History HilariousInHindsight / Literature

* [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Jacob Black]] has an older sister named Rebecca. [[Music/RebeccaBlack Think about that for a second...]][[note]]To clarify, Rebecca Black was first mentioned in the original Twilight, which was released in 2005. The singer Rebecca Black never became famous until 2011.[[/note]]

* The children's novel ''The Twenty-One Balloons'' has the protagonist landing on Krakatoa shortly before the fateful volcanic eruption. He meets a secluded society whose men are named "Mr. (letter)". This naming convention results in two Hilarious In Hindsight moments: 1) the first person the protagonist meets on the island is named [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Mr. F]] and 2) a later one named man on the island goes by [[Series/TheATeam Mr. T]].

** In ''Literature/Maskerade'', during the final opera performance, we're shown Nobby Nobbs and Detritus as undercover-in-plain-sight cops, pretending to be nobility enjoying a night at the Opera. Nobby introduces them as "Count de Nobbes" and "Count de Tritus", resulting in Nanny Ogg turning away before she bursts into laughter at how badly they suck at being undercover. Then, in the very next book "Feet of Clay", Nobby is revealed as the last remaining heir of the Earl of Ankh -- where bystanders continually comment that he looks and acts just like real royalty. Nobby sucking at trying to act like fake royalty: funny. Nobby subsequently considered to be acting like true royalty by being his usual gross-out self? Hi-larious...

*** [[spoiler: In ''Literature/MakingMoney'' a man goes through a [[HeroicBSOD crisis of faith]] he follows his ancestors large footsteps, strangles a minor character is a rather loud manner, there's a trial, he honks, and stops being homicidal. This book was written about two years before Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} and about four before Gamzee's freak out.]]

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* One 80's {{Gamebook|s}} featured the player as a mage, leaving the reader to determine what type of magic they used. Each type of magic was assigned a colour. [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Of which there were five. Even better, they were white, blue, black, red, and green.]]

** Another Pratchett one in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'': Having an AxCrazy vampire parody Creator/TomCruise's character in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' - funny; Reading this parody against Tom Cruise's current reputation? ''Hilarious''.
** Vlad is accused of only liking Agnes because he can't read her mind. Between that, and the odd amount of sparkling that goes on in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', there is much in the way of unintentional humor if you're at all familiar with ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' or ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'', for that matter.
*** Though, it should be noted, ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'' preceded ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'' by about three years' time, and ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' by about nine.
** In ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'' there's a gentleman's club with a Rule 34. To be precise, Rule 34b at Fidgett's states that women cannot enter the club except at a certain time and date, which leads to members assuming any women they see inside the club outside of that narrow window of time [[WeirdnessCensor must be figments of their imagination]]. The narration then notes that in Susan's case, with her strict schoolteacher outfit and black high heels, [[HotTeacher this could easily be the case]].
** The anti-war novels ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' and ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' have echoes in conflicts that have broken out since they were published, but since "war is stupid, and all wars are stupid in much the same ways" is kind of the point, this is not surprising. Likewise with ''Discworld/MakingMoney'''s jabs at the magical thinking inherent in economics.

** An early Watch book mentions that mass-circulation newspapers hadn't been invented yet in Ankh-Morpork, "leaving the public to fool themselves". Then Pratchett gets around to writing ''Discworld/TheTruth''...
** One of ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'' says he's "bigger on the inside" in a straightforward ''Series/DoctorWho'' reference. Then, later on in the book, Tiffany comes across [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary unnatural shadows that]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead move around without any light source]]...

*** [[spoiler: In ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' a man goes through a [[HeroicBSOD crisis of faith]] he follows his ancestors large footsteps, strangles a minor character is a rather loud manner, there's a trial, he honks, and stops being homicidal. This book was written about two years before Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} and about four before Gamzee's freak out.]]
** In ''Discworld/{{Mort}}'', Albert and the eponymous character discuss the afterlife briefly. Albert says that regardless of what the afterlife is, he surely must have a lot of enemies over there. What is Mort's response? That he'll [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog "need friends on the other side"]].
*** This becomes doubly amusing when you find out Disney considered adapting ''Discworld/{{Mort}}'' into a movie.
** Sybil's first words to Vimes are "I say, do you know anything about mating?" At the time, she was referring to breeding dragons, but Vimes didn't know that and was horrified. In the next book Vimes marries Sybil, and eventually they have a son. Guess he knew something about mating after all. Another one regarding Sam and Sybil's future was 71-Hour Ahmed in ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' telling Vimes, "May your loins be full of fruit," which is a funny line to begin with, but ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'' is the next Vimes book after Jingo and is the one where Sybil announces her pregnancy.

