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{{quote|''''"Notice.'' Persons trying to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."''|'''[[Mark Twain]]'''}}
{{quote|''''"Notice.'' Persons trying to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."''|'''[[Mark Twain]]'''}}


This novel is an [[Even Better Sequel]] to [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Literature)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]''.
This novel is an [[Even Better Sequel]] to [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]''.


After his worthless father shows up to demand a fortune Huck has found, Huck escapes to Jackson's Island in the Mississippi River. From there, Huck and Jim, a fugitive slave, float down the river on a raft. They have several adventures and are joined by [[Snake Oil Salesman|two men claiming to be the Duke of Bridgewater and the Dauphin of France]].
After his worthless father shows up to demand a fortune Huck has found, Huck escapes to Jackson's Island in the Mississippi River. From there, Huck and Jim, a fugitive slave, float down the river on a raft. They have several adventures and are joined by [[Snake Oil Salesman|two men claiming to be the Duke of Bridgewater and the Dauphin of France]].
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Old Finn.
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Old Finn.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Again, Old Finn.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Again, Old Finn.
* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues]]}}:
* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...]]}}:
{{quote| {{spoiler|But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.}}}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.}}}}
* [[The Artful Dodger]]: As in ''Tom Sawyer'', Huck is never more miserable than when he's being "sivilized". He eventually gets used to it, {{spoiler|until he ends up [[Walking the Earth|on the run]] again and vows to never go back}}.
* [[The Artful Dodger]]: As in ''Tom Sawyer'', Huck is never more miserable than when he's being "sivilized". He eventually gets used to it, {{spoiler|until he ends up [[Walking the Earth|on the run]] again and vows to never go back}}.
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Jim is the [[Ur Example]].
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Jim is the [[Ur Example]].
* [[Bowdlerize]]: An edition has recently been released with every incidence of the n-word changed to "slave". In their piece on it, ''[[The Daily Show (TV)|The Daily Show]]'' pointed out a 1955 TV adaptation that ''wrote Jim out entirely''.
* [[Bowdlerize]]: An edition has recently been released with every incidence of the n-word changed to "slave". In their piece on it, ''[[The Daily Show]]'' pointed out a 1955 TV adaptation that ''wrote Jim out entirely''.
* [[Civilian Villain]]: Old Finn (Huck's father) is a perfect example.
* [[Civilian Villain]]: Old Finn (Huck's father) is a perfect example.
{{quote| the old man cried, and said he'd been a fool, and fooled away his life; but now he was agoing to turn over a new leafand be a man nobody wouldn't be ashamed of ...<br />
{{quote| the old man cried, and said he'd been a fool, and fooled away his life; but now he was agoing to turn over a new leafand be a man nobody wouldn't be ashamed of ...<br />
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* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The last chapters of the novel, which were written after a hiatus of several years, abandon the relative seriousness of the story until then and return to ''[[Tom Sawyer]]'''s mood of slapstick comedy.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The last chapters of the novel, which were written after a hiatus of several years, abandon the relative seriousness of the story until then and return to ''[[Tom Sawyer]]'''s mood of slapstick comedy.
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: It's explained near the beginning that Huck has told his story to [[Mark Twain]], the same as Tom Sawyer did. One of the first novelists to use the trope, with Huckleberry Finn predating [[Sherlock Holmes]] by three years.
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: It's explained near the beginning that Huck has told his story to [[Mark Twain]], the same as Tom Sawyer did. One of the first novelists to use the trope, with Huckleberry Finn predating [[Sherlock Holmes]] by three years.
* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: Tom takes inspiration for his adventures at the beginning of the book from ''[[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]]'', believing it to be a story of a great adventure.
* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: Tom takes inspiration for his adventures at the beginning of the book from ''[[Don Quixote]]'', believing it to be a story of a great adventure.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Huck has just seen a man get shot to death for no real reason, and the lynch mob that goes after the killer is [[Shaming the Mob|dispersed]] by a [[Breaking Lecture]]. What's his reaction? Go to the circus!
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Huck has just seen a man get shot to death for no real reason, and the lynch mob that goes after the killer is [[Shaming the Mob|dispersed]] by a [[Breaking Lecture]]. What's his reaction? Go to the circus!
* [[Narm]]: In-universe, with the poems and pictures made by Emmeline Grangerford [[Verbal Tic|alas.]]
* [[Narm]]: In-universe, with the poems and pictures made by Emmeline Grangerford [[Verbal Tic|alas.]]
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* [[Punny Name]]: A "granger" is a cattle rancher; cattle ranchers and sheepherders were old rivals in the 1800s, thus the Grangerfords and Shepardsons don't get along.
* [[Punny Name]]: A "granger" is a cattle rancher; cattle ranchers and sheepherders were old rivals in the 1800s, thus the Grangerfords and Shepardsons don't get along.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: Huck helps the fugitive slave Jim escape from being sold back into slavery even though he is told (and he believes!) he would go to hell for such actions.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: Huck helps the fugitive slave Jim escape from being sold back into slavery even though he is told (and he believes!) he would go to hell for such actions.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Tom models his adventures on the stories he's read. The careful reader can identify the specific stories even when he doesn't mention the titles--for example, "Why, look at [[The Count of Monte Cristo (Literature)|one of them prisoners in the bottom dungeon of the Castle Deef, in the harbor of Marseilles, that dug himself out that way]]."
* [[Shout-Out]]: Tom models his adventures on the stories he's read. The careful reader can identify the specific stories even when he doesn't mention the titles--for example, "Why, look at [[The Count of Monte Cristo (novel)|one of them prisoners in the bottom dungeon of the Castle Deef, in the harbor of Marseilles, that dug himself out that way]]."
* [[Snake Oil Salesman]]: The Duke and the Dauphin are this and just about every other kind of [[Con Man]], except maybe the Competent sort.
* [[Snake Oil Salesman]]: The Duke and the Dauphin are this and just about every other kind of [[Con Man]], except maybe the Competent sort.
* [[Spotting the Thread]]:
* [[Spotting the Thread]]:
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