Line #298 Main/TheWildWest


1	[[quoteright:300:[[Creator/BuffaloBill https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffalobill1_2700.jpg]] ]]
2	[[caption-width-right:300:And that's just what they could fit on the poster!]]
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4	->''"I love the West. I read a lot about the West, and I'm shocked, I'm ashamed that in pictures they have not made the true story of the winning of the West--comprising 90 percent foreigners, 100 percent laborers, nothing to do with guns. Streets, mountains, roads, bridges, streams, forests--that's the winning of the West to me. Hard! Tremendous, tremendous fight. But [instead] we have, as you know, cowboys and Indians and all that."''
5	-->-- '''Creator/SamuelFuller''', director of three film {{Western}}s
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7	The American Old West was the land west of the Mississippi River roughly in or around the latter half of the nineteenth century; specifically we might start what we now think of as the "Wild West" era with the California [[GoldFever Gold Rush]] of 1848 and end it with the U.S. Census Bureau's official recognition in 1890 [[EndOfAnAge of the end of the frontier]]. This setting is home to TheWestern, a definitively American genre almost as stylized and standardized as ''CommediaDellArte''. The Wild West is basically the ThemeParkVersion or fictionalization of this setting. It has its own set of specialized subtropes, including a wide assortment of [[WesternCharacters stock character types]] and its own specialized locations.
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9	TheThemeParkVersion of the Old West is a land of Indians, grizzled prospectors, scenic bluffs, Conestoga wagons, tough, shotgun-toting pioneers and buxom, be-feathered dance-hall girls. Also home to very lucrative [[SoftGlass sugar glass]] and balsa-wood chair industries, judging by the number of {{bar brawl}}s which occur during a single episode of a typical western series. [[{{Villains}} Bad guys]] and [[AntiHero anti-heroes]] wear black hats, good guys and sheriffs wear white hats, shootouts on Main Street occur with the frequency of at least one an hour--with the sun at high noon each time--and everyone drinks sarsaparilla or whiskey.
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11	The real Old West was nothing like TheThemeParkVersion (which was originally the creation of 19th-century "dime novels"). There weren't many huge shootouts[[note]]Part of the reason the Gunfight at the OK Corral is so well remembered, or at least fictionalized, is because its 4-on-5 lineup was so exceptional[[/note]], quickdraw duels were rare,[[note]]Again, part of the reason Wild Bill Hickock is so well remembered, or at least fictionalized, is because he won what was almost certainly the first and may have been the ''only'' one of these[[/note]] and gun duels and violent gun-wielding criminals weren't exclusive to desert-like "western" areas. Plus, since many guns were very inaccurate in those days, they sometimes tended to happen in significantly closer quarters than they do in fiction. The average Western town had 1.5 murders per year, and most of those weren't done with guns (due to the West having a relatively small population compared to the East). Carrying guns in these towns was more likely to get you arrested than shot, and you were much more likely to die from diseases like cholera, dysentery, and tuberculosis, or in an accident like being dragged by your own horse, than to be killed in a raging gunfight or get scalped by Indians. Although, by all means, it was still a lawless and violent era, with three major 19th-century American wars taking place in the frontier (the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar, the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and the American Indian Wars) and also other range wars, bandit attacks and feuds. Not to mention that courts were almost non-existent, so settlers substituted with vigilance committees, which were more focused on lynching people than doing any law practices. And while the ''absolute'' number of murders-per-year was low, [[https://cjrc.osu.edu/research/interdisciplinary/hvd/homicide-rates-american-west the per-capita murder rate, adjusted for the low population densities, was indeed very high by modern standards]], for example around 165 per 100,000 adults per year in Dodge City in the 1880s -- but again, most of those murders weren't done with guns. But overall, the Wild West was not so wild -- it was actually more simple and boring, in fact.
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13	See also TheWestern (the genre of works which largely take place in this setting). For tropes associated with this setting, see WildWestTropes. A popular subject of TheParody, and surprisingly popular outside America. Frequently overlaps with TheSavageSouth. DawnOfTheWildWest is a sub-trope set during the time period just before the Wild West. TwilightOfTheOldWest is about the dying embers of the Wild West flickering out during the early years of the NewOldWest. May overlap with SettlingTheFrontier. Largely occurs contemporaneously with TheGildedAge. Compare UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy, another historical period that has its own famous outlaws which has since become the subject of romanticization in modern pop culture.
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15	It's become a CyclicNationalFascination since even before the States became a cultural magnet.
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17	!!Works that are set in this time period include:
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19	[[foldercontrol]]
20
21	[[folder:Advertising]]
22	* Advertising/TheGreatCrunchieTrainRobbery
23	[[/folder]]
24
25	[[folder:Comic Books]]
26	* The ''ComicBook/AlbertEinsteinTimeMason'' story "A Fistful Of Physics" has Albert Einstein go back to this period and team up with Billy The Kid.
27	* ''ComicBook/BatLash''
28	* ''ComicBook/{{Blueberry}}'': Renowned comic book series about a badass cowboy. Drawn in a realistic style.
29	* ''ComicBook/TheChimpWithTheBrownHat'' is set in the wild west circa 1880, with giant space worms.
30	* ''ComicBook/JonahHex''
31	** ''ComicBook/JonahHex2005'' (Vol.2)
32	** ''ComicBook/AllStarWestern'' (Vol.3)
33	* ''ComicBook/JusticeRiders'': An {{Elseworlds}} tale following the Justice League equivalent in the wild west on Earth-18. [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana Prince]] is a super-powered Sheriff in this world, and her traditional lasso fits in well with the aesthetic.
34	* ''ComicBook/LesTuniquesBleues'': Tragicomedic comic strip series about two soldiers that started in the WildWest and became increasingly set during the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar.
35	* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': One of the most popular cowboy comics in the world and a clever AffectionateParody of all the tropes of TheWestern.
36	* ''ComicBook/TexWiller''
37	* Creator/MarvelComics had a number of [[Characters/MarvelComicsWesternCharacters Western heroes]], including the ComicBook/RawhideKid, the ComicBook/TwoGunKid (who got unstuck in time and briefly became an [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avenger]]), the ComicBook/OutlawKid, ComicBook/KidColt, and the original ComicBook/GhostRider (who dressed up as a ghost, not the guy with the flaming skull). In the modern age, a miniseries called ''ComicBook/BlazeOfGlory'' revived those characters to show their final days.
38	* ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': The stories "Bibbergoud", "De Texas Rakkers", "De Gouden Locomotief", "De Bevende Baobab",... all take place in the Wild West.
39	* ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'': "De Bende Van De Zwarte Kous", "Het Ei van October", "Het Groene Vuur",... all take place in the Wild West.
40	* ''ComicBook/{{Varmints}}''
41	* ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}''
42	[[/folder]]
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44	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
45	* The Franchise/LuckyLuke animated features:
46	** ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeDaisyTown''
47	** ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons''
48	* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest''
49	* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange''
50	[[/folder]]
51
52	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
53	* See IndexOfFilmWesterns for a more complete list.
54	* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''
55	* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', an AffectionateParody and gag comedy of the genre.
56	* ''Film/BrokenTrail''
57	* ''Film/CrossfireTrail''
58	* ''Film/DeadMan''
59	* ''Film/TheHallelujahTrail''
60	* ''Film/HighNoon''
61	* ''Film/TheLifeAndTimesOfJudgeRoyBean'' is an interesting partial inversion--it actually is set from the 1890s to the early 1920s, yet plays the Western trope very straight. Bonus points for being actually based on a true story, showing that The Wild West was able to [[TwilightOfTheOldWest partially live on into the 20th century]].
62	* ''Film/LonesomeDove''
63	* ''Film/McCabeAndMrsMiller'', which averts the typical old Hollywood version of the West.
64	* ''Film/{{Maverick}}''
65	* ''Film/OldYeller''
66	* ''Film/TheSearchers'', a {{Deconstruction}} of period Westerns
67	* ''Film/{{Shane}}''
68	* ''Film/ShanghaiNoon''
69	* ''Film/{{Silverado}}''
70	* ''Film/TheShootist,'' notable for being John Wayne's very last film. Also another Western that takes place after the romanticized age, right after the turn of the 20th century.
71	* ''Film/TheAlamo1960''
72	* ''Film/TheAlamo2004''
73	* ''Film/{{Tombstone}}''
74	* ''Film/TrueGrit''
75	* ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'', a revival/{{Reconstruction}} of the genre after ''Film/HeavensGate'' killed it dead about 15 years before.
76	* ''Film/{{Westworld}}''
77	* ''Film/YoungGuns'' and ''Film/YoungGunsII''.
78	[[/folder]]
79
80	[[folder:Literature]]
81	* See also WesternLiterature.
82	* One of the downtime locations in ''Literature/TimeScout'' is Denver, 1885. A lot of people go down there for Wild West shooting competitions.
83	* ''Literature/TheAlloyOfLaw'' has the Roughs, which are a FantasyCounterpartCulture version of the Wild West.
84	* Many of the novels of Creator/JTEdson, including all of ''The Floating Outfit'', ''Waco'' and ''Waxahachie Smith'' series.
85	* While he is now better known for fantasy, Creator/RobertEHoward wrote many, many Western tales, both humorous and serious.
86	* Creator/LouisLAmour wrote scores of western novels.
87	* DimeNovel inventor Frank Reade had quite a few adventures out West.
88	* ''Literature/SixGunSnowWhite'' is the [[Literature/SnowWhite original fairy tale]] re-imagined in this setting.
89	* Creator/KarlMay's ''Literature/{{Winnetou}}'' novels set in the 1860s to the 1870s timeframe are the source of [[TheThemeParkVersion the stereotypical image of the West]] in European countries.
90	* The novella ''Literature/RiverOfTeeth'' is set towards the end of the 19th century around the southern part of the Mississippi river and has gun-toting {{gunslinger}}s, {{outlaw}}s, [[CardSharp gamblers]] and remote bars just waiting for a [[BarBrawl fight]]. That the entire area has become hippo country and the cowboys ride hippos only adds to the fun. It's specifically referred to as "The Wild South".
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93	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
94	* See also WesternSeries.
95	* An episode of ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'' addressed how the perception of the Old West in media is ''very'' different from the historical version.
96	* ''Series/TheBigValley''
97	* ''Series/{{Bonanza}}''
98	* ''Series/TheCiscoKid''
99	* ''Series/TheDakotas''
100	* ''{{Series/Deadwood}}'' (Decidedly ''not'' TheThemeParkVersion.)
101	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
102	** The First Doctor paid a visit in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E8TheGunfighters "The Gunfighters"]].
103	** And again, the Eleventh in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E3ATownCalledMercy "A Town Called Mercy"]].
104	* ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman''
105	* ''Series/ElfregoBaca''
106	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' was TheWestern InSpace.
107	* ''Series/FrontierCircus''
108	* ''Series/FTroop''
109	* ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'': With 20 seasons on the air, it's still the longest-running US live-action scripted series.
110	* ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel''
111	* ''Series/HecRamsey''
112	* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' had quite a few Western flashbacks of Duncan's earlier history.
113	* ''Series/KungFu1972''
114	* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie''
115	* ''Series/TheLoneRanger''
116	* The ''Series/MacGyver1985'' dream episodes set in the town of Serenity.
117	* ''Series/{{Maverick}}''
118	* ''Series/NickArcade's'' Slurpy Gulch board
119	* Ethan Chandler in Creator/{{Showtime}}'s GothicHorror series ''Series/PennyDreadful'' is the star of a traveling Wild West Show.
120	* ''Series/{{Rawhide}}''
121	* ''Series/TheRifleman''
122	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
123	** A single episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ("[[Recap/StarTrekS3E6SpectreOfTheGun Spectre of the Gun]]") put the main cast at a surrealistic version of the gunfight at the OK Corral.
124	** The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E8AFistfulOfDatas A Fistful of Datas]]" saw Lt. Worf and his son Alexander in a holodeck simulation set in this era.
125	* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS06E18Frontierland "Frontierland" (S06, Ep18)]], the Winchesters travel back in time and meet Samuel Colt.
