| 1 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oldbugs1.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:280:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons ''Hey, this isn't a dive...this is a heavy-handed lecture delivered in the form of a story!'']]]] |
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| 4 | "Old Bugs" is a short story by Creator/HPLovecraft. It's believed to have been written sometime in the late 1910's but went unpublished until 1959, over two decades after Lovecraft's death. |
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| 6 | The story is set in a tavern during the age of prohibition, and the title refers to the nickname of an old drunk who lingers around the place and tries warn a young newcomer to the tavern not to go down the same path he did. |
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| 8 | A somewhat more comedic tale than what Lovecraft is known for, the story is also a bit of an outlier due to its lack of any supernatural elements. |
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| 10 | !!Tropes found in this story include: |
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| 12 | * TheAlcoholic: Old Bugs has a reputation for being one, and he is hellbent on keeping Alfred from turning out the same way. |
| 13 | * AntiAlcoholAesop: "Old Bugs" was written by Lovecraft, a well-known teetotaler, as an unsubtle warning to his friend who liked to drink [[spoiler:by portraying that friend as a decrepit alcoholic who lost the favor of the woman he loved due to his habits.]] |
| 14 | * TheFuture: The story was written in 1919, but takes place in 1950. |
| 15 | * TheOneThatGotAway: [[spoiler:Eleanor Wing turns out to be this for Old Bugs, as it was his alcoholism that drove them apart.]] |
| 16 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Eleanor Wing was a real person |
| 17 | * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Old Bugs turns out to be Alfred's father.]] |
| 18 | * RealPersonFic: [[spoiler:Old Bugs turns out to be an older version of Alfred Gelpin, a close friend of Lovecraft's in real life.]] |
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