History YMMV / TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer

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

* {{Sequelitis}}: Not for 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.

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

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

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The SETA game is just another ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' clone and has to do with little to none of the novel, except the characters.
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!!THE 2000 ANIMATED FILM
* CompleteMonster: In this DirectToVideo {{animated|Adaptation}} retelling of the [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer classic Mark Twain tale]], with an animal cast, Injun Joe, portrayed here as a [[BearsAreBadNews grizzly bear]] named [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Injurin' Joe]], manages to be even more vicious than his novel counterpart. Joe is a dangerous criminal who regularly robs the local church and its patrons, with the [[PoliceAreUseless Town Sheriff too scared of Joe to stop him.]] Joe forces the innocent and dimwitted Mutt Potter to dig for treasure, then murders Deputy Bean for trying to confiscate the treasure that Potter unearths. Joe then [[FrameUp frames Potter for this crime]], and takes sadistic glee in watching him prepare to be executed. Throughout the film, Joe tries to [[WouldHurtAChild murder Tom Sawyer and whichever of his friends happens to be with him at the time]], for nothing more than revenge for saving Mutt Potter, and sadism. {{Greed}}y and {{sadist}}ic, Injurin' Joe [[KnightOfCerebus stood out]] as a [[VileVillainSaccharineShow shockingly dark villain for such a lighthearted film]].

THE 2000 ANIMATED FILM

* CreatorBacklash: Twain wasn't very fond of the story in later years. He preferred ''HuckleberryFinn''.

* CompleteMonster: In this DirectToVideo {{animated|Adaptation}} retelling of the [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer classic Mark Twain tale]], with an animal cast, Injun Joe, portrayed here as a [[BearsAreBadNews grizzly bear]] named [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Injurin' Joe]], manages to be even more vicious than his novel counterpart. Joe is a dangerous criminal who regularly robs the local church and its patrons, with the Town Sheriff too scared of Joe to stop him. Joe forces the innocent and dimwitted Mutt Potter to dig for treasure, then murders Deputy Bean for trying to confiscate the treasure that Potter unearths. Joe then [[FrameUp frames Potter for this crime]], and takes sadistic glee in watching him prepare to be executed. Throughout the film, Joe tries to [[WouldHurtAChild murder Tom Sawyer and whichever of his friends happens to be with him at the time]], for nothing more than revenge for saving Mutt Potter, and sadism. {{Greed}}y and {{sadist}}ic, Injurin' Joe [[KnightOfCerebus stood out]] as a [[VileVillainSaccharineShow shockingly dark villain for such a lighthearted film]].

* CompleteMonster: Injun Joe, portrayed here as a [[BearsAreBadNews grizzly bear]] named [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Injurin' Joe]], manages to be even more vicious than his novel counterpart. Joe is a dangerous criminal who regularly robs the local church and its patrons, with the Town Sheriff too scared of Joe to stop him. Joe forces the innocent and dimwitted Mutt Potter to dig for treasure, then murders Deputy Bean for trying to confiscate the treasure that Potter unearths. Joe then [[FrameUp frames Potter for this crime]], [[ForTheEvulz for no discernible reason]], and takes sadistic glee in watching him prepare to be executed. Throughout the film, Joe tries to [[WouldHurtAChild murder Tom Sawyer and whichever of his friends happens to be with him at the time]], for nothing more than revenge for saving Mutt Potter, and sadism. {{Greed}}y and {{sadist}}ic, Injurin' Joe [[KnightOfCerebus stood out]] as a [[VileVillainSaccharineShow shockingly dark villain for such a lighthearted film]].

* CompleteMonster: Injun Joe, portrayed here as a [[BearsAreBadNews grizzly bear]] named [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Injurin' Joe]], manages to be even more vicious than his novel counterpart. Joe is a dangerous criminal who regularly robs the local church and its patrons, with the Town Sheriff too scared of Joe to stop him. Joe forces the innocent and dimwitted Mutt Potter to dig for treasure, then murders Deputy Bean for trying to confiscate the treasure that Potter unearths. Joe then [[FrameUp frames Potter for this crime]], [[ForTheEvulz for no discernible reason]], and takes sadistic glee in watching him prepare to be executed. Throughout the film, Joe tries to [[WouldHurtAChild murder Tom Sawyer and whichever of his friends happens to be with him at the time]], for nothing more than revenge for saving Mutt Potter, and sadism. {{Greed}}y and sadistic, Injurin' Joe [[KnightOfCerebus stood out]] as a [[VileVillainSaccharineShow shockingly dark villain for such a lighthearted film]].

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*** Well, it wasn't as if they could see the pictures.

* CrowningMusicOfHeartwarming: "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.

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

* {{Sequelitis}}: Not for 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.

* CrowningMusicOfHeartwarming: "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.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Not for HuckleberryFinn, but the further sequels "Tom Sawyer Abroad" and "Tom Sawyer, Detective." Yes, those really exist.

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

* KarmaHoudini: Becky who snoops through Mr. Dobbins' desk and tears a valuable book really does deserve a whipping, even if she'd never been whipped in school before as she frets. But Tom ends up taking it for her. Yes, it is "noble" of him, but it's still grating considering that earlier she had allowed him to get an undeserved thrashing and whined about how he must have been spying on her when he accidentally caught her with Mr. Dobbins book.

* KarmaHoudini: Becky who snooped through Mr. Dobbins' desk and tore a valuable book really did deserve a whipping, even if she had never been whipped in school before as she fretted. But Tom ends up taking it for her. Yes, it was "noble" of him, but it's still grating considering that she had allowed him to get an undeserved thrashing earlier and had whined about how he must have been spying on her earlier when he accidentally caught her with Mr. Dobbins book.

* 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 prestiguous job fro 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.

* KarmaHoudini: Becky who snooped through Mr. Dobbins' desk and tore a valuable book really did deserve a whipping, even is she had never been whipped in school before as she fretted. But Tom ends up taking it for her. Yes, it was "noble" of him, but it's still grating considering that she had allowed him to get an undeserved thrashing earlier and had whined about how he must have been spying on her earlier when he accidentally caught her with Mr. Dobbins book.
* 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 prestiguous job fro men in the nineteenth century). He still gets some consolation out of his valuable anatomy text, but then one of his students has the nerve to go through his desk and damage his book.

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

* ToyShip: Tom and Becky.