126	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
127	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E3MrDentonOnDoomsday Mr. Denton on Doomsday]]", Al Denton was once the fastest gun in the West but he became [[TheAlcoholic a severe alcoholic]] when the latest man to challenge him turned out to be a sixteen-year-old boy. Like all of the others, he killed him. Denton gets a second change from a peddler named Henry J. Fate.
128	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E26Execution Execution]]", as he is about to be hanged for murder on November 14, 1880, Joe Caswell is transported forward in time to 1960 by Professor Manion.
129	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E12Dust Dust]]", in a Wild West village "built of crumbling clay and rotting wood," a man named Luis Gallegos, who got drunk, went out in his wagon and struck and killed a little girl, is about to be hanged. A peddler named Sykes arrives in town and tells Gallegos' father that he can save his son by spreading special dust, which will cause the crowd to have a change of heart.
130	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E23AHundredYardsOverTheRim A Hundred Yards over the Rim]]", while searching for a source of food and water for his wagon train in 1847, Chris Horn is transported forward in time to UsefulNotes/NewMexico in September 1961.
131	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E7TheGrave The Grave]]", the hired gunman Conny Miller arrives in a western town to discover that his rival Pinto Sykes, a notorious outlaw, has been killed by the townsfolk. Conny learns that Pinto make a vow to reach up from his grave and grab Conny if he ever came close to it.
132	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E20ShowdownWithRanceMcGrew Showdown with Rance McGrew]]", the title character, a conceited actor who plays a hero named after himself in a [[TheWestern Western TV series]] featuring UsefulNotes/JesseJames, is transported back in time to the Wild West and meets the real Jesse James.
133	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E10The7thIsMadeUpOfPhantoms The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms]]", Sgt. William Connors, Corporal Richard Langsford and Private Michael [=McCluskey=], three US Army soldiers from 1964, are transported back in time to the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.
134	** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E32MrGarrityAndTheGraves Mr. Garrity and the Graves]]", the peddler Jared Garrity arrives in the small town of Happiness, UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} in 1890. He claims that he can [[BackFromTheDead bring the dead back to life]].
135	* ''Series/WagonTrain'' (''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was originally conceived as being, in Gene Roddenberry's own words, "WagonTrainToTheStars.")
136	* ''Series/TheWildWildWest'': Also a source for {{Steampunk}}
137	* ''Series/WildWestTech'': This show isn't so much set in this time and place as discusses this time and place. And the technology to be found there.
138	* ''Series/{{Zorro\|1957}}''
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140
141	[[folder:Music]]
142	* Music/TheBeatles did a Wild West tale of failed revenge with "Rocky Raccoon", a song from Music/TheWhiteAlbum written by Music/PaulMcCartney.
143	* Music/TheBonzoDogBand's "Bad Blood", from ''Let's Make Up and Be Friendly'', is another Western revenge tale and an AffectionateParody of Music/JohnnyCash.
144	* Gangstagrass, the band who did the theme song for ''Series/{{Justified}}'', have many Western BoastfulRap songs, like "[[https://youtu.be/ex1Aymc8B_I Quickdraw]]" and "[[https://youtu.be/94zblhgNWGI Gunslinging Rambler]]"
145	* Music/{{Beck\|Musician}}'s "Farewell Ride" from ''Music/{{Guero}} has lyrics built on Western imagery. Sample:
146	-->''I don't see the face of\
147	Kindness I don't hear the\
148	Mission bells I don't smell\
149	The morning roses all I see\
150	Is all I see is\
151	Two white horses in a line\
152	Carrying me to my burying ground''.
153	[[/folder]]
154
155	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
156	* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide:'' Subject of numerous gags over the years, especially ShowdownAtHighNoon gunfights and "cavalry vs Indians" jokes.
157	[[/folder]]
158
159	[[folder:Pinballs]]
160	* ''Pinball/ElDorado'' (and its variations ''Gold Strike'' and ''Lucky Strike'')
161	* The "Wild West" table of ''VideoGame/PsychoPinball'' takes place in a ThemeParkVersion, complete with a bank, jail, rodeo, and nearby gold mine.
162	* Also played for laughs in ''Pinball/CactusCanyon''.
