History Creator / DanBrown

** A character is killed off in the prologue by an assassin with a [[RedRightHand distinguishing feature]]. [[note]]In Origin the victim gets killed early in the story instead of the prologue.[[/note]]

* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The [[DanBrowned former]] TropeNamer, by virtue of being a repeat offender with this to the point where he had his own page of examples within the general listings for the trope itself.

* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The former TropeNamer, by virtue of being a repeat offender with this to the point where he had his own page of examples within the general listings for the trope itself.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory
* ArtisticLicenseReligion
* BadassBookworm
* ConspiracyKitchenSink
* DanBrowned: The TropeNamer, obviously, by virtue of being a repeat offender with this to the point where he has [[DanBrowned/DanBrown his own page of examples]] within the general listings for the trope itself.
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Major events of the earlier Langdon novels are almost never brought up in later installments, such as the [[spoiler:antimatter explosion that nearly leveled the Vatican City]] in ''Angels & Demons'' or [[spoiler:an engineered virus rendering a ''full third of humanity'' sterile]] in ''Inferno''.[[note]]The latter is particularly egregious, since a major character in ''Origin''. [[spoiler:namely, Ambra Vidal]], is revealed to be sterile -- [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot but as a result of an unspecified childhood illness, rather than Zobrist's virus]].[[/note]] It's almost as if every book except ''The Da Vinci Code'' is subject to NegativeContinuity.

** Paradoxically, there will also be extended scenes where everyone sits around to lecture each other on historical minutiae. Any given point stands [[DanBrowned.DanBrown a good 40% chance of being made up]].

Dan Brown (born 1964) is an American thriller author, most famous for the Robert Langdon series. Not to be confused with Creator/DaleBrown or the Dan Brown from Youtube who vlogs, solves Rubik's Cubes, and jumps on pogo sticks.

* ''[[Literature/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Literature/Origin2017 Origin]]'' (2017)

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* ''Origin'' (2017)

* DanBrowned: A repeat offender, to the point where he has [[DanBrowned/DanBrown his own page]]. And the TropeNamer.

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Major events of the earlier Langdon novels are almost never brought up in later installments, such as the [[spoiler:antimatter explosion that nearly leveled the Vatican City]] in ''Angels & Demons'' or [[spoiler:an engineered virus rendering a ''full third of humanity'' sterile]] in ''Inferno''. It's almost as if every book except ''The Da Vinci Code'' is subject to NegativeContinuity.

* ViewersAreIdiots: Many critics have noted that he frequently explains things that are common knowledge, like saying "19th century German composer, Beethoven" when anyone reading would know exactly who Beethoven is.

** A character is killed off in the prologue by an assassin with a [[RedRightHand distinguishing feature]].

!! The works of Dan Brwon include: