Ragin' Cajun: Difference between revisions

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One of many ways to make a character more [[Badass]]: Make him from [[New Orleans]]. Maybe he honed his skills wrestling alligators in the bayou, maybe he has [[Hollywood Voodoo|voodoo powers]], but he's a native of [[The Big Easy]] and he's gonna let you know it.

 

 

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Gambit of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|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 [[Character Development]]. 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 [[Hollywood Voodoo|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.

* The movie ''Southern Comfort'' is about a bunch of Southern city boy National Guardsmen who make the mistake of stealing some boats from some swamp-dwelling Cajuns.

* Many of the New Orleans natives in ''The Big Easy'', particularly Remy McSwain (Dennis Quaid).

** Likely so, since if you've only heard a Cajun accent on movies and TV, you probably wouldn't know what a real one sounds like anyhow. [[Did Not Do the Research|Most writers certainly don't.]]

* Ray the Cajun firefly in ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' is usually just a big goofball, but proves to be a [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]] when fighting Dr. Facilier's [[Living Shadow]] minions.

* Edward S. Aarons' Assignment / Sam Durell series. Fictional CIA agent Sam Durell is the hero for all of the stories in this series. He has the nickname "The Cajun". He grew up in the swamps of Louisiana. Note that he was trained to have a "average" U.S. accent by the CIA, so he does not have the thick accent.

 

* {{spoiler|Rene}} on ''[[True Blood]]'' could count as an aversion, since he {{spoiler|wasn't really Cajun but faked the accent}}.

** {{spoiler|He was Cajun but "he let his heritage go."}}

* Gator hunter Troy Landry and his gang on ''[[Swamp People]]'' are this by default; hunting giant, carnivorous reptiles for a living will do that. They're also something of an annoyance to Louisianians who have a hard enough time convincing the rest of the country that the whole state population isn't like that.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* The Savoy siblings from ''[[Lackadaisy]]'', the Marigold's main thugs.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Gung Ho from ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' is probably the single most badass Joe of all. His real name's Etienne R. Lafitte and he loves him some gumbo.

* [[Darkwing Duck]] villain Jambalaya Jake.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

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