History DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything / Literature

* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'':

** When the three men go to Lucy's tomb. Helsing tells Arthur (Lucy's husband) that he has to be the one to drive the stake through her heart. It takes him several minutes to drive the stake all the way through, and Lucy writhes and screams as he does so. When it's done he feels great, and Lucy's face finally looks relaxed and at peace. After the other two men finish their work, they leave the tomb and find the world is suddenly full of sunshine and happiness. Creator/BramStoker would tell that there's nothing sexual about that at all, no siree.

* "Literature/AngelDownSussex" is about an apparent ChangelingTale in the 1920s, with a lot of similarities to AlienAbduction lore that are invisible to the characters but visible to the reader. Apart from the inherent similarities between fairy abduction and alien abduction legends, there's a strange visitor whose possibly-true form resembles TheGreys, an AnalProbing incident, an unidentified flying object, and a group of [[TheMenInBlack strange men in black suits who show up near the end and confiscated the evidence]].

** Once Tannis Valk realizes he's [[WasOnceAMan an AI]], his behavior from asking (and sometimes begging) to be permanently turned off to constantly having existential crises to actively looking to prove that they're useful to those around him is a realistic interpretation of those who suffer from major depression and suicidal ideation.

** Once Tannis Valk realizes he's [[WasOnceAMan an AI]], his behavior from asking( and sometimes begging) to be permanently turned off to constantly having existential crises to actively looking to prove that they're useful to those around him is a realistic interpretation of those who suffer from major depression and suicidal ideation.

* In ''Literature/{{Phenomena}},'' a pair of elf twins are adopted by a wizard called Sha-ra. This wizard lives with a [[PettingZooPeople winter bear]] he saved named Arol, and they have a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan dynamic with Arol being the manly man. Arol often imaginines the twins being his own cubs, as well as Sha-ra seeing them as his own children. Even though the twins sorta want a mother are they happy with the two they got.

* ''Literature/RedMoonRising'', hoo boy. The basic treatment of wulves is quite similar to that of racial minorities in the modern world. The kennels are seen as internment camps by wulves and wulf-sympathizers, which isn't too far off since there were actual internment camps for wulves during WWII. The Change and stigma associated with it rings similarly to mental illness. Danny telling his mom about his wulf side surfacing is a lot like a ComingOutStory, complete with him being temporarily kicked out.

* DH Lawrence's ''Literature/WomenInLove'' has Gerald Crich, the typical manly man. In one of the scenes, he's shown riding a horse, and a train comes by. The horse is naturally afraid of the noise, but Gerald holds her there and forces her to endure it. The way it's written makes it sound like a rape scene, and it's very unsettling.

* ''Literature/IRobot'': In ''Little Lost Robot'' a scientist at US Robots, Dr. Bogert, repeatedly calls robots ''"Boy"''. And the story ''Runaround'' the robots stationed at Venus must call all humans ''"Master"'':
-->''The monster’s head bent slowly and the eyes fixed themselves on Powell. Then, in a harsh, squawking voice — like that of a medieval phonograph, he grated,'' "Yes, Master!"\\
''Powell grinned humorlessly at Donovan.'' "Did you get that? Those were the days of the first talking robots when it looked as if the use of robots on Earth would be banned. [[FantasticRacism The makers were fighting that and they built good, healthy slave complexes into the damned machines.]]"

'''Ai Fa:''' You should have listened to me obediently from the start.

--->'''Draco:''' Training for the ballet, Potter?

* In the novel ''Literature/{{Beyond}}'', the lands of Orbis are [[FantasyCounterpartCulture very similar]] to exploration age Europe.
* In John H. Ritter's ''Choosing Up Sides'', 13-years-old Luke's left-handedness is treated in the same manner as homosexuality. His father has always tried to correct his tendencies, for fear he'll go to Hell, and Luke believes for a while that he can change if he tries hard enough. His uncle even tells him there's no point in trying; he's simply "oriented that way".

* In-universe, at the end of ''Literature/TheDiamondOfDarkhold'', where Doon has to once again has to put together some letters with Lina that have been broken apart by deciphering the phrases. [[spoiler:It sparks off their MaybeEverAfter]].

