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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..."''|'''[[Moviebob]]'''}}
 
The time of [[Sex, Drugs and Rock Andand 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...)
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Often a nostalgic setting during [[The Fifties]] and [[The Sixties]]. This period lasted sometime after [[World War I]] till the [[The Great Depression|Crash of 1929]].
 
For the 1939 movie of the same name, click [[The Roaring Twenties (Filmfilm)|here.]]
 
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.
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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 Aa Gangster!]]
* [[Diesel Punk]], just starting out with [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[Metropolis (Film)|Metropolis]]''
* [[The Flapper]]
* [[Genteel Interbellum Setting]]
* [[Jive Turkey]]
* [[The Little Black Dress (Sugar Wiki)|The Little Black Dress]]: Which Chanel [[Trope Maker|first designed during this period]].
* [[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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== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' (technically 1930, but essentially the same.)
* ''[[Chrono Crusade (Manga)|Chrono Crusade]]''
* ''[[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]].
* ''[[Golden Days (Manga)|Golden Days]]''
* ''[[Sakura Gari (Manga)|Sakura Gari]]''
* ''[[Sakura Taisen (Video Game)|Sakura Taisen]]''
* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi (Anime)|Steel Angel Kurumi]]''
* ''[[Taishou Yakyuu Musume (Anime)|Taishou Yakyuu Musume]]''
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Tintin (Comic Book)]]. First appeared in January, 1929.
** [[Tintin (Comic Book)/Recap/Tintin in the Land of The Soviets|Tintin in the Land of The Soviets]] (1929-1930).
* The [[Necronauts]] comic is set during this period, and involves several celebrities of the time.
* King Mob of ''[[The Invisibles (Comic Book)|The Invisibles]]'' gets to travel back in time to the Roaring Twenties.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Dick Tracy (Filmfilm)|Dick Tracy]]''
* ''[[The Untouchables]]''
* ''[[Chicago]]'' (based on a 1926 play)
* ''[[Some Like It Hot]]''
* ''[[Singin' in Thethe Rain (Film)|Singin in The Rain]]''
* ''[[MillersMiller's Crossing (Film)|Millers Crossing]]''
* ''The Roaring Twenties''
* ''The Public Enemy''
* ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre''
* ''Robin and the 7 Hoods''
* ''[[Leatherheads (Film)|Leatherheads]]''
* ''[[Metropolis (Film)|Metropolis]]'' was released in 1927 and features a futuristic dystopia version of the era.
* [[Charlie Chaplin]] movies such as ''[[The Kid]]''
* ''[[Our Dancing Daughters]]''
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* ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
* Don Bluth's ''Anastasia''
* ''[[Changeling (Filmfilm)|Changeling]]''
* ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''
* ''Splendor in the Grass''
* Some of ''[[Midnight in Paris (Film)|Midnight in Paris]]''
* ''The Great Waldo Pepper''
* ''[[Johnny Dangerously (Film)|Johnny Dangerously]]''
* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy (Film)|The Mummy]]''
* ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]''
* ''[[Silent Movie]]''
* ''[[The Artist]]''
* ''[[The Cats Meow]]''
* ''[[Sunset (Film)|Sunset]]''
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* Most of [[H.P. Lovecraft (Creator)|HP Lovecraft]] (1890-1937)'s work not set in a [[Dream World]].
* Several ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (Literaturenovel)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'' stories (1917-1966) by [[PGP. G. Wodehouse (Creator)|PG Wodehouse]], and a decent number of his many other ones, too.
* ''[[The Sheik]]''. First published in 1919, becoming a great hit in this period.
* [[Agatha Christie Bibliography]]. The first published works by Christie appeared in this decade.
** ''[[Hercule Poirot]]''. The novel series started in 1920.
* ''[[Bulldog Drummond (Literature)|Bulldog Drummond]]''. The novel series started in 1920.
* ''[[Tommy and Tuppence (Literature)|Tommy and Tuppence]]''. The series started in 1922.
* ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey]]''. The novel series started in 1923.
* ''[[The Most Dangerous Game (Literature)|The Most Dangerous Game]]''. First published in January, 1924.
* ''[[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 Great Gatsby (Literature)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (1925) is probably the best-known novel set in the 1920s. It features a number of classic elements of the era, including the Depression-era dust bowl, Jazz Age parties, and wealthy bootleggers. For that matter, much of [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] oeuvre was produced in the 1920s and set there.
* ''[[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Sannikov Land]]'' (1926)
* Some of [[Ernest Hemingway (Creator)|Ernest Hemingway]]'s work,
** Including his (actual) debut novel,''[[The Sun Also Rises (Literature)|The Sun Also Rises]]'' (1926). ''The Torrents of Spring'' being a blatant [[Springtime for Hitler]].
* ''[[Winnie -the -Pooh (Literature)|Winnie the Pooh]]''. Series started in 1926.
* ''[[Hardy Boys]]''. Series started in June,1927.
* ''[[Miss Marple]]''. First appeared in December, 1927. Starred in a number of short stories.
* ''[[Lady ChatterleysChatterley's Lover]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Twelve Chairs]]'' (1928) is a famous depictions of the Soviet 20's culture.
* ''[[Albert Campion (Literature)|Albert Campion]]''. This series of novels started in 1929.
* ''[[Bony]]''. This series of novels started in 1929.
* ''[[The Little Golden Calf]]'' (1931) is also set in this era.
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* ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' (seasons 3-5)
* ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''
* In the ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'' episode "Pardon My Past" Prue, Piper and Phoebe time-travel back to the Twenties.
 