163	* ''Pinball/MaverickTheMovie,'' based on [[Film/{{Maverick}} the 1994 film.]]
164	[[/folder]]
165
166	[[folder:Radio]]
167	* ''Series/TheCiscoKid''
168	* ''Radio/{{Gunsmoke}}''
169	* ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel''
170	* ''Series/TheLoneRanger''
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	[[folder:Roleplay]]
174	* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'': Virtua-SOTF, a Mini site game, has been confirmed to be a [[InsideAComputerSystem Virtual Reality]] game that takes place in a "Old West" setting.
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
178	* ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}''
179	* ''TabletopGame/DogsInTheVineyard'', although its version of the time period is a lot less Wild, so to speak.
180	* ''[[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Werewolf: The Wild West]]''
181	* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}} New West'' adds a lot of magic, monsters, and cyberpunk flavor, and ''in-universe'' is a deliberate attempt to re-create the Wild West as a way of holding on to lost history. Naturally, they [[TheThemeParkVersion get some things wrong]].
182	* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': The 'Silver Gulch, 1883' environment deck takes place in a Wild West Town (Time Travel is involved). It even has a wagon full of dynamite, which always blows up at the least opportune time.
183	[[/folder]]
184
185	[[folder:Theatre]]
186	* ''The Girl of the Golden West'', play by David Belasco and opera by Music/GiacomoPuccini.
187	* Creator/BuffaloBill 's ''Wild West'' shows popularized cowboy stories near the end of the 19th and early 20th century.
188	[[/folder]]
189
190	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
191	* At the Ride/DisneyThemeParks:
192	** Frontierland in the Disneyland parks.
193	** The western sequence on the late, lamented ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide''.
194	** In the Paris and Anaheim versions of ''Ride/ItsASmallWorld'', the United States is shown in its Old West days.
195	* The former show, ''The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show'' at the Ride/UniversalStudios parks.
196	* Ride/TweetsieRailroad in Boone, North Carolina is a mix of this trope and CoolTrain; its formerly-active neighbor 2 hours to the northeast in Maggie Valley, Ghost Town in the Sky, was ''purely'' this trope.
197	[[/folder]]
198
199	[[folder:Video Games]]
200	* In ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfLomax'', the third world is like this, complete with cowboy enemies.
201	* Stage 3 of the ''VideoGame/{{Animaniacs}}'' LicensedGame for the Platform/SegaGenesis takes place on the stage of a western movie. The first half of the level takes place in a western town, and the second half takes place [[LocomotiveLevel on a train]].
202	* ''VideoGame/BankPanic'' takes place in an Old West bank complete with robbers, customers and bombs to shoot.
203	* ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' evokes this with its old-timey narrator and most of the soundtrack, which is full of banjos and the occasional voiced song that sounds like a traditional folk song.
204	* ''VideoGame/BobbysWorld'': When Bobby is told by Howard to clean his bookshelf, he looks through a book about cowboys, saying he bets they never have to clean their bedrooms, leading him to the fourth level, which takes place in a western town. Vultures, rattlesnakes, cowboys, and sentient cacti all serve as enemies. Bobby can also ride Webbly like a horse to bounce safely across regular cacti.
205	* ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez''
206	** ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood''
207	** ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezGunslinger''
208	* ''VideoGame/CartoonNetworkRacing'': "The Good, The Bad, and The Stupid" is a cowboy town, with a saloon, train cars, a post office, and ''[[BreadEggsMilkSquick gallows]]''.
209	* In ''VideoGame/ChipNDaleRescueRangers 2'', one of the levels takes place in the Western World section of Fat Cat's AmusementPark, where one of the three keys to Fat Cat's control room is hidden. The level has a few MinecartMadness elements, and the boss is a cat magician who tosses playing cards.
210	* In ''VideoGame/ConkersPocketTales'', Vultureville, the game's second stage, is set in a western town. Early in the stage, Conker is accused of shooting the Undertaker and arrested by the Sheriff. After Conker escapes from jail and meets up with the Sheriff again, the Sheriff realizes that Honker, Conker's EvilCounterpart, is the real criminal, and makes Conker his deputy as a means of apology. He then tells Conker to go to the bank, which is being robbed by Honker, whom Conker must defeat in a shoot-out. Later on, Conker must fight Sol and Luxo, [[VileVulture a pair of vultures]].