** Parallels are drawn between magic and nuclear power: borne out the structure of the universe, it's immensely powerful and can be employed for much benefit but has to be handled with great care. Places where it went wrong are left barren and toxic and may simply be craters, the waste products are dangerous for centuries afterwards, but it's perfectly safe right up until the moment when it very much isn't. (Creator/TerryPratchett was once a press officer for Britain's nuclear energy providers.)

** Toward the end, the vampire forces Mina to [[spoiler:drink some of his blood from his chest]]. The protagonists walking in on this event feel both awkward and enraged. Afterwards, Mina is traumatized and ashamed, and struggles to explain what happened to her husband. She [[UnfortunateImplications laments her doomed soul]] and [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization blames herself for "not want[ing] to hinder him"]].

** In the real world, critics have noted many similarities between the basic concept of the trilogy and a Japanese novel, manga series and film entitled ''Battle Royale'', which also dealt with children being forced by the government to fight to the death, with the same use of allegiances, supposedly doomed lovers facing the moment they might need to kill each other, the revelation that even children can become psychopathic murderers, and a rebellion movement of sorts.

* In ''Literature/TheAmazingDaysOfAbbyHayes,'' Laurie, a ''very'' stringent GranolaGirl, finds chocolate in her five-year-old daughter's sleeping bag, and immediately becomes furious at Abby for giving it to her. The scene is played out as if the chocolate was some kind of illegal drug. Which, from Laurie's point of view, it is.

* In ''Literature/TheAmazingDaysOfAbbyHayes,'' Laurie, a ''very'' stringent GranolaGirl, finds chocolate in her five-year-old daughter's sleeping bag that Abby gave to her and immediately becomes very angry with her. The scene is played out as if the chocolate was an illegal drug of some sort. Which, from Laurie's point of view, it is.

* In ''The Penderwicks,'' [[LonelyRichKid Jeffrey's]] only friends (as far as we know) are the eponymous quartet of Penderwick sisters and he is revealed to have a talent for playing music. However, his overbearing mother wants him to go to a military school to follow in his father's footsteps. [[CureYourGays Hmmm...]]
* In ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}'' a pair of elf twins are adopted by a wizard called Sha-ra. This wizard lives with a [[PettingZooPeople winter bear]] he saved named Arol, and they have a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan dynamic with Arol being the manly man. Arol often imaginines the twins being his own cubs, as well as Sha-ra seeing them as his own children. Even though the twins sorta want a mother are they happy with the two they got.

* In Vikram Seth's novel ''Literature/AnEqualMusic'', brilliant musician Julia suffers gradual hearing loss. [[LudwigVanBeethoven Guess who else did?]]

* In ''[[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Right Ho, Jeeves]]'' Berthie relates Jeeves the descent and fall of Augustus Fink-Nottle, from Newts as a harmless hobby to a dark obsession:

* DH Lawrence's ''Women in Love'' has Gerald Crich, the typical manly man. In one of the scenes, he's shown riding a horse, and a train comes by. The horse is naturally afraid of the noise, but Gerald holds her there and forces her to endure it. The way it's written makes it sound like a rape scene, and it's very unsettling.
* There was SF short story in which people would regularly have sex in public, pay for sex, and treat sex as a generally essential part of life... but ate in private and were ashamed if anyone found out they'd paid someone to cook for them.

* In ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}'' a pair of elf twins are adopted by a wizard called Sha-ra. This wizard lives with a [[PettingZooPeople winter bear]] he saved named Arol, and they have a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan dynamic with Arol being the manly man. Arol often imaginines the twins being his own cubs, as well as Sha-ra seeing them as his own children. Even though the twins sorta want a mother are they happy with the two they got.

* In the eighth LightNovel of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Haruhi tries to get the last page of Kyon's short story because she wants to know the aftermath of the date. He unconsciously touches his blazer, and Haruhi, being the GenreSavvy girl, immediately works out where he hid it and wrestles him to the floor, in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_%28grappling%29 this position.]] Followed soon after by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_(grappling) this position.]] Guess what came to Mikuru's mind when she walks in on this. You're right.
* In Jasper Fforde's ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]'', the MP Sherman Bartholomew built his reputation on being the first openly gay Member of Parliament, but is secretly straight. His husband is aware of his dalliances with women, and has agreed to support him if any of them were to become public knowledge. The same book also featured [[TalkingAnimal talking bears]] who developed addictions to honey and porridge, which were therefore controlled substances.

