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{{quote|''"Dudes in hats, machine guns, bullets, booze, and the kind of hot chicks you could still unironically refer to as broads..."''
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The time of [[Sex, Drugs and Rock
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The setting of many an [[Genteel Interbellum Setting|Agatha Christie]] mystery, this is one era that absolutely lives up to the stereotypes and then some. The [[World War
▲The time of [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll|bootleg, flappers, and jazz]]. And where coffee costs a dime.
▲The setting of many an [[Genteel Interbellum Setting|Agatha Christie]] mystery, this is one era that absolutely lives up to the stereotypes and then some. The [[World War One|Great War]] was over, (most of) the Western world had never been so prosperous - time to [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY|par-]]''[[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY|tay]]''!
Style is almost exclusively [[Art Deco]] ''moderne'', all minimalist lines and coolly fluid shapes. (Side point- Art Deco's fascination with streamlining household objects whose actual wind resistance is irrelevant proved popular because levelling incomes led for the first time to a group of people who could afford good design but not household servants. It seems that a streamlined Art Deco lamp is easier to ''dust'' than a frilly Victorian one...)
Dresses are short and so is ladies' hair. ([[Bob Haircut|Bobbed hair]] had actually emerged earlier and was popularized during the earlier 20's, while hemlines gradually rose to knee-length by 1925. And despite those costumes you buy these days, above-the-knee hemlines were nonexistent at any time. And contrary to the costumes you buy, not all dresses were tasseled and figure-hugging. Dresses had a boxy and boyish silhouettes, had dropped waists and were minimally or highly decorated depending on the occasion.)
Characters include gangsters and G-men, flappers and their sheiks (sort of proto-[[Metrosexual]] young males), languid white movie idols and jolly black jazz singers and dancers, and lots of cheery collegiate types who wear huge fur coats and play ukuleles while shouting "[[23]] skidoo!" The basic idea was to shock, amaze and amuse at all costs; there were apparently some women of the era who would greet their guests ''in the bath''.
The fun and excitement is only heightened by the fact that much of it is totally illegal, at least in the USA. There Prohibition is in full swing, so gin is made in bathtubs, smuggled by the likes of [[Al Capone]] and served only in 'speakeasies', hole-in-the-wall bars highly prone to raids by stolid, humourless cops. Unless you're Eliot Ness or one of his [[The Untouchables|Untouchables]], be extra cautious to never insult a tough-looking Italian in a sharp suit, or you'll find yourself looking down the barrel of a Tommy Gun.
As for entertainment, [[Silent Age of Hollywood|silent films]] starring the likes of [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Mary Pickford]], and [[Buster Keaton]] gained enormous popularity, though the fact that they didn't have sound meant that movies still hadn't killed off [[Vaudeville]] or [[Minstrel Shows]] just yet. The advent of sound later in the decade finished the job, however. Radio progressed quickly through the last of its experimental phases and was firmly established as a mass-market medium by the end of the decade, while ultra-low-def mechanical television had brief success with early adopters (essentially beta-testing it) before [[The Great Depression]] and the advent of (relatively) high-definition all-electronic TV killed it off by the mid-30s.
During all this, of course, the relics of [[The Gay Nineties]], now doughty dowagers and grumpy old Colonels, look on disapprovingly, from short skirts and hair, to make-up and swimming wear.
One should also note that while things were just swell in America, Britain and much of Western Europe (where it was dubbed [[The Golden Twenties]] across [[The Pond]]), if you were in an area hard hit by [[World War I]] (say, [[Weimar Republic|Germany]], [[Fascist Italy|Italy]], [[The Soviet Twenties|Russia]], Turkey or the entire Caucasus Mountains region before the Soviets annexed it) this was ''not'' a fun time. (Even some of the victors, like the Dominion of Newfoundland, were left with mountains of war debt.) However, it doesn't mean that they didn't try, once they were able to pull themselves together again. However, in Germany, there are
For example, [[The Soviet Twenties|Soviet Russia]] (called USSR since 1922), after a devastating civil war, experienced a short period of economic growth thanks to the NEP (new economic policy), a series of reforms that allowed free enterprise and private property. A new Soviet bourgeoisie was born, with a penchant for over-the-top parties and a slavish fascination with American fashion, music and dance. The Soviet [[Nouveau Riche]] (typically called a ''nepman'') was a stock character in 20's Russian satire.
