History YMMV / AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn

* ValuesDissonance: Both unintentionally, as discussed above, and intentionally in regard to Huck's unwillingness to return Jim to slavery. Huck decides to be a CardCarryingVillain, and most of those around him proclaim themselves good and him evil, but it's made apparent that they're not good, and he's a morally righteous rebel, or at worst a NobleDemon.

* VillainDecay: Inverted by the Duke and the Dauphin. They start out as a couple of bumbling con artists, but become more and more sinister as the book progresses

** Tom and Huck, especially with the line "I wanted him and me to be together"

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Completely overshadows the original, ''{{The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}}''.

* WriterCopOut: ErnestHemingway thought so, saying that it was a great book but that "if you read it, you must stop where the Nigger Jim is taken from the boys. That is the real end. The rest is just cheating."

* NightmareFuel: Pap Finn's episode of delirium tremens.

* FairForItsDay: It's now considered racist, but is actually a satirical work condemning slavery. Also, we have to understand that back then it was considered highly offensive for a southerner to denounce his society in this way. People cry racism for the outdated terms (n-word being commonly used, whether intended badly or not) but it was radical then. And while Jim is portrayed as being ignorant (being Black at that time, he had not received any sort of formal education) he is by no means stupid. In fact, he's generally the smartest guy in the room.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Pap Finn's episode of delirium tremens.

** [[ZigZaggedTrope Knowing Twain/Clemens's sense of humor, it very likely wasn't an actual attempt at defying this trope.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: This is Huck's reaction to seeing [[spoiler:[[SnakeOilSalesman the Duke and the King]] tarred and feathered.

* AlasPoorVillain: This is Huck's reaction to seeing the [[SnakeOilSalesman Duke and the King]] tarred and feathered.

* FairForItsDay: It's now considered racist [[YourMileageMayVary by some]], but is actually a satirical work condemning slavery. Also, we have to understand that back then it was considered highly offensive for a southerner to denounce his society in this way. People cry racism for the outdated terms (n-word being commonly used, whether intended badly or not) but it was radical then. And while Jim is portrayed as being ignorant (being Black at that time, he had not received any sort of formal education) he is by no means stupid. In fact, he's generally the smartest guy in the room.

* [=~Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch~=]: Often banned because parents mistakenly believe it is a racist book. They'd know better if they read up to the CMOA.

* NightmareFuel: Pap Finn's episode of delirium tremens.

* ValuesDissonance: Both unintentionally, as discussed above, and intentionally in regard to Huck's unwillingness to return Jim to slavery. Huck decides to be a CardCarryingVillain, and most of those around him proclaim themselves good and him evil, but it's made apparent that they're not good, and he's a straightforward example of good, or at worst a NobleDemon.

* ValuesDissonance: Both unintentionally, as discussed above, and intentionally in regard to Huck's unwillingness to return Jim to slavery. Huck decides to be a CardCarryingVillain, and most of those around him proclaim themselves LawfulGood and him NeutralEvil, but it's made apparent that they're more along the lines of LawfulNeutral, and he's a straightforward example of ChaoticGood, or at worst a NobleDemon.

* MagnificentBastard: Tom attempts to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this trope based on the adventure novels he's read... and fails.

* WriterCopOut: ErnestHemingway thought so, saying that it was a great book but that "if you read it, you must stop where the Nigger Jim is taken from the boys. That is the real end. The rest is just cheating."

* CharacterAlignment: This book provides some classic examples:
** ChaoticGood: Huck questions the importance of established rules, and is willing to break them if it means following his conscience.
** LawfulNeutral: Many of the people Huck encounters on his journey down the Mississippi fall under this alignment. They're not actively ''malicious'', but they value the traditions of southern society above all and don't question the morality of the assumptions on which those traditions are based. Huck does.
** ChaoticNeutral: Tom Sawyer. Like Huck, he's a troublemaker who enjoys playing tricks, breaking rules, and getting on the nerves of adults, but he lacks the firm moral convictions of his friend.
** NeutralEvil: The King and the Duke. Two con-men who will do anything they can to benefit themselves.

** NeutralEvil: The King and the Duke. Two con-men who will do anything they can to benefit themselves. Likely also Huck's father, if he's not ChaoticEvil.

** LawfulNeutral: Many of the people Huck encounters on his journey down the Mississippi fall under this alignment. They're not actively ''malicious'', but they value the traditions of southern society above all and don't question the morality of the assumptions on which they're based. Huck does.

** LawfulNeutral: Many of the people of Huck encounters on his journey down the Mississippi fall under this alignment. They're not actively ''malicious'', but they value the traditions of southern society above all and don't question the morality of the assumptions on which they're based. Huck does.

* CharacterAlignment: This book provides some classic examples.

* CharacterAlignment: Yes, even a classic work of literature can reveal these.