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Adventures are one of the oldest of the genres. The adventure novel itself is also one of the earliest genres of novels. Adventure stories feature relatively flat characters who undergo risk and danger.

The most common format will have the hero meet a girl (or a boy, in more modern incarnations) after enduring several trials, be torn apart, and then reunited after more adventures. Morality is often very [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]], and plots are very linear. The heroes are generally not formally involved in law enforcement but often find themselves battling evil and/or criminals while WalkingTheEarth. [[VigilanteMan Vigilantes]] are common.

Frequently overlaps with other genres such as the {{Picaresque}} Novel, HistoricalFiction, SpeculativeFiction, SeaStories, and TheWestern.

In visual media, it is similar to the ActionSeries but with less emphasis on violence, fighting, and car chases and more on exotic locations, exploration, and puzzle solving. See also AdventureGame. Often overlaps with just about every single other genre out there.

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!!Subgenres:

* AdventureLiterature
* HighFantasy
* JungleOpera
* PlanetaryRomance
* {{Robinsonade}}
* SpaceOpera
* {{Swashbuckler}}
* SwordAndSorcery
* TwoFistedTales

Alternatively, you might be looking for [[{{VideoGame/Adventure}} the Atari 2600 game]] or [[TabletopGame/{{Adventure}} the tabletop RPG]].

