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* FirstInstallmentWins: Everyone's heard of Lilliput, few people besides [[Anime/CastleInTheSky anime fans]] know of Laputa, fewer of Brobdingnag, some fans of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] might know of Houyhnhnms[[note]]and also coining the nonsense word ''yahoo'' used here to describe the Houyhnhnms' ServantRace [[/note]] and almost nobody has heard of Luggnagg or Glubbdubdrib.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Everyone's heard of Lilliput, few people besides [[Anime/CastleInTheSky anime fans]] know of Laputa, fewer of Brobdingnag, some fans of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] Friendship Is Magic]] might know of Houyhnhnms[[note]]and also coining the nonsense word ''yahoo'' used here to describe the Houyhnhnms' ServantRace [[/note]] [[/note]], fewer know of Brobdingnag, and almost nobody has heard of Luggnagg or Glubbdubdrib.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people are more familiar with the watered down adaptations of the story that [[DisneyFication reinterpret it as a children's fairy tale]] Many people aren't even aware that the famous Lilliput voyage that most adaptations focus on only makes up the first 50 pages of the story, that there are three more voyages, and that the original story was a hard edged {{Satire}} and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids most definitely]] '''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids not]]''' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids a children's book.]]
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people are more familiar with the watered down adaptations of the story that [[DisneyFication reinterpret it as a children's fairy tale]] tale]]. Many people aren't even aware that the famous Lilliput voyage that most adaptations focus on only makes up the first 50 pages of the story, that there are three more voyages, and that the original story was a hard edged {{Satire}} and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids most definitely]] '''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids not]]''' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids a children's book.]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: The Lilliputs are constantly at war, while the Brobdingnagians are at peace. This causes the implication that smaller people engage in wars more often.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The Lilliputs are constantly at war, while the Brobdingnagians are at peace. This causes the implication that smaller people engage in wars more often.often, or put another way, the bigger you are, the bigger your heart is.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The book is published all over the world, but while [[FirstInstallmentWins everyone's heard of Lilliput]], the only country where Laputa has earned similar fame is Japan, mostly because of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''. There was even a Japanese rock band named after the flying island.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** The book is published all over the world, but while [[FirstInstallmentWins everyone's heard of Lilliput]], the only country where Laputa has earned similar fame is Japan, mostly because of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''. There was even a Japanese rock band named after the flyingisland.island.
** The full unabridged version is rather popular in Russia. A good amount of promotion by the communists plus better appreciation for the dark humour.
** The book is published all over the world, but while [[FirstInstallmentWins everyone's heard of Lilliput]], the only country where Laputa has earned similar fame is Japan, mostly because of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''. There was even a Japanese rock band named after the flying
** The full unabridged version is rather popular in Russia. A good amount of promotion by the communists plus better appreciation for the dark humour.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The Liliputs are constantly at war, while the Brobdingnagians are at peace. This causes the implication that smaller people engage in wars more often.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The Liliputs Lilliputs are constantly at war, while the Brobdingnagians are at peace. This causes the implication that smaller people engage in wars more often.
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* SignatureScene: Gulliver being tied down by the Lilluputians is a popular choice [[https://www.tvguide.com/a/img/catalog/provider/1/1/1-308927634.jpg for]] [[https://naxosaudiobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/0073.jpg book covers]] [[https://cdn.britannica.com/90/125990-050-F5E91F84/Lemuel-Gulliver-edition-illustration-Lilliput-Gullivers-Travels.jpg and]] [[http://www.oxfordgradedreaders.es/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BOOK-4-Gullivers-Travels.jpg posters]] for adaptations.
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* SignatureScene: Gulliver being tied down by the Lilluputians Lilliputians is a popular choice [[https://www.tvguide.com/a/img/catalog/provider/1/1/1-308927634.jpg for]] [[https://naxosaudiobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/0073.jpg book covers]] [[https://cdn.britannica.com/90/125990-050-F5E91F84/Lemuel-Gulliver-edition-illustration-Lilliput-Gullivers-Travels.jpg and]] [[http://www.oxfordgradedreaders.es/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BOOK-4-Gullivers-Travels.jpg posters]] for adaptations.
