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{{trope}}
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Once upon a time, there was [[Pulp Magazine|pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the [[Cosmic Horror Story|Cosmic Horror Stories]] of H.P. Lovecraft to noir pieces to the over-the-top action of ''[[Doc Savage]]'' to the [[Heroic Fantasy|sword-and-sandals]] fantasy of ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt.
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Then, people started looking back on the pulp era nostalgically, and when they did, they usually locked onto the over-the-top stories of heroes like ''[[The Shadow]]'', ''[[Doc Savage]]'', and ''[[The Phantom (Comic Strip)|The Phantom]]''. Many point to ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' and the sequel ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' movies, which took 1930s pulp adventures as an inspiration (along with a [[Real Life]] zoologist/paleontologist, Roy Chapman Andrews, who basically did what Indy did but in the Gobi Desert), as the keystone of the pulp resurgence, but whatever kicked it off, pulp has recaptured the heart of many a geek.
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* [[Mad Scientist|Mad Science]] and/or [[Weird Science]]
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* Plenty of [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] to be punched out. Most of them will be the source of, exploiting, or ''trying'' to exploit [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|either Mad / Weird Science]] or [[Ghostapo|the Occult]].
* Pre-Jet Age aviation feats
* [[Adventurer Outfit
As stated above, Two Fisted Tales don't often attempt to recapture the varied feel of all the old pulps; it's very rare you'll see someone trying to overlay the [[Doc Savage]] feel onto a Cthulhu story ([[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|not that it's impossible]]). Usually, it attempts to focus on the thrilling heroics, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|not that that's a bad thing]]. ▼
Related to [[Diesel Punk]] and [[Jungle Opera]]. Often the subject of a [[George Lucas Throwback]]. See also [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]], [[Twice
▲As stated above, Two Fisted Tales don't often attempt to recapture the varied feel of all the old pulps; it's very rare you'll see someone trying to overlay the [[Doc Savage]] feel onto a Cthulhu story ([[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu|not that it's impossible]]). Usually, it attempts to focus on the thrilling heroics, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|not that that's a bad thing]].
▲Related to [[Diesel Punk]] and [[Jungle Opera]]. Often the subject of a [[George Lucas Throwback]]. See also [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]], [[Twice Told Tale]] which requires a specific tale.
{{examples|Examples}}
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