History YMMV / TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer

** Injun Joe has caused controversy too among modern readers. At least one animated adaptation even went as far as to rename its depiction of the character as "Tattoo Joe." In the ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' version, he's called "Crazy Joe," and it's not made clear that he's supposed to be Native American.

* BrokenBase: Is the game another just another [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed crapfest]] that does no justice to a beloved book? Or a well-done PragmaticAdaptation that while weird, is still perfectly fine and plays well for what it is? No one can decide.

* ValuesDissonance: [[CorporalPunishment Beatings]], whether at school or at home, were quite common, and Huck even states that his back doesn't mind any more.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Mr. Dobbins for some adult readers. When young he had very much wanted to become a doctor but was unable to continue his studies for financial reasons. Hence he ended up a country school teacher (which was not considered a prestigious job for men in the nineteenth century). He still enjoys reading his anatomy text, but then one of his students has the nerve to go through his desk and damage his book.
** However, it is also highly implied that during school hours he reads the part of the book with pictures of naked women. [[{{Squick}} In front of little children.]]
*** All that's said is that the frontispiece features a naked figure. Anatomy was still considered a scandalous subject so that in itself may be why Mr. Dobbins kept the book locked up.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Not for Literature/HuckleberryFinn, but the further sequels "Tom Sawyer Abroad" and "Tom Sawyer, Detective." Yes, those really exist. And they were written by Mark Twain himself, too. He lost much of his wealth in bad investments and he needed to support his family.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The SETA game is just another ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' clone and has to do with little to none of the novel, except the characters.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: This game tends to get a bad rep on the internet for its AllJustADream premise alone and having little to do with the book, leaving many to assume its another schlock licensed game.

!!The {{Licensed Game}}s
* AllJustADream: This is how they weakly justify the events of the SETA game given that it had nothing much to do with the book.

** Adult readers also tend to find Aunt Polly much more sympathetic; for all her faults, she is doing her best to raise her nephew and two other children on her own. Further, she's subjected to the worst AdultFear -- [[spoiler: the loss of a child]] -- not once, but twice, in the course of the book; her emotional torment is all too clear, especially to readers who are parents themselves.

* AngstWhatAngst: Huck is very cavalier about his father's unavailability and [[AlcoholicParent drunkenness]], his [[MissingMom mother's apparent death]], and the fact that he's living on the streets--in fact, when people attempt to give him the maternal love they believe he needs, he only gets embarrassed.

!!The Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater version
* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Po5z1lxOU The ending, "Boku no Mississippi"]]

* SignatureScene: Tom Sawyer tricking other kids into whitewashing a fence for him ([[CommonKnowledge although contrary to popular belief]], in the original Huckleberry Finn wasn't present; he was only introduced later).

* NoExportForYou: The Creator/SquareEnix game never made it out of Japan due to the unfortunate ValuesDissonance when visually depicting the African American character Jim.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The SETA game is just another ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' clone and has to do with little to none of the novel, except the characters.

** Injun Joe has caused controversy too among modern readers. At least one animated adaptation even went as far as to rename its depiction of the character as "Tattoo Joe." In the ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' version, he's called "Crazy Joe."

** Injun Joe has caused controversy too among modern readers. At least one animated adaptation even went as far as to rename its depiction of the character as "Tattoo Joe".

* CompleteMonster: Injun Joe. Murders a man in cold blood and frames someone else for it [spoiler: almost successfully]. Plots a gruesome revenge -- facial mutilation and being left to die -- against the widow of a deceased judge who had him jailed and flogged for vagrancy.

* [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Crowning Music Of Heartwarming]]: "This Time Tomorrow" - a little song by Aunt Polly as she watches her nephew, musing over the growing process of children and assuring Tom that she will always love him.

* AngstWhatAngst: Huck is very cavalier about his father's unavailability and drunkenness, his mother's apparent death, and the fact that he's living on the streets--in fact, when people attempt to give him the maternal love they believe he needs, he only gets embarrassed.

* SignatureScene: Tom Sawyer tricking other kids into whitewashing a fence for him.

* ValuesDissonance: [[CoroporalPunishment Beatings]], whether at school or at home, were quite common, and Huck even states that his back doesn't mind any more.