211	* In ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'', this is used as the theme for the levels "Smokey and the Bandicoot", "Gold Rush", and "Ghost Town". The first is a race through a wild west town, the second a whole platforming level in one (complete with a handcar and enemies that throw dynamite at you), and the third a minecart race.
212	* ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}''
213	* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' takes place mainly in the Mojave, and outside of Vegas itself, mostly resides here. You can even take a perk named 'Cowboy' to make your .45-70 lever-action deadlier than a triple plasma rifle.
214	* ''VideoGame/FistfulOfFrags'' is a multiplayer first-person shooter based on the Source Engine. Its most prominent feature is the effect that period weaponry has on a typical FPS death-match arena. The weapons are slow, clunky, but very powerful, placing a greater emphasis on landing your shots.
215	* ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist''
216	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'s Hysterical History Tour'', the second stage takes place in a Wild West museum exhibit. The boss of the stage is Pete disguised as a gunslinger.
217	* ''VideoGame/{{Gun}}''
218	* In ''The [[JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy and Scratchy]] Game'', the fifth level, "The Magnificent Severed" takes place in the desert, with a western town in the background. Enemies include cowboy dogs and Scratchy robots dressed like Native Americans. The boss of the level is Scratchy in a chuck wagon.
219	* ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcersIIGunFighters''
220	* One chapter of ''Videogame/LiveALive'' takes place in this setting, with its protagonist being a branded outlaw who helps a town's residents fight back against the local cowboy gang.
221	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' games:
222	** In ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyRabbitRampage'', Level 2.1 takes place in a saloon, with such enemies as Red Hot Ryder, Hiawatha, and root beer vendors. The boss of the stage is Nasty Canasta.
223	** ''VideoGame/TazInEscapeFromMars'' has Mexico, which serves as the fourth world, and the first one that deviates from the game's SpaceZone theme. The first act has Taz jumping across a cattle drive, and the boss of the world is [[WesternAnimation/BullyForBugs Toro the Bull]], whom Taz fights as a BullFightBoss.
224	** In ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck in Hollywood'', the first world, "Scalp Trouble", takes place on the set of a Western movie.
225	** In ''VideoGame/DesertDemolition Starring [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote]]'', the "Buttes and Ladders" level takes place in a western town.
226	** Level Two of ''VideoGame/PorkyPigsHauntedHoliday'' takes place in Dry Gulch Town. Hazards include tumbleweeds, and speeding trains, and enemies include caged hooligans and moose trophies with rifle barrels showing from their mouths. The boss of the stage is Yosemite Sam.
227	* ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'': Tomahawk Man makes his lair in this type of environment. A cowboy robot named Colton can be found here.
228	* A couple of ''Videogame/MountAndBlade'' {{Game Mod}}s, especially ''[[Videogame/EighteenSixtySixAMountAndBladeWestern 1866: A Mount & Blade Western]]''.
229	* An early version of ''VideoGame/NexusClash'' had Nifleheim, a wild-west-themed land of the dead filled with vampire gunslingers and literal [[GhostTown Ghost Towns]].
230	* ''VideoGame/{{Outlaws}}''
231	* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'': One of the time periods takes place in the wild west, featuring minecart rails that help the player move their plants around, as well as western-themed zombies--cowboys, prospectors, saloon pianists, poncho wearers with grates, rodeo bulls, and... chicken wranglers.
232	* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRevolver''
233	* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'': While the game itself is set during 1911, it fits many of the tropes associated with the Wild West. The game even has three distinct acts, with the first being the Standard Western (good guys, bad guys, etc), the second taking the form of the SpaghettiWestern (moral ambiguity), and the third and final act set in the [[TwilightOfTheOldWest Dying West]].
234	* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': A prequel to its predecessor set in 1899. It very much straddles the line between the Old West and the TwilightOfTheOldWest, with several characters commenting on the changing world and their place in it (or lack thereof).
235	* ''VideoGame/{{Repton}}'': The "America" scenario in ''Around the World in 40 Screens''.
