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Author of numerous pulp fiction heroic adventures. The most famous are [[Tarzan]] set in [[Darkest Africa]] and [[John Carter of Mars]], but other lands are used: jungles and islands thoroughout the world, [[Planetary Romance|Venus]], and [[Beneath the Earth|the hollow center of the earth]] [[Pellucidar]], one of several literary examples of the [[Hollow World]].
'''Edgar Rice Burroughs''' was the author of numerous pulp fiction heroic adventures. The most famous are [[Tarzan]] set in [[Darkest Africa]] and [[John Carter of Mars]], but other lands are used: jungles and islands throughout the world, [[Planetary Romance|Venus]], and [[Beneath the Earth|the hollow center of the earth]] [[Pellucidar]], one of several literary examples of the [[Hollow World]].


[[Trope Maker]] for many aspects of [[Planetary Romance]]. An influence on [[Sword and Sorcery]], despite the SF veneer to all the marvels. Lots of books [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Edgar_Rice_Burroughs here]
[[Trope Maker]] for many aspects of [[Planetary Romance]]. An influence on [[Sword and Sorcery]], despite the SF veneer to all the marvels. Lots of books [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Edgar_Rice_Burroughs here]


Most definitely not to be confused with [[William S Burroughs]].
Most definitely not to be confused with [[William S. Burroughs]].

=== Works by Edgar Rice Burroughs with their own trope pages include: ===


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* ''[[Tarzan]]'' series
* ''[[Tarzan]]'' series
* ''[[John Carter of Mars]]'' series
* ''[[John Carter of Mars]]'' series
* ''[[Pellucidar]]'' series
* ''[[Pellucidar]]'' series
* ''[[The Monster Men (Literature)|The Monster Men]]''
* ''[[The Monster Men]]''
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=== Tropes featured in his other works: ===


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* [[Altar the Speed]]: In the backstory of ''The Mad King''.
* [[Altar the Speed]]: In the backstory of ''The Mad King''.
{{quote| Neither his mother nor his father had ever returned to the little country since the day, thirty years before, that the big American had literally stolen his bride away, escaping across the border but a scant half-hour ahead of the pursuing troop of Luthanian cavalry.}}
{{quote|Neither his mother nor his father had ever returned to the little country since the day, thirty years before, that the big American had literally stolen his bride away, escaping across the border but a scant half-hour ahead of the pursuing troop of Luthanian cavalry.}}
* [[Badass Damsel]]: His heroines never lack pluck and while not the fighter the hero is, often can weigh in on a fray.
* [[Badass Damsel]]: His heroines never lack pluck and while not the fighter the hero is, often can weigh in on a fray.
* [[Blue Blood]]: Constantly. A hero not of Royal Blood is at least this.
* [[Blue Blood]]: Constantly. A hero not of Royal Blood is at least this.
* [[Born in The Wrong Century]]: Tom Billings in ''The People That Time Forgot''.
* [[Born in the Wrong Century]]: Tom Billings in ''The People That Time Forgot''.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: All over the place.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: All over the place.
* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: The boy kind in ''The Mad King''.
* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: The boy kind in ''The Mad King''.
* [[Contemporary Caveman]]: The novel ''The Eternal Lover'' and the short stort "The Resurrection of Jimber Jaw".
* [[Contemporary Caveman]]: The novel ''The Eternal Lover'' and the short stort "The Resurrection of Jimber Jaw".
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: His plots are stuffed with them.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: His plots are stuffed with them.
* [[Culture Clash]]: An ingredient of a big percentage of Burroughs' books, especially in the [[Lost World]] and [[Planetary Romance]] stories.
* [[Culture Clash]]: An ingredient of a big percentage of Burroughs' books, especially in the [[Lost World]] and [[Planetary Romance]] stories.
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* [[Dirty Coward]]: More than one of his villains.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: More than one of his villains.
* [[Emergency Impersonation]]: ''The Mad King''
* [[Emergency Impersonation]]: ''The Mad King''
* [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs]]: Caprona, aka Caspak, the Land That Time Forgot.
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: Caprona, aka Caspak, the Land That Time Forgot.
* [[Frazetta Man]]: Burroughs' books are full of these guys. It's also worth noting that just having a Frank Frazetta painting on a book's cover is said to have sold a lot of books that might not have sold otherwise.
* [[Frazetta Man]]: Burroughs' books are full of these guys. It's also worth noting that just having a Frank Frazetta painting on a book's cover is said to have sold a lot of books that might not have sold otherwise.
* [[Hollow World]]: Apart from the ''[[Pellucidar]]'' series, ''The Moon Maid'' offers a hollow and inhabited ''moon''.
* [[Hollow World]]: Apart from the ''[[Pellucidar]]'' series, ''The Moon Maid'' offers a hollow and inhabited ''moon''.
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* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Carson Napier, Bowen Tyler... the list goes on. Practically every hero who gets thrust into a "savage" environment.
* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Carson Napier, Bowen Tyler... the list goes on. Practically every hero who gets thrust into a "savage" environment.
* [[Mysterious Antarctica]]: ''The Land That Time Forgot'' and its sequels.
* [[Mysterious Antarctica]]: ''The Land That Time Forgot'' and its sequels.
* [[Nice to The Waiter]]: Von der Tann in ''The Mad King''. One of the villains is aware of it, but considers it a bad point:
* [[Nice to the Waiter]]: Von der Tann in ''The Mad King''. One of the villains is aware of it, but considers it a bad point:
{{quote| You know the old fox has always made it a point to curry favor with the common soldiers. When he was minister of war he treated them better than he did his officers.}}
{{quote|You know the old fox has always made it a point to curry favor with the common soldiers. When he was minister of war he treated them better than he did his officers.}}
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Your typical Edgar Rice Burroughs hero needs to be hit over the head with a club, several times, before he realizes that he has fallen in love with the heroine.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Your typical Edgar Rice Burroughs hero needs to be hit over the head with a club, several times, before he realizes that he has fallen in love with the heroine.
* [[Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List]]: Happens to the Prime Minister in ''Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M''.
* [[Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List]]: Happens to the Prime Minister in ''Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M''.
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* [[Vichy Earth]]: ''The Moon Men'', at least the first half.
* [[Vichy Earth]]: ''The Moon Men'', at least the first half.
* [[Whip Sword]]: The spear-whips in ''Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M''.
* [[Whip Sword]]: The spear-whips in ''Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M''.
* [[World War One]]: ''The Land That Time Forgot''.
* [[World War I]]: ''The Land That Time Forgot''.


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Edgar Rice Burroughs was the author of numerous pulp fiction heroic adventures. The most famous are Tarzan set in Darkest Africa and John Carter of Mars, but other lands are used: jungles and islands throughout the world, Venus, and the hollow center of the earth Pellucidar, one of several literary examples of the Hollow World.

Trope Maker for many aspects of Planetary Romance. An influence on Sword and Sorcery, despite the SF veneer to all the marvels. Lots of books here

Most definitely not to be confused with William S. Burroughs.

Works written by Edgar Rice Burroughs include:
Edgar Rice Burroughs provides examples of the following tropes:

Neither his mother nor his father had ever returned to the little country since the day, thirty years before, that the big American had literally stolen his bride away, escaping across the border but a scant half-hour ahead of the pursuing troop of Luthanian cavalry.

You know the old fox has always made it a point to curry favor with the common soldiers. When he was minister of war he treated them better than he did his officers.

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