Samoans in Fiction
- 300 lb Samoan attorney in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Dr. Gonzo/Oscar Zeta Acosta)
- Gay, half black, half Samoan gangster/rapper/bodyguard in the book Be Cool by Elmore Leonard. The character was then altered for the motion picture Be Cool from gangster/rapper to singer/bodyguard "Elliot Wilheim" played by Dwayne Johnson.
- Antwan "Tony Rocky Horror" Rockamora, mentioned (but not seen) in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, was said to be half African American and half Samoan.
- Pilsbury, a soldier in George A. Romero's "Land of the Dead" is a Samoan, he is played by Pedro Miguel Arce.
- Red Dog, an ex pro football player in GI Joe the movie, part of the Renegades subteam.
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“The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where human perception begins. He appeals through the senses, and you cannot appeal to the senses with abstractions.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)