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* NamesTheSame:
** The founder of the British colony of UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}} (and first President of the London Zoo) shares his surname, which leads to regional myopia concerning this body of literature given that his name's everywhere on the island.
** Raffles is named Arthur, presumably in honor of Arthur Conan Doyle.
** There's a German GentlemanThief character named Raffles (real name Lord Lister), who is heavily inspired by the original Raffles.
** The short story "Gentlemen and Players" shares its title with a TV show and a Joanne Harris novel.
** The founder of the British colony of UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}} (and first President of the London Zoo) shares his surname, which leads to regional myopia concerning this body of literature given that his name's everywhere on the island.
** Raffles is named Arthur, presumably in honor of Arthur Conan Doyle.
** There's a German GentlemanThief character named Raffles (real name Lord Lister), who is heavily inspired by the original Raffles.
** The short story "Gentlemen and Players" shares its title with a TV show and a Joanne Harris novel.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The books are chock-full of Victorian era trivia, mores and personalities, and the years the books take place in can normally be easily pinpointed by the observant reader. (It's 1891-1900).
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'', a play by Creator/GrahamGreene and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable criminal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'', a play by Creator/GrahamGreene Creator/GrahamGreeneAuthor and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable criminal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* GenrePopularizer: At the time, a criminal protagonist who got away with his crimes was cirtually unhead-of, but the popularity of the stories helped to strengthen the GentlemanThief genre.
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* GenrePopularizer: At the time, a criminal protagonist who got away with his crimes was cirtually virtually unhead-of, but the popularity of the stories helped to strengthen the GentlemanThief genre.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable criminal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' ''Literature/AnnoDracula'', a play by Creator/GrahamGreene and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable criminal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, criminal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, and numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, and as well as numerous pastiches, including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, and numerous pastiches, most prominently by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, and numerous pastiches, most prominently including ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' and works by Barry Perowne. Depending on the author and the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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** The short story "Gentlemen and Players" shares its title with a TV show and a Joanne Harris novel.
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** The founder of the British colony of UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}} (and first President of the London Zoo) shares his surname, which leads to regional myopia concerning this body of literature given that his name's everywhere on the island.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, and numerous pastiches, most prominently by Barry Perowne, Peter Tremayne, Richard Foreman, and other authors.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, and numerous pastiches, most prominently by Barry Perowne, Peter Tremayne, Richard Foreman, Perowne. Depending on the author and other authors.the adaptation, Raffles can be an AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist, Bunny a PluckyComicRelief or a genuinely capable crimunal, and Bunny and Raffles mere friends or lovers.
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* FollowTheLeader: While not the first GentlemanThief, Raffles was a popular enough character that he inspired a slew of other works, most notably TropeCodifier Literature/ArseneLupin.
* GenrePopularizer: At the time, a criminal protagonist who got away with his crimes was cirtually unhead-of, but the popularity of the stories helped to strengthen the GentlemanThief genre.
* GenrePopularizer: At the time, a criminal protagonist who got away with his crimes was cirtually unhead-of, but the popularity of the stories helped to strengthen the GentlemanThief genre.
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** There's a German GentlemanThief character named Raffles (real name Lord Lister), who is heavily inspired by the original Raffles.
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** There's a German GentlemanThief character named Raffles (real name Lord Lister), who is heavily inspired by the original Raffles.Raffles.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The books are chock-full of Victorian era trivia, mores and personalities, and the years the books take place in can normally be easily pinpointed by the observant reader. (It's 1891-1900).
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The books are chock-full of Victorian era trivia, mores and personalities, and the years the books take place in can normally be easily pinpointed by the observant reader. (It's 1891-1900).
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* AdaptationOverdosed: Nowhere near the extent of the Holmes stories, but there have been several unrelated films, a 14-episode television series, various radio and theater plays, and numerous pastiches, most prominently by Barry Perowne, Peter Tremayne, Richard Foreman, and other authors.
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* NamesTheSame: Raffles is named Arthur, presumably in honor of Arthur Conan Doyle.
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* NamesTheSame: NamesTheSame:
** Raffles is named Arthur, presumably in honor of Arthur ConanDoyle.Doyle.
** There's a German GentlemanThief character named Raffles (real name Lord Lister), who is heavily inspired by the original Raffles.
** Raffles is named Arthur, presumably in honor of Arthur Conan
** There's a German GentlemanThief character named Raffles (real name Lord Lister), who is heavily inspired by the original Raffles.
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* InspirationForTheWork:
** The Literature/SherlockHolmes stories, natch.
** Hornung had one experience with a burglar in his lifetime (though the burglar was unimpressive and Hornung helped to capture him).
** Early prototypes of Bunny and Raffles appear in Hornung's 1896 short story "After the Fact". In the story (set in Australia) a young man, Bower, discovers that the man he used to fag for at school, Deedes, is a burglar.
** The Literature/SherlockHolmes stories, natch.
** Hornung had one experience with a burglar in his lifetime (though the burglar was unimpressive and Hornung helped to capture him).
** Early prototypes of Bunny and Raffles appear in Hornung's 1896 short story "After the Fact". In the story (set in Australia) a young man, Bower, discovers that the man he used to fag for at school, Deedes, is a burglar.
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* NamesTheSame: Raffles is named Arthur, presumably in honor of Arthur Conan Doyle.
