Line #3 YMMV/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer


1	* 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, [[AffectionHatingKid he only gets embarrassed]].
2	* {{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 Creator/MarkTwain himself, too. He lost much of his wealth in bad investments and he needed to support his family.
3	* SignatureScene: Tom Sawyer [[FencePainting tricking other kids into whitewashing a fence for him]]. It presents Tom as a GuileHero and an AntiHero, as opposed to TheAllAmericanBoy. ([[CommonKnowledge Contrary to popular belief]], in the original, Huckleberry Finn wasn't present; he was only introduced later).
4	* UnintentionallySympathetic:
5	** 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.
6	** 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 fears -- [[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.
7	* ValuesDissonance:
8	** [[CorporalPunishment Beatings]], whether at school or at home, were quite common, and Huck even states that his back doesn't mind any more.
9	** 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, "[[Recap/WishboneS1E01And02ATailInTwainParts1And2 A Tail in Twain]]," he's called "Crazy Joe," and it's not made clear that he's supposed to be Native American.
10
11	!!The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Musical
12	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Mixed with SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: "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.
13
14	!!The [[VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer NES Game]]
15	* 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 write it off as another schlock licensed game.
16	* 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.
17	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The game plays and controls well. Once you get past the weird premise (Tom has a dream), the game is a perfectly competent platformer with actually decent music.
18	* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: At the same time...the game is just another ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' clone and has to do with little to none of the novel, except the characters.
19
20	%%!!The Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater version

Context YMMV / TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer