New Orleans in Fiction

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The city of New Orleans, Louisiana is part of a number of fictional works. A very incomplete version of the list includes:

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Authors who have repeatedly or frequently used New Orleans as a setting for their fiction include Poppy Z. Brite, Truman Capote, Nancy A. Collins, Barbara Hambly, Lafcadio_Hearn, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Anne Rice, and Tennessee Williams.

[edit] Comic Books

In the Marvel Comics fictional universe, New Orleans is the home city for the X-man Gambit, as well as the guilds of Thieves and Assassins; as well as the leader of the latter guild, Belladonna Boudreaux.

The Marvel Comics heroine, Monica Rambeau, known as Captain Marvel II and Photon, is from New Orleans.

In the DC Comics fictional universe, New Orleans has been given a neighbouring city, St. Roch, Louisiana, serving as an occasional home to the original Hawkman and Hawkgirl.

In the Marvel Max comic Hellstorm - Son of Satan, post Katrina New Orleans is the setting.

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[edit] Television

[edit] Star Trek

[edit] The Simpsons

[edit] The X-Files

The X-Files character Monica Reyes worked for the FBI in New Orleans before becoming John Doggett's partner.

[edit] Other television references

Several episodes of television series have referenced the city:

  • An episode of Jem and the Holograms was set in New Orleans, respectively.
  • The short-lived 1997 CBS series Orleans was set in New Orleans.
  • Season 9 (2000) of The Real World was set in New Orleans.
  • In a 2001 episode of Seven Days, Parker goes to New Orleans to prove that his friend, who is scheduled to be executed, is innocent.
  • In a 2003 episode of The Drew Carey Show, Drew and his buddies set off on a road trip to New Orleans to find a girl he met after placing an ad on a beer bottle.
  • In a 2004 episode of Las Vegas called "New Orleans", Danny, Ed and Sam head to New Orleans in search of a big gambler who owes the casino money.
  • In a 2005 episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, the detectives pursue a child molester who kidnapped three young sisters from New Orleans after their parents were killed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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  • In a 2005 episode of Bones, Dr. Temperance Brennen and Agent Seely Booth head to New Orleans to help identify bodies found after Hurricane Katrina. The plot revolves heavily around the underground voodoo practices in the city.

[edit] Theater

  • A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is famously set in the city of New Orleans and the city itself plays a major role in the play.

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