History Trivia / NoliMeTangere

* BannedInChina: Being labeled as subversive, the book was banned in the colonial UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}. The CorruptChurch at that time did everything in their power to suppress its publication and distribution. [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia It is no longer the case in recent times.]]

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Most major characters in ''Noli Me Tangere'' (as well as ''Literature/ElFilibusterismo'') are based on people Rizal knew. Maria Clara was based on his fiancee Leonor Rivera, and Father Florentino was based on Father Leoncio Lopez, the parish priest of his hometown.

* RoleReprise: Joel Torre (''Film/{{Amigo}}'') played Ibarra in a 1993 miniseries adaptation of the novel, and then in a 1998 EpicFilm biopic of Rizal which interspersed scenes from his life with segments from the novel and its sequel, culminating in Ibarra or rather Elias confronting Rizal in prison the night before he's executed. (He also portrayed Rizal himself [[spoiler:or rather [[InsistentTerminology portrayed a mere portrayal of Rizal]]]] in the 1999 lower-budgeted but much more thought-provoking indie film ''Bayaning Third World'' (Third World Hero).)

* BannedInChina: Being labeled as subversive, the book was banned in the colonial UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}. The CorruptChurch at that time did everything in their power to suppress its publication and distribution. [[SchoolStudyMedia It is no longer the case in recent times.]]

* SchoolStudyMedia: The book and its sequel are required reading for High School and a course about the Author's life and works is a prerequisite in College.

* RoleReprise: Joel Torre (''Film/{{Amigo}}'') played Ibarra in a 1993 miniseries adaptation of the novel, and then in a 1998 EpicFilm biopic of Rizal which interspersed his life with segments from the novel and its sequel, culminating in Ibarra or rather Elias confronting Rizal in prison the night before he's executed. (He also portrayed Rizal himself [[spoiler:or rather [[InsistentTerminology portrayed a mere portrayal of Rizal]]]] in the 1999 lower-budgeted but much more thought-provoking indie film ''Bayaning Third World'' (Third World Hero).)

* RoleReprise: Joel Torre (''Film/{{Amigo}}'') played Ibarra in a 1992-1993 miniseries adaptation of the novel and its sequel, and then in a 1998 EpicFilm biopic of Rizal which interspersed his life with segments from the novel and its sequel, culminating in Ibarra or rather Elias confronting Rizal in prison the night before he's executed. (He also portrayed Rizal himself [[spoiler:or rather [[InsistentTerminology portrayed a mere portrayal of Rizal]]]] in the 1999 lower-budgeted but much more thought-provoking indie film ''Bayaning Third World'' (Third World Hero).)

* RoleReprise: Joel Torre (''Film/{{Amigo}}'') played Ibarra in 1992-1993 miniseries adaptations of the novel and its sequel, and then in a 1998 EpicFilm biopic of Rizal which interspersed his life with segments from the novel and its sequel, culminating in Ibarra or rather Elias confronting Rizal in prison the night before he's executed. (He also portrayed Rizal himself [[spoiler:or rather [[InsistentTerminology portrayed a mere portrayal of Rizal]]]] in the 1999 lower-budgeted but much more thought-provoking indie film ''Bayaning Third World'' (Third World Hero).)

* RoleReprise: Joel Torre (''Film/{{Amigo}}'') played Ibarra in a 1992 miniseries and then in a 1998 EpicFilm biopic of Rizal. (He also portrayed Rizal himself [[spoiler:or rather [[InsistentTerminology portrayed a mere portrayal of Rizal]]]] in the 1999 lower-budgeted but more thought-provoking indie film ''Bayaning Third World'' (Third World Hero).)

* RoleReprise: Joel Torre (''Film/{{Amigo}}'') played Ibarra in a 1992 miniseries and then in a 1998 EpicFilm biopic of Rizal. (He also portrayed Rizal himself [[spoiler:or rather [[InsistentTerminology portrayed a mere portrayal of Rizal]]]] in the 1999 indie film ''Bayaning Third World'' (Third World Hero).)

* RoleReprise: Joel Torre (''Film/Amigo'') played Ibarra in a 1992 miniseries and then in a 1998 EpicFilm biopic of Rizal. (He also portrayed Rizal himself [[spoiler:or rather [[InsistentTerminology portrayed a mere portrayal of Rizal]]]] in the 1999 indie film ''Bayaning Third World'' (Third World Hero).)
* SchoolStudyMedia: The book and its sequel are required reading for something to chew on, Prez Jr. is shaping up to be as prominent as Prez or more and he just introduced her, he surely has plenty of stuff in mind School students, and a course about the Author's life and works is a prerequisite in College

* SchoolStudyMedia: The book and its sequel are required reading for High School students, and a course about the Author's life and works is a prerequisite in College

** The story goes that Rizal threw the manuscript into a fireplace out of despair over the lack of funds to get it published, and/or over the activist cause, etc. but rescued it in time before anything was lost, and later a financial backer stepped in. But the same story is told about the sequel novel.

** Tagalog/Filipino translations (and translations in general) were published only after Rizal's death. But during his lifetime, his older brother Paciano supposedly did a Tagalog translation which Rizal was supposed to have revised and approved, but apparently this manuscript was lost and it has never seen the light of day.

* [[MissingEpisode Missing Chapter]]: Chapter 25 of the novel (entitled Elias and Salome) was discarded by Rizal for being deemed irrelevant to the story. In it, Elias talks with his [[StarCrossedLovers Star-Crossed]] LoveInterest who only appears in that chapter. The manuscript was later found, and it is now being included in more recent editions of the novel, like in Philippine National Artist Virgilio S. Almario's Filipino-language translation.

* BannedInChina: Being labeled as subversive, the book was banned in the colonial UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}. The CorruptChurch at that time did everything in their power to suppress it's publication and distribution. [[SchoolStudyMedia It is no longer the case in recent times.]]
* [[MissingEpisode Missing Chapter]]: Chapter 25 of the novel (entitled Elias and Salome) was discarded by Rizal for being deemed irrelevant to the story. The manuscript was later found and is now being included in more recent copies of the novel.