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* The extensive and insulting portrayal Gulliver gives of medicine in the fourth book seems very strange coming from a surgeon. But in Swift's time, surgery was not considered a branch of medicine. Surgeons were second-tier craftsmen at best, and Gulliver is a ship's surgeon, who tended to be the worst of their profession.
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* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Gulliver himself is rotoscoped, which would fall into this trope either way. However, [[NonStandardCharacterDesign he sticks out like a sore thumb]] because his design and movements are ''far'' more realistic in stark contrast to the more cartoony, stylized inhabitants of Lilliput.
!!The 1996 Miniseries
* NightmareFuel: The Struldbruggs, as portrayed in this adaptation, are particularly creepy. Unlike their book counterparts, their outside appearances remain mostly youthful, belying the fact that their insides have continued to age; this allows them to conceal the downsides of immortality. Their MadnessMantra is especially haunting. ''"Never die...never die..."''
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': Drink. Taste immortality.
--->''[Gulliver notices a tremor in the Gatekeeper's hand.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': Why is your hand shaking so badly?
--->''[Notices a Struldbrugg coughing up blood into a handkerchief.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': What's wrong with her?
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': [[BlatantLies Nothing.]]
--->'''Gulliver''': ''[Looking around]'' What's wrong with ''everyone?''
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': Drink the water. You will defy nature. You will outlive the stars themselves. you'll be like a god.
--->''[He notices that she is not looking directly at him.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': You can't see me, can you?
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': I'm alive. The water keeps us alive.
--->'''Gulliver''': You're blind. ''[Looks around the room.]'' You're all blind!
--->'''Gatekeeper''': No, some of us can still make out shape and movement! We'll never die, that's what matters! We'll never die!
* RetroactiveRecognition: Gulliver's son Tom is Dream from the [[Series/TheSandman2022 Netflix TV series adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''.
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!!The 1996 Miniseries
* NightmareFuel: The Struldbruggs, as portrayed in this adaptation, are particularly creepy. Unlike their book counterparts, their outside appearances remain mostly youthful, belying the fact that their insides have continued to age; this allows them to conceal the downsides of immortality. Their MadnessMantra is especially haunting. ''"Never die...never die..."''
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': Drink. Taste immortality.
--->''[Gulliver notices a tremor in the Gatekeeper's hand.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': Why is your hand shaking so badly?
--->''[Notices a Struldbrugg coughing up blood into a handkerchief.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': What's wrong with her?
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': [[BlatantLies Nothing.]]
--->'''Gulliver''': ''[Looking around]'' What's wrong with ''everyone?''
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': Drink the water. You will defy nature. You will outlive the stars themselves. you'll be like a god.
--->''[He notices that she is not looking directly at him.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': You can't see me, can you?
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': I'm alive. The water keeps us alive.
--->'''Gulliver''': You're blind. ''[Looks around the room.]'' You're all blind!
--->'''Gatekeeper''': No, some of us can still make out shape and movement! We'll never die, that's what matters! We'll never die!
* RetroactiveRecognition: Gulliver's son Tom is Dream from the [[Series/TheSandman2022 Netflix TV series adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''.
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* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Gulliver himself is rotoscoped, which would fall into this trope either way. However, [[NonStandardCharacterDesign he sticks out like a sore thumb]] because his design and movements are ''far'' more realistic in stark contrast to the more cartoony, stylized inhabitants of Lilliput.
!!The 1996 Miniseries
* NightmareFuel: The Struldbruggs, as portrayed in this adaptation, are particularly creepy. Unlike their book counterparts, their outside appearances remain mostly youthful, belying the fact that their insides have continued to age; this allows them to conceal the downsides of immortality. Their MadnessMantra is especially haunting. ''"Never die...never die..."''
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': Drink. Taste immortality.
--->''[Gulliver notices a tremor in the Gatekeeper's hand.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': Why is your hand shaking so badly?
--->''[Notices a Struldbrugg coughing up blood into a handkerchief.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': What's wrong with her?
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': [[BlatantLies Nothing.]]
--->'''Gulliver''': ''[Looking around]'' What's wrong with ''everyone?''
