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4 | ->''"Shy - with a trembling heart, I hand over to the world some pages of life, of suffering, of hope, of longing, in sweet hours of leisure, of poetic inspiration streamed from my innermost being."'' |
5 | -->--'''Murr''' ([[InsistentTerminology Étudiant en belles lettres]]) in the foreword of his autobiography |
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7 | ''The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr, together with a fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on Random Sheets of Waste Paper'' is a Romantic novel by Creator/ETAHoffmann, written in two volumes (a planned third part wasn't finished as he DiedDuringProduction) in 1819 to 1821. |
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9 | The book is a deliberately over-the-top parody of the genius concept in Romanticism as well a satire on the highlife of Hoffmann's time. Its unusual form consists of two biographies sliced into one: the autobiography of the pretentious Tomcat Murr, and the biography about the genius musician Johannes Kreisler, whose servant Master Abraham is the owner of Murr. |
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12 | !! Animal Tropes brought to you by the genius tomcat Murr: |
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14 | %%* AnachronicOrder: The Kreisler segments. |
15 | * BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: The novel's brotherhood of cats, as a parody on ''Studentenverbindungen'', ambiguously militaristic and authoritarian associations of elite students. |
16 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Johannes Kreisler, oh my god, Kreisler. He almost has NoSocialSkills and randomly disappears or practices at 2 in the morning, but is also one of the most accomplished musicians and composers of his time. |
17 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass / TookALevelInBadass: Being a barely respected new member of the brotherhood of cats, he is involved into a duel and discovers his great agility. He wins and thus is considered a Badass by his peers. |
18 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Something bad happened to Hektor in Italy, but [[NoEnding we never get to know]]. |
19 | %%* DeadpanSnarker: Among [[WorldOfHam the positively Romantic cast]], Master Abraham stands out as the snarkiest guy. |
20 | * DirectLineToTheAuthor: Hoffmann states in the foreword that he merely is the editor for Murr. |
21 | * {{Doppelganger}}: Kreisler gets a minor HeroicBSOD when he considers that ''he'' is one of MadArtist Leonhard Ettlinger. |
22 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Muzius']] sudden death by a paw infection. |
23 | * DuelToTheDeath: When Murr battles a rival, he nearly kills him. |
24 | * HeartbrokenBadass: Master Abraham, who misses his beloved Chiara [[spoiler:and happened to be an [[MysteriousPast undercover agent]] back in his days at Italy]]. |
25 | %%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Multiple: Kreisler / Abraham, Murr / Muzius, Princess Hedwiga / Julia. |
26 | * LargeHam: %%Tomcat Murr, one of the Largest Hams you will find in the realm of animals. |
27 | ** Kreisler with his long rants about art and passion. And the monk towards the end of the book, who suddenly hams up magnificently when [[SeriousBusiness he thinks Kreisler insults him]]. |
28 | * LoveDodecahedron: Princess Hedwiga crushed on the Prince Hektor, who in turn crushed on Julia, who crushed on Kreisler, who crushed on the Princess. |
29 | * MadArtist: The painter Leonhard Ettlinger went insane. |
30 | %%* MrImagination: Kreisler and Master Abraham both have their moments. |
31 | %%* MsFanservice: Julia, for the Kreisler segments, and the cat Miesmies, at least according to Murr. |
32 | %%* MysteriousPast: Master Abraham, who gets recognized by Prince Hektor from his DarkAndTroubledPast in Italy. |
33 | * NoSocialSkills: Zigzagged with Kreisler, who is occasionally portrayed as genuinely antisocial (especially when dealing with authority figures), but is popular in the court and has many friends. |
34 | * UnreliableNarrator: The pretentious tomcat Murr, who constantly brags about himself while his actual list of achievements is small. |
35 | %%* ScrapbookStory |
36 | %%* SmallNameBigEgo: Tomcat Murr runs with this trope, even after he TookALevelInBadass. |
37 | * SurpriseIncest: The beautiful cat that Murr tries to seduce after the funeral of [[spoiler:his best friend Muzius]] is actually his daughter. |
38 | * TalkingAnimal: Neatly played with as Murr is a writing animal. |
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