I was originally just going to delete the Irene Adler bullet talking about Doyle's belief in fairies, which I thought was natter, but looking over that whole example, I think it could use some fixing/perhaps should be elsewhere.

Along with the Trope Namer for the Moriarty Effect, Irene Adler just tends to get larger roles in adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, and I believe this has been the case for a while. The example is kind of complaining about how modern audiences/feminists and stating about the Holmes stories being Fair For Its Day.

I would say that the recent film gives her significant xenafication, but I'm not so sure it would fit this trope, because the characters' attitudes aren't really ahistorical (and Adler is still this kind of seedy thief/spy/Honey Trap- it's not like she's teaching at Cambridge).

Why is the Napoleon Dynamite quote here? That is a perfectly accurate definition of what is accepted as historic fact.

would Bowman the black member of the SOG in Call of Duty Black Ops count for this since it's set in the Vietnam era.

I heard there are books that act like prequels to "Pirates of the Carribean", talking about Jack Sparrow's past. Part of it involves him rebelling against the idea of slavery. In works that take place during a time when Slavery was common, expect the main characters to be against slavery.

So, if anyone has that book, why not add it.