Line #8 YMMV/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn


1	!!Novel
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3	* AccidentalInnuendo:
4	** "and [Jim] would always call me honey, and pet me and do everything he could think of for me, and how good he always was."
5	** Huck mentions at one point that he and Jim are often naked while alone together.
6	* AngstWhatAngst: Huck's reaction to [[spoiler:finding out his father and Miss Watson had died a while ago]] was either unmentioned or nonexistent.
7	* EndingFatigue: The story comes to a grinding halt once Jim gets locked in the smokehouse - in part because Tom Sawyer, once he finally shows up, seems to be trying to take the book away from Huck.
8	* EvenBetterSequel: While ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'' is still a good book, ''Huck Finn'' is widely considered better. The former is full of AgeAppropriateAngst and misadventures of the Antebellum South in the 1840s. The latter is a condemnation of slavery and a powerful message about [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight standing up for what you believe in]]. ''Huckleberry'' is regularly taught in schools, while ''Sawyer'' is generally just regarded as a famous kids' book.
9	* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: An attempted [[DefiedTrope defiance]] by the author in his preface, saying anyone attempting to find a plot would be shot. It hasn't stopped generations of scholars from analyzing the heck out of this book.
10	* FairForItsDay: It's now considered by some to be racist, but is actually a satirical work condemning slavery. It's seen as racist for the outdated terms (the n-word being commonly used, whether intended badly or not) but it was radical then. And while Jim is portrayed as being [[BookDumb ignorant]] (being Black at that time, he had not received any sort of formal education; Huck has a hard time explaining how it is that French people don't speak English) he is by no means stupid. In fact, he's generally the smartest guy in the room (or on the raft, as the case may be).
11	* GeniusBonus: Prior to the American Civil War, the United States did not have a unified money supply. As such, cash printed in big cities was easier to pay with. On his journey, Huck has to pay a person in cash for a favor. It is accepted without a hitch because the cash was printed in New Orleans, and New Orleans is described as having some of the most reliable currency available. Not a strong case of ShownTheirWork because Twain knew this tidbit first hand.
12	* HilariousInHindsight:
13	** With Jim's leg chained to a bedpost, Tom at one point suggests that they may have to [[Film/SawI saw his leg off]] so he can escape.
14	** Hmmm, a red-headed love interest named Mary Jane who our hero describes as having a tomboy streak? [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Where have we heard that one before?]]
15	** Miss Watson, the Widow Douglas's sister, tells Huck about [[Main/{{Hell}} the "bad place,"]] and Huck, bored to tears, tells her he wishes he were there. She scolds him for saying that, and then tells him she lives ''her'' life so as to be taken into Series/TheGoodPlace.
16	* HoYay:
17	** Whole essays have been written on what may or may not exist between Huck and Jim--most famous being "Come Back on the Raft Agin, Huck Honey."
18	** Tom and Huck, especially with the line "I wanted him and me to be together"
19	* IAmNotShazam: At no point in the novel is Huck's companion ever called "Nigger Jim"--that came from various descriptions and ties-in to the book shortly after its publication, most notably by Creator/ErnestHemingway.
20	* IronWoobie: Huck is utterly penniless, gets kidnapped by his abusive and alcoholic father, is nearly stabbed by said father, almost gets shot during a feud, has a run in with a homicidal gang of robbers and falls into the company of con men, among other things. Throughout all of this, he's infectiously cheerful, playful and heartbreakingly unaware of the CrapsackWorld surrounding him.
21	* MisaimedFandom: Inverted. Sometimes condemned as an unironic endorsement of Civil War-era racism due to its extremely liberal use of the n-word and its somewhat stereotypical portrayal of Jim, despite the fact that the book's primary message is to criticize slavery as inhumane, and that Jim actually subverts many of the contemporary UncleTomfoolery stereotypes. Tellingly of the book's true intent, Huck, believing that even ''God'' is prejudiced against his black friend, renounces all hope of Heaven for ThePowerOfFriendship.
22	* MoralEventHorizon: After coming close to crossing it during the previous chapters by trying to steal Peter Wilks’ inheritance, the Duke and King cross it when they turn on Huck and sell Jim off to the Phelps family. It’s quite satisfying when they are TarredAndFeathered the next and last time we see them.
23	* OneSceneWonder: The book has quite a few memorable characters who only appear very briefly, but the best example of this has to be Colonel Sherburn, who gives a spectacular TheReasonYouSuckSpeech [[ShamingTheMob to an angry mob]], and despite being a cold-blooded murderer, he remains an impressive figure.
24	* OvershadowedByControversy: The novel is undoubtedly a classic, but it's also very well-known for the numerous times it has been banned for its persistent use of the n-word. [[InvertedTrope Those who have actually]] [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch read the novel]] know that the slave character, Jim, is [[ObfuscatingStupidity actually the smartest character in the story]], and as demonstrated by Huck's BigDamnHeroes moment to save Jim from capture despite honestly believing he will go to Hell for it, but that [[YouAreWorthHell Jim is worth Hell]], the novel ultimately condemns racism and slavery. Modern book-banners are growing less and less shy about this being the real reason they’d like to keep it out of children’s hands.
25	* SignatureScene: Huck's refusal to rat Jim out, even defiantly declaring "All right, then, I'll ''go'' to hell," is considered to be one of the most powerful moments in not just the book, but American literature as a whole.
26	* ValuesDissonance:
27	** The free use of the n-word throughout the story has put the novel in the crosshairs of many modern parents in spite of the novel's anti-slavery message.
28	** Beatings, whether at school or at home, were quite common, and Huck even states that his back doesn't mind anymore.
29	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic: The book is prefaced with a "Notice" threatening with various dire fates any reader who dares treat it as SeriousBusiness. The warning has been universally disregarded, often taken as [[SchmuckBait an invitation]].
30	* WriterCopOut: Creator/ErnestHemingway thought so, saying that it was a great book but that "if you read it, [[SnicketWarningLabel you must stop where Nigger Jim is taken from the boys.]] That is the real end. The rest is just cheating."
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32	!!''The adventures of Huck Finn'' (1993)
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34	* HilariousInHindsight: Huck's dubbing actor in the French version? Creator/ChristopheLemoine, who would dub Creator/ElijahWood's Frodo's companion Sam Gamgee in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''.

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