History ComicStrip / LittleNemo

* ImAHumanitarian: The natives of Candy Island try to eat Nemo and his friends.
* TheImp: The Imp (yeah, that is his name too).

* MadeASlave: When Flip captures Imp and introduces him to Nemo, he essentially says "He belongs to me now."

* TheUnintelligible: Imp

* BlackfaceStyleCaricature: Several of the character designs, most notably Flip and The Imp, skirt rather uncomfortably close to this look.
* CapturedByCannibals: During the Candy Island story arch this happens to Nemo and Flip.

* AbortedArc: Story continuity always came second to the strip's exquisite artwork, but [=McCay=] did manage to maintain some semblance of a continuous narrative throughout the strip's run. There are, however, a few moments where he abruptly ended whatever plot thread was going on at the moment:
** In one adventure, Nemo gets separated from his companions, and finds himself in a dilapidated neighborhood outside of Slumberland. After coming into possession of a wish stick, he uses his new power to give the poor new clothes, rebuild rundown areas, and heal a sick little girl from near death. Knowing that the King of Slumberland is offering a huge monetary reward for his safe return, Nemo decides to let the little girl claim it so she can help her home. The Slumberland princess arrives in a massive parade to give the reward and bring Nemo back to the kingdom... and in the very next comic, Nemo finds himself back home (in his dream) because Flip had his uncle destroy Slumberland for making him feel unwelcome. The reward for [[StealthPun finding Nemo]] is never brought up again.
** After a fairly long visit to Mars, Nemo and his friends return to Earth on their massive airship. Nemo decides to use the airship to take his friends on a trip to various cities in America and Canada, starting with New York and heading west. The airship eventually reaches Chicago, where Nemo is reunited with the Princess of Slumberland, and dialogue makes clear that the next stop is Milwaukee. But in the very next strip, Nemo and the princess are whisked away by the god Mercury into a completely unrelated adventure. The trip through North American cities is never brought up again. This travel arc occurred a little before the comic strip changed newspapers in 1911, from ''The New York Herald'' to papers owned by William Randolph Hearst, so the arc was likely to be aborted regardless. However, several strips featuring a completely different arc (involving Nemo making animals talk by sniffing a magic flower) ran in the ''Herald'' before the changeover, featuring drab, limited colors compared to the previous strips' vibrant palette. This all suggests the trip across America arc was aborted early due to either [=McCay=] or the ''Herald'' (or both) not wanting to put any effort in the comic during the remaining months before the changeover.

** After a fairly long visit to Mars, Nemo and his friends return to Earth on their massive airship. Nemo decides to use the airship to take his friends on a trip to various cities in America and Canada, starting with New York and heading west. The airship eventually reaches Chicago, where Nemo is reunited with the Princess of Slumberland, and dialogue makes clear that the next stop is Milwaukee. But in the very next strip, Nemo and the princess are whisked away by the god Mercury into a completely unrelated adventure. The trip through North American cities is never brought up again. This travel arc occurred right before the comic strip changed newspapers in 1911, from ''The New York Herald'' to papers owned by William Randolph Hearst, so the arc was likely to be aborted regardless. However, several strips featuring a completely different arc (involving Nemo making animals talk by sniffing a magic flower) ran in the ''Herald'' before the changeover, featuring drab, limited colors compared to the previous strips' vibrant palette. This all suggests the trip arc arc was aborted early due to either [=McCay=] or the ''Herald'' (or both) not wanting to put any effort in the comic during the remaining months before the changeover.

** The first several comics featured narration at the bottom of each panel, describing in detail what's happening in the strip. [=McCay=]'s lack of experience with storytelling is fully on display here, as the narration is completely superfluous and unnecessary. Worst of all, the sentences are often split between panels, making it difficult to read the narration and dialogue bubbles in any coherent order. Later on, [=McCay=] shifted the summarizing narration from below the panels into a scene at the beginning of the comic, where a character will literally summarize what's about to happen in the comic. Thankfully these narration sequences were done away with shortly after as well.

