| 1 | * EthnicScrappy: [[UncleTomfoolery Eradicate Sampson]] - the, er, "eccentric colored man". |
| 2 | * MemeticMutation: The "Tom Swifties," mentioned in the main page, are now the most memorable thing from the series. [[BeamMeUpScotty Even if they didn't actually appear like that in the originals]]. |
| 3 | * ValuesDissonance: The [[RaceTropes race relations]] in the 1950s books are fairly cringe-worthy now. Creator/ThomasPynchon called this out in his 1964 short story "The Secret Integration". |
| 4 | ** Also, in the original pre-UsefulNotes/{{WW2}} stories, the [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms raygun]]-powered ImprobableAimingSkills and ATeamFiring of the later stories were averted as both sides regularly racked up an impressive body count with rather nonchalantly employed machine guns and artillery. |
| 5 | ** ''Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle'' contains some seriously racist depictions of Africans as “wild, savage and ferocious ... like little red apes." That really wouldn't fly today. |
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