== Music ==
* [[Louis Armstrong (Music)|Louis Armstrong]] rose to fame in this decade.
* 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 ==
* [[Rupert Bear (Comic Strip)|Rupert Bear]]. First appeared in November, 1920.
* [[Popeye (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Popeye]]. First appeared in January, 1929.
 
== Other ==
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The Fate powered "Spirit of Century" RPG is [[The Theme Park Version]] of this decade.
* [[Call of Cthulhu (Tabletop Game)|Call of Cthulhu]]
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[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 [[Penny Arcade Adventures (Video Game)|Penny Arcade Adventures]] series
 
== [[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.
* ''[[Chess Piece (Webcomic)|Chess Piece]]'' takes place at the near end of this decade. Of course, it being an alternate universe, some things are very, very different. Like ghosts inhabiting Antarctica, demons ruling Australia (no, really), and America being ruled by a [[Noble Demon|kindly]] [[Dark Is Not Evil|demonic-looking]] king.
* ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'', save for the occasional [[Anachronism Stew]].
 
== Western Animation ==
* [[The Silent Age of Animation]] was still ongoing, until ''[[Steamboat Willie (Animation)|Steamboat Willie]]'' debuted.
* The [[Fleischer Studios]] produced its first hit series
** ''[[Out of the Inkwell (Animation)|Out of the Inkwell]]'' series (1918-1929).
*** ''[[KokosKoko's Earth Control (Animation)|Kokos Earth Control]]'' (1928).
** ''[[Talkartoons (Animation)|Talkartoons]]'' (1929-1932)
** ''[[Screen Songs (Animation)|Screen Songs]]'' (1929-1938).
* Debuting in 1919, ''[[Felix the Cat (Animation)|Felix the Cat]]'' was arguably the first famous cartoon character.
** ''[[Felix in Hollywood (Animation)|Felix in Hollywood]]''(1923)
* The ''[[Krazy Kat (Comic Strip)|Krazy Kat]]'' comic strip received several animated adaptations (1920-1921, 1925-1929, 1929-1939).
* [[Walt Disney]] got his start in this decade with his company [[Disney]]. His first notable works were:
** the ''[[Alice Comedies (Animation)|Alice Comedies]]'' (1923-1927)
** ''[[Pete (Animation)|Pete]]'' debuted in 1925.
** ''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Animation)|Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]'' (debuting in 1927).
** [[Mickey Mouse]] got his start in 1928, at the end of this decade.
** [[Minnie Mouse]] debuted in 1928.
*** ''[[Plane Crazy (Animation)|Plane Crazy]]'' (1928)
*** ''[[Steamboat Willie (Animation)|Steamboat Willie]]'' (1928)
** The first few ''[[Silly Symphonies (Animation)|Silly Symphonies]]'' in 1929.
*** ''[[The Skeleton Dance (Animation)|The Skeleton Dance]]'' (1929).
* [[Walter Lantz]] got his start in this decade.
** ''[[Dinky Doodle (Animation)|Dinky Doodle]]'' (1924-1926).
* ''[[Bosko the Talk Ink Kid (Animation)|Bosko the Talk Ink Kid]]'' by [[Harman and Ising]] and his film were both created in 1929. Though the character only got his public debut in 1930.
* ''[[The Princess and The Frog (Disney)|The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'' by Disney is set in 1926, with an prologue set in November, 1912.
* ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' is set in the universe's version of this time period, and the soundtrack shows the influence, with [[Word of God]] describing it as "If Jazz was invented in China during the 20s."
 
=== Works made, but not set, during the twenties ===
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Colas Breugnon]]'', 1919
* [[Zorro (Franchise)|Zorro]]. First appeared in 1919. The original one-shot novel turned into a novel series in this era.
* [[Scaramouche]]. First appeared in 1921. The setting is [[The French Revolution]].
* [[Solomon Kane]]. First appeared in August, 1928. The character was active in the late 16th century, and his story ends c. 1610.
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