* ''Film/{{Slumberland}}''(2022) - A film starring Creator/JasonMomoa for Creator/{{Netflix}}.

A Live-Adaptation was made in 1984, titled ''Film/{{Nemo}}'' or ''Dream One'', and a feature-length AnimatedAdaptation, ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'', was produced in the late Eighties. A new adaptation, ''Film/{{Slumberland}}'', starring Creator/JasonMomoa, is set to premiere on Creator/{{Netflix}} in late 2022.


A video game adaptation, ''[[VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster Little Nemo: The Dream Master]]'', was released by Creator/{{Capcom}} for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] in 1990, as well as an arcade game named simply ''Nemo''. Two indy games, ''VideoGame/LittleNemoAndTheNightmareFiends'' and ''VideoGame/LittleNemoAndTheGuardiansOfSlumberland'', [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/littlenemogame/little-nemo-and-the-nightmare-fiends are currently]] [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diesoft/little-nemo/ being made]].

Comic-book publisher Creator/IDWPublishing and writer Eric Shanower began a sequel series, ''Return to Slumberland'', in which a modern child named Nemo is invited to Slumberland to become the princess's new playmate.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Before ''Nemo'', [=McCay=] wrote a strip called ''ComicStrip/DreamOfTheRarebitFiend'', which was about random people having surreal dreams thanks to eating Welsh rarebit (a kind of cheese stew).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first several comics featured narration at the bottom of each panel, describing in detail what's happening in the strip. [=McCay=]'s lack of experience with storytelling is fully on display here, as the narration is completely superfluous and unnecessary. Worst of all, the sentences are often split between panels, making it difficult to read the narration and dialogue bubbles in any coherent order. Later on, [=McCay=] shifted the summarizing narration from below the panels into a scene at the beginning of the comic, where a character will literally summarize what's about to happen in the comic. Thankfully these narration sequences were done away with shortly after as well.

A Live-Adaptation was made in 1984, titled ''Film/{{Nemo}}'' or ''Dream One'', and a feature-length AnimatedAdaptation, ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'', was produced in the late Eighties. A new adaptation, ''Film/Slumberland'', starring Creator/JasonMomoa, is set to premiere on Creator/{{Netflix}} in late 2022.

A Live-Adaptation was made in 1984, titled ''Film/{{Nemo}}'' or ''Dream One'', and a feature-length AnimatedAdaptation, ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'', was produced in the late Eighties. A new adaptation starring Creator/JasonMomoa is in the works.

* CatharsisFactor: After watching Flip ruin many of Nemo's trips into Slumberland, using his uncle Dawn to melt Slumberland into nothing out of spite, and making the princess cry many times due to his antics, it feels very satisfying when Nemo has had enough of Flip's behavior and challenges him to a fistfight. Even more satisfying when Nemo actually punches Flip several times and knocks him down.

A video game adaptation, ''[[VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster Little Nemo: The Dream Master]]'', was released by Creator/{{Capcom}} for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] in 1990, as well as an arcade game named simply ''Nemo''. An indy game, ''VideoGame/LittleNemoAndTheNightmareFiends'', is [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/littlenemogame/little-nemo-and-the-nightmare-fiends currently being made]].

The comic has been referenced in many works in pop culture over the years since experiencing a slight resurgence of popularity in the 1980s. The music video for Music/TomPetty and the Heartbreakers' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs Runnin' Down a Dream]]" is an homage to the strips, as is the Music/{{Genesis|Band}} song "Scenes from a Night's Dream". A French Coldwave band named themselves Little Nemo in reference to the strip, and made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4EF2Ibx9RI occasional references to the comic in their videos]]. Its 107th anniversary was celebrated by a very lengthy [[http://www.google.com/doodles/107th-anniversary-of-little-nemo-in-slumberland Google Doodle]] on Website/{{Google}}'s site.

