History Literature / TheFamousFive

* BrushOffWalkOff: In ''Five Go Adventuring Again'', George and Timmy the dog each do this to show their contempt for the tutor Mr Roland.

* SpinOffspring: The 2008 cartoon''WesternAnimation/FamousFiveOnTheCase'' centers around the children of the Kirrin cousins and [[GenerationXerox their own adventures in mystery solving]]: Jo is George's daughter, Max is Julian's son, Allie is Anne's daughter, and Dylan is Dick's son.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: name. In ''Five on a Treasure Island'', Timmy is referred to as "Tim" or "Timothy" throughout — and he doesn't live with George and her parents, as they don't approve of her having a dog (they come round to the idea by the end). Also, the three siblings, who are meeting their cousin for the first time, initially address her as Georgina, although once they find out that she prefers George, they just call her that.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: name. In ''Five on a Treasure Island'', Timmy is referred to as "Tim" or "Timothy" throughout. Also, the three siblings, who are meeting their cousin for the first time, address her as Georgina, although once they find out that she prefers George, they just call her that.

The novels feature the adventures of a group of five children (well, four children and a TeamPet) — siblings Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin Georgina (who prefers to be called George) and her dog Timmy. Blyton created several similar groups for some of her other novels, including the Secret Seven, the Adventurous Four (not to be confused with the Adventure Series, although there were also four kids in that group) and the Five Find-Outers, but the Famous Five is the best-known and most popular of these.

The novels feature the adventures of a group of five children (well, four children and a TeamPet) — siblings Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin Georgina (who prefers to be called George) and her dog Timmy. Blyton created several similar groups for her detective series, including the Secret Seven, the Adventurous Four (not to be confused with the Adventure Series, although there were also four kids in that group) and the Five Find-Outers, but the Famous Five is the best-known and most popular of these.

The novels feature the adventures of a group of five children (well, four children and a TeamPet) — siblings Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin George, and her dog Timmy. Blyton created several similar groups for her detective series, including the Secret Seven, the Adventurous Four (not to be confused with the Adventure Series, although there were also four kids in that group) and the Five Find-Outers, but the Famous Five is the best-known and most popular of these.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: name. In ''Five on a Treasure Island'', Timmy is referred to as "Tim" or "Timothy" throughout. Also, the three siblings address George as Georgina, although once they find out that she prefers George, they just call her that.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: George meets her cousins Julian, Dick and Anne at the very beginning of the series. She shows her arrogance and independence firstly by refusing to be there when they arrive. When she does see them the following morning, she makes her disdain of all girlish things very clear indeed, emphasises that she is to be called George, and not Georgina. She also makes it very clear that she will not be coerced into making friends with her cousins against her will.

The novels feature the adventures of a group of five children (well, four children and a TeamPet) — Julian, Dick, Anne, George, and the dog Timmy [[note]]Which is how everyone remembers the dog's name. But in ''Five on a Treasure Island'' he is "Tim" or "Timothy" throughout[[/note]]. Blyton created several similar groups for her detective series, including the Secret Seven, the Adventurous Four (not to be confused with the Adventure Series, although there were also four kids in that group) and the Five Find-Outers, but the Famous Five is the best-known and most popular of these.

Blyton only intended to write about 6 to 8 books in the series but, owing to their high sales and immense commercial success, she went on to write 21 full-length Famous Five novels. By the end of 1953, more than 6 million copies of these books had been printed and sold. Today, more than two million copies of the books are sold each year, making them one of the biggest-selling series for children ever written. Over a hundred million books have been sold, and nearly all of the original novels have subsequently been adapted for television (the first TV series in the late 1970s adapted all but three of them, missing out two due to rights issues and another because it was impractical to film on the available schedule, and a later mid-90s series managed a full house). A stage musical combining the first two books toured in the UK in 1997, known as ''Famous Five Smuggler's Gold", starring Alison Hughes and Jon Lee. More recently, an animated version of them has been used in a series of adverts for the Great Western Railway, with titles like ''Five Go on a Great Western Aventure'' and ''Five Get to Bristol Faster''.

** In ''Five have Plenty of Fun'' the thugs mistake George for their intended target because they see her carrying the other girl's dog. Granted it happened at night but it still says a thing or two about their intelligence. Of course George being George, won't let them know they messed up.

* DoNotCallMePaul: George hates being a girl so much, that she will not answer to her real name, Georgina. In ''Five Go Adventuring Again'', their tutor Mr Roland refuses to respect this (which is as much an indicator of his villainy as his dislike of Timmy).

Blyton only intended to write about 6 to 8 books in the series but, owing to their high sales and immense commercial success, she went on to write 21 full-length Famous Five novels. By the end of 1953, more than 6 million copies of these books had been printed and sold. Today, more than two million copies of the books are sold each year, making them one of the biggest-selling series for children ever written. Over a hundred million books have been sold, and nearly all of the original novels have subsequently been adapted for television (the first TV series in the late 1970s adapted all but three of them, missing out two due to rights issues and another because it was impractical to film on the available schedule, and a later mid-90s series managed a full house). A stage musical combining the first two books toured in the UK in 1997, known as ''Famous Five Smuggler's Gold", starring Alison Hughes and Jon Lee.

The novels feature the adventures of a group of five children (well, four children and a TeamPet) — Julian, Dick, Anne, George, and the dog Timmy [[note]]Which is how everyone remembers the dog's name. But in ''Five on a Treasure Island'' he is "Tim" or "Timothy" throughout[[/note]]. Blyton created several similar groups for her detective series, including The Secret Seven, The Adventurous Four (not to be confused with The Adventure Series) and Five Find-Outers, but the Famous Five is the best-known and most popular of these.

* DoNotCallMePaul: George hates being a girl so much, that she will not answer to her real name, Georgina. In ''Five Go Adventuring Again'', their tutor Mr Roland refuses to respect this.

* FantasyHelmetEnforcement: Zigzagged. The Five are frequent cyclists, in an era when there was less traffic on the roads. No helmets are mentioned at all, but Julian is strict and pompous about their brakes being in good working order, especially in ''Five Get Into Trouble'' when he berates Richard for bad cycling practice. However, some of their habits are of questionable safety, such as having Timmy running alongside them, and carrying a passenger on one of their bikes.

* HeroesLoveDogs: Sort of - one of the heroes is a dog, and the other four love him.

* HomeschooledKids: George in the first book. Later she goes to boarding school.