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{{trope}}
{{quote|"Marching Along, We're Adventurers,
Singing the song of Adventurers,
Up or Down,
North, South, East or West,
An Adventurer's Life is Best.
An Adventurer's Life is Best
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This is where you'll find the [[Lady of Adventure]], [[Adventurer Archaeologist]], [[Great White Hunter]] and [[Gentleman Adventurer]] all hanging out when they aren't out doing dangerous things. There's probably a bar, a roaring fireplace, and lots of easy chairs for people to sit around in. Expect animal heads and African masks hanging on the walls in terms of decor, as well as lots of globes and maps. (Possibly a library full of them.) Often the site of a [[Framing
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== Live-Action TV ==
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* Hero Games' ''[[wikipedia:Justice, Inc. (role-playing game)|Justice Inc.]]'' game had the Empire Club, a haven for adventurers in a pulp genre setting.
* The [http://magiccards.info/lg/en/245.html Adventurers' Guildhouse] in ''[[Magic:
* The Explorers Society in ''[[Deadlands]]''.
* The Horatio Club in [[GURPS]] ''Time Travel''.
* The Legends' and Heroes' Guilds in ''[[
* [[Forgotten Realms]] has "Society of Stalwart Adventurers", a club for adventurers and wannabe adventurers in Suzail (Cormyr).
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== Western Animation ==
* [[
* The "Super Adventure Club" in ''[[South Park]]'' is visually based on the Disney club, although it's actually an organisation of child molesters (and a thinly veiled strawman of the [[Church of Happyology]]).
* ''[[Underdog (
* A few ''Snagglepuss'' cartoons on ''The [[
== Real Life ==
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** The Explorers Club in New York City.
** The Royal Geographical Society in 19th century England.
*** David Grann, when writing ''The Lost City of Z'' (a biography of the missing explorer Percy Fawcett), gave a description of the Royal Geographical Society that would have fitted the one given at the head of this trope almost exactly. One thing that it had which is interesting was a schoolroom as even the most wacky -- I mean [[Unusual Euphemism|mystical]] -- explorers had to have a grasp of technique.
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the defunct restaurant at [[Walt Disney]] World.
** There is also the Society of Explorers and Adventurers or [[Fun
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