* From ''Be My Guest'', When Conrad Hilton is preparing to purchase the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, he says [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} "One does not simply walk]] [[MemeticMutation into and buy the Waldorf.]]"

* One 80's [[ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebook]] featured the player as a mage, leaving the reader to determine what type of magic they used. Each type of magic was assigned a colour. [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Of which there were five. Even better, they were white, blue, black, red, and green.]]

-->Don Cherry: "We thought of making it a [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime blue]] [[ExpositionFairy fairy]], but didn't want to [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper offend]] [[MostAnnoyingSound anyone]]."
** Hey! Listen! (Press C^!) Some people might not get this one if they don't hover the links.
** You could also go for that great Microsoft innovation, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant Office Assistant]], aka that annoying f-ing paperclip.

* One 80's [[ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebook]] featured the player as a mage, leaving the reader to determine what type of magic they used. Each type of magic was assigned a colour. [[MagicTheGathering Of which there were five. Even better, they were white, blue, black, red, and green.]]

* In the second ''Literature/{{Brotherband}}'' book (published in 2012), Barat, the man who's running for office, declares his intention to "make [his town] great again," and wins the election handily. How much of his character parallels that of Creator/DonaldTrump [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment shall not be discussed here]], but readers, especially those of a certain political bent, will find this hilarious.

-->"Maybe the rain had something to do with why you lost your memory," Deena offered. "A torrential rainstorm. A car speeding down Mulholland Drive. There was a crash, the squealing of brakes, and then...”"

** In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', when the ship is trapped in a fog of nightmares, Eustace says: "Do you hear a noise like...like a huge pair of scissors opening and shutting...over there?" Forty-six years later, giant scissors (representing the threat of a GroinAttack) appeared during ''another'' NightmareSequence in [[Film/TheBigLebowski a certain famous movie]].

*** The deceptively pretty and sweet Green Lady, who bewitches people with her music, is very similar to the media's image of Music/TaylorSwift during TheNewTens, especially since Taylor's haters started calling her a snake after her spat with Music/KanyeWest in 2016. Moreover, the notion of a [[TheReptilians shapeshifting reptilian invader]], lurking within an ElaborateUndergroundBase and subtly acquiring power through governmental infiltration and mind control, is likewise eerily similar to UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories propounded by the likes of Creator/DavidIcke.

*** The deceptively pretty and sweet Green Lady, who bewitches people with her music, is very similar to the media's image of Music/TaylorSwift during TheNewTens, especially since Taylor's {{hatedom}} started calling her a snake after her spat with Music/KanyeWest in 2016. Moreover, the notion of a [[TheReptilians shapeshifting reptilian invader]], lurking within an ElaborateUndergroundBase and subtly acquiring power through governmental infiltration and mind control, is likewise eerily similar to UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories propounded by the likes of Creator/DavidIcke.

In 1966, Creator/TsuburayaProductions created ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', a {{toku}} series about heroic aliens, also known as giants of light, with many abilities, including shooting powerful beams from their arms. And by sheer coincidence, their homeworld is located in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_78 nebula M78]] in the Orion Constellation.

* In the second ''Literature/{{Brotherband}} book (published in 2012), Barat, the man who's running for office, declares his intention to "make [his town] great again," and wins the election handily. How much of his character parallels that of Creator/DonaldTrump [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment shall not be discussed here]], but readers, especially those of a certain political bent, will find this hilarious.

* One part of ''RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' involves Guan Yu [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yu#Crossing_Five_Passes_and_Slaying_Six_Generals crossing five passes and slaying six generals]], which sounds awfully like a videogame.

* In Creator/AlexandreDumas's ''Louise de la Valliere'', one of the sequels to ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', we have this paragraph in which a Dutch ambassador tries to apologize to the French king for injuries committed against him; it acquires a whole new meaning now with the FreestateAmsterdam stereotype:
-->"The ambassador ventured to frame excuses by saying that the vanity of nations was a matter of little consequence; that Holland was proud that, with such limited resources, she had maintained her rank as a great nation, even against powerful monarchs, and that if a little smoke had intoxicated his countrymen, the king would be kindly disposed, and would even excuse this intoxication."

* In one of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Literature/NewSeriesAdventures, ''Forever Autumn,'' published in 2008, the Doctor tells Martha that ''Film/StarWars'' is actually real (though it's implied that he may have just been [[TheGadfly messing with her]]), but "George Lucas was way off the mark with all that stuff in Episode IX." At that point, it was meant to be a gag, since Lucas had stated that there would be only six episodes. Fast-forward about five years, and it was announced that Disney would be buying the franchise, including the announcement of another three movies. Meaning that perhaps the Doctor was telling the truth after all!