The comic has been referenced in many works in pop culture over the years since experiencing a slight resurgence of popularity in the 1980s. The music video for Music/TomPetty and the Heartbreakers' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs Runnin' Down a Dream]]" is an homage to the strips, as is the Music/{{Genesis}} song "Scenes from a Night's Dream". A French Coldwave band named themselves Little Nemo in reference to the strip, and made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4EF2Ibx9RI occasional references to the comic in their videos]]. Its 107th anniversary was celebrated by a very lengthy [[http://www.google.com/doodles/107th-anniversary-of-little-nemo-in-slumberland Google Doodle]] on Website/{{Google}}'s site.

A video game adaptation, ''[[VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster Little Nemo: The Dream Master]]'', was released by Creator/{{Capcom}} for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] in 1990, as well as an arcade game named simply ''Nemo''. An indy game, ''VideoGame/LittleNemoAndTheNightmareFriends'', is [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/littlenemogame/little-nemo-and-the-nightmare-fiends currently being made]].

* AbusiveParents: Nemo's parents threaten to spank him for things that he does in his sleep that he really has no control over, like falling out of bed, yelling in his sleep, and even kicking the covers off his bed. [[ValuesDissonance Pretty standard parenting for 1905]].

* AbortedArc: Story continuity always came second to the strip’s exquisite artwork, but McCay did manage to maintain some semblance of a continuous narrative throughout the strip’s run. There are, however, a few moments where he abruptly ended whatever plot thread was going on at the moment:

** After a fairly long visit to Mars, Nemo and his friends return to Earth on their massive airship. Nemo decides to use the airship to take his friends on a trip to various cities in America and Canada, starting with New York and heading west. The airship eventually reaches Chicago, where Nemo is reunited with the Princess of Slumberland, and dialogue makes clear that the next stop is Milwaukee. But in the very next strip, Nemo and the princess are whisked away by the god Mercury into a completely unrelated adventure. The trip through North American cities is never brought up again. This travel arc occurred right before the comic strip changed newspapers in 1911, from ''The New York Herald'' to papers owned by William Randolph Hearst, so the arc was likely to be aborted regardless. However, several strips featuring a completely different arc (involving Nemo making animals talk by sniffing a magic flower) ran in the ''Herald'' before the changeover, featuring drab, limited colors compared to the previous strips’ vibrant palette. This all suggests the trip arc arc was aborted early due to either [=McCay=] or the ''Herald'' (or both) not wanting to put any effort in the comic during the remaining months before the changeover.

* AbortedArc: In one adventure, Nemo gets separated from his companions, and finds himself in a dilapidated neighborhood outside of Slumberland. After coming into possession of a wish stick, he uses his new power to give the poor new clothes, rebuild rundown areas, and heal a sick little girl from near death. Knowing that the King of Slumberland is offering a huge monetary reward for his safe return, Nemo decides to let the little girl claim it so she can help her home. The Slumberland princess arrives in a massive parade to give the reward and bring Nemo back to the kingdom... and in the very next comic, Nemo finds himself back home (in his dream) because Flip had his uncle destroy Slumberland for making him feel unwelcome. The reward for [[StealthPun finding Nemo]] is never brought up again.

* CatharsisFactor: After watching Flip ruin many of Nemo’s trips into Slumberland, using his uncle Dawn to melt Slumberland into nothing out of spite, and making the princess cry many times due to his antics, it feels very satisfying when Nemo has had enough of Flip’s behavior and challenges him to a fist fight. Even more satisfying when Nemo actually punches Flip several times and knocks him down.

* AbortedArc: In one adventure, Nemo gets separated from his companions, and finds himself in a dilapidated neighborhood outside of Slumberland. After coming into possession of a wish stick, he uses his new power to give the poor new clothes, rebuild rundown areas, and heal a sick little girl from near death. Knowing that the King of Slumberland is offering a huge monetary reward for his safe return, Nemo decides to let the little girl claim it so she can help her home. The Slumberland princess arrives in a massive parade to give the reward and bring Nemo back to the kingdom... and in the very next comic, Nemo finds himself back home (in his dream) because Flip had his uncle destroy Slumberland for making him feel unwelcome. The little girl is never mentioned again.