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': Drink the water. You will defy nature. You will outlive the stars themselves. you'll be like a god.
--->''[He notices that she is not looking directly at him.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': You can't see me, can you?
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': I'm alive. The water keeps us alive.
--->'''Gulliver''': You're blind. ''[Looks around the room.]'' You're all blind!
--->'''Gatekeeper''': No, some of us can still make out shape and movement! We'll never die, that's what matters! We'll never die!
* RetroactiveRecognition: Gulliver's son Tom is Dream from the [[Series/TheSandman2022 Netflix TV series adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''.
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!!The 1996 Miniseries
* NightmareFuel: The Struldbruggs, as portrayed in this adaptation, are particularly creepy. Unlike their book counterparts, their outside appearances remain mostly youthful, belying the fact that their insides have continued to age; this allows them to conceal the downsides of immortality. Their MadnessMantra is especially haunting. ''"Never die...never die..."''
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': Drink. Taste immortality.
--->''[Gulliver notices a tremor in the Gatekeeper's hand.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': Why is your hand shaking so badly?
--->''[Notices a Struldbrugg coughing up blood into a handkerchief.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': What's wrong with her?
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': [[BlatantLies Nothing.]]
--->'''Gulliver''': ''[Looking around]'' What's wrong with ''everyone?''
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': Drink the water. You will defy nature. You will outlive the stars themselves. you'll be like a god.
--->''[He notices that she is not looking directly at him.]''
--->'''Gulliver''': You can't see me, can you?
--->'''Immortal Gatekeeper''': I'm alive. The water keeps us alive.
--->'''Gulliver''': You're blind. ''[Looks around the room.]'' You're all blind!
--->'''Gatekeeper''': No, some of us can still make out shape and movement! We'll never die, that's what matters! We'll never die!
* RetroactiveRecognition: Gulliver's son Tom is Dream from the [[Series/TheSandman2022 Netflix TV series adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Everyone's heard of Lilliput, few people besides [[Anime/CastleInTheSky anime fans]] know of Laputa, fewer of Brobdingnag, some fans of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] might know of Houyhnhnms [[note]] most will be familiar with Houyhnhnms[[note]]and also coining the term nonsense word ''yahoo'' which is used here to describe the Houyhnhnms' ServantRace [[/note]], [[/note]] and almost nobody has heard of Luggnagg or Glubbdubdrib.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Everyone's heard of Lilliput, few people besides [[Anime/CastleInTheSky anime fans]] know of Laputa, fewer of Brobdingnag, some fans of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] might know of Houyhnhnms[[note]] Houyhnhnms [[note]] most will be familiar with the term ''yahoo'' which is used to describe the Houyhnhnms' ServantRace [[/note]], and almost nobody has heard of Luggnagg or Glubbdubdrib.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Everyone's heard of Lilliput, few people besides [[Anime/CastleInTheSky anime fans]] know of Laputa, even fewer of Brobdingnag, and almost nobody knows some fans of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] might know of Houyhnhnms[[note]] apart from coining most will be familiar with the term ''yahoo'' which is used to describe the Houyhnhnms' slaves [[/note]].ServantRace [[/note]], and almost nobody has heard of Luggnagg or Glubbdubdrib.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Everyone's heard of Lilliput, few of Brobdingnag, very few people besides [[Anime/CastleInTheSky anime fans]] know of Laputa, and very few people besides [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] know of the Houyhnhnms (the [[{{Neologism}} coinage]] ''yahoo'', meaning "ill-mannered cretin", comes from the fourth voyage).
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Everyone's heard of Lilliput, few of Brobdingnag, very few people besides [[Anime/CastleInTheSky anime fans]] know of Laputa, even fewer of Brobdingnag, and very few people besides [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] know almost nobody knows of the Houyhnhnms (the [[{{Neologism}} coinage]] ''yahoo'', meaning "ill-mannered cretin", comes Houyhnhnms[[note]] apart from coining the fourth voyage).term ''yahoo'' to describe Houyhnhnms' slaves [[/note]].
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Is the part of the book with the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos meant to be a swipe at humanity? [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity Or is it an indictment of those who consider themselves perfect while stigmatizing others]]?