* ''Literature/AuntDimity'':
** A meta-example: Peter Harris' disguised himself in ''Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea'' as a dark haired young man with glasses named "Harry Peters" to avoid hordes of reporters after his grandfather wrote a letter to The Times bragging about him. Hmm, a dark haired young man with glasses plagued by fame...
** Lori is struck by waves of ''déjà vu'' when she goes to Bluebird, Colorado: many of the locals closely resemble her neighbours in Finch, down to similar-sounding names.
** At the close of one of their conversations on Mistress Meg Redfern in ''Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch'':
--> ''You've grown fond of Mistress Meg, haven't you?''\\
"Yes, I have," I said.\\
''I can understand why. She was independent, bullheaded, energetic...Hmmm...Who does she remind me of?''\\
"Goodnight, Dimity," I said with a wry smile.\\
''Good night, my dear.''
* In John Green's ''Literature/AnAbundanceOfKatherines'', Lindsey has a cave. It seems like more of a short tunnel. She's never had anyone else in there, but she wants the protagonist to go in. She remarks that it's a bit tight, but she'll guide him in. She also notes that she must have overlooked that opening a hundred times before noticing something special around eighth grade, when she started using it whenever she was having "me time".
* In John H. Ritter's ''Choosing Up Sides'', 13-years-old Luke's left-handedness is treated in the same manner as homosexuality. His father has always tried to correct his tendencies, for fear he'll go to Hell, and Luke believes for a while that he can change if he tries hard enough. His uncle even tells him there's no point in trying; he's simply "oriented that way".
* There was SF short story in which people would regularly have sex in public, pay for sex, and treat sex as a generally essential part of life... but ate in private and were ashamed if anyone found out they'd paid someone to cook for them.

* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'':
** Toward the end, the vampire forces Mina to [[spoiler:drink some of his blood from his chest]]. The protagonists walking in on this event feel both awkward and enraged. Afterwards, Mina is traumatized and ashamed, and struggles to explain what happened to her husband. She [[UnfortunateImplications laments her doomed soul]] and [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization blames herself for "not want[ing] to hinder him"]].
** Jonathan's incident with the Brides comes across, for one not already expecting vampiric goings-on, to be the Count having a jealous fit about someone else getting to (ahem) ''kiss'' his guest.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** The eternal rivalry between the Summer and Winter courts of [[TheFairFolk the faeries]] bears more than a passing resemblance to the Cold War between America and Russia. Both sides are pretty much equal in strength, and it's clear that a full scale conflict between them would, in the most likely scenario, largely wipe both sides out and send the world into a new ice age, but if it looks like one side's showing weakness ... well, they just ''have'' to exploit it. That's what archenemies do, right?
** In ''Literature/GravePeril'', Harry is captured by the Red Court and, while he doesn't go into detail about what they do to him, Bianca's straddling him and shifting from beautiful, seductive woman to monstrous vampire, the way the Red Court finds feeding to be a key turn on, in a dark variant of EroticEating, and his statement "They did things to me," subtly plays up the gang rape angle. And, when he appears a few months later in ''Literature/SummerKnight'', while he's grim, anti-social and short-tempered partly because he's spent his time trying to cure [[spoiler:Susan]] and failing, it's not unreasonable to suggest that part of it is his reaction to what they did to him.
** A lampshaded, in-universe example occurs in ''Literature/GhostStory''. [[spoiler:Ghost!Harry, being incorporeal, tries to possess Molly's body and channel magic through it. She fights this initially, trying to push him out, but relaxes after he tells her his identity and lets him go inside her]]. She notes how suggestive it was later.
* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' there is an amnesiac hero with a ton of martial skills and esoteric knowledge named Jason.
* In ''Literature/TheWitcher'' novels the presence of the Witchers can be sensed as a tingling sensation by sensitive people. There's a reason why they all seem to attract the opposite sex quite a bit. Likewise, in ''The Blood of the Elves'' a 13-year old girl learning to be a sorceress draws power from the earth, an experience that's described in a manner reminiscent of menstrual cramps and concluding in an orgasm.
* Creator/RoaldDahl's ''Literature/TheWitches'' includes a scene where the protagonist is dragged out of hiding by a group of witches and force-fed a potion as they hold him down.
* ''Literature/TransformersExodus'' has a very likely unintended example that sounds like a romance novel set-up:
-->Orion Pax listened, and cataloged, and archived, and indexed, but his mind was not on his work... Who was this Megatron, this gladiator thug, killer of criminals and criminal himself, who gave voice to a longing that Orion Pax had never known he felt?
* ''Literature/GoblinMarket'' is full of this trope, sometimes disturbingly so, with multiple scenes that suggest a connection between the consumption of food and seduction or attempted rape.
* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears and the Sleepover'', the Sleepover that Sister Bear is attending ends up going way out of control to the extent that the police arrive shortly thereafter and the parents take the children home to punish them, and then they have to clean up the mess. Gee, that sounds like something from a stereotypical Party House from one of those high school films like ''Film/{{Superbad}}''.
* Ever notice how, in the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series, the ''male'' villains are always trying to steal the supposedly magical Sword, yet the ''female'' villains ignore it completely, with the exception of Tsarmina, who [[GroinAttack breaks it in half and imprisons its owner]]?
* Creator/DrSeuss:
** ''The Butter Battle Book'' concerns two peoples split by a [[SillyReasonForWar trivial ideological difference]] (which side toast should be buttered on), locked in an arms race that escalates to the point that if either side actually acts, both will be destroyed. If this sounds ''exactly'' like the Cold War as seen by its detractors, congratulations, you just got the point of the book.
** ''The Sneetches'' is this trope about racism. There are Star-belly Sneetches and Star-less Sneetches, and the Star-Belly Sneetches have cookouts and picnics that the Star-less Sneetches are excluded from and generally look down on the Sneetches without stars. Then a SnakeOilSalesman shows up with a way to give the Star-less Sneetches stars, and when the Star-Bellies get incensed at the inability to tell the difference, said salesman gives them an opportunity to ''remove'' their stars and the "hierarchy" switches, and then all of the Sneetches end up removing and regaining their stars until none of them have any more money to pay the salesman...only to decide that since no one was quite sure who was who, [[AnAesop they might as well forget about this whole prejudice thing and live together.]]