Often a nostalgic setting during [[The Fifties]] and [[The Sixties]]. This period
For the 1939 movie of the same name, click [[The Roaring Twenties (
Also see: [[The Great Depression]], [[The Forties]], [[The Fifties]], [[The Sixties]], [[The Seventies]], [[The Eighties]], [[The Nineties]], [[Turn of the Millennium]], and [[The New Tens]] for more decade nostalgia.
* "Ab-so-lute-ly"
* "And How!" - I agree!
* "Attaboy!/Attagirl!" - well done, son/lad/lass/boy/girl/kid.
* "Baby" - sweetheart, also a respectable word.
* "[[Bearcat]]" - [[Tsundere]]
* "Beat it" or "23 skidoo" - get lost or GTFO!
* "Bee's knees" or "Cat's meow" - an extraordinarily splendid person, idea or thing.
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* "You slay me" - that's funny.
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* [[Art Deco]] in her full blossomed glory.
* [[Blackface]]: [[Values Dissonance|It was the 20's...]]
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* [[Dance Sensation]] / [[Happy Dance]]: In prosperous times like these, dances like The Shimmy and The Charleston would set the dance floor ablaze with sensational flappers cutting the rug. The former was banned as bootleg, yet praised as a good aerobic dance; the latter became the rage during the rest of the decade.
* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]: Despite being knee length due to a flourishing economy, they were scandalous, at the time, according to their Victorian parents.
* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be
* [[
* [[The Flapper]]
* [[Genteel Interbellum Setting]]
* [[Jive Turkey]]
* [[
* [[Nice Hat]]: Fedoras, newsboy caps, straw hats and top hats for men; tight-fitting swanky cloche hats for women.
* [[Petite Pride]]: The "washboard" look of the flappers.
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* [[The New Rock and Roll]]: Jazz is really the [[Trope Maker]].
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy|Those Masculine Women and Feminine Men]]!
{{examples}}▼
▲{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] ==▼
* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' (technically 1930, but essentially the same.)▼
▲=== [[Anime]] ===
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden (Manga)|Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden]]'' - The prequel to [[Fushigi Yuugi]], featuring Takiko aka Genbu No Miko, who lived in this decade's [[Imperial Japan]] before being [[Trapped in Another World]].▼
* ''[[
▲* ''[[
* ''[[Sakura Gari (Manga)|Sakura Gari]]''▼
* ''[[
* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi (Anime)|Steel Angel Kurumi]]''▼
* ''[[Sakura Taisen]]''
* ''[[Taishō Baseball Girls]]''
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[Tintin
** [[Tintin
* The [[Necronauts]] comic is set during this period, and involves several celebrities of the time.
* King Mob of ''[[
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[Dick Tracy (
* ''[[The Untouchables]]''
* ''[[Chicago]]'' (based on a 1926 play)
* ''[[Some Like It Hot]]''
* ''[[Singin' in
* ''[[
* ''The Roaring Twenties''
* ''The Public Enemy''
* ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre''
* ''Robin and the 7 Hoods''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* [[Charlie Chaplin]] movies such as ''[[The Kid]]''
* ''[[Our Dancing Daughters]]''
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* ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
* Don Bluth's ''Anastasia''
* ''[[Changeling (
* ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''
* ''Splendor in the Grass''
* Some of ''[[
* ''The Great Waldo Pepper''
* ''[[
* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy
* ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]''
* ''[[Silent Movie]]''
* ''[[The Artist]]''
* ''[[The
* ''[[
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Most of [[H.P.
* Several ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (
* ''[[The Sheik]]''. First published in 1919, becoming a great hit in this period.
* [[Agatha Christie
** ''[[Hercule Poirot]]''. The novel series started in 1920.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey]]''. The novel series started in 1923.
* ''[[
* ''[[Charlie Chan]]''. This series of novels started in 1925.
* ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' (the novel first published in 1925 and the musical later based on it, but not, however, the movie musical)
* ''[[
* ''[[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Sannikov Land]]'' (1926)
* Some of [[
** Including his (actual) debut novel,''[[
* ''[[Winnie
* ''[[Hardy Boys]]''. Series started in June, 1927.
* ''[[Miss Marple]]''. First appeared in December, 1927. Starred in a number of short stories.
* ''[[Lady
* ''[[The Twelve Chairs]]'' (1928) is a famous depictions of the Soviet 20's culture.
* ''[[
* ''[[Bony]]''. This series of novels started in 1929.
* ''[[The Little Golden Calf]]'' (1931) is also set in this era.
* ''[[Tender Is the Night]]'' (1934) is set in France, but mostly portrays Americans of the era.
* Practically the entire published output of [[Edward Gorey]] (1925-2000).
* The [[Phryne Fisher]] mysteries (1989-) are set in 1928 and 1929, in Melbourne, Australia.
* ''[[The Full Matilda]]'' (2004) has events starting in this period. Matilda's main storyline starts here, and she continues to live this lifestyle until the day she dies.
* ''[[The Princess 99]]'' (c. 2009) takes place in 1924, in New Orleans...but with wizards!
=== [[Live
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', episodes "Black Orchid" and "The Unicorn and the Wasp".
* [[Poirot]], the TV series; the books actually span a much longer period. (The ''Miss Marple'' series, meanwhile, is set in a different version of this trope - what might be called the suburban one. Middle-aged housewives sit around musing how hard it is to get good help since The War gave the rabble ideas.)
* ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' (seasons 3-5)
* ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''
* In the ''[[
=== Music ===
* [[
* [[Al Jolson]] was really big during this era.
* [[George Gershwin]] wrote two of his most popular works, "Rhapsody In Blue" and "An American In Paris" during this decade.
=== Newspaper Comics ===
* [[
* [[Popeye (
=== Other ===
* At [[Knotts Berry Farm]], the "Boardwalk" area, which now holds most of the park's thrill rides, was previously called "The Roaring 20s," a literal [[The Theme Park Version|theme park version]] of the era.
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
* The Fate powered "Spirit of Century" RPG is [[The Theme Park Version]] of this decade.
* [[Call of Cthulhu (
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''Rollercoaster Tycoon 2'', in the 'Time Twisters' expansion pack provides a ''lot'' of iconic Roaring Twenties art deco architecture and memorabillia to create a park themed around it. (Literally an [[Expansion Pack Past]]?)
* [[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army]], set in year 20 of the Taisho era (think [[
* Ditto with the sequel, [[Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon]].
* ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: From The New World'' is set in the mid-twenties, and one plot thread involves the Chicago mob war.
* ''[[Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!]]''.
* The [[
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* ''[[Lackadaisy Cats]]'', whose only inaccuracy is that the world is populated by [[Talking Animal|anthropomorphic felines]]. ** And the presence of a cathedral radio, and a few anachronistic cars (by ''one year''). And, maybe, checkbooks.
* ''[[
* ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'', save for the occasional [[Anachronism Stew]].
=== Western Animation ===
* [[The Silent Age of Animation]] was still ongoing, until ''[[
* The [[Fleischer Studios]] produced its first hit series
** ''[[
*** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
* Debuting in 1919, ''[[
** ''[[
* The ''[[
* [[Walt Disney]] got his start in this decade with his company [[Disney]]. His first notable works were:
** the ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** [[Mickey Mouse]] got his start in 1928, at the end of this decade.
** [[Minnie Mouse]] debuted in 1928.
*** ''[[
*** ''[[
** The first few ''[[
*** ''[[
* [[Walter Lantz]] got his start in this decade.
** ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[The Princess and
* ''[[
▲=== Works made, but not set, during the twenties ===
== Works made during the 1920s==
''See [[:Category:Films of the 1920s|Films of the 1920s]], [[:Category:Literature of the 1920s|Literature of the 1920s]], [[:Category:Newspaper Comics of the 1920s|Newspaper Comics of the 1920s]], [[:Category:Theatre of the 1920s|Theatre of the 1920s]], and [[:Category:Western Animation of the 1920s|Western Animation of the 1920s]].''
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[[Category:Hollywood History]]
[[Category:The Twentieth Century]]
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