236	* In ''VideoGame/SesameStreetCountdown'', the sixth level takes place in a western town.
237	* ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' has the Cotton Mouth Bluff world, complete with coyote[=/=]{{jackalope}}[=/=]steer guards, a huge train moving through the world, a SmallNameBigEgo armadillo sheriff, [[FrothyMugsOfWater sarsparilla bars]], and the guncane-toting "Tennessee Kid" Cooper. TheCaper of the world is even a train robbery.
238	* The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series uses this setting every now and then:
239	** Crystal Egg Zone from the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog28Bit 8-bit version of]] ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog28Bit Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' is vaguely themed on this setting, with cacti, patterns in the terrain inspired by Native American artwork, and the familiar deep blue sky of the desert.
240	** ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'':
241	*** The fourth board, [[LocomotiveLevel Riot Train]], has several Wild West elements. The enemy monsters are a gunman who shoots, a cowgirl who whips, and a horse and open wagon who charges at you, should you lose to any of them in battle. Also, the "Ring Lasso" mini-game that takes place on that board involves Sonic and his friends lassoing bags of rings and forcejewels from passing freight cars by pressing specific buttons. The mini-game even has a western {{Leitmotif}} as the background music.
242	*** In the same game, there's also the "Sonic Gun Slinger" mini-game, which takes place at a saloon, and has the same western leitmotif as the background music. Sonic and his friends, who are all dressed in cowboy hats, must shoot the gunslinger targets, whilst avoiding shooting the lady targets. There's also an Eggman target, which takes more than one hit to kill and can shoot back.
243	** Rail Canyon Zone and Bullet Station Zone in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' are massive railroad networks within an extremely large canyon. As it was built and operated by MadScientist Dr. Eggman, it has a metallic, industrial look to it, but Eggman fully embraced the western setting in his decor and unusually (for him anyway) large amounts of wooden structures.
244	** The Rocky Ridge racetrack in ''[[VideoGame/SonicRiders Sonic Free Riders]]'' is set in a gold rush town in a mountainous area. It's at odds with the rest of the game, which adopts a futuristic theme. Rocky Ridge's start/finish line even has the word "WESTERN" painted on it in huge letters!
245	** Frontier Canyon Zone, the fifth Zone in ''VideoGame/SonicRivals 2'', as its name suggests, is a GhostTown in a canyon.
246	** Mirage Saloon Zone from ''VideoGame/SonicMania''. Sonic and Tails' story has Act 1 start with Sonic and Tails [[LevelsTakeFlight riding the Tornado]], which leads them to [[LocomotiveLevel a train]] driven by Dr. Eggman; or, as Knuckles, exploring a canyon in the outskirts of the area. All three characters venture into the desert itself in Act 2, which is dotted here and there by saloons and other buildings.
247	* ''VideoGame/StayTooned'' has the Wild West room, which has two mini-games you can play. In the "The Quick and the Tooned" mini-game, you play as Dr. Pickles, and you have to shoot gun-wielding enemies in a saloon whilst avoiding getting shot by them and avoiding shooting characters without guns. In the "Let's Shave Fiddle" mini-game, you can [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shave Fiddle]] in the barber shop and earn a [[PlotCoupon door key]] in the process.
248	* ''VideoGame/SunsetRiders''
249	* Settings inspired in the Wild West are rare in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games, since many of them have desert world inspired by the Middle East (or, [[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey in one case]], pre-Columbian Mexico), but they exist:
250	** ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'': Western Land, appropriately, embraces this setting in terms of scenery and story. The board represents a thriving town that is being terrorized by Bowser, who is roleplaying as a criminal cowboy.
251	** ''VideoGame/MarioKart'':
252	*** ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'': Mushroom Cup's Kalimari Desert happens in a [[ShiftingSandLand desert level]] surrounded by multiple canyons, and an old train [[RailroadTracksOfDoom passing by in the middle of the track]].
253	*** ''VideoGame/MarioKartSuperCircuit'': Sunset Wilds in Lightning Cup is set on the lands run by a Native American-esque group of Shy Guys.
254	** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'': The Orange Sector of Prism Island has a western motif and a train.