!!Examples
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[[index]]
[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Literature/AllisonAndLillia''
* ''Anime/CarriedByTheWindTsukikageRan''
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''
* ''Manga/FairyTail''
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter''
* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
* ''Manga/{{MAR}}''
* ''Anime/MonsterRancher''
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
** ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''
* ''Manga/OnePiece''
* ''Manga/PlusAnima''
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''
* ''Manga/{{QED}}''
* ''Manga/RaveMaster''
* ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/AceMcCoy''
* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer''
* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark''
* ''ComicBook/TheCondemnedLegionnaires''
* ''ComicBook/TheEarthwarSaga''
* ''ComicBook/{{Hilda}}''
* ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance''
* ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton''
* ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton''
* ''ComicBook/SamiTheSamuraiSquirrel''
* ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio''
* ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom''
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow''
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''
* ''ComicBook/{{Typhon}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/DoubleTheTrouble''
* ''Fanfic/HeartsOfIce'' (overlapping with {{Fantasy}})
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'' (overlapping with SpaceOpera)
* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn''
* ''Fanfic/PointMeAtTheSkyrim''
* ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' Only in the Side Story arcs and crossover arcs. (Overlapping with UrbanFantasy, ScienceFantasy, FightingSeries and [[ActionGenre Action]])
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/TheThreeWorldsOfGulliver''
* ''Film/AdventureInSahara''
* ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}''
** ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom''
* ''Franchise/{{Avatar}}''
** ''Film/{{Avatar}}''
** ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater''
* ''Film/TheBanditOfSherwoodForest''
* ''Film/BlondeSavage''
* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981''
* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010''
** ''Film/WrathOfTheTitans''
* ''Film/CrocodileDundee''
* ''Film/TheCrocodileHunterCollisionCourse''
* ''Film/CutthroatIsland''
* ''Film/DaveMadeAMaze''
* ''Film/DeepGold''
* ''Film/DiamondsOnWheels''
* ''Film/TheGoonies''
* ''Film/GreenMansions''
* ''Film/TheHorseSoldiers''
* ''Franchise/IndianaJones''
** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny''
* ''Film/TheIslandAtTheTopOfTheWorld''
* ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''
* ''Film/{{Jungle}}''
* ''Film/JungleCruise''
* ''Film/KingKong1933''
* ''Film/KingKong1976''
* ''Film/KingKong2005''
* ''Film/KongSkullIsland''
* ''Film/LongJohnSilver''
* ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''
** ''Film/TheHobbit''
* ''Film/TheLostCity''
* ''Film/TheLostMedallionTheAdventuresOfBillyStone''
* ''Film/TheLostWorld''
* ''Film/TheLostWorld1998''
* ''Film/TheManFromKangaroo''
* ''Film/TheMightyPekingMan'' - the Hong Kong knockoff of the ''King Kong'' movies.
* ''Film/MissFisherAndTheCryptOfTears''
* ''Film/MistressOfTheApes''
* ''Film/MortalEngines''
* ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy''
* ''Film/Napoleon1995''
* ''Film/NationalTreasure''
* ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''
* ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''
** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''
** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest''
** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''
** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides''
** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales''
* ''Film/PrincessOfThieves''
* ''Film/RoguesOfSherwoodForest''
* ''Film/RomancingTheStone''
* ''Film/RopeOfSand''
* ''Film/RunForTheSun'
* ''Film/SandsOfTheKalahari''
* ''Sinbad''
** ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad''
** ''Film/TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad''
** ''Film/SinbadAndTheEyeOfTheTiger''
* ''Film/SkyBandits''
* ''Franchise/StarWars'', overlapping with SpaceOpera.
* ''Film/TheTerrorOfTheTongs''
* ''Film/ThatManFromRio''
* ''Film/TigerFangs''
* ''Film/TombRaider2018''
* ''Film/Uncharted2022''
* ''Film/{{Willow}}''
* ''Film/TheWomanHunt''
* ''Film/YamashitaTheTigersTreasure''
* ''Film/YellowHairAndTheFortressOfGold'', overlapping with TheWestern.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AcrossAJadeSea''
* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfStrongVanya''
* ''Literature/TheBlackArrow''
* ''Literature/TheCallOfTheWild''
* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' stories, which like Tolkien also overlaps with fantasy, though his brand of fantasy is more [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]] LowFantasy, or sword and sorcery.
* Most of Creator/JamesFenimoreCooper's novels qualify. Many of them also belong to HistoricalFiction and belong to one of two genres he pioneered, the Frontier Novel ([[TheWestern proto-Western]]) and the [[SeaStories Sea Novel]]. ''[[Literature/TheLeatherstockingTales The Pathfinder]]'' manages to be all three in one.
* ''Literature/TheCreaturesOfTheSupernatural''
* Literature/DocSavage was a series of books published during the pulp era, featuring a ScienceHero (and GeniusBruiser) who traveled the world with his friends, seeking adventure and righting wrongs. He also carried a commission from the NYPD enabling him to act with official police authority.
* ''Literature/TheExplorer''
* ''Literature/TheFarthestAwayMountain'' by Lynne Reid Banks, a fairy tale-style adventure.
* ''Literature/TheGreatZooOfChina''
* ''TheHeadlessHorseman'' by Thomas Mayne Reid, overlapping with {{Horror}}.
* ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}''
* ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'' and sequels by Creator/HRiderHaggard.
* ''Literature/LagadinsLegacy'' by Jonathan Anthony and Samuel Inglis, is kind of a unique case, as it uses many Adventure tropes, but also includes elements of thriller and satire.
* ''Literature/OldMortality''
* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride''
* ''Literature/RobRoy''
* ''Literature/TheSeaHawk''
* ''Literature/{{Simplicissimus}}'', which is in fact the oldest adventure novel in the German language
* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' by Creator/AlexandreDumas.
* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** ''Literature/TheHobbit''
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' by Creator/JRRTolkien, overlapping with {{Fantasy}}.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Literature/{{Kidnapped}}'' by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.
* ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'' and ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' by the aforementioned Creator/JulesVerne, overlapping with SpeculativeFiction.
* ''Literature/{{Waverley}}''
* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''; Dorothy meets not one, but ''three'' grown men who become her sidekicks while going through a myriad of adventures in order to get what they want most in their lives.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSinbad''
* ''Series/TheAstronauts2020''
* ''Series/AvatarTheLastAirbender2024''
* ''Series/BringEmBackAlive''
* ''Series/{{Crossbow}}''
* ''Series/{{Hakobiya}}''
* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''
** ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''
* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''
* ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}''
* ''Series/NationalTreasureEdgeOfHistory''
* ''Series/OnePiece2023''
* ''Series/{{Powerhouse}}''
* ''Series/SeaHunt''
* ''Series/SeaQuestDSV''
* ''Series/{{Sliders}}''
* ''Franchise/StargateVerse''
* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
* ''Series/UnnaturalHistory''
* ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles''
* ''Series/TheWildWildWest''
* ''Series/Willow2022''
* ''Series/{{The Witcher|2019}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Manhua]]
* ''Manhua/DigimonLegendarySkies''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' -- overlapping with both the SpaceOpera and MilitaryScienceFiction Genres
* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}''
* ''VideoGame/SacredOdysseyRiseOfAyden''
* ''VideoGame/ShadowGuardian'' -- a painfully blatant ''Uncharted'' clone
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
* ''Franchise/TombRaider''
* ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/BlackSmith''
* The 18th-century parts of ''Webcomic/TheDreamer''.
* ''Webcomic/ModernDayTreasureSeekers''
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin1991''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/ArkTheAnimatedSeries''
* ''WesternAnimation/BillyDilleysSuperDuperSubterraneanSummer''
* ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer''
* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''
* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek''
* ''WesternAnimation/DelilahAndJulius''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Digman}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''
** ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017''
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow''
* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain''
* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfJonnyQuest''
** ''WesternAnimation/JonnysGoldenQuest''
** ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects''
** ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures''
* ''WesternAnimation/JumanjiTheAnimatedSeries''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastKidsOnEarth''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''
* ''WesternAnimation/RipleysBelieveItOrNot''
* ''WesternAnimation/RyanDefratesSecretAgent''
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
* ''WesternAnimation/ThundarrTheBarbarian''
* ''WesternAnimation/ValleyOfTheDinosaurs''
* ''WesternAnimation/ValtTheWonderDeer''
[[/folder]]
[[/index]]
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