All The Tropes

Heroic Fantasy: Difference between revisions

Page Discussion

Heroic Fantasy (view source)

Revision as of 11:54, 8 April 2014

376 bytes removed ,  10 years ago
m
Mass update links
VisualWikitext
m (Mass update links)
Line 6:
Heavily influenced by [[The Hero's Journey]], the [[King Arthur|Arthurian]] cycle, the ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' stories and movies, the game ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', and classical myth.
 
Sometimes set in a world that looks [[Medieval European Fantasy|an awful lot like medieval Europe]], although it can range all the way back to a "forgotten prehistory" such as in ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'', or even the "classical" period (ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, etc.), as found in ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess (TV)|Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' (this variant is sometimes called "[[Sword and Sandal]]" and more burly versions are called "[[Thud and Blunder]]"). May involve [[Mythopoeia]].
 
Sometimes it can be found in the future, often in [[After the End]] setting; sometimes it comes close to [[Planetary Romance]]. Also often features [[Medieval Stasis]].
Line 31:
** Or it was Heroic Fantasy all along without the characters noticing. After all [[Devil in Plain Sight|Zodd the Immortal]] didn't exactly keep his existence a secret.
* ''[[Rune Soldier]]'' is a comedic Heroic Fantasy spin-off of the high fantasy ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]''.
* The first ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' anime was [[Heroic Fantasy]], as opposed to the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|manga]] and [[Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood|second anime series]], which quickly veered into [[High Fantasy]] territory.
 
 
Line 41:
 
== Film ==
* ''[[The Adventures of Sinbad (TV)|The Adventures of Sinbad]]''
* ''[[The Beastmaster (Film)|The Beastmaster]]'' (only the movie, not the [[Science Fiction]] books it was based on.)
* ''[[Conan the Barbarian (Film)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' and ''[[Conan the Destroyer]]''
* Technically, the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy is [[Heroic Fantasy]] [[In Space]]. The prequels tend more towards [[High Fantasy]] [[In Space]].
* ''[[Clash of the Titans (Film)|Clash of the Titans]]''
* ''[[Prince of Persia: theThe Sands of Time (Film)|Prince of Persia the Sands of Time]]''
* ''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]]''
* ''[[Kull The Conqueror]]''
* ''[[Red Sonja (Film)|Red Sonja]]''
 
 
Line 56:
* Lynn Flewelling's ''[[Nightrunner]]''
* [[David Gemmell]]'s books are a prime example.
* [[Robert E. Howard (Creator)|Robert E Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''--although it bounces between "not very realistic" and "really really unrealistic" depending on the iteration. Also ''[[Kull]]'' and ''[[Bran Mak Morn]]''. To a large extent Howard invented the modern incarnation of this trope.
* Patrick Rothfuss's ''[[The King KillerKingkiller Chronicle]]'' (although the protagonist is leaning toward [[Anti-Hero]] territory and may get worse in the upcoming book 3).
* Norman Spinrad's ''[[The Iron Dream (Literature)|The Iron Dream]]'' (a [[Deconstruction]])
* The [[The War Gods|Bahzell]] series by [[David Weber]].
* Michael Moorcock's ''[[The Elric Saga]]'' (another [[Deconstruction]]).
Line 64:
* Karl Edward Wanger's ''Kane.''
* C.L. Moore's ''[[Jirel of Joiry]]'', the first major female character in [[Heroic Fantasy]].
* Charles R. Saunders's ''[[Imaro (Literature)|Imaro]]''.
* ''[[The Black Company]]''
* ''[[The Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'', especially during [[Badass|Karsa Orlong]]'s storylines.
Line 71:
* [[The Night Angel Trilogy]] by Brent Weeks.
* The ''[[Codex Alera]]'' (quasi-[[Ancient Rome]] + [[Elemental Powers]])
* [[Lord Dunsany (Creator)|Lord Dunsany]]'s "The Sword of Welleran" and "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save For Sacnoth", as well as a few other short stories here and there.
* Everything by [[David Eddings]].
 
Line 77:
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''
* ''[[Roar (TV)|Roar]]'' (pre-[[King Arthur|Arthurian]] British Isles)
* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''
* ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]''
* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''
* Arguably ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' what with its use of archetypes and mysticism.
 
Line 93:
* ''[[Demons Souls]]''
* ''[[Sword and Sworcery EP]]''
* ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]]''
* ''[[Prince of Persia]]''
* ''[[The Reconstruction (Video Game)|The Reconstruction]]'' ([[Deconstruction]], ironically)
* ''[[Fantasy Quest (Video Game)|Fantasy Quest]]''
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Our Little Adventure (Webcomic)|Our Little Adventure]]'', if you only factor in Julie and her gang's adventures.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Fire and Ice (Filmanimation)|Fire and Ice]]''
* ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]''
* ''[[Korgoth of Barbaria]]'' (Parody)
* ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''
 
{{reflist}}
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/893603"