* DH Lawrence's ''Women in Love'' has Gerald Crich, the typical manly man. In one of the scenes, he's shown riding a horse, and a train comes by. The horse is naturally afraid of the noise, but Gerald holds her there and forces her to endure it. The way it's written makes it sound like a rape scene, and it's very unsettling.
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'':
** ''New Moon'' has young men literally exploding out of their clothes when they turn into animals. Predatory animals.
** ''Eclipse'' has two instances of one of those young men "showing his love" by forcing himself on a girl, just in case we didn't get it the first time.

* Used InUniverse in ''Literature/TheForbiddenGame''. After an accident at her Grandfather's house when she was five, Jenny was covered in scratches, her clothes were torn and she refused to talk to anyone. Jenny's friends had been under the assumption that her Grandfather had hurt her before disappearing, but after confronting her memory in the game they eventually find out [[spoiler:it was the Shadow Men.]]
* ''Literature/IRobot'': In ''Little Lost Robot'' a scientist at US Robots, Dr. Bogert, repeatedly calls robots ''"Boy"''. And the story ''Runaround'' the robots stationed at Venus must call all humans ''"Master"'':
-->''The monster’s head bent slowly and the eyes fixed themselves on Powell. Then, in a harsh, squawking voice — like that of a medieval phonograph, he grated,'' "Yes, Master!"\\
''Powell grinned humorlessly at Donovan.'' "Did you get that? Those were the days of the first talking robots when it looked as if the use of robots on Earth would be banned. [[FantasticRacism The makers were fighting that and they built good, healthy slave complexes into the damned machines.]]"
* In Vikram Seth's novel ''Literature/AnEqualMusic'', brilliant musician Julia suffers gradual hearing loss. [[LudwigVanBeethoven Guess who else did?]]

* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'':
** The whole plotline about Stacey's diabetes and the associated stigma leading to her moving away from New York lest she lose all her friends. In retrospect, the series' origins in the late [[TheEighties eighties]] makes it likely the diabetes stood in for HIV (considering very few people lose their friends over having diabetes).
** It's mentioned constantly that Mary Anne's father loosened up considerably when he started seeing Dawn's mother. Adults rereading the series might read between the lines a bit.
* In ''Literature/TheAmazingDaysOfAbbyHayes,'' Laurie, a ''very'' stringent GranolaGirl, finds chocolate in her five-year-old daughter's sleeping bag that Abby gave to her and immediately becomes very angry with her. The scene is played out as if the chocolate was an illegal drug of some sort. Which, from Laurie's point of view, it is.
-->'''Abby:''' ''[writing in her diary]'' She said I had betrayed an innocent child's trust. She said Wynter would bear lifelong scars. She made it sound like I had committed an awful crime.
* Glen Cook's ''[[Literature/TheBlackCompany Water Sleeps]]'' is meant to be reminiscent of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. A small force fights a guerrilla war against a numerically superior army with a powerful entity at its head, with the distinct impression that said entity doesn't care much about the health of the country it's occupying. The local powers regret letting her in in the first place, but have no way of getting rid of her. All of this happens on a backdrop of jungle and city. If that doesn't do it for you, the monk who immolates himself in front of the seat of government early in the story will.
* ''Many'' have compared ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' to UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. However, Creator/JRRTolkien will probably rise from the grave and beat you to death with his magnum opus if you make that claim. See {{Applicability}}.
* In ''Literature/CityOfFallenAngels'', Simon says that Kyle grows weird plants on his balcony. He then follows it up by claiming they aren't drugs. [[spoiler:The plants turn out to be wolfsbane]].
* In-universe, at the end of ''Literature/TheDiamondOfDarkhold'', where Doon has to once again has to put together some letters with Lina that have been broken apart by deciphering the phrases. [[spoiler:It sparks off their MaybeEverAfter]].

* ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}: Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}'' is a very thinly veiled allegory for European imperialism, mish-mashing various elements from the colonisation of African and South and South East Asian nations (the off-worlders come to Haruun Kal to harvest and export the valuable rare spices and other plants) and the genocide of Indigenous peoples (the Korunnai and their herds are shot on sight by civilians and militia alike). The [[{{Planetville}} whole planet]] could easily be considered a [[{{Bulungi}} ramshackle African nation]] if set on Earth. There's also more than a few parallels with UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, what with invaders with superior technology fighting a protracted war with no end in sight against local guerrilla fighters who use the jungle itself as a weapon. Once Mace Windu arrives and sets the planet straight with the help of the Republic army, he declares the whole mess a "police action" rather than a war, a phrase which instantly brings UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar to mind. Windu's reasoning is sound, however; if not for bribery and corruption, the Republic law enforcement would have nipped the problems in the bud long ago.
* ''Literature/RedMoonRising'', hoo boy. The basic treatment of wulves is quite similar to that of racial minorities in the modern world. The kennels are seen as internment camps by wulves and wulf-sympathizers, which isn't too far off since there were actual internment camps for wulves during WWII. The Change and stigma associated with it rings similarly to mental illness. Danny telling his mom about his wulf side surfacing is a lot like a ComingOutStory, complete with him being temporarily kicked out.
* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', in District 11, the dark-skinned population is forced to farm and are treated with particular brutality. This sounds a lot like slavery in the [[DeepSouth American South]]. Panem and [[spoiler:District 13]] are nuclear powers locked in a stalemate. Panem is decadent, wealthy, and corrupt. Its citizens enjoy outrageous luxury while they exploit the surrounding communities to feed their enormous appetites. [[spoiler:District 13]], on the other hand, is a dull and drab place, ruled by an at least equally totalitarian regime that regiments every aspect of its citizens' lives. That's how the US and the USSR portrayed each other during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
** In the real world, critics have noted many similarities between the basic concept of the trilogy and a Japanese novel, manga series and film entitled ''Battle Royale'', which also dealt with children being forced by the government to fight to the death, with the same use of allegiances, supposedly doomed lovers facing the moment they might need to kill each other, the revelation that even children can become psychopathic murderers, and a rebellion movement of sorts.
* The setting of ''Literature/{{Neogicia}}'' has neomancers, a type of human that can happen only via BioAugmentation. The only other way to bring new neomancers into the population is to have two neomancers of different sexes get together and have children. People that were born neomancers tend to look down of those that have changed from normal human to neomancer within their lifetime. This resembles the attitude that some second generation and later immigrants can have towards new immigrants in countries subject to immigration.

* The setting of ''Literature/{{Neogicia}}'' has neomancers, a type of human that can happen only via bio augmentation. The only other ay to bring new neomancers into the population is to have two neomancers of different sex get together and have children. People that were born neomancers tend to look down of those that have changed from normal human to neomancer within their lifetime. This resembles the attitude that some second generation and later immigrants can have towards new immigrants in countries subject to immigration.