Tacoma, Washington

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Tacoma in pop culture

Neko Case's song "Thrice All American", featured on her album Furnace Room Lullaby, is an ode to Tacoma, which she considers her hometown. The album also includes a song called "South Tacoma Way."

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Richard Brautigan wrote of his Tacoma childhood in his autobiographical short stories "Corporal," "The Armoured Car," "The Auction," and "The Ghost Children of Tacoma."

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Tacoma is also prominently mentioned in the 1977 Steve Miller Band song "Rock 'N Me" (I went from Phoenix, Arizona all the way to Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.).

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1977 - Steve Miller Band - Phoenix, Arizona - Philadelphia - Atlanta - L.A.

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A running gag in the 1985 Tom Hanks film Volunteers is the repeated references to Tacoma by John Candy's character, "Tom Tuttle from Tacoma, Washington."

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1985 - Tom Hanks - Volunteers - John Candy

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Parts of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), whose plot is based on William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, were filmed at Stadium High School and in the nearby Old Town neighborhood, although most other exterior scenes were filmed in Seattle. Also significant parts of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) were shot in a North Tacoma home.

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10 Things I Hate About You - 1999 - William Shakespeare - Taming of the Shrew - Seattle - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - 1992

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Toyota has named a popular line of pickup trucks the "Toyota Tacoma" after the city.

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Toyota - Pickup truck - Toyota Tacoma

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Tacoma is mentioned in the Sir Mix-a-Lot song "My Hooptie" (Rollin' in Tacoma, I could get burned

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