunny with elements of film noir, but considering how much of a trainwreck the film is, it remains a mystery as to whether or not this was even ''intentional.''

Compare DaylightHorror, the supernatural or GothicHorror version. Not to be confused with ''film soleil'', which is (roughly) quirky [[FilmNoir Neo-Noir]] in a NewOldWest setting.

* ''Videogame/MaxPayne 3'' moves its nighttime NYC setting to sunny Brazil. Rather than a black leather jacket, Max spends most of the game wearing a colorful Hawaiian shirt.

* ''Literature/TheLAQuartet'' by James Ellroy is a sleazy, dark, and corrupt version of Los Angeles in the 1940s with much of the violence taking place in broad daylight. These include ''Literature/TheBlackDahalia'', ''Literature/TheBigNowhere'', ''Literature/LAConfidential'', and ''Literature/WhiteJazz''.

* Southtown in ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' is constantly described as a crimeridden hellhole. On the surface however, it looks just like another sundrenched American city on the west coast.

* ''Film/Drive2011''. Pretty neon, chrome, sunshine, and an upbeat pop soundtrack juxtaposed with a serious crime drama? Check.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' fit the bill. While ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony'' fits the flashy nightlife version of this trope.

* ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'': The TropeCodifier, famous for its golden yellow cinematography. According to an interview with Creator/RomanPolanski, Creator/RobertTowne was furious when he saw the sunny colors he was using. When Towne had wrote the script, he assumed the film would have the dark red filter ''Film/TheGodfather'' had made so popular.

* ''WesternAnimation/FoodFight'' is almost always sunny with elements of film noir, but considering how much of a trainwreck the film is, it remains a mystery as to whether or not this was even ''intentional.''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Felidae}} has many of its investigations made during the daytime and in a quaint suburb. Making the cat-on-cat violence [[DaylightHorror all the more horrifying.]]

* ''Film/{{Palmetto}}'' is a NeoNoir set in sunny and humid Palmetto, Florida.

This setting either tries to accentuate how lively it is, or is filled with beautiful sunshine and stylish chrome cars. Expect signs in the background (or the opening credits/title page of the story) to include a colorful neon font. Expect there to be a huge focus on vibrant, neon-lit nightlife in these kinds of settings. If not, expect to hear upbeat, poppy music playing in the background as undercover detectives bust a drug deal or as a young getaway driver makes his great escape. Often, in this setting, there is a juxtaposition of happy scenes set in broad daylight with events that would normally mark a WretchedHive. However, unlike a WretchedHive, this setting tends to be clean and polished. The setting in this peculiar type of Noir is usually a ViceCity, that looks particularly ''fun'' on the surface, with charming characters and colorful and quirky fashions. However, it is, at its core, a CrapsaccharineWorld where dodgy dealings are the norm. May sometimes overlap with CyberPunk.

This term was originally coined by ''Literature/{{Drive}}'' author James Sallis to describe his novels.

* ''Film/{{Drive}}''. Pretty neon, chrome, sunshine, and an upbeat pop soundtrack juxtaposed with a serious crime drama? Check.

* ''Videogame/HotlineMiami'', to varying degrees. It is certainly this in [[spoiler:Biker's arc]]. In Jacket's arc it is definitely a WretchedHive, although due to SanitySlippage Jacket tends to be something of a WeirdnessMagnet. The game has been stated to have been partially inspired by ''Film/{{Drive}}'' as well.

Sunshine Noir combines elements of ShiningCity and CityNoir. The setting may be a CrapsackWorld filled with gangsters, drug deals gone wrong, undercover police officers, criminal drifters, violent youths; you name it. However, the setting does not necessarily ''look'' like a CrapsackWorld.

This setting either tries to accentuate how lively it is, or is filled with beautiful sunshine and stylish chrome cars. Expect signs in the background (or the opening credits/title page of the story) to include a colorful neon font. Expect there to be a huge focus on vibrant, neon-lit nightlife in these kinds of settings. If not, expect to hear upbeat, poppy music playing in the background as undercover detectives bust a drug deal or as a young getaway driver makes his great escape. Often, in this setting, there is a juxtaposition of happy scenes set in broad daylight with events that would normally mark a WretchedHive. However, unlike a WretchedHive, this setting tends to be clean and polished. The setting in this peculiar type of Noir is usually a ViceCity, that looks particularly ''fun'' on the surface, with charming characters, colorful and quirky fashions, but is, due to its underworld of crime, a CrapsaccharineWorld. May sometimes overlap with CyberPunk.

* Season 2 of ''Series/AgentCarter'', which is set in 1947, has Peggy Carter go to Los Angeles, where it's way sunnier than in New York City but where dark threats loom all the same.