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Twain appears as a character in numerous stories, TV shows, movies and comics, often as a [[Historical In-Joke]].
== Anime and Manga ==
* Mark Twain was the central character in a series of historical mysteries by Peter Heck called, unsurprisingly, ''The Mark Twain Mysteries''.▼
* Appeared as a character in one of [[The Lone Ranger]] segments of ''The Tarzan-Lone Ranger Adventure Hour'' animated series, where he helps the Lone Ranger solve a mystery and gets the idea for the slip that will expose Tom Sawyer's disguise as a girl in the novel.▼
* ''Dagger of Kamui'', inexplicably speaking Japanese. (Then again, so did everybody else, including the Native Americans.)
== Comic Books ==
* [[Neil Gaiman]]'s comic, ''[[The Sandman]]'', in the issue "Three Septembers and a January" {{spoiler|Emperor Norton makes Twain the Official Teller of Stories for the United States.}}▼
* Matt Fraction and Steven Sanders' comic, ''The Five Fists of Science''▼
* Mark Twain appears as a character in the [[Transformers]] comic ''Hearts of Steel'', helping out the Autobots and even [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|defeating Ravage by himself]].▼
* Oh, and [[Lucky Luke]] has met him, of course.▼
* In ''[[Tales Designed to Thrizzle]]'' he and [[Albert Einstein]] are [[Buddy Cop Show|Buddy Cops]].▼
== Film ==
* The animated film ''[[The Adventures of Mark Twain]]'', a loving [[Deconstruction]] of his [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] works, has Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Becky Thacher stowing away in Twain's [[Cool Airship]].▼
* During the archery contest in ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'', Robin disguises himself at Mark Twain. Prince John even [[Anachronism Stew|calls him on it.]]▼
== Literature ==
▲* Mark Twain was the central character in a series of historical mysteries by Peter Heck called, unsurprisingly, ''[[The Mark Twain Mysteries]]''.
* [[Philip Jose Farmer]]'s ''[[Riverworld]]'' novels see all of humanity resurrected, including Clemens, who is a major character. Farmer freely mixes biographical information with speculation and invention in an attempt to convey his sense of the man. To some readers the trials the character is subjected seem hostile. To others it seems more like a novel kind of hero worship, taken as a whole.
* Appears in Harry Turtledove's [[Alternate History]] novel ''How Few Remain'' as Samuel Clemens, a newspaper editor in California.▼
* Appears as a friend of [[Kid Detective]] PK Pinkerton in ''[[The Western Mysteries]]''▼
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''—Met with Guinan and assisted the crew in the two-parter 'Time's Arrow'.
** Actually, he was more like a minor villain, because he thought the crew came back in time for their own amusement. [[Captain Obvious|They didn't.]]
*** He was more than willing to assist them though when they proved to him they their reasons weren't sinister.
▲* [[Neil Gaiman]]'s comic, ''[[The Sandman]]'', in the issue "Three Septembers and a January" {{spoiler|Emperor Norton makes Twain the Official Teller of Stories for the United States.}}
▲* Matt Fraction and Steven Sanders' comic, ''The Five Fists of Science''
* Hal Holbrook made a career out of his one-man show where he played Twain.▼
▲* The animated film ''[[The Adventures of Mark Twain]]'', a loving [[Deconstruction]] of his [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] works, has Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Becky Thacher stowing away in Twain's [[Cool Airship]].
* Twain is co-host of ''The American Adventure'' attraction at [[Disney Theme Parks|Epcot]], along with Benjamin Franklin.▼
* One of the Roger Moore episodes of the ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' TV series is set in Virginia City, Nevada, during the mining rush—the same time Twain was working as a journalist there, as chronicled in ''Roughing It''. A supporting character in the episode is a journalist named Clem Samuels.
* ''[[Bonanza]]'' had Sam Clemens working as a reporter in Virginia City in an early episode, with later guest appearances showing him as famed author Twain.▼
▲* Mark Twain appears as a character in the [[Transformers]] comic ''Hearts of Steel'', helping out the Autobots and even [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|defeating Ravage by himself]].
== Theatre ==
▲* Hal Holbrook made a career out of his one-man show ''[[Mark Twain Tonight!]]'' where he played Twain.
== Theme Parks ==
▲* Twain is co-host of ''The American Adventure'' attraction at [[Disney Theme Parks|Epcot]], along with Benjamin Franklin.
== Web Comics ==
* Webcomic [[Girly]] had a television show that the characters would watch now and again, in which Victorian authors would kill each other with '''GUNS!!!''' Twain appeared in one episode as the villain (the author remarked "I like to think of Twain as the kind of guy who wouldn't mind me making him evil for NO REASON").
▲* Oh, and [[Lucky Luke]] has met him, of course.
▲* Appears in Harry Turtledove's [[Alternate History]] novel ''How Few Remain'' as Samuel Clemens, a newspaper editor in California.
* He appeared in a Johnny Bravo episode, begging people not to abuse The Prince and the Pauper for comedy.▼
* He is ''[[No Celebrities Were Harmed|the inspiration for]]'' Colonel Sassacre in ''[[Homestuck]]''.
▲* [[Bonanza]] had Sam Clemens working as a reporter in Virginia City in an early episode, with later guest appearances showing him as famed author Twain.
== Western Animation ==
▲* In ''[[Tales Designed to Thrizzle]]'' he and [[Albert Einstein]] are [[Buddy Cop Show|Buddy Cops]].
▲* Appeared as a character in one of [[The Lone Ranger]] segments of ''The Tarzan-Lone Ranger Adventure Hour'' animated series, where he helps the Lone Ranger solve a mystery and gets the idea for the slip that will expose Tom Sawyer's disguise as a girl in the novel.
* In [[The Venture Brothers]], Clemens was a founding member of the original [[Weird Trade Union|Guild]] <s>of Calamitous Intent</s> (along with Col. Venture, [[Loin Cloth|Eugen Sandow]], [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Aleister Crowley]] and even [[Fantomas]]) sometime near the turn of the century (before Wilde's death). Oddly, the Guild's enemies included Samuel's real-life friend [[Nikola Tesla]], who may or may not have split from the group for their handling of the [[Artifact of Doom|the ORB]].▼
▲* He appeared in a Johnny Bravo episode, begging people not to abuse The Prince and the Pauper for comedy.
▲* Appears as a friend of [[Kid Detective]] PK Pinkerton in ''[[The Western Mysteries]]''
▲* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', Clemens was a founding member of the original [[Weird Trade Union|Guild]] <s>of Calamitous Intent</s> (along with Col. Venture, [[Loin Cloth|Eugen Sandow]], [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Aleister Crowley]] and even [[Fantomas]]) sometime near the turn of the century (before Wilde's death). Oddly, the Guild's enemies included Samuel's real-life friend [[Nikola Tesla]], who may or may not have split from the group for their handling of the [[Artifact of Doom|the ORB]].
▲* During the archery contest in ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'', Robin disguises himself at Mark Twain. Prince John even [[Anachronism Stew|calls him on it.]]
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