255	* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' has "Bury My Shell At Wounded Knee", which takes place on a western-themed [[LocomotiveLevel train]].
256	* ''VideoGame/TequilaAndBoomBoom'' is an AdventureGame with a FunnyAnimal cast set somewhere in the American Southwest.
257	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' games:
258	** The second level of ''[[VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBusterBustsLoose Buster Busts Loose]]'' takes place in a western town, featuring The Coyote Kid (from the TV series episode, "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E65HighToon High Toon]]") and his henchmen as enemies. Here, Montana Max is in the progress of robbing a safe, and the second half of the level takes place [[LocomotiveLevel on a runaway train]] to chase after him.
259	** In ''Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana's Movie Madness'' for the Platform/GameBoy, the first stage takes place in a western movie. Enemies include Roderick Rat clones dressed like cowboys and buzzards. The boss of the stage is Montana Max dressed as a cowboy.
260	** In the Platform/GameBoy version of ''Wacky Sports'', in Carnival Mode, Fifi La Fume's mini-game is a water-squirting challenge that takes place in a western town, where the player must hit as many Roderick Rat targets as they can, whilst avoiding Sweetie Bird, Concord Condor, and Little Beeper.
261	** In ''Acme All-Stars'' for the Platform/SegaGenesis, one of the five arenas is the Western, which takes place in Prairie Junction from the TV series episode, "High Toon". When playing basketball or soccer, the players must beware of barrels that sometimes roll onto the field and [[SquashedFlat flatten them]], and getting kicked by the horses in the field if they get too close to them.
262	* In the ''VideoGame/ToyStory2'' LicensedGame, the eleventh level, "Al's Penthouse", has shades of this. The level is filled with ''[[ShowWithinAShow Woody's Roundup]]'' merchandise, and has a western {{Leitmotif}} as the background music. The mini-boss of the level is Gunslinger.
263	* ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'': Technically if you go on the Mogz server hosted in the UK on the maps de_westwood and cs_desperados the modern guns have been replaced by western ones. However they do not have auto reload which means once your clip is dry (Shotgun 7 shells, Double Barrel 2 shells, Lever Rifle 5 bullets and 1 bullet for the sharps and six for either the colt or peacemaker) you have to pistol whip your opponent or get out of range and reload.
264	* In ''VideoGame/WackyRaces1991'', the first half of Stage C-3 takes place in a western town. Enemies include raccoons, desperados, and tapirs.
265	* The ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series combines western tropes with a StandardFantasySetting. How Western the series is varies per game.
266	* ''VideoGame/WildGunman'' pits the player in shoot-outs with various stereotypes of Western outlaws to [[ScoringPoints collect reward money]].
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268
269	[[folder:Web Comics]]
270	* ''Webcomic/NextTownOver''
271	* ''Webcomic/PoisonIvyGulch''
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273
274	[[folder:Web Original]]
275	* This is one of the eras visited in ''Literature/ChronoHustle'', especially seen in the third story.
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277
278	[[folder:Western Animation]]
279	* ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw''
280	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}!'' episode "The Wild West"
281	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoneRanger1966''
282	* Several ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' episodes, usually the ones starring Yosemite Sam. Examples include "WesternAnimation/DripAlongDaffy."
283	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has a CowboyEpisode where the girls visit Appleloosa; there you can find horse-drawn carriages (they switch), among other things.
284	* The ''Creator/VanBeurenStudios'' cartoon shorts "Hot Tamale", The Gay Gaucho", "In the Bag" and "Redskin Blues" are all set in this time period.
285	* "WesternAnimation/BorrowedTime", a melancholy short about a boy and his father who are traveling by wagon, only to be attacked by bandits.
286	* ''WesternAnimation/ToucheTurtleAndDumDum'':
287	** In "Billy the Cad," Touché and Dum Dum are summoned to capture the title Old West gunslinger.
288	** Western baddie Loco Weed Willie vows to get revenge on the swashbuckling turtle and sheepdog once he gets out of jail in "High Goon."
289	** In "Touché's Last Stand," General George Custard enlists help from the two heroes when he finds himself surrounded by hostile savages.
290	[[/folder]]

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